LGREAT FALLS T 11BUNE
VOL, 2, GREAT FALLS, MONTANA TERIflORY, SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1887, NO 50.
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Purely Sensational.
Chief Engineer Dodge, of the Montana
Central, construes the Independent's Butte 1
dispatch; picturing a conflict between the
Montana Union and Manitoba people in 1
Silver Bow canyon as decidedly of the
sensational order.
The Canyon of the Missouri.
It is now certaip that there will be
steamboat communication on the Missouri
between Townsend and Great Falls this
summer. Many tourists and business men
will use this route through the canyon of I
the Missouri to Great Falls.
Completing the Circuit.
Workmen are busily engaged op the
Rocky Mountain Telegraph company's
line between this city and Helena. It will I
be completed this evening, and henceforth I
Great Falls will be in telegraphic commu
nication with Helena, St. Paul, and the
entire telegraphic system of the world.
This telegraphic communication which is c
partly the result of Montana enterprise ]
will add greatly to thecommercial growth 1
of Great Falls.
Greatly Dissatisfied.
The Fort Benton River Press is decided
ly out of humor. The arrival of the first
boat on Tuelay last has not restored its a
composure, probably because the river has
been at "an unusually low stage." When
the railroads of which Great Falls is to be
the terminus are complete, our contem
porary need no longer look anxiously for a
the first boat. Fort Benton will then be ii
able to procure all she needs from this em- b
porium at any season. e
Bound for the Falls.
C. T. Wernecke came down from Gar
diner recently, headed for Great Falls.
He goes overland and his outfit consists of
two good sized herd of dairy cows. Park
coupty loses a good citizen and Great Falls
gains one. Mr. Wernecke is a thoroughl
business man, and in the early days of
Livingston conducted a grocery business
here in a 10x12 room. He removed to
Gardiner where he was suc'cessful in
building up a good business in the gro
cery line, but deeming that place too old
and slow going, will shortly establish him
self in the boom town of Great Falls. He
offers his store and stock of groceries for
sale at a bargain. A good trade is already
established.-Livingston Enterprise.
Fickle Fortun& Favors Fry.
The friends of Henry A. Fry, a former
resident of this place, but now in the em
ploy of I. G. Baker & Co. of Fort Benton, 3
will be glad to learn that fickle fortune
favored him in an unexpected manner one
day this week, he having drawn $30,000 in
the Lousiana State Lottery. Unlike many t
to *hem hiid such a large amount of ready e
money fallen, it will not turn his head, but
he willpursue the even tenor of his way,
and, if we mistake not, will double the
amount in a very short time.
Mr. Fry is a Virginian by birth but has
been in the west for a number of years.
He located in Great Falls at an early date
and owns valuable property on Central
avenue. We congratulate him on his good
fortune.
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The Manitoba's .ork. ·
Pioneer Press: The Montana extension n
of the Manitoba railroad is being pushed
with unexampled energy. During the
winter and spring forty acres of construc
tion material-rails, ties, spikes, etc.-have n1
been piled up at Minot awaiting the re- b;
sumption of work on the line. Eighteen lt
hundred teams and 4,000 men are now em
ployed in grading and laying rails on the
extension, and next week the force will
be increased to twenty-five hundred or W
three thousand teams, when from three to at
five miles of track will be laid every day. 1
The grading is nearly finished for a dis
tance of ninety miles west of Minot, and
the track laid thirty miles west of that
point. It is expected tokeep the grading b3
out of the way of the track at the rate of an
four or five miles a day. The distance
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Table Unen, Napkinsi Gin gl Pit y amý,
Tidies, Dryr:. TEOiB D8 00ii
Pa reasols, Feah rs Hankerhi
Millingery, . at Ornaments,
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from Minot to Great Falls is about five
aa hundred and fifty miles, and the road will
te be completed to that point by September
he 1st. From Great Fallsthe grading is com
in pleted to Helena, and from that point the
1e work is being prosecuted to Butte. The
Manitoba is rapidly extending its lines in
other directions and for this purpose has
700 miles of 75-pound steel rails piled up
be at Minot, St. Paul and elsewhere,
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is New Railroads.
n Articles of incorporation -of two new
of railroad companies have been filed with
the territorial secretary:
The Helena, Boulder & Madison com
pany has for its incorporators ItH.ry EI
le ing, L. B. Olds, Samuel T. Hauser, Anton I
's M. Holter, Henry W. Child, Ed. I. Zim
11 merman, Newell H. Webster, and" Henry
:h D. Hauser. The capital stock is fixed at 1
Li- $750,000 and the principal office is at Hel
oe ena.
