The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-08-17
The real estate boom continues.

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The real estate boom continues.
Potatoes are retailing at two cents a pound.
Why don't somebody say something about
a fire engine? Start 1t.
Cashiers mule train loaded and left for the
Belt country on the 10th.
w. O. Dexter has his saw mill on High
wood nearly ready to start up.
Property in Benton that two years ago
could be bought for q song now commands
thousands of dollars.
Wool is still coming to market at a pretty
lively rate and the dealers pay "a and rs cts.
for the same delivered here.
The lumber for Davidson & Mofitt's new
building has arrived, and they will commence
the erection OF the same at once.
Utica, on the Martinsdale road, is becom-
ing quite a place. Mr.. Jos. Cutting, who
runs the store at that place, reports business
as very good.
The Wetzel & Go. block, as good a prop
erty as there is in Benton, was bought five
years ago for 81, 500. 1t could not be pur-
chased to-day for $25, 900.
There is one Territorial paper, the RIVER
PRESS, that declines to wade through the
ocean of gush lavished upon the muchly-
puffed Katie Putnam troupe.-M0dSson5nn.
Messrs. Settle & Stevenson, Of this city,
were admitted to the bar of the Supreme
Court on the 18th inst, and are now duly
authorized to practice in that honorable
court.
Mr.. Wetzel has just added another fine
n~ickel-plated show case to his already beau
tiful set, and therein is displayed the finest
assortment Of table cutlery ever brought to
this market.
a letter Just received from Jos. Cutting,
Judith, states that a large fire is raging in
that section and that Howell & Waits, and
Johnson & Co.'s ranges are all burned off,
including 90 tons of hay.
Mr.. John Madden, of Wolf Butte, left for
home yesterday. BE reports settlements in
that section springing up like mushrooms,
and says that it is the best farming land he
has yet seen in Montana, and John knows
whereof he speaks.
Asa Samples is conducting a cattle drive
to the terminus Of the N. P. r. r., the herd
of some nine hundred head being the proper
ty Of Messrs. Kingsbury, Lepley and himself.
They take a new route by way of Maginnis
and will shorten the distance materially.
The RIVER PRESS, published at Fort Ben
ton, Montana, by Jerry Collins, recently Of
the Courier, comes to our table. It is a very
neat and attractive print, and Jerry makes it
a most readable paper. It merits success
and we hope it may receive it.-Wabash
(Ind.) Pa5ndeG1er.
The Fort Macleod mail arrived on the 10th
and the mail carrier reports that the North
ern Indians were being paid their annuities
when he left, on the 10th. He also says
that about 900 Of them are coming this way,
evidently making for the Judith country, and
that they are very saucy.
A post Office has been established at High
wooden a direct road to the Barker mining
district, and the RIVER Press calls for al
other to be established at Gold Run and mail
service to the mines. The Barker people
should move in the matter at once, and we
have no doubt their wishes will be respected
and at least o tri-Weekly mail gfanted.-Her-
aid.
Davidson s. Mofit, Of Helena, will pro-
coed to erect a business block this fall on the
lots on Front street bought Of ". Fl. Todd.
We understand that they propose to build q
two-story house, instead of one story, as was
contemplated. In q letter to q gentleman in
Benton Mr.. Motif states that they are about
to sell portion of their lot here to r. s.
hale @ Co, wholesale druggists Of Helena,
and IN that event the latter firm will build in
connection with them and open up . large
wholesale drug establishment in Benton.
me arrangement to that end may be con-
sumated by this time.