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GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE.
PUCtL LHD ET THE
Tribune Publishing Company.
[rscoRPonarlD]
WV. G. Conirad, one of the firm of I
G. Baker & Co., of Fort Benton, and
another "powerful ally" of the ~orth
ern Pacific company. states that they
will parallel the roads of the Montana
Central, and if necessary, will build
on top of them. This interesting
piece of news is given as coming from
vice-President Oaks, and is evidently
enjoyed intensely by this "powerful
ally." Would it not be well for Mr.
Conrad to stop his railroad racket for I
a moment, and consider the effect up- ,
on his interests at Fort Benton as well
as the interests of all who live in I
Northern Montana if the bulldozing
bulletins which he is helping to put c
forth, should produce their intended i
effect---namely, to stop the railroad t
building of the Montana Central Co. i
Is it not clear that the result would be t
no railroads into Northern Montana, c
and no developement of its splendid v
resources, for many years to c
come? The well-known policy of I
the Northern Pacific Co. would assert f
itself and whould, as usual. continue (
to deliver and receive olr shipLments, s
on teams, eith,.r at iHelena, or at points f
in the Yellowstone valley. I repe'at.
the efforts of ,Mr Conrad, as indicated I
by his pnblishe-l letters, and despatch s
es if carried to their legitimate result. v
would stop all railroad building into t,
Northern Montana."IIHe has declared v
himself the ally of vice-President p
Oaks, who only recently stated that if b
the Montana Central Co. insist upon ti
building their roads they will surely e
rarallel them all: thus. plainly indicat- s
ing that if the, Montana Central Co. u
lay down their tools and quit the field
the Northern Pacific will not extend a w
branch into our country.- It is not at p
all probable however, that the effo:rts p
of Mr. Conrad or even his presence at tc
the meeting of N. P. directors in New p
York, to which lie refers, can make t.
the slightest difference with the rail- ol
road slate of Northern Montana. We be
only allude to him to show that his ci
policy is antagonistic, in every respect di
to the Montana Central, and the splen- b;
did results which will follow the con- et
struction of its road into Northern tl:
Montana.
In this day: a::d :oz, of I1: 1 '. rl1.
tions have establicihed for "bl ceding
pCeople of the country through which
they pass, it is truly refreshi'ng to find
now and then an exception, and such
is worthy of more than ordinary no
tice; and-the following exception to
the rule,will be read with interest by
our people when it is understood that
Mr. Hill is the principal owner of our
townsite and magnificent water power
and besides is one of th, heaviest
backers gf the Montana Central rail
road~enterprise. The article is taken
from the Pioneer Press, and is a reply
to a letter from J. M. Spicer of Will
mar, Minnesota, in which a proposi
tion is made to turn over to the]Mani
toba, as a bonus for building its St.
Cloud & Willmar branch, the $65,00()
bonds voted by Kandiyohi county to
aid a local company in building such
-a road. President Hill writes:
While the above bonus would be a
a large consideration for our company
in building the line, it has not been
our policy at any time to burden the
communities along our lines with ad
ditional taxes for the purpose of so
curing additional railroad facilities,
and inasmuch as a large portion of
your country lies within the limits of
our land grant, with a considarable
portion of these lan4s remaining un
sold, I see no reason why we should
make an exception of your country.
If the people throughout the country
will give us their moral support in
procuring what right of way we re
quire at fair and reasonable prices.
we will build the road and have it
completed this year, oe aerdition that
the bonds voted for the $65,000 be re
turned to the officers of the county
and by them burned or destroyed.
The people of your country will large
ly have to support the road when it is
built, and the additional burdens of
the bonus would be a hardship to him.
The Commercial Bulletin saya: The
action of the German Reichstag in
passing the bill fixing the duties on
beet sugar at 1 mark 60 pfoni igs per
100 kilogrammes is regarded by the
sugar interest here as an attempt on
the part of Germany to cope with the
French in the production and export
of beet sugar. The new duties will
not effect the market here. It is be
lived the new duties will facilitate the
export trade of Germany. "There is
too much sugar in Europe for Europ
ean consumption," said the principal
of a Wall street sugar refining firm.
