The Mineral argus. [volume], October 25, 1883, Image 1

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THURD I Oct. 25, 13 )DR1.
- , "Vr],Ym THURlDAY v"
ILL VylOOMAN. Di
Fine
SProq Pa pards" .
T. . TRUDELI,, P
Attmrney at Law,
.0e oppoilte Mineral Argus Ofli,-e.
Legal Blank and Convavances atten dedl
to on Short NIotice.
F . DWlINLLE.
Notary puplic,
OFFICE AT RUSTLE, M. T.
gal Blanks and Convaytuces tilled
out and attended to in Short Notice.
A. G. HATCH, ...
Attorney-at-Law1
WHITE SUI.PHi:R SPRINGS, N. T.
JANUS A. SMITH,
Attorney at Law,
MAIDEN, 1. T. R
Practices in all Cqurts of the Territory.
A. M. EiLER,
Notary Public.
conveyalncinhlg. legal hflankL of ill,
kinds filled out and acknolhlged.
IlFPIra AT MONTANA !il'., MAI IIEN, M T.
11A. WATERMAN. II. G. Mc' INTI l.
WATERMAN & MclNTIRE.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
FT. BENT IN, I. 'T'.
Mill attilen tq Cre1 uune' intrut ,.l it
our care front !Ailin and viciniy.
Hamilton & Witherall,
tliE1.I:RI 1I
Wines, Liquors & Cigars,
READ OF MAIN TRIEET.
Xaiden, - MQnt.na -
City Bakery.
VINCENT GIS, I'rop'r.
Fresh Bread, Pies, &c.:
EVERY DAY.
Next Ikoor west ,of Argnt (thhe',
MAllEN, N. T
Billy Jenkins,
BARBER!
litti ( 11M1
ir
(ive him a icall.
BATH ROOMS IN CONNECTION.'
A. R. !AqROWS,
rail' I ITItIt Iof
Ubet Hotel.
FINW-.(i.AM TAiLE. it.I.e. As . lli,
FINE GENERAI. S''TORE IN
CONNECTION.
Maiden Drug Store.
)R. J. M. RAW N, I'- 1o'I,'F-t.
DEALER IN
DRUCS, CHEMICALS,
1'ATENT MEDII(INE..OF .\I.. KINSm.
Fin( Toilet >M"aps, Fancy tlair and
Tooth Brushes Pl'rfuni,'Iry. . &c.
FINE LINI: OF STATIONI1ElY.
Pre Brandy. Wines and Liquors, for Medicinal
Purposes.
('l(IAUi. A DI) FINE GRIII E OF Tt4.1i).1'1t'
A SPECIALTY.
W. X. WYMAN,
LIQUORS and CIGARS,
RUSTLE, MONT.
To enjoy an evening to vy,.or hart'
desire- call ,n the Prof. a1, t.
his alight of Uhand Iricl.
and li t*n t., hi 6 -
triil istic I.1 W r
ON ROAD BEIT. IM.1II)N ANI.
SLL.A..\l MINE.
Day's House,
ON BIG SPRINGS CREEK.
R:EF stFoR1, I \altitR C,., I. T.
' for tfle a.c .omm'llinla. tl ..f tIh tra,, 1;,,g 1, lic.
(;,)OO)I .i'A.\ll. IN4 FRll IIiiRSE;
In tllt m 'nl ith thAl, l.., '.
1 FRANK DAY. Proprieor.
National Exchange, *:
O. E|lii \V II \111. T|: NN r, '. I
nt.Class Bar and First.Clas, Goods of Every I
Variety.
Canon Saloon.
P(TT & It.\EN. 1"
! I:i.hn tikhl. , I. al " -
Sline
Meat Market.
BARNEY TRAIN' R, I*'rorH 1.
AU ml Frsh Beef. Pork. ettm
Sasage. Ac.. Ac.
MAFtKET Ar FmT OF 3 IN !'T
& Fr.th Vnget ' l,- . -. 't I ut
hur Atworm on Itwl
BILLINGS DIRMECTORYE
a I arties who nld Billings their .apply poliU. JIt PI
will do well to paronlae the ilrma whose )umein~e
card. appear bilow.. II.(lark & Co, a.n the cheap
eIt and beat wholeale genera merehandire d4alere;
ID. A. S. REynondfordrunn; Babcock & Mile'. (r,
store, and hardn.ar; L.. I. Fecnkeand . II.Erwin
for liqur, orv.c. The. drairing letal ad, ie will n
flmd lr. S;an. Wilde an able lawy, r. The I'rk, frolle
hotel , ,one of thle het in Montana. of St
SBAL. WILDE, conj
Attorney at Law, ,>;
tlIlN(i'i, M\ONT.ANA. Gre
Pra ctic(, ili ail ('ourtn of tie TCrritr'v. tion
Mining Law a Specialty. the
i iand
c . nw e , ta . J.J. -n ,.s . Yell
Park Hotel
BERRICK & NICKEY, the
t'RIOIIIET I Tl.. by;
BILLINGS, - - MNOTANA. l~an
Half lick from\ N .w i'.-,, . r .put am.'P Wi
l'ost O re. 15
Commercial Travelers Accommodated. iorl
Ii. .elq1 sl,. , orf Ihe Iha.ton Stage l.iO RHoom. 111
S',lan and Well '( rnishe.,. I'harg,.s l.;,mabl. l nl.