1. The Helena, Gallatin & National Park
is company is composed of Henry Elling,
ae Richard 0. Hickman, Samuel T. Hauser, I
;h Anton M. Holter, W. C. Child, S. H. i
Crounse, R. C. Wallace and H. H. Hauser`
The capital stock is $500,000 and Helena
the headquarters. c
Surveying parties are in the field run
ning lines for both companies, and it is an I
s assured fact that one or both railroads will t
's be built this season. .I
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e A Hint to Readers. f
It is a recognized fact that the liberal
advertiser always gets away with the bus
iness. We do not mean by this, that all a
business man needs to do is to advertise
extravagantly, without giving due atten
tion to the wording of what he places be
fore the public. He should be careful
what he says, and then live up to it, and
by doing so we will guarantee that he will
do a little more than his share of the bus
iness. There is no doubt but that every
one of the 2,500 readers of the ;TRIBUNE
will read what Phil Gibson, the rustling
real estate and insurance agent, has to say
on the 8th page of this issue, and it is su
perfluous to make special mention of his
mammoth ad.; but as many of our eastern
readers may not know him personally, we
will say right here, if you want to know
anything about Great Falls real estate,
have any of it for sale, or wantto pliichase
any, you can do no better than to corres
pond with our friend Gibson.
Railroad and River.
Bismarek Tribune: Shed Lambert and
party left with a grading outfit for the $
northern extension of the Manitoba road
yesterday. Hugh McGarvey will start
with fifteen teams and a number of men
on Monday. Trip overland will be made
in about five dags, and the northern conun
try will be the scene of lively railroad op
erations during the summer.
The Helena will be kept busy during
the season by the Manitoba, which com
pany has leased her, and for which she is c
now taking her first cargo of supplies to
the Great Falls extension.
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Notice.
Phil. Gibson has moved his office into Q
the room occupied by Harris the clothier, n
awaiting the completion of Phelps' build- T
ing, in which he will have elegant apart- tc
ments. tf o
For Rent.
After May 20, a business building cor
ner 4th St. and Central ave., now occupied d
by a dry goods store. Address, H. A. Fry, as
lock box, 222, Ft. Benton, Mont. ti
Dr. H. H. Wayne.
Eye ear and throat specialist of Helena t>
will be professionally at the Park Hotel, b
at Great Falls, on Friday and Saturday tb
May 18 and 14. tf t
To the Public.
You will find at my-store a fine and nob- of
by line of samples for sustom suits. Call fr
and examine and leave youi order. co
HARnms, The Clothier. 1"
! THE "FERN."
r All Arrangements Completed and the
Boat to Make Her First Trip
on May 15th.
The TRImBiE readers have been kept
a pretty well posted regarding Dr. A. L.
a Davison's 100 ton steamer "Fern" which
Swas built a little over one year ago to ply
the upper Missouri between Townsend
on the ZNorthern Pacific railroad and Great
Falls. After the completion of the wood
work of the craft, Dr. Davison, owing to
i pecuniary trouble, was unable to fit her
up with the required machinery, conse
quently she has laid at Townsend for the
past year. During .te winter a practical
machinest and river boatman of Minnesota
became interested in the enterprise and
was to furnish the necessary machinery,
tut about the time he was ready to embark I
with the outfit for Montana; his means
suddenly became involved in the courts
and he was forced to dissolve hiscontract.
Sinco that time until a few weeks ago the
fate of the little steamer hasbeen in doubt. t
But now all arrangements have been made
and the machinery is enroute to be placed
on board and the trial trip will be -made
on or about the 15th of the coming month.
To Great Falls in particular will this
boat be a great benefit, and also to the set
tlements along the river, to whom it will
place during the season of navigation, in
direct communication with a good market
for all their produc-s. We congratulate
Dr. Davinson upon the success of his long
cherished desire to navigate the waters of
the upper Missouri, and doubt not but that
his enterprise will prove a profitable one.
