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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-01
A NEEDED

Has the necessity for erecting a saw mill
to furnish the demands OF this town and vi
cinity completely faded away, vanished !? Or
is this period Of inactivity only the bracing-
up for the attempt to remove the clog from
the busy wheel of commercial venture? We
sincerely hope that this calm is but the pre-
Jude to the storm, and that its result will be
the uprooting Of decayed and decaying mea-
sures, and that the debris, as it is scattered.
| will be collected by some impeding and i'm
pulsive agent, and formed into the means for
the fulflment of this much desired and sad
~ needed enterprise.
We think that the present is a fitting time
to renew this subject, with a view of striving
to fasten the attention Of enterprising and in
dustrious mechanics upon the feasibility Of
erecting q mill Of sufficient capacity, and of
proving to them at the outsettha it is no mere
venture. That, on the contrary, it is a bust
ness which, if properly handled and managed
will repay investment. Money appears to be
easy, the rate of interest in this vicinity is
low; and capitalists seem willing to advance
money towards schemes less secure and
where the period Of the loan is much longer
than would be required il this enterprise.
With all these important features favorable
to the project; with the demand for building
material still steadily increasing; and with
the prospects OF a successful logging season
before US, we scout the idea OF failure if all
those interested will only work together and
with the will to succeed. Try it, advance
home industries, and let the money that is
paid for lumber be circulated il our own
community.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-01
The LaW OF Entail.

Much misrepresentation exists in this coun-
try as to the present powers of entail in En-
gland. There is no such thing as a law Of
primogeniture, except in 50 far that if a man
die interstate bis real estate would pass to his
eldest son, except in Kent, where it would be
divided among all bis sons. Up to the close
Of the last century the power of entail was
illimitable. Il was curtailed in consequence
Of the extraordinary Willmade by a merchant
named Thellussen, Of Swiss origin, who ac-
cumnlated a vast fortune in London, partly
BY buying up jewels from French emigres at
The time Of the great revolution. Mr.. Thul-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-01

THE Boycott business in Galway has fur
nished the Land League with a test OF It's
power over the Irish tenants, such as should
convince every one that it represents rea
grievances and has managed to satisfy the
people by its presentation Of them. Captain
Boycott seems to be one of those land agents
of the French type, who have managed to
make the worst of a bad system. For years
past the people of Lord Erne's estate have
submitted to his tyranny, but the League gave
the signal for resistance. That resistance
took a thoroughly legal and laadable shape.
They did not shoot the agent. They did not
destroy his crops nor hough his cattle.
They simply declared that they would not
get in his crops, and that they would taboo
any one who did. Five hundred pounds
worth was rotting in the soil, but neither for
love nor for money could he hire the poorest
Of his neighbors, or Of the tenants under him,
to do an hours work for him. Ia this stale
Of distress the O%rangemen came to his rescue
but only under such a degree of protection as
made their expedition ridiculous. The roads
had to be lined with military to keep the peo-
pie from shreaking these Ulstermen's heads.
The crops are in, but the victory is with the
League. Meanwhile, the tenants will not
pay their rent through Boycott. They have
started for their landlords residence to offer
their rent in full to bis lordship in person
but they declare that they will no longer rec
- L e-.-k r.. 49, ao... H. 49,.
the approval of both the Land League and
the Catholic priesthood. There has hardly
been a generation of Lrishmen under English
rule that has not seen the ordinary course of
law suspended, and ''coercion' substituted
for constitutional government. The consti-
tuition is, like the English Bank Act, ready
for suspension at every emergency. With
most Englishmen, and not a few Americans,
the disposition is to put the blame on the
Irish. But the people of Ireland. apart from
their relations to the landlords and at times
TO the Government, one Of which has been
bitterly oppressive under the might and au-
Of the other, are the most orderly and
governable people in the world. There is a
wonderful absence of any sort of crime in
Ireland except agrarian crime, and it is no
in the faults Of the people, but in the faults of
the Government, that every impartial observ-
er will find the true reason for Irish dissatis-
faction. If the English have lone or are do
their best for the island, they are incom-
peteDt to rule it, and should abandon the at
tempt.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-01
loustone; the grade is completed to the Vel

