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VOL. 6.
DUPUYER, TETON COUNTY, MONTANA, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1900.
NO. <2'
^KE S EIiVAT ÏONNEWS. *
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Kipp, Montana June 10, 1900.
A temperature of 80 decrees was
registered on the 15th, breaking the
record for heat so far this summer.
This was followed in the evening by a
tine shower of rain the precipitation
amounting to 0.51 inch,
George Cook with much patience and
labor put in a line garden this -spring
and the favorable weather and frftf] ueot
showers wore encouraging. Every thing
was growing finely when an army of
gophers attacked tho crop and-, laid
waste tho vegetables. has
poisoned, shot, trappad and. drowned
Hi of tl\e pests and still there seems to
be no decrease in the number.
Some of the boys have just returned
from Lethbridge where they went with
a northern horseman to help drive his
purchase. While theio they witnessed
the celebration of the taking of Pre
toria, and describe the fanatical orgies
of the cockneys .'is disgustiug and barb
arous, Oom Paul was carted through
tho streets at the head of a howling
mob, his elîigy suspende I by tho neck
from a gibbet, and afterward was bound
to a stake and burned on tne public
cquare,
The Durham cut oil on the Great
Northern Which Caughren <fc Reilly
have been working on the past six
months is about completed. Thousands
of pounds of powder have been used in
blasting in the great cut, and the con
tinual booming of the shots night and
day has sounded like a cannonade.
The fiat has gone forth that the in
crease of all cattle on the reservation
shall be illustrated with the I D brand
and any one refusing to allow this has
thirty days to remove their stock else
where. As a general thing there is but
slight opposition.
Messrs Puriy and Matthews are in
from S:. Mary's and are highly elated
over their coppir prospects'.' They re
cently disposed of a small interest in one
of their locations.at u good figure and
refuse I good offers for mora of their
ground.
L;)uis Cabell and family departed for
Lethbridge on Saturday to visit old
friends and eïpaat to be g-uia a week or
ten days. Mr. C j'jj II 's lo^g service as
scout with the mounted police gained
him an excellent reputation and ho is a
general favorite among both oîïïccrs and
men.
Dr. Martin received a hurry call from
Cut Bank on Tuesday to attend a man
who had fallen from the steeî bridge
being )>ùt in there. The unfortunate
workman was suffering with concussion
of the brain and had cot regained con
ciousness when the doctor returned to
Browning.
Over 100 lodges of the Blackfee t are
i;<>:v congrega.;d no.-th of the agency
preparing i ;r their annual Medicine
lolgo and sun dance lo be held on 'tlio
-ich. Beef tongues are being collected,
cuyetic rileji jjerfurmod, and a continued
dancing kept up day and night.
Active preparations are being made
for a good Ith of July celebration.
Quite a sum has been raised for- -purees
to be racod for, a game of base ball will
be played, and tho day will end with
lire works and a ball.
The frantic efforts of the Great Palls
base ball team to win a game have
almost inspired our local club to send
them a challenge. With Van Senden at
the bat,-.Gober i pitching and Aminen on
first base, wo ) think that the counter
hoppers would be like the small boy who
had been indiscreet, after the game they
would have nothing to say.
Ed. Matthews while at Blackfoot was
asked if any one observed the recent
eclipse of the sua at the copper camp.
'•Eclipse, No" said the mayor. "There's
two much brightness there now for any
thing to be eclipsed by sued a small
thing as that."
It is not expected that work will be
commenced on the now school piart be
fore the spring of next year, when every
thing will be rushed to ^omplotfon dur
ing the summer months of 1001.
The prorpeets for an enormous crop of
hay are very fluttering. With the nor
is
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of
a
mal précipitation for the balance of this
nb.l Jul;,-, «m will «mtimw,
gro.. i;.gr until ha.any set
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Saturday afternoon there was a terri
fying electrical storm with heavy rain.
The water came down in sheets aad the
thunder was terribly loud.
Dan McGowan and family recent ar
rivals from High wood have not yet
found a satisfactory location for a home
and are now living on the Coe ranch.
The travel nowadays to Swift Current
is steadily increasing to the delight of
ou r hotel keeper-, who are all doing a
rushing business.