.VT 'the
D. A. S. RAYMOND'S of
NEW alr
PHARMACYtrI
Billings, : Montana, ta
. • ' i tr f ou,l a ulll and (omipleth . line of 1le
Pure Drugs, Wines, Liquors, an
Stationery 'ln
And Toilet Aricles.
Imported and Domestic Cigars a Soecialty. t,o
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S 0 ton
L.., t.l, tl,:
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Wines, Liquors
i, :l \ i I 1. ton
Freg ipped a t o is.
,03 l" i ' 1> 1 i ll" \V KI m
L'
Bl o an
8. H. ERNWIN, S
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Wines, Liquors
St t rlI ' r i\g. ill li, I it t, f
in eta Ae.. , B . T.
tot
JUNCTION GITY, a:1 1
- sever
is Past History-Pret CaditUln snd FPturo lished
point[
From 1877 to 1603. west;
I and
Junction City, deriving its name arrivt
from the fact that it was the Junction from
of several stage lines, a d near the tri-w,
conjunction of the Big Horn with theyi At
Yellowstone, is situated in latitude 46 ted a
north and longitude t07 west, of futur
Greenwich, in the south eastern por- a nu'
tion of Montana, about 2oo miles from of el
the eastern boundery of the territory1 the
and in the extreme eastern portion of thro'
Yellowstone county. It contains some i the 1
70 buildings and about 300 inhabit- tana
ants, is built on a low strip of land, on Iacre
the banks of the Yellowstone river, -w
and .,heltere1 on the north and east duct
by a series of bluffTs and high table graz
lands, while the river bounds it on the las
west anI south, and across the stream futu
Is the Crow reserve. it is
SThe town is the outgrowth of a and
i former Indhian troding post, estall shled It i,
Sin the fall of 1877. Ib Paul McCor- rails
mnt. k, as a branch of his then Milesl Disi
City house. and for some time it was _s,
the only bus'ness h1ou-e in that portion tin,
of Ycl'owstone va'ley, and dependie I' shil
,dnlost entirely upon the Crow Indian i,
trade for its sui po t.. stal
William Taylor built the first house
swithin the IFresent town lin)its, on the Po
table lands. iti June '77. and in con- wal
nectloni ultlh t(wo other pionceis, built riv,
and opleratedl the ferry now owne.l ,)y am
Brown, D)avis & Co. . M
The Cantoncmlent, just below the at
town on the opposite side of tile river, fre
was Iilt in .slllumer of 1877, by the W,
govelnment as a w trehole for unload- fut
in, and storimt freight transported b)
,Iteamboats up the tiler. to supply
trooplis t:lie stationed at Ft. Custer. tol
It was namled It honor of the present a\'
onulnandCr of the Dakota deprtlmetlt de
.f thie ar.y,l '1 erry's landing anl
"lhce building of this cantonetllent in
materi.dlly assisted the growth of Jnnc l
tLon, and with the advent of tile
te.olner '*Far \VWs,'," loatle I with al
freight fir the landing a IdI settlers at sti
thls .po..t ill sumlmler o 77. it cienjoyed t.
liute2 a boom. and froml that time built I,
:nt scatled up rah, die. bL
As early aS 1876, IIuntley & Clark hi
SceI.ea thi, com~a , to carry maili
Ibetween It. Ketouih anl I ltemanln atI
'l..thit ll i, a lew miles i! ,co'.v the prIs- d'
en: town site. but Il 78 9, Joe Allen, rl
thin plosattiser, moved the office to ti
lunlltIn, o11 h,s o1wn responl,,nlii.t, y.l
and as several platties raised cns~iler Ir
,, ' i- nien',itt ot1 his so1 o in , he la
relirkC that ' if there was any law ti
to per\ient hiln frolln mn\ing the ipost
ot( l , at w ill he w o'tld retto ln :t.'" k
in Jtl.V, '7I (,iln'tln & salls I.aiy tl
ScIred the in lil cntract and put on r
a c;tollmplete ,t g. .:ae outfit of C'ont oral -
4 ahnte .i 1a' t , "" 0< t l o 1 .
tiwe.r hne .-.,It! ,n; at thi, point , and c
in at ilirt tilme iJun11 i 1n , I wt Is
S as,...a 1111 r1t 1,'n1 the rtier a, o()Il
It the il\1 'It plates Ini the line .nl1 1
his held it, o1 n up til the present
I time.
