The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-01
THE NOTE BOOK.

Write IL 1891 this morning along with
memorandum of your new resolutions FOL
the year, or perhaps for the day. New
Years resolutions are usually short-lived
though they should not be discouraged
Among the tips to be given arc these: IL
tho legislators; When you meet next weel
resolve to legislatc. 10 the citizens OF Hell
progress OF the city; this tip is particular
larry for the m~ossbacks. 10 the aldermen
Resolve to continue the good work Of street
improvement and try and do something
with the sidewalk question on the side
TO all Helenaites: Tender thanks that YOU
are alive and resolve to do better next year
w.
An item In yesterdays INDEPENDENT stat.
ing that Captain Wallace, killed at Wonnd-
cd Knee, was unknown to the officers in
this city, brings forth the following letter
from Major G.. w. Baird:
Capt. George d. Wallace, Seventh cav
airy, was a native OF South Carolina, grad
uated Mt West Point in 1872. and was made
second lieutenant of the Seventh cavalry in
June Of that year. He has borne an honor
able part in all of the arduous service OF
the gallant Seventh since he joined it,
which includes the campaigns OF 1876 and
1877, in the irst of which campaigns oc-
Cured the battle Of Little Big Horn, where
the Seventh lost 50 large a part Of its num-
bers. Capt. Wallace was made adjutant OF
his regiment in succession to Cook, who
was killed with Custer, and become cap
tain five years ogo.
my first acquaintance with him was in
1876, and I knew him we'll in 1873. His per-
sonal appearance was striking and soldier
ly. He was about six feet four, erect, Wig
orous, dignifed. Brave, modest and faith
full, ne does not leave his superior among
his comrades in a regiment whose history
is an essential part of frontier life and In
dian warfare for twenty-four years past.
HE married, some years since, Miss
Otis. daughter Of O prominent lawyer Of
st. Paul, MINI.
II and his command were a costly sac
ridce to the cruel necessity resting upon the
troops to wait to receive the first blow be-
fore making use of force, skill and weapons
which, il used, might have prevented such
loss; but the necessity existed and the Wal
lace End his brave men were faithful to the
DEATH"
Nh
G. A. Gregory, of Chicago, and Of Boze-
man, Mont, has been in this city the past
several days and has contaminated the
purchase of the Moreland ranch property
and the Flowers property at Moreland,
Gallatin county, and a number Of other
ranobao 01inirinn <bo n ~ With tho in
tention of making a large farm. Barley
will be the principal crop. This purchase
together with the 10000 acres bought by
Mr.. Gregory from the Northern Pacific
Railroad company in the West valley of the
West Gallatin, aggregates some 10000 acres
in the best cereal producing lands iii the
United States. Mr.. Gregory is pushing
the Gregory high line canal through the
bench lands in the west valley. This great
improvement will largely increase the area
Of tillable lands and makes this region.
when taken with the east valley, the richest
and largest agricultural district in Mon
tana. Some of Mr.. Gregory's friends in
New York join in this purchase. The entire
investment, including the great ditch,
mounts to more than 100000. This in
vestment means great benefit to Bozeman.
Nh
The Lounger's story about the "Quire'
game of two Great Fall gentlemen aroused
considerable interest. 1t turns out. how
ever, that it was not the alderman but his
who worked the game so success
Both are very we'll known as the
''joshers" in the state and all towns
ire hereby warned to look out for them.
The Helena man who was taken in has
oeen busy for two weeks studying the die
sionaiy for 'catch'' words. He has now
ient east for the man with the three shells
md the funny little pail, and hopes to get
wen by April 1. He has been out in the
country some time, but he is fully
convinced that Great Falls is getting along
fast for even a western town.
nv
Last Sundays Journal contained a very
pretty article on the first quartz mill in
Montana, from the pen of one John Ham
nond, at Elkhorn. There is nothing to
in the article, aside from the fact
hat the alleged first quartz mill WAS not
he first quartz mill mt all. It was claimed
hat the mill built in 1866 by Judge Turn
ey on the Whitlatch Union lode was the
Here are the facts: The quartz
rom the Dakotah lode at Bannack was the
irst ever crushed in Montana, and this was
lone in 1862 in a mill constructed by Will
Arnold and j. f. Allen. The ten
were made of wood and the shoes
dies were of old wagon tires welded to-
,ether. The mil was run by water. This
vas the first machinery for crushing quartz
nut it was followed soon afterwards by sew
mills at Bannack. These were built
,everal years before the Whitlatch mill.
ambitious historians will in the future do
veil to consult Colonel William +. Wheeler
before springing new data on an unsus-
public.
To Compete With a Combine.
Sr. LOUIS, Dec. 31.-The Farmers ALI