Our New Editor.
i1 Walter M. O'Dwyer arrived here on
d yesterday's coach and will enter upon his
L1 duties as editor of this paper next week.
The Helena Independent says: "Walter
O'Dwyer, now in Helena on his way to
assume the editorship of the Great Falls
TRIBUNE, was for two years editor of the
g Two Republice, printed half in Spanish
y and half English, in the city of Mexico.
Under the Greeley regime he occupied a
high position on the staff of the New-York
Tribune. His record as a journalist is an
n honorable one."
B The Herald says: "Walter M. O'Dwyer,
r a journalist of repute, is a guest at the
Merchants, having arrived over the Nor
thern Pacific yesterday, en route to Great
Falls, where he is soon to assume editorial
charge of the TRIBUNE. MIr. O'Dwyer is
a veteran in the newspaper harness--for
twelve years connected- with the New
York Trtbune staff, and more latterly one
of the Herald force at Duluth, Minn. He
is a polished gentleman, and the 'press
gang' of Montana extends to him a cordial
I welcome."
Pleased at the Outlook.
The merchants in northern Montana are
jubilant at the prospects of low freights
which the completion of the Manitoba
extension to Great Falls willtusure. This
year the high rates on the Northern Pa
cific and the charges made for "slow I
freight" by the wagon men form, when
combined, a heavy atddition to the cost of
goods, rendering them very expensive to
the consumer. The railroad which is now I
being extended from Minot, Dakota, will a
give northern Montana access to the great
eastern markets, and warrant the establish
ment of jobbing houses at Great Falls.
The well-known enterprise of the Mani
toba line ensures further progress through
out central Montana.
Neiheart Needs New Outlets.
A correspondent writing to the Indepen
dent from Neihatt among other things
says "capital and transportation will be
the twin keys that will unlock the treas- 0
ures of this camp. *Whimtr there is some
very rich ere in neatly, all the prospect of
the camp, the great bulk of the ore must
be enriched by concentration. Hitherto
the only means of communication with
the markets of the world has been via f+
White Sulphur Springs to Townsend, a C
distance of eighty miles over two ranges
of mountains. A road down the canyon
from Neihar. has been bdilt and is now
completed, except a few small .bridges. c
Twelve miles below the canyon merges
into the valley, that stretch away to the
Missouri in an unbrokes level. To Great
e Falls is bat sixty miles, with no hills eith
er way. The opening of navigation will
give comparative low freights, but a branch
t line from Great Falls will place this camp
on an equality with the most favored
1 camps in the territory."
Bright Prospects.
t Great Falls continues to attract the at
1 tention of business men throughout the
Northwest. In St. Paul, the admirable
r location of this city for commercial traffic
with northern Dakota and Montana is
freely recognized, and some large jobbers
may establish stores here as soon as the
Manitoba extension and Montana Central
railroads are completed this year.
In Helena, public men and merchants,
Ssuch as ex-Governor Hauser, ex-Governor
Carpenter, Col. McCutcheon, Mr. Parchen,
Mr. William Harrison and Mr. E. Sharpe,
all unite in predicting prosperity and com
mercial greatness for the young city at
the Falls.
And Still They Come.
We are creditably informed that an im
portant transfer of bank stock has just
taken place in this city, whereby L. B.
Richardson retires from the Grand Forks
National. Mr. Richardson was one of the
original organizers of that institution, and
h s from time to time added to his stock
until he held $10,000 of its certificates.
The transfer was made to Sumner Wallace
of New Hampshire, the purchase being
made for the latter by E. L. Emery, his
representative in this city. Mr. Richard
son, we learn, proposes disposing of his
entire property in this city, and will move
with his family to Great Falls, Montana.
Grand Forks (Dak.) Plaindealer.
S The Manitoba Extension.
S Mlinot, the winter terminus of the Man
0 itoba railroad says the Herald, is at the
last crossing of the Mouse river, and 115
Smiles east of the eastern boundary line
of Montana. It is expected that the track
will be completed to Buford about the
middle of May. Here the road strikes the
Missouri and wili follow close to the river
for a distance of oovr a hundred miles to
the mouth of Milk river, and then follow
up Milk river valley to Fort Assinaboine.
