The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-20
THE NEWS FROM UPPER BELT.
a Clatty Letter About the Business
and Pastimes of Various
Camps and Ranches.
Dances and Drives, Mining and Agri-
cultural Prospects Considered
Every Prosperous.
Especial Correspondence of The TRIBUNE.

Especial Correspondence of The TRIBusE.l
UPrER BELT, Jan. 9.-The year %
opens up auspiciously for this region
and lot us all give thanks that we are
citizens of Montana, where storms are
summer flowers" compared with those
that have lately been experienced
throughout almost the entire United
States. East. south and west to the
Pacific coast the inconvenience and suf.
fering entailed by the severe weather
and storms Of last month have been
widespread and disastrous. Cattle and
stockmen generally were somewhat un.
easy here for a few days. but they all
wear a broad smile now, and are conf.
dent that we will have very little, if any
more cold weather this season. The
sno is all gone from the bench lands
and but little remains in the mountains
Another week as warm as the past has
been and spring blowing will be in prog.
ress.
We hear through THE TRIBUNE land
if it were not for The tribune wewould
know very little of what is going on N
the world that a farmers convention is
on the program for the coming week al
Great Falls, That it will prove a dccid-
ed benefit to both farmers and towns
people cannot be doubted, and since
Great Falls has taken the initiatory. let
our farmers meet half way. There has
been well grounded complaint that
Great Falls dealers have not done the
fair thing 10y the country producers.
This will be a goo. time for them to
shake hands and make up.E
There will be some changes in our I'M
mediate ncighborhood in the early
spring. W. Smith and George Irons.
with their families, soon leave for Ore
gon and expect to make that state their
home in the future.
The Misses Donaher. who came from
Wisconsin last spring only to spend the
summer. ike the country so well that
they will remain another year at least.
They have recently enjoyed IL lengthy
visit in Great Falls.
On Friday evening, Dec. 30, Mr.. and
Mrs. David Rice gave a dancing party at
which the elite of Arlington. Riceville.
is needless to add that the evening vas
Il 1llbSt tul'Ndblt '|lt, y All W III hIlON
Mr.. and Mrs. Rice know how well they
entertain.
Last Friday evening a large party of
the leading society OF Neihart in
dulgcd in a sleigh.ride and dance at
iule's ranch. eight miles below I'VE
won't 90 home till morning was the
burden of their song, mine host, ALEX"
spread a supper such as has seldom been
eluallcd in Montana. Among those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Neihart,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Heaty. Mr.. and Mrs.
McGibbon. Mr.. and Mrs. p. Sweeney,
Mr.. and Mrs. Banks, Mrs. Turney and
daughter. Mrs. Albert Barker. Miss
Kline, DIR. Sanwood, Messrs. Lewis. Cor
tesen. Barker. Lenney, and many Others.
At Monarch the three houses of
general merchandise have had Il rushing
holiday trade.
At Logging Creek car loads Of mining
timber, poles. lumber. square timber and
ties are being shipped on every train out.
Steady work is being done in the mines
and the carbonate district fourteen miles
above here is coming slowly but surely
to the front as a paying camp. Peter
Peterson and f.. NJ. King have bought
out lieber punlap's interest there. VIM
GctZ and l.. VI. Henry expect 10 com
mence work in the Excelsior on Il large
scale early in the spring.
Almost celebrating experience is TO
get into a vehicle behind u pair of s. NJ.
Dodd's high steppers and let him drive
YOU up the gulch past two or three tine
ranches. past mills and logging camps,
through barrow rocky detiles. over
bridges that swing and sway as you Gloss
them. up and over some very pretty
grade with scenery growing wilder and
bolder at every step, until he lands you
but with painting steeds. at the
entrance to the I'D. and B. his pet
mine, where an old and experienced
miner, known as John, the lrrepressi-
will greet you with his hroadrst
and You bet your life ] find him
dis time"