The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-10-12

thousand inches of water already under con-
struction to cover his bench land locations.
He says he is determined to have water
enough this time and not have 10 Law Tor it,
either HusbdnGmdn.
Jerry Collins, the new editor of the RIVER
PRESS, arrived here from Helena Sunday.
THIS is MIR. C.'s first trip through the interior
OF Montana and we are glad to know that he
is more than pleased with the land of bis re-
cent adoption. 1t gives us pleasure to extend
to him the same cordial welcome that the
people Of Meagher county give to the spicy
young journal of the river metropolis, of
| which he is editor in cbief.-HusJandnsaB.
+. M. Wilson, in the Herald, says OF the
| Barker district. "Few ia Western Iontana
have an idea Of the promise this camp gives
Of y brilliant future, but it is not unreasona-
| Bile to expect that within q year or two
another silver city will spring up in this dis
prominence. This statement may sound
like wild assertion, and time may prove it
to be such, but never has a mining district
| given promise of q greater future than does
this" =
Horse stealing is still a business for some
in the Musselshell. A few days since the
ranch of Messrs. Melroy & Olsen were paid
q nocturnal visit and two horses AIKEN. The
following day a survey and pursuit showed
| the trail Of the vagabonds across the noun
tains q few miles west of the gap. At the
| foot of the mountains were two horses that
| showed signs Of having been rode without
saddles. The animals were in an exhausted
conditions. A camp fire was found on top
of the range.-Husbandm0n.
Rev, w. A, james, from Minneapolis,
Mimi, will ~ holding services at
the Court House next Sabbath. At the in
%vitation Of some of our citizens he has been
sent here by the American Home Missionary
Society. This society has led to the estab-
lishment of many churches throughout the
territories. A Congregational church is self
governing. All the power resides in the
members. Its creed is so broad that ali
! 6VHDgGll5LlCai euilStlauS Cau 0ai Eioulousiy
work together and stand on its platform.
An exciting race occurred on Front street
Tuesday morning. Some party on the other
side Of the river was shooting at a flock Of
ducks which were flying south over the town,
and a wounded duck fell il the snow near
the corner OF Benton street. One Of our
prominent merchants saw it from his door
and started on 8 run for the duck, but an at
%teruated grocery clerk got there ahead Of
him and secured the prize. The successful
party, we are told, ia now anxious to wager
That lie can outrun John Green or any other
little man In Benton.
We were shown, last week, by Mr. George
Leonhart, some fine gold nuggets, taken
from the Moccasin Mountain country. He
had three or four Of them, all being quite
good-sized. We are Informed that, although
scattered, similar nuggets are quite plentiful
in the ground from which these were taken,
scarcitysef water being the only drawback to
WORKING the same. There is water for a
month or two in the spring, and if there are
many OF these fellows in the ground We
should Judge that even a two months run
would yield q handsome reward.
It is reported that the stage stock at Says
Creek has been %,Sstolen, and also at The
Judith Gap. 1t is also said that stables have
been broken into between Mann's ranch anC
Sage Creek, and horses taken out, the depre
dations being probably. committed by the
same gang, which. from the mode Of opera
tons are no doubt white men. There is nc
question but that q well-organizsd band 81
horse thieves is now operating ID the coun
try between this place and tue Yellowstone
A little hemp would be gpnd medicine Ifol
these gentry if caught, and We know Of I
good many people who would he willing no
only to supply the medicine but also 10 hell
administer it. The gang, however, Will b
hard to break up, for the county in which
y they operate isfso large and 50 sparsely set
s tied that they will not b~e.easijy caught. !.
: Come to think of it, perhaps we were
= little ''inconsiderate il showing the RIyEl
l:PREss mans s'slips in such bold relief.
r Z act Is, We ulunG MINK IL Was going TO nuT
so. Our poetic advice to the Press man is
y If YOU would avoid the sorrow
+ Of your "sipsin bold relief"
Take fewer nips of Tom and Jerry,
t And gain the ssere and yellow leaf
Courier.
The Courier is evidently bent on mlscon
STRUNG our meaning of the word ssslips.s
But perhaps the slips caused by tom ant
Jerry" are the ones he has the most vivie
recollection of, and with a Ito change on
own words kindness most paternal, he i
: giving US advice gathered from his v rip
, experience when he advises US to take fewe
: ssnips." And, as the above lines conye:
both an attempted play on the names Of tw,
of the RIVER Press force,sand also an in
situation, our answer is:
Q Tom and Jerry, Reverend Brother,
| In our Office may be seen,
q But not Of the sort which seen to trouble you,
y W. w,
And well wager that, together,
u In the sense that you would mean,
They have taken fewer ssnips' than you have don
Anderson.