The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-09-30
AMONG OUR NElCHBORS.
A Grist Of Items Gathered From Our
Northern Montana EXCHANGES

A Grist OF Items Gathered From Our |
Northern Montana Exchanges
Box Elder Press: AS proof that Boz
Elder has a reputation for raising en-
cellent grain and vegetables we might
make mention here of the fact that a
representative OF one of the high line !
towns was here last week gathering !
samples for that towns exhibit at the |
Hill county fair.
Big Sandy Sentinel: This section
was visited by a terrific wind last
Friday evening and the damage done
so far reported, is the big barn of w.
F. Winkler on the prairie was com.
pletely wrecked, and barns and sheds
belonging to Ed Coleman, Nelson bud.
ley, and Albert White were also RACED
during the storm.
Harlem News: The people in the
proposed county of Phillips now have
their petitions in circulation and it is
| said that everyone is signing up. The
west line of the proposed county has
been pulled over a little further east
in order to leave Blaine county with
the required five million valuation.
Geraldine Review: One of the larg.
est deals made in this section for
some time was consummated a few
days ago and involved a consideration
of about $4,000. The principal is D.
A.. Crichton of Geraldine, who has
purchased the Caddell Bros holdings
of 1900 acres, situated about II miles
north of town. The deal also takes in
a tractor, 20 head Of horses, farm ma
chinery, etc.
Big Sandy Mountainer: Detlof
Ruhe was in from the Bear Paw
Mountains this week and reports that
the snow which fell in the mountains
last week was the heaviest known for
some years to have fallen in Septem-
, Der. The sleet and snow was so heavy
that large branches of the trees were
broken down and Old Sol had a hard
time melting it away again.
Havre Plaindealer: II the demand
for cars can be considered as an earn
est, then stock shipping this season
will resemble the pristine days when
northern Montana was a range cOun.
. try. Chief Dispatcher Woodward the
past week received orders for more
than a thousand cattle cars o. the
Montana division between Cut Bank
and Glasgow. Probably a greater mum
: Der is required on the Butte-Havre
division, as that is a larger stock pro
ducing section than this.
r Conrad Observer: Owing to results
l of the war, sales and shipments OF
fibre could not meet with any salts
: faction and the result here in Conrad
is keenly felt in the fact that it caused
the closing down Of the Flax Fibre
mill last Saturday night and the en-
tire crew laid Off. 1t seems that the
principal market for fibre is in Eng
e land, and as the wal has i~ncapacitatet
shipping facilities and closed dow
factories abroad, there is nothing do
: ing in the fibre business at present.
> Conrad independents: Sam George
who has been running a threshins
outfit on the Porter bench for the pass
w City CC doSo, =" VIVA
yesterday. He says the crops were
pretty light on the bench this year
and for the entire operations in which
t he was engaged the flax would average
0 about four bushels per acre, the win
\ ter wheat about twelve and the spring
4 grain about nine bushels per acre. The
:, farmers in that section are not dis
%couraged, however, and are putting
in as much winter wheat as possible
t and getting ready for bigger opera
tons next year than ever.
Chinook Opinion: Sheriff Neibau7
e and Stock Inspector Jas. Mccoy made
a trip over into Canada last week tt
trace the ownership of some cattle
p that appeared at Harlem under sus
e picious circumstances. They fount
n a man near Shaunevan. who lost
bunch of cattle that answer the des
cription this spring. The cattle wer'
unbranded and were recently sold a
r Harlem by Loren Talbert. AS soon a
e the authorities began to look into tn
S matter Talbert disappeared and nj
e trace of him has since been discover
ed. Talbert plead guilty some tim'
ago to horse stealing and vas given
suspended sentence and has been GU
on parole since.