The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-23


eminent. A new order of things obtained
when the Great Northern sought and
gained the right of way through the i'm
mense domain. The Indians were placed
upon reduced reservations and the finest
| body of land in the northwest was thrown
omen 10 settlement.
The iahor nrob,e,n il c~er,ain,v m very
serious one and the Montana farmer must
look we'll 10 this matter before beginning
| The seasons work saws the RockT Mopn-
tain Husbondmon. Most of the farmer,
| of Montana have Mt some time i'm their
lives been waQeworkers and are anxious To
see the price of labor kept up. But il his
was not the case il is scarcely possible
| that II could be reduced owing to the fact
that the expense of living is such as to
make il necessary 10 maintain good prices.
| Besides this the price of labor in the
mines is such as 10 prevent a decline of
farm labor below a certain figure, now
ever urgent might be the necessity for a
reduction,
Neihart is a camp of true fissure veins
that 90 down for ever and may be worked
to a great depth by means of tunnels says
the H~usbondmaa. This, il will he seen. Is
n great advantage when we consider the
cost of sinking in the mines that nave not
the advantage of being located upon
abrupt mountains that may be tunneled
is fully $50 per foot after the HO-foot level
is reached. The ore bodies found In true
fissure veins are, as a rule, of much great
er extent thai other classes OF mines,
the man that gets q good body OF ore
In a camp X Neihart VIII nave tne as
surahce OF an income tor years anu TINS
Is one reason we regaru an inVesthielt III
the new proJect ior opening the Aiaii''ona
groupe NJ Neihart III a most iaNorapie
heht'
All mining operations at Neihart are
not confined to the Belt mountains, says
the Great Falls Tribune. The Great Falls
d Canada railroad runs within III miles OF
the Sweet Grass hills and the mines OF
that district are beginning To attract at
tention, as well they may, II the reports
that come from there are one-tenth true.
Yesterday a deal was contaminated here
by which Great Falls parties secured a
bond Tor S4o,OOO on the Helena and Hell
ena No. lodes, owned by George Barron
Bob Syfphert. these leads are but
slightly developed but they promise TO
show up a large vein oil copper-siiver ore.
Ihey are III the contact OF the lime n
porphyry formation, and an extension,
upon which a shaft has been sunk w feet,
shows a VEN III feet IN width. Inc par
ties who have bonded Will begin develop
ment work soon.
La Duke and Woods of this city have
matched their bay horse "Syd" against
Kickapoo, owned by White Sulphur
Springs parties, says the Livingston Post.
The race is to bc a GsOLyard dash for $500
q sid and to take place AT the Springs
May Bird. Great interest is being taken by
the Livingston sports in this race. Kick
apoo has many admirers here. having run
a race in this city the third of last August
and is well known to be a first-class horse.
Tho other horse was brought here from
Deadwood last winter and has run but one
race so far, and that at Big Timber. His
owners feel confident of winning the race.
Another race is also on the tapis, To he
run by n mare owned by La Duke &
Woods and a sorrel mare belonging TO Al,