The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-15
NORTHWEST NEWS.


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completely without accident, and pass
able ut ALI times.
The Grums Cossnfy NesCs is authority for
the statement that the loss of stock i'm
Grant county, Ore., this year will be less
than In any county east OF the Cascades,
and therefore we have cause to rejoice.
Tacoma and other capitalists are trying
to secure u street railway franchise I'm
Ellensburgh, Wash. II the people OF that
city are saagacious they will not give up
that valuab privilege without some
municipal compensation.
A large number of the sawlogs which
came down the river on the flood, have
been picked up by Industrious citizens of
desirable The larger number
have been secured by Uniontown resi-
dents.
Walter A. Bull is determined tn find, II
possible, some of the hidden wealth
nature has i'm store in the hills south of
E~llensburgh, Wash. He has now ~ tun-
mel into the hill some seventy-five or n
undred feet, hoping perhaps to find sill
yer ore. This tunnel is about one-half
mile from the iron claim.
Joseph Baxter, the cattle king of the
lower Yakima, WASH, reports that from
actual count he has lost 10 per cent. of his
cattle i'm the feed yard, and that at least
one-half of the cattle left ON the range
have died. Mr.. Baxter further says that
his cattle have been fed and cared for as
we'll as any. and hat his losses are no
greater than those suffered by other cattle
men.
The anarchists nave been accomplish
ing their hellish designs i'm Harvey county,
Ore, again, say the Graat County Ne,cs.
We have been informed by Frank Nc
Bean that they burned four stacks of
John Dcvine's hay u few nights ago, Az
xregating 200 tons. Rags saturated with
kerosene were found on the ground. show
ing conclusively that the fire was set de-
~liberately.
The mortgage given by the Boston K
Montana Consolidated Silver and Copper
Smelling and Refinery to guar
antee the payment of bonds issued, was
Hled i'm the Office of the clerk and record
sr yesterday, says the Great Falls Tribune.
1t is N document of several pages of close
~ printed matter. This is the largest
mortgage, both AS to the bulk of IL and
the amount involved lS500,OOO). ever placed
an record in this county.
Among the many other improvements
made and to he made OH the old %. r.. d
". lines since coming under control of the
Union Pacific people, is the replacing of
the old rails on the main line between
walla walla and Spokane Falls with
heavy 60pound steel rails. They are now
being gotten ready for distribution. As
soon as the snow melts the old iron will
he AIKEN up and replaced by the new.
This will make a final steel track from
Portland to Spokane Falls, and will en-
able much better time to he made over
the road.
Great Falls Tribune: The Tribune re-
CARDS it IL certainty that the Northern Pa
ciflc will extend IA branch line through
the Judith basin to- this city and i'm all
probability this result will be accom-.
plishcd i'm 1880. The survey has been
completed from the main line tn n point
ON Surprise creek. less than 50 miles from
Great Falls, and to continue the survey Il
this city will bc an easy task. 1t is re-
ported that SURVEYORS are now performing
this work, but the announcement is no,
fully verified. 1T such il the case the en-
xineers are displaying IA great deal mors
secrecy than is necessary. However, W.
expect soon To he able tn no
only that the Northern Pacific surveyor,
are i'm the field, but that the work of con
struction ON the Great Falls branch ha
been actually begun. The Northern Pa
cihc must build this line or absolutel.
surrender the business of northern ant
northeastern Montana, and they are no
prepare To do that.
Hugh Monroe, the oldest of Montana
old timers. now lives ON Two Medicin
Lodge creek near the PicRan IndiaI
agency, i'm the nor hwestern part of Che
teau county. He WAS born, says the For
Benton Rioer Press. near Montreal, Cana
day, May 4, LISA. and is therefore i'm hi
lO6th year. His father, also named Hugh
was n captain i'm the French army i'm Car
name was Sophie Laruc, was bor
i'm Canada when that countr
was under French dominion. IL IN
youth Hugh received u good education
having attended the English school q
Montreal for three years and the Priests
college over four years. When he wa
eighteen years of age, at the solicitatio
Of a half brother, Joseph Larock, who wa
then i'm the employ of the Hudson Ba
i'm the 'lndian territories,
Hugh went "west,'' and vas given til
position of apprentice-clerk at the T.,
monton house, one of the company's for
an the Saskatchewan river. He RENAME
in the company's employ three years, AN
at the age of twenty-one married a Blacl
foot woman. At this time Hugh had
Disagreement with the company's go
ernor of that district, who seems to ha,
been a rather harsh individual, and he d
termined to join the Indians, amor
whom he has lived ever since. Until r
Gently he has lived with the Kootenai
He speaks various Indian languages M
as q sign talkcr has few equals. In 1Sa
Hugh, having heard from some Indiai
Of the arrival OF the American Fur cor
pany's traders at the mouth Of the Maria
made a long journey from his northel
home, accompanied Ivy his wife, to wi,
them and to lay in a stock of tobacco M
other necessaries. Ira 1885, being thu
with his friends, the kootenais, he d
covered and Christened ST. Mary's lak