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SGREAT FALLS TRIBUNE.
VOL, 2, GREAT FALLS, MONTANA TERRITORY, SATURDAY, MARCH 5. 1887, NO, 42
A Brace of Untruths.
The town lot speculators of Great Falls,
not satisfied with the rich and promising
valley of Ches'nut and the fine belt lying
along the mountains to the Fergus county
line, but want to come within 25 miles of
the Springs and take in the mines of Nei
hart, which are fully 70 miles from Great
Falls, the proposed county seatof the new
county as the crow flies.--Iaesbandm.tn.
Now, no one knows better than the wri
ter that the above is a lie, pure and sim
ple, and does not contain one truthful sen
tence nor anything like a near approach to
one. Such a thing as extending the line
of the new county to within 25 milesof the
Springs, is too preposterous for any sane
person to burden their minds with for a
moment. So far as the mining camp of
Neihart is concerned, we have not asked
for it, and do not intend to, but if the sen
timent of the residents therein was con
sulted, there would be a large majority in
favor of coming into the proposed new
county.
Great Falls magnets are gathering at
Helena to lobby for their new county
scheme which is being remonstrated
against almost unamimously by the people
of Meagher county.--II,l;,ai~na. 1
We emphatically deny that any "Great 1
Falls magnates" have been, are, or will be
gathered at "Helena to lobby for their new
county." This measure was placed be
fore the people residing within a radius of
from 20 to 30 miles of Great Falls, and
was met with enthsiasm on all sides, as
the petition now before the legislature,
containing nearly 700 names, nearly one
half of whom reside in Meagher county,
would demonstrate to anyone but a annl
compus. The bill stands upon its own
merits, and if the wishes of the people are
consulted, the county will be created,
otherwise it will not.
Sehool Report.
Report of Great Falls School, during
the worst part of the year for the month
ending Feb. 25, 1887. No. of days taught,
20; No. belonging, 30-16 boys and 11
girls; average belonging, 25; No. visitors,
4 as follows: Messrs. Peeper, Spurgin,
Carter and Anderson.
NAMES. PR'S TD DP
Emily Bruneau............ 18 6 97
Susie Dockery ........... 112 10 97 1
Emma Jelica.............. 110 5 98
Bertha Largent............ 20 0 88
Belle McIntire ......... 19 8 85
Eva Dockery .............. 15 11 85
Ella Gehring ............... 17 590
Lula Lux.................. 1 1 92
Nellie Lux ............. 1 1 89
Emma Wegner. ... 16 12 90
Cora Walker............ 161.I 15 98
James Dockery ............ 1. 8 97 I
Green Dockery ............ 13 11197 1
Eddy Willis............... 18 14 96 t
Ourtis Willis ............ 3 2 81
Walter Black.............. .17 17 92
Ira Black .................. !16 1 88
Frank Wegner............. 16 13 89
Leonard Wegner........... 16 12193 t
Robert Wegner............ 119 11 90
Guy Gray............... .... 919 J 9 89
Johnny Gray............. .141 9 90
Jessie Herring .............17 5 89 i
narry Herring ............. 17 5 88
Arthur Nebel............. 18 16 87 t
Harman Nebel............ 19 1 97
Curtis Nebel.............. 10 i 86
Willie Gehring .......... 17 57 86
Walter Gehring .......... .15 4 85 c
Richard Berry............. 2 293
Let parents see that there is less tardi
ness for future as it results very bad every r
way to the school.
J. 31. LARG-ENT, Teacher.
Kind Words.
When I was at Great Falls, Montana, in
the autumn of 1884, the town consisted of
less than a dozen buildings. Now it is big I
enough to support an excellent weekly -
paper, the TRIBUNE, which has just issu- (
ed a holiday edition of of sixteen pages, (
filled with original matter concerning the (
resources of Northern Montana. the scenic I
grandeur of the Great falls of the Missouri, s
and the achievements and prospects of the
new town which hopes to become in the
near future a great industrial center, with
the aid of its enormous water power, its
tributary wheat country, its neighboring
mines of coking coal and the gold and sil
ver ores for smelting from the mining dis
tricts. If you want information about s
Northern Montana send for the TRIBUNE. t
-E. V. Smalley's Northwest 3iagazia.e. f
A Successful Operation.
