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' THE HIVER PRESS LOCAL NOTES. Fr,'! ittirday's Miss Mary Oswold. of Prairie du Chien, Avis.. has been engaged to teach the school at the town of Choteau. She was espected by this morning's train but did act arrive. She will probably come to- morrow ad report to Mies Finnigan,coun 1.y superintendent, for examination as t q ualifications. She will , then proceed t Choteau and begin work. Business among the merchants of Fort Benton is keeping up remarkably well for the winter season. At the different houses we notice customers standing aaiting for their.turn to be waited upon. Dry goods: boot and shoe and grocery :nes seem to be especially active. Busi Conrad, ness in orders by mail, freight and ex-'1\—nrane and press from outside points was never as aond as it is this wintef. We asked one of our dealers in novel- -..es and holiday goods yesterday how he as Satistieil with his trade iace the holi- days commenced. replied: 4 'I have no complaint to make. Trade in my line has been better than ever before. , If I .can do as well every year I will be - per- 'ectly satisfied.\. When asked as to how •.4Einess had 'been \during the year he -aid that he had found it much improved cer former years' . \In fact,\ said he, \I na that all a man has to keep the kind of goods people want, sell them reason- ably, and there will be no limit to the amouorlae can dispose of.\ 11,..1.1. 1 'AL lila IX... , Fditor li W. Peck, of the Montana Grower, returned this mornintfrorr , i i ;in extended visit ea_ELL.jite shows evi- .. _ -•-- - ience of having enjoyed good health and care during his absence, and is now pre- -payeal to do any _amount of go work on his excellent journal. Mr. Chas. Rowe. of the 0 - erland hotel, aas i robbed of a fine huntin og which ::e values highly. He gives notice in an- other column to the individual who en- ticed the animal away which the afore - aid party would do well to heed if he :ioes nof wish to make the acquaintance of the Choteay county sheriff. The floating ice in the Missouri at this point finally became so thick and strong that lest night it stopped running, and • t he river is closed with n thin cs_stung_ef he combinec trading post and fort,which 't was thought would resist their entrance o the country, where to the surprise of the latter, they were „hospitably received and welcomed. Whoop -Up is one of the group of historic names with which many an Indian legend, and many a romance in real life are associated. These old time land marks,as well as many of the leading actors connected with them, are rapidly passing away, and with tbem much that is of historic value.\ THE BOUNTY QUESTION. Views of a Prominent Northern Montana Stock Grower. Ex -Sheriff James McDevitt, of Fort is in the_sitij Knowing that his grazing grounds are situated on the Marias river, not far south of the British line, out on the plains and adja- cent to the breeding grounds of the coy- otes and wolves, we approached him on the subject of stock -killing animals and a bounty law. We found him ready and willing to talk, and will give as near as possible his statements of facts, and also his idea of what would be the proper thing for the legislature to do in the way of framing a bounty law. Mr. McDevitt is an old resident of northerna e llontana. He formerly made a business #f \wolfing when the ,animals were so thick on the plains east of the Rocky Mountains and south of the Brit- ish line that men engaged in the business poined many thousands of them b annu- ally and made small fortunes at the busi- ne5/ He says that the broken lands along the Missouri, Marias, Teton and Milk riv- ers are the favorite breeding places of wolves and cpyotes. He means by broken lands, the ridges or table lands above the valleys, which are cut by ab- rupt and deep coulees. The idea that they migrate from place to place is not true; nothing short of starvation will force wolves away from their home and breeding place. They seldom range more than from twenty-five to fifty miles from their homes. His idea is that a liberal bounty should be offered, and the live stock interests 'taxed to pay it. If the farmers want a ground squirrel and gopher bounty law, Jet the agricultural interests be taxed to ,ce blockr\ThSce I e is not strong pay that. If any other interest in the el trerio bear up horsej, and we would territory needs protection, let that inter - not advise footmen to tr est foot the bills. He does