The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-02-12

City County, News 5 items . |
Ten to twenty carloads ef ore are being
carried to the smelter every day..
Mr.. E. D. HASTE, oft5eun River, VA
in the city yesterday. IN
Mr.. johnson, of Albany, New York, /,
registered at the Milwaukee House.
Harry Childs returned from his Bar
ker and Neihart trip day before yester
day.
Ed. Dickinson has been appointed as
sistant general manager 6f the Union Pa
cific.
Jerry Collins left yesterday afternoon
to resume his labors in the Territorial
legislature.
E. G. MaClay madea flying trip to
Helena Saturday, and returned on Sun
days train. M
John w. Stanton, ESQ., returned Sun
day from Helena where he has been see
ing his best girl.
Mr.. Edeson has q number of fine Inn
ported stations on exhibition at the City
Livery Stables.
Thomas Ruth, the knight Of the brush
has placed another artistic sign In front
Of bis shop on Third street.
Mr.. Boariman, OF the well-known
stock firm Of Miner b Boardman, is in
town to attend the big cattle meeting to
day.
Those Delmonico dinners are a Great
Falls institution. Mr.. Krambeck don't
take back seat for anything in the
West.
The engineer of the Water Works Co
has been In the field today with transit
and leveling rod getting data for the
works.
That box of fine Hayanas sent to the
LEADER sanctum by Mr.. Theodore Glib.
son was duly appreciated. Long may he
wave!
The school children were wild ove1
getting into the new school house yester-
day. They enjoy the new building
hugely.
w. E. Kern was out on the streets yes.
terday. He does not wish to remain in
active, and will start to work IS soon as
possible.
A carload of lemons, for Hanley 8 Co.
Helena, was delivered on Saturday night
just eight days from New York-the
quickest time yet made.
We call attention to the new adver,
tisement of the Black Eagle Falls ad-
6ition of Barnes & Collet. This addition
is finely located and the title is perfect.
The ground is now in fine condition
for blowing, and everybody in the
country round about 10 making use of II
and is engaged in putting In his summers
crop.
There is no better medium for advertis
ing than through the columns Of the
LEADER. The Want Column is chear
and efficient methode0k obtaining your
wants.
Mayor Gibson is now paying daily
visits to Rainbow Falls. OF all the won.
derful productions on the bench land
none, in his estimation, Is equal to the
bouncing boy at the Rainbow ranch.
There was considerable bidding at tht
delinquent tax sale yesterday at the
treasurer's office. Robert Vaughn, DR.
Crutcher and J. NJ. Boardman did the
principal bidding. The interest on the
property sold is five per cent. per month
which Is considered q good return for the
outlay.
Mr.. Cowles, on going to the Black
Eagle Falls addition to take in the beau
tiful view from that place, was surprised
to see plowing going on, and he there
upon took q Photographic view Of the
piowing. He will send some of these
views to his friends In the states, with ar
affidavit that the plowing was done on thu
11th day of February.
Communications from the East con.
tinue to come in. One man writes: 81
am thinking Of making some investments
and wish to know more of your place
than now do" Great Falls is attracting
attention from people in all parts of the
United States. There is one thing about
which there is no dubitance, and that il
the go-ahead activeness of the Catarac
City.
The River Press, in speaking of the
proposed sheriff and probate judge salar,
bills, says the act of Congress shuts it of
it being as follows: "No law ehall be
passed creating, increasing or decreasing
fees, percentage or allowances of public
officers during the term for which sale
officers are elected or appointed" L
hopes the bill will be sat down upon OF
general principles.
Considerable disappointment is felt a
the announcement that no excursion rate
would be given by the railroads from
Montana points to Washington. At leas
thirty Helena people who intended t.
go to the inaugural ceremonies at onc
decided not to 60. The Northern Pacif
and Manitoba, it is understood, are will
ing to give excursion rates, but are pre-
cluded therefrom by the pooling arrang
ments. 1t is thought the pool may b
broken, or the U. P. will yet concede tn
point.
The Butte Miner favors bounty Ia,
and says: "The Northern part of Mon
tana is overrun with wolves and coyotes
etc" This is all nonsense as every travel
ler in Northern Montana knows. 1t ma
be good thing for Mr.. Garret to state
but these and the story of being vas
herd Of wolves between Great Falls an
Benton is big fiction. Men who hav
travelled between the two places ten o
fifteen times year for seven or eigh
years say wolves are rarely seen If at al
We believe the stockmen would favor
law taxing stockmen for such bountie
and this would be just. But the prese1