r witlh, wo" I fil .x g,,ol siied octavo
nbook: il th, har, ni1s kowwn to
Il. I, icr, th-e liner c\let c't, ed, and
l-e-ide- took unitle,' clery trip with
road ageni, , Ind1.>,. anit miserable
I i., e' If : is., that woul I make a
• .il.rmni trnml le to think of passin•
rS ..r, ,t1! ili realching the i.toin'
stilu' n tlhe' boys wousd congreg.ate
bring out the old banjo and tiddle, and
lth. tine, taey had will ex e' hIc in
lilhe t nlenoIry as oIf the b t- Iln the
rk 't seri :tort .
rhi' Jn,'ton City. at the pr-.r.nit time
i in etry sense a jlunc'tion--olocated
..l. at tie Ct mIjuntion of tbi t.g Horn
'ellowstone, and so situated that
i mail routes have beeq estab.
with it as one of the terminal
;. The mail from the east and
arrives daily by the N. P. railroad,
the Rock creek country mail
:s daily by stage line. The mail
Maiden asd Maginnis arrives
:ekly, as also the Etchetah mail.
prpsent Juncttoq, Ciy is so situa
,s to have but little chance for
e growth, although then are quite
mtber of buildings now in course
rection, but undoubtedly crc long
Crow Indian resevation will be
wn open to settlement, and then
inest tows-site in eastern Morn
will bIe at their disposal--"just
ts the river typon the other shore"
;th a fine tributary country, pro
ive in agriculture, timber, rich for
ing, and even rich in mineral, and
oon as this' change is made the
re of Junction City is settlid, and
bound to make one of lht: best
finest located towns on the river.
the most direct route from the
oad to the Warm Springs Mining
trict, and the great Judith country
ame thirty miles less-and is des
d to be one of the great freight
ping ,:oints on the railroad, as it is
now among the foremost freight
The Custer Forwardint Co. (T. C.
wer & I'aul McCormick) have their
rehouse on the west side of the
:r. and are handling an immerse
ount of freight for Maginnis,
iden, and surrounding country,
the present time. Several other
ighters also have headquarters here.
preliict for Junction City a great
ure, and that at an early daiy
BtIciNES; HOti!ES.
Junction Hotel, Joe Reed, proprie
i, located at the foot of Walker
cae. This house is known up and
w.i. the river as one of the neatest,
at settinm the best table to be found
many a mile's journey. Joe is a
odt hotel ;nan and a deservedly pop
ar oi.e.
Burns So;ith's sample room is just
ovic the hotel on the corner of First
reet. lie carries a ine line of goods
it receiees his share of the trade.
connection tsith Paul McCormick
intends to erect a commodious
nldilg in th. spring, on the sight of
, preint location.
l'.:ul McCormick & Co.. (Paul Mc
ormi( k an l T . .Powers,) or Walker
clnue and First street, are the leading
holesle a tl retail general merchan
,e dealers of the place, and carry
1 iintenc st',etck of everything in
air line 'lius house has been doing
ine,, since '77. and the amount of
., II hIndli and the country sup
ied w.,uld cii.te lanryn an older and
rger e. stern firmt to envy them. The
nrt ha1\e juat t omplelted a large two
ory w.trchnu,c in the rear of their
ire that is now fillel with all
inls of Loo Iu . This house is known
troughout the territory intd needs no
\. i. Ml:o, I. I. Williams and
tui' Nit \  .r nk, all keep a choice
* k i ,iltS. ;iluor and cigars, and
ti IO.t,' of a yoO 1 iatroaiage.
liarp & (.. . are ditcrr, IIt gcneral
ter, hbd,,., .',l are cnjoying a large
l ..u.t:.:.n. rwtig trade. They
aie a coimlplte stock and a large
-nl,. wholesale trade.
St\enPs. the barber, and Morris
r.att. the blacksmith. have a Imo-,no
,I in t;eir line of business, and are
iting a good patronage.
Blrovwn & tavi- are the proprietors
f the "" Parlor" Blhard Hall. one of
he finest resorts in eisi,,n Montana
htere i. nothing ht t.Ler line that one
oannt gt i. .uking. All kinds of
wine,. I iqu,,r. cigars, mineral waters,
soda, pop. o. cler, and although a little
out of their line, fresh oysters are
always ii stock. hthey have a fine
Bnrtu%._Ak , Balk hillhau, table, and
a¢.o a pool table of same make. A
g t ha blnI furnishes music day and
ngght. They are also proprietors of
the Tunctioln City I.ivery stable and
part owtler, of the Junction terry.
i' Extra ..pis rf thi lau ,,, , I '. fomsl o sale l
.,t Bfw & Ltl''- ol ]
A Buftalo mule is on his last trip
over the Erie canal for the season,
having been lit the towpath since ',