Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-05-30
SPRAY OF THE FALLS.
Court meets next Monday.

SOuIb illettS ICtu
The calico party to be given for the
benefit of the Episcopal church will take
place Wednesday evening, May Both, in
the new Collins building. All are nvit-
ed. ...
Dan Mckay considers that Burleigh of
Helena will be the republican nominee
for delegate. He has heard some men
ton of Col. McCutCheon for that position.
He found that the reports Of hostility to
the colonel in Park county and elsewhere
were greatly exaggerated.
Mr.. Eilers, president Of the Montana
Smelling company, arrived yesterday, and
ion and arranging for future operations.
Work on the great stacks has commenced
and as material of all kinds is now arriving
at the works at lively rate rapid pro-
gress will hereafter be made.
The county commissioners have fixed
the legal distances from Great Falls to
the following places as follows: Craig
station, 81 miles; Mud canyon, A; Hardy,
36; Cascade, 80; Ulm, Is; Mission, "A;
Chestnut, 35; Fort Shaw, "a; Sun River,
20; Sun River Leavings 13; Truly, 20;
Cora, 30; Kibbey, AZ; Belt, 20; Sand Cou
lee mines, 12; Blankenbaker's, 10; Port
age station, II; Watson, 8; Smelter, A;
Big Falls, g.; Belt creek bridge, 10; Graf
ton, AZ; Clendenin postoffice, 81.
The town had military look Sunday
In the forenoon company Of the colored
troops of the 25th regiment arrived under
command of Captain Reade and Lieut.
Farnsworth. All left by the Helena
train for Cascade whence the troops
marched to Fort Shaw. In the afternoon
Captain Hale with company of men of
the Third infantry arrived and proceeded
hence to St. Paul The troops enjoyed
themselves at Cascade where they con
sumed nearly all the beer in town and
thus comforted themselves for leaving
the peaceful and picturesque realm Of
Fort Shaw.
Robert Vaughn has just closed deal
with the Shankin Stock Association, rep
resented by Messrs. Miner and Board
man, by which he sells to the association
80 head of young grade bulls. These an
imals are mixture of Hereford and
Shorthorn, being from Mr.. Vaughn's
thoroughbred Hereford bulls and graded
Shorthorn COWS, probably as good stock
for the range as could be secured. Mr..
Miner pronounces them splendid ami
mails and is much pleased with the pur
chase. The bulls will be received by the
association during the round up and will
then be divided up among the different
owners in proportion to the number Of
cattle they have on the range.
Ex-Sheriff McDevitt of Choteau, &C
companied by s. NJ Dodd, arrived Sun
day from Fort Conrad with So head of
of beef steers, purchased from McDevitt
& Co. by S. M. Dodd d Co., our enterpris-
ing butchers. The cattle are pronounced
as fine lot for this season Of the year as
have ever been seen in Great Falls. The
gentlemen confirm the story Of Indian
deviltry on the upper Marias and Sam
Dodd brings with him the convincing evil
dence of the fact that there is one good
Indian up in that country. Sam has the
scalp and will horrify his pilgrim friends
by displaying it to them, and will Doubt
less set up the claim whenever he can
that he ''lifted the hair" himself.
In Helena the business men will stand
no fooling about that smelter. Last week
the Record printed an article from the
Livingston Enterprise in which the writer
spoke ironically in praise of Helena as Il
site for the smelter Behold the sequel.
The Record says: "This apparently
harmless publication, however, published
with motives differing widely to those at
tubuted to the writer thereof, created no
little degree OF excitement, and the Rec.
ord was asked to explain; such request
being made by committee Of represen-
tative men of Helena, whom, we must re-
spectfully suggest, should have sufficient
ly disdained to have given it the publici-
ty it acquired. Yet we were asked to eX-
plain" In view of this zeal for the
smeIter it would be proper for the Helena
folks to thank Great Falls, whose enter
prise in the smelter line melted Mr.. i.au-
ser to try his hand at establishing one.
Athletic sports are literally patronized
in Great Falls. Base ball is coming into
favor again with all lovers of that game
No finer grounds for this sport can he
found than along the river bank. There
are number Of good players among the
young men here who take pleasure inthe
game. A club will be organized shortly
and challenges issued to other territorial
mines. No other sheet Of water in Mon
tana offers finer opportunities for aquatic
sports than BroadWater bay. There are