There was never a more congenial lot
of young ladies employed at the Wil
low creek school than at present. They
are mostly from the east, and vie with
one another in making it pleasant for all
who visit that institution.
The political pot has begun to boil and
a lively interest is being shown in the
questions of the day. About twenty
young men will cast their first vote this
fall and most of them express them
selves in a manner which shows that
they are satisfied with present conditions.
The round up has made satisfactory
progress, and the branding of calves <
goes merrily on. Three outfits have |
been at work in different localities and
are now nearly done.
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Hence forward ye scribe will endeavor |
to catch all items of interest in his net, j
and forward them to tho l'usure county
seat whenever the catch issufflcient. '
Kipp, June 20, 1Ö00. I
John Eldridge has about completed a
neat residence near Blackfoot in which
he can pass his hours of ease and calculate
the size of his roll after beef shipping.
The manv friends of Mrs. William
Samples are assisting her in the erection
of a cosy frame house at Browning- The
generous hearts of the reservation peo
ple always respond when assistance is
needed by the deserving.
The whole country i3 over run at pre
sent with the freshly branded dogies
shipped in and unloaded at Baltic by
the big outfits, and are an intolerable
nuisance. They car* no more for wire
fences than if the strands were so many
spider webs, and are continually gettiu
into meadows.
Lost summer seven head of domestic :
sheep escaped from their owi.-er in the \
vicinity of Swnt Current and rambled
iuio the mountains. This spring four or
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five of them have been Kihed by hunters
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at various places, all of which were in
good order having withstood the perils I
of wild beasts and storms during the '
entire winter. I
The classical features of the enowy ]
Goddess of Liberty oa the stupendous I
peak called ''Going to the Sun" are now '
visible in all their beauty, and the phe-!
nomenou is a matter of wonder to all
new comers. For ages she has gazed
down upon the oroppings *of the great
leads of copper, sometimes wrinkling her
brow in despair at the slowness of man- j
kind, br.t since the hardy miner has be- i
gun to rip open the bo .vela of the earth !
ln that vicinity, a smile of delight ilium
ii*;* her countenance which w observbie
foi many mdej distant,.
An eat the lost cabin placer diggings
the interest has not abated, and Mrs.
Dickinson sister of the men who- wore
murdered by ladians years ago, and
who came here a year «:• to ago, and
spent somo time in searching for the
location, will return this summer and
make another attempt to find tho place
where her brothers took out so much
gold.
A large number of peoplö' who are
favorably situated for s uccessful butter
making "started in tho dairy busings
this spring, and for a month obtained a
fair price for their products, but now
the hotel keepers are able to get all the
cow grease they want from the ranchers
of Flathead county for from a bit to
fifteen cents a pound, hence the home
industry is in a state of L:>-;i-or. How
ever the price of meals has not decreased
and it costs a man four bits iO sleep ia
any of the public houses of entertain
ment,
The lightning seemed to be on the
prod during the storm of last week. It
struck a lodgs in the big camp near
Browning and killed a woman instantly.
Two Indians were struck at or near the
old agency and badly shocked and a cow
in the round up stray-herd was killed by
a bolt. Now an Indian is posing as a
i lightning protector and is making lots of
money by Sellin;; a cerf, -.in kind of pdnt
wh.rt, issaid to bopon! ojaioot oloctri
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sister of Charlie of Milk river is visiting
him Miss Julia Cobell is enjoying a
well eurned vacation Charlie Buck
looked after the reservation equines
during the recent horse roundup....
Materia! is being unloaded at Carlow for
building purposes to be used in the
future town at that point.
Wc would like to tell the rea ders of
the Acantxia a wonderful piece of news j
about a recent strike in the Swift Cur- ;
j rent camp but do not wish to encroach
upon the Copper King's domain knowing
that he will soon report it in his usual
versatile style.
straws .
