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H e l e n a ’s G o l d e n .Lands. (Helena Journal.) Some of our real estate men have advertised, “ a placer mine with each lot,” and as a matter of actual fact there is plenty of gold in much of the ground about Helena. As proof of this any one who wishes mnj' see the miners at work in Mr. Chessman’s flume, below the Northern Pacific track during the next few days. 1 saw them “ pan out” a good big saucer full of gold yesterday, though they are onlv “ cleaning up” an old flume in which no actual min ing has been done for some lime. Pools of quick silver are placed along the flume, and the particles of gold are caught by the mercury and form amalgam. In the course of this work several small nuggets have also been found, and one as large as a hen’s egg. As we re turned from the scene of Mr. Chessman’s operations, he point ed out grounds in the gulch whivh had not been washed, and said that it would pay well as placer ground, but was now more valu able as city lots and the mining work would injure it. With this “ clean up” will probably end the washing for gold in Helena’s rich placers, not because the city has superseded the gold fields, and property owners cannot, afford to wash away their land for the sake of the precious yellow grain that it contains. As Mr. Chessman was one of the earliest of gold washers in this gulch, so he is the latest, and th' history of his expe riences would make an interesting volume. M r s . P o t t e r P a l m e r ’s T a s k . (Inter Mountain.) It has been decided by the la dy managers of the Columbian Exposition that the president of the board, Mrs. Potter Palmer, should drive the last nail into the women’s building. Mrs. .T. E. Rickards, Montana’s alert and en ergetic member of the ladies’ board, and wife of Lieutenant- Governor Rickards, requested foi Montana the honor of furnishing the nail, the same to be made of silver from one of the mines in the state. Mrs. Palmer leplied, accepting the offer and gracefully thanking Mrs. Rickards for the kindness. Since then several of her friends have suggest'd to Mrs. Rickards the propri«t 3 T of having the nail made of copper, silver, and sold, the three mntals that have made Montana the wealthy state it. now is. The suggestions have been accepted and a nail appropriately shaped and engraved will be or dered and forwarded to Chicago as soon as completed, lobe used in the manner suggested. The fleece of a good sheep will always pay for what it has eaten since the last time it was shorn. M o u t.ina A g r iculture. (Helena Journal.) There are some pretty big sto ries going the rounds just now about phenomenal agricultural products; but while many of these require a strong and vigorous im agination to compass them, Mon tana is able to hold her own against the field without a parti cle of exaggeration. J. D. Whelp- ley has just returned from the Gallatin valley where he witnes sed many wonders, among them being a crop of potatoes of which only fifty of the tubers were re quired to make a bushel. On a single acre o f ground near Billings 940 bushels of potatoes were rais ed, which is said to be the highest record ever known The grain crop throughout the Gallatin is a maryel. There are fifteen steam threshers in there and only about half the crop is threshed. Three we“ks more will be required to finish the work. Where the land was irrigated once the grain aver ages sixty-five bushels to the acre; and on one farm without irriga tion a maximum of 5,900 bushels of wheat, oats and barley were raised on 105 acres of land. All the farmers are in clover, and many of them will make sufficient profit out. of their crops this year to pay off their mortgages and other indebtedness. Montana should no longer be known as a mining state only, for she is able to carry off the palm for fruit and agricultural products as well as for the precious metals. A M o n t a n a G»jm . [Helena Herald.] It is said there is a twenty thousand dollar sapphire in Helena—the most costly gem of the kind ever taken from any reef on earth. It is reported to have been washed from American Bar, on the east shore of the Missouri river, about eighteen miles from Helena. The owners name is not disclosed, but it is known that the »tone has been