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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-09
Gsae Northwest Territory.
FORT MACLEOD. Februarv II Is

FORT MACLEOD, February II, 1881.
TO the River Press:
Ihls being the next thing tothe North Pole,
/ thought a few items would he Of some ,7ao
to you, The snow is frightfully deep and
has been SO all winter, and the stock in these
parts are suffering considerably.
we are patiently waiting for the river 70
break, as we all expect to get washed off in
the spring. We have had rather a lonesome
winter; we have q dancing club, with some
forty members. We are making preparations
for 8 grand blowout on Washington's birth
day.
The District Court is in session at present
nothing of interest, except Dutch Fred, an
Old Bentonite, had quite an interesting suit
Tor tgesspassing, which he won. He created
something Of a stir among the Britishers by
defending himself in court We had quite a
Beacher-Illton case sometime back, of which
| will write particulars at some future time.
It is rumored in these parts that Major
Walsh, OF Sitting Bull fame, is to get the
Sbounce" this spring. The Indians are liv-
ing o. clover this winter; they are living On
those several reservations, drawing one pound
Of fresh beef and one Of flour daily; they
appear to be contented.
Upon the arrival of the mail The last time,
some Of the boys received 8 "keg" on permit.
Among the lot was one for Fred. Pace which
some Of the boys succeeded in capturing on
the sly, but in the hurry to obtain a drink
before they would be discovered, one Of the
party, which we will call Thumbs, in trying
to press the cork in with his thumb, it went
IN quicker than he expected and consequently
his thumb followed, and he was caught in q
trap and fined ten dollars. They have changed
his name to "Bung-hole Bill"
We have preachers here, wholesale and re-
tail. One Catholic, two Church Of England
and one Methodist. Think of 1t and weep.
We expect q large emigration from Canada
to this place in the spring,1but I think il all
talk what are here want to leave.
Our mails are very irregular since Mr..
Farewell stopped carrying it, but ! suppose
the weather is II to blame. REsTLER.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-09

THE people of Benton and Choteau county
and the county commissioners are earnestly
requested to take hold of the matter of the
road and bridge to the mines. The Meagher
county people are anxious for better com
munication with Benton, as the best means
for securing and building up its country and
its local trade, and the great importance Of
mines themselves requires that the road
should be begun at once and finished as soon
as possible. We can better afford to build
the road by private subscription than do with
out it, but all that can be given by the county
commissioners should be rendered. The
bridge over Belt Creek should be built BY the
county, and SO, indeed, should the balance
Of the road, if the county can afford lt-and
the county could afford it, If it would use
one Of the mills RENTED from the Terri
tarial tax for the purposes Of road construc-
ton. But ii the county can not afford It, II
should be built as private enterprise. The
people Of Meagner county want the road anp
will subscribe literally for it, and our "
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-09

THE editor of the Ayssnt Courier thus sar-
castically comments upon the Superintendent
Of the National Park:
We have received 8 copy of the
last annual report OF the superinten-
dent of the Yellowstone National Park.
We intended to give a full notice OF it, but
Col. Norris has proved to much Tor US.
Sixty pages Of bis turgid English, involved
sentences, false science and inaccurate facts
(o use d mild expression), were more than
our digestion could stand, so that we can not
DO the Colonel full justice. We regret this
the more, as we shall probably never see him
again in bis official capacity at least, and we
would like to have him parse the following
sentence from his reports:
Leaving to the future scientists the tracing OF the
| geological periods and formation of this interesting
region. Imay ina general way state that, IKE the
Niagara and other great cataracts, the cataracts Of the
Yellowstone have eroded a deep channel upstream,
far above their original location at the severed spur
of Mount Washburn and the rim of the then and ele-
waited Yellowstone Lake, at which time the fall OF ones
or that large of a succession Of these cataracts, was:
far greater than at present.
He complains of tourists firing the grass;
| but he fails to mention that he himself fired
the grass and timber on Pelican creek in
three places. He speaks of the vandalism
Of visitors il carrying off specimens, while
he has himself shipped tons Of specimens 7 to
| the States. He claims to have discovered the
natural bridge and seems to forget that a tour
ist told him Of it, and showed him the road
TO it, and this is certainly Are lngra1ltaae,
as be would otherwise not have killed MS
famous 35 .gallons-of-oil-bear. Nothing
seems 70 nave irritated our worthy superin-
sign-boards, with which he had labelled no lea al
tallv deficient in all sense Of the ridiculous,
or be would certainly understand that he
the Niagara with the name Of the falls as to
label the wonders of the National Park: AS
be IS himself certainly the greatest fossil and
altogether one of the greatest natural euriosi-
ties q the Ps1k, We would aso1:aa respectfully ag : s15se sag-
gest the propriety Of getting up a 9 saoae ans
lettered,, that might be firmly affixed 70 some e
! prominent part Of his body. We believe u
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-09

