The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-27
NORTHWEST NEWS.
Ysples Of General lntersst In Tie Fear nsv
States and Elsewhere.

devoted q paee 20 a review OF the real es-
tate and business enterprises OF Missoula.
During the past rear tho real estate
Gales I'm Spokane Falls amounted % over
e17,000,000, . larger record than that ot
any other city In the Northwest.
The second annual meeting OF this
State Teachers' association of Washing
ton will be held NJ E~llensb0r9 January 1.
. and 3, 1850. An Interesting programme
has been prepared.
The burning Of the first kiln of pressed
brick ON Puget sound was begun on Wash
on leland by the New York and Tacoma
Pressed Brick works n day or two ago.
The kiln contains over 100000 brick and
vill he n test kiln.
A Seattle police Judge has hxed the
price of jaw teeth at $3.50 each. He put
the quotation ON when he fined q man SIS
Tor knocking out two OF another fellows
molars The Judge also declared that
there would he no reduction on large jobs.
Pomona grange, OF Salem Ore, has
passed resolutions asking the state board
of agriculture to increase the premiums
on cereals and vegetables; opposing a
county appropriation for the armory. and
opposing aa appropriation for opening
highways.
Colin Hunter. Isaac Bergman. J. How
ard Ford, Samuel McAlvan and Erasmus
Maggie have incorporates the Y. L. Cattle
The capital il $A5O.OOO i'm
A.5OO shares of 800 each. The business
anu OIIlceS Oh the COMPANY VA 10 IsAsS
I'm Cheyenne county, Wyoming.
The waIla walla board Of trade has
memorialized congress for an a~ppropria-
ton of $4,000 to beautify and improve the
military reservation there and to make
Fort Walla Walla n permanent full reRi-
ment cavalry post. The movement Is
heartily approved by the people there
abouts.
L. H. Hershfield, A. Hershfield, A. J.
Davidson. j. II. Marks. w. E. Tierney and
]. Z. Kanouse. have fled articles of in
corporation of the Missouri Land and Cat
$500 shares OF 800 each. The operations
of the will be carried on in
MeaRher county and the main offices will
he in Helena.
A special meeting of the Portland city
council was held Monday night for the
purpose Of taking some definite action I'm
regard to the purchase of n site for q new
city hall. After some discussion the
council concluded to purchase a block on
Fourth street near the county court house,
for the sum Of 100000. It is also proposed
60 erect thereon n magnificent building,
costing not less than 100000
The purchase of the Spring Hill Water
company's plant by the city OF Seattle was
practically contaminated at n joint meet
ing of the council i'm of In
who and officers of the water company
held Monday night in the Puget Sound
National hank, the consideration being
&352. 265. 81. This includes the company's
plant, real estate aud, in short, everything
relating to it's property, franchise and
equities.
"Many bills are being introduced i'm the
legislature calling for the expenditure OF
large SIMS of money; but where IT is to
come from has not yet been explained.
With the heavy expenses of the first year
of statehood, and the debts of the territory
TO take care OF, il would he well for the
legislature to go slow with appropriation
measures" 1t is certainly refreshing to
observe how the democratic organs are
watching over the public funds of the new
state.
w. T.. Kidder, a middle aged man with
a family. died at . o'clock Tuesday even
ing mt Spokane Falls under peculiar cir
cumstances. At 5 O'Clock kidder left his
home for a pitcher of beer. AT the saloon
the proprietor had to go into the cellar tn
open a new key. Kidder fell down into
the cellar through the hatchway, il is said,
but did not seem To he injured. He went
home and attended to some things about
tho house and went to g In a few mo
ments he became rigid and his wife, he
coming frightened, called the doctor, who
found the man dead when he arrived.
The city dretlge and government dredge
which have been employed OH the bars i'm
the Columbia for the past two months.
have completed the work and eturned 70
from Portland to the ocean, carrying 20
feet I'm extreme low water, which means
25 feet at this time, SO that the Target ships
coming here can go up or down with q
full cargo. Next summer the channel
will he deepened To "a feet at the lowest
watef. and this channel will be kept open,
SO that there will be nothing more heard
of instructions to navigation i'm the Co
lumbia.
A dispatch from Sioux Falls. :. d., says
A telegram for medical assistance was re-
ceived here at IL 80 Tuesday night with
meagre particulars of an awful tragedy
that had taken place ut hardwood, Iowa,
a station on the Burlington, Cedar Rapids
q Northern. sixteen miles from this city
The particulars. as stated by the operator
at hardwood, are: DIR. Munroe, of that
place, shot his wife through the lung. in
flicting what is thought to he n fatal
wound. The doctor then cut his owl
throat. from which he died. The doctor
was insanely jealous of his wife. ant
imagined she received attentions from
other men.
Michael Cooney the mining expert who
arrived here direct from Leadville about
three months since, and who has thor
oughly examined the mines Of Castle
Neihart, Barker and Intervening countr,
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