not believe it sons who need to cross possible to get a bounty law enacted on any other terms. Therefore, rather than do without one i _Li _e is willing that his holdings should be - faiiid-for the benefits which will follow a bounty on wolves, coyotes, bear, mountain lions and lynx. The wool growers and horse raisers are as much interested as the cattle men, and suffer as much in proportion to the capi- tal invested. When a band of wolves get into a flock of unprotected sheep, which occasionally happens, there is a whole- sale slaughter. He says that if a systematic and con- tiuued war was made on wolves, they could soon be exterminated from the ranges; and once exterminated, they would never . return. Speaking qf his own losses: He closely herds his cattle, and knows very nearly what per cent. of calves he has lost by the ravages of the beasts, which he puts at from 30 to 33 per cent. He figures, from this showing, that it would pay him big money to be taxed a certain amount annually until the pests are extermi- nated. He figures, also, that there is no reason why stockmen themselves and their em- yloyes should not, if they wished to do so, engage in the business of killing the beasts and winning the bounty. Their business carries them on the ranges at all 'seasons, and they can study the methods best calculated to poison or capture the beasts and secure their pelts. As to how the bounty should be paid: The presentation of a whole skin or a hide including the nose, ears and tail should entitle the holder to the bounty. Often a poisoned wolf is attacked by birds, and the skin is so damaged that it cannot be saved whole. The skin should be punched and returned to the owner. No bounty should he collected on a skin killed previous to the enactment of the law, or one brought from any otaer coun- try, and severe penalties should be pre- scribed for any violation of the law in this respect. It should.be made a felony and punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary. Mr. McDevitt, as will be seen by the above, opens the discussion from his standpoint in a vigorous manner. ,• it. Now per - the river have a high appreciation of Fort Renton's great iron bridge. Without this structure, communication with the opposite side of tire river would be out of the .question. DEATH OF DR. LAMME. An Oki-timelloienian Citizen Passes Away. 6r. Larnme, one of the leading citizens of the city, died at his residence Saturday morning. December 4 1'1, 1888. He had been declining for about two years and while his death was not unexpected it was siecerely regretted by a large circle of ap- preci f stive friends. The Dr. was born in War?en county, Missouri, July 22, 18'22, was educated at Hash medical college, St. Louis, and after practicing his profes- sion for some time went across the isth- mus to California in the stampede of 1849. Remaining in California one or two years he returned to St. Joseph, Mo., where he engaged in the practice of his profession and was married. He left there in 1863, coming u -p the Missouri river to Montana, and settled near Grange Hall, East Galla- tin, on what is now known as the Hays' place. A stock of goods were started up the river the same time but were lost. In 1866 goods were brought overland and in company with L. M. Howell he opened a store on East Gallatin. In the fall of IS68 he came to Bozeman and in company with John L. Harlowe and J. S. Menden- :tall formed the firm of A. Larmne & Co., a firm which has since maintained the .ead in its linein this city. He leaves a -wife and five children to mourn his de- parture. -Avant Courier. DEATH OF JOAQUIN ABASCAL. An ,Old -Timer Passes Over the Range--- • . Short Sketch of His Life. .Every old-timer in western Montana knows Joaquin Abascal, and will regret to rear that he died at the McBurney House a Deer Lodge Monday night, after a urief illness of hemorrhage of the atom - ,:eh. He lived at Beartown, where he rlaS been engaged in - business for years, and came down _from there to Deer Lodge intending to board the first train for Cali- fornia, and had purchased his ticket' The deceased was a Castillian by birth and was fifty -rive years of age. His arri- val in Montana dated back about 1863, -when he reached Helena. During 1868 Ile - located at Beartown, where he has re sided ever since. He was a brother-in- :aw of Hon. W. A. Clark, having eleven years ago married a sister of Mr. Clark. A wife and two children, aged seven and nine years, who are