The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-10-21
AMONG OUR NEIcHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana EXCHANGES


A crist Of Items Gathered From ouI
Northern Montana Exchanges
Big Sandy Sentinel: Work was re
s;lmed on the new school building
Tuesday morning after a delay b,
rain and snow for nine days. 1t hal
been decided that the water supply /.
not sufficient to meet the needs, ne
cessitating the we'll being drilled
deeper and that is now being done.
Chinook Democrat: r. H. Sissor
was in town Tuesday with a foul
horse load of husked corn. 1t is an unr
usual sight in Montana to see a load
OF corn like that come into town and
numerous persons we're inspecting
the product and utterjng remarks OF
admiration and surprise.
Geraldine Review:-We take pleas.
ure in announcing another new enter.
prise for Geraldine this week. Last
week it was the big electric light plant,
which is to supply power and light
not only to our town but to nearby
communities, the contract for which
has been signed and the plant order.
ed. This week the feature is a -four
and feed mill for the town, the build.
er and owner being w. H. Waidman,
one Of the prominent farmers of the
'Graceville neighb0rhood.
Chinook Opinion: The Jail contrac-
tors unloaded the equipment for the
county Jail here the first of the week
and the county will soon be able to
move it's prisoners into the new quar-
ters. The mel are at work now in
stalling the new cages and cell rooms.
1t will take about five weeks accord
ing to the contractors estimate to
finish the work Of installation.
Havre Plaindealer: Notice of with.
drawal from the race for county su-
~perintendent of schools was filed yes
terday afternoon in the Office of Clerk
and Recorder Devine, by Miss Sarah
McHale, present incumbent. As the
result, the race for county superinten-
dent of schools is now between Miss
Laura G. Lovett of bingham, demo-
crat, and the socialist candidate, Miss
Lillian Nystrom.
Big Sandy Mountaineer: Scott
Mounts, n of our respected home
steaders living about thirty miles
southeast of here, returned last Sun
day morning early from a required
trip to Oklahoma, where he was ac-
quilted of a charge Of a serious ma
ture that lad been lodged against him
he having been taken into custody
several weeks ago by the sheriff
force at the instigation of Oklahoma
officials.
Conrad independent: A large num-
Der of sheep are being shipped out
from here this fall, and during the
present week no less than fifteen
thousand have been loaded, shipped
to various points. The greater part
of these shipments are being made by
~Stottenberg and Hughes and the Arm
strongs. Hughes and Stottenberg are
selling their entire band, as their
range is practically all gone, and they
are going out of the sheep business.
Galata Journal: William Aiken, a
farmer living about s miles north of
Dunkirk, was shot and killed Monday
afternoon by Richard Laswell, for
merly of this place, and who has lately
been living near Lavington. The muir
der was unprovoked, Laskwell coming
upon his victim Unexpectedly and i'm
mediately commenced firing from a
point but a few feet distance, firing
in all three shots, the last when the
victim was PROSTATE and dying on the
ground. After calmly satisfying him.
self that Aiken was dead, Laswell
mounted his horse and rode rapidly
to Shelby where he gave himself up to
Sheriff Malone.
Glasgow News: Should the new
proposed county of Phillips be created
with boundaries such as are proposed
in the petition pending before the
Valley county commissioners, it would
get about one-fifth of the geographical
area now constituting the western end
of Valley. or 20 per cent. This area
would be bounded on the east by
a line drawn north and south a short
distance east of Saco and extend in
to Blaine county on the west a SINH
lar distance of about eight townships,
and from the Missouri river to the
Canadian line.
Bride In Jail For Theft.