-GRA FALLs TRIBUNE.
VOL. 2. GREAT FALLS, MONTANA TERRITORY,. SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1887. ' NO 49,
The Officers.
Following are the officers elected at the
recent convention of cowmen at Miles
City: President, Joe Scott of Miles City;
first vice-president, B. F. Potts of Helena;
second vice-president, William Harmon,
of Miles City; secretary and treasurer, R.
B. Harrison of Helena. The executive
committee, containing a representation for
Idaho, Wyoming and Dakota, as well as
every county in Montana, consists of
nearly fifty names.
Through the Reservation.
Washington special: The secretary of
the interior has taken no action yet on the
maps of proposed definite location of the
St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba exten
sion through the Northwestern Indian
reservation, although Solicitor W. E.
Smith brought the maps here and urged
early action on them. The Indian bureau
says appraisers have been appointed to
appraise the right of-way, and it prefers
to wait until their report is made before
approving the maps.
The Cree Refugees.
Scout Roensch, who has temp rury
charge of the Cree refugees, camped on
the north fork of Sun river, over whom
such a hubbub was raised last winter, says
they are the-~ost motley and revolting
gang he ever run across. The war depart
ment is now issuing sufficient rations to
keep them alive, and will likely escolt
them over the line into Queen Vic's do
main, from whence they came, in a few
weeks. Mr. Roensch says the chief, who: e
name is Little Troubled Man, is a cute
one, and will not move a peg unless abso
lutely forced to do so.
A Pointer.
The man who places a ten dollar notice
in his local paper and flatters himself that
he is a liberal advertiser will be surprised
to learn that a yearly advertisement, one
column in length in the Chicago Tribune
cost the advertiser i6,000. The New
York Herald receives for its lowest priced
column $39,000 and for its .highest $48,
000; the New York Tribune for its lowest
$28,753; and those papers, it is stated, are
never at a loss for advertising to fil t.:1i:z
columns. The fact is that careful, liberal
advertising pays. Nothing better illus
trates this great truth than the rush now
to California. Two years ago the south
ern section of the state organized to ad
vertise, and they managed it .well. The
northern section soon took their cue.
Today the hotels of southern California
will not accommodate the vi-itors.
A New Coach Line.
It is undcerstood that Marks & Co., pro
prietors of the IIcena, TWite Sulphur
springs and Neihart stage line, will con
tinue their line from Neihart to this place
as soon as the Belt creek road is complet
ed. They will establish stations only ten
miles apart on this end of the route, and
will make the trip between Neihart and
this place, and vice versa between daylight
and dark. We cannot see why such an
enterprise would not prove profitable.
Neihart is attracting considerable atten
tion and a large number of people will un
doubtedly visit the camp the coming sea
son. Great Falls by its position is the
natural outfitting point for it, even at the
present time, and the advent of the rail
roads in a few months, will make it .also
the supply point, and then a line of daily
coaches will be absolutely necessary. Dur
ing the short interval between the time the
road will be completed and the advent of.
the railroads, a coach line will not have
more than time to. become thoroughly
established and everything - rmnning
smoothly.
Contest Cases.
A land contest case, pro ecuted. by the
general government, has aFlracted consid
erable interest in town this week. In
March 1884, Michael Cooper, fled a pre
emption claim on a piece of land in Sand
Coulee and the following fall proved up
upon the same, and sold it to James G.
Anthony. Last fall, during Special Agent
Gann's visit to this place, the case was re
ported to him, and he held the entry sub
ject to cancellation, and the 18th inst. was
the day set to take testimony in relation
thereto. Special Agent Guns appeared
for the government and Geo. W. Taylor
for the claimant. Those who frequenied
the court room during the case, say there
as extremely tall swearing dolne :;.
Yesterday a similar ase w eing tried.
IThbe pre-emption claim of W. IE Itmyu pit-.
roy beisag held tor cancellation.
This is but tte beginning of : aseriesi of'
contest cases wich will re the.i oli
ofthis affair:. ;S.iel ad bloodlis: bten
stirred up, an4those that "dance will un
doubtedly have to pay the violinist."
Wanted
Two tons of hay, at once. Apply at Bank
of Great Falls.
