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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-02-08
Windsor County.


WE saw at Gilson's mill last week a
single that was taken from the roof of the
Universalist church last summer which,
although it had been on to the roof for
seventy-one years and was nearly worn out,
was as sound as when put on to the roof.
- The festival held by the Universalst
ladies at the Bascom House last Wednesday
evening was very pleasant and successful
one. We understand the supper and enter
tainment were both excellent. The receipts
were about 500 - The sixth annual
concert and ball of the White River Valley
Masonic Association held at the Wilson
House in this place last week Friday even
ing, was one of the pleasantest occasions of
the kind it has been our good fortune to at
tend. The banquet, which was furnished
by Mr. Lawrence, was very fine one. The
music, by Beadle'S orchestra, was very fine.
Some over sixty couples were in attendance.
- One of our citizens wishes us to ask
why we cannot have asnow-roller in town to
roll the winter roads. - Rev. John KIM
ball of this place and Rev. Walter Dole of
White River junction will exchange next
Sunday. 60 Rev. John Kimball has ac-
cepted the call to supply the Universalist
church at Gaysville the coming year,
preaching here in the morning and there in
the afternoon. - Frank Reed, who has
been living in Bennington for some time,
moved back here the first of the week. eX-
pecting to move into the tenement in George
Fits the telegraph operator - William
Durkee and wife of Stockbridge visited at
c. H. Kidders Friday of last week. -
Myron Il. Savage was called to Fitzwilliam
n. III =. last week by the death of sister in that
place. - Mary James closed her school
on Royalton hill Friday of last week.
East Bethel.
THE big northeastern thaw arrived just
as the roads were well broken out after
the recent blizzard. Alkaline Abbott
has gone to Lebanon, n. H., to spend the
winter. - Some of our young people at
tended the Masonic ball at Bethel last Fri
day evening. Mrs. Kingsbury is al
work for Mrs. George Harlow. - Luette
Boyington has finished work in Royalton
and is stopping with her aunt, Mrs. Nettie
Wills. - The sick ones are cOnvalescing
- A little daughter of Albert M. Smith
of Melrose Mass, formerly of this place
died very suddenly of scarlet fever last
week.
Rochester.
The Henry A. Eaton Post of this place
hold a campfire tomorrow Thursday
evening with public installation of officers
Governor Ormsbee of Brandon, Colonel AL.
bert Clarke and others are expected Il
speak. - The Rochester cornet banC
will give a dance at School-house Hall next
Friday evening. - Alfred Eaton ha,
let his farm to Charles Eaton for the com
ing year and goes to West Randolph tC
| give his daughter Carrie the advantage o
attending the graded school in that place.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-02-08

The sale of the Vermont Copper Mining
Company's property to f. M. f. Cain for
$4,000 January II, was approved and con-
frmed by Chancellor Rowell.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-02-08

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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-02-08
South Woodbury..

IRA, eldest son of Alanson aud Elsina
Daniels, died at his home in this place
Thursday morning, February ., of con-
sumption. He mad been in poor health for
a long time, but had kept up by strength of
will. He was well known in this vicinity
and was honored and respected by ali. His
funeral was held at the Congregational
church last Sunday, Rev. j. D. Bailey of
Marshheld officiating. He leaves a wife
who, with the afflicted parents and brothers,
has the heartfelt sympathy of all.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-02-18

the Hills, Homestake and O'Brien group
of mines. Mr.. O'Brien spent several years
developing this property, and used to
make frequent visits to the Springs after
g grub" before there was a trail cut to
the camp. Not being ablet to do anything
with his property he has been spending
his time for the past few years at Philips
burg, where mining has been more brisk.
He now returns to his first love for the
purpose of doing something with his prop
erty. The entire three claims are patented
and are nicely developed, the leads being
traced the full length of the claims by
shafts sunk. There are also three tunnels
that run into the hill on the lead-one 80
feet in length, M ITO, and the third 375
feet, the last being 225 feet below the sur
face at the end. We were shown some
remarkable samples this week taken from
the lower tunnel, which is over 200 feet
below water level. The width of the vein
is from 4 to 6 feet, the rich streaks being
about 26 inches.-Rocky Mountain Hus-
bandman. Is
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-02-18
BENCHLAN
A PRACTICAL. FARMER GIVES HIS
VIEWS ON THE SUBJECT.
The Man With the Plow is Coming
The Advent of Jim Hills Rail-
road Means the Settlement
of the Country.

