The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-16
NORTHWEST NEWS.


fh0TInGR In t0e DeT80u OI ~ M SruVcAlAlelus
. distinguished young attorney of Deer
Lodge county and mcmbe OF the legisla-
tore Of Montana from that district, says
tho Missoula Gozeac. The gentleman
comes highly recommended and no doubt
fitted W compromise one OF the legal team
20 be hereafter known rs Marshall q
Crutchdeld.
The Oregonian says that X. Mays re-
Gently returned to The Dalles from u visit
20 the m He says IL will he impos-
siblc 70 approximate the loss OF cattle. but
il will he fearful. The snow IL gradually
going of, but IL will he some time before
the ground 10 perfectly hare. The loss
during tho last storm was much worse than
during the first. The mercury ran down
TO many degrees below zero, and the wors.
hliszard Mr.. Mays ever experienced ragged
through thec country.
The purchase OF the controlling interest
in the Rocky Ford road by the Northern
Pacific which is said to he n fact, shows
that the Northern Pacific officials have
come to the conclusion that their main
coal supply for this part OF In road must
come from Park county, says the LivinRs-
ton Post. They arc very reticcnt in re-
gard 10 future moves, but the erection of
hotels at Red Lodge and Laurel indicates
future developments OF no mean proper
lions. Large coal bunkers arc to be built
Mt Laurel this summer
William Prewitt. the well known cattle
man, was a visitor i'm Livingston Tuesday,
S1yS the. kOSf. ne mas DeeIl r1Oll4 on TIC
range Nn eshma and Miner creeks for
the past three weeks and reports the loss
,mong stock rs nominal. Mr.. Prcwitt
>ays the cattle in that part OF Park county
arc in fair condition and Inc thinks tho
loss from now on will be very little. The
reports published last week from other
parts of tho county showed no great losses
and as the severe weather is now past IL il
.afc to say that tho stock of Park county
was never I'm better condition than now.
The Stevens county, WASH, Miner says:
News was received during the week OF two
murders over on the river. the
victim in each case being an dia
Across the river from Marcus a squaw was
shot through tho crack Of door, a Jealous
husband, al Indian whom she had left,
being suspected Of the crime. A day or
two before this Billy DuGan, Jim Towns
end and two Indians started down the
river from the Little Dallcs. When about
six miles out u quarrel cnsucd, in which
an Indian was killed. Those who saw his
clothes say they were filed with bullet
holes. Dugan Is supposed to have done
the shooting. He left for Nelson, across
the line. All of the crowd were drinking
heavily.
The ond-cl passenger traffic over
the Northern Pacific has set i'm carly and
- OF large proportions, says the Helena
Herald. Every day long trains, carrying
hundreds of the emiRrant class. very
many of them desirable acccssions to any
community seeking To add to their indus
trial population. steam into Helena and
.ncn steam out again. ~westbound to some
coast destination. No inconsidcrablc per
cent. OF this class Of people fail to realize
the anticipations which lure them i'm such
vast numbers to Washington and Oregon,
and those who through the months of
spring, summer and fall turn their faces
back eastward are numerous, aggregating
many hundreds in n single season. In
the face OF the railroad rules, which pre-
clude the granting of stopover privileges
to these moving crowds OF home seekers,
what means can VIC adopt by which we
may opc tn secure mt least a portion of
them to incorporate into our population ?
A visit to the Combination company's
plant at Black Pine last Saturday revealcd
The exceptionally prosperous workings by
that company. says the Philipsburg Mail.
The history OF this camp dates back only
about three years ago, when the Black
Pine Mi~'ng & Milling was or
ganized and proceeded to develop the
property. Under that management u tun-
mel was run in about $50 feet, without
making much of a success in reaching the
orc body that was then supposed To exist
and which has since been exposed beyond
all The Black Pine COM
pany was in existence less than u year
when their funds became exhausted, and
the stock being worcestershire, they were
obliged to discontinue A reorganization
soon followed and the property has since
been under the present head,
with results most fiattcring. The com
oany is at present employing Is miners,
20 mill men, 40 wood choppers and q mum.
her of men Engages I'm miscellane GUS &C.
equations. This camp Is located IL miles
due west of Philipsburg in n dense forces,
Of black pine. The location is exception
ally good for the carrying on of such ar
enterprise OF an economical basis. The
orc bodies are enormous and each discov.
cry made seems richer than the one pre-
,cdtnU It.