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

CHICAGO, March IA meeting of
the recently organized stock exchange
was held at the stock yards this after
noon, at which the animal industries
bill now pending in congress was dis
cussed. A committee was appointed to
go to Washington and use their inf1u-
ence to prevent its passage. A resolu-
ton was passed declaring the billun-
called for, and dangerous as putting too
much power into the hands of the com
missioner Of agriculture. The resolu-
ton also expresses the belief that con
tagious pleuro-pneumonia does not exist
in the United States, nor the foot and
mouth disease either in Illinois, Iowa
or Kansas, and that the food animals OF
this country have not been so healthy
in twenty years as now.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-03-26
Good O Pays.
DeScrintiOn,

This assertion is fully illustrated by
the experience of Messrs. Miner d
Boardman of the Shonkin. Four years
ago they brought their thoroughbred
COW, Rena, from the east, and since that
time she has dropped five calves and
her offspring three, with three more to
come before midsummer, making. count
ing the latter, eleven head of thor
%oughbreds from that one animal in
four years. Counting the increase alone,
without reference to the milk and butter
product, the interest on the original in
Among the progeny of this fruitful
animal is the Duke Of Shonkin, now
almost a year old, that promises to be a
fine animal. He is marvellous for size
and beauty and is certain to carry of
some prizes at the fl .st Choteau county
fair.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-03-26
American Cattle.

MANCHESTER, England, March IT,
At q meeting in the town hall to-day to
protest against the restriction upon the
importation of foreign cattle, Messrs.
Jacob Bright and John Slagg, members
of parliament, spoke in furtherance OF
the object of the meeting, and supported
a resolution, which was carried, con
demning the House of Lords for med
ding with the contagious diseases (ani-
mals) bill. Shaw, United States consul.
declared that American cattle and o o
producing animals We're the best fed and
Watered, and the healthiest animals in
the world.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-03-26
A CATTLE KING.

The Pioneer Press of late date gives
an interesting sketch of a.. H. Swan,
the great cattle king, from which we
make the following extract:
All. Swan, Of Cheyenne city, is not
onIvr the cattle king of Wyoming terri
tory. but probably the leading cattle
king in the entire west, having control
of as much stock as any single individ-
nal on the continent. His present pos
sessions amount to between S2.00O,OO0
and So 5000, 900, while the amount OF
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-03-26
STOCK NOTES.

Y Mr.. J. A. Harris of Chestnut has pur-
chased MI. James Austin's herd OF stock
cattle on that range.
John III. Green has purchased Henry
Neihoff's ranch on the Shonkin, and is
preparing to fit it up as a frst-class
stock ranch. s=*
"A meeting of wool growers is called
at White Sulphur Springs on Saturday,
April 5th, for the purpose of organizing
a wool growers association.
It is estimated by cattle owners that
15o, 900 head of cattle will be driven to
the ranges of eastern Montana during
the summer of 1884.-Laramie Boom
erang. E @+r -+=-=.
Conrad Kohrs suggests that q meeting
of cattlemen be held at Helena at an
early date to take under advisement the
cattle plague and devise ways and means
to prevent its ravages in Montana.
Bob Blankenbaker is in from his
ranch near the head of Sand Coulee.
He brought his large band OF sheep
through without loss and did not find it
necessary to feed but a few ton of hay.
Hon. E. Beach reports the losses Of
sheep as comparatively triling in the
| Sun river country, and predicts that
under the present system of providing
food and shelter for sheep, the losses
hereafter will be less in winter than in
summer.-Independent.
The Buffalo (Wyoming) Echo says
large cattle owners in the north, anxious
to secure large tracts of land, are de-
handing that their employees file upon
the public domain, offering a certain
amount of money for a fraudulent filing,
and discharging the cowboys who re-
fuse.
Major Snider, a Dakota cattle owner,
estimates that there are 1863, 900 head OF
range cattle near ..and tributary to the
Black Hills country, and prospects OF the
number being largely increased. Judg-
ing by this the ranges of Montana are
hardly 'tcrowdedn as yet, as some OF ou1
stockmen will claim.
III. 0. Wareham of Wolf creek, now
one OF the prosperous wool growers O.
that region, arrived in the city yester.
day after supplies. He informs US that
! his large band of wool producers came
through the winter without any loss to
speak Of, although the winter in that
section vas a hard one.
w. J. McCausland will send into this
country this spring 10000 head of cattle
Five hundred car loads will be shipped
to Pierre, Dakota, by railroad. They
will be received there by a foreman ane
company Of boys, who will drive then
on to a range in Montana, which ha'
been selected for them Miles City
Journa'.
A Portland telegram says: 4 grea
mortality has begun to manifest itsel
hare an1nnu horses Fear iS an%ticinatel
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-03-26
Total.