Notice.
Killed by accident. One work steer,
branded on left hip with two vertical bars.
For further particulars apply to
IHAMLLTox & EATON.
Bulletin.
New goods will be open and ready for
inspection on Thursday 28, consisting of:
Carpets, towels, table linen, spring dress
goods; ginghams, prints, ribbons, laces,
hats, corsets, handkerchiefs, lawns, swiss,
pique, hosiery, hamburgs, cuffs, collars,
gloves, parasols, fans. hat ornaments,
feathers, notions of all kinds etc., etc.
goods will continue to arrive until I can
display the largest -and best stock in
Northern Montana. I guarentee prices
as low as any house in Montana. Ladies
are invited to examine these goods. Shall
be pleased to show them. Sewing ma
chines sold at five dollars per month.
. P.Tuowsoex.
The Belt Road.
Work on the road down Belt creek is
progressing favorably. The committees
appointed by the citizens of Neihart are
superintending the work. The laborers
are divided into squads who are. engaged
at different points cutting the grades,
building abutments for bridges and cutting
bridge timber. From what we learned of
the details as presented to the board of
commissioners, we are not favorably im
pressed with the plans of bridges. They
will not last many years, and are not as
strong as they should be for a first-class
road; yet, of course they will answer the
present demand. The bridges are to be
of single spans 30 to 40 feet long. Round
logs are to be used for stringers and the
floors are to be made of hewed poles.
Ilusbandman.
I, A Subscriber's Views.
at FORT BENTON, Mont., April 20, 1887.
Editor of the Great Falls Tribune:
DEAR SIR:-I noticed an article in the
TRIBUNE of the 16th inst., relative to the
pres,,nt condition and possibility of the
Missouri river from the mouth of the
Miarias to Fort Bentoni. I happened later,
to notice with exceeding delight and of
e osrewhl t a surprise, a bitter and sarcastic
denial by the River Press of the facts out
lined in the TRIBUN'E article; now as mat
ter of strict justice, and -a vindication of
the truth and varacity which the TRrnBUhi
does and has enjoyed in this territory and
r abroad-wherever it -has made itself ac
quainted, I wish to state through your
e medium, if space will be granted, that
your article was correct in every detail,
a which can be verified by a visit over the
ground in question. I had an opportunity
yesterday of passing by the cra con bu nez
t bar, and I could see for myself that there
was not water enough running over the
bar to float a skiff nicely without touching
bottom; under these circumstances if Fort
Benton is the head of navigation I propose
to start a boat line from Fort Benton to
a Great Falls, as I feel assured that a steam
a boat can inavigate the falls of the Missburi
river with as much ease as from Fort Ben
ton to and over the cra con du nez bar. It
is the grandest hoax ever practiced on an
innocent, uninformed, inoffensive public,
to say Fort Benton is the head of <naviga
-tion ~ti the Missouri river. The moruth of
the Marias is tt.i head of nanvigaticn, as
e--ery :.-:influenced, fair mind will admit.
Here a very prosperous town is going to
spring up in the near future which will
quickly assume proportions that is apt to
weaken the hide of Benton's best which
has been stuffed and stuffing wind for the
last decade.
By the way Griftith and party are
now engaged in running a line down
Eight Mile Spring coulee, crossing the
Teton near W. S. Socking's ranch. From
this point he is running a line to Assina
boine, leaving the Missouri altogether.
This is most probably going to be the
easiest line that has yet been run, as the
country from the Teton crossing is mostly
a prairie. Mr. Barclay is crossing this
way from Assinaboine, an. it will ,not be
a great while before he w;i meet Gri.ith;
when, inashorttime this line wmll lkely be 1
adopted, and in a few months he ountry
ll along the line will present busy spec
tacle. A little later still' the iron horse
will be speeding along gracefully to {eat
Falls, while the Benton P. ine of boats,
will be warlng out the i bottos xslitdin
eanbars twelve miles froi B. R.
trynogto etto the so alledbead oz nay
THE BARKERDISTRICT.
One of the Coming Camps of the
Belt Mountains.
