The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-04-23
NORTHWEST NEWS.
Topics Of Genera Interest In the -Four
New Stats. and Elsewhere.

New State and Elsewhere. ,
Tho North Dakpta Volunteer Firemen's
..soc;a,;on will iold their seventh annua :
ss,,.n.uent at Fargo, commencing June
IL.
Mr.. Finley rom Northern Texas has
been looking o-er the country and has he
termined 10 msve his cattle to Montana.
His herds will arrive in instalments OF
IhyOO each, md he will bring In three
herds.
The dry guass is beginning to burn IN
some Localities. Quite a fire was In pro
gross near Fort Benton OF Thursday last.
and fires were noticed along the line OF
the RAILROAD i'm the Yellowstone valley on
Saturday.
The puyullup, WASH, Citizen says:
awhile a, the moor farm the other day we
met Thomas Hasson, over ~ years OF age
who first planted the American flag on
Washington soil. 1t wa in the year le4s.
,Old Tom can tell many interesting IN
dian stories OF he early times IN this
valley" -
Albert liner was shot and killed by ms
brother, Ole p. liner, at Richardson, ~
d.. last week. The cause of the uoup'e
is said to he jealousy. The muruereu
man entered the house OF his nrother anu
made insulting remarks to ms wne,
wbereupon a general ufii followed In
which Albert wa shot, dying almost IN.
stantly. Excitement runs ! ana
Iyncbinp is feared. The murderer Is
under arrest.
There are i'm Idaho alone over lo'ooo,-
mo acres of land classed as Agricultural
- which from 100000 to 10,OOO,OOO are
included within the drainage area OF the
snake river BASIN. Throughout the area
during the past year the government en-
oine,rs have been conducting surveys I'M
der the auspices of the geological depart
ment for the purpose of establishing stor-
age reservoirs under government super
vision.
". T, Swope, a prominent wool grower
Of the Judith, is i'm the city. MIR. Swope
has lust been appointed postmaster AT
Christina, where he will earn the magnif-
cent salary of 81 a quarter. MT. :. is a
true blue democrat and he ID at q loss 10
account for his elevation to this high sta-
ton except that there are no republicans
in the neighborhood. Dave hiigcr' the
retiring p. M, is also a democrat, who
wearied with the cares Of Office, deter.
mined that his friend Swope should llck
the stamps for q time.-.Gredt Fats IRE
bune.
The supposed suicide of Henry Bolsur
n German farmer living three miles south
east of Canton, s. d., now turns out u
have been a premediated murder. Hi
son. IA wears old, has confessed to the au
thorities that the family had conspired u
kill their father; that he was directed d!
his mother and brother to take a loadet
gun and shoot his father when he had
chance away from the house, which III
did on last Sunday, the charge OF the gun
entering the back of the head, killing hin
instantly. The wife and two sons ar
now under arrest for murder.
The United States coast survey steaIne
Patterson has arrived ut Fort Iownsen
with the H~arrison-Arkell newspaper ex
ploring expedition on her way TO Aiask
to continue the work of surveying tina
coast. in which she has been engaged &c
several seasons. The expedition will PR
coed with her to J~cneau, whence the
will proceed by the Lynn canal and Chi
katt river TO Chilkatt pass and attempt
force a trail for hundreds of miles throua
the vast mysterious region OF the mort
west to Mount wrangel, il possible. The
will endeayor to find the unknown hea
waters of the Copper river. when TN
river is found they will embark upon 1t
n giant raft and shoot its rapids to Il
sea. They will be taken oil in a Unit
States reycnue cutter in 1891. The Unit
y States government furnishes the expet
ton with scientific instruments n tran
portation to and from Alaska. The par
is composed as follows: c. II. Wells, chi
and correspondent; K. j. Glave, executi
officer and artist; Alfred B. Schanz,
tronomer, historian and artist. Scou
laborers and a retinue OF Chilkatt India
will accompany the expedition to the
terror. C.. II. Wells former exploits
exploration embrace a journey OF ~
miles in British America and Cent
Alaska. Many Of the government ms
Of the Alaska rivers have been made
his rec~onnoisances. Ed. Glave lived W
Stanley i'm the wilds OF Africa for
wears. Al the age of 10 he had charge
a station on the Congo, far In the inter-
The king of Belgium decorated him W
the star of service. Alfred b. Schan
an old campaigner in the wilds OF
Northwest territories and IT
tiers. He was formerly assistant astro
mer al the Allegheny observatory OF II
burg, and for the past two years mas D
ON the New York Tribune stall. Bel
ID that time he was on the staff OF the r
~ burg Dispatch.
Full Dress st the Theaters.