The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-22
NORTHWEST NEWS.
Topics Of General Interest In the -Four
New States and Elsewhere.

Fisherman Tromblez yesterday made
his arst haul Of the season, says the Fort
Benton Rirer Press. He caught 40
pounds of whitcfish, catfish. pike and
other v~arities at Roosevelt's island with n
seine. He found a ready market for the
brain food mt eight cents per pound.
The Missouri is rising says the Great
Falls Tribune. The Ice Is all gone except
a narrow rim In Broadwatcr bay. The
great river fiows on in untramelled free
dom, breaking the ice into pieces, which,
floating on the surface, looks like frosted
silver. The Missouri may be as high this
year as in 1887, when some OF the large
trees on the bank were partly covered by
the water.
JAS. McDevitt, of Fort Conrad, is in the
city, says the Fort Benton Rirer Press. He
saw several punches of range cattle on his
way in which were all lively and frisky.
The ranges have plenty OF water and
cattle will come out of the winter in much
better condition than they went in. MIR.
McDevitt expects tho Pacific extension OF
the Great Northern from Fort Assinna-
boine will cross the Gait road near his
place. and he will then apply for the re-
moval of the custom house to the juno
ton. A TOWNSHIP boom is also one Of the
probabilities mt the Junction.
A Journal reporter happened into the
First National Bank while some gentle
men were examining n hair bride, the
property of Il. II. Kleinscmidt, ays the
Helena journal. IL is a wonderful piece
of work consisting of headstall reins and
quiri combined. The trinket has a his
tory. 1t was made by Henry Edmunson,
a convict i'm Deer Lodge, and in its manu-
facture 2,492 hairs were used. They are
not horse hairs as brides usually are, but
IL j. made Of locks shorn from the heads
Of Indian convicts upon their entrance
upon territorial service. II is n OF the
neatest pieces of plating ever produced
in Montana and occupied two and one
half years of the convict's time. II was
presented to Mr.. Kleinschmidt and is
highly priced.
This is the text of the Representative
Curtis bill ceding the tract of land known
as reservation park to Miles City for park
purposes: ''Be il enacted by the senate
and house Of representatives of the United
States of America in congress assembled,
That all that portion of the Fort keogh
military reservation lying and being east
of Tongue river, in the state OF Montana,
he, ana Is nereDy, WitiluraWn from Hhiit-
tary control, and granted to the city of
Miles City, Montana, for the perpetual
use and benefit of said Miles City and the
inhabitants thereof as a public park, sub
jeet 20 The right hereby reseIred by the United
States 70 use as much Of said granted land
as ma De necessary in operating a ferry OF
constructing a bridge across Tongue rirer
aud approaches 10 such ferry o. bridge."
Deputy Sheriff William Cheney this
afternoon arrested G.. A. Searles and Jake
Pain near the depot says the Missoula
Gazette of Wednesday. These men are
charged with robbing the safe of the ex-
press company at Brainerd about a year
ago. They were at the time both em-
ployed at the station at Brainerd, Searles
was i'm the employ of the railroad com
pany as ticket agent and Pain was en-
ployed as driver of the Express wagon
and general roustabout for the express
company. Pain was the only man, il Is
said, that had the combination to the
vault. The officers claim to have suf-
ficient evidence to hold them. Both of
the men nave been around Missoula for a
long time and both own a rancho zach near
~Frcnchtown. As The arrest happened
just as We go to press w are unable TO
gather further particulars.