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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-08-29
The Survey Completed.

H. P. Rolfe, who has been engaged
the past month in surveying the new
town of Great Falls, returned Thursday.
having completed the task. The work
of making the plat of the town VIII
now begin, and before very many weeks
the proprietors of the townsite will be
ready to begin the sale of lots and lay
the foundation of the future great"
Mr.. Rolfe informs us that a few days
before they finished their work they
discovered two large springs near the
center of the townsite. These had been
choked up by sand SO as to prevent the
flow of water, but when opened the wa
ter poured out in great streams: One OF
them runs about one hundred inches of
water and the other thirty. The water
is clear and very cold, and it is believed
that these springs have some connection
with the great spring or underground
river that pours into the Missouri not
more than a mile distant. Mr.. Gibson
is greatly pleased over the discovery OF
these springs, which will probably lead
to other important results.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-08-29
BUILDING TO BENTON.
The Canadian Pacific to Construct a Branch
Line to this City.

In accordance with their charter, or
under some law regulating the building
of railroads in the Northwest territories,
the Canadian Pacific railroad company
have published land the notice is now
running) in the Toronto Globe al Off
cial advertisement of their intention to
construct two certain branches Of their
main line. One is to be built from some
point near Winnipeg to Kansas City,
Mo-, and the other from Maple Greek, in
the Northwest territory, to Fort Benton,
Montana. This will be a gratifying
piece of information to the readers Of
the RIVER PRESS. The advertisement
is the first step in the way of securing
the end indicated, and as the c. P. R..
r.. company never fail to accomplish,
and with wonderful speed, whatever
they undertake. we can set it down as a
certainty that a branch of their road
will be headed for Benton in the very
near future. AS matters now stand
northern Montana is naturally tributary
to that road, the distance being less
than to the Northern Pacific, and if
they are first to tap this great and grow
ing section they can count on the cream
of the business. Already they have
sent representatives here to spy out the
land and see what inducements in the
way of traffic are offered, and the report
of these gentlemen, who were more thar
pleased with what they saw, will settle
the matter. There is simply no doubt
at all but that this branch will be built,
and it would not surprise IS to learn
that work will be commenced this fall.
Tt will certainly not be delayed longer
than the first months Of next season.
There is no time to lose. A half a dozen
railroads are projected to this inviting
field, and the G.. P. cannot afford to lose
the golden opportunity offered.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-08-29
2S-Mile Springs.

We are pleased to learn (and know
the travelling public will be- that A. }.
Vance has released the 28-Mile Springs
house on the Benton and Helena road.
Tomorrow he will open its doors to the
public. MI. Vance had charge OF this
house before, and under his manage
ment it had a first rate reputation, and
which he hopes 500 to restore. He
will have the house refitted and refur-
nished throughout, and proposes to
leave nothing undone to render bis place
the most popular on the road. 1t is on
ly a few miles from the Springs to the
Great Falls of the Missouri, and Mr..
Vance will have teams in readiness to
take tourists from his place to this at
tractive resort. Parties wishing to visit
the Falls can go from Benton or Helena
by stage to 2S-Mile Springs and there
outfit for their destination. Hereafter
travellers on the Benton and Helena
road can be assured of every accommo-
dation tor themselves and stock at the
Springs, which has not been the case
the DaSt two wears.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-08-29
jim Hill's Railroad.

We find the following in regard to our
railroad prospects in the BidingsaHerdld
of a recent date I'VE have already
stated our belief that Jim HILLS pEr-
chases at the Great Falls of the Missouri
indicate an intention to push the st.
Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba railway
through northern Montana. A st. Paul
correspondent of the Chicago Tribune
now writes that MI. Hills most init
mate friends assert that he intends to
extend the DEVILS Lake branch across
both branches of the Souris, through
the extreme northern part of Dakota,
striking the Missouri river on the edge
of Montana, somewhere near Fort stew
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-08-29
The Purchase of the Great Falls.

