The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-07-22
AMONG OUR NElGHBORS,
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana EXCHANGES

a Grise OF Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges
Harlem News: Harry Norton, the
bartender of the Maverick saloon,
was held up last night shortly after
closing time by a masked man who
entered the back door and at the
point Of a II rified the cash register
of $27. The man went out the same
way he came in and disappeared in
the darkness completely.
Geraldine Review: J. L. McCaul
and j. H. Earle of the McCaul.Web.
ster company were visiting this sec.
ton this week and after a visit
through the farming districts have
decided to build elevators at Geral.
dine, Highwood and Square Butte.
The lumber and other material is on
the way and work will be commenc.
ed in a few days.
Shelby News: John Ehlinger, who
has a ranch IL miles north of Dunkirk
IA a county seat visitor Saturday.
Mr.. Ehlinger has Is acres Of macaroni
wheat which is about as good as they
raise anywhere in the country. He
brought in a sample which measured
for%ty-three inches in height. 1t was
headed out in good shape with good
kernels. He had fax on this piece
of ground last year.
Cut Bank Tribune: A. E. Allison,
who has visited Browning and points
toward the Canadian line within the
Inst fouy 1ovc rono~fc thof 1rNnc oro
looking very poorly in these sections,
owing to the lack of rain. Many re-
port that it is dryer than 1910; the
dryest year we have had for a long
time. Even the grass on the Black.
feet reserve is hardly a half stand.
Galata Journal: Hill county voters
will again pass judgment upon the
question of whether this county shall
construct a court house, at the COM
ing November election. This was de-
termined at a special meeting of the
board of county commissioners last
week, when the county fathers voted
to submit this fall the question Of is
suing bonds to the amount of $125,OO O
to be used for building a court house
and Jail.
: DOdson Idea: The Milk River last
week claimed two more victims, one
at Glasgow and one at Harlem. John
Kultgen was drowned Tuesday of last
week at Harlem and David Kilstrom
was drowned last week at Glasgow.
Kultgen was unable to swim and got
into deep water and his companion
was unable to rescue him. KilstrOm
was taken with cramps in the stOm'
ach, supposed to have been caused
by being too hot when he went into
the cold water.
Glasgow Courier: The Glasgow
flour mill is no nor A disastrous
fire at midnight Wednesday Destroy
ed Glasgow's leading home industry.
The mill burned completely to the
ground, nothing in it being saved. The
machinery is a mass of molten metal
and of the -four and wheat which was
stored in the mill, nothing remains
but a pile of ashes. 1t is estimated
by the owners that about hundred
barrels of -four were burned up in
the fire and about two hundred bush
els of wheat.
Glasgow News: w. +. Biddle, of
the Galpin region came to Glasgow on
Friday with quite a load of his new
crop of 1914 spuds. These were sold
readily at Z cents per pound, and,
according to the statements of the
man himself, who delivered these
goods, they brought him $36.25. Mr..
Biddle explained that these potatoes
were dug from about o%ne-quarter of
an acre. At this rate the cash value
of the crop was on the basis of about
$145 to the acre.
Big Sandy Sentinel: Complaints
are being made to the effect that the
public highway is being fenced up.
There appears to be considerable mis-.
understanding pertaining to the law
governing public highways, which
provides that a fine of $40 for each
day be assessed against the person
who so obstructs the liberty OF traffic.
The opinion seems to be entertained
also, that roads can be forced to be
moved on to the section line without
any permission from the county of.
ficials. The proper procedure is to
petition the county commissioners to
obtain that permission before fencing
up the road, in that there are many
roads in the county that have become
public highways regardless of the fact
that they are not in accord with the
owners views whose land they cross.
Local Grain Quotations
. Tuesday, July p, 1914.
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