Last Saturday afternoon Dr. Ladd per- t
formed a most successful operation upon
Teddy Nolan, who, as our readers will re- t
member, was caught out in a blizzard and c
pretty badly frozen. Teddy's exposure t
resulted in the freezing of his fingers and i
both feet. The fingers and his left foot
responded to the medical treatmen ap-.
plied, but the right foot refused to be
wholly comforted, making the amputation
of the toes necessary. Teddy rather un
willingly succumbed to the soothing in- k
fluences cf ether administered according
to Dr. Ladd's judicious direction by Theo.
Gibson. Doc Pottle held watch and guard p
over the sufferer's pulse, and when the o
sleepy liquid had rendered the patient in r
sensible to pain and surroundings, Dr. c
Ladd, with steady hand applied the knife, e
separating the toes from Teddy's upper
anatomy at the meta tatrsophalangiol joint. t<
The operation was a most successful one t
in every particular,and before the TRIBUNE s1
representative has left the scene, Teddy
was in full use of his lungs and tongue, tl
making the room vocal with his favorite 8s
anathema, "you son of a t'athcher." At- 2
tentive nurses will watch and wait upon
Teddy till his full recovery which will
doubtless be as rapid as usual under simi
lar circumstances.
Firemen's Meeting.
The regular meeting of the Pioneer
Hook and Ladder company will be held
at th ir headquarters next Monday even
ing. A full attendance is desired.
p
Postponed.
Owing to the almost impassable condi- C
tion of the streets during the early part of 2
the week, the musicale advertised for last si
Tuesday avening was postponed until next a]
Tuesday evening, the 8th. G
Belt Sheep. tl
T. J. Armington, the well known wool
grower of Belt creek, arrived in town Tnes- s1
day en ronte for the east. Mr. Armington a
reports no loss in his large band, and says tl
the same report is applicable 4o all other si
wool growers in the Belt country.
Very Kind.
The Union Pacific railroad has made a "
special rate on hay, for the benefit of Mon- a,
tana stockmen, which will last till March
22. From any point in Utah to any point ti
in Montann $5 Cents per hundred or $7
per ton, and from Nebraska points 50 cents t
per hundred or $10 per ton. The special p
is made owing to the difficulty which a
stockmen are experiencing in wintering e
cattle and the present high prices demand
ed for hay. k
Local Sheep Losses.
R. S. Ball, of Sand Coulee, is reported
to be the heaviest looser,
Jos. Allin & Son are reported as having
lost four hundred head out of 5,000.
Bob. Blankenbaker has lost 50 per cent.
of one band of 2,500, but his other band of
the same number have wintered with a
loss of only ten or fifteen head.
J. T. Lee was reported to be a heavy
looser, but he says it is a mistake, as he
has not lost to exceed twenty head, during
the winter.
Great Falls to be a County Seat.
It is to be learned from reliable sources
that the bill now before the legislature in
Helena, creating the county of Cascade,
with Great Falls as county seat is sure to
pass and will take effect in May. Now it
would be an excellent idea for all the gen
tlemen in town to go and see the new
spring samples at C. P. Tiomsea's and get
a suit made in time for the laying of the
corner stone of the million dollar court
house that will be erected here. The la
dies will also require new dresses, sewing
machines, etc., all can be had from Thom
son's store. tf.
Advertised Letters.
Following is the list of letters remaining
uncalled for in the postoffice of Great Falls
March 1, 1887, parties calling for these
letters will please say "advertised."
Boe Louis J. 2 Barker Joseph
Caple W. M. Christensen Knut
Carville James Cochran John
Granlech Herman Frye George 2
Ham W. Gray John V.
Meek R. F. IHaupt Henry
Modoc Jas. Murpby Thos. F.
"McDougal Tom Myers W.
Sweitzer & Co. Stream C.
Sharkey Michael
The Manitoba Extension.
A Fargo special to the Chicago Times
says: It is learned from a reliable source
thatt three of the great railroad building
firms have combined and taken'a contract
to build for the St. Paul, Minneapolis &
Manitoba railway 700 miles of road be
tween Morse river in northern Dakota,and
Great Falls, Montana; from Great Falls
the road continues south as far as Helena
on the Montana Central. The construc
tion is to be pushed as few lines ever have
been, 50,000 men, if they can be had, be
ing put 9n as soon as spring opens. It is
claimed that this line will be in operation
the coming fall.
