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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-10-02

FOR REPRESENTAT TIVE.
Elsewhere will be found the proceed
ings of the Representative Convention.
The lot fell upon Peter Peterson, a
Scandinavian farmer, Of Murray coun-
ty. who was endorsed by the Murray
delegation as thoroughly honest and
upright man. Mr.. p. has served nine
years on the Board OF County Commiss-
toner's Of his own county, which fact
attests his popularity and efficiency.
He was soldier during the late war,
having joined the army when he was
under sixteen years of age.
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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-02-13
A First-class Bulk.

The Helena coach Thursday brought
in four passengers from Butte-Chas
Fl. Williams, Joseph Julyan, Zaccheus
Holman, and T. Roberts. According
to the accounts of the last three named,
they have been made the victims of a
scheme on the part of Williams to get
his passage paid by them from Butte to
Fort Benton. They got acquainted
with this gay deceiver in Butte, and one
day as they were discussing the project
of going to the Cnur 'Alenes, Williams
told them he had a bigger thing out
near Barker than those new mines, and
then went on to stuff them with the
story that he had taken out 81 ,675 in
gold dust, working only few hours
day for twelve days-in fact, that most
of this he had panned out. The last pan
that he had washed went SAFE He was
liberal enough to offer to "whack upn
with them for a merely nominal sum a.,
purchase money, as he wanted some
body to help him in opening up the
mine. The bill Of sale which the three
men now have in their possession gives
to them for the consideration of 500 a
three-fourths Interest in certain 160
acres of land situated about 80 miles
south of the mouth of Otter creek, in the
Barker mining district. A little
money was paid down on. receiving
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-02-13
An Opinion of Montana.

The following extract from letter on
Montana which appeared in a recent
issue of the Boston Post ''sizes up' nor
them Montana about right. The writer,
however, has evidently not been much
farther west than the ''Hnb:"
At present Montana derives her larg-
est expectations from the railways be-
gun or projected to reach the Missouri
at or near Benton, and thence north
ward, and from the reduction OF the
Blackfoot reservation, no longer afford
ing support to the Indians in conse-
quence Of the disappearance OF game
especially of buffalo, whose grazing
grounds are always Of the best. lt Is
reported that in this session congress
will provide for the support of the tribes
and at the same time open to the public
SO much of the reservation as is not
necessary for their homes. This would
very soon double the stock interests and
start numberless enterprises for which
men and means are waiting. But there
are two sides to this question which
lust government would not fail to con-
slider Because the Indians are impov-
erished and helpless, it does not follow
that they are to be treated as beggars.
Their grievances lose nothing by being
laid over for future adjustment, where
right is right and wrong has to be right
ed; but i'm the meantime on this side of
the line, for what may be granted for
their existence they render an over
whelming equivalent in the best lands
Of the northwest, SO eagerly desired that
large military force is required TO pre-
vent encroachment.
Montana occupies an Insular position
on the northwest corner of the republic.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-02-13
The N ational Park.

AsHINGToN, February 1.-The sem
ate committee on territories has had one
or two meetings to consider a bill sub
mitted by Senator Vest in regard to the
control and management of the Yellow
stone national park, but without reach
ing any final action. Senator Vest, who
accompanied the president and secretary
Of war on their trip thru iii. YER
loWstone country last suniile has been
quite anxious 10 have the park tax, II
from the interior department and placed
under the war department, but the COM
mittee on territories would not con,t ut to
this and the proposition was voted down.
The committee agreed that the park
should be annexed to the county Of Gal
latin, Montana, or rather placed in the
Jurisdiction of that county, SO that pun
shment may be meted out to persons
who go into the park and violate the
laws and regulations governing it. 1t is
proposed if possible, to prevent the
wholesale slaughter of game, which has
been going on openly without even the
protest Of Mr.. Conger, the superinten-
dent.
A Washington telegram says that
The senate committee on territories
has finished its work on the Yellowstone
park bill, and ordered it reported with
amendments. The bill as amended en-
larges the park thirty miles on the east
and ten miles on the south, and cuts off
two miles on the north and west. The
bill contains stringent prohibitory pro-
visions relative to the killing of game Or
taking fish within the park
The secretary of the interior is author
lied to lease small portions of ground
in the park, not exceeding ten acres for
each tract, on which may be erected
hotels for a period not exceeding ten
years, but such lease shall not include
any geysers or other objects of curiosity
Or interest, or exclude the public from
free and convenient approach thereto,
or include any ground within quarter
of mile of any geysers or the Yellow
stone falls, nor shall there be leased
more than one tract not exceeding ten
acres to any one person, association, or
corporation.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-02-13
CGUR D'ALENE.
A Letter from an Old Miner Who Seems
Disguised with the Country.