"It is very natural that the beet-pro
ducing countries should show an anx
iety to get rid of their surplus pro
duct, As for our market here we
have an abundance of sugar anyhow.
The bill passed by the German Reich
stag will dot affect us either one way
or the other."
A Wyoming stock ppper notes with
surprise the report that 100,000 cattle
have been purchased in Texas to be
driven to Montana, and says that Mon
taua's ranges are overstocked already.
The )att.r part of the statement is
wide ofLt. mark, for although this
territory' jontains about a million head
of cattl-theore is ample room for sev
eral times that pumber. Bring on
your bovines.
TILE MONTANA CENTRAL.
Next to the Northern Pacific Rail
road through Montana, no enterprise
ha, ever be)n started in our territory
that will compare in importance with
ti. t projected work .of the Montana
I Central railroad company.
To Helena, the capital and commer
- cial center of Montana, it will add
y thousands of peopl!e and millions of
a capital, while it will become, at once,
d the conecting link between Northern
g and Western Montana. The advent
n of this company into .Montana with its
y great capital and enterprise, is a
ii guarantee for the speedy development
C. of our magnificent resources. It
r means that a new agency will soon be
at work to settle up the rich valleys
I and plains of Northern Montana. It
n has in view the utilization of our coal
g and iron and the reduction of our i
t ores on a more extensive and economl
I ical scale than is now known to Mon- c
I tana. It has also in view the build
ing up of a great industrial center at
e the Falls of the _Missouri, which at no
distant day will be the pride of the
I whole people of this territory. The
0 commencement of work by Col. 1
f Broadwater and his associates of the M
t ioutana Central is a guarantee that 1
eastern capitalists believe the re- 1
Ss,urces of Montana will warrant the
Sfurther building of railroads and also
points to the time whien, like MIinnes- s
eta and Dakota, we shall have many
skeparate and independent lines of rail
vway. It is true that Northern Meon
tana is thinly settled, but it will al
I ways remain thinly settled with its
l present railroad advantages. The
F building of the Montana Central into
i the heart of this rich country, will c
change it, as if by magic, and it will
soon become by by far the most pop
ulous portion of the territory. e
I The Northern Pacific Co. have al- r
ways made a mistrke in ignoring this c
part of Montana, or; believing that its lI
present railroad 'facilities were equal t1
to its requirements... The same com- b
pary are apparently making a mi.- t
take now in attempting to keep out ]
other railroad enterprises. It wouMld
be botter by far for the Northern Pa- v
cific Co. to accept the inevitable bail- d
ding of railroads in this, country C
by other companies, and give North- p
crn Montana a direct eastern outlet
through the Judith Basin to Billings.
The building of another road izto ,.1
So thern' Montana par:':'I t'
i niliI.. i n dare to excutel
his threat to parailel the Rock Island I
road across the state of Illinois. I h
With but few exceptions, the goof- fi
will of the people of Montana is with i
;he Montana Ceontral Co. as it always A
will be, with any men or company tl
whose effortstend so unmistakably to 13
the development of this-country.
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TIE ALASKA MINES.