The condition of the roads between Ft.
Shaw and the Leavings are simply awful.
Not Exactly. e
The unusual severity of the winter will F
probably cause a revolution in the methods tl
of the Montana stockmen. Already the o
range industry is rapidly being forsaken.
Two of the largest firms in the territory g
closed out last week, and half a dozen oth
er cattle firms are preparing to quit. Those
who continue the business are preparing
to feed, and all are clearing off sagebrush
to mrke hav lands. It is determined to
take no more chances by letting cattle tl
shift for themselves during the winter
storms, and winter feeding will be the rule
in the future. The general adoption of g
this method will make Dakota a better tl
stock country than the hitherto unequaled a
Montana ranges, insomuch as the cost of
maintenance will be nearly equal, thus
giving Dakota the advantage of the dif- n
ference in freight rates.-Jao.,,ost t;or (D.k,) n
Alert.
The Alert is probably right in its assump
tion that the "severity of the present win
ter will cause a revolution" in the range
cattle industry, but so far as Dakota cattle ii
are concerned they will never equal the
product of Montana. Dakott soil does not c
produce the nutritious grasses which make n
Montana beef world famed. And further,
Dakota cannot produce beef as cheaply as 1,
Montana. This territory has a large area
suitable only for grazing purposes, and on
an average, four winters out of five, cattle h
can safely be ranged, which is not the case b
in Dakota. Small herds will probably be c
the order of the day from this time for- q
ward. Preperations will be made to feed
stock should the extingencies require it,
otherwise, they will be ranged during
the entire year, which, under no circum
stances, can be done in Dakota,owing to the a
worthlesseness of the wintes feed. Dakota 1
winters are at least four months in length, ti
while here two and a half is about the E
average. During this period Dakota cat
tie will necessarily have to be fed the en
tire time; but in Montana, the prevailing s
winds and frequent chinooks clear away 1
the snow and eattle can graze, a greater u
part of the season. This one advantage
alone will preclude Dakota cattle from
ever coming in competition with the pre
duct of Montana on an equal footing. Not
only this but the natural grasses of Da- u
kota, with one or two exceptions are abso- tl
lutely worthless for cattle. In fact a Mon- tl
tana steer, even now, in its semi-famished
condition would prefer to die of starvation th
rather than commit suicide by eating the tl
baled hay of our sister territory. Dakota b
may shine as a wheat producing country, b
but when she goes into stock raising, with al
the expectation of competing with Mon- o
tana, she will get left. C
Religious Notes. ei
Mr. Reid commenced his series of dis of
courses upon the Book of Daniel, in the cr
courie of which he gave a resume of the se
contents of the book, the time of its being
written, and also pointed out that whilst of
Daniel was recording his prophecies re- re
garding the birth and mysterious cutting
off of Messiah Lautamer Buddha in India
and Zoroaster in Persia, are supposed to
have annunciated their religious systems
that were to bring universal blessings to
men. But whereas Buddhism and Zor- pl
oastrism are decaying away, Daniel still pr
stands "in his lot at the end of days." The on
audience, considering the terrible condi- "t`
tion of the roads, was a most encouraging
one, and listened with marked attention h
* * TI
The next discourse on Sabbath week `tf
will (D. v.) be "Daniel's purpose, or Hlead a
and Heart.. aj;
pr
The responsive reading selections intro wi
duced into the Presbyterian service on su
Sabbath evening last made the service IV,
more enjoyable than the old system of the tl
scripture reading being all done by proxy. it
The Presbytery of Montana will meet I
at Butte city the 12th inst. It is intended {
tri
to invite them to meet here next spring,
when they will come by the cars. "So I
mote it be."
* * * /ar
Rev. .J. M. Largent will preach at the a{l
schoolhouse next Sunday evening at 7:() th
o'clock. All are cordially invited. dc
March.
Following are the prognostications of
Hicks' Storm Chart for the present month.