We clip from the Fargo Argus of re-
cent date the following in reference to
the purchase by Chandler and others of
the Great Falls of the Missouri, a mat
ter of special interest to Bentonites:
A. Chandler occupied a berth in a
westward bound Pullman last evening,
as agent for the Fargo syndicate Of capt.
talists who recently purchased the Great
Falls of the Missouri, in Montana, with
several adjacent sections of land, COM
pletely controlling the head of naviga-
ton of the Missouri river, and n fall
of ninety-three feet vertically, with a
flow of two million cubic feet of water
per minute, and another fall Of thirteen
feet directly above it, one of the finest
hotel sites in the world, and other valu-
able Interests. It is said that three rail-
roads contemplate reaching this pur-
chase next season., and President Hill,
Of the Manitoba, is investing hundreds
Of thousands Of dollars Immediately
above at the smaller falls, which are
owned by him. The investment is said
to be one of great value. The English
engineer of the Drum Lummon mine
asserted that in less than five years it
will be worth millions to the owners
Messrs. A. Chandler and J. @. Gregg,
the active owe and principal owners
in the Great Falls enterprise, are to be
congratulated on their successful man
agement Of the purchase as we'll as the
other Fargo and Ohio capitalists who
have the good fortune to be interested
with them.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-08-29
The Discovery of the First Glac1er<in
Montana.
Editors of the RIVER PRESS.

Editors of the RIVER PRESS.
Various statements have been made
in the territorial press regarding the
discovery Of a glacier between Coal
Bank creek. and the headwaters Of Flat
head river by Prof. Pumpelly's parties
of engineers. This glacier was found
and fully described by Lieuts. Wood
ruff and Van Orsdale, 7th Infantry, in
1878, going from Fort Shaw to Fort
ColvilIe, w. r., and as [ copied the
report (Which is now on file in the ar
chives of the war Department. / think
that honor ought to be given to them.
They stated "that they came to a wall
of ice at the head of Cut Bank creek,
over so feet high at the lowest part, the
ice being granular and glacier like; at
the base a living stream of water issued
from a cavern-like opening. That no
way was found over it, except by cut
ting steps in the ice for men to ascend,
which was done. After that the. pack
mules were hoisted bodily, by means OF
ropes, to the summit, which for some
distance was solid ice. At the west side
a similar operation had to be done to
secure a descent into what was called at
that time Gibbons river" [ am in pos
session of notes made at the time which
fully corroborate the above. From
memory, / believe they made mention
of those snow-clad, sharp-crested peaks
lying twelve or fifteen miles northwest
from the pass. [ hope that this will set
tie for good the question Of who found
the first glacier in Montana.
o. G.. MORRISON.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-08-29
Murder at Maiden.

n. M. Erickson informs us that just
before he left Reedsfort Esquire Toombs
of that place was sent for from Maiden
to hold an inquest upon the body of a
murdered Chinaman found in a pros
pect hole at that camp last week. The
BODY had lain in the hole two or three
DAYS before it was discovered, and was
pretty well hacked with an axe, or some
like instrument. Suspicion at once fell
upon a brother Celestial "a rival ID q
laundry business and sufficient cyl
found. There is, in fact, a clear case
against him, and if a proper effort IS
made to convict him the murderous
Chinaman is likely to wind up his car
Ger at the end of a rope. But, then, 1t
happened in Meagher county, where, II
seems, murder is not usually considered
o crime.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-08-29
THE A. o. U. w.
a Separate Beneficiary Jurisdiction Sc
cured at Last.
OGDEN. Utah. Aug. rs. 1S$