Archie Macdonald dispenses liquid re
freshments at Cut Bauk bridge The
new steel bridge i3 about eight feet
higher than the old one, making it 165
feet above water, and is 1200 feet long
So much rain and good weather has
prevailed that grass is growing on spots
which were never green before The
Willow creek school marms have started
a townsite of their own at Swift Current
S. D. Somes has received news of
the death of his brother Robert an
i engineer on the C. P. R. who wa3 in
stantlv killed in a wreck... .Peter Burns
the veteran pump man has gone to Cut
| ßank tQ work for a whilo .... Mrg . John
j jsfacdonald is very expert with the fish
roc j an( j recen ti v landed a 3% pound
' trout....Cattle were never in better
I order at this time of year than at
; present... .Joseph Kipp has turned
: farmer and is encouraging a large field
, of grain with water ... .Mis3 Thomas
Swift Current Notes. ^
making arrangements
June 13th, 1900.
Mr. Harris made a flying trip to St.
Paul last week.
Mr. McNeil has caught another silver
tip, and it is a dandy.
Swift Current is soon *o have a 'washie'
house. John chinaman is in the camp
fere
French Pete was in the cunp ths
part of last week.
The Lippincott boys are erecting a
jr 00( j sized building on the main street
Altyn, which is to be a lodging house.
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Work on Mr. A. M. Esler s building
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has been stopped on account or delayed
j um | )Cr
Messrs. Boucher and Cassid) were in
^e cam I> the fore part of last. week.
A,Joa who have been cutting cord wood
^ or ^ r * Harris, report having made a
C0U P^ e °f quartz locations on Mt. Allen,
Mr. Reynolds has opened up a first
Class barber shop just across the creek
from George's place, and on the main
r oad to Altyn. His prices are reasonable,
and all who can afford a shave should
j not hestitate to patronize him.
i Bob Cameron has been prospecting
! for the last 'two weeks on Boulder creek,
j Fraak S.evenson is camped at the
. head of Huckleberry basin, where he is
i doing discovery work on a couple of his
1 quartz claim's.
j Me3Sra Archer aQ(i Watson have
started a tunnel on their coal claim,
1 where they o s pact to show up a line
body of coal.
! Mr. Thompson has been clearing a lot
! on tho west side of main street, where
parties from Kalispell intend to^erèct
general merchandise store.
The stage arrived Wednesday evening
with Messrs. Harris, Winters, a couple
^gentlemen from Kalispell, and a china
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' wagon loads of freight arrived tne
J ^ a ^ cr P art wr ias ^ woo ' : ' which consist of
; ' ,iUV an d concentrating machinery,
j Mr. Kennedy, the custom collector
I visited the camp last week.
The census man visited the camp last
week, and he says that she will run
fcomevhing over 100 people.
Something over '10 feet of a tunnel has
been run on the Bull's Head in the
Boulder creek district.
Mr. Hansen, proprietoi of Hotel Han
sen, i3 prepared to accommodate the
traveling public.
j Mr. Pritchard lias been appointed
engineer at the saw mill, which began
operations lust Saturday, everything
running nicely.
I Bottling still «mthraa and it looke ns
though vvt uii'^ht hnve n g, av u» boom
in.the near future..
June 20,1900.
Mr. Esler is again in camp, and ex
pects to stay for some time.
Mr. Brennen of Kalispell, is here look
after the interests of the reserve.
It is reported that there is to be a
miners' meeting the last of the week,
for the purpose of considering the road
question; all will be requested to attend,
It is predicted that there will be all of
5C0 votes cast here this fall, this being
the case, Swift Current will cut quite a
figure.
Several pack outfiits arrived during
tho past week.
A crew of about 13 men are now em
ployed at the saw mill.
Mr. Boucher and family of St. Mary
are in the camp. Mr. Boucher has with
him about 30 head of fine milk cows,
which he thinks will be a sufficient num
ber to supply the camp with both milk
and butter. Such a man as Mr. Boucher
has been in demand for some time.
Mr. Cassidy arrived last week with a
load of furniture for Mr. A. ii. Esler.
It has been raining for the last 4 days,
and as a result the streams are all quite
high.
The Josephine mine continues in rich
ness, and is now considered the richest
mine in the district.
Work on the Cracker concentrating
plant has been somewhat slow on ac
count of delayed lumber, but now tüat
the saw mill is turning out lumber for
all mining purposes, work on this plant
will be pushed steadily to completion.
Mr. McNeil and Frank Stevenson
made a trip to Browning last week.
