The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-07-20
MONTANA MATTERS.

, The three B's-Benton, Bozeman and
Butte-are crying out for new hotels.
About 400 tons Of freight arrive daily at
Melrose, the terminus Of the Utah 8 North
ern road.
The Helena papers get the dispatches
about once week. The rest Of the time the
wires are down.
John Cravens sentenced to the penitenti-
ary for term Of twelve years from Lewis
& Clarke county IN 1878, for rape, has been
pardoned.
Base ball will soon have brief but need
ed rest il Helena. Several bicycles are en-
route to that city. But there will be broken
noses and cracked skulls all the same.
The Husba7adna01 reports that it has
learned from different persons connected
with the roundup that the loss in the herds
of that county will be about 30.per cent
All dogs running atl..large in Helena after
the Goth inst. are subject to be shot unless
they are duly collared and tagged according
to the ordinance It's dog on mean law
John w. Gonu,an old-time Montana miner,
was killed in his mine at Bald Mountain,
near Helena, on the 14th inst. The exact
manner by which he met his fate is not
known.
Mr.. Williams, of the Colorado smelter,
has purchased of Roudabush 6 Young the
Nettie mine, within two miles Of Butte, for
| $65, 900 cash in hand. Mines are mines in
| that district.
/
The Montana Mission Conference of the
NJ. q. Church will be held at Helena, COM
mencing July 21st. Bishop ]. W. Wiley,
one of the eminent divines Of the church, will
be in attendance and preside at the confer
ence.
Miles City will vote "to incorporate or not
Incorporate" on August the 1st AS that city
is full of enterprising business men, it is
probable that the question will be decided in
the affirmative Benton ought to take this
same step and speedily.
The Boulder round up has been completed
and we learn that the stockmen of that range
estimate their average loss during the past
winter at from 40 30 50zper cent IF to this
is added the loss from cows Sinking their
calves, the percentage would be much
greater Independent.
The Utah & Northern Railway Company
is actively putting the road bed along the en-
tire line into the best condition for doing the
extensive business of the road. The track
has been completed to Melrose, q distance of
$50 miles north Of Ogden, and the work of
or<%, ri TO pr,t+ Go-
den Pilot.
The theatre managers have not been she'll
ing out comps literally over at Helena, and
hence these tears by the Herald 'sIt is
generally understood that when the press
privileges are gratiously requested and grant
ed that some slight courtesy Is returned for
the same. Some people arc not aware Of
this fact.
The Butte Daily Inter Mountain has been
enlarged and now claims to be the biggest
daily published in the Territory. It is some
thing near the size of an ordinary blanket,
but is chock full of choice reading matter all
the same. For a youngllng the Inter Mouza-
ta5aa seems to be enjoying remarkable
share of prosperity. Success to it.
Since the roundup on Lower Smith river
Henry Sieben estimates that he lost fully 80 i
per cent. of his herd during the past winter {
and thinks his loss does not exceed that of
his neighbors. His spring branding Of calves /
would indicate that these figures are true. He
attributes it to an overcroWded range more
TYosoIu |
Jas. McCrae, sr., Of Marquette, Michigan, j
who is 81 years of age, wants to hear Of his
wandering son, Butte McCrae, who was last =
heard Of in Montana, some years ago. Bute's 4
mother, who is in her SD year, would like to $
near from Butte before eve go hence and P
Jay they have something of great value to
ell him. If Butte is in Montana, and sees this i,
1otice he will write to the old folks, direct L
ng his letter in care Of Joseph Dyson, ?, 0.
oox 1873, Marquette, Michigan. Montana = :,
journals please copy, and dc the old people f
i kindness. n
Mr. NJ. d. Heller, of Indiana, among re- 4
cent arrivals in the Territory, is spending '
ome days in and about Helena. Mr.. Heller f
,omes from Fort Wayne, we learn, where !
or many years he has been prominently en-
,aged in business pursuits. Heis the a0ant
ou1'Ser of proposed colony Of twenty five :.
II more persons who desire to quit the flat >
nalarial regions of Indiana for the higher a
nd healthier lands to be found in all direc- v
ions in our mountain empire. Those for I, {,
whom he IA accommodating are mostly of the : :