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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-04

That HoRy.-rhe silver trumpet voted for
at tha Catholic Fair has been awarded 10 the
Young America Company. Owing 10 some
misunderstanding, The decision of the com
ulittee who had charge of lie ballots was no;
made until Thursday last. On he occasion
Of the Young Americas ball the trumpet
viii be formally presented TO the "No. Is
By yonng lady Of The city.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-04

BEroRE daylight yesterday morning we
had slight shower of rain accompanied by
flashes of ightning-au occurrence necessary
TO make complete the spring-like weather of
,he present.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-04

We learn from Pittsburg PA. paper that
Mr.. urich, of this city, who is now East, was
robbed recently of something over six thous-
and dollars, while on the cars of the Pitts,
burg Fort Wayne Railroad.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-04
New YORK pry Goods ..ar..t

New York Dry Goods ..srhet.
By Tsi,xsaph.l Srw yesZ, Jan >.
No CD nge q impsrssnt ereep, In Prints; market
gaserniy quiet bat steady. sIrsguss fancy psa., IL
Rchu,onds Aifns Manchester. Hamilton, ard most
othtr nsak reduced TO tl1s. ueasy trown sheetnss
st say a. Itzsisss. H-svy makes OF drills. sneh
pspperc command ls5s ussgew aud Lancaster sins
ssul steady =; i5e;s
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-04

The new Lecture Room OF tbs United
Presbyterian church, on the corner of Blon-
deau and Ninth streets, will be open for Di
vine service on Sabbath morning. The Sab.
bath School Will meet at 8 oeloek. At II
o'clock the opening sermon will be preach, d
by Rev. r. 4. McAyeal, of oskaloosa, Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-04

A Coon NOVA new plank walk, tive
feet wide, is nov being put down on Ninth,
extending from Main to Bank streets.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-04

An exchange says: We were consider
ably amused the other evening. at three little
girls piaying among the sage brush in back
yard. Two Of them were making believe
keep house. a few yards distant from each
oiher-neigi. as it were. One a them
said to the o'her Little girl: There, no~ Neiiy,
you go to Sarah house and stop and talk a
little while, and then you come back and tell
me what she says about me: snd then I'll talk
about her. thea yon 60 and tell her all say,
aud the We Il get mad and won't speak to
each other, inst kke QUE mothers do, you
know. Oh bat i he sueh fun
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-04

ey Telegraph sKw YthK. yaa s
foEsvure. 4 aks shade esser. Coupon, 81 1885,
q !; c. lo,z.aS. III les. new ioitsSs q. iesIsg
x; ie-sos ioi74 III; 80. lo'sssaA
stocks atfs ngrr ai.a higher. WIT s7;51H. sYc
lis ~ Erie 7a3..sax; Peadirg si'sye C i;st4.;;
R.s;saaa. " asa 50, do p:d Tiss4ss.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-04

EXPLORATION IN the PoLAg Rsc,oss.-
Dr. Isaac l. Hayes THE celebrated Arctic Ex-
pioFer) will lecture before the Keokuk Libra.
~ Association, IN Gibbons Opera House, on
Monday evening next lths 9Th Of january.
dis subject will be: g Adventures ia tbs
Polar Regions
The HaA niR BE- comfortably rarmed,
Doom open at I o'clock. Lecture viii com
mence II O'Clock.
Tickets SO centa; to be had At the Book
and Music Stores, and a, the door,
& By order Of the Lecture Committee.
llsnS-StI j. II. CRAia. Chm.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-04

DooLEr's YEAST PowpER is superior TO
any other brand, and can be bought very
cheap at Robertson / Albers, who will guar
sntee the quality satisfactory.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-04
and Departsres Of the Nails


Iryou want pure article of Buckwheas
Flour, and the choicest Of Syrup, go to Rob-
ertson Albers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-04

