The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-05-10

hcient flow often to irr;gate a whole farm
from single spring. Two miles below Gar
DEMAND Messrs. Jackman u Hurd have
started dairy with 40 cows, to be increased
IN number as they find the wants of the mar
ket may demand. They have 8 fine milk
house just beneath large spring, whose
waters are conducted through the house
first class Browns Arctic Creamer," with
patent chui and other machines for working
the butter, make the creamery complete
Everything about the establishment has such
an air of neatness, that one can see that Mrs.
j. has hand in the arrangement Had they
three times the number of COWS they would
have no difficulty in disposing of the product
of their creamery, and at good prices.
From this point to Rosser's Fork our route
is over smooth plateau some so to 80 feet
above the level of the Judith valley, with
cattle upon our right and left but no buffalo
to be seen. Near the Judith Stock Associa-
tion's corral on Sage creek, it is said that
about forty head of buffalo have banded with
probably be branded with the other stock.
Crossing Rosser's Fork about eight miles
from Gardenland we soon cross some large
spring streams filled with trout These
streams drain the Blue joint Meadows, in
which the faest grass may be found cover
ing several hundred acres on which from one
to two tons of hay te the acre may be cut.
At eighteen miles from Philbrook the Little
Rock creek is crossed and triking southeast
across the prairie We come to saw mill at
the foot of the Snowy mountain owned by
Messrs. Quinby s. Barnard Again striking
across the country we reach Cottonwood
creek, where we are glad to get shelter from
the snow storm. Here we were content to
rest upon the mud floor, glad to find spot
where the melting snow would not drip upon
US. The good housewife, ''the jolly woman
of Cottonwood" apologjzed SO fully for the
discomforts, that We feit that it ever we
should travel that way again, We should GER
tainly call and pay our respects.
Seeing in the morning no prospects of let
up IN the storm, we mount and strike across
country in the storm and haze hitting the
head of Little Casino creek which We descend
to its junction with Big Spring creek at
Reeds Fort. This at one time was quite
center of trade with the hostile InGfans, out
now its glory in that respect exists only in
history of the early transactions with the
natives. Here We met Major Reed and Mr.
Juneaux, both traders, the latter years ago liv-
ing in st. Paul and the former one of the
best posted men in relation to the country,
its history which he has largely helped to
make, and its topography with which he is
quite familiar.
Big Spring creek is q stream coming from
two large springs, and is about sixty feet
wide, with an average depth of two to three
feet with strong current and is filled with
speckled trout some weighing as much as
three pounds. The bottoms are about g
half mile wide, easily irrigated and judg n .
from what Mr.. Clegg was doing near the old
Carroll road, will So II be waving with gold
en- grain, which will find a ready market in
the mines about Maiden, distant only six
teen miles over good road. A dam at
some point on the creek to turn the wafer
into irrigating bitches would furnish abund-
ant power, never failing, t. run custom
Touring MILL From here we strike for tie
foot of the Judith mountains, leaving tie
South Moccasin mountain few miles at our
left, and skirting along the base with an OK :
easlonal incursion into the canyons to see
the geological formation we reach Meadow
& Dexter's saw mill at Georgetown, being the
entrance to the mines around Maiden. Next
week description of these mines will be
given. TRAVELLER.