Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-04-06

wear entire suits of gum clothes and use
breast-boards, besides ~side-spiling as they
progressed with the work. They now have
140x54 feet of their claim drained. which
they intend to work out before the spring.
rise comes, and which, judging from the pay
obtained in their cross-drift, will yield tliem
a handsome little fortune. We understand
that they refused an offer OF $1,000 from
Stagner & Co. for this portion Of their claim
only a few days since.
AS will be seen from reference to our col
umn of Territorial news, our farmers nave
good cause to feel grateful to Delegate Ma
ginnis;for his efforts in their behalf. The
contracts, under which some of our Gallatin
county farmers were bound in several thou
sanddollars for the delivery of certain grain
and flour at Fort Shaw, in which they failed
to satisfy the powers interested; have been
annulled a~ndpayments for contracts fulfilled
ordered to be made. 1t seems that on ac-
count of the failure of the one party, the
payments for flour, grain, hay and wood
delivered in good faith by other persons
have been withheld, much to the detriment
Of many of our farmers who CHANGED to
have Government contracts.
THR Herald has been furnished by our
Delegate, copies of a number of bills intro
duced in Congress for the, establishment of,
new postal routes in Montana No mention
is made, however, of the route from Fort
Shaw via. the Lower Smiths, River Valley
to Camp Baker. A petition. for this route.
Lhas-loaag since- haen Observation-Disclosures Ma
ginnis, and many Of our citizens are deeply
interested in it, and are waiting anxiously
the result. ia .mail,route is made in any
part Of the Territory, this one, opening 4dl
rect communication between Fort Shaw and
Camp Baker, is an important one. The
proposed route passes through one of the
most valuable farming and ~stock-growing
sections in the Territory, and which is fast
settling UP, with an enterprising. home
seeking people. We trust that our Dele
gate will not allow the matter to go by de-
fault.
Santa Monica Outlook, is the name of a
new California paper which has just reached
our table,. The Outlook is small, but it is
neat and newsy. Santa Monica, a 1lew,sea-
coast town twelve miles from Los Angeles,
CAL, which has Just sprung up and is grow
ing rapidly. It boasts of being the. terlni-
nus of two tra%ns-continental railroads :; of
having twelve miles of beautiful beach,
which affords-a delightful drive thirty feet
of water at the wharf in low-tide, and 1OO,-
600 acres of land surrounding it suitable for
orange, olive and lemon orchards. The
town is beautifully laid out, and Montana
| Avenue has a conspicuous location la its
plat. Our old townsman, Archibald Nc
Gregor, will soon take up his residence in
this future great city of the Western
Slope"
THE following is the result of the Bail
road election in this county as far as heard
from, up to the hour of going to press.
Diamond precinct, yes, 81 no, 81; Horn
buckle, 102.
Duck Creek, no, 10.
Confederate, no, l3;yes, i Hornbnekle,rN o.
Round Groves yes, 10; no, 80; Horn
buckle, 45.
Belt precinct, yes,, 5 no, II; Hornbhekae,
90 The light vote, polled at this precinct
was occasioned by the absence of a number
of stock-men Who are at present on the Mus
cleshell Valley rounding up their herds.
Brewers Springs, nosl7 yes, 2.