Ndc waterman, ID. ID. G. N. W.:
For the past three months the Ancient
order OF United Workmen of this juris-
dIctlon have been making extraordinary
efforts to secure a membership of 1000,
IN order to secure a separate beneficiary
jurisdiction for this Grand Lodge juris-
d1ctlon, which is composed of Nevada,
Montana, Utah, Wyoming and Idaho.
The special incentive for the effort is the
fact that when 50 set apart the member
ship will only be liable for assessments
on deaths occurring within their own
Jurisdiction, which is conceded by all
well informed upon the subject to be the
healthiest jurisdiction in the Union.
August 18th was fixed as the date for
receiving official statements from the
Lodges, upon which to found an appli-
cation for the separation.
From reports received by Grand Mas
ter Workman J. w. Kinsley, it was as
certained that there were over 2,1OO
Master Workmen on the rolls of the
several lodges.
The following kilograms passed be-
tween Grand Master Workman Kinsley
and Supreme Master Workman Fish on
the 10Th, and it will be seen that this
long looked for object has been accom-
plished:
OGDEN, Utah, Aug. Is, 1888.
M. w. Fish, Supreme Master Workman
A. 0. u. W., East Oakland, CAL:
Nevada jurisdiction has Over 1000
Master Workmen in good standing. and
asks for a separate BENEFICIARY jurisdic-
ton, subject to the laws Of our order.
J. w. KINsLEY,
Grand Master Workman.
EAST OAKLAND, Cal, Aug. Is, 1883.
J. w. Kinsley, Grand Master Work
man:
Your telegram received. I fix the date
of separation August Is, 1888, as prayed
for, subject to compliance with laws.
NJ. w. FISH,
Supreme Master Workman.
Upon receipt of the foregoing, the
District Deputy Grand Master Work
man communicated the following to the
several subordinate lodges in his juris-
diction:
Fort BENTON, M. r., Aug. %, 1883.
e,-, Il. O. q. ":
Dear Sir and Brother:- - have been
officially notified that Nevada Grand
Lodge was on the 18th day of this month
declared a separate Jurisdiction. Thus
we have achieved what we have been
SO a~nxionsly looking forward to. Here
after we will only pay assessments on
deaths which occur within our own jur-
isdiction; this will lessen our assess
ments at least sjry per cent.
Allow me to congratulate your lodge
for the zeal you have shown in the last
thirty days, under u special dispense
ton, in bringing about these happy re-
suits. Within the last thirty days there
have been over four hundred accessions
to our order within eur Grand Lodge
jurisdiction. This is unprecedented in
the annals of any recent organization
which history r%ecounts.
While we look upon these facts with
pride, let us not forget to continue the
good work. Remember that every ac-
cession hereafter made to our order will
still diminish our assessments.
Hoping that our order will continue
to prosper under the new regime as it
has done in the past, ! am, f~raternally,
Yours in G.. I'll. and p, \
I. MAX. WATERMAN,
d. ID. G. M. w.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-08-29

For good stock saddles, brides, spurs,
hits. etc. ETC., call on Glassman d Co.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-02-14
OUR NEIGHBOURS.

On Monday evening u number OF
ladies, at Sank Centre, called the
Broom Brigade" gave an entertain
ment which is reported to be very fine.
The ladies are well drilled, and ham
die the brooms to perfection A flag
was presented to the company IN
shape of "The Stars and Stripes"
Hon. T.. p. Barnum, made the pre-
sentation speach in the following
words:
Captain Campbell: Ihave been dele
gated by your numerous friends to
present to you, this fiag-the banner OF
our glorious country. Custom, from
time immemorial, has made it neces-
sary for speech of presentation. l
can make you the presentation; but l
dare not vouch for the speech. The
fame Of you and your company's valor,
has spread all over this vase universe
[applausel from the orient to the occi-
dent; aye, even from the house OF
Henry Sprague in tine far distant east,
across the mighty river and the great
marshes to the pacific hills of Ho-
boken. Applause aud Laughter
From the classi shores of the lakes
of old Todd county on the north, even
| to Munich on the south. More APP
plause.] Your deed of yaioP have
come to the ears of your friends, and
they ar eproud of you; 1t is your pro,
vince, as well as duty, to protect oul
kitchens; our bedrooms; our pantries
our parlors and ourselves; to make
war upon everything that tends to cor
rupt the community, Should you be
CALLED upon to do provost duty, you
will have tovisitall parts of our beauti'
full village to correct any evils that may
exist, and charge you particularly t.
visit the old bas0hslor's dens, espe
cially those who have grown bald il
the service, and, if necessary, employ
your Sargeant's guard; Applause ane
laughter bring them out and make
them do as they should, More ap
plausel
/ I might tell you, in regard to thi:
beautiful flag, ofits azure field, upor
which are the stars Of what they art
symbolic and emblematic and also o
it's beautiful stripes of red and white
but this leave for Gov. BartO or some
one else, to be told at your leisure.
I now present you with the flag
knowing full well that you will fulfil
all that your friends may require o
| VOL
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-02-14
CORRESPONDENTS.
Eldorado.

