The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-08-01
THE GREAT NORTHWEST
A Rancher Who Will Not Give En-
pioyment to Hobos ! n Future
A Prisoner Escapes Dur
ing His Trial.
MONTANA.

The hay crop i'm the vicinity OF Dillon Is
estimated at about two-thirds the =
yield.
Rorty-four finely bred horses consigned
to eastern parties were shipped from Chi
nook lately.
new paper will be issued at Fort Ben
ton, August 8. Charles S. Harris is the
proprietor and the paper will be republic
can in politics.
An immense prairie fire is reported to
be travelling eastward from the east butte
OF the Sweet Grass hills, and il will destroy
thousands Of acres OF good hay.
The Bay State Cattle company are driv-
ing several thousand head of their breed
ing cattle from the Judith back to the Big
Horn Basin, Wyo. The drive will take
about fifty days to reach the destination.
The railroad company are ex~cavating a
reservoir in the vicinity Of Glasgow,
which will be filled with water from the
river, to furnish a supply during the dry
season. The reservoir will be % feet deep,
$50 feet in diameter and will hold 100000
gallons of water.
After several days suspense Mr.. Lara
bic heard from the accident which befell
his car of horses and attendants on the
1. d.. q w. railroad near Greenburg, Ind.
One man was killed outright, but neither
Of his horses was killed. Tyro was not
hurt. but Reality sustained such injuries
that she will be unfit for speed purposes.
She will he valuable for breeding pur-
poses, however.-Sitrer State.
The season for forest fires is again upon
us. The season for outing n camping
parties is also here. Let every one who
b..sll. q. H.n Ia. sta stpxlar t.L. .N.l .,r.
that every spark is extinguished before
leaving il, as the results could be most
disastrous. The forest fires of this state
last season ruined many thousands of del
lars worth of fine timber besides running
game of the ranges and causing destruc-
ton to other property.-Sitrer State.
Ira Dodge, who is known as the great
bear killer, has gone into other business.
During the spring and summer Ira has
been capturing young elk, until he has
now procured nearly twenty. These he
has put with another band belo nging TO a
friend. who together, have nearly forty
head. Ira has been offered big money by
New York man for his herd, but he has
about concluded to start a breeding es-
adjustment and raise elk, which are rap
idly becoming extinct.-Heiena Journal.
vi itst Il HuTsuuy hioTniuk AT SulIlian
who lives on Dempsey creek, took his
shovel and went up his ditch to turn on
more water, says the Siirer State. During
his absence he left n man doing chores
around the house, thai he had employed
two weeks before, named Sam Johnson.
johnson was aware that a resident of the
valley had paid Mr.. Quinlan $3.50 the
evening before, and took this opportunity
of getting it. Mr.. Quinlan locked his
room door, but hung the key i'm the
kitchen. The man looked for il, and
found is. Entering the room he found
800 in place of $50. He did not put the
key in the same place he found il, and
that is how Mr.. Quinlan found out about
the robbery Immediately upon his return.
johnson was traced to Dempsey station
where he boarded the morning train.
There being no telegraph communication
nearer than Deer Lodge, the sheriff did
not get his information until too late to
overtake him, although his description
has been telegraphed along the different
lines. Farmers who nave money or other
valuablcs should not employ tramps to
work for them. Johnson is described as
being about 6 feet high, Az years old,
smooth shaved, with hair cut short and a
little gray.