The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-17
NORTHWEST NEWS.


The committee delegated tn xecure the
necessary 20O.OOO stock subscriptions
tn build the Salem, Astoria 4 Eastern
railway look To obtain at least $4O.OO0 OF
that um In Tillamook. Ore. The expec-
tation will I'm all probability be fulfilled,
because the people of that county are
wide-awake and entcrprisinR, and b
railroad project has the unqualified sup
port Of the ut that section.
Most of the legal talent i'm Eugene, Ore.
has been employed ecently In extricatin0
the logRcrs and mill men from serious
difficulty. About 6,O0O.OOO feet Of saw
logs are damned i'm the mouth of the Mo-
hawk and the several owners are i'm Eu-
gene seeking tn formulate some plan by
which the logs can be divided, and the
loRRers can get their pay. The logs are
inextricably mingled. and il is likely that
owners will have To divide them pro rata.
The creek is full of logs for two miles
from it's mouth where IL esnpties into the
Mckenzie. A portion of the logs will be
held i'm the Mohawk until spring.
Nelson Bennett of Tacoma is going tn
nave "a steamboat built for his own use, so
that there will he no kicking by the pas
senRers of he steamer Fairliaven when
that vessel turns back to take him aboard
at Tacoma after getting half way to Sc
attic.
A movement is ON foot looking tn the
donation OF the Port Townsend Normal
College. to the state of Washington. Cap
tain n. r.. Morgan, who donated the
ground pm which the college is located.
has consented to allow IL tn he turned
over to- the state, provided the Legislature
will make il IL state institution.
by n special act of the legislature,
passed several years ago, the auditor of
Lewis county, Washington, was allowed
to draw "a fixed salary and required to
turn his fees in To the county The busi-
rss.ss of recording has increased to such
AN extent that the auditor Is now COM
PEELED to pay "a good per cent OF his salary
for extra help. A hill has been submitted
to the legislature allowing the auditor to
retain the fees.
The line between Mullan, Idaho, and
Missoula IL beinR rapidly pushed. When
completed IL will give he CHur d'Alene
mines direct communication with Mon
tana. Some Of the surveyors of the above
line were in Missoula "wednesday last
Miss0uia Gazette.
A Washington special to the Independent
says: Senators and Representatives are
awaiting the arrival of the four men from
Montana, who claim to he senator's from
opinion rs tn the result when the two sets
of senators arrive. The opinion prevails
that none of the four will he given seats
unless the senate decides to TO over q full
investigation of the case from the day the
election was held i'm Silver Bow precinct.
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will not be done, but that all four will he
sent home and the state he compelled tn
go unreprescnted until proper credentials
are submitted.
Reports from the Spotted Horse mine
are to the effect that the company is now
place the old one, which consisted of 10
stamps. and which was on the military
reservation Of Fort Maginnis. The OBJ
ject of this move il to get the mill oft the
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from the military authorities. The ex-
ps,ise will he considerable. not only OH
account of the construction of the mill,
hut ny transportation of freight by wagons
from old Fort ClaRRett, on the Missouri
river, and the trouble Of getting water,
which has tn he pumped from u neighbor-
ing gulch over n high ridge. But every
thing is moving along susoothly, and he
fore long the new mill will he running to
it's full capacity. The mine is looking
first rate, with plenty of good ore i'm sight
and the ore house full. The shutdown
was caused from the necessity Of renov-
the machinery of the old mill into the
new plant. There is nothing the matte
with the Spotted Horse.-Independent.
The surveyors for the Manitoba Pacific
extension report Al practicable route by the
Marias pass, the summit of which, 5,7OD
feet high, they say can be reached by u
grade of less than 100 feet tn the mile. The |
pass is an open one from one to six miles
requiring Httie soIiu rock work. ana
estimate the cost of the road through
IL at not exceeding Sl6,0OO per mile. Ii is
that this route to the coast will he
at least loo miles shorter than any other
from Montana. II seems evident that an
other transcontinenta line is tn he pushed
the Rocky mountains during the
year or two.-HaiiUay Age.
Spokane Falls is indignant over am at
Tempt to suppress the proceedings of the
jury i'm the Doodle cases.
A has been formed i'm Seattle
which proposes To heat all buildings with
steam for "a distance of two miles through
he business portion of the city. A nunl-
Der of the most prominent business men
II the city are behind il.