The house of c. A. Danielson mar
nowly escaped burning Sunday last.
When discovered the roof was all
ablaze. The wind blowing a hurricane
at the time, prevented their noticing
it until it had made considerable head
way. Mr.. Danielson finally succeed
ed in mastering the flames; sustain
ing comparatively little injury to prop
erty or person, except some burned
and frozen fingers :. We were almost
,leluded into the belief that the first
breath of spring came upon us from
the southwest, for day or two last
week, but alas! for our "Great Ex-
pectations," the gentle zephyrs from
the northwest are again the order of
the day. But .'it's an ill win that
blows nae body guild" and the wood
and coal dealers ought to be cores
pondingly happy. Several of the
farmers are taking advantage of the
good sleighing to haul from the woods.
Others compare the prices of fuel at
Morris and Herman in manner no.
wise complimentary to the latter 49,.
Apropos of wood, one of the farmers OF
Traverse county, in hauling load
from Herman across our town, got
disguised with the roads, or with the
quality of his wood, or the price
charged for it, or every thing i'll gen.
eral, or nothing in particular, We can
only guess what; any how, the road
was strewn with cord wood, salt bar
rels, and promiscuous collection (or
rather distribution) of such things as
kind and indulgent husband would
be supposed to bring home after
days successful trading "A. c. Mac
kenzie, who has been confined to the
house by severe cold, is now able to
be around again.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-02-14
Gieuwood.

FEB. 9.-Mails have been blockaded
for two weeks. w. T. Carson, form
erly of Benson, now of this place, has
been appointed Postmaster here in
place of J. w. Simmons resigned. 80.
Mr.. Simmons has removed with his
family and effects to Fergus Falls.
He will there go into the tobacco bust
ness with J. @. Hook, formerly from
Kentucky. Tobacco of the best sorts
is grown in that state. and Mr.. Hook
has facilities for obtaining it on easy
terms from old acquaintance there,
so they can afford to sell on lower
terms than is common in this region,
wholesale and retail. We are sorry to
lose these gentlemen from among US,
but their places will soon be filled in
the coming season. Mr.. Schwelger
has built nice brick shop, and is oc-
cupying it in the harness line. He is
doing a good business August Bes-
ing, late from Prussia, makes and sells
boots and shoes, at Schweiger's Old
stand. Business has been dull.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-02-14
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
Metropolitan.

FRIDAY.-M M Plat, Hancock
Chas Omero, Rockford, Ill; H l. Pres
colt, Browns Valley; E w Lee, Evans
dale; G M Haas, Little Fall; b q
Davidson, Minneapolis; c F Potter,
wv Faulkner and Wife, ] Maginnis
Wife, St Paul.
SATURDAY.-Geo S Faulkner, A Il
Foster, st Paul; ] S Swanton, Minpe-
apolis; FL Gayle, J R Patch, Little
Falls; C ] Lee, Chicago; Eric Won
Rosenlipd, st Paul; w A Marvin,
Saltwater; Miss Bell pykeman, Ben
son.
SUNDAY.-P w Herzog, Minneapo-
lis; ] Abraham, Chicago; Chas Shutz,
J E Black, Lamars, Iowa.
MoNDAY.-L w Gurtiss, Mrs. Geo.
Pennock, st. Paul; X Van Dover,
Herman; d L Sand, Willmar; G s
Bartlett, Beardsley; J M Adams, J r
Patch, E S stebbins, c H Miller, w
D Dunnell, Minneapolis; F. Hall,
Fond du Lac, Wis; F L Gayle, Den
yer, Col; w F Pottsmith, Graceville;
M A Hicks and Wife, Grant Co, d T;
\ N Jones, Beardsley; G III Sparks,
st Louis; f Whan, w Whan, Blakely.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-02-14
In 1868, Messrs. Christat nllei Ken

In 1868, Messrs. C!lristat n3lti KEN
showed that inialitc organisms exit
in eases Of gl,n 'ers Z prove III
to I've the cat, OF ,ifs 81
it was necessary a. Gr d.. ans
by means of the organisms when cn :
tivated outside the animal bod,
Such demonstration has just beer
furnished by Ne Sr>.i. & -
tan am. Cha:ri,, who I.ave inc ul
rabbits with the cultivated org MS
and caused genuine glander
That Il keep Ig "fplai.ts it->e :
tilated rooms may cause H.nlarioi s
infections even in non-lnllariotis it-
gions is pointed out by Prof. Crude,,
of Rome. Prof. Eichwald, ofS;. Pet, :
burg, reports that lady att"chcd
true intermittent fever was quicki
cured when her plants were rrnl We
from the room in which she ": liz
ing. 1t is tie t'lat lie NV l,Ie.
some Influence is not extrtcd by the
plants themselves, but by the damp
earth in which they are grown.
IN European remains Mr.. H. w
Jackson has found evidence that the
man of prehistoric days was afflicted
by toothachc, a5scess of the jaw, rheu.
matte liberation, and nancy other
diseases not materially different from
those which attack modern Humanity
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-02-14
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FENCE POSTS.
Wood Lasts Longer Than Iron.