some years in the possession of one of our citizens, and that the lapidary as yet has not been permitted to touch it. T lie N a t i o n a l L i b r a r y . The walls of .the National Li brary builingnow in process of erection in Washington, are about half up. The building will cost over $6,000,000. It will contain thirty-three arches on the four sides of the building, and it is proposed to ornament the key stones of these arches with rep re sentative beads of the thirty-three races of mankind. A number of these have been finished and put in place and are very effective. Over the arches at the main en trance will be the types of the higher order, and the very lowest types will be at the back of the building. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Laud Office at Helena, Mont., I October 7, 1891. | Notice '8 hereby given that the foUowlng named settler lias riled notice of his intention to make ilnal proof in support of his claim, and t,i>atsaid proof wiL de made before A. (J. Warner, D S. oaimissio’c r, at Choteau, Montana, on November 24.1891, viz. ELDEN J. OS iOOD, of Belleview Vloutaue, homestead application No. 3625 for the SW-1 NE-4, N-2 SB-4, SE.4 NK-4, section 00, township 24 north, range 7 west. H e names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cullivalion of saiti land, viz: John TV Ward, William j. Watson, Andrew O Burbank and George 1'. Miller, all of Belleview. Montana. S. A. SW1GGETT, Register. First publication Oct. 10. O O r - t CD P £ f t - or er*** ra or & O k vx ©- a Ms- lKi flï VX H z o s > tn U) S H X G n * * / . f f i • H s a CD Horses brand ed as shown in cut. Address: C hoteau , M ont . W . R . R A L S T O N . Cattle brand ed on left hip as shown in enfc. and two underbita in left ear. Horses brand ed same on left thigh. Kange from Teton to _ . ------ Muddy. Persons seeing any of the above r-tock off it« range will confer a favor by notifyingme. Postofflce address: Choteau, Montana. S T T Z S r R I V E R SHEEP Co. — o— —BREEDERS OF— ŒPlEŒIfcTCjEa: M E B I K ' O S , IF: r .: e : ltcœ 3 : — -¿LIsTID Z F Z E Œ I t T C Œ a i - O O T S - T^ O L D C R O S S E S . AUGUSTA MONT. A FEW CHOICE S I N G L E C O M B BR0W2T LEGHORN w COOKRELS FOR SALE AT $2,60. A ddress T . P. A spling , C hoteau . - T H E O H O T B A T 7 - BLACKSMITH A -I n TD W A G O N N o tice to Stockm<*n--Es rays. I®* HORSESHOEING & MACHINE The publisher of T /is M ontanian hereby agrees t o publish notices of es- trayed horses free of charge: Provided, however, that when any stock is recov ered by reason of such publication the partv recovering saitf stock so published shall pay t o the publisher of this paper S3 for every auimal so recovered, Par ties reporting estra.vs are requested to hand iu full description with all other information which might enable the owners to make their identification oi property satisfactory to all concerned. All information, other than brands, will be withheld from publication. In cases where persons loosing stock, advertise, rewards offered should be deposited; the party claiming ttie same should ap ply with the animals in his possession either here o r t o the owner for the same when, if satisfactory and the horses are turned over, the money deposited as a reward will be paid to the claimant on order of the owner. F o r the above puvposeswe will open a Free Estray column in this paper. All persons making use of tbesamemust comply with Hie above rules. S. M. C orson , Publisher. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. ADLAM <fc HARMAN, B l a c k s m i t h s . ,'i V * 4t* it V ‘rtf té sift : »A Wt**/- •4S* . G this successful 5'v.ct1. is v.'i nout a parallel - , - v 0 / m? ii.-ioc. .v-1 druggists are :c. i.> 10 * j '.I it 0:1 .\ nosu . e guarantee, a T; u-u ocher on 0 can successfully stand. a rfovc Throat, or >n f« «is. use it. for it will cure you. If ;t chili; i • : t h e Crimp, or W h o o p iug >ttyr3j, use it promptly, mid relief is sure. yy-. o: ,.d that i. - id loud disease Con- :»naistrots, don’t- fan ¡0 xise it. as it posi- will cure you or cost nothing. Ask ■ fc for fvJJT5L««’ « CURE, Price If your Lungs are i:,. \i!, &)<<!oh’s P o r o u s - • • ■ • ¡ s c t . 2 5 ce:,t3. ) or sale at wholesale by .vk.Parthen & C o „, H e len a , M o n t, and all d r u g g i s t s .
