The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-05-03

Caroihers' a quarter of a mile q Mr.. Bowman
the foot Of the new road which he has made
up the Arrow Greek bill. As far as | could
learn of this new road the truth is as follows;
1t is not as hard q pull as the old hill, but re.
ground hard before it will be much of an i'm.
provement on the other. 1t is considerable
shorter by this road for those who 90 to
Wolf Greek and that vicinity a little short
er for those who go to the Judith, bnt longer
for the traveller bound for Vaudeville.
To resume our trip. | was detained al
Arrow Greek by another storm--this time a
rain storm-which made it impossible to pull
the hill, and stopped all the teams on the
road. When this finally ceased another start
was made and the ascent of the lawful Ar
row Creek hill" attempted. The ground was
wet and the sticky, clayey mud on the hill
made the task about all that my horse could
get away with. I commenced the ascent at
half past six in the morning, and though the
hill is not much more than a mile in length,
it was a quarter past ten when the top was
reached.
/ stopped to feed about eight miles from
the hill, and after resuming the journey l
came across four teams which had been
camped out in the rain for three days. |
asked them how far it was to the Judith and
was told that it was thirty-fve miles to Cut
ting's and fifty to Moreson's. 1t was then 2
in the afternoon, the roads were in a horrible
condition from the recent storms, and I be-
gan to think [ had a nice little picnic ahead
of me. Had a good notion to camp, but on
remarking about there being no stopping
place nearer than Moreson's one of the team
sters told me that there was a ranch on Wolf
creek, close to the road, where good accom-
modations could be had, and so I logged
along. Right here l want to tell a little story
which | think will fit very well:
One day, in the Black Hills, a man came
into a saloon and remarked to the proprietor:
''There are three of the biggest liars in the
world in this camp" Pretty soon a man
came IN and the first conner said s'There's
one of them A few moments after another
man entered and the speaker remarked,
"Ihere's the other too"
| Travelled on, and I am willing to offer 8
chrome to any who can find a ranch on Wolf
creek or any other creek Whereabouts close to
the road. Well, the state of the roads was
glch that it was half-past seven when | got
to the top Of the hill on the other side of
Wolf creek, with a tired horse, and a dark,
chilly night, and fifteen or eighteen miles of
heavy cut up road before me ere | should
fetch up at Moreson's or Catting's-for
which | had to trust entirely to my horse, for
the night was so dark that I could not see
ten feet ahead and would not attempt 10
guide him. Hour after hour passed by, it
seemed as though the Judith never would be
be reached. Il was a long time between
meals, since leaving Arrow creek I was
hungry, cold and tired, but still the black
line of the road laid under the wheels, no
sign of a house OF a river, no sound except
the sssplash. SUCK" of the horses feet as he
plodded YEARLY along. But all tnings come
to ali end, even the roads in the Judith coun-
try, and at last a break occurred in the shape
then a road running directly across the one
I was on, then the noise OF running water, a
plunge Into the Judith and out on the oppo-
site bank, the box Of 8 freight wagon, q
Ls.1r.a ~ - F,ooo o-I +ho I;po outlines .f
a low building, the ground between me and
it looking difficult to cross in the darkness.
Stopping my horse ! got out, walked over,
crossed the ditch. and found a stable but no
horses. Going around the stable | deserted
a light about one hundred and fifty yards in
another direction which came from the Win
dow Of a house. Picking out a road as [
went back to the buggy, | once moe started
the tired horse, passed around the stable,
through a pair of bars, across another ditch,
over some plowed ground and drew up be-
fore the house. / knocked, a window was
opened above,
"What is it, Cap?
"Whose place is this 2"
"Ed. MOreson's.'
And the horse whinnied.
Pretty soon a man came down stairs and
helped me unhitch and put away the horse,
and after be had been properly tended to
and we had got back to the house | looked at
my watch. It was exactly a quarter to
twelve. After a lunch | was shown up stairs
to q room with six beds in it, all occupied,