Euhof1 SAY iSGS BANK
In fcf,nity to Chstef s.. Of ira s,ss, =,
the Code CT Iowa. ~ "a
1st. This Iaearpo- ~ shah Be kttWn ss thesKF-
okuk SAVINGS BAitSs aai its Lr,pcipsl pIaee NJ
business shali be Al ktaknk lows
2ad The general naiBrs 81 Ia lrsiutss VII, ts A.,
dsseeunt Notes aud Riiis II sh rs4 rrs.ivs r.o 10
aaa ali ether basine iEsiiy cor ectsd st
Bsnkiug - -
81 The aVount ofis arIt;za. e. nit, /. On tr,-.
cred Thousand Dollars, wiic ia-f be tre.sai 4, Fy.
inti. ed 1herss no Boar~4 a.sr esnt n yhIi .a.ti
he Isid In " tbs frs. Day Il Asaars laes ana ~ -
ias ndrr as 1t RAY lie called III tY the D;taenrs mr.
siisd .hat such ca Is shall nd exceed .en ~, -, =,
the amount subscribed Every sisy asys al vttb ,s,
DAYS notice shall be siTen ty IL csshisr
4th. The Csfeoratiaa epHlnaced ns~a. - 1a,h
leu, and Will terminate becerses 18th ISIS.
bth The Affairs ef the curperapn vt he cr-,s ,e,at
by hoaid oil aot less than fise NJ more thsn utu. NJ
reccs, Who viii be elected annuity Gu The fr.f Mar
dsy in February and by Cashea Ard such oth er a.
Gers as sid Board may app Int
ets TIE highest amount Of Indebtedness or Inability
to which the Incorporation RAY s5sct itseliss two
thirds o. its paid up capital, egeapt
First On accouns OF monies deposita with or collected
ty said Corporation.
Second On sceont OF Bills Of EseharPs or Drafts d. a
against money setuslly on dsgcsit TO tie cre1fs
II, or aae tn said Corporation
Third. On are ant of liabilities stock bidders sr
money ID in ss capital stock or for unraii
diyiaenet.
1th. The private preprty Of stockholders ID exempt
from porsie debts.
EDWARD TOMBSTONE, STEPHEN IRWIN.
Ga. RIx. ALB RT l.. CoNSABLg
G, y. DAVIS, ReBr L RUpDicE,
A. uosMEH
IL un
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-04
\ NJ T. r / @ 4 n
BUILDING BLOCK C0HP'I
Office "a ycsay 81.

10 ,vfoH il ats cpzcsra
1 I has recesily ccme TO our kuowledge that
psrtis ara usakieS car AhristCIsL STONE "
"ktiLDikG ttDCk," comF5-ej estubttsIfy Il SAM
aud LINZ vi boat harink osf-ue& any licet.ss rom
us Sns tsis i-fa nsli that si 40 taus raAk
3 eRiok or ''hhtLHIS3 kLPGh" rttsr0std OF SAND
AMI u II x infftns tie s.nts belfby rs vhich is.e
BACK 10 january lsSt ~sd patents d eFirx the OF
ait drser ptieas us No or ot8 81 zee )Is MsTfSR
eambnei with iAE Nd tosnssd iuts a BUILDING
siosh OF aLy " Or shape Al pen rs infringing cdr
pstfhtS wiii se reid TO rigid sstit, sId sill
be PRESENTED u the faIi ssteat q IL. law
FOR iaehts 9 manufacture she building Block az
above in The safes Of Iowa. Hiseonfp ard Ntar,s,.
aPIl, to W. c. RIPE. b q, & ae4 ii fews
FEa. n. sASDSEBfRGH President
WM. RAncLiH, Secretary ri ss-5f,..Rt.-if
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-04

NoTIcE.-On and after this date we shall
make charge of s per cent. on all wares
loaned to Festivals, Parties, dc.
CAREY & LEFA,vRs
JANUARY I, 1863. jau3>3t
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-04

TIE Mt. Pleasant I,ee Ise.s- establish
ment has passed Into the hands Of Frank
Hatton. Mr.. Ha;ion has been local editor of
the Mt. Pleasant Journal, aud in that carac
ity has made himself pretty generally known
in the State. We wish him abundant sue
cess, and trust bis able pen will b.. vigorously
used IN battling for Tie success OF .ba RICH,
in the approaching Presidential campaign.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-04
TIE Musical Miro