loWstone; the grade is completed to The 1el-
lowstone, and the rails will be laid during
the present month. The graders are now
working up the Yellowstone, and during the
winter the road will be completed to Miles
| City at Fort Keogh. There is only about 500
| miles of road remaining to be built. About
| 800 miles Of this will be constructed during
the coming year. We shall soon ship rails
around the Horn to be laid on the western
end. We are pushing the work in Montana.
We will reach Bozeman or Helena during
the year, thus giving an outlet to that Won
derfully rich and fertile part OF the Territory.
The line, as at present located, runs through
Bozeman, but there is a possibility Of its be
ing carried farther to the north SO as to strike
Helena. Chief Engineer Anderson has re-
Gently been over the route from the end Of
the track to Pen d'Oreille Lake, in Idaho,
from which point southwestward to Walla
Walla, on the Columbia river, a section of
road is finished. From Walla Walla to Pu-
get sound there is almost 900 miles of road
to be built. The other 600 miles is the dis
lance across Montana. Within the last ten
days the Company has bought 800 miles of
steel rails which will be laid during the com
ing year.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-01

LET the coming session of the Legislature
be free from, at least, one Objectionable fea-
ture. The practice Of specializing upon votes,
through local needs and local measures, for
the purpose Of promoting or defeating any
particular scheme of a general character has
heretofore been very prominent. 1t is time
to put a stop to this. The people of this sec
ton do not send their representatives to the
capital to %antagonize the measures or require
ments Of other sections; nor do we believe
that it is the desire Of any other section that
their representatives should oppose any en-
actments introduced and approved by Cho-
teau county delegations.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-01
U% ~
RlaN ERS'

Mining claims 10 Utah (by %statute) are real
estate, and pass by deed.
A mining claim on the public domain may
be held either by actual occupancy, and the
exercise and control over it by distinctly in
dicating the boundaries 10y monuments and
marks, Or by occupancy in accordance with
the local mining customs.
No use Of any mining claim is lawful
which precludes the owners of other mining
claims from the enjoyment of such other
claims.
The possession of public land in the min
eral districts, acquired and held in accord
ance with the possessory act for agricultural
purposes, carries with it the right to the wood
and timber growing thereon, and this right is
superior to that of subsequent %locators Of
mining claims who need and seek to use the
wood and timber for carrying on their min
ing operations.
A bill of sale not under seal is insufficient
to convey a ditch or mining claim.
A bill of sale Of a mining claim, not under
an equity as is subordinate to the legal title
or any superior equity.
Where q party's rights to a mining claim
are fixed by the rules of property which are
a part of the general law of the land, they
cannot be Invested by any mere neighbor-
hood custom or regulation.
The right to mine ore upon the land of an
other, whether il be an easement or by Ii
cense, canno be created except by deed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-01

THE action of the United States authorities
in refusing to deliver Agent Berry to the
State officers Of Colorado, very forcibly an
tagonizes the impression, existing amongst
some of the members of the bench and bar
of the Territory, that the jurisdiction of Of
fences committed upon Indian reservations
is concurrent with the United States and Ter
ritorial courts. In refusing to deliver up
Berry, the United States authorities de-
cided that all offences committed upon
Indian reservations are within the ex-
elusive Jurisdiction of the United States
Courts. The counter opinion prevalent here
is based pom the Interpolation of an advis-
DRY opinion Of Attorney Overwhelming,
we believe-giVen at the request Of the War
Department, and published in . general order
from that Department. AS the question is
one which materially affects the criminal af-
fairs of this county, it is only proper that
some steps should be taken to bring it to pro-
per and speedy solution. The expenses at
tached TO the criminal process Of our local
and Territorial courts, ia connection with Of
fences committed upon adjoining Indian res
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-01

AGITATION over the division of Deer Lodge
county continues with savage and sarcastic
bitterness, the contention being championed
by the M5ner and the New NorthWest, and
the bone is-well suppose we guess the pub
lie printing. Both are able representatives
able misrepresentation of popular opinion on
the division question. The Miner is agitating
a line Of division from Warm Springs cross
ing eastward to the old county line, and
south to the Deer Lodge river; the ". ".
". believes that while the Butte bees have a
right to swarm, they should not attempt to
carry off the entire hive.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-01

THE Syndicate which has undertaken to
build the Canadian Pacific railway has i'm
posed conditions which at best can only be
termed harsh. The Dominion is to furnish
and hand over to the syndicate the portions Of
the road now under construction; is to pay it
twenty-five millions of money, and twenty
five millions of acres of land. Considering
that the Dominion is heavily in debt, and that
it must be many years before the new road
will have any great degree of commercial
value, we believe our Canadian friends are
paying dear for their railroad. The syndi-
cate has not agreed to carry the road to Van
couver, and the cause for division between
the Dominion and its Western rival is more
likely to become greater than less.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-01
THE PACIFIC.
A Syndicate Formed with SAO,ooO,oOo Cap
ital-The Entire Road to be Built in
Three Years.

