The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-07
LOCAL NOTES.

LOCAL NOTES.
From saturdays Daily.
f'T They are going to have a grand spar
and wrestling tournament in Butte
next week.
rbe~i6fnt memorial calling a conven-
In to take steps to have Montana
F1n,;tted as a state has passed the house
10y a unanimouse vote:
Tfanything was necessary to complete
no odinm beneath which the majority
.,on,hnrs of the council are buried, it
,,oo their action yesterday in voting sol
:51v that the charges affecting the eligi-
t;1i+v to q seat of the member from
custer should not be read or considered
hv that body.-Herdtd.
representative Baker has introduced
Ia hill appropriating $4,000 for the pur-
nose Of boreing ten artesian wells in the
Territory, for the purpose, we presume,
( If finding out if it is q practicable way
If solving the irrigating question. 1t is
q GOOD move, and we hope it will pass
Miss Allen and Miss Oviett, who have
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Allen
since last summer, will take their depar-
+urp on to-day's coach for their home in
iowa. The young ladies have made
many friends during thetrstay here, and
all will be glad to welcome them should
thew make our town another visit.
We publish to-day a circular letter
from Mr.. George Steel, of Sun River,
in reference to the recent failure Of Steele
g. Co., at that place. It's object is to
show that there is no connection, II
never has been, between his house and
the defunct establishment of nearly the
same name. The similarity of the names
thev are not spelled alike, however,
might lead to such an inference, and to
set himself Alright before the public the
letter is published, and has been for
warded by mail to his many patrons.
Where MI. STEEL is known, however, no
such inference would be drawn. lie
stands too high in this section of Mon
lana where he has done business so many
years.
The Northwest, published at New
York, thus refers to the National Park
scheme: Congress shows a disposition
to interfere with the arrangement OF the
interior department to give to a company
monopoly Of the hotel and Transports
ton privileges in the Yellowstone Ma
tional Park. The company need not be
discouraged by this. Let,them go ahead
and furnish excellent accommodations
for tourists at moderate prices and they
will control the business. a business
enterprise that serves the public 50 well
that there is no demand for competition
is the best, because the only durable
kind Of monopoly. With the opening
of rail transportation to the park next
summer by the Northern Pacific com
pany, thousands of tourists will go
there. Hotels, vehicles, horses and
guides must be provided for them. 1t is
better that a responsible company should
undertake to supply the demand thai
that the business be left to a number OF
struggling and~ ra%pacious individuals,
careless of the wonders of the park, and
anxious only to make money as rapidly
as possible
From Sundays Daily.
Mrs. Tattan, we are glad to report, is
improving.
According to an informant OF the el-
lowstone Journal a colony is forming in
Cincinnati with the object Of locatingi in
the Yellowstone valley
Nv. S. Stocking yesterday purchased
IChas. BouFassa's town property, consist
ing of the saloon, a brick residence, ano
some six or eight lots. Consideration
$1,000.
A Very pleasant party was given las
evening, by Mrs. H. p. Rolte, to a few
of her select friends. The affair was
most enjoyable one to the happy partlcl'
pants.
/ColdH NO, it isn't. We went into
~ olo4l: 80 a.,I fc.rI,I frnG1