The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-31
NEWS.
fepses Of General Interest in the Four New
States and Elsewhere.

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processes To bc non-psrtisan.
Frank HooVss was in town one day last
week and mentioned tn u reporter of the
40. the death Of an old Thonnas-cat which
has been i'm his family since its birth,
II years and . months ago. He would like
to know whether that age can ~becxcsedcd
by any cat i'm boulder Age.
Basin people see signs of u prosperous
mining season. A number of companies
will shortly hcgin Operations on "a scale al
much greater magnitud" than ever pe-
fore. There are u number of fine pros
meets IN that ncighhorhood and il IL Iossi-
bile that ere the clos. of the year they viii
show M as ore producers nf some nllgni-
ru,lc.-B""hf., igr.
Jack rabbits arr. bcromins u terrible
pest in the country north OF fcndIetoi'.
and are raising havoc with the haysticks
of the farmers. Hundr,si~ are slaughtered.
hut others bob up scrcnciy" tn take the
place cf their dead comrades. One young
ranchcr. Jess" Starnpcr, killed seventy
two since, th.. snow fell. the best record
yet r, ported.
Tn. general freight department of the
Northern Pacific has sent out "a circular
in~structing agents to bill, from February
l>t To- June LIST. shipments of seed wheat.
seed barley and iiaNs.ed to local points
nu the line Of the at onc-i.,lf
tariff rates. A certificate will i' required
from shippers that the grain IL to- tn used
for seed only. otherwise il will tnke full
tariff rates irinastoa Eafr'p'ts".
Manages Maughn informs us that Ia"
intends to put "A strong base hall team III
the field the coming seasons. a. both Safe
ties and the BozcuIans viii consolidate.
thereby airorling ample material To select
a first-cias- nine from. Bozcman at one
time held the championship nj the state.
and there il no r.asnn why, 10y proper
management. she cannot reclaim it
Bo:.,ioa ChyuHictc.
III. TII,,, xxa-., fIn. lin ,rts.s.S
paid by our merchant for farm products
last saturday: Timothy hay, S11 Ia sis
per ton. wild hay, Sl5; wheat, soft. from
- to tas.ts. per bushels; fife wheat Scts.;
oats Sl.0D per hundreds: barley ~ To Scots.
per busicl; butter 35cts. per pound; egg
35cts. per dozen: potatoes. lActs. per
pound; cabbage. Gets per pound; onions,
bets. per pound; chickens are II good
price: they are scarce AT Si.Op per dozen.
-BoEcma" Chronicle.
The irony of fate il again cNcmplifi'sl
in John Nolan. who died last week in st.
prior To the misfortune which deprived
him of his livelihood and resulted i'm his
death. one of the weislthicst stock-raiscrs
in the Walla Walla valley. Last fall he
would find u ready market. hui he was
disappointed. Winter dealt vigorously
with his cattle. and they persisted To the
last
Complaints are general among business
men i'm Fort Benton that numerous pack
ages of mail matter sent from st. Paul
and eastern points are not received ny
them. A news dealer here Informs us
that i'm the past month he has missed
three. packages of books and "a package of
magazines sent from New York. Others
complain Of eastern parers not reaching
them regularly. and say that packages
sent during the holidays have not been re-
-cived. There is something wrong ON
wherc.-For Benton Rircf Press.
There il scarcely al Oregon ar WASH
ington newspaper that does not contain
some item regarding the scarcity of pota-
toes and the high prices of the necessary
vegetable. The consequence will he that
during 1sso "A larg. lot will bc planted.
much larger than usual. and much more
than will III. sufficient Ia supply the home
demand. The result will be- low prices
and a rluttcd market. This il "a poor year
for the farmer To plant just q little mor,,
than lac needs OF.y"Ei1a.
TIL" Fossil. Orc. .JopJJtui complains
that som. sneak thief in that country has
for a couple of years been engaged in
'icficing the brand of horses and cattle
that h. supposed To bc stray-. sometimes
by burning out the whole brand. and 9TH
sr riInc~ adding something To- IL. "a that
th. owner would not ~. likely to
II a. his. The cditor gives warning that
IL this J. not topped. one fin. morning
some -iIsstk ttll'1 VIII wake lh ana ma
himself in another work. Ibis body sus-
pended from the limb Of u tree. 10y "A
rope"
The S"attl" .hpurtoi charges .,'iitorially
that there are lobbyists ia Olympia pl.n-
tifilly supplied with DOODLE, and. while il
IL i'm doubt whether the money has been
used. remarks that il il significant that
thus far no anti-rorporation legislation
has passed the house, while at least on.
notorious job bill. I'll. ~an Francisco
printing bill, has been successful. Tn.
editorial concludes: s.Th. journal will
welcome nothing better at the hands of
his Legislature. than the exclusion of it,
correspondent from the house. Let IL at
tempt il. il il dare. Other ways will D..
found for giving ia" IaopI.. an unw.i-
coined account III tia. proceedings.
crooked or otherwise"
\ meeting of tne Stockholders Of th.
Humboldt Mining company il To- d. held
at the Office OF the company in Wick.s
next Saturday Ia take into consideration
the question of selling the property of The.
company. Two or three offers have been
made for the property. and doubtless one.
of them will he accepted. The. mine il
looking very well. "a recent strike of !.
body of ore yielding ~ io ~ ounces ia sill
yer and IL per cent. of copper. IL seem.
that all the leads in that section run into
copper, and there il "a very fair prospect
IF the district becoming as great "A cop.
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