The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-04-07
BITTER ROOT VALLEY.
Notes Personal and Otherwise
From q Fine Section.
FARM AND STOCK.
Z prosperous Villages and Their Sur
roundings-An Indian Camp
and q Military Post.

from Misso2la proper. and is situated q
the Bitter Root River, which runs within
stones throw OF the parade grounds.
the river are an abundance Of trout, an
at any time q fine mess can he caught
from ten to fifteen minutes. The reserv,
tjou covers four square miles, in which
an enclosure Of eight aeres for pest builf
ing. There are at present twenty al
buildings, including officers quarters, and
haN 10Ox33 feet, which is used for balls
dramatic entertainments and other publ
gatherings. The fort is garrisoned by Com
panies B. D, +. and l, Of the Third In
fantry, 40 strong, and ia in command o
Lieutenant-Colonel George Gibson. tn,
roster Of the comand is HI follows: Com
mander, Lieutenant-Co Colonel George Gibson
Major, William Jordan; Company B, Capt
Head, Liauts. Thompson and Kennedy
Company D, Capt. Gagesby, Lieut.. Wilken.
son; Company l. Capt. Kranse. Lieuts.
oer'ach and Bell; surgeon, DR.. Adair.
BUSINESS NOTES.
w. c. Murphy, late of the firm OF
Murphy Bros, Walkervilie, il connected
here with John L. Hart: 4 Co. in the
grocery business. They have "A tine store
and are commanding some OF the best
trade from here and the Post.
The Missouia Brewery is al institution
conducted 90 the most approved plans.
The propri> tors. Messrs. Wagner 4 Pelikan,
are both gentlemen who understand their
business, and propose to give their patrons
ls an experienced brewer and does hi. own
work.
AZ soon as the weather permits. Mr.. A.
B. Hammond will erect q two-story build.
ing at the corner of Higgins avenue and
Front street. 72x8O. The building on the
second floor will be used as a hail. The
over floor will consist OF three store
'ooms. and be fitted for druggist, jewelry
tore, aud billiard and sample rooms.
Mr.. Kegler, manager Of the Bennett
3rns. business. reports business good. He
ays the demand for the best makes Of
agricultural implements is increasing
very day, and al they do not keep any
ut the best, thereby hangs the tale OF
heir success.
L. r. Maillet and B. M. Anderson, Butte |
were in town Friday and Satur- |
ay. Mr.. Maillet has eft for Butte.
::FRENcHrowN
About eighteen miles west from Mi.soula
lys Frenchtown. As its name infers, it il
rincipally inha abited by Frenchmen or
who came here as early as the
Kites. They a. a thrifty set, aud an you
ast your eyes up and down tn. valley,
Ou cannot see an acre OF ground but what
under cultivs tion. The average Of their
:reage for 1885 was fifty EIGHT bushels of
heat and eighty bushels OF oats to an
:re. They have large grist mill, erected
q. ). l)emers, at cost OF $26 1000.
III Creek supplies the motive power WHICH
'ver ceases, winter or rsummer:4,phe-p.,fu.
tion il 25O, and the school attendance
ty. There are fifteen new dwellings, two
ores, one hotel and three saloons. i
The Montana Improvement Company
I've ceased cutting and are now busily
gagged in saving what lumber there is cut.
heir mills at Wallace are going day and
ght.
The Missou1a Mercantile Company is one
the largest institutions Of its kind in the
'rritOrv. Their main store is located in ,
issOula, having branches at Stevensvilir
ID Corvallis. The officers are f. l.. Bon
r. president; A. B. Hammond, vice-pres- |
ant; J. N. Keith, secretary and treasurer,
d c. H. Mel .eod, manager.
Wall FulkersOn. the stage driver for E. 7
Mahoney q Company, il one OF the hest I
hus in Montana. When Wall does not :
Ow when to make his passengers get out
d walk it is that his horses are fresh, 4
ing up grade. He is always ready to r
TX to his passengers aud tell them the {
nefit OF a 'Ong walk. In our experience 4
made us walk a mile owe: the toughest +
lntry.
Viii c. King, the Portland Temperance +
turer, il doing the valley with bis WIFE, s
will deiive. a lecture one night and his t
e will follow him the next. h
William Murphy, the prominent grocer, O
= seen Oh the street to-day with his G
'tter. Will says he can beat ANYTHING .
the shape OF horse flesh in Montana 1
strangers coming to Missoula had better
ware OF how they tackle the cue, IA thi1
ca has more billiard sharps to the "
'are inch than any other in the Terri II
'. H. Anderson, the miner, is about to | et
his mines, and engage in the dairy | +
'iness, providing he can get jersey or Il
.gon cows. Our friend William il mashed q
this special breed. 81
(essrs. Shopp & Feighner, proprietors Of II
Rodgers House. entertain their guests in n
,ost excellent style. They have every a
ng the season affords on their tables, Ia
both are gentlemen whom it gives one
asure to meet. II
Vhen our friend George r. Scully goes q
ian hunting again, it would be advis. n
e for him not to carry such dangerous ii
Lpon, as a Colts % .calibre, AZ it might al
otf in his pocket and do some damage N
mis- clothing, or possibly to his friends. AZ
MONTANA FLOUR. u
thursday of last week bids for furnishing IN
600 pounds Of -four at Fort Missoula ~ :.
o opened. T. J. Demers, Of French. l"
n, bid $3.50 per hundred and F. l..
rden. Of Missoula, bid $2l5. All the AZ
tract was awarded to the latter. Quar-. Re
master Gerlach informs us that the "
iity Of the samples submitted with the ] OF
3 ave far superior to anything ever be- in
produced by locnl mills and on trial I'll
b proved fully eqnal il not superior to ca
nea polls -four sent here by the Govern. tn
IT for issue. Why the Government tn
uld ship -four here from, the East when | tn
ood an article is produced here on the
t. is hard to understand. Our millers
llld make an effort to call the attention r'
the proper G. vernment officers to the p'
We facts, so tina: all the -four necessary
uld be purchased here. 81
MIssoULA ELECTION. st
arshall K. A. Kinney and his assistant. ~
rye Lancaster, have no trouble to keen ~
burg quiet. and there is no question in ..
minds OF any OF the citizers that thev "a -.
ho hok olo nkol % l.. I NC