Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-08-29
CURRENT COMMENT.

Sun River wants a Touring mill,
ditto Fort Benton. Great Falls has
one already, with assurance of others
as soon as the demands Of the country
will warrant there erection. A good
-four mill is Of more benefit to a town
than any other one enterprise, and
we sincerely hope that both places
may have their wishes fulfilled. But
there is one thing to be taken into
consideration in regard to this matter,
and that is, without sufficient water
for motive power, -four mill cannot
be operated, except at q pecunlary
loss. We have the best possible eVl-
dence for this statement, if Nelson
Story Of Bozeman, the pioneer miller
of Montana, is any criterion. Dir.
Story says that except without good
and sufficient water power, for ali
purposes, a flour mill cannot be made
a financial success in Montana 1t
Sun River and Fort Benton have
this all-important resource, We see
no reason why they should not have q
flour mill.
It is to be deplored that the Indian
Commission which recently visited
Montana, did not make as thorough
an inquiry into the affairs Of these
paupers, as they might consistently
have done. OF course, we are not in
a position to Judge or criticise their
work, but it seems as though their
labors were confined mostly to Hell
ena, where they were wined and
dined Ike princes We enter no COM
plant if they vote straight at the
next session.
A Helena Chinaman says he re
ceives regular visits from His Satanic
Majesty. A clear case Of mistaken
identity. It is only one Of the news
paper reporters poking around after
news items.
The most ridiculous newspaper gag
of the season has just emanatei from
the Butte Inter Mountain. Snake
stories Of the most incredible size,
will rot admit Of comparison. The
whooper in question is an alleged |
inte view with kamaski, three arm
ed man from Alaska. Hereafter the |
Inter Mountain must make af-
fidavit to the truth OF every statement |
it. makes, or we shall not consider |
ourself under obligation to believe
them. Mark Twain and Josh Bill
lings are both notorious liars, but if
such a thing is possible, the Inter
Mountain scribe scoops 'em.
We notice in late issue Of the
Town Talk that there has been some
misunderstanding between the for
mer proprietors Of that paper, Messrs.
Davidson, Molinelli & Rivers. It ap-
pears that Rivers has been posing as
the dandy dude Of the concern, with
out cause or reason, and has made /
himself disagreeable not only TO his |
business associates. but also to the /
public. He has in consequence been |
fired. We have been greatly pleased |
with the vim and vigor which has
been characteristic Of the Town Talk
since its inception, and hope it will |
shortly recover from the effects of its
recent misfortune. Two new mem
bers have been admitted to the com
pany, Messr5. Corban & Oakley, |
which gives the paper sound fnan-
cial backing.
We notice that Bro. Lawrence of
the Rising Sun draws quite liberally
from the columns Of the late lament |
ed Sun River Sun We offer no OBJ |
jections. The old Sun shone quite
brightly in its day, but to be honest,
We are obliged to confess that it re-
quired vivid imagination to proper
ly appreciate many of the articles
which from time to time crept into its
columns. We are now travelling via
the narrow path
At this writing there are rumors
afoat to the effect that the syndicate
have purchased the bonded mines at
Neihart, paying therefor $4,000 II
this proves true, look out! for inside
of the next ten months you will see
people rushing into this section of
Montana, as though their very lives
depended upon it.
ssBuckskin Joe" was liar by the
watch. He lived for many years on
the Missouri river and at various In
dian agencies as cock, interpreter and
laborer He was full of anecdotes