The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-22
year Of barley alone will amount to about
$4,000. We call that profitable farming.

year Of barley alone will amount to about
$4,000. We call that profitable farming.
THusbandman.]
W. K. FloWeree, son Of D. A. G. Flow
cree, one Of the principal stock owners in
Montana, returned from a drive East this
week, The herd driven numbered 1884 head,
all Of which were safely delivered IN Chica-
go. They were gathered at his Sun river
ranch and were driven down on the north
side Of the river, one Of the best cow trails
in North America. Mr.. Floweree pronoun-
ces it better than the famous Chisolmn trail
from Texas to Aboline, Kansas. On arriv-
ing at Bismarck the cattle were shipped on
board the cars and taken off and fed once
while en- route. The herd was composed of
three, four and fve-year-old animals, and
averaged 1880 pounds in Chicago, and
brought from 1914 to $3.50 per hundred
weight. Mr. Floweree returned by the n.
P. route to the Yellowstone and followed up
this stream to near the mouth of Sweet Grass,
then came in by their Musselshell ranch. The
party consisted Of seven or eight men and
they had upwards Of fifty head Of horses
used in the drive. They went to Sun River
via Chestnut.
Fred Nayn, writing to his brother from
Kansas, says Montana beats all the countries
he has yet seen.
The one mill school tax levy in White
Sulphur Springs amounts 70 $500, OF which
800 have already been collected.
A number of applications were received
this week for dwelling houses, but none
could be supplied, every house in town being
occupied.
David z. Folsom, who was elected County
Surveyor, hiss qualified, and rendered A. W.
Fuller, Of Barker district, the position Of
assistant.
A man who represented himself to bea
cow boy and who was broke, prevailed upon
young Flowenee at Bismarck to allow him to
come to Montana, to which he consented.
While en- route up the Yellowstone the I'M
grateful loafer left the party between two
days, taking with him a horse, saddle and
bride, pair of spurs, leggings, gun, one hun
dred and fifty rounds of ammunition and, in
fact, q pretty complete outfit, including sew
eral days rations.
independently
Hon. J. T. Thorpe, of Meagher county,
will leave to-day for the Terminus, and from
thence 60 to Missouri, it being his first visit
to his old home folks for sixteen years. Mr..
Thorpe is one Of the prominent men Of this
county, which he ably represented in the
Territorial Legislature during the session of
1879. We wish him q pleasant Journey and
safe return.
We learn from Mr.. Julius Sands that Mr..
George Higgins, formerly q resident Of Hele-
ma, died recently at Leadville, Col.
Purses to the amount of $1,325 for the
July meeting and So, 700 for the annual fair
will be offered by the Fair Association for
next season.
A petition recently presented to the city
council Of Butte asking permission to open a
hurdy gurdy house within the city limits was
denied.
IAC Nto O1 taO Io1A3 says W. WSAo
yesterday shown by City Marshal Warield
an orange grown in Q hot house in the Bitter
Root valley. 1t was perfect il form, fully
thin skinned, and when eaten said to
be delicious. 1t was of the first oranges ever
in Montana.
ICapital.l
In FrenchtoWn one day last week John
Lavalle was found dead in his room.
He was lying on the floor close to the fire.
His clothes had been burned from his body,
and his arms, legs, and the forepart of bis
body had been burned to a crisp. He was
to fits, and it is probable that in one
Of them he fell 50 near the fire that his clothes
took fire, and that he was burned to death.
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Greenbaeks AglsateG.
The bill introduced by Senator Hill, of
Colorado, for the retirement of one and two
1ollar greenbacks, is 8 measure Of much in
crest for the silver producing regions. He
las been investigating the subjects involved
n the bill for some time, and intends to sur
,ort it with q speech in the Senate which will
present some striking facts. For instance,
le has ascertained that the cost Of maintain
no in circulation the amount of the small