{ VOLUME II Hen tp.sty frrttn tons "a Toe.l
"A Msss4s sss Gus fr5etssl Yxere;-4 sffraei
isrss SD ,sSi ey-Rsnsi rss .ssft er "
Collector 81 Maelr ifsI ne tlsy ssst' - r. erd
Secular words. fse hole @ss->fslis sserr, for Pt
lac feseets Colleges, eisgits Gsses FFt IS Cts
eopses msaied pstpsld. 0iIvkB Di7sJs : CO
p+s,Y.hs-s y-- ", 49,. street. ftstep. CEAs Il
bi r. fe- III be,.sd2sg = " 49, !ase-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-04

GAME LAS The law saws: aThat il shall
be unlawful for any person EXCEPT on his own
premises, TO kill, ensnare or Trap auy Wild
deer. elk or lawn, wild turkey. prairie hen or
chicken, gooee or qnaii, between the FIRST DAY
OF January ard the fifteenth day OF August
ia each a:4d every year.
The penalie for the violation OF this law
are forfeiture and fine OF fifteen dollars for
each deer, fasn or elk SHARED, en,rapped,
killed, bought, sold or held in possession, and
illaee dollars for any bird Of game above
mentioned. nus killed, trapped. ensured,
ht sgh., sold " held in possession
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-04

/ MAGSH t.ssr GIrT.-Eise certiics.es oi
the Washinglen Library Company Of pLiis-
d-irhia, in A.! OF the Riverside Institute for
educating or hans, costing FIVE dollars, with
the splendid agraving, Marriage Of Poca-
honsas. woiih 1T retail at least s. so. and
besides each certificate secures present q,
tie great dist cibntion by the Company, and
al equal chance that oae or more Of the pres
ea,s may be worth thousands of dollars each
Truly, you may make your friend rich in the
most pleasant way. while aiding the Riverside
Institute. Kead advertisement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-04
Financial and Commercial.



BucxwHEAr FLouR-&4.25 to $5.2s per 1e8 lbs.
Burssa-- Choice lots villsommand 35Ne 80 y n
Esaa-In coed dcmsuA q - to ~ per dos.
PorLrRY -Chicksns, dressed, A3.ha per doaen
Turkeys 17lc per ID; ducks 100 per doreni
geese $50 to $500 per dos.
GAnx--pnirie chieksns SAC PSF dozen; osails
&i.25 per dozen.
saRsauN--Ssw. 80 TO $50 psegsilfn.
PorAross-p5 to u 10 y bushel.
LARp--I0 TO I2s per n.
BsEswAx--30 to Sc per Ii.
TAILow--In bbls, Sc; loose Sc per D.
FsArHERs-Prims 6oc to 85c per y.
RAss--Cot.on. Sc per ID; WOODEN 3e per lh.
WutrE Bgasx--Common to good " nOte ~ 20.
CHeysE-Good country ID TO LEG Factory isc.
BaAx-Scnrce and in aemandi u 20 70 81 z3per
Ie8 lbs.
Prr,rs-Grscn Apple. 81 90 to 81 10 per bush
el. Choice Dried Apples Y, Ice per 10.
sExBs-Timothy 81 50. CioverlfI oot9si oV'
Flax seed s So.
Ous-coal ell 4sc. Linseed. raw 81 ID, boiled
81 IS. Lard, winter s'rained, 81 ~ hsn
oil 81 20.
LIVE srocx-Beef Cattle So 90 I'd 81 Cd gross.
Hogs, good lots S. to - 50 gross. Sheep
80 so TO 81 SO per head. Veal Calves
from - co to 80 10
Baeoy--s. c. Hams i5to lie.
Woot-Tub washed ss to Acc; feece DO Enc
.5G so,: uuwashsd, 20 to z2e
HAY-Tlmothy in actirs demand p from
to Sill 90 per ton. Prairie 70 % 10 30 y"
Wcop--t5 50 10 ~ ev per cord, according 70 iua'-
ity.
u,prs--areen, Re; do salt &c; dry ains Ise;
do salt i5c per ID.
sALr-Lake 81 IS to :. 80.
GLAss-sXI6 IS so. Rates discounted 80 rer
cent.
SAiLs-.5 9orates.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-04

