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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-09-17
Twin Foes 10 Life
A Thorough Puruatiyo

medicine Il the first necessity for cure.
lhen the catlmrtlc effect must he main.
tanned, IN mild degree, Just sufficient
10 prevent recurrence of coStiycnrSs.
anu ~ the same time the liver, kidneys
strengthened. 'A'u
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-13

LOCATION.--The town of Great Falls is located at the head OF me 1aHs
of the Missouri, on the south side of the river, in Chohau county, Moheana'
1t is about ninety miles northeast of Helena, the capital and fory-hve nnes
southwest of Fort Benton, the head of navigation n the Missouri liver nc
beautiful Sun river mingls its waters with the Missouri at the upper o om
Diary of the townste, and these two broad valleys form att this point one OF me
most delightful spots in Montana. By a sharp turn of the river, fronting ne
town, a wide bay is formed, presenting a great expanse o still water, Whch
adds not a little o the beauty of the scene. The town is distant about sixty Sixty
five miles from the main range of the Rockies, forty miles from the big beu
mountains, twenty miles from the Little Belt mountains, and twenty-five
miles from the IIghwood range. Its position is N the border Of the great
coal region, extending from Smith river to Belt creek and covering al area
of at least $50 square miles.
HIsToRY.--J ]. Hill, of ST. Paul, president of the Manitoba R.R. com
pany, and Paris Gibson, are the propnetors OF the townste. The great vail
able waterp power afforded by the falls of the Missouri, the beauty OF the loca-
ton and the varied resources of the country adjacent, naturally suggested the
building ola town al. this place. Title to the land was secured in 1883, IN
Guiding not only that within the limits of the townsie, but all the land fronting
the river, O both sides, from the upper to the lower falls, sone 5000 acres
in all. This magnificent possession was secured at a great expense, an IS
to-day the largest and, mquesionably, the most valuable contiguous body OF
land, owned by one firm, in Montana.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-13

velt's avoWed purpose is to spend three
months hunting and fishing in the Big
Horn mountains and other ''gamy' ter
~ritorial spots. Of course politics was
preached, and Mr.. Roosevelt said 1.-The
only eastern interview published as
coming from me that was at all genuine,
was in the Boston Herald. AS [ said
there, I shall vote for MI. Blaine. No,
I won't stump Maine nor any other
state in his interest; / shouldn't wonder
if / stayed in the west until it was time
to 90 home and register. If | go home
in time I will probably go to Massaehu-
sets and do some speech making for
Henry Cabot Lodge in his congress
sional contest. 1t is impossible to tell
which is the greater detection in New
York-that of the Irish-Americans and
labor organizations from Cleveland to
Blaine, or that of the Germans and In
dependents the other way. How will
the Independents stomach Barnum?
How will they stomach Hendricks?
Surely he is the bitterer pill of the two.
I believe Tammany will support Cleve-
land and Hendricks, but Tammany is
far more inscrutable than Providence.
OF that we have had ample evidence"
Pioneer Press.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-13
The High Collar Craze.

eyes, sir, this high collar craze is as
Stunning rather high proportions" re-
marked a dealer in gents furnishing
goods to a reporter yesterday. "You see
the present style of 1884 is higher than
it has ever been before, and the young
men seem all collar"
"Where will it end?O
"Well, [ declare [ don't know. | am
looking for All addition by 1890, which
will entirely envelop the chin and give
a barber no end OF trouble when he
wants to shave a customes. Then, as
one extreme will lead to others, there
may be an uprising by 1895, when young
men who cannot raise a mustache will be
glad to add another inch and take in an
upper lip and a pug nose.
This is a great country sir, n pro-
gress is our motto. [ look for still
another bull movement in collars when
we reach the new century, 1900, and we
may expect a collar which will take in
an entire head and face, with air holes
sor nose, mouth and eyes. 1t will be
warm and nice in winter, and will be
particularly popular with homely young
men.
IF [ were John @. Emo or Ferdinand
Ward I think I should order such a col
lar and wear it in public. boston
Globe.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-13
Decline Of Gambling in the West.

