Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-07-11
SPRAY OF THE FALLS
[From Saturdays Daily,]

Robert Vaughn has sold two colts to l..
G.. Phelps. They were sired by Prospect,
dam BY Counsel, son Of Almont He sold
another to Lieut.. Ahern. Itisa four-year
old and was sired by Prospect dam by
Trapper. ."".
George W. Crane Of Benton is in town.
Mr.. Crane was formerly agent at THAT
point for the Helena and Benton stage
line. He is surprised at the rapid growth
Of Great Falls and the number of sub
stantial buildings that have been erected
here.
Messrs. Eilers and Emerich, the former
president and the latter expert Of the
Montana Smelling company, have re-
turned from visit to Neihart Barker
and other camps in the Belt mountains.
They express a high opinion of this
noted mineral region.
Mrs. Stickney, who formerly resided IN
Minneapolis is now sojournipg in Great
Falls. She is sister-in-law to Mr.. STICK
ney, president of the Chicago, St. Paul &
Kansas railroad and has been in Europe
with his daughter and her own. Mrs.
Stickney regards the scenery here as
equal to any that she has observed abroad,
In its Estown talk" column the Fargo,
Oak, Argus contains the following: ~.
O. Gregg: During my recent visit to Great
Falls 1 secured the agency for plat of
beautifully located residence llc.. at /; fig
\, n ~ much lower ther inc townsite COM
s prices FOR property, the prices for
sinonth or two being only $500 to $3.50
for fifty feet front. know OF no other
town Of city in America that can boast Of
natural resources equal in either variety
or extent to those tributary to Great
Falls, or in the millions Of capital now
being invested in the development of
these resources. l notice that George
Martin, we'll known in the Red river val
lev, now a banker at Great Falls has
struck five foot vein of gold and silver
ore in the tunnel Of the West Jay Gould
mine. where he and his partners have
been working for the past year. The
strike is said to be very rich"
P. B. CLARK, of Huntley y Clark, the
well known importers and breeders of
draft and trotting horses, left today for
Helena. He has been here on business
connected with his stock interests. This
firm have their stables and stock farm at
Toston, which is ninety-eight miles from
here They have II, 900 acres Of land un-
der fence. They conduct business on a
large scale. Their stock at Toston in
cludes 1,500 head Of horses, 400 of which
are standard bred trotters. The rest are
full blooded Clydesdale and Percherons.
The firm cut nearly LOO tons of hay and
have stabling for nearly 1,6OOh horses They
have 500 head Of high grade and thor
ough bred Shorthoru cattle. They own
15,ODO sheep. They own also the famous
stallion, Kentucky Volunteer. Last
spring they sold the stations Bishop and
Ben Lomond for $4,000. Hugh Kirken-
dalls s. s., a son OF Kentucky Volunteer.
won easily in 2:291a at the Helena races
on Thursday. The firm have established
this immense business from modest he
ginning IL years ago.
Edward Llppincott of Florence is in
town, He says that the country looks
splendidly and that every one admits
there is no Aobler grain or cattle range
than that from the south fork of the Sun
river to the Canadian line. Mr.. Lippin.
colt says II showed q wool circular that
received from here to the wool-growers
who were we'll pleased at the offer of
free storage and they have all decided to
send their wool here" Mr.. Lippincott
says that wool buyers are visiting hat
region and that shearing is going On ac.
lively. Regarding the mail service. he
says that he was postmaster for eipht
years at Florence, but resigned becnnse
the postoffice was not needed. He saws
that the change in route has not been If
public service. The mails come now bv
way of Craig, over sparsely settled
route to Augusta, while formerly thew
came from Fort Shaw, and this
accommodated many settlers he.
tween that place and both Florence and
Augusta. He recently received word
from the postoffice to receive mails from
the first instant, but he Informed the de-. do.
partment of the foregoing facts The
people he says find that they can hn NV
goods here as cheaply as anywhere e1so
He looks for large trade between tho
south fork country and Great Falls M
Lippencott came to town with his dan@h.
ter, Mrs. Mayor Fuller of Helena, who Is
eon her way home. '' -