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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13
A Poser.

The Great Falls TRIBUNE speaks of the
abnormal and unaccountable behavior of
chinook winds in Montana and cites sew
eral instances of their blowing over COM
p~aratively small and clearly marked areas,
outside the boundaries of which cold
weather prevailed. The TRIBUNE wants
an explanation We may say that the
| study of chinook winds does not seem
to have reached the stage of producing
even a respectable theory to account for
their variable and often apparently law
less conduct. One hypothesis is that, like
trade winds or ocean currents, they are
constantly blowing in asteady atmospher,
ic current toward the east, only at most
times, especially in winter, their course
is in the upper strata of air. If such be
the case it might account for the descent
of this warm wind upon small and widely
| separated areas, for some disturbing or
distracting influence in the atmosphere
| could cause the descent. 1t has been
averred that sometimes for a day or two
previous to the arrival of a chinook at a
| given place, the sound of q current of air
has been heard, while all was calm and
cold at the surface of the earth. 1t is not
an infrequent occurrence that the chinook
blows for a day OF more at points east
even as far as the Missouri slopein Dako-
ia before it reaches localities farther west.
Attempts have been made oexplain those
| phenomena by ascribing them to the in
t1uence of mountain passes, but the by
| pothesis does not seem worth considera-
HOMETOWN Talk.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13
THE TOWN OF GREAT FALLS.

WRITTEN FOR Il TRIBUNE.
In the West and Northwest, is the best of
our land,
Where wealth and industry combine
hand in hand;
Hither I've come to stay, DO further to
roam,
And the town Of Great Falls, I've made
it my home,
For there's no place so pleasant, or better
for me,
Than the town on the river, flowing on
to the sea.
Flowing on, rushing on.
In the West and Northwest, dwell plenty
and peace,
TO the first in the field; who wins ia
the race;
Here honest labor finds happy reward,
For all who are willing, and inclined to
work hard.
To the Northwest I've come, no longer to
roam,
In the town of Great Falls I've built
me a home,
For there's no place so pleasant, Or more
dear to me,
Than the town on the river, flowing on
to the sea.
Here the prairies are boundless, where
fat cattle Craze,
And the ranges are fine, like the sheep
that we raise;
Our valleys are matches, in cereals and
grain,
And our coal fields so numerous, show
eight feet in the vein,
So | am at anchor, no further I'll roam;
In the town of Great Fall I've built me
home,
Because there's no place SO healthy or
pleasant TO me,
AS this town on the river, flowing on to
Then come to Montana, It's a good land to
sec,
IT'S a home for the workers, and the
millions to be;
The prospects are cheering and its future
is bright,
And the long hidden wealth of its mines
are in sight,
So come to Montana, and no farther you'll
r0am,
Come and sec the Great Falls, and make
it your home,
For there's no place so beautiful; in that,
all agree,
As the Great Falls Of the Missouri,
flowing on to the sea.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13
Northern Pacific Branches.

In a recent interview, General Manager
Oaks of the Northern Pacific railroad,
who has just returned from New York
where he was in attendance at the meet
ing of the board of directors, says:
* "Other braches talked of at the New
York meeting were a line south from
Drummond, on the main line, to Phillips
burg, a distance of twenty-five miles. The
mining district Of Phillipsburg is n of
the most important in Western Montana.
South from Ten Mile creek another branch
was talked of, as alsothe proposed branch
from Helena to Benton. The proposed
Butte branch was also a subjected discus.
sion. No definite action was taken in the
matter: but this you can depend upon
that if arrangements are not made i'll the
immediate future whereby the Northern
Pacific can run its own cars into Butte
we will build our own line there, ano
that at no distant day"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13
Land Office Notice.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
Ne kN II lChOn

A11AA la
HELENA, NJ. T., Feb. 4, 1886.
To all officers authorized to take af-
fdavits and proofs in public land
cases:
Your attention is especially called
to the following instructions, in which
entries will be suspended until they
are obeyed.
l. In cases of final proofs and Of
entry applications the parties, whether
applicants, claimants, or witnesses,
must be PROPERLY IDENTIFIED BEFORE
YOU. Attesting officers Including
Registers and Receivers) must certify
that the parties appearing are person
ally known to them Or that their iden-
tity is satisfactorily established. The
names of persons youching to identi-
fly must be stated. Identifying afids-
Wits should be required in all cases
where necessary.
2. In answer to "Ques. l." on the
proof blank, What is your occupa.
ton, and where is your residence"
you will hereafter require the wit
nesses to state their residences to be
in the particular section,- township
and range in which they actually re-
side, or when residents of towns, that
fact may be stated instead.
S. w. LANGHoRNE, Register.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

location Of any of his relatives IN that
country. Through the medium Of the
TRIBUNE, after a time, the whereabouts
of his relatives were found, which led to
a correspondence between them and Tom
Carter, Il friend of the deceased. Some
doubt existed as to his identity, which was
removed, however, by the receipt OF a
photograph, taken some fifteen or twenty
year ago, but which was readily recogniz-
ed as the counterpart of poor Murdoch.
His relatives will rointer his remains in
the new cemetery.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13
NOTICE-TIMBER CULTURE.
II 6 I.,Sp OFr1cS