SOME political spectators assume to be-
lieve that there is q secret understanding BE-
tween Bismarck and Gambetta relative TO
settlement Of the frontier question, who gen.
orally are getting to be better friends than is
supposed. Germany wants 8 seaboard from
tier. which means business for Holland and
Denmark, and France does not forget that
she has maAy Frenchmen in Belgium who
parted company with her regretfully after
Waterloo, and both have some old scores TO
settle with Austria, who is weakened BY the
Italian party Of redemption, which is after
some Tyrolese provinces which should pror-
erly belong to Italy. Some stranger changes
Of political fraternity than this have occurred,
and Germany may find her way to her am
bitlon and at the same time avoid future con.
~tlngencies II Wiping out the old scores, BY
making new ones with the power she crushed
and has not crippled.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-09

To SPEAK of subsidy to the people of Mon
tana is like displaying g red flag to q bull.
It does not matter how benifcent the object,
or how profitable the enterprise, or how
much it will enhance the value Of the Terri
tory or facilitate business-it is straightway
pitched OF the horns of thecommonWealth and
passed under the feet Of the angry provincial
corporation. The INDEPENDENT well calls it g
craze, for such unreasoning and prejudical
instinct can not be accounted for on any
other hypothesis.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-09

In another column will be found the ap-
portionment bill passed by Congress under
the last census. The last apportioDment
seemingly will make but very little change
IN the political complexion Of the next house.
There IS an increase Of tWenty-six members,
about evenlydiYided between the North and
South. Texas makes the largest gain with
four members, Kansas comes next with three
members, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska
and California each gain two members, while
Pennsylvania, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts,
Ohio, Virginia, Arkansas, Georgia, Ken
lucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North and
South Carolina and West Virginia each gain
one. Alabama loses three and Maine, New
Hampshire and Vermont each loose one.
The bill strikes at the system heretofore prac-
ticed by several legislative bodies ia gerry
Wandering congressional districts, and pro-
vides that hereafter districts shall be COM
posed Of contiguous territory and contain
as near as possible an equal number Of inhab-
itants, thus increasing q fairer representation
of the people then heretofore had.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-09

On the fifth page we publish the inaugural
of president Garfield. It's one is good and
there can be nc fault found with the line of
its argument. It is Of that class Of political
literature which is SO general in its applica-
ton that no exceptions can be taken to it in
the whole, and no satisfaction can be gained
from its separate parts. 1t is skillfully CON
structed with a view to leaving the public
mlnd in the same state Of uncertainty regard
ing President Garfeld's future policy it was
ID before, and leaves him as underlined and
Unslackled as be was on the Sd of March.
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considered

The Democrats, with a fatal %infatuation,
are agitating the resurrection of the free trade
issue. II we are to develop our own re-
sources to their fullest extent, we mast en-
courage them at the expense Of other coun-
tries. If it is our object to develop other
countries and leave our own we will receive
their products free from restrictions. That
is the least of it, and it is obvious to any one
which will receive the support Of the coun-
try. --- -----
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-09

FRANK 2. STERLING has been reappointed
Receiver Of the Land Office at Helena. This
gives universal satisfaction to the people
and press, many of the latter of whom
have had the pleasure of doing business
through him, and none say anything but
words Of favor, and this is praise enough
when the responsibilities of the position are
considered.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-09

necessity TOR such road is supreme. With.
out roads We need not expect to develop any
degree Of local trade, and without local trade,
the town will languish. We hope the inter
est excited by theis project will not be al
lowed to cool down into Indifference.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-09

We are having 50 many letters for publ
cation, the writers Of which have, as if BY
common consent, assumed the pseudonym Of
'Pilgrim," that we are obliged to number
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-09
Wednesday,, March 8, 1881.
The Porte seems disposed 10 give the

The Porte Gems disposed to give the
claims of Greece q consideration, as the AL
banians have just discovered that they have
been grievously imposed upon by Turkey
and are expressing their belief by TAX
up arms for the cause OF liberty. His mortal
sublilnity is drawing to an unfortunate close.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-09

Wou d prove s'of great value to all persons
meeting him, and it would be a beautiful IL
lustration Of our civil-service system which
makes possible the appointment OF such q
man to such a position.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-09
TO STOCK WI ENe

HELENA, Montana, December S, 1889.
/ hereby certify that I have never sold to any party
Whomsoever any cattle belonging to myself and Chas.
Lehman, branded u on left thigh or G. vented on right
thigh. and never sold to E. Hosser any except four
head OF steers. It'd. KINYON
r. S. Price now owns the above brand. Address
Fort Benton, M. 7.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-09