A veteran gambler, in an interview
with a San Francisco reporter recently,
said that times are pretty tight with the
gambling fraternity in the west just at
present, and unless the tide soon turns
in their favor, they will be forced to
abandon the green cloth and seek other
vocations to secure even the necessaries
Of life. He said: "About two months
ago [ made a tour on the Northern Paci~
tc road. From St. Paul to Helena /
did not find a single place where the
gambler could make any money. At
Helena and Butte there is considerable
sport, but it is controlled by a few men.
Then [ went into the Ceur d'Alene
mining region in company with several
other sports, and found that country q
dead fraud there were actually more
gamblers there than there were dollars,
and our party had a tough time getting
out of the Internal country. [ visited
all the leading points in Oregon and
Washington territories, only to find our
business dull everywhere. At Portland
there are several lively faro games, but
the limit is so small that an outsider
can't make a winning of any size. Then
/ took a steamer for Frisco, expecting
to make some money on the passage.
Again I was disappointed. The only
gambling on board was at whist-a
quarter a corner for the rubber. The
degeneracy Of the times actually made
me sick, and I took to my berth and
remained there until the boat reached
the dock"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-13
He N eeded Rest.

"Say, doctor, can't you do anything
for me?"
"What is the matter? ?"
ooh! I am completely Frustrated all
broken up"
"What are your symptoms?"
II feel worn out, as though / had been
doing a heavy days work my head is
in a Whirl, and my brain feels befogged;
there is a general lassitude-."
perhaps it's sun-stroke-."
mo, it can't be. / haven't been out
of my office, except to come here. and |
haven't done a thing all morning, but
read the democratic platform, and
What! Nothing but read the demo-
cratic platform, and don't know what is
the matter? I suppose you struck the
tariff plank. Go at M to the noun
tains, and don't read anything for a
month. No wonder you're Frustrated.
Your mind needs perfect rest."-Texas
Siftings.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-13
The Fool's Paradise.
[Bill Nye.]

tBill Nye.]
Follett-What is the meaning of the
term Fools Paradise?"
The FOOLS paradise is a place where
the fool-killer buries his dead. AS fools
cannot be considered as responsible for
their acts they cannot be punished in
purgatory, and yet they cannot be adj
mitted into Heaven. They are therefore
consigned to a place fitted up specially
for them, where they a ask each other,
"Is this cold enough for you?" and all
such little intellectual sparkle as that.
There is where those people go who
breathe in the barrels Of the shotgun or
light the kitchen fire with kerosene.
People who enter this paradise enter
it with great rapidity, and generally in
fragments. The outer court is used
mainly for the purpose of asserting and
classifying the remains.
This is also the home Of the man who,
during life, casually sat down on a buzz
saw to think of a hard word.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-13
Capt. Joe Todd

capt. Joe Todd can be reckoned as
n of the pioneer captains on the Mis-
souri, river. He came to Camp Cook on
the Silver Lake in 1867, and has been to
-Eort Benton every year sinces on the
Silver Lake, Far western, Key
West, Dacotah, Big Horn, Rosebud, Jo-
sephine, Black Hills, Helenaand Batch
elor, and has been captain % all but the
SilNer~Lake, Far Westand~Western:
OF his eighteen years service. ten have
been spent as clerk and pilot and eight
as captain. In 1867 the boats used to re-
ceive Zoe. per pound, now they get 75c.
per hundred. Capt. Todd announces
this as his last trip to Fort Benton, and
every one will be sorry to miss his face,
but he will bear with him the good
wishes Of every one who has ever had
the pleasure of travelling with him. Al
though a young man, he stands high
among steambOatmen as n of the most
painstaking and careful pilots and cour-
teous captains in the upper river steam
boat fraternity. Capt. Todd has travelled
the river during stormy times, when
Indians were bad, and to make the trip
from Sioux City was considered dam
gerous in the extreme. He was once
shot by Indians while at the wheel, and
for a long time his life was despaired of.
In those days the pilot houses of all
steamers were made bullet proof, being
covered with boiler iron to insure pro-
lection to pilots. A volume might be
written of his adventures. Not n OF
the boats commanded by him have ever
met with a serious accident. goodbye,
Capt. Todd; may your future career be
as successful as your past.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-13

