The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1885-01-01

have established branch house. Their
manig,T, Mr. Dewitt, reports that this
firm has expended about SlO,trh III iin-
p'ovcments, consisting of store. ware
lhousc,, tool, buggy and machin' sheds,
I blacksmith shop and root houses, be
sides beng interested IN IL sch, me for
| irrigatiag TN. bench lands. One Of the
finest school buildings th the county
l. II this place with 10 children Of
/ school age in the district,
At Hocdsfori, M~srs. Holzmer &
Day. have, during the past year orected
Il bne two story hotel building which l.
The most complete building Of ITS kind
.n the Basin. They have also .rected
IA good blacksmith and wagon shop,
and made valuable improvements ON
their fine ranch. Their total improve
inen,s aggregate .sG,UUU. Mr.. l., Rob
erts, the newly elected justice Of the
peace, has also built an office for him
self at this place.
Low.siown, ono-half mile below
{ hecdsiort, shows more improvement
for the last year than any oihcr point
IN the Basin. I. &. Power * Bro. y.
/ Vi. Erickson, IN charge, have made i'm
/ proVcments to the extent of ten or
4 twelve thousand dollars, consisting of u
store building, warehouse, root house,
; stables, machine sheds and public
scales. The firm report business fairly
good notwithstanding the hard times.
/ Mcssrs. Toombs 4 iioitop, have built
n large two story hotel building; Crow
ley a Kemp, have pn1 up large livery
| feed and sale stable: Anderson Bros.
| 4
lancanx, "a large saloon; l.. iullDck. IL
meat market; 4. l.. i char,i. /, carpeu-
ter shop; besides siN new dazzling
houscs. and quite u number of Hinor
( Improvements. Al this point j. also
"A first rae >chnolhousa wiiicii la. re-
, Gently been thoroughly rciittel anl
! furnished throughout and which is
I inferior to none in the county. There
are l.6 children pf school age Ia tine
district by the census just completed.
\. &. Shufelt has in course az cree
tion at this point large grist mill
whicn Is undoubtedly one uf the most
important business ventures of this por-
iiun OF Munttna. the uill. when COM
rletcd, Wi. he fitted up with the latest
improved machinery and viii hc run
by water power. IT will afford mar
ket at good rates for q large amount of
wheat. of which there viii be- large
acreage sown next year. There will
al-o Ice q feed mil which viii onahle
ltT,u,.e il, .,n 'e fcid chis.c. tpf i'g-
and hor>e-. thus materially Increasing
IL value ~ small expense. The mill l.
partially built by subscription and
when completed will Ice noi only Il
great benefit To the town iu, also to
the surrounding country.
Both cuttoHWood aui Big Spring
crc.k- az, settled from source ~ mouth
ana 1t would hc impossible IN a short
article II ehumcfaIc the many indiyid-
ual improvements, la these valley. al
though many of them are of such Il
uaturr a, to deserve especial notice.
H,-lGp- these two creeks. there are
,iN o,hrr.. Beaver. Rock, Trout. huf-
i,.n and Ross, Fork. lowing from thc
-iavir-. all of which are well --tiiri
A.tn "a thrifty class Of citizens. whose
farm tpu-r~ substantial, fence well
q iel ltnd- and good Stock. show ovl-
i,ncr~ of pro>per,tv ou everv baud.
There are also four slw mills located
along tha Snuwics which supply the
settlers with an abundance of buildlu4
lumber. shingles. etc.
\; TIBET. urar the judith Gap. there
j. pu-i-oili,e. store. blacksmith shop.
and as all who have passed or stopped
there can testify. u first class hotel and
stable. al Of which are controlled ny
\. Il. Batrows. There l. a good schoo.
house here and the place SHOWS CON
III. rabie improvement Tor the year.
From act u philhrook, the country
j. nul so tuickly settled a. there i not
a good water supply excepting in the
valley Of Buffalo creek, which show,
the usual rapid march of improvement.
Phiibrook and Utica, both on the
judith river are trade ccntefs for that
valley and both places are settled hy II
class of Industrious and thrifty citizens.
At -taufoad. on Wolf creek. L. C.
Power x i;ro. hayg "a branch house un-
der the firm hame OF 7. L. Morgan ~
CO. This firm has also made large i'm
proyements during the yetI, agsregat-
iug several thousand dollars.
There arr, besides nj the places men
toned, several school houses in the
Basin at all of which are educational
facilities offered which can compare
tNt'N'4g N4ah diF u tic Nitt'Nf anu
there !, general good report from all
to, schools, that Indicate IN advance ia
learning aud refinement which argues
wei fCr the future.
st the lust Methodist conference u
circuit Nds established III the B -in
ani Kew. Nr. fhinncy. was place. in
charge. Services are held every other
wee. ut the most important points.
sunday schools are being established
and good wori. j, rapidly growing up.
In fact, for 4 portion OF the vet