During the past winter these charts have B
accurately foretold the weather: Earth, It
Venus, Mercury and "Vulcan" all bring th
their music and might into Equinoxial er
March. There will be loss of life and
property, especially in seaports. Lack
and neglect of warning and knowledge;
mark the danger periods for March: First gi
from the 5th to 12th, watch expectantly t St
the last part of this period. A noise of ta
tornadoes to the southward. Heavy rains C;
with hail. Snowbound travel and traffic
to the northwest, north and east. Not in- tf
evitable, but more than probable--Black
Flag. Second period, from the 17th to
the 25th. Pity the dumb brutes! Ring t
out sleigh-bells north; Phenomenal chan
ges and extremes of temperat.lre.
DODGE DOIS.S.
What do you think of our chinook?
Mr. Ed. Stevenson went to Eagle Rock
this week after freight for T. L. Gorham,
Stock Inspector Watts, from Choteau,
gave us a call last week. It seems strange
that Lewis and Clarke county cannot have
an inspector who is not afraid to take a
trip through the country during the winter t
months and see how the stock and stock
men are making it. c
Deputy Internal Revenue Collector Jas. t
H. Lemon, paid us a visit last week. t
The recent chinook washed out the
Montana Central grade in several places,
and done considerable damage.
The work on the Dearborn tunnel is
completed and will be ready for the cars
now in a feiv days.
The suit against Albert Henry for col
lection of note, by Jos. Hamilton, which I
was to have been last Monday did not c
come off. The court was called to order, '
however, and the attorneys, accompanied 3
by clients walked up to the score, but r
could not agree on a fair start and conse
quently it was put off until March 10th.
What is the matter with our mail? It e
seems to me as though there is something
wrong somewhere. Here is our RisiSing
,~tu. just received and nine days old; here t
are our Helena papers ten days old. But e
where is our Great Falls TRIuaNE? Some- t
times we get it and sometimes we don't. I
Notwithstanding a daily mail to and from a
Great Falls, we never get that worthy
sheet until it is at least two weeks old. I
say, old fellow, do you hold them out on
us at Sun River to get the latest news, or
use them for fire wood, or what? a
CITIZEN.
n Heavy Sheep Losses.
The reports from Wolf creek are to the
effect that losses among sheep have been 1
- unprecedented. One gentleman writes
that if the original number with which x
- they started axe left they are thankful.
d This shows a loss of 3,200 head. Andrew
(G. Hay, who, we believe, has the sheep of t
" the Great Falls Sheep company, has been
.e the heaviest loser thus far. Other sheep
a men have met with serious losses. Camp- t
bell & Records have recovered a portion 1
of their band which straye:l away in the f
h storm of the 1st inst. During the blizzard
i- of the 13th one band of Bower Bros. es
caped from the herder and dritted for t
twelve miles; other bands wandered six. r
eight and ten miles. All owners of sheep t
and cattle are looking blue. The losses
of sheep ranging on the Shonkin and Belt
e creek have been less than in any other r
e section, so far as we can learn.-Press. r
g Andrew G. Hay has none of the sheep v
t of the Great Falls Sheep company as rep- t
resented by the Rirrr Press. 1
Park Annex.
Work was commenced yesterday morn
ing on the extension of the Park Hotel.
When enlarged according to the present 1
plan, the hotel will have three times its 1
present capacity. The addition will be
one hundred feet on Park avenue, three
stori " high with basement the entire
length, and a 50-foot wing, two stories
high for kitchen and sleeping apartments.
The hotel will be heated, throughout by f
k steam, and will have a complete steam s
d laundry outfit. It will also have the most I
approved electric alarm systorm. The a
property has been leased to D. C. Ehrhart v
who has already prov'.d that he has no t
n superior in the west ac a hotel keeper. r
o We predict that fI: Park will take its
e place at once a ::u leading hotel in Mon- f
t Complimentary.
The Great Falls TRIBUsE has asitscon- t
tributors two very interesting writers. R. t
S. Williams writes on Montana fauna and t
Fred. Anderson on Montana flora. Both
are naturalists who rank above amateurs,
Sand each is a most interesting writer on
: the subjects he takes in haud.-I-ndepen
dcd.
Successful Test.
VWe learn that the recent test made by £
I Mr. Barker, superintendent of the Hudson
2. ining Co., of the coking jqualtties of the
e Belt creek coal, was highly satisfactory.
" In fact Mr. Barker was so well pleased
that he immediately purchased coal prop
erty for his company.
k For Sate.
