The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-16
NORTHWEST NEWS.
YDpiss q General interest IN Tie feur New
States and Elsewhere.

According 10 the report OF Supcrintend-
emit Kennedy for thc month OF December
ths Seattle schools had 3,643 pupils.
The people OF the OkanoRan country
sor . large influx Of immigration In
che spring. The mines Astounding I'm this
are the main elements ct attrac-
sson.
J. A. Ross, editor OF the "esferm Ne
porter, the organ OF the negroes, will, I'm n
few weeks, bring to Tacoma three ar four
carloads of embe Of his race for per
nsAneut settlement.
The Snake river country. Washington,
IN destined to become N great fruit growing
section i'm the near future. The quality
OF the fruit is well known. Trees there
have borne their second crop al apples
this season.
The Dallas Observer corrects an error
into which the New York Mad and Err
,,vcss has fallen. The latter states that
there are only two survivors of the charge
of the Light Brigade in the United States,
ignoring the Baptist preacher. A LIE Roy,
Of Brownsville, Linn county. Oregon.
There In now n growing continent
among farmers Of Eastern Washington in
favor Of organization. More especially
does this sentiment prevail i'm the agri-
cultural districts of Whitman and Spo-
kane counties, where the ALI
ance is steadily growing i'm numbers and
Importance.
A has been organized to work
the new coal mines discovered sixteen
miles above Ellensburgh. The coal taken
ont appear to he the nearest approach tn
anthracite that has been found OH the east
side of the Cascade mountains. There is
already n good wagon road within u few
miles of the mines.
This Ellensburgh Register. complains hit
terly Of the railway mail service W.
that point and the Sound, saying the
Northern Pacific postal clerks would con-
fer q lasting favor upon the people Of that
city 10 they would e~ndeavor tn get the
mnil through tn the city the same year
that Il leaves the Sound.
+. K. Habersham. secretary and chief
engineer Of the Pacific Construction COM
pany, that In doing work for the Astoria
4 South Coast company, writes under date
of January 4, 10 the Astoria Pioneer, and
states that his company has not received q
dollar from the railway company. The
construction company has offered % take
pay I'm bonds for the work actually done
during tho last flve months.
The mayor Of EllensburGh Inns approved
che ordinance granting tn q private indi-
vidual the franchise Of supplying that city
with water. Ellensburgh therein makes a
mistake. II 10 pays private enterprise TO
do the work, IL would certainly profit the
city equally m well. Northwest towns
seem to have n fatality of giving away To
private mon rights that ought 10 he EN-
ployed for the benefit and profit of the
John II. Catlin, the agent for the Black
feet Indians at PeiRan, advertises for
bids for furnishing his agency with field
seeds, consisting of $1,000 pounds oats,
1900 pounds seed wheat and 1O.OOO
pounds seed potatoes. Bids will be re-
csivcd until january aoth. Major Catiin
also advertises for bids for the erection of
q school building at the agency. This
building in To he OF brick, two stories high
and 39xsS feet.
Large numbers of Wyoming cattle have
been driven north into the Crow reserva-
tion for pasturage lately. The feed IL re-
ported excellent and the cattle on the res
ervation are sleek and fat. Where the
stockmena and ranchnlen can make u satis-
factory contract for range privileges upon
the Crow reservation Il In undoubtedly the
most profitable way To handle cattle.
There are at present grazing an the Crow
reservation about GO.OOO head of cattle. for
which tho Crows charge AZ grazing privi-
lcRe of so cents per head.
A Washington dispatch says: Con-
Grsasman Carter. Of Montana, chairman
of the on mines and mining,
has called ~ meeting of his committee for
next Monday morning. Several bearings
will he held at which those who wish may
present their views ON the measures that
are likely tn come mp before the commit
tee. IL il cxssted that several Montana
men who are Interested i'm gold mining
will have something to say on the subject
OF tn1less ana the laws Tn govern them are
likely To he more fully agitatcd than has
ever been done I'm the national Legislatures.
SIEVE -al members of the silver convention
mt 50 Louis are i'm the city and they will
present Information for the consideration
of the committee.
II will he good news To the sheep men
of Eastern Montana when the fniepcndenf
can say that u wool warehouse will GER
tainly he built at G;lendive i'm time for the
June clip. Superintendent Marsh has
been authorized to build such u warehouse
here AOx1O0 feet in dimensions, with "a ca
pacity of 175,OOO pounds. and fitted with
all facilities for handling wool with
cheapnes and dispatch. This will large
iy augment the wool trade of Glendive
and bring the producer and buyer closer
together. for all the prominent Eastern
wool houses will he represented here by
their agents, and sellers will then know
exactly what their wool is worth, for il
will be in condition for examination and
they will have the benefit Of competitive
bidders. The Northern Pacific also pro-
poses Ia build n warehouse at Rosebud,
thus affordinR ample accommodations To
shcep men for the. shipment of the product
of their fiocks.-GLendire Independent.
Articles of incorporation Of the Meagher
mining have been filed Mt Hell