The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-02-01
THE RIVER PRESS

direct charge of the business at this place.
Mr. Rice is a thorough business man and we
have no doubt will maintain the excellent
reputation of the house Of Murphy, Neel &
Co. at Benton.
The celebrated case of Neubert VS.. hidden
dorf wound up in a knock down matinee
Saturday afternoon. Neubert called Col.
Donnelly a liar and the latter with as little
ceremony as possible planted his fist over
Mr.. Ms eye, knocking him to the floor and
decorating that delicate organ in good style.
1t was some minutes before Neubert came to
sufficiently 10 realize the situation and no
further passages of arms followed. The af-
fair created considerable excitement in the
court room at the time but peace soon settled
down upon the scene.
W.. s. Wetzel returned last Thursday from
an extensive trip to the Barker and Judith
country. Although the weather was not the
most favorable for taking observations, Mr..
W. is delighted with the country he saw, and
particularly with the Barker and Judith min
ing camps. The former is very prosperous,
and. The prospects for the coming season are
as bright as can be. Nearly everybody is at
work and money appears to be plenty. The
Judith, being a newer camp with but little
development even compared with Barker, is
not so lively, and money is a very scarce ar
ticle there. The outlook for the camp, how
ever, is very favorable.
Monday evenings Record contained two
''sticks" of editorial and half a column of
local, the latter including a number of bust
ness locals and the familiar item about those
''nicely furnished rooms, etc." AS a neos-
paper the Record is immense. And it takes
the united efforts of four editors, a manager
and q book keeper to run the concern! If
we couldn't get out a better daily than that of
Monday we wouldn't attempt it. In all seri-
BUSINESS, the public are getting tired of the
sick)y attempt, and now that the publishers
must be convinced they have made a failure
of the object with which they started ito
break down the weekly RIVER Press before
it got a f~oothold-they would shut off a seri-
Gus drain on their already depleted purse if
they would turn their united talent to making
their weekly edition worth the subscription
price. Shut off the daily, gentlemen, and
you may pull through.
In the bright lexicon of the Commissioners
of Meagher county there is 10 such word as
progression. They seem to imagine that the
comfy has made no advancement since 1865,
and is absolutely without a future. Although
the assessors list amounts to more than 3d.
O00, 600, the county is without a court house
and Jail, and in fact has no public buildings
to speak of. The last move on the part of
these Rip Van Wrinkles is to order the erec-
ton Of a log Jail, and we may soon expect to
hear that the contract has been let for q ''dug
out court house, Notwithstanding the fact
that the last Legislature passed a bill author
izing the expenditure of 5000 for hat
purpose. In all other respects Meagher is
keeping abreast of the times, but her county
fathers are sadly lacking in enterprise. Some
body ought to whisper in their ears hat log
jalls are out of date in Montana, and that
they are pursuing in the most direct path the
''penny wise and pound foolish policy.