HELENA, Montana, Jau %, 1885.
Complaint having bsen entered at this Office
by Frank s. Hyde against John W.. Reed for
failure to comply with the law as to Timber
Culture Entry No; 74s dated Aug, 1ssh, 1885,, upon
Lot 7 Section 10. Township 10 n, Range 3 e.. in
ueagher County, Munt., with a visw to the c,n-
collation. Of said entry; contestant alleging, that
said John w. Reed ha: not complied with the re-
said parties are hereby summoned to appear at
this Office on the 18th day of March 1885, at 10
O'Clock A. NJ, to respond and furnish testimony
said case to be tatlsn before Will Hanks, Notary
Public at Great Fails, Mont, on tho 9th day of
March, 1885.
8. ". Langhorne.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13
incorporated.

Articles of incorporation have been fill
ed with the Territorial secretary of the
Tribune Publishing Company; capital,
$4,000. An entire new plant Of
printing machinery and material will be
purchased. Numerous changes and i'm
provements will be made the TRIBUNE of
which we shall have occasion to speak
hereafter.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13
= An Opinion.

The following is from the pen of Rev
w. j. Hunter: K * | made my way on
in the direction of Great Falls. Leaving
Peck & Lscy's nothing of interest is seon
except the broad fields, dotted here and
there by the shepherd and his flock.
Nearing the Falls, I hear the roaring Of
waters. Turbulent, and like the great
Niagara; fierce, Wild and furious. Crest,
billow, hill and mountain intercept my
view. Curious thoughts, rush II after
another through my mind. Can this be
Great Falls? The contemplated city of
the West, where in other ages, the wild
Indian roamed. But a marked change
has come. No more does the wild Indian
rove. Instead of the buffalo, are large
herds of cattle and sheep, and instead of
q wilderness, is a contemplated city, full
of life, thrift and enterprise. Imagine
yourself entering this great center of at
traction, with her great commercial and
manufacturing advantages.
/ imagine | see her bridges studded
| with heavy ropes Of brass and iron. Large
wholesale and retail house on Central ay-
enue. imagine / can see the steam en-
CINE painting fire from his nostrels NOV
ing with lightning speed into this rising
metropolis of the Northwest.
Can't you see in your Imagination, Nr.
Editor the electric lights brilliantly illu,
minating your city: Can't you see the
printing presses throwing off thousands
of copies every morning and evening
the thrifty merchants dealing our goods
to fastidious customerss Are you SC
blind that you cannot see the future OF
this great city?
Informed men all agree that Great
Falls will be a phenomenal city. Says
one, thirty thousand inhabitants within
five wears" Another, who is a little more
~lenient in his ideas, ~des;gnates it at TWEEN
ty thousand. Says third: 81 put hel
on an equality with st. Paul or Minneap
oils Another who is more extravigan
in his ideas, considers her the Chicago o.
the West. My visit, Mr.. Editor to thi:
city, was a c%ongenial one.
Regards, &c, II.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13
The Railroad.

Being dependent wholly upon the mad
equate mail service afforded, the TRIBUNE
has little of interest to offer regarding the
Montana Central railroad enterprise, this
week. Sufficient is already known, how
ever, to establish the fact that the road is
not a mere bubble; further, we have reli-
able information that a party Of graders
commenced work in the Prickly Pear
CANYON last Monday morning, and that
their numbers will shortly be increased.
The following special to the River
Press, together with an extract from a
personal letter received by the last mail,
is the extent of any authentic information
we have at this date:
HELENA, Feb. 6. (Special)-At least tif-
ty miles Of the railroad to Great Falls
will be constructed this season, which
will take it as far as the mouth Of the
Dearborn, and possibly it will be built to
to the mouth of Sun river. | have this
from the highest source of information,
and you can oun on it being correct.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13
Hardly Worth a Heading.

