The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-04-28
NORTHWEST NEWS.
Topics Of General Interest In The -Four
New States and Elsewhere.

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Vancouver ash.sis to erect a new $o'-
600 court house.
The Seattle Journal predicts that the
census will show o population OF over 3D.
600 in that city.
In Victoria, b. C., no mason or stone
cutter will work on a bull ling where
Chinese help is employed.
The Moree company OF Yakima, Wash,
has ordered a tobacco planting OUTFIT
from Chicago, and will plant IS acres this
year.
Since the great June fire Seattle's
building inspector has issued permits Tor
1,s45 buildings at an estimated cost OF
$685., i52.
A number of Chicago capitalists have
arrived in Idaho with a skilled engineer
and are investigating canal enterprises
and endeayoring to acquire lahds
Considerable activity prevails IN real
estate in Spokane. The amount mat mas
changed hands since January i Oh '"e
present year approaches five millions
H. NJ. Geigler, Jr., son OF The construct
or of the Geigler grade at Virginia ony.
suicided at wadsworth, Nevada, Inc ac.
was deliberate but the cause Is not
known.
Hunters are Strengthening deer for their
hides near Lake Chelan, Washington.
The deer are poor and the snow Is SO oeeP
they are slaughtered by the wholesale
with clubs.
, Caldwell, Iowa, is to have a college, 70
be erected by the Wood River Presbytery
at a cost of $4,000, the citizens OF Saio,
we'll having donated a block OF grouho
worth ga mo and 5000 in cash.
Work on the Northern Pacific's new
freight sheds and yards at Spokane Fallf
will he commenced at once. The new de
not will cost i'm the neighborhood OF SUI,
900. and the total amount to be spent vii
exceed 100000.
A number of committees are at work a
Ellensburg, WASH, arranging for tn
Grand Army encampment that will con
vene i'm that city on the last day OF April
II is expected that from 5000 to 1000 peo
pie will visit Ellcnsburg at that time.
A petition signed by Grangeville an
Mt. Idaho, Idaho. people praying Congress
\ TO grant right OF way for the projected e'
tension of the Northern Pacific railroa
10 Camas Prairie has been forwarded !
Delegate Dubois, with a request to secur
prompt action thereon.
Bates, the engineer who has the COZ
h tract for filling in the flats at Tacoma
VI at Portland making a proposition 70 II
Couch lake by pumping sand from IN
bottom of the river. He says he ca
pump in 10000 yards per week. which
more than can be lone by rains and
can do it cheaper.
A lottery club at Almy, a coal camp
Uinta county, Wyoming, drew $50
recently, and il looks as though the la'
yers would get the Doodle, as the tick
buyers are suing each other and having
lively time all around. In the course oil
preliminary hearing one of the Interest,"
persons drew a revolver on another. IL
court officer stopped the fight.
peculiar shaped mound was disco
dred near Mitchell, :. d., the other ola
and in digging into il the skeleton OF
Indian was unearthed. with the trinkt
and weapons usually found in lndi
graves. The mound was covered
heavy sod, and everything indicated IL
many years had elapsed since II W
made.
David Davis was blown up by the d
charge of an old charge I'm the Michig
mine, near Haley, Idaho, Wednesd
They were engaged in sinking a sun
The night before, just before quittl
time, four holes were discharged. In
morning. a1teF cleuriuk awus hhS o'os
rock. one hole, apparently a few incl
deep, was cleaned out by Mr.. Davis, q
when he put in the drill to run It deepe
exploded, seriously injuring him, and
feared. destroying his eyesight. II
thought tina the powder was partii
frozen and did not all explode when
off. and what remained is what eau
the accident.
The Bozeman Chronicle says the inc
o~ruities of western life and customs "
lainl set forth in that city last Mon
night; a capitalists meeting at the cou
clerks Office, a temperance lecture I'm
court room and a saloon opening ,
brass band and piles Of beer kegs and
mixed crowd wont to congreRate at 8
picuics next door. The men OF all
who were discussing the investment
capital i'm a Touring mill were freque
interrupted by the bursts OF song or re
berating ~eloquence from the hall upst'
and the temperance speaker was inc
to stronger denunciation and attack u
whisky and whisky sellers as the upr
ious merriment from the bar room
brought 10 his ears. As far as holding
whip hand the saloon had the best
for the noise of the brass band ant
boom OF the beer Taper drownet
other surroundings.
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