Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-23
Montana News.


e week ending May 18th was 1914 pound
II valued At Sl5,663.
7 Walker Bros, Of Salt Lake City, recei
y ed from their Butte mines, on the Sd inst
g two bars valued at $4.S4O.0G.
II. T. Jacobs, an old time miner of Tril
!, ity. found last week an IL ounce nuyg,
). in the tailings Of his claim.
, Don Stevenson, of Bismarck, has bee
: awarded the contract for putting in $50
! tons of hay at Fort Keogh at $2S per tor
The Madisonian wants Mayor Hickma
to take preliminary steps toward appre
pirate observance of the Fourth of Jul,
Sheriff Edsall, of Madison county, ha
planted nice lot of Lombardy popla
trees in front of the court house at Virgin
il City.
There was cast at the Z. S. Assay Offic
yesterday silver bar weighing 1900 or
1t is quite sight, and is well worth a Wis
it.-Hcrald, 10th inst.
1t is reported that an arrangement has
been made by which the present contract
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tn. railroad to Helena till September 3Otl
next.
The working shaft of the Penobscot has
been sunk to a depth of s. feet and shows
relatively the same large body of high
grade ore heretofore found in the NINE
Herald.
James NJ. Fish has resigned his position
as warden Of the United States peniten-
tiary at Deer Lodge, and Col. w. W. Bot
kin, brother OF Marshal Botkin, has been
appointed in his stead.
We understand that on the LIST inst. Mai.
j. Il. Boyce purchased the entire interest
Of &. &. Housed & Co.'s Storage, Forward
ing. Commission and Receiving business
in Omaha. The Majors many friends in
Montana wish him success in his new bust
ness.-H:raM.
The Butte Miner has the following in
reference to former BoZemanites '.The
Park street restaurant has changed hands,
M. }. II. Butler having sold out to Mess.
Cable & Welch, the present prOprietors.
Mess. G. Il w. will endeavor by setting
tirst-rate table to maintain the high repul-
tatiod enjoyed by this establishment while
in MIR. Buffers charge.
Mr.. Eloi Cyr, employed at the Grant
creek saw-mill, got into tight place last
week. lie was engaged in loadin" logs
from the side of a hill, and three of them
rolled down upon him, catching one of his
legs between them and heavy log next
the wagon. He was assisted out of his
by 4 fcllOw-workman. Forum
ately no bones were broken, though he
was severely Observation-Disclosures.
The company of the Sd Infantry, ORDER
ed from Camp Baker, arrived here last
night, and got into dry quarters at the
Helena Barracks. They had muddy and
lismal tramp. and express preference for
camp life during storms such as beset them
On their trip from beyond the Missouri.
The Third Infantry, storm and mud
pound, will probably not march from here
lorth much before the latter part of the
nonth.-Heratd, nth inst.
The Commissioner appointed by the He
ena Board OF Trade to survey the best
quite from Helena to Butte and estimate
he cost of building good wagon road,
epOrts that the route via Boulder is twen-
y-seven miles shorter. and will be more
PRACTICAL than by way of Deer Lodge. All
# the road will be built on solid ground,
Which will not require macadamizing. The
ntire distance by way OF Comet is sixty
niles, which will be run by stage coaches
1 ten hours, thereby etfectinga great saw
~ in time and money. a - A-.---- ! ;
The question now presents itself fairly
D the farmers of Montana whether they
an go the whole hog on the pork ques-
on, or will have to remit that industry to
he hog producers OF the States. The
ommissary Department of the districts
Montana rejected all bids for bacon, for
le reason that they could buy that article
reaper in the States and freight it out 7
ere than any sum that was presented in
~ of the proposals last spring. Bacon
roducers will have to get to a figure not
Dove four cents on States prices. or quit.
-Mssoulian.
Last Tuesday workmen broke ground =
r the foundation of the boundary and =
achine shop to be built Immediately by :,
. j. Davis, at a point about $50 yards
'uthcast of the Lexington mill, on the
# bank Of Town gulch. The main Il
lilding will be 23x72 feet, in two v
the moulding room 24x24 z
ct, and the machine shop 24x4S. j.
the latter will be found all the lathes and K
ring machinery necessary to make any d
nd of mill machinery, or do work of any X
scriptiOn in iron or brass; while the l.
palO in the moulding room will be large "
ough to cast the heaviest mortar used at
v of the quartz mills. When in opera
n this boundary will give employment to :,
men.-Butte Miner. III
From the nattering accounts that come =,
IN the Smith river wool growers, we are q
to the conclusion that the lamb Increase TO
that valley this season will number at tv
st 10000. With a majority of the tiocks as
'st Of the work is over, and the result is co
out one lamb to every eve. The Walker co
os. had their lambs to come early and F;
about through. Len Lewis flock is "a
'ut through. The large number of fro
ms make up the losses. DeLacy & Nc he
Rand, Smith Bros, and Mcdonald, Ford fer
Potter, DIR. Parbery, 20. Hussey and Oy
Cook Bros. tiOcks are also about over ha
h the lalnbing, and all are pleased with lin
results. The Burt, Auerbach s Klein III.
X is the latest, only about half their IN,
lbs having dropped; but thus far they
e done well. Oscar Stephens who is
charge, is highly pleased with, his sue
s.-Husbandman.
The Upper Missouririver transportation =
npanies, we understand, are offering $27 slo
head for four-year-old beef steers de- WI WI
red at Carroll. This is not as much as '"'
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