w. A. Cameron, of this city, has two
brothers in the Cmur d'Alene country,
one Of whom, G. n. Cameron, is an eX-
perienced miner, haying spent the last
fourteen years at the business. He
writes as follows to his brother about
the country:
CEUR D'ALENE, Feb. 4, 1884
Dear Brother,-I received your kind
letter, which was great pleasure to me,
AS | was desirous Of hearing from YOU
| am now in the mines. There is no.
thing doing here, and [ know scarcely
more about the mines than you do, be-
cause there are no claims open yet The
booming stories you see in the papers
are not true. Every claim holder wants
to sell out at big figures, and they have
nothing but snow to show for the
money. You will do we'll to make your
self easy about this excitement, for it is
the worst kind of hardship to get into
the mines. The quartz that they blow
about SO much is no good-it is only
pockets as far as ] can see. All that is
going on now is the sale of town lots to
some of the excited fellows who think
this is to be a big camp Duncan ar
rived in the gulch short time since,
and is going out again soon. \ : < X
G.. n CAMERON.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-02-13

this valuable and very comprehensive
deed, and the sangune trio at once
started with their supposed henefactor,
paying his fare all the way here. Will
liams left them at the Overland Thurs
day evening, saying that he would have
to go and see his WIFE who lived here.
Friday morning came but no Williams
and it began to dawn upon the minds of
the unsuspecting three that the supposed
rich mine owner was a first class blk
and that their deed was hardly as good
as gold. Williams, it seems, tended
stock for the Helena and Benton stage
company at Silver City about year
ago. Our inquiries lead us to believe
that he is not first class young man,
by long shot, but that his reputation
for veracity and other virtues is very
poor indeed. 1t is to be hoped that the
victims can get some legal satisfaction,
and that Williams may have to pay
dearly for his free ride to Fort Benton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-02-13
Buying a w 1fe.

A story comes to us from the wood
camp in the Bears Paw which is worth
repeating. 1t seems that one of the
wood choppers, being Of domestic turn
Of mind, had for a long time wished to
win the affections of certain dusky
damsel who is known by the euphonious
name of Elk tooth. AS her man was
willing to part with her for the trifling
consideration of shining twenty dollar
piece the exchange was soon made to
the mutual satisfaction Of both the men,
one taking home his newly bought bride
and the other chuckling over his easily
earned 500.
Elktooth, though, with delicacy and
obstinacy which is peculiar to the gen.
tier sex, ''kickedo against having her
affections made the object of a bargain
and sale, and at the first opportunity
sped swiftly homeward to her only true
love. She was received with open arms
by her recreant lord, who rejoiced so at
this proof of her devotion that he at
once made her present of $40, or half
of the price for which he had disposed
of her. The man who was out and in
jured $40 worth was net to be baked by
any such little game as that, SO he start
ed ont the same day and soon found an
other not very loving husband who was
willing to part with his partner for
nothing. He at once took possession of
his new bride and was making off with
his prize when the husband repented of
parting with such valuable piece of
property without any consideration and
demanded that his lady be left with
him. This was refused and then COM
menced struggle in which our persis-
tent hero came out first best and carried
off his well earned prize to her new
home.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-02-13
A Probable Route.

A probable route for the railroad to be
built this year between Helena and Fort
Benton would be through the canyon to
a point where the road can turn off easily
to the Missouri valley, probably in the
neighborhood of Chestnut, where a
crossing would be made; then to Great
Falls by the most acceptable route, and
thence by way of Sand Coulee, Box Ell
der, Belt creek, etc.-through the heart
of the great coal fields and skirting the
foothills of the Little Beltmountains-
to Fort Benton, the head of navigation
and the certain objective point for every
railroad that enters the inviting field of
northern Montana. This is but one of
many practicable routes and it certainly
penetrates country that would give the
road an immense business-enough to
make it paying enterprise from the
start
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-02-13
Senator Elect from OHIO in place of
Pendleton, ald Anthor of the
Civil Service Bill.

