The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1883-07-11
Up the River.


4 of the ENTERPRISE, in company with Do
L. Willard, -ne :s-ni.,t representative OF tn
substantial firm of ]. Schreiner & Son, de
parted from Livingston with pair o
:ayuscs and shaky blackboard for Gardi
ner City, the terminus of the Park branch
Before We had passed through the canyon
which, by the way, is about the worst
piece of road this side Of the Devils big
geyser. the buggy underwent ths break
ing Of the pole and three spokes in differ
! ent wheels. At ranch just above, several
yards Of rope and block OF wood were
borrowed which, when properly adjusted:
upon the pole. carried us safely without
further delay to Fridley's ranch, where
the horses were fed and a dinner indulged
in 10y the hungry drivers that would have
done credit to the world known Del
mOnico.
Refreshed and rested we journeyed on
to Yankee Jims and there took supper,
the aforesaid individual nearly talking Ut
to death in the meantime. Jim does not
always aim to worry his guests in this
manner but we being connected with
newspaper he of course referred to the
Northern Pacific company's appropriating
the major portion of his toll road to lay
iron upon for the Park branch, and also
that he had sued the said corporation for
$4,000 damages, engaging rs one of his
attorneys Col. r. G. Ingersoll. After pay
ing modest (O fee for toll and supper we
passed on, reaching Gardiner City at 1880
p. m.
Gardiner, located some four miles this
way from the Mammoth Hot Springs, is
not the dullest town ON earth, and is, we
believe, destined, t. be in the near future
fine little city. And why not? 1t is
located at the mouth of Gardiner river
and the terminus of the Park branch, a
point where all tourists will he obliged to
linger for short time to pure hase sup
plies and secure guides before passing OF
! t., the wonders Af the Park. This alone
will make business lively at least during
the summer season. To keep up life dur.
| ing the remainder of the year, except the
most severe period. there is placer ground
| within stones throw of the townsite
which could be made to yield up enor.
nous returns with the aid of hydraulic ap
pliances. We were shown. to our satisfac
ton, that this ground is very rich and
wonld require but little capt. to be sue
cessfully operated. The claim is bonded
for S2O.OOO to M. L. Bachelor & Co.. by
whom we were informed that party Of
capitalists have partly arranged for its pur'
chase which, if effected, would insure i'm
mediate operation thereon.
We were shown many specimens OF
quartz from Bear GulcA, near at hand, by
various prospectors, which were superior
to any we have inspected for many day.
OF the richness of this gulch we were told
some very flattering stories, but defer
| further remarks until another time, when
we will speak of the resources of that Sec
ton.
We met many old acquaintances, among
whom we might mention Mr.. Stuff, an
o!d newspaper veteran, who has now
dritted into the hardware business, and is
the firm of Lawrence & Stuff, who carry
on branch at that place, and Mr.. Stuff
reported fair business. Messrs. SWEET
land & Guysinger. Curry s. Whitby, s. H.
Phelps, and Lane g. Tcrrill were all very
sociable. We made many new acquaint-
ances. and will state that for new and
frontier town the class of people in general
who have located there are of most en-
terprising and law-abiding character, a
class of people who are bound to succeed
in the building up of fine town. We
added sixty eight Subscribers to our list
while gone, which is an indication Of in
telligence in the upper country. Mr.. r.
A. Bells lad" will appear in our columns
tomorrow, as will also those of several
other Gardiner houses in the near future.
For want of space in this issue, we with
hold further remarks. Hereafter our
readers will find occasional letters in the
columns of the ENTERPRISE from an able