The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-09
NORTHWEST NEWS.
ieDios sf General Interest II The feuF New
States and Elsewhere.

except sluntters. To-day its population
il over 1,50O.
OtIn an election for city marshal at Bose
IMAM ON Monday. the republican candi-
date was elected by q majority OF one.
PhilipsburR Mail: Alexander White, n
cattle king Of Flint creek valley. spent n
day in town thi. week. Mr.. White says
that an early spring In necessary to prevent
a heavy loss NJ stock on the ranRes,as they
are in very poor condition now and many
have already persisted.
Near lincoln, CAL, "a stratum of white
sand, rs per cent. silica and very clear,
has been found at IL to Is feet bslow the
surface. The stratum is six feet IL ick and
is estimated to he sufficient for running
an extensive glass factory 100 years. IL is
considered "a bonanza.
1t is said that repeated slides i'm the
Sierra Nevada i'm California have filled
many canyons hat are thousands of feet
in depth. Should these deposits he rapid
ly melted 10y q warm rainfall the rush of
water will he something terrific and the
resulting devastation would he terrible to
contemplate.
Livingstone Enterprise: Big Timber
don't want a court house. That is she
don't want one built under the auspices
of the present board of commissioners.
The vote was: Against issuing the bonds.
IS; for issuing the bonds, T. The grand
jury report knocked the project on the
head.
Benton Eirer Press: The delinquent tax
list of real estate i'm this county foots up
81 ,556.51. Considering the large amount
of property assessed this is not IA bad
Delinquent taxes ON personal
property amounts to S2,s65.5O, bills for
which have been placed in the hands of
the county attorney for collection by
process.
Philipsburg Mail: William Browning,
"a wood chopper employed in n camp on
Marshall creek, while at work last FRI
day, his axe glanced and struck his right
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severing the big toe. He bled profuseiy,
hut with prompt medical attention il
was soon stopped, and with proper care
the wound will soon heal.
Great Falls Tribune: We are reliably i'm
formed that not less than 1900 head of
cattle have been driven into the country
between Belt and Upper Sand Coulee al
ready this year. If the caravansary begin
SO soon. what shall the harvest bring?
Certainly an OF delicious fat
beef for home and outside consumption.
Benton Rirer Press: A serious accident
befell the s~ix-year-old son of William
Morrow al the Shonkin yesterday. He
was assisting his father to water some
horses. and while holding one of them the
animal turned and playfully kicked up
his heel-hew was never known to he vici-
ous-and struck the boy i'm the face and
over the eye, inficting n severe wound.
The boy was in n dazed condition for sew
eral hours and his face is badly swollen
and disfigured.
Great Falls Tribune: Dutch Charley OF
Dry Wolf mining district was i'm town
yesterday and reports n big waking UP
among the mines of that district. A
group known as the Mary and Agnes, on
Dry Wolf creek. has recently disclosed an
immense daposit of lead c~arbonates-in
fact the most extensive body vet dis
covered i'm the Belt mountains-the as
says running high mp among the hum
drcds. He says the miners of that dis
trict are in good spirits and eagerly ex-
pecting the coming season to come
boldly TO the front AS one of the best dis
tricts of the Belt regions.
P~hilipsburR Mail: Tuesday morning
when the express wagons were coming
down the Granite road with passengers
for the . O'Clock train at ~Philipsbur9.
they were very much surprised to find a
substantial fence built across the road
near the Halfway house, and were de-
laycd several minutes in removing that
part which obstructed the way. 1t is not
known who the parties are that took such
liberties, or what purpose they had i'm so
doing. 1t is supposed, however, that some
parties owning a mining claim there con-
structed the fence with the intention of
prohibiting passage. and who were most
likely g%norant of the fact that the road
is county property.
Great Falls Tribune: The rich pastur-
age of the Belt Creek and Sand Coulee
sections are being rapidly appropriated by
the stock-brecding Rivalry of the north
wect. LIT year LtTkc HtthilDtFS oI tIle
choicest t~horoughbreds and crosses
of both cattle and horses were
br ought there. The present season will
see the number greatly augmented. The
fame of the northern foothills of the Belt
mountains as IA stock region has gone
abroad and the best and most successful
breeders of the country will avail them
selves of tue nsurpasse If not un
eqaulled opportunities there presented for
the prosecution of the interesting and
profitable employment of bloodcd stock
breeding. We heartily wish them the
highest success and the rich returns they
deserve i'm their well chosen avocations-
the Improvement of mans most faithful
and invaluable servants-the two chief
domestic
Seattle Journal Samuel Moss and II.
Cravens, the two men who are charged
with doing the shooting at West Seattle
i'm which Indian Pete was killed, were yes.
tcrday brought to the city in the custody
OF Deputy Sheriff James woolery and
lodged i'm the county Jail. Al an early
hoar yesterday morning the deputy sheriff
went over to the scene OF the shooting
and il was not long before he discovered
a clue to the whereabouts of the men who
are to have done the shooting
Taking two men with him the men wen'
directly to the logging camp of j. Z. Long
fellow, about four miles up the bay