The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-08-29
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low. The Rosebud arrived at Clagett
tuesday night, the 21st, with 60 tons of
OF merchandise for Fort Benton. She
unloaded that night and returned down
the river next morning. Giesey's bull
train was at Clagett in advance of the
boat, n on Wednesday he cleaned up
all the freight and pulled out for this
city. This is the Rosebud's last trip for
the season.
Messrs. Wren & Bumet report their
mill at the head of the Teton nearly
ready to commence saving. A hundred
settlers on the upper Teton are waiting
for lumber from this mill to put their
houses in shape for winter. Several
weddings will be celebrated as Q as
the young men can get the cages roof
ed in and ready for occupancy. This
fine section of our county is directly
west of Fort Benton, and extends to the
base OF the main range Of the Rockies.
1t is the finest agricultural land in the
territory, az well as the most beautiful.
1t extends from a point within fifteen
miles of Benton to the mountains, a
hundred miles away. Its trade is nat
urally tributary to Benton, and when
the mines which are known to exist in
the adjacent mountains are opened up
and a home market created, the upper
Teton will be second to no valley in
Montana in natural advantages. Easy
OF access from the river and the cheap
est supply point in the territory to buy
goods from, mines at its doors and an
unlimited stock range on all sides, it is
certainly a choice spot, destined to be
the home of wealth and civilization that
is fast crowGing the savage from his last
foOthold.
We hope the firemen will throw no
more water IN the mortgaged bricks
that shelter our Gown town neighbor,
unless in case of fire. The slight dose
it received yesterday must have soaked
through, and as water is an unknown
element to the staff of that paper, the
| effect was most demoralizing, as was
plainly evidenced by the state of its
columns. On the editorial page were
no less than thirteen items that appeared
the night before, and in one case two Of
these stale paragraphs were run into
each other. The local pa &c was just as
! bad containing a half column of old
matter, commencing with the tail end
of an article the head of which had got
! lost somewhere; even those few items
that were new were badly mixed up,
| and one quarter column of soldering
| stuff about a business house that would
hardly thank them for !''taff.y'' that is
not needed wound up with a reference
to "the following report" which does
not appear anywhere. The first page
gives evidence of general demoraliza-
ton. We would advise Mr.. Shepard
son, for whom we have the kindliest
feelings, either to discharge his entire
staff Or keep water out of their reach.
They are evidently not used to it.
From Sundays Daily.
Don't throw away yonr gum boots.
Tom Martin, of the Big Sag, is in
town.
I Louis Riel arrived from Sun River
yesterday.
+. Steinbach arrived on the Helena
coach yesterday.
The election yesterday was an exceed
ingly quiet affair.
Geo, E. Huy, of Minneapolis, is at
the Grand Union.
The brick work on the hospital will
soon be completed.
John Power takes his departure for
the east tomorrow.
Ford & Connelps train arrived from
Fort Macleod yesterday.
Miner & Boardman came in from
their ranch on the Sholikin yesterday.
A. M. Rowles loaded at T. C. Power
& Bros yesterday with merchandise for
Sun River.
r. G.. Power & Bro. sent ont 1o,GOO
pounds of freight to their store at
Reedsfort yesterday.
Messrs. r. G.. Power, L. FL. Hershfield
and A. J. Davidson will return to Hele-
ma on to-morroW's coach.
T. E. Collins and family will leave
for White Sulphur Springs tomorrow
to be gone three or four weeks.
D. G. Browne returned yesterday from
the hay fields and reports the work pro-
crossing favorably on the Sandy.
The First National Bank of White
Sulphur Springs will be ready to begin
I business about the 1st of November.
h "A large number of government horses
and mules will be sold at public auction
at Fort Assinaboine next Saturday, Sep
TENDER 1st.
Mike Lyach has served his sentence
| in Jail and has now a small amount of
costs to 'lay out" He will be at liberty
in a few days.
The county will receive bids for fur
| nishing wood and coal for the different
| offices up to September 1st. Only a few