The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-06-11
THE RIVER PRESS.

the history OF the Dominion of Canada
took place, when the rails of the Canada
Pacific railway were laid across the sum-
NIT of the Rockies into British Columbia
thus uniting that province with an iron
Fband to its eastern sisters. To Mrs.
Brothers, wife of Mr.. F. P. Brothers,
track superintendent, and to Mr.. Dick
ey, government railway inspector, was
allotted the pleasing task of driving the
last spikes in the Northwest territories
and the first In British Columbia.-Cal-
gary Herald.
From Tuesdays DAILY.
Sheep shearers are in good~demand.
JOS. A. Baker is in from his High
wood ranch.
Dan Lombard and Barney Tierney
have returned from their Neihart trip
Piano Jim and Prof. Lorenzo, two of
our local celebrities, left on the Batche-
lor fora trip east.
Martin Burns, formerly a popular and
efficient employe of BroadWater, Nc
Culloh q Co., at Assinaboine, will leave
on to-day's coach for Helena.
James H. Mills, editor Of the New
Northwest, has been selected as the
member of the national committee for
Montana. A better appointment could
not have been~made.
The town has been short on bar iron
land wagon wood stock for some time, so
that the large supply received on the
IIBatchelor by Wackerlin & Co. will sup7
ply a long felt I
Ii Our sheep men, with one exception,
'are only offering 8 cents to shearers.
ISome of the men think this is not en-
|longh, and are holding off for the old
price of 10 cents per-head.~-~~~
Il The freight teams of Campbell & Re
cord pulled out yesterday with heavy
loads and a complete assortment of mer-
chandise for Il. e. Morgan & Co.'s new
store at Stanford, in the Judith Basin.
The bidding was quite spirited yester-
day on a lot OF beaver, wolf and coyote
skins brought in by Smith s. Weaver of
Rocky Point. /. u. Baker & Co. were
the lucky one to have the highest bid.
The promotion of Lieut.. George w.
III. Stoucn, Third infantry, to be captain
of Company K has resulted in his ans
fer from Fort Missoula to Fort Shaw,
Mont, the station of has new company.
Captain T. P. Fuller, U. S. Collector,
received and deposited to the credit OF
the Government the sum Of ST. ,S3O.57
during the months of April and May as
collections of Internal Revenue for the
District of Montana.
James J. Hill of st. Paul, one of the
great railroad men of the country, who
arrived in Helena a few days ago. with
Mr.. ID. G.. Sheppard, an eminent engi-
neer eft great wealth, left Helena yester-
day morning for Great Falls.
Orders have been issued assigning the
the department of Dakota, as follows:
The colonel, Maj. George B. Sanford,
staff and band, and Troops D, G, |, K
and M to Fort Custer Mont. Maj. John
Green and Troops A, c and F to Fort
Maginnis, Mont. Mai. George G. HUNT
and Troop E to Fort Ellis, Mont.
Troops Ell and l. to Fort A~ssinaboine,
Mont. Troop B to Fort Keogh, Mont.
Major Lincoln stated in an interview
with a RIVER PRESS reporter yesterday
that he should do everything in his
power to have the northern reservation
thrown open this coming winter and on
terms much more favorable to the future
prosperity OF Benton than tne vest
Maginnis bill. The major argues wisely
that it would be a good thing for his
wards, the Indians, as well as for our
city, and further thinks that our town
can well afford to wait a year and get a
bill through congress that will benefit
us instead of crying for an apparent re-
lief which would only result in throw
ing an impossible Indian reserve be-
tween us and the country opened to set
tlement. This would have started a
rival town further down the river which
would have prospered at our expense.
Democratic Do1ngs.