The Mineral argus., 1886-01-14
MONTANA

Glendive experienced a $1,000 fire
ON the night Of the 9TH inst.
Montana produced ifty.hve million
pounds OF copper IN 1885.
The total assessment Of Montana
territory for 1855 foots up $sr,S34,6SS.
The bullion product Of Butte the
past year was fifteen million dollars
worth.
The Missoula National bank shipped
in round numbers $4,000 in gold
dust in 1885.
The Helena board Of trade gave
Senator Beck a vote Of thanks for mis-
distinguished efforts in behalf OF sill
yer coinage.
Delegate Toole will shortly intro
duce a bill to reduce and consolidate
the Indian reservations north Of the
Northern Pacific in Montana.
\ company, of which the Toole
Bros, OF Helena, arc the leading
members, have offered to bond lead
in Neihari district for $4,000, $780,
600 cash.
The Gassert smeiter, in Cooke, that
has been operated by the Hartsfeld
Smelter company, has been made a
failure and caused quite commotiOn
in the camp.
Gov. Hauser and other influential
Montanians now in Washington, have
been telegraphed to use their influence
in securing the passage OF the reserva-
ton bill as early as possible.
A company Of eastern capitalists
has been fo,med with capital stock
Of 81 1000, 600, to locate tOwnsite,
build hotel, ETC., on the Missouri river
ten miles below the town OF Great
Falls.
Delegate Toole has introduced in
the house bill to facilitate the collec-
ton of taxes upon railroad land grants.
He also introduced bill limiting ter
ritorial appointments to residents Of
the territories.
4 truthful man told the Livingston
Enterprise that he found bo,tOmless
crevices opened in the earth between
Gardiner and Electric Park, caused by
an earthquake. some OF the Crevices
were thirty to forty feet wide.
The Grow Indians now number
about 5000, divided into $50 families.
They have IFS farms OF five acres
each, ON which, under the manage
mcnt of head farmer, small amounts
Of corn and vegetables are raised.
Nelson STOREY ships Bozeman flour
to Chicago, while the Bozeman people
import Minnesota flour, and pay 50
per cent. more for it. Very conserva-
tive people up there. They run in a
groove and local enterprise is net en-
couraged.
The annual meeting OF the Bar
Association of Montana was held in
Helena last Wednesday evening.
About twenty-five members were pres
ent. Hiram Knowles was elected
president of the association for the
ensuing year.
The Calf railroad extention is now
an assured fact. The company will
extend the road to the boundary line
next season, sure, and il the arrange
ments now being made are perfected,
the work will commence at TT. BentO,i
at the same time operations are COM
menced al Dunmore. River Press.
William Harrison, private secretary
to General Manager Marvel Of the
Manitoba railway system, has resigned
his position. According to the Pioneer
Press, MIR. Harrison resigns to accept
the position OF secretary and treasurer
of a new railroad to be built in Mon
tana the coming summer.
Hclcna's new city directory will be
published in few days. 1t will Ell.
able the Helena siatistlcians 10 figure
out a population Of something like
IS 100. Nothing makes town grow
faster than city directory. Butte
never claimed more than ten Or twelve
thousand souls until the late directory
was issued-and now the figures arr
never put at less than twenty-five
,housand.-River Press.