Editor of the Tribune: Having been an
interested reader of the late newspaper
discussion in regard to the 'bench lands"
of Choteau county, permit me to offer a
few suggestions based on my own person
al experience and observation in c%ultiva-
ting lands when the conditions as to soil,
climate and rainfall were much similarto
those existing in this locality.
The soil of northeastern Dakota, in close
proximity to the Red River valley, es-
p~ecially ON the rolling or upland prairie,
bench lands, consisting of a light loan,
slightly mixed with sand, on a substratum
of yellow clay. The rainfall is during
the spring months, practically ending by
the Goth of June, after which the only
precipitation is occasional showers, but
not of suf11ciency to form any impor-
tant factor in the production of a crop;
and l will state here that | saw more rain
at Great Falls during the month of June,
1887, than did in any one of eight years
residence in Dakota in that month.
We will commence with the prairie in
it's native state. Breaking should be done
in June, if possible, when the grass roots
are soft and the blades tender, so that by
the heat and moisture fermentation
will take place early and tend to
decompose the sod and prepare it for the
reception of seed. In the following
autumn this should be back-set, and one
or more inches of the soil turned up by
the pillow. Then as oon in the spring as
the frost is out d sufficient depth to admit
the ordinary harrow to work, the seed
should be planted, carefully narrowed
and cultivated. No slipshod, pony work,
but thorough cultivation should be
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-02-18
Senator chace's Opinion.

Senator Chace of Rhode Island sums
up in the following concise words his
opinion Of the recommendation to repeal
the tax on wool: 'The president says the
consumer of wool has to pay for the cloth
ing that he buys a price that is increased
several times by the duty on wool, and
that this is oppression of the people.
There are now in this country, in rough
numbers, 100000 fockowners, who own
over 5000, 900 sheep, and produce $4,000
600 pounds Of wool, worth $120,000,00O.
That wool is a very important product
of the world. Take off the duty on wool,
and probably one-half of those fiockown-
ers would go out of the business. slaugh-
ter their sheep, and u their attention to
other affairs, thus reducing the product
one-half. The effect of this would be to
make wool scarce in the markets of the
world, and the price would II. eessarily adj
vance, the increase being greater than the
duty. But men who gave up w%oolgrow-
ing would have to turn their attention to
something else, agriculture, probably, and
increased competition would reduce the
profits of that branch of industry
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-02-18
Practical Advice.

Farmers, breed your horses to none but
full blood, registered draft stations, hav-
ing the colts following the dam whenyou
have least work for her to do. Keep none
but mares. sell geldings, and breed up in
size to the market demands, adding thus
to your own wealth and to the CONNER
cial interests of the country. Will you
do it? Breed in line. If you commence
with percheron-normans, stick to them,
and do not lose the blood current by
crossing them with other draft breeds. If
you start with clydesdales, keep in that
line, and so with all the English draft or
English shire breeds. All are good.
Make your selection and stick to it, using
first the native, and then the grade mares,
but always a full blood sire. Remember
that five crosses of pure blood entities to
registration, and that it is possible in Is
or 16 years to have substantially full
bloods. These horses are ready for mar
ket as soon as grown. No breaking or
training or expensive handling is neces-
sary. Draft horses you cans raise much
cheaper than you a buy them. If you
do,lbt this, go out and try to buy them.
A trotter you al buy for less money than
you can raise and fit. Trotters are made
trotters by expensive handling, fitting and
training, and not one in a hundred ever
pays the expense-George 4. dustin IN
the SAINT Paul Farmer.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-02-18
A STAGE CENTER.
The Most Important Star Routes in Mon
tana Now Center in Great Falls.

