The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-30
NORTHWEST NEWS.


States and Elssvhsrs.
1hs Gu nifty of timber used yearly In
mining industry 10 In tbs An
aconda mine alone. ~ Butte, 6O,OOO feet OF
timber are put under the ground daily. OF
~ sle rate of nearly D'ooovooO feee . year.
AZ the smelling works ~ Anaconds. to
longing "a the same ths're are
lsO cords of wootl used daily. or GO, 100 cords
q year. Nearly 100000 corxls of wOol arc
kept on hand. Nearly all this immense
Msasossia Gazette.
Tie work ut laying track mn the CTur
d'Alene cutoff of the Northern Pacific In
bcing pushed ahead NJ the rate OF one
mile per day. II In expected that the track
will he laid tai by December b.
The Indians. near Crescent city. CAL.
one Of their number in the jail mt that
place a few days ago. They demand
S.. OOO ar that the man he hung. They will
not he satisfied by sending Buchard, the
slayer. tai the pcnitentiary. They insist
on tl,cir terms. and declare IL they are not
complied with some white man will bc
killed.
The output of the Granite Mountain for
the week ending November ~ was ~ bars
81 bullion. containing TITO ounce fine
silver and 1915 ounces ffne gold.
In the early days of Oregon, when II
was n terTttorys tne goNettttt1tttts III sbt
To encourage Immigration, allowed each
person Of nRc, male ar female, 40 acres OF
land as n donation. This In how the name
OF "donation clnims" originated. The
settler was allowed TO take his 320 acres TO
suit his fancy.
during the last fishing season, says the
Bandon Recorder, $500 cases Of salmon.
The price paid for fish was 10 to so cents
each. The total amount paid out for raw
Ash was $4,000. In addition To the cash
paid for raw fish. the other expenses Of
the anner were $1,000.
The coal mines Mt Sand Coulee. Cas-
cade county. arc now a~TorlinR employ
ment for about 800 men. and nearly loo
tons OF coal are put ont daily. The COM
pany lis building another large chute for
loading coal Mt the mines.
The department commander has de-
tailed the following named officers to wit
ness the issue OF annuity goods to the In
dams. at the agencies Indicated for the
present fiscal year: Cheyenne River
agency, =. D.-Capt. j. II. Hurst, 12th in
fantry, Fort Bennett. s. ID. Crow Creek
aud Lower Brule agencies. s. D.-Capt.
IL. r. Brinkcrhoif, 18th infantry, Fort
Randall. =. ID. Standing Rock agency, n.
D.-Capt. H.. e.. Brown. 18th infantry. Fort
Yates, n. ID. Tongue River agency, Mont.
Capt. +. X. Upham. LIST cavalry, Fort
Custer, Mont. Grow Agency, Mont
Capt. Max wesendorir, LIST cavalry. Fort
Custer, Mont.
Mr.. Joseph S~weshenRer who resides
near Stanford, writes tn the Rirsr Press
particulars Of n wonderful discovery he
recently made i'm an u~nfrcqucnted noun
tain near his residence. The discovery
consists OF u petrifcd man, with all his
limbs in u perfect state of preservation.
The body stands against n massive b builder
OF which 1t seems to have become u part
and cannot be removed with mt much
stream of water lowing from n Spring
above falls directly upon the head of tho
body and after passing over IL loses itself
in the surrounding rock. The body meas
ures six feet and nine inches from the
CROWN of the head to the soles OF the feet
and is well proportioned, the chest and
limbs being Of ponderous width aud size.
The features are of the severe Roman
type, s~urmountcd by n broad high fore
head and u luxurious growth OF hair
reaching tai the waist completes a picture
which inspires u feeling of awe and rcver
cnce i'm the bcholder. Certain hicrogliph
les are cut upon tho rock. n true copy al
which Mr.. SweshcnHer promises to send
us. Thus far he has kept his discovery q
| secret, but will in due time divul9c it's 10
cality. IL will doubtless attract the saraa,
of the day. and u large sum may he real
ICED from IL. II in indeed n wonderful
discovery. indicating, as il does. that ths
i nrSt inhabitants On tniS RrNSbt country Wers
\ giants.-Foyf Benton Press.
While the prisoners mt the walla Walls
| p~enitcntiary were being exercised sun
| day. il was d~iscoversl that two prisoner,
had made preparations To escape, having
managed to saw of the bolts which fast
cned the bars locking their cell door. The
door of the cell was locked i'm two ways
n paddock ON the door and ~ lever 80 ar
ranged that il locks all the doors at once
II was with the latter method they hat
worked, the bolts having been renderet
useless, so that when the lever attachmen
Was worked, and apparently all the door
were locked. all that was necessary was t.
shove back with the fingers the an0l,
irons fitting over the cell door. The dis
covery WAS most Opportune. II VA sup
posed that the work had been pro0ressin,
Some time. and that q number of prison
ers knew Of the fact, as the night watch
man states that the prisoners would mak,
a noise, tranping ON the floor and rottlin,
on the doors, no that the saw used woul,
not he heard. The prisoners confined IL
the cells were two criminals from Seattle
one having thirty-six years to serve, tn