The following letter from' . Boling
was handed us by air. H. H. Chandler,
and from which we copy:
CLENDENIN, April 4,1887.- * * I am
also glad to see that you enquire after the
outlook of our camp, because I wish very
earnestly that I could interest you. suf
ficiently with a description of this place
to cause you to come here and take a look
around. I am confident that our camp
will come out in good style in the near
future; and that there is a splendid chance
here to get into ground which will be valu
able by this fall. I suppose you are
aware that there arr smelting works here
that have lain idle for three years. The
company that operated the works failed,
not through loss here, but mainly through
the failure of Tillinghast & Co. of Chicago
in the fur business. They were the prin
cipal stockownergof the outfit, and the
works, etc., here were attached and are
laying idle, waiting on the court. How
ever, the contesting parties will have to
show down on the 15th of this month, as
the works will be sold for delinquent taxes
on that day. The principal mines oper
ated heretofore by the company were the
Wright & Edwardls, a fissure vein in
granite, from 4 to 6 feet wide, and the
Silver Bell, a contact vein in lime, bear
ing carbonates, having a body of ore 9 feet
thick in the face. Both of these mines are
first-class ore producers and could keep
two smelters humtnhing.
The principal drawback here in Barker
has been gross mismanagement and ignor
ance. As an instance, I need only say
that while the camp was running (for four
years) not a single steam pump or hoist
was ever put on any mine here, thus mak
ing all work, except by tunneling, an.im
possibility, as the principal leads are all
very wet.
Of the mines lately worked on I will
mention you the leading ones. '1 hey are
owned by prospectors, and are, of course,
for sale. The hlagest ore body in the
camp, so far shown up, is in the May and
Edna, in which thire is a shaft 40 feet
long and a level b~e th'ý shaft 7ai feet
long, which was run through solid ore
(gray carbonate and galena), and no
country rock reached yet. Fully equal to
the May and Edna in value, if not size of
ore body shown, is the Tiger, which shows
a vein 7 feet wide, and is de'eloped by a
shaft about 30 feet deep and a tunnel
started at the other end of the location,
1,500 feet from the shaft-100 feet long.
In both shaft and tunnel is a splendid
showing of ore, equal in richness to any
thing so far found in the Belt Range.
This mine would ship ore now if it was
not for the unfortunate fact that one of
the owners was killed a year ago by fall
ing into the shaft of the Minnehaha at
Neihart.
z Third on the list I blushingly mention
the Dr. Kalloch, in which I am interested,
and from which ore samples sent you
were taken. This location is developed
by a shaft, which shows two feet of ore
(and lots of water), and by two tunnels.
One of the tunnely has a fine showing of
ore, and will when 50 feet longer tap the
water in the shaft. It is now in 60 feet,
and out of; it were taken the samples of
ore sent you. The other tunnel is lower
down .the mountain, and will, I expect,
strike the lead inside of 30 feet more.
The D)r. Kalloch is a dandy, and don't you
fo rget it. NTe::t on the list comes the
Standard, in which I also own 500 feet.
It is developed by a shaft 50 feet deep
, all in ore-and by a tunnel, started 700
feet from the shaft, now drove in 165 feet,
the face being in quartz, with several
seams of fair-looking ore.
Next 1 must meftion the Orphan Girl
and Wandering Boy, developed by two
shafts, 30 and 90 feet long respectively,
both showing up highly satisfactory. The
owners, Messrs. May & Oatey, found some
very rich ore in these locations when they
worked on them last December, and will
soon resume work to prospect the new
find.
A strike has lately been made in a see
tion not heretofore prospected, although
within half a mile of the smelting works.
It is in a limestoa contact. Some splenir
did-looking ore )ha been taken out, and
the .strike bidsafair to equal the Silver
Bell. It Is nam-ed the Big Mike :ode,
and the own s working like bearers,
aor rather I They are
your oldr Big-Mthe.
Of the-a et othe4
ing ut p ithig
1uilt~l~upilt
for a week, if I wanted to even approxi
mate a full description of all the mines
here that show up ore, but are neglected
by the owners. Very promising prospects
are the Bon Ton and Fair Phfy, developed
by two shafts and a 90-foot tunnel, owned
by George Seford and M. Foley. Other
mines on which work will soon be com
menced are the Bertie, a relocation of the
former Oxide; the Fashion, owned by J.
