The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-09-30
HETERRITORY.

Col. Baker. accompanied by Capt. Cutter.
post trader, arrived yesterday. Capt Ben
son and wife. of Camp Baker. are 1t the
International. .. Maj. Pease aud Frank
Taylor have arrived from the Yellowstone
-. MI: Flcnniken. private sec'y Of Chief
Engineer Roberts, has returned from tue
Crow Agency "A party of seren"ters has
been organized, and nightly discourse sweet
music in Helena They have the hest l'a''
ian instruments. -. !. There will be IN IN
creased supply Of water for the placer mines
next year. The Park Ditch. under the d'
rcction Of Col. Woolfolk. is being greatly
improved. The dams At the Park Lake ar
being strengthened and raised one ano
a.half feet. One mile above this an artin
cal lake Is being constructed which requires
dam 600 feet in length and % feet IN
height. 1t will hold 80. 600 inches Of water.
and the Park Lake will have capacity OF
40. 600 inches. The cost Of the enterprise
SO far is $4,000.
Herald. r.
Numerous representatives from nearly
every county tn the Territory arrived yes
terlay and today 10 attend the Fair The
residence of Mr. Garrison. the we'll known
freighter. will he one of the c"s,liest ever
erected in the Metropolis. The running
race yestcrtay-$25O for Isl and 800 for
2d-was won by Buckskin and Humming
Bird. The trottng race one mile dash. for
citizens purse Of $500. was won by Broad
waters horse Bret Hsrtc-time 2304 %.
Capt. Wright, wife and daughter arrived
from Fort Ellis last night. .Capt. C'"'k,
Of 0allatin. has returned from the States
with increased confidence in the future
greatness of Montana. 6. A. Wiley. of
Deer Lodge, is in the city for the first time
for two years. Judge Murphy returned
frnm Deer Lodge last evening C. F.
Cope. editor Aomkanian, arrived yesterday
by coach. Hon Jas. E. Galloway, Sec'y
Of Montana. and wife. are in the city, and
will remain during Fair week.
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Col. Sanders double team ran away with
him, smashing his own and another buggy.
No one hurt Miss Eva Nash has opened
4 private school at Canyon Ferry. Child
rem from abroad will l,c boarded on reason
able terms. The Opera House is having 4
good run, the performances warrsnting it.
/ - Herald. q.
Dept. U. s. Marshal Dusold yesterday
arrested a descr,er from Camp laker. VIII.
had stolen and sold quantity Of ordnance
stores. He is in jail. Greenwich won tn
half mile race yesterday, single dash. for I
purse Of 500 In the one-four,h mile race
Bay Billy" won.. Jas. II. Mills, Of tn
New North. West. Judge Hiram Knowles
Rev. Mr.. stoy. new Episcopal minister u
Deer Lodge. and many others from tina
city, were in attendance AT the Fair ycster
day. Gen. Gibbon is up from Fort Shaw
~-As,aA- c.~ari... -
Mr.. Reuben Foster is gazing to establish
Planning Mill in Eozeman.-Gallati., Val
Icy spring wheat Aas averaged g.; bushels I
the acre for the last six years, and winte
whea, IS bushels to the acre.---The Bot
eler Ranch at the Yellowstone has produce
4
remarkably well this season, the crop a
wheat averaging ahout - bushels to tn
acre. No frost was visible there until Il,
10th of this month The Crow Indian
are nesrly all nj the Agency; they num'e
about 4lOO.--The fire from the mountain
ran down almost to the town.--The Ban
hacks to the number 1T 1000 passed thr'ug
The town on Sunday last--The Easter
Montana Fair Association holds its fir
meeting the last of October.
Pioneer. q.
A number Of Cc'estials left on Friday II
Koota,,ai-Thc Fostofflce At Hellgate b.
,een discnntinued.--S. Loebcr passc
through Missoula Tuesday. on his way ,
Deer Lodge He left 40 head Of stock frol
Walla Walls n Horse Plains, and drove q
70 the upper country.