The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-12
NORTHWEST NEWS.


The Hsstaadmon urges farmer. TO use
Montana grown seeds. 1t says that they
are superior to seeds grown
else.
The railroads are considering the appli-
cation for the Grand Army men Tor re-
siuced rates to their annual encampment.
to be held at Livingston I'm April. Special
fares will no doubt he made for the o.
cnsion.
The stockmen of the north are protes-
ting against the action of Auditor Kenney,
who refuses to audit bounty certificates
on tho ground thai no funds are mt present
available for the purpose and will not he
until after the legislature meets.
One Of the first to get into the court
room ON Monda was a hunter carrying
with him n bundle of skins, upon which
he wished tn get a bounty. says the Boze-
man Chronicle. Judge Henry directed the
clerk 70 make out q warrant OF indebted
ness to this. and all others who came
for bounty, to which the Judges signature
must be attached. These warrants will
he audited and paid when money is Sc
cured Ivy the state for that p
The regular annual meeting Of the
Eastern Montana woolgrowers' associa-
ton will be held at Miles City on Monday,
April IA. At this meeting steps will he
taken To arrange for semi-annual meetings
of the association, one to he held i'm Miles
City in April and the other at Glendive i'm
October, to which rancilcrs, farmers,
merchants and all who are interested i'm
Woodworking will he invited to he present
and take part in the proceedings.
A large real estate deal has been con-
~ummated BY which n syndicate OF Dem
yer capitalists take possession of 400 acres
of fine land near Helena Oh the I'M
of $4,000 or $50 per acre. The land Is
what is known as the Hotter ranch and
was the property Of A. NJ. and NJ. M. Hol-
ter. II is situated Oh Prickly Pear creek
,k>c,, I,~n, ,.;ln, ,nrf1a nf Aa1nnn nnd in
las fine a piece of property. as regards To-
cation, water rights, etc., as can be found
within that distance of the city. This
transaction is the largest single deal of
the season.
Cuur d, Alcne Times: In the
adjacent to Csrur IL Alene City some very
fine specimens of Mountain lion have
Aeon secured. With the aid of dogs IL is
not a very difficult matter to tree and cap
turc him. But the sportsman may tramp
all day, ~unaccompanied by n dog without
getting a shot, unless n ~straggler, more
hungry and reckless than usual, should
chance to cross his path. As a general
thing. when unmolested, these animals
will not attack a man; only when driven
to desperation by hunger are they to be
feared. The skins, when tanned and
mounted with heads and claws attached,
make handsome rugs and bring prices
ranging from S15 to S25.
There are influences ut work at WASH
ington to secure IL genera opening Oh the
Indian reservations of the country giving
the rcd men their lands i'm severalty and
hrowing open to settlement the balance
of tho lands. In addition to a memorial
from the state of Washington asking that
the Colville reservation be opened, n bill
calling for a commission to negotiate with
the Indians has been by Sem
ator Allen. The same thing has been
urged ut the interior department by sew
eral citizens Of Washington state. IL is
shown thai there are 100000 acres of
land there, which is an average of 5,4OO
acres to each adult Indian. Some of it is
valuable for timber, some for mining pul~
poses and some is said to he worthless.
A correspondent writes tn the Bozeman
ChroaicIe as follows: ~ saw n
cation in your paper of February Il, 1850,
signed &. Francisco, giving his figures for
the cost of raising one acre of grain. 1
think Mr.. +. is n way of i'm his calcula-
tons, or else he does farming OH the slip
shod order. There is no one can raise an
acre of grain for 81 per acre, ut least |
can't. Here arc my figures:
Cost of blowing. "a
narrowing. ,..-.......- 81
Dr1linS "a
seed, including cleaning and yitrioling. ... I ~
itflgatfhg .'..'......'t ~
shocking. "a
Thrcshins, un basis Of "a tn. per acre. 900. ) "a
Making IL total al. $40 ~
per acre for putting grain i'm grslnary.
Mr.. +. could not make his salt putting i'm