The Most Important Star Routes in Mon
tana Now Center in Great Falls.
North, south, east and west Montana
now have their railroads, and the result
is to greatly reduce the number of stage
routes in the territory, and to cut down
to moderate length these that are still
required. The longest line in the terri
tory today is that extending from Great
Falls to Billings, and it is by far the most
important, as it goes to every town and
settlement OF consequence in the great
Judith basin. For the people of that
section this line is the 'connecting link"
with the outside world. 1t brings their
mails and express, and offers them a
means for exit or entrance that. while
not as pleasant as a palace car ride, is
all that could be expected by this old
time mean of locomotion.
This stage line, over 200 miles In
length, is operated by the Montana
Stage Company, of which M. Sails
bury is the general manager and Ed E..
Corbin superintendent both old time
and ~well-known stage men of the Rocky
mountain region. Great Falls was recent
ly made the northern terminus of the line,
while Billings is its southern starting
point. 1t is thus a connection, and the only
one in Montana, between the Saint Paul,
Minneapolis s. Manitoba and Northern
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-02-18
GREAT FALLS MERITS,
The New Land of Promise as Seen by a
Saint Paul Farmer Writer.

h New Land of Promise as Seen by a
Saint Paul Farmer Writer.
GREAT FALLS, November 15.-In my
rambles through this great and glorious
northwest of ours, | have finally landed
at this future great city of northern
Montana-Great Falls. And we'll does the
town deserve its title, for within a radius
of 10 miles are probably concentrated
more natural riches, agricultural and
mineral, than in any similar area in the
United States. The town is situated on a
beautiful, smooth, gently swelling plat
eau On the east bank of the Missouri
river, just opposite the mouth of the
Sun river, which m down from the
west. The first of the rapids, which Gull
inmates in Black Eagle falls, is one and
a half miles and the Rainbow falls four
miles below. The view obtainable from
any point in the town is sublime. To the
east are the Highwood and Little Rocky
ranges, 30 and 30 miles away; to the
south is the Big Belt range, while to
the west, Is miles away, the entire
horizon is filled with the
serrated range Of the main Rockies, now
covered low down with enormous snow
fields, which shine refulgent under the
rays of the evening sun
But grand as is the m~ountain4view, the
country nearerby possesses the greater in
terest. Just above the town is the mouth
of Sand coulee, along the sides of which,
for miles and miles, crop out veins of
the finest quality of bituminous coal,
4, 5, 6, and even - feet in thick
ness, overlaid by a solid ledge of lime
stone, and underlaid by beds of magnetic
iron ore which contain 80 to 80 per cent
Of iron. The Montana Central, which at
Great Falls connects with the Manitoba
road, has hundreds Of men and teams now
at work grading a line through the coulee,
which brings the Goa and ores to the
bank of the Missouri at the upper falls,
within the city limits, where immense fur
naces and reduction works will be erected,
not only to manufacture iron ore, but to
mill the rich silver ores from the Nei-
hart and Barker mining districts, TO which
the railroad through the Sand coulee is
being extended as fast as money and mus
Gle can do the work. Of course, with all
these great works under way, the town
and country surrounding is developing
rapidly. The site of Great Falls, two
years ago the bare prairie, is now a rust
ling, hustling, well-built city of over
1000 inhabitants. The large business
blocks On the main streets are built of a
fine quality of red brick, made near by,
or of a beautiful pink sandstone, mined
from the quarries near the city limits.
I. H. r. :
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-02-18
applied, and the more work expended
the more satisfactory the results.

