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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1897
Page
3
Geo Weston rides a new bicycle. births and visits, church services, and social calls fill the local page. Gold mining reports from Diamond Hill, Hassel, and Alaska ventures mix with moves to Canton and Benton and road work on Oak street.
A newspaper note lists numerous gentlemen with marriage interest including Thos Dean F.L. Curve G.R. McDonnell and others inviting any lady to correspond for matrimony. Next week will publish names of matching ladies. outside town residents may send names to the District Court Clerk by 5 p.m. Wednesday the 28th inst.
Will Clendenin advocates sulphur war as beneficial for heart trouble. W S Thompson and family visited Uncle Tom Thompson at his mountain ranch last Sunday. Townsend boys report good fishing up Deep Creek. John Lewis arrived from Clover Hill last Thursday and reports crops thriving. Ray West and Thomas Cadle began prospecting near Sixteen Mile Creek on Tuesday morning.
Constructor Hodson is in town rebuilding the N P telegraph line. Dr K Cole spent Sunday in town with relatives. Walter H Little returned to Helena on Tuesdays No 1 after a few days at the Crow Creek companys ranch. Arthur Willson was a passenger on Mondays No 1. David Williams Jacob Titman and JM Duncan were loading hay and grain for Helena firms. Andy Rossman loaded a car of oig for Geo B Easterly of Rodersburg. Db Sydebotham purchased J N Johnsons cattle and shipped to Derby Iowa. Five cars of them. T O C Plunkett jogged along the boulevard in a new trap with cab and coachman. Netting was evident as trout and grayling are scarce three miles up the river. James Sutter has returned from Hassel where he cared for mining property.
At Johnson's Grove a 500 strong crowd from the lower valley, Winston, and Townsend enjoyed a day of feasting, dancing, and social amusement. The Fourth program was skipped, music and public speaking offered, and a moonlit arbor hosted waltzes and plains quadrille into the night.
Canton residents note Saturday rain relief and guests at Judge Keene's home. John Hines shipped oats to Helena, Hattie Driscoll toured Canyon Ferry with Mrs. Doggett, and Captain Joe Broderick led the Rounders to victory. A Canton Rounders vs Valley Crippies game ended 20 to 21 for the Crippies with lively crowd banter and umpire antics.
Miss Nora Bardon visited friends on upper Deep Creek Sunday. F Dick Clendenin made a business trip to the Musselshell last week. Wm Faulkner with wife and daughter visited relatives several days last week. W C Darbon continues placer mining near the Halfway House.
The piece traces a sequence of deals starting with a split ownership offer to Mr. Locken and a transfer to James M. Smith and T. M. Reece. Ton Cooney later gains a bond and buys the Diamond claim for 8 000 dollars, with Cooney teaming at times with Smith and George H. Weston. Partners Miller Wilson and Angus McDonald join, pursuing small-scale work and an expensive 40stamp mill that failed, leading to a sale to a Scotch syndicate. Now the property hosts Montana’s largest gold mill and a major electric power plant, with the mill to be started soon and ore supply expected to last for years.
The Board of Equalization approves new land values in Broadwater County to equalize assessments across portions taken from Meagher and Jefferson counties. Valuations establish per acre rates for hay grain grazing timber and Northern Pacific lands with ranges for lands near towns and cities. The board adjourned to meet August 3 and will stay in session until all equalization matters are disposed, but no later than the second Monday in August.
The Selena Independent recalls Richard Lockey’s unlikely 80 cent purchase of the Diamond mine during tax sale days in Radersburg. Once owed by Pittsb urgh owners who then declined the mine back, Lockey kept it amid fluctuating fortunes and a long, withered history of the Diamond Hill group.
Broadwater county seeks sealed bids by noon September D for 62000 6 percent bonds in 1000 denominations with semiannual interest. Bond sale details reference Montana Political Code sections 4240 424 4242 and assessors project valuation between 1700000 and 1800000.
The cattle market remained comparatively firm with extra quality steers up to 5.15 and general sales from 4.15 to 4.75. stockers 3.40 to 4.25. cows 2.40 to 5.50. heifers 3.00 to 4.00. bulls 2.69 to 5.25. calves 3.75 to 5.00. Hog receipts rose and prices ranged 3.20 to 3.60 amid lighter quality. sheep firm with prairie ewes 2.75 to 3.85 and lambs 3.59 to 5.50. horses steady with good ones 110 to 150 and drafts 95 to 125.
A notice requests Department One to convene a meeting at set intervals and schedule practice sessions with two rings at intervals. The item lacks detail on date location or participants.
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