The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-10
NEWS.

a Peter Hansen and wife were greatly sur
prised and gratifed ut the arrival of n pair
OF twin BOYS at their residence east of ths
Rattlesnake last Thursday. Mother and
children are doing well, but Peter is some
what amazed.-Missouia Item.
i. A prize fight To u finish was arrange
for Sunday evening between Gordon and
Syff, who are said to he very clever in tho
manly art. 1t was to have occurred i'm
South Aissoula, bat owing to some hitch
hi the proceedings was postponed.-Mis-
sds&an.
Mr.. Frank Balm will ship from the Port
Benton stock yards tomorrow about 2,JOO
kehd of mutton wethers. This shipment
with $500 head belonging to Libby d Mer-
rill and Charles =. Gibson will make 1890
head to GO from the Benton stock yards
to-morrow-thirty-ilvo double-deck car
loads.-Rirer Press.
Mr.. Chas. s. Gibson drove n herd of
mutton wethers across the bridge from
the east side OF the river yesterday. The
sheep will he loaded at the Fort Benton
stock yards tomorrow for shipment to
Chicago. This herd and $500 head of
Libby & Merrills sheep make 5,3uO head
that will go away from the stock yards to-
hilorrow. This shows what kind of N ship
ping point Fort Benton Press.
b. :. Clark Of New York city has been
spending a few months at his sheep ranch
near Choteau. Mr.. Clark has to
connect his dozen or more winter sheep
camps by telephone, involving about
| eighteen miles Of wire. By this arrange
ment, i'm case of a storm, IL will he known
at headquarters whether all bands are
safely housed or not and help sent where
needed. Mr.. Clark leaves this afternoon
on the Manitoba railroad for his eastern
home. Next year he ropos bringing
his wife with him and visiting tho Ma
ktional park.-Great Falls Leader.
1 A trip to the great coke camp of Coke
dale will repay the visitor. Nearly the en-
M f.
operation and turning out large shipments
of the product every day. The washer Is
now i'm operation and does good work in
removing impurities from the coal. Sew
eral ovens arc charged with the coal
treated by this concentrator and satisfac-
tory results are anticipated. II is expected
that by this Improvement To the COM
pany's works, coal hitherto unit for coke
ing purposes will he utilized and the quail
itS of all the coke produced will be mater
tally Observation-Disclosures Enterprise.
This afternoon Joe Solomon, the man
ager OF the new street car line, gave the
4 city and county officials, the newspaper
men and n few prominent citizens the first
ride on the new line. On the second
trip Joe gave the children a ride, which
| all enjoyed. The cars ran very smoothly
+ and all expressed themselves very mvcf
pleased with the line. The stables wers
also visited and found very convenient
i The cars will running on reg
III ulaT tT1IS lIitS eNetitItk the ~ 10
train. Mr.. Solomon is to be congratu
\ lated on the enterprise he has shown, ant
which gives Missoula a regular city look
+Missoula Item.
The Glasgow Herald says in its last ID
sle that through the carelessness of Che
teau county officials poll books wer0 no
sent to Smiths ranch, q precinct i'm tn
Little Rocky mountains, by which 81 vot
: ars were deprived Of their right to vote
We desire to exonerate our county CLERK
4 as well as set our esteemed ontcmpora
the Glasgow Herald, right, by e~xplainin
, that the poll books were first mailed 1
, due time to reach that precinct. A gentle
|. man who came to the postofiice for TN
D books, teleRraphed that they wer
' not there. A dispatch was immcdiatcl
: sent telling him that the books had bee
: mailed but that another set would he ser
\ by the evening express. This was dons
: Still another set was sent later by IA raj
/, rpad for fear those on the q,
I press might he carried by the station
; And again n fourth set of books was ser
= through the mail. II appears that neiths
. one of the four reached the hands "a
$ which they were How il so hal
!, pened we cannot say. but we do know ot
4 county clerk attended faithfully 10 n
a duty.-Rirer Press.