The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-26
NORTHWEST NEWS.


year ~ $SsO.4Ol. AMI the YAK levy VIII Orsn9
i'm only $4,000
The Nelson placer mine. seven miles
west Of Baker & ", In one Of the ricl -
placers on the Paciiic coast, and WAS sold
for alb mt s3OO,O0O about a year ago. The
final clcaf,-,ip this summer was the finest
ever made. II was worked by hydraulic
ing.
A hand of 30 sheep recently arrived i'm
Lane county, Ore. from eastern Oregon.
They are distributed i'm the Willamette
valley where feed for whitening stock il
more abundant than in some sections of
eastern Oregon. where. the drOtth was
most severe during last tmnl
There is i'm Umatilla county, Ore. n
human freak tina. ~ a great curiosity. Ii
Is nm Indian child Of the Neg Pcrccs tribe.
tile forehead like those of thc fabtcd
cyclops. The child, il is said, is able to-
see with ease and run about with as much
freedom as any of his companions. o..
The Vancouver. WASH, Reg'sfrr says:
The yo,niRcst Judge Ina the new stat" was
elected on the same day thai hc cs.ie-
brateh his 27th birthday. His name il
J. II. winh, and he is n democrat. He
was elected supreme Judge of the dis. riot
embracing Snoliomoish, Skagit and What
com counties. His majority was only
twenty-four.
walla walia has "a printer who would
do well to cmigratc tn "a distant land. A
few days ago the editor Of tho Statesman
WAS made to publish this startling state
mcnt: wv. %. Bush. member of the ieRis-
lature from Thurston county. has been
forty-fivc years i'm the pcnitentiary." Mr..
Bush has been in the territory for forty
five years. and was never i'm prison at all.
Charles Williams, the alleged mail rob
her. has been arrested at Long reel Ore.
Williams il u brother of Tom Williams,
Recently discharged from the penitentiary,
where he served his time for the attempted
killing Of Peter the Poet" editor of the
Long Creek Edgie. Tho Bake City DEM
ocyof says that u very positive ease has
been made ont against Williams. and his
conviction Is deemed certain.
Som" time ago n mar wanted tn get n
lot in Spokane Falls, to- build n house to
start u business i'm. The owner asked him
S2l,OOO. "Do you want to freeze me out,
to keep me from getting i'm here" he
asked. That what il is WORTH" was
the answer. He bought the lot. intending
tn build on il later on. Last week he sold
il for S65. 900. Now he is looking for an
other lot.
Something curious happened in Kent's
meat market at walla walla the other
day which seems unc~xplainablc, says the
walla Walla Union. The butcher. while
cutting u hog i'm two. had his knife strike
some hard substance, and on examination
found that the knife had struck u tcn-ccnt
piece. which was firmly imbcdded in the
back bone. How the coin got into such u
place is somewhat of a ~onumdrur
Captain j. w. White, OF Oakland, Cali
fornia. superintendent Of construction of
life saving stations ON this coast. has just
inspected the new life saving station at
Fort Stevens. just completed by w. Ii.
Hc~adington. He found everything all sat
isfactory. and as soon as "a little grading
is finished. which has been delayed by the
showers. the work will hc formally ac-
ccptcd.
committee has been appointed by the
A.snr;, .bn N az tn ..tr...1utn
among the citizens and see IL they are
willing to- give $500 AS II bonus for the
erection Of a flour mill in that city. with IA
capacity of l3o barrels "a day. The Pioneer.
says: "Thcrc il no question hut that the
bonus OF 5000 can he raised, and very
quickly. too. No hesitancy should bs AL
lowed i'm raising that amount. ms with u
triiiing effort the sum can be secured in
side of ~ day. A Touring mill will he "a
big start i'm the direction of securing other
needed enterprises. and we should by all
means secure il at once"
When the fire. was devastating the tim
her I'm Idaho last summer, Governor
Shorp placed $3.50 at the disposal of the
the flames. The amount was sent tai the
FIRST National bank. Governor Shoup nc
campaigning il with n request that proper
vouchers be sent him for the amounts
paid ont. tai enable him tn get the money
refunded by the secretary of the interior.
guarding the town. most of tho work hav-
ing been done 10y volunteers. That amount
was paid 10y the Board of Trade out of its
own funds. il being deemed unjust that
Governor Shoup should bc deprived of the
use of his money until he could obtain il
from Washington. The draft which he
United to- the bank was therefore returned
with thanks.
James Hammond. one of tho owners oi
in the Alp Mining came Ia
town last week and purchased new cool
stove from Mcintyre & Matthew'S. On n.
turning tn his camp the same was put IL
position i'm the cabin and the next morn
ing breakfast was cooked mn il. whcr
cakfa had been finished tho mcr
found that their giant powder was chilled
and noticing tn" stove, they pat the pow
der inside il. thinking that the heat re-
tanned i'm the ashes would thaw the powdc
out. Having made this preparation the!
proceeded to the mine and worked ill
noon, when they came ont to the surfac,
and started tn the cabin tn prepare Inner
But much to their astonishmcnt no cabii
could they find, and all hat remained IL
evidence was N few splinters Of wood. Tn
earth was torn up considerably. whicl
told the story that ~ terrific explosion ha
taken place., and the new stove WAS