The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-21

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as soon as il can he done. Mr.. Tibsais
can he delsndlcd on tai urge tine inpOT-
lance of speedy action, and the people ut
Port Townsend feel confident that opera
tions on this line will not he delayed
longer than will bc necessary tn perfect
n ranRemeI Z : for doing IN.
A So. Paul despatch says: The hcavi-
est money verdict ever given against may
person ar corporation at Minnesota Was
rendered Tuesday evening against the
Chicago. Burlington & Northern Railway
company i'm the district court at Ramsey
county. II was for Sa.OOO i'm favor Of Fred
erick A. Hill. He was formerly an en-
ginssr ON the Burlington road and ran an
engine on the suburban line between the
st. Paul union depot aud Pullman avenue.
One night in November Of last year Mr..
Halls engine collided with "a switch en-
gin' and a disastrous sTnashnp was the
result. Engineer Hall met with injuries
which came near proving fatal. Besides
breaking many bones he sustained IA ter
rible scalding. He was laid up almost u
year and will probably be u cripple for
life. He brought SHIT for 5000 and rccov-
cred $i,OD.
Some very interesting tests of woods
native tn Washington and Orego and
Others native tn other timber sections OF
the country. were made recently at the
Northern Pacific car shops at Tacoma.
The purpose was tn demonstrate the rcla-
tive strength of the woods. The timber
wis StbJtN'tet !" sh'ttttI vi
sticks 2x4 inches aud four feet long. tn
centcrs. being one-fourth as long. tn thick.
and " Idle as an actual stringcr as used 10y
the railroad company m Its trcstle bridges.
The test il important. as there seems to
have been little information ON that sub
jrct. and the impression has been that
ordinary oak was stronger than hr. The
tests show. however, tina yellow fir IL ac-
tually onc-thirsi stronge than eastern oak,
and more than half tronRcr than eastern
white pine.
~. Paul special says: John Olhatcr,
"a farmer of Bclvidcrc, township, Wabash
county. went to Lake City several weeks
ago. He marketed "a load of grain. bc-
came intoxicated ana started i'm the even
ing for his home. Next morning his
wagon was found overturned down an
~mbankment, one of the horses attached
being dead. and the other nearly 81. Obi
haisr could not bc found. He was known
to have $40 on his person at the time. A
brother of the missing man has come
from Montana to investigate the singular
Disappearance. An anonymous letter has
reached the brother i'm which the writer as
serts that John Ohlabcr was clubhed to
death and his body buried near where his
team was found. Search has been made
to find the gave in that vicinity. but with
out success. "a heavy fall of leaves making
such "a search difficult. The aid OF the
officers to- trace the missing man has been
solicited.
Montana * now "a state in the union and
represented by IL bright star i'm the blue
Held of the tiag. Montana is pregnant
with possibilities cxccllctl 10y none of the
other new states. She stands AT the head
Of the precious metal producing states.
Her output last year exceeded S~22,ODO.0OO,
as against S~2i,OOO.OUD for Colorado. Sl2.-
U0,uDO for California and Sl2,OOD.OUU for
Nevada. Despite this enormous output
the great commonwealth of the north has
scarcely been prospcctcd. IL is rich i'm
coal and the baser metals are AS plentiful
as the precious. Ii has Immense. agricul-
tural possibilities, the soil being fertile and
water abundant. Her mountains and val
legs are covered with dense forests, and
her natural water power is beyond compu-
tation i'm value. In agriculture. and manu-
featuring industries Montana rivals Penn
~sylvania in her possibilities. and has her
gold. silver. copper and lead besides
SuH Francisco Post.
A special from 81. Paul says: After n
discussion of various routes likely to bc
taken 10y the Pacific coast extension of the
Manitoba road through the Rockies, il
would seem from the uttcrancc of II prom
iuent railroadcr here that the following
will probably br, il il has not already been,
decided upon. as il is riIInored here. This
route leaves the Montana Central at "a
point near Cartrrsvillc. runs up the Dear
born canon tn the h~cadwaters of the
Dearborn, crosses the divide tn the head
waters of the B~lackfoot, down which il
rams Ia MiSSotila. The tttvIttc at tins point
can he crossed with little difficulty. Ii is
"a higi, grade crossing, hut not more so
than thai on which the Montana Central
CROSSES To Butte, or than those Of the
Northern Pacific over both the Rocky and
Bitter Root mountains. While this would
place Helena aud Butte upon the side
track, il would not materially affect the
roads business from those points. The
roads prospects for Butte business are
now much poorer than they were ~ year
ago. The Northern Paciflc's Butte 4
Gallatin branch will bc finished before
Christmas. and bc 10y many miles u short
line from ST. Paul. Ii seems probable
| then a new coast line will start up Dear.
horn canon and go west to Missoula.
w. J. Haynes. of Mullon. Idaho. arrived
here yesterday for the purpose OF %conferr
ing with Helena parties regarding some
important mining property they are
owners OF i'm that section. He states that
the prospects of that camp are bright,
Mullon il now being approached on the
west by the Washington & Idaho railroad
and on the east 10y the Northern
Pacific. The Washington 4 Idaho
track will reach Mullon inside of
~ days aud the Northern Pacific I'm two
months. Mullon has now about dDp PEG
pie, hut when the mining interests arr
fully developed il will he u good sizct
town. The only two producers at prcsen,