The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-02

On the 18th inst. 1t was an immense
flair with an attendance of over 100
people. -
The ferry boat for Clagett will be
launched to-day, and started for
Judith city, with Captain John Dear at
The helm. 1t will be loaded with sup
niles for G.. r. Norris q Co.
Hinder the new system of fast mails
in which the Northern Pacific will CO.
onerate the run will be made from New
York to Portland in 1876 hours, or a little
more than five and a half days.
Frank Damn is in Sun River, has
rocentIv received the contract to make a
new channel for Sun river, n COM
monced work. Frank is Il of the
hardest workers in Montana, and will
more than make the dirt fiy.-Bozemara
Courier.
Pete Macdonald deserves a large share
of credit for the large attendance at the
railroad meeting Last evening. He rus
tledu the music, the money Tor the Hfe-
works. and made himself generally and
effectively active. Pete IS a worker
when he gets started.
We are informed by a gentleman who
nTpIpnuS W hIlOW lhoU IhS AAAio 'SoAA0
huilding being erected ut Sun River
Leavings by Mr.. T. G. Power is really
intended as a store building, and that
the Leavings will blossom out with q
general merchant before many months.
Rivers paid from one to three cents a
Mound more for wool at Fort Benton last
season than at any other point IN tne
territory, and as a market tor supplles1lt
is a well known fact that Fort Benton
merchants, having the advantage ofloW
river rates, can more than compete with
those of any other town IN Montana.
Hon. VIM. Ell. Clagett, VINO represent
ed Montana in congress one term u
who is recorder of one or II CRur
d'Alene mining districts, recently wrote
to a friend in Portland that it will I'M
doubtedly be an immense camp. He
admits that the placers will be spotted
and do not give promise of any extraor-
binary richness, out he is enthusiastic
over the quartz prospects. /
Ed. Smith has the contract for haul-l
ing bullion from Barker, and will keep
his teams on the road all summer. He
will be prepared to deliver goods at Bar
ker and points along the road, and when
there is sufficient freight for Judith
points, he will send a team out IN that
direction. By this arrangement parties
in any portion Of the Judith Basin can
hereafter secure goods regularly and
with dispatch from Fort Benton.
Constable Fletcher, says the Maiden
Argus. equipped with a warrant for the
arrest of John and Jim Gorrity, upon
the complaint of John Pierce, for house
breaking, found his men near McDon-
aid creek, attempted their arrest, and
was forcibly resisted. If we are inform
ed correctly, they threw the constable
down. took away his revolver, and COM
pelled him to "climb OUT He return
ed to Maiden, re-armed himself, secured
the assistance of Jersey Moran, VINO
was armed with a rifle, started In pur-
suit of the l~aw-breakers, and succeeded
in bagging them.
We are informed by q correspondent
that a trial made at the Barker smelter
to run the Silver Belle ore with the log
pile roasted ore of the Wright d Ed
wards resulted in a failure, the urnace
closing up in sixty hours in spite OF all
%endeavors to keep it open. The Stag,
which was heretofore clean, now ran
seven to nine ounces in silver. They
have gone back to the old charge. The
furnace is now beating her record, run
ming regularly and turning out 276 bars
during the past twenty-four hours, being
thirteen tons for that period-forty-slA
bars more than eve before.
The friends of r.. III. Clendenin will
be pleased to learn that that he is nope
full of arranging affairs 50 as to begin
business on his own account again at no
distant day. He succeeded admirably
well with his difficulties. having paid
off all Of his Montana creditors, we be
lieve, before the levy was made by iii
linghast & Co.'s creditors, and we learn
that there was ample property at the
time the attachment was made TO pay
the claims SO far as Clendenin Is inter
ested. No man has done more for the
Musselshell country than has Mr.. Glen
denim, and there are few. it any, that
are surrounded by more warm friends
than he.-Husbandman.
From Thursdays Daily:
Milk river broke up on Monday. and
the stream has since been running full OF