, 1889-02-21
NORTHWEST NEWS AND NOTES.

NORTHWEST NEWS AND NOTES.
A party Of engineers headed by Messrs.
! Ross aud Grant has left for the Sun river
valley TO mako survey for the Northern
Pacific.
Delegate Toole of Montana, has tele-
graphed the Butte Miner that he thinks
that territory will be admitted ut this
session.
A cougar that was captured alive In the
hills was Gagged and yesterday sent via the
Kootenai Courier.
The new steamboat Antelope, owned by
Henderson & Co., has been launched at
Hope. 1t will be run between that place
and Gray's Landing.
Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Stone and their
boy Frank were in Rathdrum Wednesday.
being on their return trip to spokane Falls
from the tie camp east Of here.
The Gold Creek stage WAS loaded down
Friday morning with passengers for the
mines, among them being District Attor-
ney Musgrove. e.-Kootenai Courier.
Stock along the line of railroad are caus-
ing considerable trouble to trsinmen. The
risky colts and yearling cattle are no re-
spectors of person, place or thing. and
make the mail train or slow freight come
to stop with equal equanimity.
The Empir mine and mill shut down
Saturday. The reason assigned for the
| action is that the mill Is in need OF repairs
and the line of develoDment before any
! more work can be done. The shut down
Is said to be only temporarily.
Articles OF incorporation of the Morning
territorial secretary. with ID. II. Gilmour.
VIM. DinKee, VIM. Chumasero and
Francis Pope as stockholders. Capital
stock, $1,000, ,0OO divided into 100000
shares at 81 each. Their place Of busin sss
will be Helena.
The Canyon Park Mining company has
been incorporated with Lewis CAndss,
Herman y. PrsetOrious and Robert Hull
incorporators. The capital stock is ST.
600, 900, divided into 2O0,0 600 shares at SO.
The object OF the company Is TO carry on
general mining business with the principal
office in East st. Louis.
An enormous mountain lion, killed near
Hayden lake by Mi, 1. Werst, was brought
into town Thursday, and caused much
comment ana expressions OF surprise at
the size OF the animal, which measured
over eight feet from tip to tip and b sd tre-
mendous claws and tushes. The skin was
purchased by Lieutenant Holt0n OF Fort
Sherman. Courier.
The militia bill now before the ter ri-
torial house OF representatives is . meas
ure we'll calculated to raise the efficiency
OF the Montana National Guard, which in
the past has had too little encouragement
from the government. The bill was in ths
main drafted by the adjutant general Of
the territory. aided by gentlemen familiar
with military organization. Inds-
pendent.
The miners union Of Maiden, Montana,
has issued statement that the Magn NJ
company, Of which A. NJ. Hotter Is presi-
dent and Governor Hsuser vice president,
hes made reduction Of wages. The
mtnors look upon this ~ the inaugura-
ton Of a movement to reduce miners
wages throughout the territory. They
therefore appeal to all miners TO form
unions and resist this effort.
Hon. John b. Allen called upon Prssi-
dent Harrison on Monday last, and made
an earnest plea for our carly admission.
He 10 able 70 present our claims and plead
vote himself TO the interests of the terri.
tory and manhood OF its people. ne will
bend oil his energies to bring to an end
our period OF disfranchisement and oondi-
ton Of serfdom. He Is the right man Ia
the right placs.--Olympis Republican Par.
tisan.
Hazslton & Harris, operating at Placer.
have taken up their bond and deed for the
Aqua FriO mine, located in the Beaver
Creek mining district, near Placer, and be.
come the absolute owners Of this property;
also the General Custer, which 10 oont,gu-
Sae essS VA shV oo8Su WIFE, 4nO khOUp
question comprise seven claims, two OF
which, the Aqua Frio and Caster, are bs.
Ing developed by = force Of twenty-five
men and with very satisfactory results.
The contract for boring the 1900 foot
tunnel at the Jay Gould mine has not
been awarded yet but work has already
begun on the tUnnel, IL being prosecuted
BY the company. Work has been In prog
ress for two weeks, and 100 feet Of earth
,ut through. It is progressing at the rate
,f fifty feet week. The West Jay Gould
d making the same progress with it. tun-
,el. Around the miue twenty men are
Employed, but this number will be In
,reesed - soon - the tsn.stamp uill,
which IL now on the ground, 10 placed In
en.--Independsnt
The Union Pacific folks evidently Intend
o do considerable work In the immediate
'iCinity Of Anaco ada, judging from the
movements Of their engineer force nov oc-
upied here. The Review has for the past
our years advocated advocated the extsn-
Ion OF this line to the Bitter Roet valley,
{ point near Corvallis or 6tsvsnsville,
nd this paper still insists that there 10 NO
nors inviting aeld for railway than over
he proposed route. The local businos
vhioh Il would develop would pay the
ps!ating expenses from the starf. Ana.
onda Review.