I There will be.no attempt made to move
rails by river on any part of the line. It
r will be a steady, continuous progress from
a single front. The contractors have used
boats to forward supplies for graders,
3 whose work will be kept well in advance
and out of the way of the track layers. So
far as we can learn, there has never been
a proposition made to transport any portion
of the rails over the Northern Pacific. All
arrangements have been completed for the
entire transportation of all its material
over its own line, and of course we cannot
expect track laying to reach our vicinity
before October.
Printing Material for Saje.
One good 7-column Wa'shington hand
press, one eight-medium Paragon jo ber,
a quantity of body type, etc.
TaBnuns CoMPAr, 1
tf Great Falls.
Notice.
Killed by accident. One work steer,
branded on left hip with two vertical bars.
For further particulars apply to
HLxnrox & EATON.
Notice.
From this date on meals sent or taken I
out will be charged extra.
D. C. EHRHArnT,- t
Prop..Park Botel. ,
Lime for Sale.
We will have a quantity of good lime t
for sale in about ten days. Enquire of
Canary & Shaw. t.
Coal for Sale.
The undersigned-are prepared to furnish T
coal on short iotice. Jon HE.Rinro,
tf. Go. MA Pa.
I~t
e Wanted a Watch Dog.
A fair price will be paid for a good
watch dog. Enquire at the Townsite
i company's office.
* Episcopal Services.
3 Rev. Clewes will preach in the school
house next Sunday morning. A cordial
invitation is extended to all.
Inspecting Hides.
Will Flowerree and Wm. Berkenbuel of
Sun River were here the early part of the
week inspecting hides for the association.
Job Stock.
The TRIBUNE is in receipt of a large
stock of job stationery, and is prepared to
do as good work as can be done elsewhere
in the territory.
Preparing for Factories.
An eminent engineer who has given
special attention to water power will soon
visit Great Falls to determine the best
means of developing the immense motive
power which the Falls of the Missouri in
this locality afford for large industrial en
terprises.
Immense Traffic.
The stage coaches are overburthened
with freight at Helena for Great Falls and
other places in northern Montana. The
passenger traffic is also large and increas
ing daily. All this indicates large business
for the new railroads which are to be com
pleted this year.
Maguire Coming.
We are in receipt of information from
Manager Maguire stating that he will visit
Northern Montana early in May, playing
at Shaw, Sun River, Great Falls, Benton
and Assinaboine. His company is first
class, and will sustain the reputation of
Montana's favorite amusement director.
The Montana Central.
Col. J. H. Dodge has the engineering
affairs of the Montana Central in excellent
shape. The grade of the section from
Helena to Great Falls is in sound condi
tion after the winter, and is ready for the
ties and rails. The extension toward
Butte involves heavy work, which will be
carried on with precision and determi
nation.
t The Building Season.
a The building season is now in active
I progress at Great Falls. On Central Ave.
4, and throughout the entire city buildings
a are being erected rapidly. These include
o some spacious stores as well as large
i dwellings. The demand for lunmber is
I great and the saw mill is worked to its full
1 capacity. Later in the season when build
a ing material is more abundant, manymore
I houses will be built to accommodate the
t thousands of people who will come here
r as soon as the railroads are openfortraflic.
Gov. Leslie Coming.
In an interview with Gov.L:sie in Hel
I ena on Wednesday, the Governor said to
a representative of the Great Falls Tai
BUtE: "I am greatly pleased with Mon
tana, which far exceeds my expectation,
both as regards climate and resources. I
see here boundless opportunities for young
men, such as they do not find in the older
states. It follows that persons of energy
and enterprise come here, and in concert
with the early settlers accomplish great
results in developing the vast resources of
this favored region, which I am confdent
will hold a leading place among the com
monwealths of this country."
Gov. Leslie says that he will make Mon
tana his home, and would like to see her.
attain the rank of statehood. He says that
he intends to visit Great Falls during the
suliner, and expresses a high opinion. of
the resources of northern Montana. Gov..
eslie has entered on his duties with
mach earnestness and zeal for the' public
good. His long experience as a member
of the Kentucky legislature and as a j.udg
bvhave made him conversans with public.
aairsaand he is transacti thie execut
butsiness wit . iit y a nl d and