applied, and the more work expended
the more satisfactory the results.
In the fall, after the first crop is
removed, the ground should be plowed,
and this time let the pillow run deep-five
inches or more. The winters frost will
act as a p~ulverizer, and the melting
SHOWS and spring rains will be absorbed
and the moisture retained to a depth that
it will not be affected by the dry winds,
and by the end of the June rainfall the
crop will have such a rapid growth that
the surface of the soil will be amply
shaded and protected from the heat of
the summer sun, and the crop be practic-
ally an assured fact. All countries are
subject to failure of crops, but there is no
good reason why this locality should be
any more liable TO failure than others.
The next important factor that enters
into the successful production OF a crop
is the choice of seed. The wheat
planted should be one of the warn ties
of fife, should be pure and clean, and IN
this climate it will be certain to grade
No. / hard. Oats should be an early
variety. The welcome cat would be
peculiarly adapted to this climate and
conditions. 1t seldom weighs less than
A pounds to the measured bushel.
The time is fast approaching when
these broad prairies will be settled. The
advent of a "Jim HilT' railroad always
means an influx Of settlement, and no
one can expect, while complaining of the
large expanse held under Indian reserya-
lions and praying that they be thrown
open to settlement, that they can hold
individual reservations of . few sections
fer their stock to Craze over to the exclu-
sion of men who seek homes and farms
on the public domain.
The man with the pillow is surely COM
ing, and coming TO stay. He expects to
make his living by cultivating the soil,
and with that determination he will sue
coed. We might as well submit to the
inevitable, for in a few short years these
prairies will be dotted over with the hab-
~itations of farmers, who will practice
diversified farming. and be a thrifty and
valuable class of citizens. FARMER.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-02-18

Pacific railroads. Commencing at this
city the line goes by the way of Belt, an
important trade center, Cora and Geyser,
and at Stanford enters the Judith basin.
Thence the course is by way of Utica
and Philbrook, in the Judith valley proper,
to Ubet and Okla, and on to Lavina in the
Musselshell country. From Ubeta branch
line extends to the important towns of
Cottonwood, Lewiston and Maiden, and to
Fort Maginnis. Thus, the Judith basin is
covered and made in a measure tributary
to Great Falls-this being now the cheap
est and best outlet for travel either east or
west, as well as the most. satisfactory
point at which to purchase supplies of all
kinds
Fully recognizing the Importance of the
line, made doubly so by the advent
of the Manitoba railroad, the Mon
tana Stage Company proposes to 'run" it
in frst-class style, and to that end will in
a few weeks put on six lev Concord coach
es and all the fine stock needed to make
good time and render the public
excellent service. Favorable rates are
given to Great Falls, SO that we may
expect a large amount of travel and
business between this city and The Judith
country.
While not so long, the stage lice from
Great Falls to Sun River, Fort Shaw,
Choteau, Dupuyer, etc., is scarcely less
important than the other. While the first
makes tributary to this city the rich coun
try to the east and southeast as far as the
Snowy mountains, the other places in the
same category the magnificent Sun river
valley and the well-settled and prosper
Gus regions of the upper Teton and
Marias. This entire line is now operated
by Root & Negus, who were the con-
tractors on the Helena and Benton route,
until the railroad cut them out, and is
under the direct superintendency of III.
F. Root, who finds his reduced route.
with the connection to Choteau and
beyond, quite a profitable one.
Without any exception, these are the
most important stage lines that the rail-
| roads have left in Montana, and Great
Falls, the youngest town in the territory,
is fortunate enough to be the terminus
and headquarters of both of them. This
is an index of the fact that Great Falls
is the natural trade center of northern
| Montana, and a live, enterprising city.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-02-18

will be established with Butte by
May next, and also with the mining
camps at Rimini and Marysville.
The branch of the Montana Central
which connects Great Falls with Sand
Coulee is already graded. 1t will be ex-
tended to Neihart and other mining camps
in the Belt mountains. This branch will
be employed in developing the vast coal
fields at Sand Coulee, as we'll as in haul
ing ore to the immense reduction works
that are to be established early this year
at Great Falls.
Ia the near future, Great Falls may be
the western terminus of the Pacific extern
sion of the Manitoba railroad; a railroad
may connect the city with the Canadian
Pacific, while the Sand Coulee and Neihart
branch may meet, in time, n of those lat.
eral lines which the Manitoba system is
extending in the path of settlement, and
beyondit owe the fertile plains of Dakota.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-02-18
Dined ON a Dog.