at present in Califor- nia, are left to mourn their lots. Joaquin Abascal was a member of the Masonic fraternity and the funeral yes- terday was conducted under the auspices nt this order. Hon. and Mrs. W. A. Clark and Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Clark went down :o Dee r.Lodge to attend the funeral. • Whoop -Up. in speaking of the recent fire which oc- arred at Whoop -Up by which the south- ern wing of the old fort was burned and dee . troyed, the Macleod Gazette stztis.77 0 OPT - p - i - vas tre - ng • criliTer of the at whiskey traders in ante -police days, Darwin's Theory. Darwin's theory of the \survival of the fittest\ is simply that the weakly die, while the robust and hardy thrive and live. How true this is et seed growth, and how necessary to sow only that which is suited by nature to live and develop. D. M. Ferry & Co., the great Seed Grow- ers and Seed Dealers of Detroit, Mich., supply only, the best and purest, raising their own !seeds by the most improved methods and with ale greatest care, bringing to their business the invaluable aid of more than thirty years' experience. Their Seed Annual for 1889 is a real help to the gardener, and should be in the hands of all who desire pure and true seeds. Send yott-r name to the firm's ad dreg at Detroit, Mich., and they will for- ward you a copy. The Montana Wool Grower. A monthly journal devoted to the inter- ts of Montilaii wool growers. Subecrip ion price, 6 - 2 e,r annum. THE INCOMPARABLE MANITOBA. is New Tinian Service -Its Luxurious Sleep- ing Coaches -Well Stocked Dining Cars and Quick Time -The Chi- cago, Burlington at Quin- cy, Etc., Etc. C frespondence of the RIVER PRESS. • CHICAGO, December 26th, 1888. The new train service on the St. Paul, M'nneapolis and Manitoba railway from ontana points to St. Paul and the east it complete in every particular, and makes that one of the pleasantest and most convenient routes in the west. Leav- ing Benton at 5:19 p. m. one arrives at St. Paul at 2:15 p. m. of the second day, omething over 40 hours of actual run- ning time. The sleeping coaches are of the latest and most improved design, while the dining cars on all through trains' are stocked with.all the delicacies the markets afford, giving the traveler all the comforts and many of the luxuries of life. The country through which the roaa runs, notably the MILK RIVER VALLEY in Montana and Red river valley in Da- kota, the world-renowned wheat belt, is some of the richest and besIin the west. There is certainly a great fdture in store for this railway. It is by far the best thing that northern Montana has upon which to base its hopes of future devel- opment, and should be patronized by all residents of that section for convenience and by other people who desire quick transportation, courteous and generous treatment and excellent accommodations on the road. One of the most popular roads in the country, judging from the amount of travel, is the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad. rnnning from • hicago to St. Paul and points in Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Iowa and the southwest. This road is fully equipped with vestibuled trains the latest and greatest improve- ment in rolling stock construction -and the sleeping coaches are about the best we have ever seen. The actual running time from St. Paul to Chicago, a distance of over 430 miles, is fourteen hours. Along the Mississippi river from St. Paul east the scenery is WONDERFULLY BEAUTIFUL. Quick transportation, tine scenery, luxu- ries coaches and good meals make a pow- erful combination, and offer great induce- ments to the traveling public. We say without hesitation from personal experi- ence that the tourist and traveling busi- ness man can enjoy all these advantages on the Chicago. Burlington& Quincy rail- roads and the branches of this s; -stem. S. M. - HE GOT HIS GIRL. A Sensible Young Man Takes a Sensible way to Gain the Consent of the Stern \Parient..\ Ile is a young man and doesn't live a thousand miles from Benton. He is fair- ly good looking; has a healthy appetite, plenty of pluck, a well -fitting suit of clothes, a short purse and unbounded love for a neighbor's pretty daughter. The girl reciprocates his affection, but paterfamilias isn't built that way. He objects. He thinks his beautiful' daugh- ter is a tit mate for a king, and so does the young man, who believes he is some- t,hing of a king himself. But he is sensi- ble. He doesn't ` - buy \pizen\ for the house dog nor break himself purchasing a ladder and rope and hire for a carriage to steal his inamorata. He goes straight to the \old man\ and presents his case. He tells him he is young but will get over that after awhile. \I am williag to work,\ he says, \and make a home for your daughter. I've taken up 160 acres of land and-----\ \Where have you taken the land?