A couple of good sized houses are
being erected in the vicinity of the saw
mill, v.hich are to be used for mess and
lodging.
The Kipp four horse stage makes the
trip from Blackfoot via Main, twice a
week.
A building is being erected on the first
lot south of Hotel Hansen which will be
used for a saloon.
The sound of the hammer can bo heard
in the land, and carpenters are numer
ous.
Parties from Helena report having
made a quartz location near the summit.
Archer and Magnuson have completed
their representation work, and have left
the camp. Mr. Archer returns to hi3
home in Minneapolis for a visit.
Soii:e of the boys were down from the
Bull's Head mine last week, and report
everything looking fine.
The district in this vicinity is getting
pretty well prospected, and while'some
have been fortunate enough to make
some good locations, others have failed
to make the expected find, and are now
cursing the country. Every one can not
expect to strike it, but those who have
struck it are well pleased with the
future prospects of the camp.
Mr. Sherburne of Browning, and a
couple of gentlemen from Minneapolis
are in the camp.
Joseph Kipp of Blackfoot visited the
camp iast week.
Bob Cameron has made some quartz
locations in the Boulder district.
'Charles Peters is doing work on Swift
Current falls. Frank Stevenson having
charge.
Three, wagon loads of liquor arrived
last week, also 5 wagon loads of concen
trating machinery.
A bunch of about 20 work horses were
driven into the camp last Thursday.
Chas. Peters has completed his dis
covery work on the Blue Grouse quarts
claim.
The Swift Current road a-a s never
known before to be iu as good a condi
tion as at- the present time, but it couid
be improved.
C opper K ing.
Tkoroî2iyIibr«d Bulls for Sal«.
We have just imparted frpm the east
a car-load of Registered Thoroughbred
Shorthorn Bulls. They are pronounced
by all who have seen them to be the best
lot ever brought to Montana for sale.
All partie3 interested in the cattle rais
ing business should call and inspect
them. Prices right.
G rkat F alls V eat Co.
Get your boots or shoos, half soled at
tne Dupuyer harness '!
L. A. ENDERS & CO.,
We carry the largest stock of Wall'
Paper, Ready mixed House Paints,
Boof Paints, Marking Paints,>
Brushes, Varnishes, Stains, Enamel's*.
Window Glass, Alabaatitie; Gypsir?,.
Pictures, Picture Mouldings, Etc.
of any house in Northern Montana.
There is no order too large for us to till 1
or to small to command our immedi
ate attent on.
Leave orders at Jos. Hirshberg & Co's.'
L. A. ENDERS & CO.,.
119 Central Ave,
Great Fails, Mont.
J E. ERICKSON,
dttornc^akiaux
Choteau, — —
Montana.
j G. BAIR,
attorney.
Clioteau,
Montana.
\ft{ H .STEARNS,
Physician anb Surgeou,
Dupuyer,
Montana,,
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Successor to
BROOKS,
AM8LET t B2,001
physician anb Surgeon.
Choteau, Montana.
w.
H. TITUS,
physician anb Surgeon.
Dupuyer, - Montana.
QLAF FJELD,
'urr-eyor.
Land Surveying, Ditch Work, Kto.'.
Choteau, Montana.
QEO. W. MAG EE,
United States Commissioner
anb Horary public.
Land Filings and Proofs.....
.... Mortgages, Conveyances. Etc;, Etc,,«
Duyuyer,
Montana.
j_j C. KUNKEL,
CLonsoriai CTrtisr..
Hair Cutting, Shaving, Shampooing'..
Hot ar.d Cold Baths.
Dupuyer,
Montana.
Tersiis of Court Für IfKX).
teton county.
March oth, June 4th, September Srdl
December ;ird.
!?lati-it:ad county.
March 10th. JunolSth, September 17 th*
December 17 th.
D. F. Smith , Judge.
Filed Jan. 5th lüt-0. S. M c D onald,
___ Clerk -c
II otice.
I will sell my irrigating, ditch taken
from Birch creek, and carrying 2551)
inches of water to the right party. This.
ditch irrigates some of the bos* : land in
Teton county end 1 will sell either the 1
whole ditch or an interest thereir, as m;;; >
be desired.
Taos. M c G ovl'sn,
Du payer, M je t-