Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-23

tne treatment OF patrons IL sure to win
full share OF the trade, the table bein
always supplied with the best the marke
affords.
j. q. Vanderbilt, Kohls & Lownan, an,
Baker & Gilbert are in the same line q
trade and are doing q prosperous bushes
in serving out refreshments to the thirst,
populate who "call as they pass by"
From here we travel down Alder Gulcl
to it's junction with Ruby. better know
amongst old-timers as Sinking Water, a
Laurin. This is a convenient tradin,
point for the many farmers in the vicinity
and has the usual complement of business
houses for points OF this kinda genera
merchandise store where you can procur,
anything you call for from q needle to al
anchor, or a spool Of cotton to a silk dress
pattern. Here the postofice and express
office is located. A hotel and saloon is pre-
sided over by u old subscriber Jot
Beaufre in good shape. A blacksmith shOK
and another saloon completes the business
directory. The valley here is very wide
and has many finely appointed farms
Raymond's fine breeding farm is seven
miles above here and nearly every farmer
is to B. greater or less extent 10 interested in
stock-raising. Some have also included
mining.
Frank Redfern is interested in some fine
prospects on the head of Rams
Horn Gulch that ere very likely to
prove a source Of profit to him
The Bedford Mine is owned by Redeem &
DeyArmon, and from a twenty ton ship.
ment realized thirty ounces of silver and
sixty per cent. lead. The quantity of ore
they have will make this q profitable prop.
erty to develope and work.
A few miles further down l found Archie
Hyndman running tho Silver Spring Roller
Mills, and turning outA very fine article OF
-four to the amount of fifty or sixty bar.
rels per day. The fact that there il q fair
patronage for two grist mills here within
five miles ofeach other ia proof enough that
an abundance OF wheat is grown in the val
ley. From here we 60 to Sheridan. This
is a pretty location for a country village,
on Mill Creek, and is at an elevation to
give a person a fine view Of the Main Ruby
Valley. You can see fine farms and COM
Portable houses as far down the valley as
the eye can reach.
Last but not by any means least our
genial friend Tom Baker, of the Madison
ian. His shadow does not appear to be
growing smaller although cares seem to be
multiplying on his shoulders. First, the
father of a family; second, the editor and
proprietor of the Madisonian: third, the
Master of the A. o. of U. w.; fourth,
Worthy Chief of the Good Templar Lodge;
fifth, worthy member of the Solo Club.
Well, to tell the honest truth. I have not
time and space to ennumerate the different
honorable positions that Tom fills in the
circle he moves in. But he is bearing up
nobly and is happy as a lord and casts all
his cares to the winds when he meets a CO.
worker in his chosen profession.
There are two general stores here, run by
Messrs. Hall & Rossiter and R. p. Bate
man. The latter gentleman is a former
resident of Butte, but prefers the pleasant
life of a country store and postofice to the
hurry and skurry of Butte life. The only
hotel is run by Fred Schultz, and the
In the line of liquid refreshments we have
here William O'Brien and 8 B. Leitch, both
staunch supporters of The MINER and
in their business. Moral: Sub
scribe for The MINER, and by advance pay
ments insure the success of your business
ventures.
Among the many prosperous farmers in
this vicinity are the Rev. Hugh Duncan,
John Goldfish, Sanford Thomas. William
Foreman, John Adams and VIM. Herman.
All are gaining a comfortable living from
tllling the soil.
Some few complaints are heard of short
ness OF the water supply. and for that rea-
son the yield has not been quite up to the
standard; but in nc place have l heard OF
any one placing the gross yield under three
quarters of a crop. That, for what has
been considered an off year on account OF
the extreme dry weather of the past sea-
and the small amount of snow on the
mountains to keep up the water supply, l
think is a coed report. From the conduct
of ''Old Probs." for the past week l am
there will be no reason for complaint
the coming season. The mountain ranges
are already heavily coated with the "beau-
Twin Bridges: r1ere we nuu QUO -ur ta-~
old timers stationed and well prepared to
take care of the wayside wanderers. To
speak of Twin Bridges is to bring Mort Lott
to mind at once, as they have been init
associated almost as long as L can
remember. This is a prosperous farming
and stock center. N. Armstrong Il Co.,
under the able management OF Frank
Shaubet, are doing the leading general mer-
chandise business. There are two other
stores here. q billiard and abarroom and a
bla cksmith shop and Mrs. Pease is on hand
to top the ladies of the vicinity outin bon
nets and ribbons and other indispensibles
to female attire.
Some two miles below here Mr.. N. Arm
has one of the finest appointed
ranches in the Territory and is engaged in
breeding fine horses. In fitting the place up
money has not been spared at any point
and I dare say that there is not it's equal
in all the Western Territories for convent
ence for the purpose intended.
A short distance from here H. Within ore
and Hathaway (the latter gentleman was
formerly on the MINER force) have a fine
prospect OF free milling gold ore. They
have named it the Gray Cloud and a few
of it's milled returned them $1S per
ton. They have at the present showing a
four foot crevice and are feeling quite jubil.
ant over the prospect, and with good
reason. for they have a fine water power
within q short distance OF the mine and
that can be utilized to lessen the expense
working the ore if it proves of sufficient
extent to Justify putting a mill on.
Leaving the Twin Bridges on my way up
the Beaverhead 1 made a call on j. NJ.
Page. who is the candidate for Joint Rep
resentative from Beaverhead and Madison
Counties, on the wrong ticket by the way,
but a most genial gentleman; one who am
alway delighted to travel some distance
ont OF nv way to meet. He is pleasantly
situated and if he should not be elected to
represent his Republican constituents IN
Council Chamber of the Territory will no
doubt lie able to amuse himself in looking
after his large ranch and with his family.
I can only say hat they make a wayslde
caller feel that he is glad to have met
them and wish that there were o like
them on the route.
At Point of Rocks l met Geo. w. Vernon,
an old MINER subscriber and one glad to
ace me. SO much SO that he paid me an ex'
ira year in advance, prefacing his remarks
with the assertion that The MINER had
waited on him and now he would wait on
them for a while. Now that is the true
shirt. would there more OF them imbued
with the same spirit. What a blessing il
would be to an outside solicitor II col
lectOr. .
Near Point OF Rocks I found F. NJ. Charl
ton, running a thresher and rolling out II
abundance the rich product OF the soil o
Beaverhead Valley.
Further up 1 came to the finely improved
ranch of George S~taudaher. He has at
fine a piece OF property as there is in TIN
u.. I,&o,pod 1ono onough to make al