HELENA, Montana, December s, 1880.
This is to certify that never sold any stock cattle
OF my brand, G on right thigh, without the same be-
1ng vented, and never sold any with my brand and r
on LETT thigh to any person. JOSEPH CAMS.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-09

The inaugural ceremonies are over, and
the new administration has entered in earnest
upon a career which everything indicates
will be arduous and fruitful. The cabinet
has been formed, and the men composing it
have been drawn from the brightest and most
liberal in the Republican ranks, and the nom
nations show splendid judgment on the part
of President Garfield, and indicate that he
understands the nature Of the problem to be
solved il cementing the differences in the
party and in the country, where the dsffer-
ences are capable Of adjustment, and a thor
ough knowledge Of their weaknesses and the
ways they may be strengthened, where COM
promise is impossible.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-09

AZ +. :, PRICE,
~Range-Judith Basin. Brand on either right or
left ribs. Address Fort Benton. Also owner by pur-
chase OF the following brands: u on left thigh, for
merly owned by F. D.. Kenyon and Charles Lehman !;
IMI on right ribs or right hip, formerly owned by Joe
Gehrett. All persons are hereby warned against using.
either Of said brand m any way.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-09
MONTANA RAISED HORSES,

We have a fine band of horses, three and four years
Old. OF from b; I to three-quarter breed, whlchWe will
sell at a fair market rate. 3. H. EVANs8 co.
Enrt pnntAn -
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nentucAy'
Msina
Maryland.
Massachusetts.
nich1gan.:-'.:.. -
.0'os'
.,~'iaS :
Nav Han,,shira :
New Jersey
New York SO
Norm cafollna, s
onaoon
PENNSYLVANIA. %
Rhode Island. 2
South Carolina G
tennessee.
v err .
Virginia 10
West Virginia. 4
Wisconsin. s
1ne OIL PROVIDES 1nas II any new o1A1e Is
aGnlteeu ln'o JIG Union, inc representative
assigned 10 II shall De addlIlohai 70 the num-
DEE Oh. u also requires lna5, hereafter,
Congressional alstflc5s snail pc composed or
contiguous territory, anu containing, as near
" as possible, an equal number OF lnflablt-
ANS; no one dlscflct hereafter Deln99 allowed TO
elect more than one representlve.
[salt Lake Tribune.1
Eastern people will get enough Of John
Chinaman after a while. 4 Chicago Judge
is considering whether TO grant citizen pa
pers to s3rne Chinese applicants, and must be
anxious TO grant the application or he would
not take time to consider, because the Burlin-
game tr eaty expressly forbids such a thing.
We trust that be will grant the papers; that
some New York Judges will follow suit,
and that q big colony of Mongolians will
grow up in both cities. That will cure East
ern namby-pambyism on the Chinese ques-
ton soone1 than anything else. We hope
they will fix themselves in now prosperous
streets. After 4 year or Two il willy be noticed
that the white residents near by will COM
mence to move away; that those who remain
will suddenly cease keeping chickens; the
newsboys will report. that they do net sell
any more papers on those streets; the grocery
stores will be removed from the corners Of
the streets; the small mechanics will disap~
pear; the morning papers will after q little
more begin to complain Of an intolerable
odor in that quarter Of the city; then accounts
of the police raiding on opium dens will be
published; leWd slave women will begin 10
show themselves at the windows; the soul
AYERS will be forced to confess that after
patient work the only Chinaman they have
succeeded IN converting has lust been caught
robbiug q house, and suddenly it will dawn
upon the mercenary and selfrighteous fools
who are now urging that this inheritance Of
Americans, the United States, shall be turned
over to an %invndation Of Mongolians that
Chinese immigration is not d good thing;
that il means the crowdiDg out Of all gener-
Gus races and generous instincts; that it
means death to morals and business alike:
that It is slavery more aebasing than ever
African slavery; that its policy is simply
one of absorption; that it takes all within
reach and gives back nothing but filth and
sin. From the soil of China there are often
exhrmad utensils and relics which show that
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r. E

All persons are hereby warned against skinning any
dead cattle branded Nv without a special permit IRON
me. and all parties are notified not TO buy hldes.Wlth
said brand. MARCUS NAUN lCapt. Neisel.
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To the Farmers Of Choteau Comfy

The coming season I will have three tEreshing ma
chinesi in operation, one a steam thresher Of unlimited
capacity, SO as to get their work done at an early per-
iod, and not to be caught in the snow,
w DEyTEDs
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-09

