The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-11-07

large StOIe DuliuluS lOI Cue NICDCl-
mott, at Neihart, last fall, and got out
the timbers for another, which he will
put up as soon as spring opens.
w. B. Edgar and Jack Waite, of the
Judith, arrived in the city Sunday by
private conveyance and are stopping at
the Grand Union.
Sam Smith, OF the enterprising firm
Of Smith Bros, Fort Macleod, is in the
city. Sam is as jolly and can laugh as
loud as he ever could.
Montana's new secretary, j. S. Tooker,
arrived in Helena from Michigan last
Friday. He is the ex-mayor of Lansing
and is said to be very affable gentleman.
Murphy, Maclay & Co.'s clerks We're
kept busy yesterday putting up goods
for Reedsfort and Maiden. About Is 1000
pounds will be sent out by cams to-day.
John w. Power has been appointed
special administrator of the estate Of
Thomas Haley, diseased, and is collect
ing together the personal property of the
estate. a.H s .#taaa 4t sar3f
Gov. Brooks fine two-story house on
Warm Spring creek is nearing COM
pletion, and he can o o boast 0 fhaving
the finest house in the surrounding
country.
VSWope & Davenport's band of 5000
sheep, from Box Elder, were OF Warm
Spring creek October 31st, and are prob
ably on the home ranch on Dog creek
by this time.
The new industry of Montana is the
goat business. Two hundred Angora
goats have been purchased and brought
from California to stock a ranch on
Shields river.
Mandan, the rival of Bismarck, has
spent 100000 in buildings this year.
The Northern Pacific spent about $175,-
900 in putting up machine shops at the
three-year-old town.
The railroad charges s18 per ton for
freight by the car load from Townsend
to Helena, a distance Of ONLY forty miles.
| A bull team would make big money
freighting at those figures.
| The new butcher shop is now open
in the building next door above Wet
| zers store. Meat eaters can new pay
their money and take their choice, of
| shops as well as of meat.
If YOU have a valuable watch that is
out of repair send it to George P. Reeves
| & Co., the we'll known Helena jewelers.,
and they will make it as good as new.
Prices always reasonable.
n. T. Dinsmore, of Cans s. Klein, is
back from a pleasure trip to the Judith
and Maiden country. AS usual he is
chuck full of news and it makes We To-
cal laugh all over to strike a traveller of
that kind. .,a *.s.q4
Hereafter Helena will bottle her own
Milwaukee beer. Machinery has been
purchased for the establishment and the
works will soon be in operation. The
beer will be brought in casks from Mil
Waukee and bottled in Helena.
George 2. Reeves & CO., of Helena,
make q speciality of the manufacture OF
jewelry of every description, complicated
or simple, from Montana gold, and par
ties sending them orders will secure
first-class.M ork-at oWfgures.~
Nj. Jos. Allen, of Sand Coulee, who
arrived in the city yesterday, presented
the RIVER PRESS a specimen lot OF Sand
Coulee potatoes, grown without irrit
| cation and absolutely without rain since
June LIST. Twenty of them make about
a half bushel and finer potatoes cannot
be raised in any country.aaa
Pine Billings coach which left here
last Friday morning upset that evening
linear Stanford, caused by the team run
lining away. Max Waterman's wrist
Twas sprained and Mrs. Stevens was in
Iiured, but to what extent we are unable
ITO learn. J. e. Stevens expected to stop
lover at Stanford and proceed by the
next coach.
Jack Waite, in a recent communities
ton to the Helena Herald, stated that
The would agree to stay in a 24-foot ring
with Paddy Ryan until the latter starves
to death, and Paddy now retorts in the
Salt Lake Herald that he is willing tC
fight Waite and will agree not to raise
his hands from his sides. He says be
can make Waite knock himself out.
JOS. Allen, of Sand Coulee, purchased
this summer a band Of $500 tWo-year
old ewes and has them now safely quar-
tered at the ranch. They were driver
from California and Wintered over las
year in Nevada, and are, MI. Alle1
thinks, as fine q lot Of pilgrim WOO
producers as have eve been driven int
the territory. 18f ar
HIP. Rolfe has been making a pre-
liminary survey of the Black Eagl'
falls, as it is expected that the waite
power there will be used the COMING
summer. He reports that the logs O
the boom drive are now all over the sec
ond. or Rainbow falls. If we have tw'
weeks more of nice weather the driv
will be at the sheer boom above tn
city. ~ fa8 IA 8f.4 .4sa s# esfad 4t4s4 aha
{ The sheer boom at the upper end c
j Roosevelt's island is now being sWun
around into place. 1t is about 1900 fee
] %inlength, constructed OF logs chaine'
!. together, the lower end being fastene'
at the upper point of the island and til
E other end secured by a large wire cabl
which runs to the opposite bank Of tn
river, where it is securely fastened to
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