Ex-Congressman John Hill, who will
he remembered as the father of the
cheap postage bill, died at his home in
Boonton, Morris county, n. j., July
Oath, at the age of SO. He WA born in
Catskill, n. Y, in 1921, and in about
1914 he settled in B1onten, and was
elected from there to the state assembly
in l861-62, and again in 1866. During
the latter term he served us speaker OF
the house. He was elected to the For
tieth, Forty-first and Forty-second con
crosses. his last term ending in 1883. He
was frequently mentioned in connection
with the republican ~gubernatorial NOM
ination in New Jersey, and was con-
sidered the foremost republican i'll the
state. MI. Hill was interested in postal
reform and the question of reducing
postage for many years, and about six
teen years ago, when he first entered
congress, he introduced a bill to abolish
the ranking privilege, and after two
wears or more of hard work it was ac-
complished. About the same time he
introduced the one cent postal card bill,
and after two years or more it was pass
ed, against much opposition. In his
remarks on those bills at that time, in
April, 1872, he advocated a reduction in
letter postage, considering the abolition
of the ranking privilege and adopting
the one cent postal card the stepping
stone to reduction in letter postage. At
ter the organization of the house i'll De-
cember, 1881, he introduced his two cent
postage bill, which was referred to the
committee on post offices and post roads,
who delayed reporting it to the house
during the first session. He called the
attention Of the house to the bill, made
several speeches OH the subject, and
made every effort to get it before the
house for consideration. In November,
1882, he went 10 Washington to see
Postmaster General Howe and brought
the matter before him. He also called
on the president in regard to the matter,
and found him tavorably disposed to-
wards the measure, and in his message
to congress a few weeks later he recon-
mended the reduction of the letter post
age. Shortly after the meeting of con-
gress in December Mr.. Hill saw the
chairman or the subcommittee Of the
appropriation committee on the post
office appropriation bill. On Wednes-
day morning, alter the third day, the
latter offered d resolution asking per-
mission of the house to place the two
cent postage measure In the post office
appropriation bill, which was granted,
and on the next day the post office APP
preparation bill vas reported from the
committee in the house, printed and
brought before the house in a few days
for consideration. A great many amend.
ments to it were offered, but after a long
and tedious fight over this clause, it
passed, and finally the whole bill passed,
and, after a long and bitter opposition
in the senate, passed that body on Fri
day, the day after the report of the post
office appropriation bill to the house
containing the two cent postage clause.
Mr.. Hill received many letters thanking
him for his interest in the matter, and
also from associations and public bodies
with resolutions of thanks.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-13
PRECIOUS METALs.--The mi,

with Neihart as the central camp at present, and which is attracting 81 muc
attentions distant but thity-fve miles from Great Falls. There is a ma
ual wagon OF railroad route to Nehart-and with the wahrpower, Goa
coke, iron ore, limestone, and everything needed for smelling purposes
hand, can it be doubted that in the near future Great Falls will have tt
most extensive ore reduction works in the west? Nature could not have dor
more to give the town this position of prominence.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-13
From Politics to Prairie.

Yesterday mornings early morning
train from Chicago brought Hon. TheoI
dore Roosevelt, of New York, and
Messrs. Seawall and Dow, young gem
tlemen from Maine, who will take
charge of one of Mr. Roosevelt's ranches
on the Little Missouri. The party LEFT
for Dakota at 4:O5 p. M, and MI. Roose;
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-13
LUMBER AND FuEL.--One

cheap lumber and fuel. The first will come from the unlir
mountains adjacent, where the Timber can be driven dow
trihing expense. Fuel could be obtained from the same
but coal in unlimited supply is to be had at Sand Coulee, a
No town in the territory is SO advantageously situated in Il
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-13
STOCK GROWING,
WHEAT LANDS.--Adjacent

Of Sun river, the Missouri, Sand Coulee, Smith r
fothers, capable Of supporting a very large farmin
are these valleys, they form but a small portion 0
in the region tributary to Great Falls. The rich
of the future, and they insure for this water-powe
the Touring centers Of the world.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-13

Death of the Father of Cheap Postage
at Boonton, N. J.. July "a, 1884,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-13
RESOURCES.

