The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-18
NORTHWEST NEWS.


States and Elsewhere.
An ohservant Eastern tourist. who was
registered mt the West the other day.
speaks thus frankly OF Montana and it's
mining towns: "He1ena is u good, sub
stantial town." said he; ''it IL the capital
Of the state and the general wholesale
Distributing point OF Montana, which as
sures il n certain future even IL the mines
i'm the vicinity should fail-which they
probably will not. II Is n wcll-built. hust-
ling burg and is adorned with some eight
story granite blocks that would bca credit
tn any Eastern town. Butte on the other
hand Is a wild. woody mining c~amp-largcr
than Helena, perhaps. hut depending alb
solutely upon thc continued profit OF the
mines about il. Butte is the largest mining
camp in the world. and the mines about 1t
bid fair :to he as profitable for the next
twenty years. The great smeltcrs there
use 1SO,OuO cords of wood II year, while
40u.0uu cords n year are consumed IN the
entire state, (which will exhaust the Mon
tana wood supply i'm just five years. Some
wonderful veins of coal have recently
been discovered which will he very val
liable tn the state i'm the future. Butte il
very raw. and the gamblers play N big.
wide-open game that makes AN eastern
mans eyes stand right out of their sock
cts. Butte is mo place tn, live i'm, as the
society in mi xcd, tn say the least, and the
smoke from the snieltcrs is 81 dense that
even i'm the day time people have tn use
lanterns i'm getting about the streets and
the electric lights are running IN the
stores. Great Falls is deader than n
Smelt and "a town of fictitious values.
They have II great power. however, which,
when developed. ought to boom the town.
Minneapolis Tribune.
One of the m.,st brilliant audiences ever
i'm Tacoma Witnessed the OPEN
ing of the new Tacoma thcatcr Monday
night. The opening attraction was the
Duff Opera company in "Paola." The
interior presented a handsome appear
ance upon the raising of the curtain. The
rich decorations of mellow old gold and
the elegant tapestry of the prosceiiun
boxes and foyer showed i'm handsome com
trast tn the magnificent costumes worn
by the ladies. The interior is finished i'm
Moorish-Indian design. the four upper
pagodas, while the stage opening il i'm the
form Of N horseshoe and is Moorish. At
the conclusion of the second act thu hand
some drop curtain was lowered. which
was greeted with applause. The theater
has n seating capacity Of 1,aO and will
hold 800.
A meeting of the stockholders of h
Livingston National bank was held i'm the
hank office yesterday afternoon at 3::D
O'Clock, and the following officers elected
for the ensuing year: PRESIDENT, G. A.
Broadwater; vice-president, A. w. Miles ;
directors, e.. A.. Broadwatcr, w. r.
Thompson, Otto Krieger. A. w. Miles,
j. A. Savage, Maurice Roth, George l..
Carey. As will he seen all the old officers
of the board were reelected with the
single exception of w. A. Smith, one OF
the directors, who il succeeded ny Maui
rice Roth.-Liriagsfoa Enterprise.
James Stuart, IA farmer residing near
Cotton. California, had S1,sOO distracted
from his trunk. He had "a Chinese cook
employed with whom he had some trouble,
and ordered him to leave. Shortly after
ward he found his trunk robbed of the
above sum. The Chinaman cannot he
found.
Stephen Boyce OF Birch creek. i'm the
Bear Paws, is i'm the city purchasing sup
plies. Mr.. Boycc has 7,OOO sheep ranging
on Birch and Peoples creeks, which he
brought from Deer Lodge county last
summer. Five thousand of the sheep are
on Birch creek, and are being wintcred i'm
the br1ish.-RirerP Press.
The band of Indians who were showed
in ON thss east side have finally succeeded
in reaching the valley. They lost all
their horses and came very near perish
ing themselves. They killed n elk on
their way from Blackfeet agcncy.-fafer
Lake.
George w. Young, u well-known Port
land attorney is dead.