\ ea- gerly asked the father. \On the reservation, sir, where the luxurient bunch grass makes the cattle laugh and sheep shake their jolly sides while playing hide and seek amid the wild clover; where four potatoes fill a half -bushel measure, and a slight tickling of the virgin soil produces 40 bushels of No. 1 hard to the acre; where the balmy. health -giving air is ever ladened with the rich perfume of the fragrant flowers upon every hand; where great measures of coal crop out upon every quarter section of land, and- -\ \Enough enough! take my .daughter, young man, with my blessing. You have proved yourself worthy of her. You have a fortune in your homestead. Stay by it. There's millions in it. The young man who shows the nerve and good sense which you have in taking land upon the great reservation deserves the fairest of the fair.\ Tableaux. DR. McDONALD INSANE. The Great Specialist Reported Insane-- Gulleau's Curse NEW YORK, December 29. -The local papers say that, notwithstanding the care fully studied efforts to keep the facts from the public, it has leaked out that Alex. E. McDonald, general superintend- ent ot the insane asplum on Ward's Isl- and, has become insane. It is hoped that the affliction will only be temporary, and the once brilliant mind of the great spec- ialist will be restored to its normal con- dition; but the prospects at present are not emcouraging. Dr McDonald for many years has been one of the universal- ly recognized authorities in this country on the subject ol insanity and its treat- ment. It seems like a true expqsition of the irony of fate that he himself should have been visited with an affliction that no one was supposed to know better than he how to cure. Dr. McDonald was one of the experts whose testimony convicted Guiteau, the assassin of President Gar- field, and it is a noteworthy fact he is an- other of those who participated in that Will and who have appareqtly fallen un- der the ban of the assassin's curse. No Coon in Ills'n NEW Yorm, December 29.-Sullivan's pugilistic backer here, apropos of the Mc- Auliffe -Jackson fight, to -day said that Jackson might challenge Sullivan, but that the Boston man would pay no atten- tion to it, as he had long ago declined to meet any colored man in the ring or any man who tands up with a coloied fighter. DOWN AT LAST. The Anaconda Suspends Operations and Why. BUTTE, December 29. -The Anaconda company shut down their works yester- day, and the whole plant is now idle. The reason assigned is that the smelters have used up all their ore reseryea, and that the Montana Union railway is unequal to the task of supplying the ore shipments, which reach 2,500 tons daily when the works are in full blast. The alleged cause of this is a lack of motive power and in- ferior equipments on the part of the rail- road company. The stoppage is, however, regarded as only temporary, and it is said the Anaconda will start up again the first of January or soon thereafter. Another cause of the shut down is stated to be the death of John O'Farrell, a nephew of Marcus Daly, who died last Thursday. Mr. O'Farrell was superintendent of the Chambers syndicate group of mines, Hag - gin's copper properties, and was an ef- ficient mining man, whose loss all Butte will feel. Mr. Daly and family are en route home from Philadelphia for the funeral, which will probable take place next Tuesday. It will be one of the largest funerals ever seen on the west side, as the deceased was very popular. THE SPANIARDS RIGHT No Cause for a Row With the Jamaica Au- thorities WA SHINGTON, December 29. -It is learn- ed at the department of state that the case of the brig Josefa against the Span- ish government for indignities alleged to have been imposed by the customs offi- cers of Porto Rico, Jamaica, have been under investigation since July, 1887, and since that time the state department has been endeavoring to secure a remittance of the fine that had been placed on the vessel. The Spanish laws against smug- gling contain a provision that if a vessel comes into a Spanish port with less cargo on board than