Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-04-17
HELENA HAPPENINGS.
What the Northern Pacific Owes TO Mr..

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, Regular Correspondence TRIBUNE.
HELENA, Mont, April II, 1885
II Jim Hill had never lone anyt1in.
morelhe would have deserved the thansi
OF the Northern Pacific for the efiicien
: services he has rendered it in eettins
Sparks quenched. For months. the Who'll,
Northwest has teen c1assed as thieves b,
the Commissioner of the General Lane
Office. After a long and tedius DELAY
through the efforts of Hill and Kelly
Secy. Lamar has revoked the famous order
OF Sparks, suspanding patents in the
West and administered to Sparks a most
singing rebuke. 1t is even said that tho
President has been interested in the mat
ter, and says Mr.. Sparks will be invited
to resign. Tho revocation of this order
will do more toward settling the Wost
than almost any other measure possible.
1t is nothing OF note that nearly everyde-
cision made by Sparks has been reversed
by the Secy., notable those relating to
comnuted homestead, compactness Of
desert land entries and the cancelling
presumption entries upon the report of
special agents, without giving a hearing
to the preemptor. Cne OF the latest
freaks Of Sparks is denying desert land
entries to married women which we
predict will lie reversed Oh appeal.
We rather got showed under at the late
election, the Republicans captured the
mayor, alderman and city treasurer. AS
wrote you however, they are in a ma.
jority Of 250 strong. and the only trouble
with our candidate, YVES, they didn't have
votes enough. This is frequently the
cause of election defeats. 1t is fair to
say that Oh the whole, good officers have
been chosen.
Some excitement has been caused over
the school election. A trustee obnoxious
to the people, was appointed by the
county superintendent, against a strong
petition for another party The appointee
noW claims to hold over two years longer,
while the elected trustee is equally as
confident of his legal right. Church mat
matters are brought into the squable. It
will be settled in the courts, as the APP
pointce is obstinate and will not resign.
A change has been made in the manage
ment of the Independent and we shall be
no longer treated to geological essays.
Messrs. Dickerson, Deyine and Hendrv
are experienced newspaper men and will
doubtless give us a first-class paper.
The Montana Citizen is advertised to
make its first appearance May 14th,. Its
publisher claims TO have a good patron
age assured.
The able editor Of the Butte Miner, is
i'll the city, and ". j. Harder, one of the
proprietors of the River Press, is about
to take the voyage from here to Great
Falls.
Mining schemes are daily being broach-
ed. but too many nave been sWindled and
mining stocks are below par just now. y
runner is atioat that the bottom has drop
ped out Of the Lexington mine in Butte,
but VIC trust it is only a umor The
Drum Lummon is paying large dividends
and its stock is going UP.
One OF the results of the election was
the voting of Il tax for the establishment
of Il free library. The other library has
been badly managed and is badly located.
The new one will have rooms on Main
street, convenient Of access and will lie
made a measure OF instruction 10 ali
classes, rather fhaa a place Of resort for
gossip. Of course in all towns a certain
class can be found opposed to all oduca-
tional matters, but this class in Helena, is
fortunately small and the vote for a free
library WAS carried almost unanimously.
Who will be appointed to office under
the new city administration, is the subject
of inquiry Thirteen public spirited
men havc been found, who are willing to
accept the city clerkship. It is thought
that the office will be given to Alex. c.
Botkins, the late L. S. marshal. Candi-
dates for city marshal are also numerous.
Z. T. Burton, VIM. Sims, J. G. Sanders,
Mcfarland the livery man are among
those spoken Of.
I. G. Carpenter returned the other day
from the East, greatly improved in
health. He thinks the probilities for the
passage of the reservation bill, first class.
He left again Monday, for Washington, |
to work for this object.
The great American letter writer has
arrived in town and is talking of settling
in Helena.
What is Choteau eounty's gain, will
be our loss. There is no crying necessity
for a county commissioner here. We
haze them to give away.
There is : heap Of building going on
this year, j. B. Wilson will run his build
ing on Main street, near tho Grand Cen
tral hotel, two stories higher, than now.
Wa SWEET. Of Chestnut, talks Of building
a splendid residence in town. Even the
Cosmopolitan will put OF additions and
succeed, We hope, in the ability to lodge
It's guests nearer the main building.
The street railroad is a sure go.
Whether it will be run by horses or by
is the question The capital stock
;s fyed at tifty Thousand dollars and the