The above represents an area larger
than the state Of Indiana, for which the
alien holders have secured patents. Be
sides that they hold by leave and pur-
chases not yet patented an aggregate
twice as large and, as if that was not
enough to arouse the ire of every true
American, these gigantic foreign com
panies occupy the free ranges of the
northern territories to an extent that
practically debars hundreds OF smaller
cattle growers from engaging in business
thereon.
One would think this matter was suf-
ficiently grave to merit the prompt at
tention of congress. The fact is that
the honorable dudes from the eastern
and middle states exhaust themselves in
the interests of the monopolists. The
piebald members from the southern
states put up jobs to loot the treasury for
war claims and Mississippi river i'm
Droyements. And dividing on party
lines, the intervening time is spent IN
sail-trimming to catch the popular vote
next November, in which Montanians
can't participate, because politically
they, too, are aliens. CRITIC. 4
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-03-26
Sale of Montana Almont.

George w. Crane yesterday sold his
fine four year old stallion, Montana
Almont, to Mr.. Chas. S. Roth, who is
rapidly coming to the front as a Choteau
county horse breeders The price paid
was $500 cash.
Montana Almont is a we'll bred ami
NAL and gives promise, with training,
of considerable speed. He was sired by
st. George, and he by Almont, the cele-
brated Kentucky horse. His dam was
Gypsy, sired by Lumber, and he by
Erickson "a pedigree that ought to
make Montana Almont a good horse.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-03-26
$50 REWARD.

Stolen, from Dry Wolf creek, ON Monday, Feb
ruary 4th, 1854, THREE HORSES, as below: One
light roam. eight years old, branded j P on right side;
one dark iron grey horse, Is hands high, weighing
$50 pounds, branded Y {dim) on right shoulder, two
black spots ON left shoulder caused by collar. two
plain saddle marks on kidneys: one light grey horse.
weighing abont 1,O50 pounds, Is hands high, branded
- {dim) on left hip. The above reward will be
paid ON their return to
WIN. BLANKINSHIP. Stanford. M. T.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-03-26
TO WOOL GROWERS.

Parties intending to buy Merino Rams this fall are
invited to examine our stock of pure bred Campbell
Merinos, brought out from Vermont early this season.
We claim that they are the most hardy race of pure
bred Merinos ever brought to Montana, and we are
prepared to show that as regards quality the wool of
the Campbell flock has never been surpassed in the
United States by any Spanish American sheep.
We refer to the following gentlemen or TO any 9TH
es who have bought our rams: Geo. ID. Patterson,
Peck s. Lacy, Hay Bros, Fort Benton; W. B. Edgar,
Utica; Dent 81 1'uIlock, Wolf Creek; Brooks d Hill
ger, Andersonville; Poole Bros., Stanford; William
Williams, Deer Lodge.
Correspondence solicited.
PARIS GIBSON & SON,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-03-26
STOCK
Contributions for this page respectfully solicited
from sfnckmen and Athers.l
THE ALIEN RANCH COMPANIES.
A Growing Evil That Menaces American
AgrlcuItur1sts and Stock Growers.

A Growing Evil That Menaces American
AgrlcuItur1sts and Stock Growers.
The newspapers don't understand the
nature of the investments made by
aliens in the west else they are too timid
to exercise their proper function in di-
recting attention to what will prove a
great calamity.
The British in particular are making
investments in this country upon a scale
that bodies no good to the laboring popu-
lation. The land troubles at home have
been the chief reasons for directing their
attention to the United States as a new
field for plumber. The impetus given
to the ranching business by the large
purchases made by English syndicates
were at first pleasing to a class of stock
men who view things only specifically.
It is now evident to the most stupid that
if such purchases are longer continued
the foreigners will practically corral"
the greater part of the most remunera-
tive property in the west, while the
profits therefrom will add nothing to
the wealth of this country, but will be
sent abroad to be there expended upon
the idle pleasures of the Old World
drones.
Under such circumstances it would be
we'll to revive the old Know-Nothing
cry of America for Americans Any
body can become a citizen sovereign by
the easy process of naturalization. If a
foreigner has not enough admiration for
this country and respect for it's institu-
tons to 'take out his papers," we should
not permit him to rob us of our birth
right. Landlordism has brought the
ruin Of Ireland, and we don't care to see
it introduced here. The system Of vast
landed estates is anti-republican. If
not regulated by wise enactments, even
as regards our oWn c%ountrymen, it will
some day give rise to a landed aristocracy
that will afford just grounds for a popu-
lar uprising and a redistribution Of the
property on the communistic plan.
Where the land is adapted to agricul-
ture it should come into the possession
of the people of small means under the
provisions of the generous land acts.
Where it is purely pastoral in character
it should be retained in the government
for the free occupancy of such lands Ly
every American citizen who wishes to
engage in the live stock industry.
The following list, distracted from a
timely but mild article, in the Indepen-
dent, shows partly the land acquired by
foreigners of the class who grind the
common people into the dust, and goes
to prove that those are not alarmists
who cry "wolf! wolf!W
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-03-26