The life of a Butte editor is not
particularly pleasant. He does not
walk on a bed of roses, from which
the thorns have been removed. Edit
on Hendry Of the Town Talk is said
to have run up against a thorn, in the
person of the chief OF police, of that
city, whom he was endeavoring to in
terview. The report is that the chief
went for him a Ia Sullivan.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

Ed. Canary returned from Benton
Wednesday. We learn he was awarded
the contract for erecting Murphy, Haclay
& Co.'s stone store building in this place.
II the present weather continues, work
will be commenced Immediately.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

John Healy, formerly of Benton, but
now in Alaska, in a letter to the Calumet
says: "hy advice to Montanians-that
is, to those who have homes and business
to remain where they are. To those
who are hardy, young, aud possessed
with some means, wanting a new
field for adventure, and possibly profit, |
would say come. They can find all the
excitement here they want, and when they
get here the star Of empire will have
changed its course from west to north.
This (Sitka} is the western limit, but you
can go north with safety to the Behring
Sea, a distance of 1000 miles, by canoe.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

Ira Myers returned from his trip upthe
road Wednesday, with Warner. He says
they are at work in the canyon. and that
there is no question but that the road will
be completed.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

Miles City has an ice palace, and is
singing On metropolitan airs. Miles
is the acknowledged metropolis Of
Eastern Montana, and is situated in
the heart Of a grand country, and evil
IDENTIFY has q brilliant future.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

The Mormon question is treated at some
length in this issue by one OF our contrib
utors. The article is more of a historical
sketch than a solution of the vexed prob
lem. 1t is very interesting, however, and
we'll worth perusal. A war sketch from
the same author will appear next week.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

Crest Fall promises to be a very lively
town the present year. If only one-half
the contemplated Improvements are exc
cuted, she will more than double her
present size before July /.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

The cultivation of flax is an industry
which might be proftably engaged in by
Montana ranchers. The plant is a hardy
one, and grows luxuriantly in wild state
throughout this portion Of Montana. Its
early history. which is given at some
length in another column, is quite inter-
esting. The author will follow the sub
ject up In succeeding numbers of the
TRIBUNE.
We are not evsrlastingly trying to i'm
press the public with the fact that we can
do job printing. The public seem to un-
derstand pretty we'll that when a goodiob
of work is wanted that the TRIBUNE Of
flee is the place to have it executed. This
calls to mind the fact that We have just
turned out y fair-sized order Of work for
the Fl. Shaw Comedy Co, which we con-
slider to be rs good 4 piece Of work as any
country office can do.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

Judge POLAND, lately appointed to
the Montana bench, will undoubtedly
have his past history down pat before
his case reaches the senate, and judg-
ment passed. II a man desires to
know of all the mean, dirty little
tricks he has been guilty of from the
time he discarded knickerbockers, let
him run for Office.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

W. o. Dexter will put on a line of
coaches to Neihart within the next sixty
days, which will connect with his Great
Falls and Benton line at Red %coulee,
where he will erect a stage station. w.
o. is q rustler.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

The buds on the cottonwood trees along
the river bank at this point, have com
menced to swell and show unmistakable
signs of approaching maturity. 1t would
naturally suggest itself that Nature has
been Just q little too previous in this mat
ter.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13
Forfeit of Northern Pacifc Land Grant

tee mas cOnSldefed the question OF the
forfeit of the land grant to the North
ern Pacific railroad company from
Duluth to Puget Sound. This grant
is eighty miles wide, but a large por-
ton Of it has already been patented
and cannot be forfeited. The Rail
road company was represented by MIR.
Stackpole of Boston, who claimed
that the land in question was a grant
to aid in the construction of the road,
and was not limited as to time. It is
believed the Committee will recon-
mend the forfeiture of all land in this
grant not patented.
Bazile Mills, Neb., has a COW that
banks like a dog.
A rich silver find is reported from
Lettaville, Ross county, Ohio.
George James, an alleged counter
feiter, has been arrested at De Witt.
The government has decided to adj
nit the ashes Of cremated persons
free Of duty.
The senior class of Cornell univer-
sity will raise a fund Ito endow a
junior prize in oratory.
Six lumber firms operating on
Lake Winnipeg expect to take out
10000 900 feet Of timber this season.
There said to be $50 houses in
Chicago. t~enantless because. they are
supposed to be haunted.
kokomo, Col, there is five feet of
snow on a level, and at last accounts
it was showing %furiously.
Mrs. James Brown Potter: the
fashionable New York amateur actress
has earned $4,000 in the last few
years by private theatricals for char
table purposes. She proposes to
erect a theatre for amateurs.
The railroad subsidies voted thus
FAR by the Dominion parliament foot
up to $4,000 DOC, and it is reported
that the government will introduc a
measure providing for the cancella-
ton of all subsidies the terms OF
which have not been complied with.
Judge Baxter, in Cincinnati, has
given a judgment for $4,000 against
the bondsman of David III Bailey,
who was sued by the government to
recover $4,000 of money collected by
him as consul general at Hong Kong
and not paid to the government
Surveyor General Dement,, who
has lately gained such wide notoriety
respecting his veracity, was formerly
a resident of Shelbyville, I'll. While
there he was engaged in the dry goods
business, also devoting a part Of his
time to literary work, his political
production, Napoleon and jose
phine," being a work of considerable
merit.
A bill was filed in Chicago yester-
day by the Central Trust Company
| Of New York to foreclose the mort.
gage of S15,OOo,00O of the Nickle
Platd. The Union Trust company
of New York, Charles A. 0. Mcclellan
George J. McGowkey, Samuel Shet
hauer, and Daniel W. Caldwell, as re
ceivers under the second mortgage
were made defendants along with thu
company.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