A stock of stationery, notions, fruit ci
st gar and news stand, in Great Falls for sale.
y 'Stock will invoice about $1,500. Well es
>f tablished business and no competition.
Is Call on or address,
e BEAcHI,EY BROS., HICKi vY,
1- tf. Great Falls, Mont.
k IWithout a Peer.
o We clip the following from the Johns
town (Pa.) Tribieu:
"MIr. D. Gohu, of Ada:ns township, re
cently returned from a visit to Montana.
He spent considerable time at Great Falls.
The town is located at the. falls of the
Missouri, which furnish the greatest avail
k able water power on the continent. Within
seven miles of the place there are exten
sive coal and iron deposits, and immedi
ately beyond are rich gold,"silver, and cop
pe er mines. It is situated in the midst of
a a splendid agricultural and grazing coun
r try, the pineries of the upper Missouri are
tributary to it, and it is expected to be
come the leading manufacturing city be
tween Minneapolis and the Pacific and
the railroad center of Montana. There is
is a spring at the falls which Mr. Gohn
says is large enough to supply the City of
New York with water.
Mr. Gohn thinks Montana if one of the
healthiest cotintrys that can be found. The
short time he was there he gained twenty
eight pounds. The air is always good and
pure--warm during the day and cold and
t dry at night. He was with his brother,
whom he hal not seen for twenty-six
years. He has a good location and cattle
t ranch of over four hundred acres. He
runs a dairy and truck farm. The market
is good. Butter brings forty centsa pound,
t eggs thirty-five cents per dozen, cabbage
three and five cents a pound, potatoes the
same. Fish and game are plenty, and
e there are some bears, deer, panthers, and
t elk left. David Graham lives about twen
ty miles from Great Falls, on Belt creek.
He raised grain and vegetables from forty
acres of land and made a clear profit of
$3,000 during the past year."
I Information Wanted.
n MILES CrrY, Mont., Feb. 24.
>r ED. TaIBrN :-Will you do the favor to
answer me either privately or through the
columns of your valuable paper these ques
tions. How near Great Falls may good
wheat lands lying convenient for irrigation
e be taken up from the government or
r bought directly from the R. R. Co? Also
is what can good resident lots be bought for
h near the business part of town, and oblige,
. S. A. W.
v Good wheat lands may be secured under
f the several acts of congress relative to the
n acquisition of public lands, at a compara
P tive short distance from Great Falls.
n There is an immense area of land suitable
e for wheat growing lying between Great
Falls and the Highwood and Belt moup
r tains, a distance of thirty and forty miles
,. respectively. We do not consider irriga
P tion necessary for the successful grow
ing of wheat upon the table lands of
r Northern Montana. The tests made du
ring the past few years demonstrate that
p wheat may be successfully produced on
- these lands four years out of every five.
The present year will note the growing of
a large acreage of wheat upon
these lands table One gentle
man to our knowledge, will sow one hun
dred and fifty acres. There is no railroad
Lt land in this vicinity. The prices of town
:s property varies according to location, con
e sequently no satisfactory answer can, he
e given you.
Advertise.
s. :Newspaper advertising promotes trade,
y for even in the dullest times advertisers
n secure by far the larger share ot what is
it being done. While the advertiser eats
a and sleeps, printer's presses are hard at
rt work for him; trains are bearing his words
o to thousands of readers, all glancing with
r. more or less interest at the message pre
ts pared for them in the solitude of his of
r- fice.
17th of Ireland Ball.
The success of the late hop given by
- the Pioneer Club, has led to another ball
to be given on the eve of St. Patrick's Day,
.d the 17th inst.,at the Cascade Hotel. A jolly
h good time is promised to all who attend.
s, Tickets, including lunch, $2.
Notice,
The Musicale which was announced for
March 1st. will be given on Tuesday even
ing, March Sth at Huy's hall. Tickets for
>y sale atthe postoflice. Admission 75 cents.
>n Everybody are cordially invited.
me Gee. Arthur will build a brick house
on the lot next to Dunlap & Mitchell's
store.
MIr. S. G.Brown, storekeeper for Kir
kendall & Mc(une, beamed benignly upon,
us yesterday.
Roberts & Winters have commenced the
building of a roomy and comfortable four
roomed cottage.
During the past two or three days there.
has been a pronounced elevstion of sp iri~
among the people of Great Falls.