The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-05-18

eohsaels with that nI the Rove Bro. s, az
tose1ner there Is quite stretch Of sidewaj
on street. The example set by tines
gentlemen should be followed along the e.
dfe Eelgln OF that street, for 10 public in
pfoSe1nent II . small way adds SO much /
the value OF property and the comfort Of III
public.
We are astoaishea beyond measure at til
assurance OF cur Contemporary, the Merit
ues5, OF Deer Lodge. He says he found read
abundance into The Gates Of Paradise, an.
LETT Henton girls on the outside. Guess i
dlu' al least lie color and scorched anDear
ahce OF me- last paper would seem 10 indicat
that De and the devil had been in comno1nio,
ana o. course cur ladies refused 10 enter enc}
society. L Deer Lodge ladies should be n,
llrs' 10 enter the gates Of paradise. 1t would
elIec:ually oIoef1 the way, rs their feet wurl(
cefts1n1y close The passage, and u pile-driye,
"ould not force them through.
Ihe RIVER Press, OF Fort Benton, has en-.
>arged TO len pages, aud shows evidence OF
growing popularity and, consequently. pros.
perity. Though the paper has been in exis.
tence only . little over six months, its proDri.
etors, AAessrs. Williams, Wright & Stevens.
nave, oy their enterprise and ability, placed
u III the front rank amOng the newspapers If
The Territory, and it already yields that in
f1uence Tor the good Of its constituency which
IS the aim Ct true journalism. The RIVER
PREsS - ably edited, its local columns are al
ways fllled with neWsy and readable matter
and the entire paper gives evidence of ability
and careful endeayor.-lLpey. :
A flying level was run yesterday by Mr.,
Rolfe and Mr.. Dexter to ascertain the fall ia
the river from The rapids, near Rosevelt's
Island TO Murphy's ranch. The difference
il level was found to be about eleven feet.
we understand that mr.. Dexter has been in
correspondence with Eastern capitalists in
reference TO the feasibility Of establishing 4
houring mill below town, and conducting
water III an underground nume, having sut-
1cient head to run q turbine wheel. Dir.
Dexter VIII see these parties in his tourney
10 the States. 1t has been suggested that by
going up the river q few miles the REQUISITE
head could be obtained for conducting water
through an iron pipe into town, thus giving
pure water, free from alkali, for both drink
ing and Irrigation purposes.
There has an absurd Tumor got afloat that
t will be impossible to run boats on the Mis-.
souri, owing to d lack Of Wootz along the river.
This has gone 50 far as to influence people
Up the country and elsewhere from coming
" Benton, from Q fear that boats will not
Jet here. There are six or seven boats now
Benton and Bismarck, and they are
nd will be making the usual progress and viii
all be here within the nextten days,
nd two OF them this week. Only q very
mall portion OF he wood Was carried down.
he most Of it was carried back inland, and
catered, and the only delay in getting along
plll be caused by the time it takes to gather
up again, and this difficulty will disap-
ear before lhenext installment Of boats pass
pward.
A man named Huiing came into Mfsaonla
q Wednesday, who Was one OF the .Arse to
ross the Cnor d'Alenes this spring. IN
ompany with q laboring man, whose name
e did not even know Haling crossed over
le old Mnllen road on snow-shoes, The
zen we're seven days coming from ''fe-ry 10
cry, and declare their trip was anything
ut a picnic excursion. In crossing. the
where they coald find logs OF Snow
fhey utilized them bat where none
build be found, they had to take the eide of
'e mountain until they found q return cross
6. HC1ing is q saddier by trade, and says
last worked in GoIfax. BE was Offered
ok here but could not be Induced to stay.
Id trucgsdou Of towno on Thursday morn
e. He reports the telegraph line broken
two places near the sammit, and about six
ct Of snow Oh the Observation-Disclosures.
The Case Of 0Ieininger vs- Douglass for the
,@ssessioa af the Chop House came Up be-
re Judge Eanouse on Monday. Max WAT
rman appeared for tbs plaintiff and Judge.
for ahe defendant. The gentlemen
gan the sslse by c~omplInleniing one another
the lega. knowledge and ability of each.
I'd finally ended BY elahorate arguments
'th lawyers attempting 70 display their elo-
simultaneously. 'Illls His Honor+oh-
cted to and Max held she fort, and fntieaaa-
d to the Court, jury and audience that WEas
$ opponent didn't know about law would
AXE a. e4tensive, valuable and really mag
flcent law library. Judge ,Hattan rallied
d recipr0eaIed by limiting chat the stat aee
his opoaent,s office had never yet been
oened and suggested IN friendly way that
cir perasal. The audience enjoyed the
hugely and Bijah was in bis element.
be jury were unable te4agree and Doaglaas
reig1+ IS chief.
w acknowledge q pleasant call and social
lat from Dr. HEiiggins This is the first visit
the gentleman to Hasasaoa for eight years,
ID he IS, Of course, surprised 1t the rapidly
ith which our city has grown. The Doctor
Of flae opinion thar fba Riyer City has q
ight and prosperous future. as It's excellent
cation will eventually make it eiae e,nmer-
al mari Of the Territory, From careful
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