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

we have eve seen, excelling even, in
Y opinion, his map Of Great Falls.
This map, with one of Fort Benton's
Griffith proposes to have autographed,
and it ought to have a large circulation,
as it will show off our city to good adj
vantage.
= City Engineer Griffith has been ar
work for some time making drawings
of the proposed Teton tunnel, with esti-
mates of cost, ETC., and will oon be
ready to make a report to the company
that has undertaken this good work.
That the scheme is practicable there is
not a doubt, and at the same time it is,
as compared with ether methods of sup
plying the city with water, decidedly
inexpensive. We hope to see work on
the tunnel soon commenced and the en-
terprise pushed through to completion
the present season. A copious supply
Of water in bitches will play good part
until regular water works are secured.
1t would insure us living trees, green
yards, good gardens, ETC., which go SO
far towards identifying a city.
DR.. H. H. Wynne, oculist and aurist,
of Helena, has recently performed sue
cessfully an operation for the removal of
dead bone from the ear for the daughter
of Mr.. John Williams, of Heron. The
child has has a constant fetid discharge
issuing from the ear for nearly six years,
following scarlet fever. She has par
TALLY recovered her hearing, and the
discharge has entirely ceased. They re-
turned home Sunday. A similar opera
ton has been performed for Mr.. Schultz,
of Radersburg, a discharge from both
ears having been present from child
hood. The life insurance companies of
this city had refused to insure his life
with the existing disease, as nothing
but a thin shelf OF bone separated the
cavity of the middle ear from the brain
and large blood vessels at it's base-Her-
aid.
X We saw some coyote skins from the
Teton yesterday. The owner, Steve
Emo, sold them for 81, and got SOC.
bounty from the territory, SO altogether
it makes a very fair price for the pelts.
He says the wolves are much more shy
than the coyotes, and are hard to poison.
Steve claims to have run across 80 dead
calves this season On the Teton and
Marias range, which have been killed.
by theMolxesand coyotes-The stock
men of that section do not seem to be so
liberal in furnishing %strychnine to hun
tiers as the Shonkin stockmen. Persons
interested in cattle will surely find it
pay them big to furnish poison to those
who will use it judiciously on he range,
and they would by that means save
many a calf which would ultimately be-
come a $50 steer. Those wild animals
will cut down the profits of cattle raising
r., n cn,c III 40 y~;, if Fl, n ~ q ra not fhinnnd
out by a liberal use of ''piZen."
From FRIDAYS Datly.-
Max Waterman leaves for Reeds Fort
this morning on business connected with
some land cases.
The new telegraph operator for Fort
,Assinaboine, Mr.. O'Connor, arrived on
the last Billings coach.
There are several parties up the river,
between Benton and the lower falls,
prospecting for coal.
Capt. G. Il. Potter, of Fort Assina-
boine, was In st. Paul on the End inst,
Ell route to his post.
Jonas Higgins invites bids for the
construction of a two-story brick block
at White phur-Springs.
Charley Rowe is studying up the sub
feet of water wheels and proposes to
have his ranch irrigated next summer.
I'VE are glad to see that M. C. Travers
has so far recovered from his recent
attack Of sickness as to be around once
more.
Night. before last the thermometer
registered 800 below zero, and the mer-
curry probably got lower than that last
night.
News from Assinaboine has it that
there will be plenty of discharged sol
diers in on every coach now for quite a
while.
The financial article of the censtitu-
ton, as prepared by Mr.. Collins, exempts
from taxation all calves under the age
Of six months.
VIM. Rowe is improving rapidly and
can be seen on the streets daily. It will
be some time, however, before he has
the full use of his arm.
z. Holman. J. Julyan, L. Roberts,
and G. Williams, all from Butte, came
in on last nights Helena coach, and are
registered at the Overland.
The resumption of operations at Bar
ker will have an enlivening effect upon
the trade of this city and will let loose
a good many thousand dollars.
Private John Doyle, of. company T.,
18th infantry, Fort Maginnis, has been
pronounced insane, and will be trans
ferredtothe government asylum
It is about time for Jack Frost to
loosen his icy letters. Last year the
river was clear of ice the 9Th of March,
and usually the break up occur much
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