A correspondlent sends the follow
ing concerning the new gold country:
The whole of Alaska territory is c
more or less a gold field needing cap- a
ital to develop it, quartz of a low
grade, but in immense quantities be- o
ing found on every hand. The Tread
well mine on' Donglass island, it is an c
example of this. This one of the j
largest quartz mills in the United
Stales, viz., 120 stampi, working night
and day. and averaging over 50,00 t
per month. There are rich diggins, ,
both placer and quartz, four miles
from Juneau in the basin, but owing t]
to its inaccessibility and the lack of
water and capital invested to bring it
in, they are not worked to one-tenth
of their capacity. There are good
diggins almost in the town on Gold i
creek, but the same obstacles render i
them valueless and idle. The Yukon 9
river excitement has broken out with b
increased vigor. Hughes, the explor
er, started two weeks ago for the new
diggings, closely followed by at least q
a dozen different parties of explorers
and prospectors. Hughes is the man
who returned to Joneau last fall with
sixty-two ounces fine as the product d
of eleven days work. From latest in
formation the new find is located on
Stewart river in the northwestern ter
ritory. There are rumors of a large
party of Montanians who have started d
for it from Benton, Montana, but they b
will never reach it that way. There
is only one route, from Frisco to Port
land, from Portland to Juneau to
Chilcoot, thence by portage over the
divide to the lakes. There they build
flatboats and glide peacefully down r
the chain of lakes to the river and the
mines. Miners' wages here are $4 to p
$5 per day. Carpenters have more
work than they can do at $5 per day, a
as over twenty new buildings are now
going up and more are havingthe n<
foundations laid. A new town has ni
just been started on Douglas island, R
directly opposite Juneau, keeping
three small ferry-boats running. I as
would advise no man to start here w
without money, as although provis
ions are cheap, yet it takes money to
oufit and to pack said outfit. over the s
divide, but a loan with a capital of S_
$200 can make the Yukon country cc
with ease, and from all reports or
and the indisputable fact of
the gold being brought out
fron there by Hughes and party it
wilf4le is own fault if bhe don't make n<
a profitibld ini'-stmeat, ce
The Canadian Pacific. re
It is reported that the Canadian sy
Pacific Company has arranged Bar- d4
ing Brothers of London for the pur- g:
e chase of the remaining $200,000,000 1
y of bonds, the proceeds of which are to h.
h be applied to the paying of part of tl
a the indebtedness of the company to in
the Government, while the balance of h
-897,G00,000 is to be liquidated by
I transferring about 7,000,000 acres of
,f land belonging to the original grant
of 25,000,000. This will practically- 1
a make a cash subsidy to the company
t of $35,000,000 and a land subsidy of
s 18,000,000 acres. 01
t W SHINGTON LETTER. of
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[From our Regular Corn .pondcnt.] bi
s XWASmaIINGTOi D. C., April 1, 1836.
t Three sick cabinet officers, and ie
1 three remarkable exhibitions of legis
r lative amenities, one in the senate, is
one in the house, and another in the
committee room all on the same day, P;
- argue something wrong in the atmos
t phere of the capitol. do
In the senate Messrs. Logan and
Teller indulged in personalities as far re
as the dignity of that body would al- al
low them. Each said the other was
no statesman, and made several simi
lar remarks equally caustic. In the er
house two members from Tenn. com
pared each other to the occupmnts of
prison cells and,to criminals; who had ov
suffered death on the gallows. And
down in the basement. of the capitol, I
where the Telephone Investigation id
Co:nmittee assembles :daily, a'distin
guiished witness was informed by a fa
venerable legislator that he was impil- A
dent,and the witness (Col. Casey
Young) reported by calling the Mass.
congressman (Mr. Rianny) a "pettifog- ti
ging lawyer."
The sick Administrati4 is conval
escent, with the exception of Secreta
ry Manning. His condition still
causes much apprehension. Hope for
his recovery is only-based on the fact stc
that he becomes no worse. There'has ay
been no recurrence of the rupture of
the same blood vessel, and the para- ki
lysis has partly disappeared, but the SO'
patient does1 not gain strength, his
voice is husky, and he frequently dim
dozes in the midst of a conversation. id!
On awaking, he resumes talk at the
point where he he left it. He com:nplains re
of hs be.lt tea and milk diet and won- fly
d.i.s why the: .ib, n::t give him some
.. , i`- . l . trc
iaiing ,,ore recici tiol and exercise.
IHe has gained forty pounds sinen he
has Leeon at the White House, and his its
friends express'considerable solicitude
in regard to his physical condition.
