The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-03
THE RIVER PRESS.

LHe new rOad to Nelhart and
It an excellent highways good as any
mountain road.
Lieut.. Frederick Thies, Third infant
~, has been detailed on general recruit
ing service for the departments of Dakota,
at Fort Missoula, in place of Lieut..
Philip Reade, Third infantry, whose
company has been ordered to take sta
ton at Fort Shaw.
It is estimated that during the present
season 946 miles of road will be con-
structed on the Canadian Pacific rail-
way. By the end of the present month
the grading will have been completed
to the summit of the Rocky mountains,
and about W weeks later trains will be
running to that point. The total num-
Der OF miles completed to date is 1902,
and the number under construction 984,
The company has in its employ $4,000
men, and pay in wages 500, 900 per day.
Talk about the supremacy of Montana
cattle, look at this record: Last Mon
day j. II. Woods, cattle broker Of Chi
cago, sold for E. II. Cowles, of the Con
cord cattle company, los steers, averag-
ing | ,505 pounds each, the heaviest cattle
sold in Chicago this year, and were
taken right off the grass for shipment.
NeXt!! ! Yellowstone Journal,
Orders have been issued to Mai. VIM.
IL. Comegys, paymaster United States
army, directing him to close his accounts
and turn yer to the chief paymaster
the balance of public funds in his hands.
Maj. Comegys has been stationed at
Helena for two years past, and his relief
from duty in this department is caused
by his transfer to the department Of
Arizona.
James Rowe came in yesterday with
a wagon load of fine melons, and when
the RIVER PRESS reporter passed along
Col. Johnston and J. K. Toole, ESQ,
were negotiating for several dozen, and
we believe have made arrangements to
visit the melon patch tomorrow. If
Mr.. Rowe works the thing nicely he
a induce them to elbow in" all their
fees On melons.
Work on the Massachusetts lead, at
Neihart, is progressing very favorably,
and the lead shows up better than ever
before. The bond expires on the 18th of
next month, and there is not the slight
est doubt but that the sale will be made.
There are rumOrs of other important
transfers in that district, and that the
camp is about To enter upon an era of
great prosperity there is not the slightest
doubt.
Some weeks ago w. S. Wetzel sent
800 pounds Of bullion, the product of che
little smelter at Barker, to the Omaha
smelling and refining works, and q few
days since got his returns from the same.
The assay value of the bullion per ton
was $584.61, and of the 800 pounds for
warded, $2S5. The freight bill was
$14.4l and reduction charges, 1898 to-
tai, $40 .04-making the net returns
$2l4.96. Yesterday returns were receiv-
ed from another larger shipment equally
as satisfactory. This is better than the
boys expected, and it proves that the
little smelter, il kept at work, can turn
out lots Of money.
Robt. J. Casey arrived by private
blackboard from Medicine Hat day be-
fore yesterday, and is at the Pacific ho-
tel. Mr.. Casey is the owner of quite a
nice little band of cattle on the Shonkin
range, and his visit to the city at this
time was for the purpose Of joining the
roundup for awhile, but he happened
to be a few weeks too late, the fall work
being already concluded. Mr.. G.. re-
ports Medicine Hat as rather quiet at
present, but he expects it to be an i'm
portant point in time. In connection
with his brother he is conducting a ho-
tel at the Hat and has extensive inter-
ests there, having been among the very
first settlers of the town.
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