The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-07-06
THE RIVER PRESS.

true OF the succeeding evening, and, as vii
be seen by the card elsewhere, the festivs.
was q most pronounced success financially,
as IL was socially.
Encouraging reports come in from the
New England Mining District, near the hcao
of the Shonkin, ia this county. The first 10.
Gators were Gus. HYDE, W. Packard. D
Wareham, j. Mcdonald, d. Buchanan, and
the first locations are called Great Western,
Highland Chief, Comet. Gothrob, Big Horn,
and Mammoth lodes. Top rock assays in
gold and silver about $50 per ton. The
Great Western and Highland Chief show one
wall and an immense body of ore. Our
merchants should help out the discovery and
ascertain what is in it being SO near town
it can be thoroughly p%rospected with very
little expense.
The produce market is showing more act
witty. green vegetables are coming in guam
thy; and q small quantity Of new potatoes
are taking a place on the list. Prices on
produce are rot settled, but are rapidly de-
Ginning, SO that quotations cannot be given,
The supply OF butter, both of States and
Montana. is pretty fair, and prices range
from 45@55 for fair to choice. Eggs are
scarce, and generally of unreliable quality.
Fresh meats Of all kinds are plentiful and Of
good quality surloin and porterhouse steaks
1870; round, 10c culls &C. best roast, 1Oc.
Mutton 10000, Veal, $4,000. Salt pork,
Montana, 121@15c; hams, zoe.
Every inhabitant of Choteau county should
plant fruit trees and vines. It has been so
often demonstrated that fruit would thrive
in Montana, even at a much higher eleva-
ton than we are situated, that our people
can go ahead with full confidence that their
labors would be crowned with success. The
apple should thrive well on the lands which
cannot be irrigated, as it does not require so
much water as is generally supposed. Seeds
should be planted, with q view of getting
native stock, which will prove more hardy
than any imported variety can be. This
could afterwards be improved by grating
and budding. Time in this matter should
not be lost. as the cultivation of orchards are
q work Of time.
The strawberry and ice cream festiva.
given by the ladies OF the Episcopal Church,
at the Cour House, on Thursday and Friday
evenings Of last week, was a marked success
in every way. The tables presented a very
inviting appearance, and the fair ladies in
attendance We'd with each other in making
the evenings pleasant for those who patron
lied them. The strawberries were large and
very finely favored, and the ice cream per-
lection. The attendance was not quite IS
large the second evening as on the preceding
one, on account of the party on the Dacotah
the same evening, but the receipts were fully
equal, and the entire lot of strawberries pro
vided were disposed Of. The festival will.
after all bills are paid, net the ladies' about
1886, which is q very handsome showing,
We congratulate them on their we'll de-
served success, which is entirely due to their
untiring efforts.
We are glad to learn that the public lands
IN the vicinity OF Sand Coulee are to be sur
veyed this season so that they may be entered
BY the farmers who are rapidly settling up
that promising country.-Independeut. And
as that section Of country is fast receiving
permanent settlers, we wish to direct atten-
ton anew to a matter to which we referred
in these columns early this spring, namely,
the necessity for mail facilities in that direc-
ton. More than thirty families would be
accommodated by the establishment of a
post office at Sand Coulee, and we have no /
doubt if they would present the properly
signed petition to the department they would
get one. The Office is needed there 8 great
deal more than at some other places where
regular mail is now going. Something
should also be done for a post Office at Pitts
burg (Castner's), as that would accommodate
even a greater number Of people.
Murphy, Neel s. Co. have received by the
Grand steamer Dacotah,
Furniture,
Stoves,
Schuttler Wagons,
Groceries,
Liquors,
Cigars,
Dry Goods,
Buckeye Mowers,
Buckeye Mowers and Reapera,
Sulky Flows,
Walking Flows,
Milwaukee Beer,
Wines,
Oranges,
Lemons,
Apples,
Everything you want,
Cheap as the cheapest,
Largest store building in Montana,
Lowest prices.
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