The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-30
GENERAL News
OF THE STATE.
Columbia Falls

Columbia Falls
Columbia Falls now has three ~laundries
and all OF them are doing . nice business
DR., A. III, Burch, dentist, arrived from
Anaconda Wednesday evening, and vii
open an Office in this city.
Cheney, Houston d Co., owners of thu
steamer Tom Carter, have placed tn
freight business at the foot of the lake il
the hands of N. ]. Copeland.
Gormely 4 Haines expect to open thei
new Windsor house on Monday next. 1
was built by them expressly for hotel pur-
poses and is conveniently arranged.
DR., Joseph Pisdalue, late of F%renchtown
has lQcatea in Columbia Falls and begun
the pfhctice of medicine. He will have his
Office in the Conlin-Miller building, now II
course of erection.
Colin q Berne will have their first lot OF
brick ready for market about May 10. How
ever, the orders now in call for more brick
that the first output, but the work Will go
on until all are supplisd.
On Saturday last NJ. Shannon's patty DO.
gan their big log drive on the Saltwater,
and expect to deliver 5,0oa,ooO feet of logs
at the Great Northern Lumber company's
Saltwater mill in six days.
Granville Stuart, state land commits
sioner, was visiting the Flathead country
and spent Sunday in the Falls City. he Is
locating the school lands and gathering IN
formation necessary to the discharge of his
duties.
Father H. Allaeys. of Frenchtown, spent
several days in and around Columbia Falls
this week. During his stay he made ar
rangements for the erection of a Catholic
church here, and the structure will be com
menced at an early date.
On Tueadsy oflast week Postmaster Ken
God, ~~nl kSr ~{11l- rf = nrro Is r M ms
and Office paraphernalia to his new two
story building on Nucleus avenue, where he
has more room and better facilities for Civ.
ing the public the best postofice service.
The Crescent is certrinly a nautical gem
of beauty. She is 100 feet long, twsnty-six
feet beam, depth of hold, four and one-halt
feet; ss%ern-wheel type. Equipped with two
stroke high pressure engines; boilers of the
locomotive type. She was launched April
%, and will, be completed and running by
May 4. She will be commanded by Capt.
Henry DePuy. the prince of lake captains.
She will ply between the foot of Flathead
lake and Columbia Falls, the head OF navi-
cation of Flathead river.
MissoaIa.
M. Nyherg, of the Helena hotel, is the
smiling and happy father of a little girl
who arrived early last Saturday NOR ming.
Married, by Rev. Hugh Lamont, at 10 a.
NJ, April 26. at the residence of Mrs. Joseph
Henderson, VIM. Carter and Miss Frank
McClough.
Joe ~Sheughnessy, who left Missoula some
three months ago on a trip to southern
much improved.
The Misses Woody and Spurrier have
formed a cosartnership and opened offices
in the Higgins block tor the doing of sten-
oeraphy and typewrlting.
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Topper returned
Saturday evening from a trip to the Sound
country and will leave shortly for Butte.
Mr.. Upper finds things further west rather
dull.
Judge J. L.. Sloane, grand chancellor K.
of p, will leave in q few days for Demers-
vile, where he will institute lodge No. u,
X. of p, the name to be chosen later. Sew
eral other members will also go up from
Missoula.
w. D. Rockefeller, ticket agent at the
Northern Pacific depot in this city. left
Saturday evening for a visit to st. Paul.
taking a well-earned holiday. 1t is said
hat he carries with him a return p ass for a
fair young bride.
One of the monkeys which has been in
the window of the Roard of Trade saloon
for the last three weeks has been suffering
for some time with the grippe. He is now
convalescent. however, and has resumed
much of the cheerfulne5s of disposition and
old-time gaiety for which he is distin-
guished.
The survey for the ditch on the south side
of the river is prog ressing rapidly, being
already below Frenchtown and the route
found is exceeding all expectations as to
cheapness and directness. At O'Keefe
creek a fail of eighteen feet can be utilized,
if desired, to furnish power for running
roiJ1a AT FrcpphtnuJp tho ditch oa ont
above the church steeple.