The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-02-13

los. A. Baker will leave st. Louis for
Fort Benton this morning.
M. Clarity has sold his Cora creek
ranch to David Pemberton.
Jonas Higgins, of White Sulphur
Strings. arrived here on the Helena
coach last evening.
The Macleod coach leaves for the
north to-day with Ed. Flint on the way
bill. Ed. is bound for the mines at Sill
yer City, n. W. t.
The efficient book-keeper for the Glen
denim smelling company, Mr.. w. F.
Over. arrived in town last night and is
stopping at the Grand-Union.
That highly moral community, Miles
City, is all torn up over the question
whether or no the skating rink shall be
allowed to keep open on Sundays. -
The steamer Gen. Terry has been pur-
chased by Capt. Voolfolk, Fred. L.
Evans and FL. r. Lyon, and will ply
during the season between Bismarck
and Pierre.
w. Fl. Burgess, of Fort Benton, who
has been sojourning in this city for the
past few days, left on the Atlantic ex-
press January 31st for the states.-Miles
City Journal.
The contract for building the new
Miles City school house has been let for
6 $40, the bids running from that up to
$4,000. They do some wild guessing in
Montana on contracts, but always on the
safe side.
Acts of this kind will soon loosen up
the money market: It is reported that
Judge A. +. Davis recently transferred
from New York to Helena the sum of
$500. 900 for investment. This hand
some amount of currency n coin is
understood to be put into circulation in
the shape of loans, if there are borrowers
enough to absorb it.
Every few days we hear of more
quartz being discovered in the Bears
Paw. FL. c.. Hard, from Assinaboine,i
tells us hat he knows of several good
quartz locations there, and that a good
many others do, too, but they are
all waiting for the reservation to be
thrown open before they will say any,
thing about their discoveries.
Nose Solomon has gone up the Marias.
about twenty-five miles with a gang Of
men to bank a lot of logs which were
cut there a year 60. When the ice goes
out they will be run down to the site Of
the new town at the crossing Of the Ma
rias and used for building purposes.
Nose expects to see a big rush to his
4, town when the reservation is thrown
open.
fine mountain lion skin has BEEN
brought in from McDonald's sheep
ranch, on upper Arrow creek, by G. A.
Hammett. These are quite profitable
animals to kill, as the territorial bounty
is IS, besides the value of the pelt. Mr..
Hammett has killed three this winter,
and is Justly proud of his proWess as a
hunter. He sold the first two skins
without thinking to claim the bounty,
but does not propose to do SO any more.
The Pioneer Press Of the 31st ult.
states hat the subcommittee of the
Indian commission that visited Montana
last wear has made its report to the full
committee, and that part of 1T IN refer
ence to the Flathead reservation is sum-
married pretty fully. Only a few words
are said about the Piegan reservation,
and the paragraph is SO obscure that
nothing can be learned from it. We
hope soon to have the report in full OF
The subcommittee on this subject. -
Preparations are now being made to
develop the large copper leads that lie
in the vicinity Of Copperopolls. the
great success of the Butte copper mines
has led to the retaining of many SINH
lar locations in Montana. lit is easier to
sell a good copper mine in New York
than d gold or silver lead, as they
are generally more regular n perma-
nent. Capitalists are we'll posted on
these points and are always ready TO IN
vest where there is any show Of getting
handsome dividends in return.
Our new telegraph operator, Mr.. e.. >.
Bennett, of Washington, ID. ~, came Ia
on the last Billings coach. we nave no
doubt Mr.. Bennett will soon feel per-
fectly at home in our western CITY, anu
be as much a favorite with all as MS
worthy predecessor, Mr.. Morgan. MI.
O'Connor, another signal service opera
tor. was on the same coach with MI. h.,
but getting his feet slightly frost bitten,
he laid over at Okla till the next coach
comes along. He will succeed Frank
Newman at Assinaboine, he having
been ordered to report at Washington.
From Thursdays Daily:
Chas. Miller and j. y. Blatnel came
i'm last night on the Helena coach.
Joe Either is to be congratulated on
the arrival Of a new baby girl at his
home.
The clerks at w. S. Wetzel's report
ROOD sales Notwithstanding the nara
times and lack OF money.
Mr.. Burghardt informs us that the
mine and smelter at Clendenln Wilt
start up again the latter part or next
week, at the farthest.
Relknan is laying out Trout City i'll