Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-01-24
MONTANA NEWS

The Montana Union railroad handled
over hall = million tons of ore last year.
The president has approved the act to
provide stores. etc. f"r the militia III Mon
tana.
B"zemau will have n paper mill next
spring \ bonus OF land water power, etc,
will be given.
The Helena Fair a-sociation will have
two meetings this year. one early in July,
the other late in August.
y. Beidler has gone 10 Helena aud will
-n,lcavor To- secure u 81. 00o PLAN FROM the
present legislature. courier.
Dillon is to have n hourins mill. com
pany with II capital stock Of s Io.W" hnv-
ing been organized for the purpose.
The Great Falls sm-lier * rcrrivins ore
from the 'uur d'Alrncs. The pourman
min" al that region. has contracted To tie
liver .uuo tons. with the option oi making
il 5000.
The work on the irri..ating ditch near
Billings j. about completed. Theditch has
cost over Sloo.OOo. Fifty ear loads of
lumber were shipped from near Livingston
aud used for lluming.
The pnstoflice Of Helena has "A large bust
ness. An average III 1000 letters day
are mailed from the oiiire. an average al
6.0o received. The receipt. last year
amounted to over S9oi 900.
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Near B"zcman. ON the ! 18th inst, Frcder-
lex lIcnk- accidentally Killed Andrew Bcntz.
They were ont hunting rabbits. when the
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Last week George Anderson disposed al
the Register printing "ilice To George W e.
Anderson. Walter Anderson, W. l.. Anderson
and W. l.. Mallery; consideration, 81 300
Ais" his Residence property On Central ave-
nue. To H. VI. Tyler 81 Spokane Falls CON
shleration, 81, H"zenan 'hr"nicie.
/ George w. Dickinson. superintendent oi
the Montana Union railway for the past
year and hall, has resigned that position
and Robert Law, h'r the past five years
assistant general manager III the Northern
Pacific, with headquarters III Helena. viii
succeed him. The latter will have charge III
the construction III the new railroad.
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ST.. a., 81,
Dee. 81, ISIS. were ST.. ?I2.s2. The fetal
number Of acres ri land sold during that
period was 2i,6?i.IJ. During December
siNty-one mineral enirie were made, aud
inr The quarter los mineral claims ~-re
paid Tor. Herald.
4 miner and pro.pec,or named Henry
Never. los, his way Will. ~oins from the
law Comb mine tn tn. head If ophir p,lcb
rrcently and when discovered by n man
buu,iu, horses was nearly frozen to death.
lie MAS directed Ia , ranch wber, M. ,cupJ
shelter and Kind nur.iur until h. was able
l.. IA. ,,n,v,d A., - Peter. h,sn;, 4, 4 in
Helena. HIS i"e' ana han"- are "a"'S
if"N"n-
\ correspondent writing us from Cooke
City says that about forty men are spend
ing the winter in the pdevelSping lo'ier
and thus lar an every hand they have oh
tainrd excellent prospects. The miners
there are anxi"usly awaiting the building Z"
- railroad from Killings I" the camp and
when TINS IL don" the, are confident tha'
''"oLe'ity will even rival ieadvil- IA IT.
palmy days. -nazeit".
Thn,o,s Dixon IN ,l1-,in,. miner VII,
b,- n,,.n.c,.J ,op.i,l.roIlv in the Niue,n
nm ,nunt,, .ot r,.t,,,u. Yesterday fran, ,
sn..r;,n.n son, /, nn,s.uv,r in salt LAX,
Citv. which makes the vein found wortl
so per ton net after allowing twice th'
rate uf transportation from Missouls I,
Anaconda. Mr.. Dixon says there are
number nf prospects in that locality thai
are as good a, hi. own. and II number tina
are more valuable. lie says that il the,
get II railroad into the Mineral Hill distric
it will he one of the li,,lics' ri Montana