A prominent physician remarked that tio
the present cabinet'are 'workingsimp
ly with their heads. They increase in fo
avoirdnpois, and the trouble is that
the blood vessels will grow soft and tra
flabby, swell up and then any undue rai
excitement will cause them to burst. ba(
His advice to the President and his 1
cabinet was to get patent gymnasiums tali
and use them morning and'night in ing
their rooms if.they would not take ver
outdoor exercise. a pre
Even should Secretary Manningro
cover, it is fully conceded here ;that h
he will never again dare to resume ir
the onerous duties of his ofliae. As n
Sto his successor, the latest rumor in n
tlhe corriders of the Treasury Depart
mient, is that IHon. W. L. Scott the E
Penn. congressman, will be tendered it
that portfolio. Mr. Scott has been sl
prominent in the financial discussions el
this sesion, and he proposed some
plan of his own for settling the silver tI
problem. He is said to be the richest cc
man in the lower house, and he lives hi
in a pale stone house beside Senator st
Stanford of California who is said to
be the wealthiest senator. y
The absence now of stirring political It
questions in this country may be per- ac
coeived in the nature of Congressional th
proceedings. The chief topics dis
cussed are those which effect more or es
less locally, the business affairs of the O
different sections. What we hear of
most about just now are the strikes. v(
Representative Reed of Kansas sunm- p
med up- mood deal of the common
sense of the situation when he said
during the debate on the arbitration th
bill in the house; "It may turn out sIl
that this legislation may amount to TI
but little. It may turn out that it w,
will amount to much. Suppose we
try it, and when we learn more, de de
more," The tenor of the debate gr
throughout showed that, however the M
partakers of it might differ about de
tails, they were a unit in recognizing in
arbitration as the key to the whole St
labor problem. Great reforms do er
not mature like fungi. Their begin- th
nings are often feeble and their evo- th
lution the work of time. As Mr.
Reed suggests, it is worth trying even
an imperfect measure and see how it m4
works. When its faults are apparent Oy
they can be corrected. Meanwhile,
the friends of progress will have the
satisfaction of seeing the United
States goveriment, by the hand of de
congress, set the stamp of its approval
on arbitration as a principle. That
of itself will be a great point gained.
The chaplain of thehouse has made
no more sensational prayers since a BI
certain congressman from New York by
chbaractenrzd his prayer which refer- co
red to strikes as an "incendiary wt
speech." Dr. Milburn said he had no ta
r- desire to make speeches before con
r- gress, and then it is stated that Col.
)0 Morrison who is supposed to give all
to his thoughts to tariff reduction, wrote
,f the congressman a letter advising a
!o more conservative course in regard to
f his morning invocations.
'NEWS OF THE WOLLD.
The Bartholdi pedestal will be com
3' pleted next week.
ý Chester, Pa., is to have an $80,000
opera house.
There was a heavy frost in portions
of Georgia, last week.
The militia force of British Colum
bia foots up 278 men.
There are 1,573 United States sold
d iers in Washington Territory.
Judge Henry Green, of Eaton, Pa.,
is building a hennery 160 feet long.
o A buffalo calf was born in Central
7, Park, New York, a fewhnights ago.
- The dominion treasury showed a
defict of over $1,000,000 oanApril 1.
d Sam Randal; and Abe Hewitt are
,r reported to be breaking down physic
ally.
:s There are now X30,000 Democrat
postmasters in the service of the gov
e ernment.
The New England Kennel club
opened its dog show in Boston with
over 700 entries.
Gov. Stockley of Deleware thinks
Socretary Bayard can work up a pres
idential boom.
One hundred and fifty German
a familys have settled near Mobile,
Ala.
The English syndicate's Louisiana
purchase embodies territory larger
than the state of Deleware.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, founded
in 1829, has justitaken possession of a
1 new and elegant building.
r Passenger travel on the Ohio river
steamboats is almost discontinued on
account of the railroad facilities.
f The remains of Capt. Crawford,
killed by Mexican troops, have been
· sent to Cearney, Neb., for interment.
s An inside party-says the most cor
7 dial relations exists between the pres
ident and the members of his cabinet.
The Canadian inspectorof prisons
reports 2,605 insane persons in the
Sfive public asylums of the dominion.
More than 9.000 bills: have been in
troducd into the Forty-ninth con
,.-: or, than 7.200 in the house
The Canadian Pacific after -May 1
will furnish the Winnipeg newspa
pers with full lines of dispatches over
its own lines.
The Philadelphia' Musical' associa
tion has put on the war paint, "and
will fight against the importation of
foreign musicians.
