The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-07-30
are now on the upper Marias, which he
considers the best range in the territory

To-day:
John c. Tut has nearly concluded
the work OF assessing the city, for both
q county and city assessors. He
thinks the assessment roll of the CITY
will foot up about ST, 600, 900.
MI. John Drew went out to Arrow
creek yesterday with the view Of pur.
chasing a band Of sheep. He has an
excellent location on the Muddy and ex.
poets to become a wool grower this fall.
Some five or six hundred cords of the
Teton wood drive have arrived at the
boom and the rest will be along il a
few days. Messrs. Houston & Mckay
are having the timber banked in good
shape.
Z. C. Power and j. III. Mcknight go
as far as Judith City on the Benton, and
thence will go to Governor Brooks
ranch on Warm Spring creek, to attend
the cattle roundup. They expect to re-
turn to this city in less than a week.
Herman Volkstedt and family, rela-
tlves OF Herman Brinkman, who ar
rived from Iowa on one of the late boats
started for home yesterday on the Ben
ton. They had intended to remain here,
oue' oo ~ I0PPNASO1 a1o INV q WY
favorable opinion OF Montana.
Samuel Spencer, Of the Marias, ar
rived in town yesterday. He informs
Ills that the roundup is now branding
and that the indications are the calf
crop will be rather light, but still not al
together an unsatisfactory one. The
cattle on the range, he says, are as fat as
he has ever seen them at this time Of
the year.
Among those who went down on the
Benton yesterday were T.. w. Peck, w.
r. Rassman, Mrs. b. i. Tierney, Miss
Nelson, Mrs. w. O. Whealy, Herman
Volkstedt and family, and Messrs. Null
rooney and Haney. L. e. Power and J.
H. Mcknight go down as far as the Ju-
dith.
[. G. Power informs us that the gov
eminent steamer Emily was to haye left
Sioux City for the upper river on the 9Th,
SO that she ought To soon be heard OF in
this region. Capt. Durage will have
charge of the work and as the a%ppropria-
ton Is a liberal one good results may be
expected.
Married-At Grinnell, Iowa, Wednes-
day, July IL, 1884, by Rev. j. b. Grin
AClls IISSiStSo Ny ~. DouSi 1885,
Rev. S. b. Demarest, of Baldwin, Mich
igan, to Miss Georgia A. Need, of Grin
nell, Iowa. Rev. Demarest was former
ly OF this place, and the RIVER PRESS
unites with his friends here in offering
congratulations. ~
Capt. John-C.-Barr entertained a
anu OF friends at dinner on the
Benton yesterday, proving himself as
good a host as he is master of the craft
the pioneer boat of the Benton ''Po.
line. Capt. Barr has been on the upper
Ariver SO long that he knows everybody
from Fort Benton to Bismarck and has
more riendsthaHanyhody
Morse thieves are now, it seems, com
mencing o~perationsin the Marias coun-
try, making the Sweet Grass hills their
rendezvous. w. T. Turner had two ami
mails stolen recently and JOS. Kipp is also
short several head. 1t is not long since
John Harris, manager of the Benton q
ST. Louis cattle company, had three
head OF work horses stolen from his
ranch.
Messrs. Carpenter, Carter & Co., of
Neihart, who have been prospecting for
some weeks among the Castle mountains,
are now engaged in erecting a smelter
for the purpose of testing the ores from
their recently discovered leads. The
ores from these leads are easily reduced
and there is no difficulty in getting the
mineral to separate from the Stag, and it
is believed by the prospectors that they
can run out a ton OF bullion in a short-
time.-Husbandman. .
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