K. Wetzel; the Ollinger, owned by Oscar
Ollinger and your humble servant, and
the Moulton, owned by F. Zingler, James
Clifton and Mr. Warden. The two last
mentioned locations are extensions of the
Tiger. The railroad, when it comes close
enough, will get more freight in the shape
of ore from this camp than is now im
agined to be possible. I tell you, we will
make their eyes stick out.
In regard to the starting up of the
smelter here, it is hard to give an opinion,
the law's delays, etc., seeming endless.
In Neihart the Hudson company is about
to start their 100-ton concentrator on
Mountain Chief ore. On other news from
there I am not posted, not having been
over there since New Years. We had to
navigate on snow-shoes all winter, and did
not run around any more than was abso
lutely necessary.
I think that there is a splendid chance
here for some man, with a little capital
and experience, to put ina reverberatory
brick furnace, and buy up ore, or smelt it
at so much a ton. There is already a
brick furnace here, with a good iron
smole-stack and other iron-work. It
worked well when in operation, although
the parties who ran it had no scientific
experience. The only trouble was that
they had no fire-brick or clay when they
put it up and could not get their arch or
bottom to stand. The" rig is now owned
by Johnnie Murphy, the gambler, of Fort
Benton (I don't know his initials, but you
can easily find out), who is also the chief
owner in the May and Edna. I think you,
with your experience could make loads of
money by leasing or buying the reverber
ator from Murphy, which I am sure you
could do on reasonable terms.
* * I have given you in the above
I hope an encouragement to pay us a
visit.
River News.
0
The steamer Benton left for up river at
f daylight Wednesday, with 250 tons of sup
s plies for the Manitoba road's Great Falls
a extension. Captain John Barr is in cm
mand, Wm. Simms and Edward Anderson
at the wheel and Chas. E. W{ .rd clerk.
This steamer is l:,-ini. (vlprted under
charter by the I~:toan road.-Bisiaorck
Tribune.
Wa~n Sam Jones.
BOZEMTA-, Mont., April 15, 1887.
Editor of tic Great Faids Tribune:
Some of -the citizens of Bozeman being
desirous of inducing Rev. Sam Jones to
come and labor in this territory are about
to send Rev. M[. J. Hall to make the re
quest. With the intent of making this
Irequest as emphatic as possible, all per
sons in the territory who would be glad to
unite in extending the invitation are re
quested to indicate the same on a postal
card, or otherwise, to Rev. M. J. Hall,
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
REV. R. M. STEVENSON,
REv. E. M. TowEa,
A. J. HUsTER.
Wanted.
Men wanted to work on the M. C. rail
road grade. Apply at camp, six miles'
above Great Fails.
KBK.ENDALL & McCtrUNE.
During the sticky period Thursday a
gentleman owning a valuable lot on Cent
ral avenue could be seen perched upon
one corner of his property, with a danger
ous looking shotgun in his hand, and at
the near approach of any traveler who
showed a disposition to set foot upon his
realty, lie was quietly but fir tly admon
ished "to keep off," otherwise the fusee
would be brought into instant action.
The lot owner with the shotgun explained
that his property was too valuable to allow
the common horde to travetse it, and carry
off on the leather covering of their lower
extremities all the sub-soil.
I look to see great activity in three of
the Montana towns this season-in Helena
because of new railroads starting out in
three directions; in Gseat Falls beeCase
the track of the Montana Central will soon
rech t; in Missoul byreaso ofthe con
sa n'tio theBltter Roo Valley branch
bipess an or a laboring mni
who dto either of those town t id a
new :home not estike- it smisi
THE BELT CREEK ROAD.
Great Falls Responds Liberally to the
Call for Assistance to Hasten
its Completion.
A meeting balled at the townsite com
pany's office last Monday evening for the
purpose of taking some action, in the
Belt creek road matter was well attended.
Mr. Gibson stated the object of tl
meeting, and the benefits which would
accrue to Great Falls from the establish
ment of a good wagon road, passable at all
times of the year, between this point and
the rich mining districts of the Belt
mountains.