THE following is from, the Hampton Re-
porter, published at Hampton in this State:
Why don't you trade with me?H said a
close 6sted tradesman 10 one of his friends
the other day. The reply was characteristic:
. ! gu have never asked me, SIR have
looked all through the papers for an invita-
lion 10 the shape of en- advertisement. and
found none. never go where | am not
Invited
Let the friends Of the GATE CRY look over
our advertising columns, aud 90 where they
are invited. For it is fair to infer that per,
sons of their stripe are not wanted in estah
ishmenis which do not Invite them through
The ordinary medium
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-04

The leading dry goods me chants Of onin-
cy have entered into an arrangement by which
tier respective places Of business, after Jan.
uarY Isl, are to be closed at an esfler and
uniform hour They close al 6 o. clock. ..
in., until the lst Of April. and at ) O'Clock
from the lst day Of April until ;be.lst tlay of
November, except Saturday evenings.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-04

st~ YORK nsnsS nats@t.
81 r.i.,rs9a shs Yesr. tan :.
Moaey-stsssr at as.ser ceat tor es'i issAs,. |,
,. r'ips-qai,ts at ] Giol gold ( hrst class bills.
eo,f-Fnnssr, closing at az
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-04

sfiiwaaExe Market
sy Telegraph NnSArta-, Jan 2
Floarrirra; TX 80 20 sio as country DO ss iass %
xsseo&9s-
Wheat -Lre. active; & % f~r Nc !.
o4t -fi,saet ii or so2
eorr- Tstsei ss+s st 80 far rss sheilsf.
Dressed Nee.-Dn at sass 70.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-04

St Leafs sssrksf.
e. r.te<sa,h.l e.. larts. Jsn-
F,anr-yo demand ass SstLs, ssa
rhea;--.. eos : 5. fer pine 10 eaoii4 tea
Ccrn--y.ry suIi sid urs la rel,
c.t.- Lover. suo..d At tss;t
KsslaS 2piet .na az hanssi
RE DrJosfrs. nsth sslss VI u &c.
Nes. pofk-ysfy dlg s-lss at a. e = n
BIeoh--pnii. c..e hvcr bsffrs; Lear sias. II :
shoat ers ~ ie hs,s 4siI.
Lard -osotet at i2ei2Js
Hoxs-DnN and lower: nc sslea.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-04

Auc1los-By Howe1 1yler,tLis Saturday
morning, at store. The furniture Of the late
4. B. Foo,e ard other parties. consisting of
Parior, diniHg-room, chamber and kitchen
FURNITURE, mattresses, patent spring bed, one
large fine mirror, marble bracket, marble ton
wash-stand, one 6ne couater show case. h,
photographs. large outside show eases. sixty
fne oval photograph picture frames, one set
parior chairs, md one fine Te,e,a Tete in
hair cloth. Also one express wagon, nearly
new a.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-04

lns residence Of Mrs. Amerv, situated on
Exchange street, between Twelfth and Thir-
'eensh' vas broken into night before last and
oil her provisions carried of. There WIS
quantity OF split wood in the cellar 10 which
the thieves also helped themselves. House
breaking OF late seemsto be pet amusement
With somebody in this city, and we keep un a
mighty hoping that that somebody will ee,
nicely pePpered one OF these evenings.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-04

JAsrARY I, 1863.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-04
Incorporation .E.essce,
aKEoKGH sAvINGshANK ),

NOTICE Isl hereby given Cat the under
ssns. hssetsseeiatsd thernselvs O rEoF-tog,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-04

The largest sock .: rApER Hasafsas In the Yves,
81 the l,we.t Eaeh ffices
The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1868-06-12
BY WHAT RIGHT.

