The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-03-26

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Kallv. the Rake, is taking in the town,
- Il rot visit for several months.
Tam Coatsworth's teams loaded flour
IN G. Power & Bros yesterday for
thp Rlackfoot agency.
w r. Cresup, the genial proprietor Of
uo Cora creek station Oh the Barker
rnad arrived on the coach yesterday.
The coach on which Ed. Flint took
bic departure for the north was nine
tnpn davs making the trip from this city
~ Fort Macleod. They laid over several
DAYS at the Marlas. \
NJ. Essler received a letter from G..
w. Meade, president OF the Collar com
nany, this week, on business matters. in
which the general says: The Collar
mill will be started up early in the sum-
mer.n-Mineral Argus.
We are informed by the chairman of
the committee on streets n alleys that
If has been a standing proposition on the
mart Of the council to furnish logs or
stringers for cross walks to any parties
desiring to build such walks, and it Is
still open for acceptance.
Henry Wright returned yesterday
from q three or four days search for In
dian cayuse belonging to the reds i'm
generated i'm the Jail some days ago.
He found ten of them, but there are
several still missing. Henry rode over
a goodly portion of the Shonkin range
and saws he saw no dead animals at all.
The loss on this range has been abso-
lutely nothing.
Bourassa and De Champ send out a
partv of three men to-day with a COM
nlete outfit, to develop their coal mine
inst below the great falls of the Mis-
souri,. Mr.. b. thinks they have a valu-
able piece of property in this mine, and
if it shows up we'll on development they
will be prepared to stock the Benton
market with coal next fall. AS the coal
can be shoveled from the mine on to a
boat. their scheme is to bring it down
the river on a fiat boat, made specially
for that purpose, and when the wan Of
the city grow, to put on a small steamer
with barges.
The reports as to the loss among cattle
ranging up Belly river are/very contra
dictory. Some inform us that the loss
is nothing to speak of, and that the
Cochrane herd has wintered well, while
others say that there are a great many
dead cattle on the banks Of the Kootenai
and in the adjacent country. The SIM
ple fact that even q great many cattle
NAV be found dead in that vicinity
should cause no very great alarm. It
must be remembered that there were a
large number OF cattle up in that coun-
try, and a good many would have to die
to make the percentage of loss sufficient
to give rise to anxiety. Putting all the
reports together, our impression IS tnaC
the cattle there have wintered remark
ably well, and as a cattle man remarked
to US, if cattle will stand this winter
they$will get through any.-Fort Ma
cleod Gazette, March |.
From Thursdays Daily:
The Montana district will have a sub
stantial boom this summer
The blacksmiths are busy now repair
ing plows preparatory 70 the seasons
work.
TUESDAYS Helena coach brought eight
passengers as far as Fort Shaw n five
to Benton.
J. r. Wilton will leave for Barker to-
morrow on business connected with the
bonding of the Queen Of the Hills.
The work of turning over the "sweet-
scented SOIL OF IuOledu Guilty Will
commence in a few days If the good
weather holds out.
w. III. Fry, a former Livingston at
torney. has located at White Sulphur
Springs, and will engage in the practice
of his profession there.
Paris Gibson has gone to Helena,
where he expects to meet j. J. HUI.
We shall probably soon hear some IN
teresting railroad news.
Secretary Peck distributed the pam
phlet of the Wool Growers association
yesterday and received profuse compli-
ments on every hand forts general ex-
~celfence.
George d. Patterson, of the Shonkln,
is in town. George is setting his pegs
to gather in 100 per cent. of lambs this
year, and he will certainly do it II any7
body can.
Burnett & Wren's mill on the upper
Teton will be ready to start up In q few
weeks. They have been busy logging
all the winter. and have an immense
supply of timber on hand. -
Mr.. Z. r. Clingan left for Fort ASSN
aboine yesterday morning in the interest
Of this paper. The RIVER PRESS has a
larger circulation at that post than any
other p in the territory.