Henry B. Payne was born November
30th, 1910, in Madison county, n. Y,
and was the son of Judge Elish Payne,
| one of the early settlers in that part of
the state. He graduated in 1881 at the
Hamilton Theological Seminary, which
his father founded, and afterwards read
law with Judge Field, formerly of the
Virginia court Of appeals, and John c.
Spencer, Of Canandaigua. He removed
to Cleveland in 1888, and finished his
law studies with the late Sherlock An
drews, was admitted to the bar the next
year, and practised law until 1916. Since
that time be has been engaged in vari-
GUS extensive business enterprises, and
not long ago was stockholder and dl-
rector in eighteen corporations, embrac-
ing coal, iron, manufacturing, and bank
ing interests.
Mr.. Payne was a presidential elector
on the Cass ticket in 184S, and the next
year was elected to the Ohio senate. In
1851 he was the democratic caucus nomi-
nee for q. S. senator, but was defeated
by Benjamin F. Wade by a majority of
one.
In 1857 Mr.. Payne was the democra-
against Salmon P. Chase, and was de-
N'~N ~ o toiiAesi1 iietJOIlCy. Liz was u
warm friend of Stephen A. Douglass,
and stood by him in the Cincinnati con-
vention of 1866, and again at Charles
ton in 1860. During the war he was an
active and consistent Union man. At
the Baltimore convention of 1872 he
avored the nomination of Horace
Greely.
In 1874 he was elected to congress
from the Cleveland district by a major
lty of $500 over Col. r. G.. Parsons, OF
De Golyer contract fame. Mr.. Payne
was the first democrat from that dis
trict, and entered congress just in time
70 take part in the Tilden-Hayes con-
test He was chairman of the house
committee on the electoral vote, a
strong advocate of the electoral com
mission bill, and was member of the
commission itself. He was also mem
ber of the committee on banking and
currency, and the author of the bill
for the gradual resumption of specie
payments, which was adopted by the
democratic caucus, but was never en-
acted.
Mr. Payne will take his seat in the
senate on March 4th, 1885, concurrent
with the Inauguration of the next
President.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-02-13
Montana's Marshal.

The following kind words by the Pio-
neer Press concerning one of our best
public officers will be appreciated by all.
1t says: "There passed eastward this
week one of the best newspaper men in
the west, and at the same time one OF
the bravest under suffering Bot
kin, marshal of Montana. Five years
ago, when, worn out by years of night
work in Chicago and Milwaukee news
paper offices, Botkin was sent to Mon
lana by President Hayes, other places
were offered to his choice; but he did
not covet the eXpatriation of foreign
appointment and saw more to earn in
the way of money and health by going
out into the mountains. A ride Of 600
miles in the dead of winter, with the
thermometer $50 below, brought on par
alysis, so that he has no command OF
himself below the hips. This to some
men would have been suicide. But to
Botkin it was only another obstacle to
be overcome. He rides about as Aleck
Stephens did, in wheel chair, has an
ebony Hercules as all attendant. goes
hundreds of miles to attend to his bust
ness, gets to all his courts, and is the
coming man in Montana politics. With
immigration, which is sure to be repub-
lican, the present democratic majority
in Montana-if, indeed, there is such a
thing-will pass away. It is probably
capable of easy demonstration that one
Milwaukee journal made more money
under Botkin's management than I'm
der six successive journalists since his
time.'
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-02-13
Collins on the Jury System.

The following is synopsis of speech
made by Mr.. Collins before the consti-
tutional convention on the jury ques-
ton. His ideas, however, did not pre-
vail, and the jury system as developed
i'm the days of King John will prevail
in the future state of Montana:
Mr.. Collins moved to amend by ex-
tending this provision to criminal cases
of the grade of felony. He could see no
good reason why his amendment should
not carry The jury system. in spite of
the sentiment surrounding it, did not
work we'll. Tt had been under discus
sion in number of states, and in some
of these the grand jury had been abol-
ished, and the rules Of the petit jury
modified. He could not see why the
unanimous verdict of twelve men was
necessary to convict in common police
cases. If we must cling to this humbug
Of jury system, let us at least infuse
into it modicum of sense. He men
toned breach Of the peace cases where
a Jury has been demanded, and the
county had to be secured to find twelve
good men and true. This talk about the
Jury system being the palladium of our
liberties, he regarded as utter nonsense.
He wanted to get out of this rut. Why
was it necessary that in police cases
twelve men must pronounce on scala
wag's guilt, when in civil cases-in-
volving, perhaps, millions of dollars,
the court can decide? His amendment
had no greater scope than misdemean-
ors; he had prescribed his reform in
homeopathic dose out Of regard for the
tender feelings of the legal gentlemen III
the convention.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-02-13
Fort Benton, Montana Wednesday, February 13, 1884

Her seat is the table lands, her back
reclines against the Rockies" !" and the
plains are her footstool The Missouri's
headwaters course through her lap, into
which her commerce pours its treasures
NO railroad can approach without call
ing to struggle for her patronage. On
her left, and touching her shoulder is
the cradle of the future Scandinavia, to
become something more to this country
than what Russia is to Europe en-
plre whose base is the great wheat belt
of the continent. and whose shores are
girt with the frost's impregnable for
tresses. To the commercial power OF
the Missouri must be added its mechan-
Ical power-its great falls, the monarch
of an immense domain, waiting to spend
It's force in the service of future nation
A land SO watered, with such treasures
locked up in it's mountains, such beds of
coal and tracts of timber such an atmoS-
phere and climate, and such facilities
for communication, it is easy to foretei
what Montana is to be.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-02-13
An Enabling Act.