AYriter in an Exchange says: Il
discovered many years ago that wood
could be made to last longer than iron
in the ground, but thought the process
SO simple that 1t was not well to make
it known, / would as soon have pop
lar, Eastwood or ash, as any other
kinds of timber, for fence posts. 1
have taken out Eastwood posts after
having been set for seven years, that
were as sound when taken out as when
first put into the ground, Time and
weather seemed to have no effect on
them. The posts can be prepared for
less than two GEMS apiece. This Is
the recipe: Take boiled linseed oil
and stir in pulverized charcoal to the
consistency of paint. Put a coat OF
this over the timber, and there is not
a man that will live to see it rot"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-02-14
Hodges.

AS have seldom or never seen any
Communication from our town, have
concluded to drop you few lines: We
are not an obtrusive town; we do
things quietly, but effectively. Our
latest move has been to start cream
cry; we have waited long for Morris
to open the ball in this matter, but
there are times when patience ceases
to be virtue and this is one of them.
Morris takes along time TO do little.
Morris, through force of circumstances
over which it has no control, has be-
come the leading town in this part OF
Minnesota; it's central location made
it the county seat; the county seat
drew the attention of eastern capital
lists, who have furnished plenty of
money to mortgage every decided farm
in the county, other things followed
through the same chain Of oireum-
stances, but what has ever originated
in or emanated from the brain of
Morris. You have had board of
trade, holding monthly meetings for
years, and inside and outside of that
board of trade you have capitalists
worth from twenty to fifty thousand
.dollars, yet you would stand agast at
the contemplation q Kissing the small
amount of four of five thousand dollars
for creamery, or any thing else that
would improve the town or county.
And now comes az urgent appeal for
every citizen of the county to contrib
ute S. each for life membership in the
County Agricultural Society. This is
one of the most important moves that
could be made for the benefit of the
community, and though one merchant
or banker of Morris could buy whole
township of farmers, not more than
half dozen Morris men have SUBJ
scrided over one share of stock each.
Magnanimous Morris; with immense
stores full of goods, three large eleva-
tors, two banks Zone soon to be full
fiedge national bank, DC. &C.; truly
the Gods have done much for yS4, but
it would take a greater power than the
Gods possess to make you united
whole, in any liberal enterprise for the
general good.
Darnen is. the next town booked for
a creamery. When you get them
planted all around you, its very prob
able we will be able to keep you afioat
in your mastery inactivity; but we
don't want to be too severe in our crit
icisms, there sre exceptions to all gen.
eral rules, and there are q very few
exceptions in Morris, but the majority |
of your business men hold the penny |
SO close TO their eye that they can't
see the dollar just 2 little farther off.
When we embark in our next new
enterprise, I will kindly inform you.
FARMER. J
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-02-14
Monthly Report Of the Catholic ParOchial
Seh0Al


During the past month, which was
the fifth of the term, we had enrolled
63 scholars. The inclemency of the
weather caused great many to be alb
sent one or more days, who were al
ways very regular in their attendance
before. For this reason ehave but
very few who managed not to lose a
day or part thereof. They are the
following:
Celia Murphy, Lima Finkler, Martin
Colahan, Charles Gaffney and Frank
Gaffney.
Quite number have lost only one
day, and even as little as half a day,
which, considering the circumstances,
may easily be overlooked. Among
these are:
Celia Gaughan, Mary Griffith, Aggie
Maginnis, Mary Colahan, Charles Ma
ginnis, John Smith, John, Michael
and Nicholas Schuster.
For very good conduct deserve to be
especially mentioned:
Thomas, Mary and Maggie De La
Hunt, Celia Gaughan, Celia Murphy,
Mary Colahan, Mary Griffith, Mary
Minnahan, Stella Calvin, Mary
Wunsch and Jeanne McKenny.
FIR. WATRY, Rector.
SR. HILDA, o. S. B., Teacher.
SR. BoNIFACE, o. S. B., Teacher.