The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-04
NORTHWEST NEWS.
Topics Of General Interest In the -Four Nsv
States and Elsewhere.

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The enterprise will he worked up ny the
c'tizens. whose efforts will very likely be
crowned with success.
RosebUrR, Ore. merchants subscribed
81. 30 u the capital stock nj the Douglas
County Fair Association last week. Tho
association has purchased 100 acres OF
land for IS 900 and increased its apita
stock tn $4,000. in order to properly i'm
prove the grounds. Southern Oregon In
abreast Of the times i'm the matter OF inn
p~rovcnscnts.
The Eilensbur9h Register says: "A sam
pie of tin ore from the newly discovered
mines in the Cascades above Grecp river
has been analysed and shows eight per
c,nt. tin. The vein is reported to he a
large one, with thousands of tons OF ore
i'm sight. Like tho Veteran mine, tho
prospectors thought they had struck n
coal vein, and only by closer examination
found they had n vein Of rich tin.
Walter Cakes, n son Of President Cakes
OF he Northern Pacific. has been ap-
pointed secretary and treasurer of the
Puget Sound and Alaska Steamship COM
pany. This is the now line which. il In
claimed. will compete with the Union
Pacihc's Sound TN e. II. Prescott.
the second vice-president of tho Northern
Pacific, is to be president of the steam
ship line. and d.. Is. Jackson general man.
agcr, with headquarters at Seattle.
The Deer Lodge Fair and Racing asso-
citation have arranged dates for the COM
ing season rs follows: July Ia, Is, 16. II,
Is and ~. Official notice has been given
tn that effect and the official announce
ment mailed to tho secretaries of the diff
ferent associations on this circuit. The
association has in contemplation many
improvements for the coming year and as
$1,000 i'm purses will he hung up, we may
expect the host and most interesting
meeting ever held in the county.-NiLrer
State.
The Oregon City Courier tells in the fol-
lowing how In residents OF that settle
ment would rather go to hell thnn work
for Jesus i'm Oregon City: "On the eve
ming of tho last of n series of revival
meetings Mt n church not a great ways
from Oregon City the preacher made the
request common Mt such meetings, VIII
al those who will work for Jesus and de-
sire tn go To heaven please arise?" A
few arose, mostly faithful sisters of THO
church. He then asked, "will all those
who desire to- go to hell arise?' With n
rush about forty arose. Tho humor OF the
appeal sent n roar Of laughter throughout
congregation, and even the two ministers
smiled"
The hanging Of John r. Gilman at Emu
pirc City made the second execution in
Coos county, except an Indian hung way
back i'm the hftics. Two men had been
found murdered. An Indian came into
Empire ono day with blankets rolled up
and strapped tn his back, and the initials
of one of the murdered men was plain to
be seen on the blanket. A mob OF men
took him out and hung him i'm the follow
ing anu They cut Al long pole and
placed il in the forks of n tree, leaving
one end farther from the tree than the
other. Several men lifted the long end
up and tied tile short end down with n
strong rope. They then adjusted n rope
to the latter end OF the pole and tn the In
dams neck. The rope that held the pole
down was then cut and i'm n second poor
Lo was high in the aIr.-OFegonian.
Fire broke out i'm wilde's hall, Choteau,
about S O'clock Thursday morning and
the building together with u store build
ing adjoining was burned to- the ground.
Nothing could he done tai check the
flames, IA the wells i'm town are all frozen
and no water could be obtained. The
flo r i'm the hall WAS occupie as "a lodge
room by the different grades of Odd FEEL
lows. Seton lodge, No. Is: Fidelity en-
No. 10, and Patriots militant
canton, Alert, No. y. Thc lower floor WAS
used for dancing purposes and other pup
lie gatherings, and n ball was given mt the
hail "Wednesday night, when the dancing
ended about & o'clock. The fire il sup
posed to have originated i'm the concrete
chimney. The Odd Fellows lose all their
paraphcrnaiia, which cost them nearly
$1,000. The building was owned by the
Hon. Il. =. Ford. of sun River. The store
building WAS owned by =. +. Rawlston, of
Marysville, and was unoccupird. The
counters and shelving were saved. Both
buildings were erected in 1887, and cost
about 5000 each. The owners are non
residents
Frank Is. Hooper, of Clayton, Ohio, hrs
brought suit against the Northern Pacific
railway company for SiO.Oo0 damages. On
Saturday night. n frightfulIy stormy one,
Mr.. Hooper mounted "a train at Glyndcn,
Mimi. In travelling he always gets on nj
the front end of a train, he AYERS. as he ~
selling cash registers, which are n deli
cate piece OF mechanism ami require his
personal care To keep them from being
roughly handled. He jumped on the train
at Giyiidon between the first coach and
the baggage car. He carried two grips
He tr.cl to get in the first door of the pas
seuvcr coach, but the conductor. after
trying to open IL for n moment. declared
il locked and lcisurcly stroilcd away down
the car aisle. although Hooper begged to
he taken in. as the wind was blowing al
n furious rate and il was very cold. Il!
this time the train was going at "a high
speed. Hooper tried to keep his feet by
hanging ON the door knob. but becanls
numbed. and the platform bcinR icy, hs
, could no longer stand. He slipped dowr
5 upon his hack, with one hand graspins
the brake standard. In this way he rode