The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-21
NORTHWEST NEWS.
|opicS Of General Interest In the -Four
New States and Elsewhere.


Three to four hundred Indians will take
art in the Fourth of July celebration on
B~ellingham bay.
Reuben Cam is postmaster at the @
kostoffice established at Dunkleberg,
beer Lodge county, Mont.
Col. j.. II. Rice, of Fort Benton. will ship
600 wethers from his Sharkin ranch to
Dakota, where they will be fattened for
he Chicago market.
The following men have been appointed
egistry agents for Missoula county: Ed
nund Dulay, Egan; S. II. Butler, Ashley.
nd VIM. Penny, Demersville
John Evans, a well known Cowlitz,
Washington, hunter, was accidentally
hot through the breast and killed by a
|ompanion on the south fork of Inc Toutle
liver on Sunday.
Spring wheat is reported to be sixteen
inches higlr on Judge McFarren's ranch
n the Flathead valley. The Inter Lake
wants to know IL il can be equaled any
where else in Montana.
Says the Yellowstone Journal: e. Nj.
3easley came down from Rosebud yester-
lay, and reports the Indian scare at about
focus, and something n way or the
bther will terminate Immediately.
The Puget sound steamer North Sta. is
leld on four charges of violating the Cam
ldian customs lows, the bail on each be-
nR $500. The wners state that they can
rot raise the money, and as n conse-
luence the vessel will be confiscated by
he Canadian officials.
w. II. Weaver, of Noxon, Missoula
county, writes that himself and Peter
2atigan killed one black bear IN cap
ured another weighing 300 pounds. These
kentlemen desire to sell the bear and also
5everal fawns. Parties desiring to pur-
fhase them can address as above.
A school of about fifteen large blackfish
Iisited Union City, Washington, last Sum
lay. The Tribune says: "These gentle
men are q species of whale, and some of
hem will attain a length of 50 feet, n
ire not very agreeable companions to
tun across when out for a sail i'm a mall
BOAT"
j. q. Shirley, one of the largest stock
owners i'm the West, passed through Deer
lodge Friday with about 400 head of
iorses, says the Siirer State. He shipped
rom Idaho and from here began driving.
Mr.. Shirley is en- route to Oregon with the
stock but will camp on Mullan for several
weeks.
A Swede named Mattson was found on
Guys ranch, half IA mile below Kingston,
IDAHO, last Tuesday. He had been rum
ming a harrow, and il is supposed that a
Ii came upon him that he fell face down.
ward in the dust and was smothered. He
was found probably 30 n u after
Heath. Coroner Brien was notified and
went down thai day, but did not deem il
necessary to hold an inquest.
Mullan, Idaho, is improving rapidly.
The next important enterprise, which will
De consummated, is waterworks. Already
b survey has been run and a ditch dug to
\ point where the tank will be located.
The water is taken from Mill creek, n
pure mountain stream, about half a mile
north of town. The water is greatly
needed for domestic use and for fire pro-
lection. 1t will have a force of about 800
feet.
1t is reported that Tom Pollock. who re-
sides on Rapid river, Idaho, is lost, and
has not been seen or heard of for three
weeks. He went out to hunt stock, and
whether he died suddenly, is lost, or vas
murdered emains IA mystery. Perhaps
he cattle thieves who nave been operat-
ng SO boldly and successfully of late in
That region ave made away with him.
The mystery of his disappearance should
be investigated.
The Fourth of July will be celebrated
ut Wallace, Idaho, with enthusiasm. The
town is erecting a pavilion 40xl0O feet in
a central place, and excursion rates are
10 be given OIL all the railroads. II will be
he biggest celebration ever arranged in
the Our d'Alene mines, as everybody is
....l. 4. -. H..
and this will afford an opportunity for the
people to give vent to their pent-up feel
ngs on the day which sealed the indie
pendence of the olonies and knocked
The shackles of ~vassalage from their own
persons.
W. A. Logue says the Big Blackfoot is
the finest section of Montana for game.
Deer are plentiful, a few elk are To be
found, the river is full of trout and bear
are quite numerous. On the road to
Helena this week a large bear was met in
the road and il was a question who would
give the way. The horses were frightened
out of their senses and would gladly have
taken to the woods had they not been held
by a firm hand. Bruin, after taking a
careful survey of the situation, stalked
majestically of into the woods.-Inde
pendent.
Messrs. Bielenberg q Toomey had SOC
head of sheep stolen i'm Idaho last week,
When the sheep were first missed IL was
not supposed they were stolen, but subse.
quent investigation showed that they had
been and were shipped way. We are
surprised that such a thing could be done
but Mr.. Bielenberg explained that they
had about 10000 cad i'm that country. A
herder would be out with a large band
and would camp over night along some
stream. The sheep would be scattered ur
and down the stream, and while the
herder.. was asleep 1t would be an easy
matter for one or two men to come i'm and
drive a few hundred head from either
above or below. Next morning, when he