her manifest shows, she will be liable to a fine of $200 for every ar- ticle missing. This ship's manifest men- tioned twenty packages of corn starch that could not be found and A FINE OF $4,000 was accordingly levied on her. It is the custom to remit the fine if a reasonable excuse can be given, but in this case the missing packages could not by any ex- planation be accounted for. One defense was advanced that the goods had been put by mistake on the bark Josephus. which lay next to the bark Josefa in New York, but the department upon investiga- ting the case found that the Josephus had no corn starch on board on that trip and did not lay next to the Josefa in load- ing. In the correspondence one of the officers of the Josefa admitted that the mistake may have been caused by care- lessly receipting for goods. In view of the failure of the ship to explain the ab- sence of the packages the department could see no ground on which to base a quarrel with the Spanish customs officers and the case has been dropped. FPRICE's CREAM BAKINS 9 PERFECT WD E D I E I Its superior excellence proven in millions of homes for more than a quarter of a century. It Is need by the United States Government: Endorsed by the heads of the Great Universities as toe Strongest, Purest and most Healthful. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder does not contain Ammonia, Lime or Alum. Sold only in Cans. PRICE BAKING POWDER CO. NEW YORK CHICAGO ST LOCIP. BENTON FEED STABLFS REBUILT AND REMODELED. Cor Benton and Min Sts., F -rt Benton, - - Montana. I OSCAR JOHNSTON, Prop'r. These stables have been rebuilt and remodeled throughout and are second to none in the city. '- Special attention given R. all stock left at my stables. Charges itetesosals bit. HARRIS THE CLOTHIER! ( Menti t - • • al 1 1 / 4 r .n advertisement in this paper.' - I t14,- N afr; 'f - o e c i * br tik%) #.) • My health is poor, I'm sick at heart, My constitution's shattered ; The wealth I dig does me no good. My clothes are torn and tattered ! \ \ Look up, old pard! and see a man That's happy -for, none are healthier; I buy good clothes that keen me warm, From HARRIS, the ONE -PRICE CLOTH I ER ! \ z air We guarantee prices against any and all competition where first-class goods are offered. Our stock is large and varied, and embraces everything morn by man, boy, or child. Q tir MAIL ORDERS SOLICITED. - tta HARRIS THE CLOTHIER, HELENA. GREAT FALLS. FURNITURE! Largest Assortment, Latest Designs, Lowest Prices. Bed Room Sets from $30 to $75, consisting of Bureau, Washstand and Bedstead. Folding Beds, the celebrated Acme and Chicago Bed Springs. Mattresses and Pillows. Parlor Furniture In Great Variety. Brocaded Velvet Sets, consisting of seven pieces, $40 to $75. Student, Easy and Rocking Chairs, Ottomans, Sofas and Bed Lounges. Immense variety of Rattan and Reed Chairs, Tables and Lounges, Center and Library Tables, Book Cases, Sideboards, Cabinets and Chiffonniers. Hall, Dining Room and Kitchen Furniture in great quantity and variety. Camp Stools, • Chairs and Cots. Examine our stock before buying. w r. Ci. I =6 C)N7V cfc 33 it Fort Benton, - - - Montana. 1 1) HOTEL, (Under New Management. ) The only FIRST-CLASS House in GREAT FALLS. OFFICE OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. Fine Billiard Room, and Bar Stocked with CHOICE LIQUORS AND CIGARS. Central Avenue and Park Drive. JULIUS HORST, Proprietor. 11 H. MCKNIGHT & CO., —DEALERS IN— Farm and Spring Wagons, Road Wagons, Buckboards, Road Carts, Superior Grain Drills. Sulky Plows, Breaking and Stirring Plows, Harrows, Cultivators, Tents and Wagon Covers, Barbed and Plain Fence Wire, Team and Buggy Harness, Saddles, Bridles, MOWERS AND REA_PETIS. Hay Rakes, Hay Presses, Hay j.,oaders, Threshing Machines. SW We are agents for Woods Mowers and Binders; John Deere Plows, 'Bain Wagons, Cooper's Sheep Dip, and Eldridge Sewing Machines. Central Avenue near Third St., GREAT FALLS, M.T. W. J. MINAR, DRUCCIST, FORT BENTON, MONTANA! DEALER IN Druis, Notions, Toilet Articles, Perfumer)' Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, Etc., Etc. Fine Perfumes and Toilet Ar- ticles a Specialty. ESTABLISHED 1877. JAS. lioNILLAN & CO., PROPRIETORS OF THE riinneapolis Sheepskin Tannery, AND DEALERS IN EIDES, SHEEP PELTS, FURS, WOOL, TALLOW Ginseng and Seneca Root. SHEEP PELTS & FURS A SPECIALTT. 101,103 it 106 Second St North. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Shipments Solicit d. write for t
