The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-12-12
LOCAL NOTES.

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east this winter.
The Northern Pacific tunnel at Boze-
man will be completed about Jan. 10Th.
Jeff Hill and Herbert Leaning came
in from the Wolf creek ranch with Ed.
and John Davidson.
The First National bank of this ethyl
will elect directors for the ensuing year
ON the 8th Of January.
Harry Steadman, formerly of Fort
Benton, was badly kicked by q horse at
Fort Macleod, bu, from last reports was
getting better.
Mrs. Frank Strong, with her young
child, met her husband near Sun river,
last Saturday. They started at once for
Fort Macleod, where they will reside at
present.
Wolf creek is coming nicely to the
front as a grain producing valley. Mr..
George Lewees, who had a crop of only
So acres, will have, we are informed,
fully 5000 bushels-the largest crop in
the valley.
The commissioners court has not yet
adjourned. Guess they propose to con
clude the business up to date this time.
They should not adjourn without
making arrangements for cheap printing
for the ensuing year.
Substantial fire proof iron shutters
have been placed on the windows Of
Cans & Klein's store-Col. Hodge, of
Murphy, Maclay & Co.'s mechanical
department, performing the work in an
artistic and skillful manner.
James Wells and son and G. r. Nor
ris arrived from Clagett yesterday. They
report everything quiet at the mouth of
the Judith at present, with the prospect
of an immense boom when the reserva-s
ton is opened to settlement.
General Thomas I'll. Kruger, u. S. A,
commanding the district of Montana,
left Helena on Monday night for a visit
to his family at Easton, Penna. The
command of the district, during the alb
sence of General Kruger, will deyolve
upon General John r. Brooke, now in
command at Fort Shaw.
A Townsend correspondent of the
Independent says: James E. Stevens
new paper will be started in about two
weeks. 1t has not been named yet.
The newspaper quarters will be in the
second story of Judge Weston's new
building, and all that Mr.. Stevens is
waiting for is for the building to be
finished.
Hugh Kirkendall's trains are now
engaged in hauling 400, 600 feet OF lumber
from the railroad switch eight miles
west from Helena to the Drum Lummon
mine. The lumber is to be used for
building the afr compressor for the
tunnel at the Drum Lummon, and also
in the erection Of the sixty stamp mill
of the mpany.-Independent.
VIM. SHELTON arrived in the city yes
terday from his Wolf creek ranch. The
threshing machine has just been in his
neighborhood and MI. S. reports 1,614
A bushels of oats from n acres, Is
about as good yield as anybody has had
this season. Mr.. Robinson, one OF his
lneighbors, had the misfortune to have.
his grain and hay stacks burned, the
fire originating from a spark from the
engine connected with the thresher.
Mr.. J. W. Schulz, of Fort Conrad, is
furnishing a series of articles for Forest
and Stream, entitled Life Among the
Blackfeet.n The first article appeared
in a recent issue of that paper, and they
promise to be exceedingly interesting.
Mr.. Schulz has spent five years among
the B,ackfeet, studying thelr manners,
customs and language.
The girls of Fargo, in speaking of
young men whom the like, say He's a
darling ~ the girles of Jamestown say,
He's as purity as a pet pup the girls
of Mandan, "Ain't he a daisy" the
girls of Bismarck, "He's got a boom on
beauty ~ and the Montana girls, He's
a dear, delightful old snooze, an don't
YOU forget it, Susan !-Blsmarck
ITIDune. --~
Milt. Endsley has turned out his bull
teams for the winter, on the Marlas.
He SAYS that freighting has been a poor
business this last season on account o
small loads and short distances to freight.
The Northern and Canadian Pacific
railroads are responsible for this, as they
have cut off the long distance frelghtlng,
one on the south and the other on the
From Sundays Daily.
Katie Putnam and troupe will be al
Helena this week.
One plain drunk adorned the police
court Yesterday; beyond that every
thing was quiet in the city court.
The independent says Col. Wheelel
has decided not to start a paper at Sun
Riyer-at least, not for the present.
The Macleod coach rolled out yester
dav, with z. d. Holmes DIETER known
as Hank Monk handling the ribbons.
Samuel t. Hauser is the largest tax
payer of Lewis and Clarke county, his
county and city taxes this year amount
4 ing to So, 664.40.
-Mr--Joseph S. Murphy, brother q
NTre I'd Maclav arrived on the Billings