The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-17
NORTHWEST NEWS.


main line Of over i.sD miles.
II H. intended tn place N construction
train On fhc Csrur d'Alcnc branch nj the
Northern Pacific next Monday. By the
LIST of nccemhsr IL Ia very probable track
will In. laid tai Frruchtown.
John II. Irwin. one 81 the pioneers Of
eastern Oregon has discovered one OF
the richest frsc-gold properties ever found
i'm the state, i'm Union county. The guam
tity il large. aud the hest judges say IL is
n free milling composition of at least 500
tn the ton i'm gold.
Captain William n. Gray. the. oldest
American pioneer on th, Northwest coast.
and probably on the Pacific coast, who
..amc to Oregon IN lSsi, and has ever
ever since. lived iu CIat-op county, il lying
NJ the point of death at the residence of
his -~ou-iu-law, Jacob Kan. Portland.
At the meeting of the Southern Oregon
preshyicry. held i'm Ro-sIburg. il was de-
cidei tu take into consideration the build
ing of a college at some point in southern
Oregon within the hounds of the pres
bytcry. The choice. Of location will be
tetw.-u Ross.burg. Grants Pass, Msdlforh
. ld Jacksonville.
II is rcportesi that Simon Castles of
Mcaghcr county has skipped out, leaving
debtors i'm the lur'h to the amount OF
5000. His last transaction was to bring
about So,1D pounds Of grain tn Helena.
which lc disposed of tn merchants
and then Disappeared. There are several
attachments ont for the grain.
One hundred aud forty car loads of beef
cattle, numbering 5.OUO head. were shipped
this week. These cattle will net their
owners about Sl20.Ou. The stock haIsi-
ness of Montana il something big. The
Manitois. railroad pockets Si5.Oo on the
above shipment. -GiosJoW Hr,ahd.
n. Ii. Tatcm. owner of the Helena Iron
works. l,as made am assignment for the
benefit of his creditors, designating r.. w.
knixh of the First National hank. as as
signct. The principal creditors are A. j.
Davis of Butte. FIRST National bank of
Helena. and the Chadwick estate. His
liabilities ar. said tn bc about sjO.OOO
which ar, nearly covered 10y assets.
The Seattle city council has ordered
plans draw for tive new engine honss.s.
in which tai house the present fire apInara-
tus and that an the Way here from the
east. The cIgins. houses will liz. built all
at once. i'm the different fire districts, AMI
will le Of brick. finished with the most
modern improvements. The fire appara-
tus is now in one. big temporary wooden
structure that has "a canvass roof.
There il IL good deal of work going ON
at the present time on the Boulder and
Elkl,orn railroid. Tie grading is pro-
gr.ssiug favorably. About six and "a half
mile of the roa,il.-d is ready to lie. tied and
rallied. Ii il stated that orders have bcei,
given to contractors tn have the first III
miles of road from Boulder tn the moutl,
of Elkhorn read tai turn ovur tn the opc.
rating department within ~ days. o"f
der -Igr.
Several valuable. Lodges of gold ore have
been discovered on the East Eagle. about
six miles north, of Sanger. in Union county,
Ore. Which hav" attracted considerable
attention and numerous prosucctors. min
ing men aud spcrIlat ms have gone in
there. several parties from Sparta and
Baker City taking ia supplies for the win
tnr. One ledge assays S12l to the ton of
average rock. Three lodges have been
bonded for $2I 900.
The Portland Library association has
now half ~ block III Stark street worth
SO.Ooo. on which they propose tai erect "a
library building. For this purposs. they
have SlGO.UUO. including the heqnest of
Miss l.. nj. Smith of SiOO,GD. IL il pro-
posed to set asid" S5o.UNo as AN irrptluci-
.tic fund IL provide for the salaries of
librarian, janitors, etc. and to cxpcnd
SjOD.0D in the erection Of handsome
bnildings. and to save $4,000 for contin-
geRCics.
Ais,ut tw.-ihir,ls Of MoDtana's domain
il unsrirv.ycd. This represents iJ.OUO,UOO
acres al land. A great deal of tins il
mountainous land which will probably
never b' surveyed. Land TX surveyed into
townships each having l.5OO.UD acres, and
to survey all tho land would require bs-
tween io and 800 townships. Surveyor
General Eaton believes that the present
system of conducting government suu-
veys IL altogether WRONG. and in his re-
port To- the secretary of the interior will
make and present his
ideas of how the work should he carried
on. There is x25,Ou0 appropriated for the
surveyorgcncral's oiiic,, for the survey of
public lands i'm Montana next year. of
this amount 81 100 il "a special appropria-
ton Ia bc used in tn. Milk river valley,
and General Eaton will devote 81 90 of
the regular annual appropriation Of SlO.-
QUO for this work only.
Among the minerals of Montana. one of
the most useful is fire clay. Annually
tons of this material IL used i'm the great
smeltcrs throughout the state. Ii does
not seem to exist i'm amy great quantities
at any one place, though, il i- found in
various parts Of Montana. Yet, not u ssif-
fcicncy has been discovered To supply the
demand for il throughout the state. Near
the coal mime west of Missouta about two
and n half miles quite "A large deposit of
this valuable clay has been found. So far.
nonc of IL has been used. but n recent
analysis Of il sh pws il tn br of excellent
quality. From AN ASSAY made on the 18th
inst. by =. ID. Bridge, assayer of the Ana.
conda smelling works, <he following re-.
suits regarding the quality of this clay was
ascertained: Organic matter, s.sO pei
cent; ~aluInnia. 25.ss per cent. iron
OXIDE, 2JG3 per cent: SILICA, 1910 pei
cent. ; lime, $50 per cent. This analyst,
shows that the clay is Of good quality ant
fully up to the standa used for smelling
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