Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1889-08-21
heal Of wethers in the Choteau country
from .. q. Cooper, Clark Bros & Co.,
lowell d Cox and W. D. Jones.

neal OF wethers in the Choteau country
ron y. u; Cooper, Clark Bros. q Co.,
Cowell d Cox and W. D. Jones,
Mr. Frank Wilcox, secretary of the
cataract Mill company, in company with
Inc Key Powers, started this morning for
weeks visiting in the Belt mountains.
Mr.. }. It. Grove, the popular grocery
man, is making an addition to his store
on lhlrd avenue South, which, when
completed, will double the capacity of
his establishment
Uncle James Fergus, the oldest inhab-
liant OF Fergus county, was in town today
on ms annual visit to the old-timers. He
VIII "take in" Helena, and Butte and
meet with the "boys" at Anaconda.
Jere Sullivan and Tom Cummings, dele
gates to the Anaconda convention from
Choteau county, and j. w. Power, the
republican candidate for liutanant gov
ernor, passed through the city today
en- route to Anaconda.
Mr.. J. W. Simpler, portrait and land
scape photographer, from Denver Colo.
arrived in town yesterday. He has
looked over our town and decided to
remain and grow up with us. His goods
and apparatus will arrive in few DAYS,
Mr.. P. Tracy, representing Rosen.
baum Bros, y Co., live stock commission
merchants, Chicago, goes to Malta this
afternoon to attend to the shipment Of
5,ooo head OF cattle from that point.
Last week MI. Tracy shipped rs cars of
cattle to Chicago from Benton.
Mr.. r. 0. Fitch brought to the T'RI-
BuNE sanctum yesterday some samples Of
wheat grown by him this year on his
ranch on Little Belt. This wheat stands
about four feet high and is even all over
the field; the heads are about four inches
long and are well filled with large plump
grains Mr.. Fitch has So acres which he
estimates will yield 80 bushels per acre.
Mr.. j. M. Gaunt went to Cascade this
morning, where he will be joined by his
family and will then proceed to visit the
old home in Missouri. While in the east
Mr.. G. will inspect the latest improve
ments in all kinds of farm machinery and
on his return our farmers may look out
for something new. He expects to be
gone about two months.
The following persons registered at the
Park hotel today: r 5 Ford, Sun River:
A Smith, VIM Marchbank, f L Whitman,
" w Webb, St Paul; Archibald Gray,
Minneapolis; Jos Allin, Sand Coulee; p
W Bradford, " H Ulnl, Sam Hughes,
ulm; Miss A D Watson, H r Watson, F
NJ Fitzhugh, Gus Sloan, Lewistown; VIM
Allin, Q /, johnson, St. Clair; H L Nc
lntire, w F Gleason, Mrs M l. Stone, Sun
River; W Israel, city; A M Thompson,
Maiden; p Bowen, Utica.
Chief Engineer ]. H. Ellison in charge
Of surveying party Of ID men left this
morning for Belt creek. He will make
the final location of the line of the Belt
mountains branch between Belt and Mar.
tins. When this work is completed the
cross section survey will be made and
grading pushed through. The following
gentlemen are members of the party: W.
Halves, H. s. Wheeler, E. G. Pollard, W.
Fl. Daymude, W. Fl. Bumbaugh, A. r.
Hendricks, W. j. Graham, H. Hutchinson
and A. J. Stevens. ~
The wonderful fire king, Del Bartineo,
is the great attraction this week at the
Park theatre. His feats in handling and
swallowing burning substances seem in
credible. Germ and Davenport open the
show with one of their side-splitting
comedies. Flora Storey in musical
specialties, Larry Lund in conglomera.
ton of nonsense, Charles Archer in
character songs and Backwood's Re
hearsal complete tirst-class show. On
Thursday evening II raffle,s to assist
struggling widow with consumptive son
on her hands, will take place.