Mi. Wilton, who had just returned from
Neihart, was present, and stated to the
nmeeting about what amount of money
was needed to complete the road, and how
much of that amount was now available.
lHe said the residents of Neihart were in
dead earnest in their endeavors to have
the road completed, and every man in the
camp nand contributed his full share to
ward the enterprise.
The voice of those present was that
Great Falls would not be behind in lend
ing assistance to such a laudable enter
prise, and one which would be of such
great benefit to the town.: Accordingly
the following amounts were subscribed:
Great Falls Land & Water PowerCo...... $500 00
Paris Gibson ................... . 50 00
Holter Lumber Co ........................ 50 00
First National Bank, )
L. G. Phelps, .................... 5000
A. E. Dickerman,
Bank of Great Falls ....................... 5000
A. Nathan ........ .......................... 2500
J. R. Wilton ...... : ....................... s000
J. T. Shaw Brick Co ................... 25 00
Burch & Hotchkiss .................... 25 00
H. O. Chowen.......................... 2500
Wmi. Donglass ............................. 25 00
urphyobclan & Co.................... 2500
Robert . a.ghn ........... .............. 25 00
Hamilton & Eaton....................... 20 00
C. M. Webster....................... 15 00
H.P. Rolfe.............. ............ 10 00
W.S. Wetzel............................. 10 00
Wm. Albrecht ........................ 10 00
B.E. Lapeyre............................. 1000.
Tribune Publishing Co ................... 1000
Dunlap & Mitchell ........................ 500
Win. oberts ............................. 5 00
Sprgin &-Crowder........................ 5 00
Jim Mathews ............................- 500
Chandler & Clark.......................... 5 00
W. J. Pratt. ........................... 500
Edward Canary ............................ 00
A. . Ladd................................. 500
Dr. Fairfield ........."0............. 503
Chas. McGeddy ....................... 500
HI. H. Chandler........................... 5 00
Phil Gerlach......................... 5 00
Pai Grellman ........................... 250
. Mi. Mitcbell .......................... 2 50
ax ker.................. .......... 200
'WP 4chie:.....................200
Win. B.Wn ................................ 2 (V
G. W. Pence............................. 2 00
Dan McKay .............................. 200
Smith & Collins.......................... 2 00
Big Immigration.
A dispatch of the 13th from Queens
town says: Arrivals here of emigrants on
their way to the United States are at pres
ent enormous. Railways are running
special trains to accommodate this class of
travel. The number of emigrants now
awaiting steamers to carry them to their
destination is already greater than can be
housed in the lodging-houses, and many
are camping in the streets. Fifteen hun
dred embarked yesterday. Three thou
sand more are expected to arrive Saturday
to take steamers here.
Advertissd Letters.
Following is the list of letters remaining
uncalled for in the postoffice at-Great Falls
April 16, 1887, parties calling for these .
letters will please say "advertised."
Doba Bena Doig John
Campbell Newman Harris W. P.
Sillette Hanlon Nilson N. Y.
Nilson Jacob Roach Patrick W.
Rodeman E. W. Remand Damas
Beach S. A. Lennevold Hans 0.
Notice.
Phil. Gibson has moved his office into
the room occupied by Harris the clothier,
awaiting the completion of Phelps' build
ing, in which he will have elegant apart
ments. tf
'Printing Material for Sale.
One good 7.column Washington hand.
press, one eight-medium Paragon jobber,
a quantity'of body type, etc.
TaRIBUxE CoxrM'rY,
tf Great Falls,
For Rent.
After May 20, a business building cor
ner 4th St. and Central ave., now occpie
by a dry goods store. Addresi, .A. E r
lock box, 2 o, 1t. Benton, Mont.
John tlunsberger-of Benton came up
the Falls on Tuesdy's coach. fr. ;:.
has a host of friends in this plane, and it _
is not improbable that be may remo ey
here at an early date.
L. G. Phelps' buildng is ow uerov
er, and it will soon be edy or occu
pancy. __
The~eel postoffice, on the-stoth Fork
of Sun river, has ienad
SusftsRier U~IndWeek
Toni y we dow