The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-12-13
NORTHWESTERN NEWS.
Gath cred From Various Sources for too
Enlightenment Of River Press
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| We are glad to state that Bill Nye,
| Of the Laramie Boomerang, who has
been quite dangerously sick with mala-
rial fever, is much better.
The newly elected legislature OF Wash
| ington Territory is politically as follows:
| Council, Republicans, Democrats. Z
Independents. House, 10 Republicans,
IL Democrats, independents.
! The Northern Pacific company recent
| " made o contract for the construction
of twentv-three new Pullman sleepers
and forty eight new day coaches, besides
large number Of freight cars and loco
motives.
| Seventy Indian children from Pine
Ridge and Rosebud agencies arrived in
Chicago on the 30th alt. en- route for
Carlisle, Pa, where they will be placed
in the government school. Among the
number were three children OF Spotted
Tail.
Since it has been definitely settled
that the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
company is to build new line in Da-
kota next season, extending west from
Aberdeen 10 the Missouri river, the num-
ber OF squatters cabins which have been
put up along the surveyed line is said TO
be surprising, even for Dakota.
Prof. Pumpelly, in mentioning the
1 in
| portion Of Montana, estimates those bod
| les Of timber to contain over 35e, 900
feet Of good saw logs, OF which about one
quarter is white pine, and the rest near
equally deyided between yellow pine,
fir, ceder, tauaraclS and henllock.
The advance guard Of 500 Holland en-
igrants who settled in Dakota are to be
followed in the spring by fully 1000
more. A company is to be organized to
purchase lands III advance Of their com
ing, so that the new consers may be pro-
yided with homes upen their arrival
here. The Dutch are u frugal, thrifty
class, and their coming may well be en-
couraged.
HALEY (Idaho) Times: An old miner
who has passed the last twenty years in
Idaho, is working in Bullion, who has
never vet seen railroad. He has shown
great nervousness until recently, appre-
hending that the trains would run to
HALEY this season, and he desired to
leave, but will now remain until spring,
upon the ample assurance that the ears
will not reach HALEY before that time.
A good deal Of interest is just now
manifested in the Devils Lake country,
and the question, where is the coming
commercial centre Of that great country
is upon every tongue. After a careful
survey Of the field it would seem that
!, "Odpssa' is the word that answers the
! conundrum. This promising town is
: situated on the narrows Of Devils Lake
| and commands the commercial as vel
g as the agricultural situation. AS com
! me ce and agriculture make the great
cities, the future of Odessa seems safe
. Besides it is centrally located, and there
$ is no reason wny it may not also be
< the capital of North Dakota. Certain i
$ is that Odessa has a most promising out
. look for the immediate failure.
: CHICAGO, Nov. 39r-Gov. Ordway 0
{ Dakota is in the city on his way t.
Washington. A representative OF th'
! P.onefr Press met him aud inquired
Q what the outlook was for the admission
, of Southern Dakota this year. He re
! piled that it was excellent, and that the,
: had made arrangements to clear up tn
. old bond matter that had been brough
: against Yankton county. The peopl
!, had resolved that these bonds should b
/ paid, and he had a memorial asking con
: gress to vote for a per cent bonds t
cover the entire amount Of questionabl
indebtedness they had threatened befor
u to repudiate. His object in going t
# Washington was to get authority fror
\ congress for the county to issue thes
4 bonds and thus relieve themselves of th
a. unpleasant position they had been il
u The governor estimates that there al
. now at least 800, 900 Inhabitants in d.
= kota, of which $4,000 or 5000 are i
J Southern Dakota. He has no doubt thu
Il this portion would be admitted as
TO State; provided other pressing bushes
of don 'tcroWd out its consideration by col
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