The resources of Great Falls comprise in a high degree the three upon
which Monanas present and future greatness depends-nnng, stock grow
ing and agriculture-but to these must be added the greatest available water
power in the United States, and which would be sufficient Of itself to make
this the manufacturing center of the New Northwest
WATER-POWER.--T THE fall of the river fronting the town, including
the Black Eagle Falls and rapids above, is seventy feet, and the volume of
water making this descent is greater than that of the Mississippi at Mime
apois. This waterpower could be utilized three times, by the construction
Of dams, fronting the town, before the Black Eagle Falls arer reached. There
is simply no limit to the power that car be utilized here, and with the devel
opment of the northwest, what a hinder Great Falls from becoming one OF
the great water-power cies of the land? Those who have watched the
marvellous growth of Minneapolis, based almost wholly upon her water-power
advantages, cannot doubt the future Of Great Falls.
COAL.--But a few miles distant from Great Falls lie the inexhausnble
Sand Coulee coal fields, adjacent to which are mountains of iron ore and
limestone. This coal is unquestionably the best yet discovered in the north
west, the vein having an average thickness of fourteen feet, a large tract Of
which has just been secured by a company Of Minnesota capitalists with the
view of engaging on a very extensive scale in the business of shipping coal
and coke to all points of the territory. On account of the superior cooking
qualities of a large per cent of this coal, Sand Coulee is destined to become
the coke supply point for the smeters of Montana and other territones-and
here, at the door of Great Falls, will spring up n of the most important
industries in the territory. .
, 1884-08-02

gut, 20 Prindsensgade, there was a large
PRESBYTERIAN church, which was being built
at the time we cOn>PcratPd our old Church,
and where services were kept until toward
the end of the first decennium of this cen
tnry. Up TO now people call the bill Pres
byterian Hill. A long time before 1879 our
present church had lost it's congregation,
and the building was decaying. 1t was
therefore offered to US, and The generous
o fer waS Of cOurS" readily accepted. For
the adjoining dwelling, that had by right
of office belonged to the Dutch clerk, we
paid $1,000. AS to space We did not gain
much, for this church measured outside
only ~ by 50, and it was besides in such
a dilapidated state, that there were many
and costly repairs required, and it took
time to arrange everything TO satisfaction.
Meanwhile We found a kind shelter in the
Episcopal church. We made great addi-
tions to our new bu lding. There was q
vestibule in front Of the principal entrance,
but none at any of the other doors. There
was no belfry, no vestry room and no
gallery. Accordingly We added the 2
vestibules that are there now at the east
ern and western doors of the church, and
on the vestibule at the front door We erect
ed the belfry. But the veStry room was not
added until 1867. At last in July 1834eveiy.
thing was finished The old bell WAS hung
in its new place, the altar had been moved
together with the old picture, the frame, and
the altar railing; the Old pulpit too had come
10 its new place. On the 10th of July our
baptismal fout was carried here, and
to-day 80 years ago the church was con.
secrated by Rev. j. K. Dagger, to whom
We also owe our first hymn.boOk,
have thus come to an end with the his.
tory Of our church buildings. Intentional
w l have tried to refrain from excursions
on other topics Of our church history,
time would rave failed me. I Shall just
add. that during the $50 years in which st.
Croix has been q Danish island, we have
had ut least % ordained men appointed at
the Lutheran church in ChriNtlauSted be-
sides the assistance that was rendered to
the Congregations by our own ordained
Lutheran missionaries, by ministers from
st. Thomas and from Fiederiksted too,
after that town got it's own minister
out from Denmark in 1859. We ought
also Thankfully to remember the aSsiS.
lance we had in days Of old from the chap
lains of our meIrOt.war, which was often
Of consequence during vacancies.
I need not remind you Of the great
change when We held our first confirmation
in English in 1S4l. Neither is it neceSsa-
ry to dwell on the opening OF our Sunday
School on the eth July 1851. have in
conclusion only to wish that the mercy Of
Him, who has bee worSlipped in this
house for almost $50 years may continue
to be with this house. that He will pro-
tpct it from fires and riots, from hurri-
canes and earthquakes, and that we, when
lifting here our hands to Him, may wor-
Rhip him in spirit and III truth, and that
thus everything that is done here, may
be to the edihcation of His church and to
the glory of God, the Lord of Sabaoth -
Amen.
, 1884-08-02
To the Editor of the "St. Crojr Aria
TNnar Mr. Editor.

