The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-09-23
AMONG OUR NEIGHB0RS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana EXCHANGES

A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana Exchanges
Big Sandy Sentinel: Jas. Griswold
who sustained a broken neck last
week while climbing from one grain
bin into n that was empty, is still
alive and hopes are now entertained
that he will ecove from his serious
injury.
Geraldine Review: Harry Thomas
tells us hiatt n OF his neighbors,
Matt Bronco, living about Is miles
east of town, lost about 500 bushels
of grain in the stack a few days ago
by fire. A few bushels had been
threshed out when the fire started
from the engine and resulted in the
loss of practically all the grain.
bingham Review: There is no
doubt but next year will show q
wonderful acreage in wheat. 1t is
to be hoped that the farmers will
not devote all their energy to sowing
more ground. 1t is more desirable
that the planting should be thorough
and we'll done than that it should be
large. Too much slip-shod work has
already been done by our farmers.
What we need is better work spread
over less territory.
Glasgow News: Warren Redield,
of Baylor, is the champion gopher
killer of Valley county this year, hav-
ing a record of COG tails submitted at
the Valley county fair as evidence of
his claims for the honors. He won the
Remington rife put up by the Cole
man Hardware Co. as first prize in
this competition, and also a part of
the $50 in gold that a divided be-
tween five contestants.
Harlem News: Slim Elkins put it
all over the Harlem police force about
the way that Slim Jim, seen in the
colored supplements of the daily pa.
pers, put it over the Grassville police
force. Last Friday night he made his
escape from the city Jail by breaking
a hole in the wall with some instru.
ment but the phenomenal part of it
was the small nole that Slim crawled
through. An ordinary man could hard.
ly get his head through it.
Chinook Opinion: Representative
John Collins Of Harlem who was in
town Saturday afternoon, recently
had an unpleasant experience. He
had defended a prisoner in justice
court there and received a horse for
his pay. The night after the trial the
prisoner escaped from Jail, stole
Johns horse and ran away and his
honor Justice Minugh refused to con,
slider that a crime on the prisoners
part so the Woodworking attorney is
still minus a horse.
Glasgow News: w. f. Biddle
champion corn grower, said he raised
five acres of Northwestern Dent sucl
as took first prize at the Valley coun
~ fair, and that he expects to harves'
$50 bushels Off this patch or abou
fifty bushels per acre. It was planted
on May 18th, on land that had beer
under the pillow five years. A cOnsid
: cradle number of orders We're receiv
ed, unsolicited by Biddle, at his boot
in the agricultural building, for this
+ corn for use as seed next year. Thu
, price was $3.50 a bushel.
Big Sandy Mountaineer: After ev
! eryone of the pupils had Registered
during the first few days of schoo
e last week and count was made, 1t wa
found that 125 pupils in Big Sand,
and vicinity were seeking an educa
t ton at our local place of learning. TAX
0 ing all the buildings capacity. S.
p much crowded was the condition o
y the Cowan building that school wa
p adjourned Friday to give carpenter
two days to tear out a partition an
, place in some extra seats.