The Anaconda standard., 1890-03-07

encsl ON account of the actions of the red
skins and . few threats that they have
made. Then again, the terrible slaughter
Of game In that section has prompted the
people to hold q meeting, at which IL was
decided to invoke the aid of the govern
ment or take the law In their own haneis.
Accordingly the past week letter was
sent To Governor Toole. requesting de-
tachment of troops he sent to the lake
country at once. County Attorney Web
stcr also received a letter tn the effect
that II the government does not soon or
der troops to that region the settlers
will he compelled to pursue rigorous
methods tn bring the Indians tO subiec-
ton.
The differences Of opinion as to whether
the act which admitted the four states OF
Washington, Montana and the Dakotas
repealed the homestead presumption law,
has led to the introduction of bill mt
Washington which will, IL IL becomes n
law, put AN end to all questions which
might arise under different legal rulings.
The point was raised some time ago that
this act repealed the homestead law by
the mistaken use of word, using ''act''
when ''section" was intended. senator
Davis has introduced IA bill which de-
clares, in many words, that all pre-
enptions made after the passage of the
enabling act shall lbc declared valid and
that patents shall he issued without re-
Rarti tn the terms Of the act in question.
SO far as the four new states are com
cerned.
G,istavus Sie9ling of Upper Belt, one of
the Leosier stockholders, illuminated the
sanctum with his presence yesterday. says
the Great Falls Leoder. He is one OF the
pioneers Of Cascade county. He says the
farmers in that section ordinarily raise
twenty-five to- forty bushels of wheat and
forty to eighty bushels of oats tn the acre
without irrigation. The oats he says us,i-
ally weigh from fifty-iive to sixty pounds
per b,Ishel. He dcvotes himself chiefly to
vegetable crops. I'm fair average seasons
his potato crop averages seven hundred
tn eight hundred bushels per acre. The
variety chiefly grown by him il the Ale
name, the earliest and hest variety ever
introduced into Montana. the heaviest
yieltler and having the unusual .quality.
for an early variety, of being a good
keeper-retaining it's flavor and peculiar
mcaly quality. with reasonable care. until
the new potatoes come. He raised some
of these potatoes weighing five to six
pounds apiece. He raised onions last
season weighing IA pounds from the
seed.
At u o'clock "Wednesday evening, says
the Siirer State, Miss G,,ssie, daughter of
President n. j. Bielcnhcrg. pulled the
lever and with the words, "Succcss to the
Champion MILL" all was in motion.
There were many citizens present, and
shortly after the machinery was i'm oper-
alton several baskets of wine were dis
posed OF and n regular hand shaking took
place. The completion of these works
has been watched with much interest, and
to see smoke issuing from the huge smoke
stacks and hear the cheerful whistle is
great satisfaction To every man, woman
and child i'm this place. There are about
5OO tons OF ore now mt the mill, and at the
| transfer station, half way between Cham
pion and the mill, there are about 200
tons, on the dump there are about 600
tons, and in sight i'm the mine. at "a low
| estimate, 6,OOO tons that can be- knocked
down i'm short time. In this mine there
are four leads, one of which is II feet
wide, and In each one can he found good
milling ore and plenty of il.
Mr.. Howard Scbrec of Idaho. who was
i'm the city on visit, was asked by II Salt
Lake Tribune representative what truth
there was i'm the report that all the range
| stock i'm the northern country must die,
| and in reply he said: "All on the outside
must die for all that can he seen. never
saw the country, all the way from Sho-
| slone down tn Ogden look as il does now
like vast ball of SNOW" "woultl
the cattle pull through il there should
come n speedy thaw -" "No, unless they
are on the inside and have feed. In Boise
valley and i'm that country there is no
SNOW now, il melted during the last storm
| as fast as il fell; yet il has been cold. 1
have never seen such n winter. The SNOW
il deep, at this moment over everything
all over the whole range north to Pleas
ant Valley. and AS far west Mountain
Home. Unless there are facilities for
feeding there must bc great loss. The
people will have tn come to making pro-
vision for cattle and sheep i'm the way of
feed and rough shelter. There is prob
ably no winter i'm which this would not
pay. and some winters il would save
| whole herds and hoeks. Ii is the humane
| way, too; duty and interest both conn
| mand H."
The old. old story is being repealed
again along the line of the Cherokee strip,
says the Fort Benton Rrer Press. Hum
slretls of boomers are h,itl,llctl i'm wagons
| or tents or hastily built shaclSs awaiting
| the word when they over and
| take possession of the 2uO.OOO acres of
| land which awaits the first comers. The
| same scenes being Witnessed that
| transprcd before the opening of Okla.
honia and the Sioux reservation to set
tiers. Eager, anxious crowds held back
| by the military; women and children suf-
| fering from exposure tn Indictment
weather. and sickness and death invading
| the camps of the excited throng. Ii is the
| same old story first told when Sosh,Ia sent
| the two spies into the land of Canaan and
| since repeated with slight variations 10y
| nearly every generation of men tn the
| present time. Men want land. and /,