An attempt waa made to wreck a
train on the Kansas & Gulf Shore
railroad last week. The engine was
badly wrccked. Nobody was hurt.
Montreal's next ice carnival will
take place during the week commenc- Ea
ing Feb. 7th, 1887. A design for a Vi
very elaborate palace is in course of
preparation. cae
The friends of John McCollough N(
have abandoned the project of erect- 4
ing an elaborate monument to his
memory. It is difficult to raise the
money.
General Master Powdorly of the
Knights of Labor, has powerful back
ing in Pennsylvania for the governor
ship, and it is thought he can be
elected without any difficulty.
George Washington's own copy of
the acts of the First, Second and Third
congresses of the United Strtes is ex
hibited in the window of a Chestnut
street store in Philadelphia. F
"Eco d' Italia" published in New
York, announces the arrival of 2,000
Italian laborers under contract, and
adds that 2,000 more are to be here by
the middle of this month.
The House has made several chang- wh
es in the rules for its own'governmo nt she
One of these changes was the repeal
of the rule requiring a yea and nay
vote to be taken on every general ap
propriation bill.
An Italian astronomer declares tha
the inhabitants of Mars are making Obi
signals to the people of this country. 01o
Their object is unknown, but if they and
want to come into the Union they r
will stand no show of having their
desire gratified by the present Con
grass, unless they can prove that a
Mars gives a Democratic majority. con
A letter recently received in Wash
ington from an officer of the United -
States vessels cruising in Chinese wat- N
ers, says that the vessel caught fire
three times from the electric lights on
the way across the Pacific.
The Chinese cultivate oyster beds
most successfully. They fasten old
oyster shel ].Y L i lints, which
they thean swept by
strong tida e shells are. PIE
supposed t oyster spat,
which adhl ad shortly
develops i Then the
bamboos to other
flats and4 t pidly.
The Lie r of New
Brunswick !act passed
by the 1 province
conferring. eia on
women omit in
takes. Fo
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POWDER
1 Absolutely Pure.
This powder nasvr varis. A marvei of purity
strength and wholssomeness. More economica
than the ordinary kinds, and cannot he sold in
competition with the multitude of low test, shor
weight, alum or phosphrte powders. Soldonly in
cans. IrOYAL BAxa Pownas Co.. 107 Wall st.,
- New York.
JOHN W. WADE,
Civil Engineer
U. S. Dep. Mineral Surveyor.
Up.cial attsntion given to land nurveying and
irrigating canals.
HELENA. MONT.
CatIzLEa G Gaxrn * "EnMon InonGsoLL
County Survoror
GRIFFITH & INGERSOLL,
Civil Engineers & DeD. U. S.
Mineral & Land Surveyors,
Irrigating ditches and ranch surveys a specialty.
OFFICES: GREAT FALLS & BENTON.
DR. A. F. FOOTE,
DENTIST,
Broadway, , Helena, Mont.
(ABOVE HERALD OFFICE)
H P. ROLFE,
* Attornoy-at-Law,
Special att-ntion'givon to land entries of all
kinds and to contests in the land office
U S Deputy Mineral Surnyer
Helena and Great Falle d
ST- LOUIS HOTEL
Aid Boa Ton Restaurant,
Main Street, Helena
FIRST CLASS IN EVERY RESPEOT.
S" 81usher, - - Proprietor. 1
F ADKINSON,
Attorney at Law.
Gives Special attention to
Business in the U S Land
Office,
HELENA, MONT.
DR. H. H. WYNNE,
Helena, Montana,
Eye, Ear and Throat Surgeon.
Recently atteudant upon the large Eye,
Ear, and Throat Hospitals of Europe
Vienna, Berlin, Paris, London and Edin
burg.
The eye,rear and throat a special and C
exclusive practice. Spectacles scientifi- I
cally fitted to the eye. Catarrh of the
Nose andiThroat successfully treated.
Office-Jackson St. 36-ly
PHIL GIBSON,
Notary Public.
Special attention given to Final
Proof cases.DJ Land matters of all
kinds attended to
Agent for
First - Class Ilsurance Co's
Both Fire, Life and Accident.
