The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-01
NORTHWEST NEWS.
.ropics Of General Interest In The -Four
New States and Elsewhere.

Commissioners are now looking ior7 u
site In Washington on winch 70 efec.a Il
state reform school for incorrigibie chi'd' Il
rem. ~
A colony of sixty people from MOUNT 8
pleasant. Isabel county, Mich, will leave q
on the first of May for Oregon. They are
expected TO settle in Linn county.
The Dillon Tribune says q very fine q
strike of ore was made recently at the -
Waseoco mine, in vipond district. Ihis
district is fast coming to the front rs a
mineral producer andthe coming seasons
DEVELOPMENTS may be enormous. =
The valuable valise belonging to Kew. !
Father Bohn, which was lost from the [
stage near lewiston, Idaho, a rev days !
400 was found i'm q cabin, but OF the con'
tents $500 was gone. Five Cinnamon are [
under arrest as accessories, the main thiei !
having made his escape. ~
Census Supervisor Jenkins and Chiei
Clerk Bear OF Washington estimate mat
i'm the 10 counties west OF the Cascaae
summit, comprising the Puget SOUND u's-
trict. the June enumeration VIII sno~
population of 224, 525; that eastern WASH
inuton will show about 10000, making a
total of s5a, 525 Inhabitants i'm the state OF
Washington.
The official boiler inspector at fierre'
south Dakota, found the bleached skeie-
ton of a man i'm the mammoth boiier az
the ras-works. The boiler mas peen
constant use since January " anu "e
;dan,;,v of the man and how he came
,herc is n mystery that nobody seems able
to solve. Tn flesh was all ooiieu iron.
the bones. Boots, shreds OF clothing anu
a few coins were also found in the poiier'
Thu Union Pacific asks Vancouver,
WASH. TO raise $4,000 BONUS grant the
RIGHT of way through the city, and secure
fifteen acres of and for depot GROUNDS
and terminal facilities. In return 'he
managers promise that an air line ROAD
Err, Vancouver to the sound will be COM
nleted by December 4, 1891, and a bridge
across Columbia river at Vancouver May
1. 1893. work to begin within one month
after the acceptance of the proposition
An interesting sight was Witnessed on
Tuesday last, o%ccasioncd by the removal
from the east to the west side OF the river
Of n lodge of Chippewa Indians on their
w,y 10 Half Moon. The nomads were
thoroupbly equipped for the march,, a
feature of the scene being a troop OF pa
tent and well trained dogs, each packed
male fashion, with fifty or more poahds
III camp goods appertaining to the trine.-
Demersritte Inter State.
The Washington Standard oil olympia
says: Several years ago Mr.. u. A. BARNES
of this city was compelled to a an al
Iooed shortage i'm the accounts of Joseph
Cushman. receiver of public moneys a
ouarter of a century back. Ii was AFTER
yards ascertaiDed that the accounts
balanced. and that the apparent denci'
was an error of the department. Inc
house committee after a delay OF several
wears has reported favorably on q senate
hill refnnding to Mr.. Barnes the amount
wrongfully collected of him, and he VIII
doubtless soon receive his money.
writer i'm the Fossil, Oregon, Jou''ad
aptly observes this is a country OF ma
uificent distances. c. A. Cogsweii' hvihs
M Jakeview, travelled 300 miles by stag
=, nri.r 10 attend the democratic stat
convention. He came through the cen
trail empire by the way of the Dalles. M
cor,d not we'll cross the Cascades to ASH
land. ON account of the snow. When
man has to travel by stage 800 miles !
reach the metropolis IL brings TO MIN
what a big undeveloped country TINS Gel
trail empire is. In area western Orego
is a piemy by the side of it-even tn:
mart that is not traversed by a single raj
road. -,
Fergus county can boast OF being II
J banner sheep-raising county I'm the wor,
saws the Argus. She can point WIN u
finger OF Drluc I'D upTseSs NhesaS e""
galore. but when one comes to marrylI
the startling fact becomes apparent tn
moi one priest nor parson Throughout u
county is authorized to weld two seethli
hearts into one composite chunk. ~
situation is indeed humiiiating as wei
alarming when we consider the ntimh
~ iustices of the peace who are now ser
ing i'm their designations. The time I'm
come when Romeo and Juliet Will !
themselves across the border to seek
n fu%ll-Hedged parson who can tie the "
dian knot.
The people Of S~hoshone, Idaho, are p
paring for active work to buiid up TN
town. A board Of trade has been org
lied. a number of strong committees
,ointed. and a programme laid out
advancing public improvementsan 81
taken towards securing capital Tor
construction Of large canal enterpri'
Among other enterprises suggested as
inc desirable at Shoshone is a banking
stitutiou, a lumber yard, planning mill
N fence factory, a harness and saddi
shop, a creamery and cheese factory
supplying mining camps the IN
mountain country, a feeding ana siau
terinc company for the purpose OF lat
ing sheep and swine on a large scale
shipping the meat products to Mont
and Idaho points, a wholesale nursery
tree-growing enterprise.
ON his trip to Camas Sheriff !
stopped off at Beaver Canyon and "
there ran across the im~personatior
VIVA, is known in jolly COW boy vern
lar as a dead tough man," says the
ion Tribune. He had been arrested
brought before a Beaver Canyon Jul
Of the peace for some depreciation;
liking some OF the sarcastic remark
the diminutive prosecuting a.'orne'
',,. the Blackstonian down.