WASHINGTON, February 4.-Senator
Cameron's bill, which enables the people
of Dakota to form a constitution, pro-
yides for the manner of election of dele
gates. The delegates are to meet at the
capital on the 1st of December, 1884, and
proceed to form the constitution pro-
posed for the state, to embrace the whole
or such portion of the territory as the
convention may decide, the delegates to
be apportioned among the counties; and
empowers each county organized prior
to the election to elect one delegate and
one additional delegate for every 800
votes cast at the last general election for
delegate to congress.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-02-13
Bold Horse Thieves.

A story of some cneeky horse stealing
is told us by Mr.. McNary, who came
into town on Saturday from near Wolf
Butte, on upper Wolf creek, where the
robbery was committed. 1t seems that
some eight horses belonging to adjoining
ranchers were turned out in the day
time but stabbed every night On that
particular day Mr.. BIankinship started
out afoot about four o'clock in the even
ing to drive the band to the rancho
The horses were grazing only a short
distance away, and just as he got near
to the animals three white men, armed
with rifles, came over the nearest hill,
and drove the band down into the next
coulee. Mr.. B., Of course curious as to
their intentions, followed them. The
robbers, not desiring a very close in
spection, fired several shots at the owner,
who, being entirely unarmed, was COM
PEELED to keep at respectful distance,
and sorrowfully watch the horse thieves
catch three of the best horses in the
band and put their saddles and brides
on them. This being done, the bold trio
mounted, and soon disappeared in the
direction of the Judith gap and Musse
shell, leaving three little stub and twist
cayuses to compensate the owners for
their loss. OF the cayrses, two were
buckskins and one a bay. Two of the
horses stolen were team Of fine grays
belonging to Mr.. Blankenship, who
valued them at over $780, The other
was roam belonging to Powell and
McNary, worth about 500.
A party started out at once in pursuit
of the robbers, and they swear that if
they ever catch them the raseals will
not be turned over to the tender mercies
of the Meagher county officials to be re-
leased on the old plea of costing too
much to prosecute the villains. The
stock men of Meagher county are get
ting tired of such ruinous economy and
will probably after this take the law
into their own hands, especially in such
an aggravated case as the present one.
Nothing has been heard from the pur-
suing party as yet, and Mr.. McNary,
coming towards Benton, could find no
one who knew the cayuses which were
left.
It seems strange that these work
horses should have been taken in that
out of the way place when farther down
the creek the large bands of Frank Balm,
Fisher & Stack and Benny Phillips are
running on the range all the time, where
a few horses taken from the band would
not be noticed for several days. Mr.. Is.
was not near enough to the horse thieves
to recognize any of them, but the
chances are that they were well ac-
quainted with the country and knew
these horses were turned out every day
and reckoned on getting away with
their booty without being seen at all.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-02-13
Fort Benton's Prospects.

"A RIVER PRESS reporter interviewed
number of our merchants and other
prominent citizens yesterday as to Fort
Benton's business prospects the coming
season, and without exception they
agree that the outlook is most promis-
ing.
"We are likely to have" said one,
'the busiest summer and fall Benton
has ever known. This will be the con
dition of affairs without question in the
event that a railroad is started this way
or the Indian country is opened up to
settlement-and [ confidently look for
the accomplishment Of both of these OBJ
jects."
Fort Benton will have" said another
gentleman who has recently returned
from the States, 1.-The biggest immigra
ton boom this year known in the his
tory of northern Montana. While east
[ heard hundreds Of people talking Of
Montana, expressing a purpose of emf
grating to this territory, and the Fort
Benton country came in for the biggest
share of the boom. The newcomers
who will arrive by the boats, as we'll as
by rail, will do much to make our city
lively one this season, and if the rail-
road is started this way it will assume
the nature Of a tremendous rush,
These are specimens of the answers
men we received, and they show that the
who have such large interests here and to
whose enterprise we are largely indebted
for the proud position Fort Benton now
occupies among her sister cities have as
much confidence as ever in the future
of the river metropolis.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-02-13

Major Snider, agent of the Fort Peck
Indian agency, has obtained permission
to construct an irrigating ditch for the
Indian farms. The engineer is expected
soon, and then work will begin as soon
as practicable.