The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-30

week for Wolf Greek, where he will
take care of a band of cattle during
the winter.
F B. Jones left ON Wednesday
o. this week 70, a prolonged trip
to the Pacific coas'. He will spend
most o: his time at Gresham, Ore.
He leaves Tue ranch and property
in charge OF Henry Arnott. H,|
will be away until spring.
The masquerade bali given by
The Ny ~steriarcLs Gu Christmas eve
was u decided success. There was
abou. fifty couples present in mask
aud the fun was fast and furious
.Or = while. There were no ex-
pensive costumes but tn. disguises
we're good aud some were comicai.
The music was good, consisting ot
Two violias in The hands Of Messrs.
Eanbuskirk aud Perry aud a piano
p ay d by MIR. ieuerhen. The
management was the very best
I'D nothing was lacking to make
she quests enjoy themselves
When the order was given TO ia
mask the jewellers aujoured TO The
d..Lel Morton where a ~ excel
lent supper was served, a menue
worthy of the season aud the soci
ETY. whose guests were oeing en-
terlained.
Word mas been received from the
department by Postmaster Harris
that the contracts have been let for
carrying the ma'f from B~iackfoo,
to browning aud return daily aud
FROM BiAchioot to ChoLeaa aud
return daily. The former was lie.
&c T.. W. Underwood, who haiis
from Missouri, for the sun Of t26y
per annum anc The ;utter to +,
L. Means, of the same verlant state
f,rtae sum IL *2,lb7. The new
contractors assume their duties III
the urs, Week vi hex July. Tue
government has MADE a magnifi
cent speculation in letting these
contracts at these rates and if il
Continues to let ali its contracts al
similar rates we can look forward
t. u speedy liquidation of the nat
ional debt. The people along this
mail route are patient and Icng
suffering, but there comes a time
when patience ceases TO be a vii tu.
AMI that time has pow arrived
Ever since the establishment OF the
mill route between B,ackfoot and
Choteau the service has been
wretched and eachssul cessive con-
tractor has betn worse thai. his
pred ecessor until it has become an
absolute farce. When one mails
a letter to any point IN the staff
there is no degree Of certainty
taat it will reach it's destinatio,
within a week or ten days of the
time II would il the service ON
this route we're perfect. Then il
one is a subscrib. r 10 a daily paper
from the outside he Is liable al any
time to go u week without ms
paper and then get half a dozen OF
then at once SO o~edraggled and
dirty through nisusage as to b.
scarcely readable. Although the
carrying of express is not the dut!
Of the mai! contractor, yet it Is q
prof ific sou'ce q. revenue for him,
bat with peer horses and wOcs.
rigs it isat great risk that this kiuo
i" patronage IS entrusted to th'
Contractor. AS for passcngel
rafi: it is out Of the question. "a
o traveller will risk his life witt,
he outfits that run on this road,
4ther would they go TO II littls
xtra expence and hire livery rigs
he reason for all this is not far /,
seek. The contracts are let to,
low. A year ago local parties wh'
are acquainted with the difficult
of ~,unaing ID daily mail betweer
! ~ilackfoot aud Choteau figured To
expenses Gown is closely as possl
lie and they found that tne actu /,
cost W uld be owe So, 600 pc.
annum. Depending upon express
ana passengersfortheir profits the.
put in IA bid according ly. Imagine
their surprise when they %learn,t
that the contract had been let foI
5 lhe sum OF 81, 800. Then il wa-
predicted that the service would b,
: d fraud and the prediction has