Mr.. William Window, Of Minnesota, has
been rendered the Treasury portfolio, and
represents the more liberal and popular fnan-
cial ideas Of the country. He also, like Mr..
Blaine, and his predecessor, Mr.. Sherman,
while recognizing a necessity for legislation
free from class influence and more favorable
to popular interests, has also recognized that
however desirable any set of conditions may
be In the abstract, it is not good judgment
nor c0rnulO sense to attempt to force them
where the ground is not prepared to receive
them, and where a substitution would. By
throwing existing things into confusion,
cause more damage than new conditions
could do good. DIR. Window has proved
himself q safe man, one in whom the country
may have implicit confidence that its inter-
ests will not be neglected, and we confidently
predict he will follow in the footsteps Of his
predecessor, with whom fault is only found
by one class whose interests are all selfish
and opposed to those of the people at large,
and by another which has not understood
him.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-09

As q whole the cabinet is ominently salts
factory, and represents the best elements il
the party. It is apparently designed for
work which is needed to bring the party
back to the legitimate duties Of d party as a
political factor, and not an exponent of
cliques and the paternity Of jobs and the fos-
terer OF Jealous and burning s~ectionalisns,
while it attempts to barmonize those same
elements, with what success we cannot pre-
dict, but which we believe will be impossible
without some popular manifestation that
shall operate to extinguish Influences favor
able to the operation Of Machine" politics.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-09
FOEs SALE

The undersigned has g lot OF good potatoes for sale
at his house, on his ranch, four miles from Benton, al
3 cents per pound. JOHN
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-09

james G.. Blaine, as Secretary Of State, Of
all men in the Republican party, is the most
fitting appointment possible to head the ad-
ministration. He represents the people more
than any other man, and has met with his
only opposition in his own party because he
has never shrunk from an exposition Of their
experimentation which he has had applied
to him the epithet demagogue. He under
stands the drift of the popular idea, and has
been foremost il leading it, which is the Sc
cret Of his popularity in the West, where be
is held as the 1ttest exponent Of its tendencies
and necessities. He is O man of, quick per-
ceptions and profound thought. He is a
statesman of the broadcast type and to the fac
ulty Of seeing what should best be Gone, he
com bines Che rarer faculty of knowing how
10 do it. He has been termed visionary by
those who did not understand him, because
be has recognized the drift Of political forces
which were not pereeptible to others, but he
has always displayed the happiest arts of ex-
pedIency id measures which were impracti-
cable because they were premature. He has
never sacrificed the present to attain the fu-
ture because the future were better but unat-
tainable-a faculty which shows his iudg-
meDt keen and his management safe.
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NOTICE:

thereby warn all persons against trusting any one,
no matter whom, on my account, without an order
signed by myself. MARCUS VAUIx.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-09
Ranch for Bent.

Situated on the Missouri, II miles from Benton, with
400 acres under cultivation. Good buildings, granar-
les, root houses and Implements. 225 acres under
fence. For particulars applT to Charles Rowe. Ben
ton, or at this Office.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-09
STOCK DSe
n KENNERLY,


Afange. Teton. Brand on left side. Postofioe-
address, Ft.Henton. M. II.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-09
Potatoes for Sale.

Charles Rowe wishes 10 inform the public that he
has q lot Of choice potatoes stored in town, which he
will sell. For particulars enquire of Charles Rowe.
Benton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-09

Samuel J. KirkWood, of Iowa, has been
noted as the war governor Of the prairie State,
and to his personal energy was due the splen-
did efficiency and organization of the Iowa
troops during the war. As . legislator he is
not noted, having served a limited term in the
Senate, but his executive ability. has been SO
we'll displayed, and SO often, that there need
be nc fear that he will not reduce Che buei-
ness of the Interior department to q finer
system than it has known for many years.
His experience with Western affairs is pro-
found and p%rofuse, and no man in the Unit
ed States is SO we'll qualified for the position
Of Secretary Of the Interior, the most difficult
Of management, by far, Of all the depart
ments except the Treasury, and one which
takes the most energy and gives the least sat
isfaction.
As Secretary Of War, Robert A. Lincoln,
Of Illinois, the son OF the revered President,
will give universal satisfaction. He is in a
certain sense an untried man, one who has
been quietly buried in bis law practice in
Chicago since the close of the war. Here,
however, he has displayed unusual talent,
and will probably show an executive ability
equal to the requirements of the position. 1t
is not q trying one in time Of peace, except
ing in that Of making the miserable ex-
cuse Of an army which a parsimonious
spirit has created do twice the work that
should be allotted to it. It is with the past
that be is identified, and the nomination will
awaken enthusiasm and recollections which
will stimulate the best elements of the nation
and strengthen the administration BY an iden-
LITIGATION with the past glory of the Republi-
can party, and the spirit Of reconciliation
and liberality which was its animus before i
became the plaything Of Senatorial cabal and
inter-party intrigue.
Judge William II. Hunt, as Secretary OF
the Navy, is one of those men who is not SO
popularity known as his compeeTs, because
he has not been q politician il the accepted
sense of the term, but has been engaged IN
labor of such technical character that ii has
not made that brilliant impress which 9 more
! striking but less arduous position would haYe