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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1898
Page
3
Blue stone at Matthews Pharmacy and fly paper advertised. Townsfolk report errands, deliveries, and small business updates including property work, new hires, and court costs. Several residents travel to Helena and Bozeman for work, with community events, sales, and local meetings noted.
A reportedly rich ore strike is said to have been made on the divide above Diamond with assay returns near 900 per ton verified by panning. The lead lies at the head of Dubuque gulch in a porphyry dyke. Ira S. Allen and the Graham boys are among the lucky ones. Miller and Whalen’s Montana Bar workings progress with a successful mill clean-up and tramway work underway amid deep snow. Norris mill to restart in about ten days with lease talks in progress.
Duncan urged broad reforms but pressed hours per day for miners and smelter workers as a key issue. Baldwin backed the hour law. The session adjourned.
Broadwater county officials convened to authorize record indexing. The board hires F. W. Combs at 100 dollars per month and assigns an assistant at 80 dollars per month, to be paid from the Contingent fund.
The Berg Hardware Co offers crockery and glassware at the town’s lowest prices on record, promising savings for shoppers. The store emphasizes historic low pricing as a selling point.
The district court docket includes multiple verdicts and motions. Defendants awarded in several cases. others dismissed or set for term. Foreclosure decrees signed for Industrial Trust Company and related actions. Real estate sale notice for Great Falls Montana. Creditors urged to settle accounts before departure. 3-17
Berg Hardware Co. continues offering three tin cups for five cents and eight copper bottom tea kettles for thirty five cents, highlighting affordable kitchenware deals.
A county populist gathering in the court room elected E. M. Wardwell as county chairman and James Duncan as secretary. B. S. Coad became treasurer. precinct chairs were named in Winston Hassel Bedford Townsend and other areas. The group discussed reform literature and focusing the campaign on initiative and referendum, with Wardwell urging limited ism in the platform.
Frazer's axle grease priced 20 cents for medium and 35 cents for large. A small lot of concentrates moved from Hansen and Rolbenson's mill to a smelter. Robson and Leach leased a Park property and shipped a car of gold bearing ore. Chas Sanford hauled it. The ore is described as non milling. Erickson returns to work on Iron Mask Extension southwest of Giant Hill. Snowmelt changes creeks near Hassel Indian canyons. travel remains difficult above camp while grass appears on southern slopes and cayuse stock show signs of stress from March weather.
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