The Deer Lodge Independent not long
since disclaimed any desire, and in fact
refused, to enter into any fight like that
in which the Gazette, Herald and Posr
were engaged. Its editor will see that
newspaper controversies are like fire, the
fercer they are the sooner they exhaust
the substance upon which they feed. A
kind of warlike peace prevails at present
between us, and as the Independent takes
strong political grounds. we think it
would be but proper to have a diversion
in that quarter before the next general
engagement. The Independent declares
it is of Southern proclivities. welded to
the lost cause, was in favor of rebellion
and does not regret it now, yet
presumes 10 tell the Union
men of the country that they
are tyrants, destroyers of the
the Constitution, revolutionists, anarch-
lists and all the other orders of villiany,
quoting copiously from the most rabid.
vindictive rebel sheets. such as the La
The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1868-06-12
THD PROPOSED INVASION.

From all rumors and indications, the
Fenians will, within the next few days,
attempt another invasion of Canada.
What specific object OF any practical use
is proposed to be attained, has not trans
pired. It may be merely an escape
valve for the hostile feelings engender-
ed in Fenian bosoms by the seventies of
the English government towards their
comrades in Ireland or, it may be anti~
cipated that by a coup dc main, the Do
minion can be overrun, conquered, and
held as hostage to compel an amelior>
alton of the English policy towards Ire
land. In either case, we cannot but re-
gard it as q visionary schene, fraught
with danger and barren of good promise.
It is true the Irish element in America
is an immense political power, that
either Democrats or Republicans would
hesitate to provoke, and that over and
above this, there is a genuine sympathy
with their cause that blinds even the
eyes of Law to violations of the strict
proprieties of the case. Still, last year
when the crisis came, the government
The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1868-06-12

Crosse Democrat. old Guard, and VIncE-
Gator TO bolster its views. We would
ask if it was no: rebels who raised their
hands to destroy the government. its
unity and its Constitution lift was not
rebels who created anarchy in the
South and reduced it to inexpressible
woe and if they did not begin the war
that ended in their subjugation How
monstrously vain and absurd it is for yoa
then to prate now of the Constitution
and the whole country" and the duty
of Union men. Had you succeeded there
would have been no Union to>day, We
knew how to preserve it from your mns
derous hands, and did it. If we should
please you in the keeping oft, it should
be the strongest argument ever pro-
duced against the Republican party. Is
the maniac who would burn down his
home fit TO entrust with tinder and free
dom? If this is not so, will the Inde-
pendent show us where we are in error?
The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1868-06-12

was quick to interpose its authority and
suppress the invasion. 1t will not, can
not be less inexorable now. Besides
this, the regular forces of the Dominion
have been increased by nearly fifty thou
sand volunteers, under double pay the
Province is well supplied with strong
forts, immense quantities of ordnance;
the people are fully alive TO the situation,
and the border is bristling with bayonets
The Canadians are unwise if they have
not profted by last years lesson. The
Fenians have formidable foe to con-
tend with the United States cannot
provoke war with England, by winking
at the movement of large bodies of arm
ed men upon the border and giving the
American Fenians all credit for large
organized army, thoroughly disciplined,
brave to rashness, and skilfully COM
manded, we anticipate, at best, but tenn
porary success, and almost inevitable
ultimate disaster in the invasion so uni
versally expected to be undertaken
within the month. One side or the
other must be be defeated. Appearances
are against the invaders.
The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1868-06-12