Warner says business is good in the
stage business at present, and that within
q short time he will double the route max
ing two trips a week between this point
and Helena.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13
Sues Butte CITY,

A fortune-teller of Butte, has sued
that city for S15,650 on account of in
juries sustained by her on a street
crossing, the defective character OF
which caused her to dislocate her leg.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

Prof. o. C. Morrison will erect a largs
building on Third Ave. the coming sea
son Contracts for putting in the founda-
ton have already been let.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

1t is no excuse for a poor, unfortunate,
weary danphool, because he has allowed
himself to be imposed upon, to endeavor
to pick out his petty, penny-doglike spite
on his more fortunate neighbor.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

The ice has broken in the Missouri
above here in several places, and there is
every indication that it will go out entire
~ during the present month.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

The TRIBUNE is perfectly competent to
look after its affairs, and if it should oc-
-~casionally step on some ones corns, it is,
able to bear the consequences.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

We understand E. G.. Fullerton, Just re-
lieved from duty at the Fort Benton sig
nal station will enter the ministry.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

All our readers will remember the sad
death of George Murdoch, which occur
red here last fall. He was known to be a
native of Novia Scotia, but left nothing
giving any Information as to the exact
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

Phil. Gibson & Co. give special atten
ton to the taking of final proofs in LAND
cases.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

Several of our boys attended the Calico
hop at Sun River this week.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

A cemetery site has been selected abou'
n mile and a quarter above town,
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13
FOOL AND

| notice that the manufacture of artifi-
clal hen eggs is being engaged in quite
extensively in the East. They are SAID to
be superior to the genuine article in every
respect, and that the day is not far distant
when the old hens can take an extended
vacation without serious inconvenience to
the public. Now, if the inventor can fix
their internal composition so that it will
be impervious to neuralgia attacks, his
genius will be appreciated by numerous
lecturers and tiy-by-night combinations
throughout the country.
The villages of Benton and Billings are
firing away at each other in a feeble and
lnertly manner, through their respective
newspapers. Wake up, and bang away at
each other IS though you meant it.
[ like the way Jerry Collins of the
Press, is going after I'VE, the Majority
It ought to make him so ashamed that he
could not look at his own face in q mir.
ror.
The Helena Independent administered
q s~icksning dose to its readers by publish
ing Ford's effusion.
Col. c. A. Broadwater is quoted as say
ing that "within the next five years Great
Falls will be second, if not the first city
in size and Importance in Montana"
The River Press man was hot in the
collar one day this week and turned forth
s stream of liquid fire at the TRIBUNE.
Consider yourself forgiven, Collins, feel,
ing satisfied that the strain upon your in.
~tellsct, occasioned by too much Fordism
and your effort to boom the Canadian
coal fields, has made you slightly cranky
An extended vacation would produce g
happy effect.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

We understand all three of our mills
will start up shortly if the weather con-
tinues favorable.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

Robert Vaughn was down from his
ranch one day this week.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

Miss Rose Ladd of Sand Coulea, is the
guest of Mrs. Phil. Gibson.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

Frank Bull of Sun River, was at the
Falls one day last week.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

James Watkins has been at Sun River
ths.past week.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

Chas. Wegner expects to remove his
family from Rock creek to this place in a
few weeks.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

Business is good in Great Falls, and
everybody is correspodingly happy.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

An l. O. 0. F. lodge has been organic.
ed in Choteau.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

Y~eIIoWstone Journal.
Judging from present indications
there will not be as many cattle driv-
en- into this country during the cam-
ing season as were brought last year.
With a very few exceptions the ranges
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

Rev. Figas held services here last Sun
day evening,
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

Ground has been broken for a large
stone business building on First Ave
South, which will be erected by Mr.. Gan.
ger.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

Taken as a whole thus far, February
has been an exceptionally fine month.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

* X "Everytling is working in u IA
yor, and Great Falls is destined to come
rapidly to the front. The company will
build a splendid line to Great Falls in Or
der to haul the largest number Of cars
possible to the ergine. ="
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-13

Frank Pottle and Bob Williams are in
the mountains.