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Out-Look for Tetou Couuty. £Rocky Mountain Husbandman.] Now that the new county of Teton is about to be launched it may not be out of place to make some mention in these columns of its present condition and future outlook. The region embraced within its boundaries comprise some of the choicest grazing lauds of Northern Montana. The coun ty is cut nearly midway east and west by Great Northern railroad, also by the Oandada and Gieat Falls railroad. There is already an old and wealthy settlement along the low lands of the 'leton and tributary streams, aud there are two flourishing towns, Hu puyer and Ohoteau. In the way of facilities for irrigating its fine arable lands Teton rather leads many older counties. The Euieka Reservoir and Canal compauy finished last year the Glemlora canal.“ It is taken out of the Teton river about eight miles above the town of Ohoteau, and carries the the water into Glendora lake, a natural reservoir cove.ing forty- five acres of land a depth of twen ty feet. Eureka canal tapping the Teton about eleven miles above Ohoteau carries water to Eureka lake, covering 150 acres of ground twenty two feet deep. Eureka canal carries 10,000 inches of water and Glendora canal has acapaci y of 3,000 inches. From these r© epective reservoirs, canals run out and form a junction on the bench land between Teton and Muddy rivers and their joint waters are carried over a tract of 30,000 acres of fertile land. The work of con struction is complete and our in formant, Z. T Burton, the projec tor and one ot the principal own ers says the cost was $80,000. Mr. Burton and his associates have ac quired considerable land lying un der the canals, but we learn that there are large aioas of govern ment lands there awaiting the set tier. The plan pursued by the canal company is much more lav orable to the settler than we sup posed. It furnishes the water the first year free, and then sells an absolute and perpetual water right. By the terms of sale each farmer becomes an owner in the canal. The company of course expect to get enough for the water to amply pay inteiest of their in vestment, besides acquiring title here and there to a tract ot land. Mr. Allen, once a teacher in White Sulphur Springs public school, was associated in the con struction of the canals and is the owner of a fine farm there upon which he raised good crops last year. The company have in course of construction a canal from Bucli creek. It will start near the town of Robaro, and will be thirty feet wideon the bottom carrying water to the great Pen d O’rille basin, a tract of 150,000 acres of very fine farming land lying along the Great Falls and Canada railroad. This canal will cost when completed about $250,000. The lands belong to the government may be taken by homestead settlers. It is a pleasure to note these evidences of progress in the new county, which wp predict will in the fullness of time become as famous for its grain farms as it new is for its fine herds and large flocks of sheep. W a y The G o v e rn o r V e toed The Bounty Bill. Governor Rickard'« has vetoed the bounty bill which was to have taken the place ot the old bill. The following are his reasons for doing so: Experience has shown that too much care cannot be exercised in the enactment of bounty laws. When great care is not taken they may inflict a heavy lax upon the financial * resources of the stale without a corres ponding bent fit. It is still fresh in the memory of us all that only a E w years ago it was neces sary to reconvene the legislature to repeal the bounty on prairie dogs, under the operation of which the state treasury' was rapidly being depleted. I regret exceed ingiy that I cannot see my way clear to approve the bill, as it is in many respects an improve ment over the old law. My objection lies against the proposi tiou to increase the bounty ui wolves and coyotes from $2 to $5 In support of this object on re spectluily call your attention to the fact that two years ago the legislature appropriated $12,0)0 per annum to die payment of b< unties. Not Only was this ap propriation of $24,000 entirely ex- h mated but the deficiency bill shows valid claims against the state for bounties in excess of the appropriation, of $26,000. This expenditure by the slate of nearly $50,000 in two years for bounties was under the law providing for the payment of $2 each for wolves and coyotes. This bill iucrea-es the bounty on these animals to $5 and were it to be* otne a law, it would, in my opinion, offer a premium for dishonesty, one uar age fraud and necessitate an early session of the legislature to pro t.ect the treasury of the state” fro m the demands made upon it ” T i ^ e M o n t a n a C o m p a n y I s U S T o 'w ¡ESTjjsnsriiisrca- FIRST CLASS COACHES D aily :: B etween GREAT FALLS AND CHOTEAU, C arrying U S M ul E xpress ---- hm ---- BYRON C >RSON, Agent. q ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 1 6 ^. Subscribe lo r T h b M untanlan . J S t A Poor Aewspajp.r IVwu. Speaking of newspapers and newspaper advertisements, the following from the Belleville Ga., Banner is eloquently expressed and painfully forcible. If true, it would seem the Banner is ver.y apt to pull its stakes at short no tice. “ A paper cannot live where the town council sticks its notice on a china tree aud the merchants do their advertising on paper s.cks. Some of them ^ay that it does not p>y to advertise. Why the devil didn’t you say so before we plat.ted the Banner in this cussed one-horse town? Here we are with $500 worth of fine printing material and not enough business to furni-h grub for a gtasshopp r. Guess weM never settle at another watertank with a lot of ignorant people. Un less we get some new advertise mente th s week the paper goes up the ¿pou*, and we shall letve this G -d forsaken measly town aud open a bar at Drunkard’« Gulch and get rich.” t ■ ‘ 1 ■ \ 1 ‘ . . . . . . . . \ * . ! - ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ T H K M ONTANIAN, terms or s u b s c r i p t i o n . X T M A tfc— P O ITA G X » X E P A » . oae c o r , «ne y»»r (la A d i t a c i ............. -»ix lion*ht..,... \ “ ............ Three Montili... ** “ .............. lincio Copiti... “ “ ............... Ad v e r d i’xff Ratei od Appi trade«. $lor. F m & d © œ H H ■ t u ó X O > o GIBSON & WALKER, - WHOLESALE & RETAIL — DEALERS IN WINES, LIQUORS, CIGÏÏRS A CHOICE LINE OF HE BEST BRANDIES. WHISKIES, AND MINERAL WATERS ALWAYS UNHAND. M A I N ST.. - - C H O T E A U ThB Mcmtanian is Publis-liBd wBBkly at Chataau, TBton CDuntyi Mantanai Sub scription $3 pBr yBai In A d v a n c e , TIME TABLE Or QR?AT FALLS ADO CAR ASA RAILROAD. ODINO north : Leave Great Falls, 11.00 p. ns. ” Vaughn, 11.40 “ “ Steell, 12 20 a. m. “ Collins, 2.00 « “ Pondera, 3.40 “ “ Conrad, 5.00 u Arr. Shelby Junction, COO u «OING BOOTH. Leave Shelby Junction, 2.50 p. m . “ Conrad,, 3 40 “ tk Pondera, 5.20 « 11 Collins, 6.50 “ * “ Steell, 8.15 « “ Vaughn, 8.50 « Arr. at Great. Falls, 9.30 “ ■ f c T I E S W BUTCHER S H O P . TRUCHOT and ' CRAWFORD. P rops . MAIN STREET, • OHOTEAU. Commission Merchants, JSLJSriD Dealers in ALL KINDS of Farm PRODUCE. Q r „ U
