The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-04-29
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS,

AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges
Malta Enterprise: The reclamation
service turned the water into both
the north and south side irrigation
bitches as far as completed Sunday
morning. This will be fine for the
many farmers who use the water on
their land at this season.
Havre Democrat: The hardware
store of A. J. B~roadwater was burg
larized Tuesday night but the rob.
berry was not discovered until Wed.
nesday noon. The burglars evident
~ entered the store with a skeleton
key. Eight Colts %revolvers and some
safety razors and other articles are
missing.
Havre Democrat: Vincent Muggle
of Glen Ulin, N. Dak., who in COM
pany with several North Dakota bus.
mess men, has been quietly investi.
eating business conditions in Havre,
with a view Of inaugurating q big
business enterprise, authorizes the
statement that he will at once begin
active building operations, and hopes
to have a -four mill with a capacity
of $50 to 200 barrels daily in opera
ton by early fall.
+, Choteau Ancantha: Work was
started this week by A. R. Reebs on
about a mile and one-eighth of five.
. foot concrete sidewalk in the Hob.
son addition. Two walks will be
built leading to Main street on Burd
and Hamilton streets. This will be
a great addition to this part of town.
Within a short time construction will
be started on a fifteen foot sidewalk
on Hamilton street in front of the
Mcdonald block.
Lewistown Argus: Next Friday
morning, May 1, the Lepper & Carl
ranch on the Flatwillow will pass in
to the hands Of its Wisconsin pur-
chasers. The sale was actually made
two years ago, Messrs. Lepper &
Carl remaining as tenants. The
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$237 1000, this amount including only
the land and buildings. All the live.
stock, implements and movables were
retained by Lepper & Carl.
Conrad Observer: Walter Knox,
the young man from the Cut Bank
country who had been in the hospital
several weeks and who had a piece
Of the breach block of a gun removed
from his brain, died early Tuesday
morning and the remains were yes
terday shipped to his old home in
Colfax, Washington, for burial. Knox
a about II years old and met with
the accident while discharging a shot
/ gun that had been loaded for some
time. He leaves a mother and father
and two sisters who live neal Cut
Bank.
Malta Enterprise: Last Thursday
night several box cars were broker
into and a number of cases or kegs
of beer were stolen, and up to the
present time there has been no ar.
rest made for the theft. Deputy
Sheriff Cassidy and two of the G. N.
detectives were busy all day Friday
rounding up the 'boes and those sus-
pected of the crime, but no sufficient
evidence was obtainable. Breaking
into box cars is a very serious Of
Tense, and those doing the work are
very liable to be brought to justice.
Conrad Observer: Deputy Veterin-
arian Hull last week made an officia!
visit in the northern part of the coun-
ty and north Of Cut Bank he found
a we'll developed case of Dourine in
a valuable stallion, which was killed.
This disease has been quite thick in
the southern part of the state and
efforts to stamp it out are being made
The cas- in question is the only one
known in this northern part of the
county and DR.. Hull asks for the hear
ty cooperation of all stallion owners
in stamping it out. He will examine
all the stations in this section as
soon as possible.