MONTANA producers Of beef need not
fear that they will not obtain last years
prices, or better, for this years product.
There is likely to be a shrinkage in the
Texas supply, and the better that Mon
tana beef becomes known at the east the
greater the demand for it at up figures.
With the facilities afforded by the
Northern Pacific for shipment at Bill
ings it would be a good plan for our
stockmen to entrust the beef product of
an entire range to their own representa-
tives and market it without dropping
the usual 25 to 80 per cent. to the mid
dlemen. We append the following
ing from the Drovers' Journal:
Prices are considerably higher than
last year, and producers surely have no
cause for complaint on that score. Prices
compare this month with the CORES
ponding time last year as follows:
Description. 1854. 1883.
Steers av 1900 lbs. and over. ...$asOCa72 $5.s096.1o
Steers av 1350@ 1900. .......... 6.00Gg6.60 b.3596 10
Steers av 00@1250........ 5.5OCa645 5Oog5.75
Steers av 950Ga1150 ............ 4.9O0g5.S5 4.5095.2O
| Stockers and Feeders......... 3.75G5.O 3.60@4.7O
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-03-26
PARIS GIBSON & SON,
Fort Benton. Montana
SHEEP FOR SALE.

1900 Wethers, 1900 OF them coming . and 8
years old: 1000 coming Yearlings 1000 to
Rams. All are free from ecab or ticks, and very
choice sheep. Will sell whole lot of wethers at SO
per head, ewes q. So, and rams at BIO per head.
WIN. WALLACE,
Utica, Meagher Co., M. r..
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-03-26
cHAs. S. ROTH.
Malcolm Morrow u.
Estrayed.

Estrayed.
From the ranch OF the undersigned. in the big On,
q black mare. branded SIC and HB on the lett s i,;oa
der. A reward OF $40 will be paid for any infofMasN
leading to the recovery of the animal. ,onton.
J.. r. PATTERSON 81 Co. Fort behoD
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-03-26
800 BUCKS FOR SALE.

These bucks consist of thoroughbred Merino and
a cross between the thoroughbred Merino and the
Thoroughbred s %hropshire Down. We invite all per-
sons who are DESTROYS OF purchasing bucks to look at
ulars address or call on SMITH BROS,
Martinsdale. IN. IT.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-03-26
sheep Wanted on Shares.

Will have good, warm sheds, 100 tons Of No. /
blue joint hay, and fine range. Apply to the RIVER
! Press.
The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-08-20
MONTANA NEWS.

Along the Missouri valley between
Canton and Townsend bear or bears
are killing a number of calves belong
ing to the ranchmen.
The El Dorado Cold Mining Com
pany on Pritchard creek in the Coeur
d'Alenes have just closed Il contract
with Z. D. Reynolds. dealer in mining
machinery. Butte, for pumps. boilers,
engines. that are capable OF handling
several hundred gallons Of water per-
minute.
There was Il severe hail storm at
Canton. on the Missouri, on Sunday
last. aud Il great deal of damage was
done 10 the growing crops. Several
fields, comprising many acres. are said
to he completely cut to pieces. The
Ia;lstones were very large, some OF
them weighing as much as two ard a
half ounces each. LII Canton the
windows Of one OF two houses were
ont sash and all.
The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-08-20
The Shadow Of xg.e Substance.

OF conssa, when a c,crgyman has
delivered an hour-song sermon, he can
no. expect the newspapers to pr.nt it
entire, and wlen q reporter Informs
Iii n that he shall print the substance
Of it, the clergyman is naturally quite
happy. When tie m mister sees the
report and tnls it to consist OF bu5 tive
In.s, he is net SO happy; or, at least,
lie does not feel 6 os;ly hattered.
The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-08-20