Dear Mr.. Editor.
Your valuable paper kindly lent
me room some Ct months ago for a
few remarks concerning Il commu-
nication with St. Thomas. You will
also remember that those remarks
were called forth by 'he complaints
of a dissatisfied friend of mine, and
that I in no way shared III these. The
then Editor opined, Ilat when His
Excellency came over here TO reside,
matters would Improve (nS he called
it). Well, l think there was very
little room for improvement hoWev-
er, this friend Of mine has lately sent
me a letter 1--WE live at some distance
from each other) which he has asked
me to send you, or rather some ex-
tracts from it. Of course, ! am tar
from endorsing his views, as you may
we'll understand, MIR, Editor, and YOU
may also perceive what a dissatisfied
and ever-grumbling fellow he is, for
now, when inter communication is
everything desirable, nay, at least as
a. far as letters and papers are con-
cerned rather more so, he at once
6mds out other things to vent his
unpleasant temper upon. You may,
however, prim it if you think fit. L
send his name, mot exactly tor pub,
, 1884-08-02

elf | hope the Chairman will make
an elaborate speech on the occasion!
BY the by what an interesting and
nice ollocution the Pastor gave us on
the 25th of July, Hurricane day or
as n "PreSbyter" has it, Humiliation
day.. Really it was most interesting.
bnd what nice little spicy remarks
about Governor $cholten and the
doctors. Habeant l did like these
Little hints to the doctors, and what
was most interesting was to see how
times have changed since then !! AT
that time the Parsons died from star.
vation-hut now lit isn't aIl Par
sons that treat doctors SO hnrd though
(altho' | freely admit they richly de-
serve it, most IF them, and am also
glad to notice that people are more
and more left TO die in peace on the
Estates without the Interference Of
doctor~), for l saw with great plea
sure hat the Reyd. Hutson in St.
Thomas the other day advertised in
St. Thomas concerning n teetotnllist
meeting, that the medical aspect of
the matter would be set forth by "Dr."
Taylor. Or is it still only Mr.. Taylor,
it ought to be DR.. That is the right
man in the right place. ST. Thomas
is on the whole better off for doctors
than we are. Have any of our doc
tors, perhaps, taken the trouble to
give us any protective remedies
against cholera, such as Dr.. Peraltn,
honour be 10 him, and then he kindly
undertakes to mix the ingredients, il
you furnish him with them, and I
don't know if he swallows them too,
but | don't think. | was going to
send him some '~ingredients" but for
two reasons. First, l don't know
how to get ~"civiI" oranges, l have
some Seville oranges on my land, but
don't know, if they will do. Next,
you know, TO take every half hour
about : tablespoon of Rum of 220,
besides Constant" friction "Of" Alec
hol with" warm cloth, perhaps to be
continued for Il month or l0nger,seema
TO me a "leetlc" strong, 1t amounts to
very nearly three quarters ofo bottle of
22o Rum in the "a hours internally.
besides the external amount, and l
will confess, hat I hesitate a little, not
on account of DR.. Kalmer's article,
that seems to me entirely exaggerat-
ed. To live without alcohol indeed |
But anyhow, DR.. PeraIta deserves well
of the community and so does MIR. A.
H. Rise, who seems to have taken
the trouble to come back to us to
dlsinfect us.-Sometimes though, !
think they are too hard upon the doc
tors, f i. when "a Planter" the other
day in the paper, said, that they did
not understand the language of the
island at least here. I think they do
at present, being all Danes. Speak
ing about doctors puts me i'll mind Of
Dentists. | wonder, why a Dentist
does 10 settle here, he would surely
make a good business, considering
the bad meat we get, which must ne
cessarily spoil and break the teeth.
The other day we got some beet, that
was so tough, that we gave it to the
I.IJ