The Chicago Times Philadelphia special
dispatch says: Charles D. Wright, one Of
the directors of the Northern Pacific Rail
road Company, who returned from New
York, late on saturday, was at his office to-
day, and said negotiations were closed on
Friday night between the Company and 8
syndicate Of American and European bank
ers, under which the syndicate is to furnish
100000, 900 for the completion Of the road.
Mr.. Wright said the names of the bankers
composing the syndicate would be published
from the Company's office in the course of
two or three days. In the meantime he did
not feel at liberty to give their names. He
said, however, that they were OF the highest
standlng-there were no better names in Am
erica or Europe. 1t is understood that the
leading members are Drexel, Morgan & Co.,
August Belmont 6 Co.. WinsloW, Lanier s
and j. and w. Seligman, Of New York, and
Morton, Rose & Co., of London. Mr..
Wright said it would be improper, just at
present, to give the exact terms of the agree
nenI, but ne would say mat Inc syndicate
were to take the bonds Of the Company B 8
scale ranging between nine and ten per cent.
The road would be completed within three
years. AS you know, said Mr. Wright, the
rails were laid across the Montana boundary,
one hundred and seventy-seVen miles west of
the Missouri river, on November 10th, when
the silver spikes were driven to-day the
rails are laid to within 80 miles Of the Vel.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-01

ervations, have, heretofore, not been very
large; the exigency may arise, however-not
at all imaginary, in view of the semi-lawless
state of our Enthusiastically enormous <
penses may be saddled upon the taxpayers
of this county. It would be preferable, OF
course, that the general government should
bear this expense, but if this county is to
foot the bills let us have the mandate devoid
of uncertainty.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-01

IT IS reported now that the directors of the
Union Pacific Railway Company will reor-
ganize, and that the enormo passenger
rates Of y cents per mile that it has been i'm
posing for SO long upon a helpless public,
and with wonderful magnanimity will reduce
the fare between Omaha and Ogden from $77
to $62. But let us be thankful even for this.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-01

WE are in favor of judicious expenditures
Of money upon the county roads. The re-
suit is not so readily discernable as when the
expenditure is made upon public buildings,
ETC., but an hours stroll through our bust
ness houses very forcibly illustrates the wis
dom of improvements upon public roads and
hirhWaus
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-01
The RIVER Press
Wednesday, December 1, 1880.

Our Territorial Solons are bracing up for
the siege at the capital. They should first
dissipate All idea Of obstructive tactics rela
tive to local measures, where the demand
comes from and is submitted by the represen-
tatives of the locality where the measure is
needed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-01

The New York Telegram says: AS the
day approaches when the Passion Play is to
be produced on the stage at Booths theatre,
the popular sense Of outraged sentiments re-
speet to it seems 70 grow stronger: Thurlow
Weed, II this mornings paper, joined the
army Of professors against this play.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-01

Presidential cabinet makers are still st
work upon Garfield's secretary.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-01

The boss Of tanks was terribly agltated
during the prevalence Of the last great
storm. Hundreds OF vessels disappeared and
left not a wreck behind.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-01

Lady compositors never have SO much
trouble as men in spacing out the lines. The
sex have a faculty of always getting in the
last word.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-01
THE RIVER Il
TAILINGS.