from it to the motor or electrical engine
in the office. A large Hoe press, upon
which the paper is printed, is run, and
also the cylinder and job presses of a
large printing establishment, the entire
power for running them passing over a
single wire. The little electrical ma
chine weighs only 500 pounds; there IS
no delay in waiting to get up steam, no
loss of time from the uncertainty of boil
ers. When the power is required by u
single movement of the lever the wheel
is started upon its swift unchanging revo-
lutions The American has let its fires
SO out for two weeks and says that thus
far it has proved altogether the most un-
firing, steady and reliable power it has
ever known.
The contributions to the Conscience
Fund OF the Treasury in the last fiscal
year amounted to over $4,000. This fund
has, since its establishment over twenty
years ago, amounted to some $2o0,00O.
For some years past it has averaged from
$4,000 to $1,000 year. The term Con
science Fund was originated by Treasur-
er Spinner. One day during the war he
received letter at the treasury depart
ment from a man who inclosed check
for $500, saying that it represented Il
misappropriation Of government funds Of
which he had been guilty while a quarter
master in the army. Suppose we call
this contribution to the conscience fund,
and get it announced in the newspapers,
and perhaps we will get some more he
The announcement was made
and the treasury became the recipient Of
such funds. The largest contribution
ever made was $4,000, forwarded by an
ex-revenue gauger from Chicago, as the
amount of bribe received by him from
who desired to dcfraud the gov
The smallest was nine
cents, forwarded by Massachusetts,
man who remembered that he had wears
before used a marked t!lree-cent stamp on
a letter. In order to relieve his con-
science he sent three times the original
steal, which he thought was fair COM
pensation. Many of these contributions
come from persons who smuggled goods.
The majority are from women. A recent
Case of this sort is quoted. A lady re-
siding in Canada, who, years ago, snug
gled into this country silk dress pattern
worth $1O0, recently concluded that she
ought to remit duty on it, and going to Il
custom house officer asked him to calcn.
late for her the duty she would have paid
plus the interest, which being done she
for warded the sum to the department,
most of them do-to send
her name. Occasionally letter is re-
:eived from clergyman, stating that it
is the result of death-bed confession, of
some offender, who asks that the money
and the confession lie forwarded to the
department. American.
The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-08-20

The first daily newspaper ever printed
in this country by electrical power Is
the Lawrence, Mass, American. The
building in which the dynamos are in op.
Grafton is seven hundred yards from the
newspaper Office and two wires extend
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-02-29

con sorpresa de nuestra parte,
81 con clio ha creido inferir algun
desaire a la Redacci6n del BoLE-
TIN, debemos advertir que no
tomamos arte nj parte en- aquel,
nj fuimos tampoco sus iniciado-
res, nj en- el escribimos una letra,
nj lie inspiramos, al menos hasta
ahora, un solo pensamiento.
Esto advertimos por via de
aclaraci6n, y para evitar aquella
creencia, 81 acaso existe en- algu-
no.
Solo, 81, hemos recomendado al
colega, porque apelo a nuestro
apoyo, que no falta nunca, aunque
nos cueste ell sacrifcio, a las pu-
blicaciones que Sc proponen la de-
fensa de nuestra benemerita ms
tituci6n de Voluntarios, y en- ver-
dad que un favor creciente, que
agradecemos, ha coronado nues-
ira desinteresada recommendation.
Y esperamos aun mayor favor,
dado que -EI VOI,tntdrio va a
mejorar sus condolences.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-02-29

en- apoyo de 10 que sobre este
particular hemos manifestado, ci-
taremos el primer considerando
de la Real orden de 4 de Enero
de 1883 que al principle hemos
mencionado; dice asi: "Consi-
derando que dicha Ley { la de
rvIaciones comerciales) no tiene
cIausula alguna derogatoria y que
por 10 tanto las franquicias con-
cedidas antes de su promulgaci6n
deben quedar subsistentes......"
En- igual case estan la R. O. y
Reglamento de rs de Agosto
dltimo, pues nj una nj otro tienen
clausula derogatoria; por ell con
trario, dicha Real orden dela q
salvo las franquicias concedidas'
por 10 tanto, es indudabie que los
vapores que hacen viajes peri6
dicos, deben continuar disfrntan
do de las franquicias que les esta
ban concedidas.
Arecibo, "a de Febrero de 1884
NARBACH.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-02-29

