The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-05-11

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~Iieveit, for the steeds stopped, look around
and refused to pull the vehicle until til.
sweet singer from the north relapsed into Sc
rene and regretfnl silence.
Healthy sheep should have two dips eacf
year, it will keep them healthy and will more
than repay the expense and trouble in an IN
creased production Of wool, and as well, ado
materially to its quality. For this purpose
Ladd's extra strength Tobacco sheep dip il
most effective, safest and cheap. T. G.
Power 6 Bro, OF Benton are the agents.
Or. ". ". Higgins and wife arrived on
Fridays coach on . visit to their only
daughter, Mrs. Lieut.. Krause. The Doctor
is g member of the extensive firm of Murphy,
Neel q Co, and the Deer Lodge house is
under his immediate supervision. He is one
Of the pioneers Of Montana, but this, we be-
lieve, is his first visit to Benton. We wish
them q pleasant and enjoyable visit.
From Lew Bradbury, who has just return
ed from a trip down the Martinsdale road,
we learn that whisky is being traded to the
Indians with utter recklessness. Dir. Brad
bury says he and others saw two half-breeds
deliberately shoot an Indian-the three being
drunk at the time-and then mount their
horses and escape. It seems strange that
this miserable traffic cannot be effectually
stopped.
Peter LaViny fingers in the cooler on bread
and water-a thin diet for the season Of
blossoms and verdure-for ~appropriating q
few yards Of ingram carpet from Al. Lester
without the latter's consent Or knowledge.
Peter packed the carpet to the Eagle Bird
saloon and sold it to Foster for $3.50 in solid
silver. The latter was also arrested for buy
ing stolen property, and assessed one dollar
and costs, but appealed the case. Mr.. Living,
however, will stay in close confinement len
days and will then put his valuable services
on the roads for one month longer. Verify,
the way of the transgressor is tough.
Colonel Washington Dunn having taken q
contract for grading a twenty-five mile sec
ton Of the Northern Pacific in Deer Lodge
county, left Butte at noon the 4th Of May in
company with J.. L. Fisk who will have
charge of the graders. The work begins at
the mouth of the Little Blackfoot and ex-
tends thence down the Deer Lodge river.
The contract will be pushed with all possible
expedition Inter Mountain.
The boys in blue are taking advantage of
their brief respite to linger lovingly by the
lasses they admire. You can notice them
out riding in the twilight of these pleasant
evenings you can see them promenading
and talking sweet words-the old, old, story
with those those they soon expect to leave
behind. The company have certainly con-
Quoted themselves splendidly since coming
here, and, If they do go, on citizens will
part with them regretfully.
It is almost unnecessary to call attention
to the advertisement of Cans g. Klein. The
firm is SO well and favorably known all over
Montana, that their success here is already
assured. They will open the largest and
finest stock of clothing ever brought to Ben
ton. and will sell finer goods for less money
than any house here. The firm have branch
houses in different parts of the Territory,
ship more goods here than all other houses
together, have a mammoth manufacturing
establishment in New York, and can afford
to sell better goods for less money than other
establishments.
G1vowrJ n$%n~rr}o &~ H~o& x,~01@ 1nw, EIn 4
various streams are proving successful.
That Of Evans s. Co. is IN assured venture.
And now Messrs. Rutherford, Riley 6 Fet-
lock will attempt to float cottonwood down
from the Upper Teton-Benton thirty miles
away. Cottonwood imbibes water like a
sponge and soon sinks, and the venture may
not prove q success. We hope it will. They
should first make q tank, as railroads use to
soak ties in, s feet wide 5 feet deep and 100
feet long, fill it to the depth Of 1 foot with
kerosene oil; soak the wood three days and
nights and then float it down. This will OBJ
yiate the great difficulty and add much to the
value of the wood. Much of the oil can be
saved by b e,erection Of extensive apparatus
at the mouth of the Teton. as the water can
be collected and the oil retained by the sim
pie process of distillation.
Prof. Chandler, Of New York, in obedi-
ence to a resolution of the Board of Health,
has reported the result Of his inquiries into
the subject of oleomargar;ne. He says that
it is superior in all respects to the poorer
grades Of dairy butter sold in that city: We
all heartily agree with him. Old hides, axle