Stock Handled
Having at all times a list of men
who are prepared to take stock on
shares. A
GREAT FALLS.
PATEN.TS
Obtained, and all PATENT BUSINESS at home
or abroad attended to for MODERATE FEEB.
Our offic is opposite the U. S. Patent Office,
and we can obtain patenrtsinles time than those
remote from WASHINGTON.
Send MODEL OB DRAWING. We advise as to
patentability free of chrrge; and we ChARGE
NO FEE UNLES PATENT Is ALLOWED.
We refer here, to the Postmaster, the Supt. of
Money Order Div., and to officials of the U. B.
Patent Office. For circular, advise, terms, and
references to actual clients in your ova State or
county, writs to
C. A. SiOW & CO..
OppositePatOmee. Wasington, Di.C.
New Barber Shop! [
Mr. Moore, Prop
Shaving, Shampooing and Hair Cut
ting, Etc.
Shop in building formerly occupi
pied by the Laundry.
Great Falls, Mont.
Legal
Blanks1
For Sak at the "Tribune Office'j
William H. McCay. James F. McCay.
McKay Brothers,
-Brick Maakers,
Contractors and Builders.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Brick, Stone, Lime & General
BUILDING MATERIAL.
Great Falls, - - Montana
Beachley Bros. & Hickory,
I General News Dealers and Statoners
on Candies, Nuts, ' at;, Cigars and lmikers' Articles.
Prices to Suit the Times.
GIIEAT FALLS. ML NT
Great Falls Blacksmith Shop,
ad WM. J. PR ATT, PROP.
BLlACKSITHING AND REPAIRING OF ALL KINDS..
I -m prepared to do any class of work in my line, and in a most thoroug*i
norkmanliko manner. All work done on short notice.
. AIL I)SEASES OF THE FEEiTREATD SJCCESSFULL1,
Livery. Draft and Mule Shoeing.
Wm. Warner,
PROPRIETOR
Great Falls Hotel,
Boarding by the Day or Week
Livery & Feed Stable in Connection
CHARGES REASONABLE.
GREAT FALLS
.I MIEAT MARKET
C, N. Dickinson, Prop.
A Choice line of Meats Kept Constantly on Hand.
YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED.
Warner's Independent
Stage and Express Line to
Agusta, Choteau, Sun River, Ulidia and Great Falls.
Connecting at Great Falls with Dexter's Express for Benton & Neihart
Lower Rates,
Faster Time,
Better Accommodation
No Night Riding.
Leave Helona every Sunday a.m I .Leave Great Falls every Thursday
Arrive at Great Flls Monday I Arrive at Helena Friday.
Special Iducements to Commercial Men.
PARIS GIBSON. THEO. GIBSON
ATTENTION WOOLMEN!
2fl 0 Two-Year Old Delaine Merino
Rams from the celebrated flocks.
of Geo. Campbell's Sons, of Ver
mont. These ramS will be hereby
May 1st. and will therefore be in excellent
condition for the coming season.
They are especially adapted for this
elimate and are noted for their fleeeetand
hardihood.
We will sell these rams at a very low
figure and we invite your early inspection
of them.
Prompt attention given to correspondence. For further particulars
Address PARIS GIBSON & SON, Great Falls, Momtana.
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-r 0--Choice Young Hogs-- I0
U U.erkshir.eS& hester White~ ree4IJU
For sale for from $41to:*l10per head deliver. For further particular.
3m Address, W. J. BOSTON, Truly, Montana
I, W G. Conrad, - President
First Nationa an, John W Power, ViPr
OF FT. BENTON. E. G. Maclay, - Cahiar
DIRECTORS: T '. H,:a , ' W. ,:.. C.:w r,,d,. Pwer, CP.. .. Cora
SF. Atkiseon, ii . Ford, T, .A. Cummingj, . o. Mae aJ, . F *
Higg ins House!
GREAR FALL, -.OI
SH. HIGGINS1, PRO.
Largest and Best Hotel in the Cit
CHARGES .EA.SOI"ABLE.
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