tiene menos derecho aquel a re
plicar al que asi lie interpele: "No
me da la santisima CANA, senior
candidato... muy conocido en- su
casa. iCon que, a otra puerta !"
Pero prescindamos de este.
Prescindamos del graciosimo
hecho de que cualquier monigote
Sc crea con bastantes infulas y
meritos para disputarle La investi
dura de Diputado al que, legisla-
tura tras legislature, Sc ha porta.
do como bueno y hechose acree-
dor la gratitud de sus poder-
dantes.
Ejemplos Vivos tenemos de
clio.
Prescindamos de todo este y
ijemonos en- las maniobras de la
prensa refOrmista.
va todo Sc le vuelve anunciar
futuras coacciones, futuros afro
aellos, sacar ldgubres deducciones
de relevos de Alcaldes, presagiar
arbitrariedades, echarle al rostro
al Gobierno catnerOS y mas catne-
rOS.
cQu6 significa esta tactica que
deja atras a Moltke y al mismisi-
mo Marques del Duero?
iApenas NADIA
Signifca que antes de Hover
suele proveerse siempre ell previ-
sor reformismo. de capotes y para
guas.
Significa que recurre a la con-
sigma de siempre.
Signifca que no las tiene todas
consigo, que los dedos Sc le anto.
jan huespedes, y hasta regimen
tos, y que, como los chiquillos me-
drosos, canta para distraer el
miedo.
Signifca que barrunta va un
desastre.
Que olfatea va el peligro.
Nosotros, frmes en- nuestros
prop6sitos, confamos en- que no
Sc equivocaran nuestros adversa-
rios.
iAldh les oigal
Nuestro Partido, entire tanto,
sin apelar a alharacas, sin recu-
rrir a comedias, espera la batalla
con la serenidad del que tiene de
su lado la justicia y ell derecho.
iSe acerca la danza electoral
A danzar, pues.
Pero sin oropeles nj relumbro-
nes.
va veremos quien baila mejor.
Y tambien quien carga con la
capa.
Adelante!
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-02-29
eriores l,665'99. Total $51,976'

teriores 1,66599. Total $51,976'
%.
Estaciones municipales: Tele-
gramas oficiales $820'48; priva-
los 3,130'49; interiors; 257'27.
Total $4,198'24.
Los totales generates de tele-
gramas expedidos son los siguien-
tes: Oficiales 1918; privados
35, ,283; internacionales 2,402; de
escala !, ,425; interiors; 8 3,24S; to-
tai de legramas expedidos 5,676.
Los totales de los telegramas
recibidos son desde luego iguales
a los de los expedidos, excepto en-
los internacionales que acusan una
diferencia. Total general de des-
pachos expedidos 1856; id. de
los recibidos A, 4,119.
Resumen de la valoraci6E. Des-
pachos ofciales $3,945'82; priva-
vados 15,435'92; internacionales
34,3l3'57; de cscala 555'76; in
teriores l,923'26. Total $56,174
33.
De este importe total ha percibi-
do $34,313'57 la Compafia West
India and Panama por los des-
pachos expedidos por sus cables
Conclude este extracto, damos
gracias al Sr. Inspector Genera
de Telegrafos por SUI atenci6n.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-02-29
Al senior GObernadOr.

Es va tan notoria la tirantez
de relaciones entire los Concejales
del Ayuntamiento y SUI Presidente,
que no podemos menos de lamar
la atenci6n de nuestra Autoridad
superior acerca de una situaci6n
que creemos no deba prolongarse
y nos parece de todo punto insos-
tenible.
No citaremos hechos, pero 81
afrmaremos que por un camino
de discordia entire uno y otros no
es possible que Sc atienda a la
buena gesti6n del interes proco-
munal.
Ell Sr. Gobernador conoce va
ell origen de todo.
Nosotros no pedimos mas sino
que Sc ponga fin a ese malestar
del cuerpo municipal con medidas
prontas y efcaces que estan re-
servadaS q la fuerza moderadora
de. senior Gobernador.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-02-29
TELEGRAFOS.

A la bondad del Sr. Inspector
General de Telegrafos debemos
una estadistica de la correspon.
dencia telegrafica-con sus pro,
ductos--cursada por las estaciones
de la provincial durante ell primer
semestre de 1883-84.
Vemos, pues, que Sc han expe-
dido en- las estaciones del Estado
2,607 telegramas oficiales, 1904
privados, 2,402 internacionales,
/ ,425 de escala, 2,908 de servicio
interior, total 7,416.
Los recibidos son: oficiales
1868, privados %, ,1O5, interna-
cionales 845, de escala 1879, in
teriores 2,202, total 34,894.
En- las estaciones municipales
Sc han expedido: I'll telegramas
ofciales, 1909 privados, $40 de
servicio interior, total $3.50.
Los recibidos son: 955 ofciales,
7.178 privados, As de escala, l ,4O6
de seryicio interior, total 1926.
Valoracion de la correspondent
cia.
Estaciones del Estado: Tele-
gramas oficiales $3,l25'34; pri-
vados 12,315'43; internacionaIes
34,Sl0'57; de escala 555'76; in