The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-16
NORTHWEST NEWS.
Topics Of General Interest In the -Four New
States and Elsewhere.

Of a large cattle ranch ON Brune,au river. |
ffty miles from Boise City. whers'. hcsides
other stock. she has 800 Norman and
Percheron horses. She spends n great
most constantly i'm the saddle. She In
called the 'horse queen of Idaho"
The value of real estate two miles west
OF Missoula ran he readily appreciated
when il is stated that the land upon
which il located the track of the Missoula
Racing association Was purchased n few
months ago for 5000 and last week mort
gagged for Si,To ON long time and at ex-
cecdingly low rate of interest. Tho
aino,In, Is to he applied towards improv-
ing the premises.
A. NJ. Otto. travelling auditor OF the
Northern Pacific express company, who a
short time ago was relieved of his duties
for reasons best known to the
has been rcin-tatcd with honor, and he
has rcsumcd his run OH the road.
A Washington dispatch says: II is not
certain that the site selected for "a navy
yard IN Puget sound will he finally agreed
to. II leaked ont to-day that Secretary
Tracy has referred the report n the coIn-
tn Commodore White. chief OF
yards and docks, for his opinion thereon,
and that the latter gave IL and severely
commented ON the report. just how far
he criticizcs the site selected il not known
as the commodore will not talk and Tracy
is i'm the same hImor, nor is ID known
whether White recommended the noii-
selection of the site. But from another
source il was learned that Secretary
Tracy will probably recommend that no
new navy yard be established on the
Pacific coast, but that the Mare Island
yard he increased to meet any emergency.
and he the only yard on the coast. The
latter report, however, cannot he verified.
although il bears n tinge Of possibility.
The Jail at Occur a. Alcnc city was de-
stroycd by fire SUNDAY A prospector,
p. }. Brcen by name. who was unfortu-
nate enough To he incarccratcd the even
ing previous. was burned to death. From
the evidence at the inquest held by Judge
Russell the jury rendered ~ verdict that
deceased had come to his death 10y his
own hands i'm an attempt tn burn his way
out of Jail" Breen was an cX-soldicr,
having served two terms OF enlistment,
and was about 40 years of age.
An effort will he made during this scs-
sion of the Washington Legislature tn i'm
auguratc the Australian method of voting
in that state.
The seattle Journal publishes a rumor
tai the effect that an eastern and English
syndicate are negotiating for the purchase
of the Port Blakcly mills. together with
all the other lands and property of the
firm.
Two nice milk cows, harucsscd to a
q formed Al part of AN immigrant
outfit that passed down Main street i'm
Baker City the other day. The old gentle
man who handles the ribbons over this
quaint looking team, now that he has
made his trip 'the plains across" can
sottlc down and go to raising cattle.
The residents of OrtinG, WASH, are
proud of the fact that they have "a scnsa-
ton i'm the shape of al c~lopcInent. Last
week Mrs. Sophia johnson, the 400 pound
wife of lsak Johiison, proprietor of the
scandinavian hotel, packed up all the
available furniture i'm the hotel and fled
with the cook. IL d~iininutivc specimen of
humanity that weighs only about 100
pounds.
According to the Ochoco Rericr "a wrong
impression prevails regarding the effect oil
last summers drouth in Eastern Oregon.
The past season was a. severe one for the
residents of this county, but not SO bad
that any one will suffer for plenty to eat,
or to make any ready to sell cattle for less
than they are worth. II eastern folks
were to see the green grass now on the
hills of Crook county. they would b' ell
viou~. and would not believe there ever
had been u drouth there.
Secretary Windows lead ore decision
has affected "a good many mining camps
in Idaho. This from the Wood River
Times, is "a ease i'm point: "Bayhorsc,
which two weeks ago., was n 'booIuing'
camp. with hundreds of people i'm pros
porous circumstances, is being apidly
deserted. As soon AS Secretary WINDOWS
ruling on Mexican silvcr-lead ores was
known there. all the argentifcrous galena
mines and the smelling furnaces were put
IN shals' Tor "a protractcD season oil idle
ness. Over :DO men were thrown out of
employment i'm u SINCE camp.
&. H.. Prescott, formerly general man
agcr of the Oregon Railway & Navigation
company at Portland, but for several
years vicc-president OF the Northern Pa
ellie railroad. residing at Tacoma, has So
cured IA home in Portland, and with his
family will take mp permanent residence
at once. He has large roperty interests
there. and represents IA syndicate of east
ern CAPITALISTS who n year ago purchased
$1.OoO.OOO worth OF property adjoining the
city.
The large new hotel OF the
Park association. in course of erection mt
the falls during the past season. is nearly
completed and will he i'm readiness for
the accommodation of tourists next year.
II will have n capacity Of 25O rooms, all
heated by steam and furnished with mod
eru convcnicnccs for the comfort of
guests.
About 25 workinRmen came i'm from the
Neihart branch yesterday in "a furry of i'm.
~diRnation and asked for an attorney. q,
whom they told their story. which lis tO ,M.
effect that they were. employed by OBS
borne q johnson, labor agents of ST.
Paul and Minneapolis, tn come tn Mon.
tana and go tn work for Grant & Foley,
L Cnntrnctprx nrn tho NntIart hras.Dh %, ~