The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-01-25

4 .he uorta Country, the Htfer freSs saws Al
the present time the ground ia bare in patche,
all over the ranges, and stock Is not deprived
! o! snstenance. Even were worst To come to
worst, which Ii not probable, cattle are in a
condition to endure many weeks of extreme
rigor, for never before have they been II
better form at this season of the year.
Work has been commenced on the extern
sion Of the Utah & Northern Railway from
the Colusa TO the Anaconda mine About
100 men are now at work on It, The work
this winter is being confined to the rock cut.
tings. The road-bed will be constructed in
the spring, and will be the standard, or broad
gauge, though narrow-gauge track will be
put down temporarily.
1t will not be long till Choteau county ID
munificently provided with public buildings
1t has at the county seat (Benton) q SIS, 0Ot
Jail, and in course of erection and to be com
pleted the present year, are the following
structures: A court house, costing SO, 900; Q
school house, costing $4,000; hospital
nearly ready to be turned over TO the Sisters
of Charity, costing $1,000.
The Marquis de Mcres, on his recent trip
lished eighteen slaughter houses, all of which
will be in operation the coming season. He
has named his new town at the Northern
Pacific railroad crossing of the Little Mis-
souri, river, Medora, in honor of his wife
The Marquis is now in New York preparing
for extending his great cattle enterprises in
Dakota and Montana.
Among our marriage notices this week
will be noted the fact that our bachelor
friend, q. b. Miller, well known in Deer
Lodge, New Chicago and Missoula as pro-
ficient horseman, has become benedict
Mr. Millers Montana friends will join us In
hearty congratulations. Now that he has
doubled teams, we shall expect c. B. to re.
turn to Montana and drive at n rafting gait
on the road to fortuEe.-Missouliaa.
The Rirer Press publishes letter from
"Dan and joe" who had spent two months
prospecting in the Sweet Grass Hills. They
speak very encouragingly of the prospects,
and say: eve found % places where galena
cropped out in great quantities. Have q
good party of miners ready, and If the Gov
eminent don't settle with the Indians for
that country, we will. The scenery every
where is beautiful and romantic When we
left the mines they were protected by or )
feet of snow"
Jay Kimball was arraigned before Judge
Sterling for violating the game law, and
charged with killing black tail deer subse-
quent to the first day of January, 1884 Mr..
Kimball came to town on Saturday with q
load of II whole deer, and the animals being
found in his possession was deemed primo
fdcie evidence that he had killed them, and
as they were brought to market after the LIST
day of January, it was held that they were
killed subsequent to that date, which he
failed to disprovc.-Herdld.
Messrs. Hauser, Hotter and others have
completed filings in the Helena land office
on n tract of ten thousand acres of land, I'M
der the desert act, in the county of Choteau.
This body of the public domain lies south of
the Muddy, a tributary of Sun river, and
extends to the great falls Of the Missouri.
1t is stated that another block of land of
twenty-five thousand acres, in the same sec
ton of country, is about to be taken up
under the desert act. The Hauser- II otter
tract is to be covered by water from Sun
river by means of ditch - miles in length.
Herald
A Cooke City correspondent of the Bill
lIngs Herald says: GAS the last day of the
year yerged into the first of January, 1884,
lights were seen in all directions; and men
on snow shoes were busily jumping and relo-
eating claims, especially on Henderson
mountain. Now that the work of jumping
is over, the principal topic of conversation
is as to what claims were or were not prop.
erly represented in 1883. Some say that
Major Pease will lose the Josephine lead on
account of only fifteen days work having
been done. The Homestake will change
hands at 100000 in short time.
We are Indebted to Samuel w. Morrison,
U. s. Observer al, the Helena Signal Station,
for the following vafHable and interesting
summary of the weather, including the
mean temperature, wind and rain fall at this
place for the twelve months ending Decem-
Der 81, 1888. The number of calm days have
been III, clear days 100, fair days 1872, cloudy
days ID. Rain fall IL inches. The rain is.lll
is ascertained from the amount OF water in
the melted snow, and rain at the rainy season
or spring of the year, counting the snow
water as l to 10 inches of snow: