The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-01
NORTHWEST NEWS.


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ten years less than $4,000 has been paid
out for fire losses i'm that town, and yet
the companies have constantly Increased
the rate until now some ratings are over
six per cent.
James Saunders, the l~iverypnan AT Che
halls, says the Tacoma Ledger, claims that
the il the first white mar horn i'm WASH
inRton territory, and says that Marciei
Bernier, recently deceased, who also
claimed this distinction, was not "a white
man, hut n half-breed.
Washington timber is hard tn heat and
he amount Of lumber big log will turn
ssit. A log that was recently measured at
HOquiam produced as fOllOws: IL was -
feet long. measured III inches through
the butt, and IL was scaled at 9,'aD feet.
which called for S47 80 from the buyers.
L.. ID. Hoy is visiting his brother Charles
here, and will remain "a month ar more.
He is winteringh his band of 4,5uU mutton
sheep on the Crow reservation. He has
not fed any hay as yet, and says the sheep
are doing well, with plenty of grass and
very little - Courier.
The new bell for the high school ar
rived Tuesday and will he chung" as soon
AS Professor Thompson can get time be-
tween his duties as editor of the Leader
and hours of bossing the school, tn hunt
mp a carpenter and blacksmith tn do the
necessary work of hanging EoHs
L.odey.
Under instructions from Susan B. An
thony the Montana Woman Suffrage
club, at Helena, has been organized with
the following named officers: Miss CT.
Turnkey, president; Mrs. Ellen ID. w.
Hatch, of Big Tiinber, Mont, vice presi-
dent; Miss Annie Nj. Noonan, treasurer.
and Mrs. Marie l.. Mason. corresponding
and recording secretary.
The Asfo,iaa gets at the truth i'm saying
there is but one solution to the problem
confronting the Gamers and fishermen
on the Columbia RIVER this season, and
that is a reduction of 30 per cent. i'm the
number of boats ON the river. such act
ion will result i'm less cost to the Gamers
and more earnings pro rata to the men
engaged i'm fishing with gill nets.
We arc informed, says the IiD,es-4Oun-
toiMeef. that the railroad track through
the Blue and Cascade mountains is i'm
worse condition than il has ever been
known to be. A train with passengers or
freight may be wrecked al any point
without IA moments warning. The Union
Pacific is using herculcan efforts to keep
the road open, but this is almost impos-
sible.
Three w~ell-known Black river Indians,
living near Renton, says the Seattle Times,
have died within a few weeks. These are
Tecumseh. Obey and Solomon. The last
two were old men of 10 years or upwards.
aud probably died of old age. They were
friendly tn the white settlers during the
Indian outbreak of '56 and 80. Solomon
died Saturday and was buried like hitc
folks.
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across the river on the ice near Nolin,
Thursday, the horses fell through He
managed to save himself and one OF the
animals, but the other was carried under
the ice and A young lady had
previously been i'm the sleigh with him.
says East Oseyoaion, whom he fortunately
induced to walk across. Had he not done
80 the lives of one or both might have
been lost i'm the the excitement of the mo-
ment.
Mr.. Warren Asl,by Conrad. son Of Col.
J. W. Conrad of this city, who was recent
iy herr. on IA visit To his parents. left Saf
Francisco January 2lst for Japan. The
trip is taken with the hope that his health
will he benefitted thereby. The trip viii
occupy about so days going and coming
giving the young gentleman ten days ol
more to- travel in that strange country
On his return Mr.. Conrad will resume
business with his brother at Billings, Mon
tana.-Beaton RireT Press.
There is a curiosity OH ~ farm near RED
Lake Falls, says the Seattle Journal. l
is n cat that had it's hind legs cut off allow
he second joint by u moving machin'
last summer. The cat was not killed
the wounds SOON healed, and now TIN
animal presents "a side-splitting sigh Sh
2oes through all the antics of a kitten ol
her front legs, with the rear end of he
body elevated skyward. She has eve
been said to turn around on one from
foot while playing with her tail with tn
other. She is not for sale.
We are IN receipt Oh a pflNittt Ictte
from the Hon. James Fergus. The follow
ing excerpt shows his interest in publ
affairs and strong literary INCLINATION
My eyes and, tn - certain extent M
brain. have given way to so
am compelled to give up an
writing for the present. Ii was hard IL
a reader like me who has had an averaG
of three hours a day for fifty-five years,
have to sit and look al thirteen new boob
and thirty other publications without da
ing to read them, as i had to do when IN
tast mail came. IL was like u hungI
man looking at "A table loaded with foe
and dare not touch t."-Fe,urs Count
Argus.
Two girls, Kate and Hattie Matoon
Drain, Oregon, recently engaged doll
family work for families of Albany. star
ed u few days z for their home, leaviI
two trunks tn he sent after them. Short
after their departure several articles we
missed from the residence of Ed. Mills
Upon examination the trunks shows
that the two girls had stolen 500 worth
jewclry, silk dresses and clothing fro
different families for whom they worke
In the packed trunks letters were al
found written from one sister to the oths
showing that they had been carrying
a systematic robbery for months, havi
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