The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-03
c. E. Trescott, Publisher.
Helenaites have already acquired
the military salute.

Helenaites have alread y acquired
the military salute.
Saloon. keepers, bartenders and
professional gamblers are, bv re-
cent decision of the sovereign grand
lodge, l. o. 0. F., excluded from
membership in the order,
One of the best little mining
towns in the country, Phillipsburg,
is practically dead. The mines are
there yet but they are silver and
silver ore is almost dross.
The Troy Times was one year old
last week. 1t is q good little pa
per In good town. If Troy sup
ports the Times, the Times repays
the invcstm one hundred per
cent.
Fort Buford has been abandoned
and the garrison removed to Fort
Assinniboine, which pcs is now
garrisoned with five troops of cav
airy and two companies of infantry,
all colorcd.
An extra ession of the Texas
Legislature is being held this week,
called by the governor for the pur
pose OF passing an anti-prize fight
ing law. The outcome will be
anxiously looked forward to by
| sporting men.
Joe Weir, the william who out
ragged the deaf and dumb child al
Sand Coulee, got life sentence
last Friday. The country is vel
rid of him, out it is pity that the
state should have to feed aud clothe
such a mortal.
The thoughtful citizen of Dupuy
er smiles and pats himself on the
back when he thinks what is in
store for this town and the sur
rounding country when the miner
al wealth to the west and north o
US is developed.
An eastern paper comments un
favorably upon the custom pre-
vailing in western towns of ringins
the curfew at night. The only
curfew we have heard ring in west
ern towns at night is that whlcl
rings when the button is pressed.
The Palmer House, a tavern il
hicago, is sending invitations
broadcast to the editors OF thu
country to come there and hav,
three square meals per day fo'
three whole days. That is charit,
rightly directed to where it will b.
appreciated.
Something ought to be done. ant
that quickly, with regard to tn
gambling law of the state Ifg.m
bling is to be allowed let US hav,
the benefit OF the revenue derived
from licenses: if not, let an exam
pie be made of the offenders.
disregarded law is worse than NJ
law.
1t is not probable that the lane
recently bought from the Indians
on the Blacktoot reserve will b,
thrown oped until next spring
Surveyors monuments have to b,
placed and this work will occupy
mouth or more and congress doe
not meet until December. Tn,
land comprises nearly 600 squar'
miles.
Heretofore the Piegau half
breeds have not been recognized a:
Members of the Piegan tribe, anC
have not received support from thu
government. BY the recent treaty
they have been granted the rights
and privileges of tho full bloods
and hereafter they shall be consid
cred and treated as Indians proper
drawing their proportion of annu
tiles, cattle and the like, and re
ceivlng all the benefits derived by
Indians from the government.
The potato crop is very ligh'
in this section this year. Th'
Rocky Mountain Husbandman say
: it would be we'll to leave late crop
of potatoes in the ground as lons
as 1t is practical. Potatoes no
fully ripe when the vines are killc
by the frost seem to r'pcn some
what by being left in the ground
and this is one of those years wht
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