With Fahrenheit twenty degrees below,
And blowing ike great guns,
That e-cave business was no go,
But fell like the weight of a hundred tons,
Or q story by Mrs. Stowe.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-01

We confidently expect to see a vigorous
administration party arise among the intelli-
gent classes of the south. They will arise
principally ia 2. 0. towns, and will consist
Of him and his clerk.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-01


But fell like the weight of a hundred tons,
Orr story by Mrs. Stowe.
Presidential cabinet makers are still at
work upon Garfeld's secretary.
Lady compositors never have SO much
trouble as men in spacing out the lines. The
sex have a faculty of always getting in the
last word.
The boss Of tanks was terribly agltated
during the prevalence of the last great
storm. Hundreds of vessels disappeared and
left not u wreck behind.
We confidently expect to see a vigorous
administration party arise among the intelli-
gent classes of the south. They will arise
principally in 2. 0. towns, and will consist
Of him and his clerk.
They (the South) will turn their chief at
tention to the political development of their
magnificent section, and will watch, from
the tops of the nearest fence, the patient
African search for the loaves and fishes.
He (the Pres) will foster all tendencies il
this direction, if the South frankly accepts
the Presidential situation. But we fear the
South would not have the Presidential situa-
ton if it was offered to them.
Capital will flow in, and all the nerves of
industry will be touched, and whisky will
again sell at ten cents a pint at the K Roads.
A great many men are ~cottage-built that
is to say, they have but one story. And they
are forever telling it.-Bostom TRANSCRIPT.
They doubtless look upon such an one as a
telling story.-Detroit Free Pres. But they
sometimes get q mansard roof on it.
''Father why is a hen sitting on a fence
like 9 penny? ?" asked young Telemachus, as
he came in from a walk with old Mentor.
Because, my son. answered the wise
Ulysses, sit is head on one side and tail on
the other" and Ulysses went on securing his
shield.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-01

They (the South) will turn their chief at
magnificent section, and will watch, from
the tops of the nearest fence, the patient
African search for the loaYes and fishes.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-01

Capital will flow in, and all the nerves of
industry will be touched, and whisky will
again sell at ten cents a pint at the K Roads.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-01

If uncertainty.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-04-30
The pennsy1vania Democrats.

HARRISBURG, April 29,-The delegates
were by the resolutions instructed to vote
as unit and to oppose the abrogation of
the two-thirds rule.
At this point Snowdon moved to amend
by substituting for the unit resolution
another abrogating the two thirds rule. A
warm debate ensued. Wallace opposed the
amendment, and desired Pennsylvania to
vote as a unit, in accordance with her
dignifed position. Snowdon said that
iron bound dictation would do for the
Camerons, but not for the Democratic
convention. He wanted no more frebrands
here. Gibson made speech 10 the same
vein. Speer got in a speech in favor of
the unit rule as applied to Hancock for
president. Randall opposed the unit rule
1t would bring trouble and defeat oftener
than victory. Snowdon's amendment was
adopted by close vote. l25 to l22, and
the platform as whole was adopted. The
Wallace party nominated Cassidy and
Spear and the Randall party Scott and
Stengcr as delegates at large to Cincinna-
ii. and they were elected. John A. jerks
was nominated for supreme judge, and r.
2. Deckert for auditor general. Adjourn
ed.
Wallace says the delegation stands: For
Tilden 20, against 3S.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-04-30
California Republicans.

SAN Francisco. April 3O-After a
brief recess to enable the various districts
to select delegates. the Republican con.
veDtion reassembled at quarter past
eight. Discussion arose over the PROPOSE.
ton to amend the report of the committee
on resolutions, and instruct the dele CATION
to vote for Blaine until his name be with
drawn, and then vote Rs unit for the
choice OF the msjority of the California
delegation. After q long debate, the
amendment was voted down-ayes 122,
nays l24. The resolutions were then
unanimously adopted. The following are
nominations for delegates to the Chicago
convention made by districts and confirm
ed by the convention: j G McMerding.
Alex Sharon, Samuel Mosgrave, Socrates
Huff. K Doak, Greed Raymond, Il A
Davis, Joseph Russ. Fl T Fairbanks. 1t.
Gov. John Mansfield. d 8 Payne and T
NJ Rixey. Alternates-W Fisher. G NJ
Kinne, L J French, j A Benson, James
Foster. Jr. John g. Scott. T A Leach, S
g HiIbern. William Smith, Chas Sher-
man. } P Stearns. Ali the delegates
present came before the convention and
pledged themselves to carry out the
Instructions. It was resolved that the
credentials of the absent delegates and
alternates, be placed in the custody of the
state central committee, until those
claiming them shall similarly pledge
themselves.
A resolution was adopteu urging the
appointment of Congressman Horace
Davis as member of the national Republi-
can committee for California, also declar-
ing Newton Booth, the choice of California
tor vice president. Adjourned sine die.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-04-30
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-04-30
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