, 1889-01-24

actual settlers; about $500, 900 acres have
been selected BY the Northern Pacific rail-
road company a. indemnity land the past
year, in addition TO it, original grant; and
about 500, 900 acres covered BY the Yakima
Indian reservation, nearly all OF which is
6re arabic land. except about one.iourth,
which 10 mostly covered with timber.
Only one.third Of the Yakima land district
has been surveyed. The following record
entries Of the United States land Office Of
that district at Yakima, discloses the busi-
ness there for the year 1888:
No. Of declaratory Statements. ga
No. Of timber culture applications" ..... 29l
No. of home estead entries ............... 325
No. OF final homestead proofs"".."...... b7
No. Of cash homestead proofs......... l2o
No. of Original desert land entries..... 10
No. Of final desert land entries.......... II
No. Of mineral land entfies.."...-"....
No. Of coal cash entries.
No. OF coal Dec. St.....-...............
The homestead entries usually comprise
160 acres, and desert land entries $40 acres
and under. The above shows, TO an ex-
text, the progress of development the past
year, and when O similar and perhaps
larger exhibit Ia made BY the four other
United States land Offices of the territory,
the showing 10 fatterinR one, and will
be largely increased the coming year, 1889.
Tacoma Real Estate Journal.
Rich Find.
There IL considerable stir in Missoula
mining circles to-day over 800, 600 deal
in quartz. Following is all the informa-
tion that can be gathered on the subject
to-day: Last fall three prospectors, one of
whom was named johnson, of Philipsburg,
the others being from Spokane Falls,
struck prospect in Flat creek, q small
stream emktyinR into the Missoula about
wore 30 elated with assays that they de-
cided 10 ship ten tons Of the ore to Wickes
for trial run. From the ten tons the
surprising sum of 8l400 was realized, or
4l40 to the ton.
News Of the rich find spread rapidly,
and j. X. Pardee Of PhilipsburR, being
informed of the discovery, Immediately
took the train for Missoula. He arrived
here during the extreme cold weather last
week aud took conveyance for Flat Greek.
A. soon as he saw the prospect he deter
and finally succeeded in bonding the prop
erty for $4,000
In talking with friend last night Mr..
Pardee seemed 10 be elsted over the out.
lock. He said the vein 10 just like the
famous Custer, situated in the Wood
river country, from which SIC, 900, 900 was
taken out In short time. The vein 10 on
k. 4 the ground and is forty feet wide,
with SIX feet OF rich galena in the center.
y Is only ten miles by pack trail to the
Northern Pacific, near the mouth OF the
Jocko. Mr.. Pardee said he would put mer
at work on the claim Immediately Mis-
soulian.
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hon. Granville stuart OF the Juditf
5asin leIt mere To-Day 1or neiena. Mr
stuart says tnaI S,e L stock interests are ~
nared for severe weather. shonId IL act in
That was not the case in the winter OF
| 1866, when the losses were so great.
Mr.. Stuart remembers mild winters,
such as this. but he recalls also seasons in
which soft weather up TO the 2lst of De.
cember or thereabouts was followed by
extreme cold and snow storms. In 1885. 6
the weather was mild until late in De.
are doing considerable damage. and stock.
growers expect tbst the IerisIature will
pass a bounty law. especially as the raw.
AGES of the wolves eause heavy Ioas Ia
small herds. whose owners cannot afford
to 20 to heavy expense in protecting them.
Mr.. Stuart came here about twenty-five O
years ago. He was told at Benton that
| the Indians were troublesome, and no one
would 20 with him. The next year he de.
termiped To 90 alone. He made the iour.
new safely and returned with some sketches
of the cataracts.
Mr.. Stuart saws that the mining inter.
eats of the Judith are prosperous. The
| mines near Maiden, which are in his
charge, are giving fair returns. The
| company sends ores to Wickes by the way
Of Custer. but may find it better to send
them here to be smelted.-Great Falls Tri-
bune.
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