John Fossum, in charge of the Fire
Hole hotel, Lower Geyser basin, Nation
al park, had a valuable dog to keep him
companT. The dog went away II day
and did not return. Fossum went to look
for him, and found where a brief but
bloody struggle had taken place between
the canine and q mountain lion. He
could trace the footprints Of the lion in
the snow by a bloody trail. Not vestige
of the dog remained. The mountain lion
is said, as a rule, to confine his revels to
the great game of the park, particularly
the bison. He picks out calves or year.
lings. No old bulls or cows will satisfy
his epicurean tastes.-Heteaa Herald.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-02-18

racts; Helena, the rich and enterprising
capital; Butte, the busiest of mining
camps, and other Montana towns, offer
business opportunities too numerous to
mention. They are all reached, via the
direct line of the Saint Paul, Minneapolis
Il Manitoba railway, in luxurious comfort
and at moderate cost.
GRAZING.
The stockraising of Montana has be-
come world-famous. Independent for
tunes have been made within the past
few years, and the indications are that
the industry will largely increase in the
near future. 1t is certain, however, that
there will be something of a change in
methods. Instead of immense ranges,
with thousands of cattle roaming at large,
there will be innumerable comparatively
small farms, affording feed and shelter
for stock in winter and insuring the
largest and most certain profits. What
is justly termed stockraising-a mixture
OF stockraising and crop production
is n of the most promising industries
of Montana. 1t requires little capital
and technical knowledge, and the richest
results are assured.
FARMING.
There are thousands and tens of thous-
ands of acres of the most desirable agri-
cultural lands in northern Montana sub
ject to entry under United States laws.
Wheat, corn, oats, barley and vegetables
lin fact all products of the temperate
zone-can be raised in the richest abund-
ance Agriculture in Montana is vet in
its infancy, but experience SO far is more
than satisfactory.
MONTANA LINE.
The Manitoba route, comprising the
Saint Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba and
Montana Central railways, is now open to
Helena. The rapid construction of these
lines from Minot, Dakota, 700 miles
in sever months-is the most remark
able triumph of railway building in
the history of the world. The work has
been done not only quickly but exception
ally well. aud the new line at once takes
rank among the finest in the great west.
Its smooth road-hed, easy grades and ex-
cellent equipment makes it especially de-
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-02-18

chain of lakes. This railroad aecommo-
dation insures ample facilities for pro-
curing on the best terms all the raw ma
terials of diversified industry. The i'm
mense w~ater-power and abundance Of
coal, with such railroad communication,
form a firm basis for general manufac-
lures, which also profit by The abundance
in which iron, silver, gold and copper
ores may be obtained at Great Falls. For
the textile industries, wool may likewise
he procured in large quantity at home.
This direct trunk line to thee east is sup
plemented by the Montana Central, which
connects Great Falls with Helena, and
will be opened this year to Butte, as we'll
as to the mining camps of Rimini and
Marysville. Ample facilities are thus
provided for the distribution of manufac-
tured products in places which are grow
ing in population and wealth. In brief,
it is claimed for Great Falls that no part
of the country offers to manufacturers a
better field to start industries which will
in a measure be secure from eastern
competition and will control commercial
territory of their own.
INDUCEMENTS FOR MERCHANTS. g
AS regards trade much that has been said
is appreciate. Merchants who are earning
withdif1iculy a bare living in crowded east
ern and western cities must see by exam
ming this map that Great Falls is a place
where they might, by like industry, build
up large and f1ourishing trade. In the
new commercial era, which dates from the
completion of the Manitoba railroad, Mon
tana justly aspires to establish wholesale
marts. Great Falls has already houses
engaged in supplying her and neigh
boring cities. They will also cultivate
trade with the British territories.
The city will continue to lead in this
commercial revolution, and before long
will have jobbers who will distribute
goods from here over a wide area.
EXTENSIVE RAILROAD FACILITIES.
The location of Great Falls from a rail-
road point of view may be studied with
advantage by the aid of the map below.
1t will be seen that Great Falls is con
nected with the east by a network of lines
touching at Winnipeg, Grand Forks, Du
luth and Saint Paul. On the west it has
railroad communication with Helena and
the Pacific coast. Direct communication