bag allies" who will be gladly
welcomed to the depleted ranks,
OF the party. 1t is the sheerest
nonsense at best to raise this frivolous
objection to the reconstruction policy,
after the party has abandoned its grand
Constitutional bubbles on the other
leading issues. An infusion of northern
energy, sinew. industry and intelli>
genee into the sluggish industrial and
commercial veins of the South, is needed
20 revivity and give a healthier tone to
region enervated by the curse of slavery,
and sitting in helpless aristocratic
poverty among broad fertile savannas,
by the banks of majestic rivers, beneath
skies that WOO the scattered seeds of
husbandry to luxuriant harvests. Well
may all be glad to see pouring down
from the Northland the hardy, thrifty,
sons of New England and the West, to
turn its millions OF unculIivated acres
into gardens of Righteousness; to dot
the land with school houses, those nur-
series where are cultured the best fruits
of free, enlightened government, and
to make the air busy with the clang of
machinery and the earth beautiful with
the handiwork of man. This is what
is now going on in the South; it is this
against which our neighbor hurls the
shafts of ridicule ; it is this which is a
"burlesque'' and it is against this the
republican form of government" pro-
vision of the Constitution should be
made operative. Where opposition to
the Republican measures is reduced to
such penury of objection as this, the ex.
chequer of anatagonism must be well
nigh exhausted, and it is with some de-
gree of curiosity we await, that which
will be next, if indeed this is not last.
The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1868-06-12
PENDLETON vs. MCCLELLAN.

1t is pretty generally conceded in the
east, that the chances for the Democratic
nomination are narrowing down to Nc
Clellen and Pendleton. The latter is
now ahead, but the former having been
informed by the Senate that his services
were not required at the Court of st.
James, his friends will doubtless re-
double their exertions in his behalf
The New York Sun, however, thinks
that Pendleton has the strength to carry
everything before him. unless Seymour
can be taken mp and rushed through on
a wave of enthusiastic excitement. The
Delegate strength of the two candidates,
as already instructed, or, as it is indicated
they will be, is summed up as follows:
The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1868-06-12
I" GET THE BEST.o

We are pleased TO see our Territorial
contemporaries taking position against
the proposed branch line to Montana
from the U. P. r. r. When it was pro-
jected we opposed it as destructive TO
our best interests. throwing Us in the
hands of the Central monopoly, and re-
moving further the probabilities of gov
ernment subsidies to the Northern road.
The Independent came squarely out or
the same line; "Metellus," in the Gazette
took the same ground; the Herald doubt
ed its expediency, but made no definite
commital and the Democrat favored the
branch line. Within a few days the
Herald and Gazette have each editorially
discountenanced tue project, the Dem
ocrat alone remaining in its favor. The
Herald thinks it was never seriously
contemplated by the Central to build
the Montana branch. We believe it was
as the report of Gen. Dodge will show
To construct branch is to indefinitely
defer the construction of the Northern
road and should the FIVE papers of Mon.
tana say to the Central, the people of
Montana will take the immediate chaf
rather than strive for the ultimate grain,
the branch road would be built, the
probabilities of the main line fade into
mere chances, and by similar action
upon the part of Washington, Idaho.
and Oregon, we believe it would be i'm
possible for the incorporation of the U.
p. r. r. TO secure government assis-
tance According to the report OF Jas.
Tilton, chief engineer of the Pacific
Division, it would give direct communi-
cation to 500 900 square miles of country
capable of sustaining twenty millions of
people. The government subsidies ask
ed in the shape of security, merely q
loan of credit, are the same as upon the
central road, $4,000 per mile. for sos
miles east of the eastern base of the
Rocky Mountains; $4S, 1000 per mile for
the 660 miles through the mountains, and
S32, 900 per mile for the 220 miles thence
to Puget Sound. The entire cost of the
main road is estimated at $140,377, 800
with a proposed diverging branch to
Portland, 200 miles, costing $15,480,O00
The government subsidy required at its
completion would be but $54, 900, 900, OF
which alone it would have to pay q
money interest, amounting to So, ,1S2, 400
OF government service one-half is to be
applied for the payment of the interest
and as the postal and military service il
over six million dollars per annum, there
would actually be required no increased
government expenditure of money tC
assist the road. Its practicability and ne
cessity is beyond question, and thai
which now stands in the way of success
are combinations against it by the Gen.
trail road which we are invited to join
by advocating branch line. Ii is a
tempting, artificial fly bait thrown out to
catch suckers. At latest accounts there
had been but few caught.