The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-18
NORTHWEST NEWS.


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uev States and Elsewhere.
The Jefferson county Senfisef rants q
smelter built NJ Boulder.
In Walla Walla county, WASH, 80 far
NO injury has been done 10 grain. though
considerable injury has been inflicted on
the fruit, and very great injury ON range
cattle and horses. There has also oeen
more than the average loss OF sheep.
A rumor comes from q reliable source,
says the OyrUoMi0n. that . company com
posed OF some well-known capitalists will
establish blast furnaces at Sehome, Wash.
These will be used for smelling iron, sil-
yer, gold and other minerals. An institu-
ton of this kind would place the success
full future OF Bellineham hay beyond pre-
adventure. II would cost over one mill
lion dollars to establish these works.
William Howinstein, the man who
killed the colored waiter. Ogiesby. on the
I'D of January. remain I'm q semi-coma-
tose condition mt Colville, says the Stew
ems county wash., Miner. Since his ar
rest and incarceration he has eemed N
one dared. Even his best friends cannot
get more than q sentence or two from
him. His companions in Jail say TINT he
will stare for an hour at one object. When
spoken to he often waits for q minute
before answering and then not satis-
~factorily.
G. E. Libby is in to-day from his extern
sive sheep range on the south side of the
river, says the Fort Benton Rirer Press.
He reports his large herds in excellent
condition, having sustained no losses dur
ing the winter. Everything indicates n
most prosperous season for northern
Montana wool growers. Mr.. Libby h q
son Of 1. C.. Libby of Burnham, Maine,
the organizer of the great Maine & Nom
tana Sheep with a capital OF
100000. Mr.. Libby informed n Rirer
Press reporter that the HEADQUARTERS OF
this would he ut Fort Benton.
Yesterday Charley johnson of Kibby,
brought to town the carcass OF n monste
she bear which he had killed I'm the noun
tains near Baker, says the Great Falls
Leader. 1t took two shots from Charley's
unerring Winchester TO bring her to the
ground. Charley says the two young cubs
that he captured Mt the same time are as
playful as kittens. John Sinclair pur-
chased the hid and will in n short time
have n representative of thc bruin tribe In
his large collection OF Montana nina
The weight of the hear was something
over 300 pounds.
The sale Is reported from CRur ii Alene
of 5000 tons Of ore from the Morning mine
near Mullen, the property OF Charles Hus-
sey of the Spokane National bank. The
Globe Smelling of Denver was
the purchaser. The value OF the ore Is $50
per ton at the smelter, making a total OF
OOO. The mine will commence deliv-
ering the ore rs soon as the Washington
Idaho gets it's track laid to Mullan and
can handle 1t. The Morning mine is now
SO far developed that, according to min
ing experts. IL can deliver these 5000 tons
Of ore and still nave five times that
amount of ore standing i'm reserve Mt the
mine.
On Wednesday there walked into
Salem, Ore, from the north n woman
tramp. Her destitute and lonely condi-
ton was n sad sight and one not often
witnessed in this land of plenty and
chivalry. Her feet were wrapped in sew
eral folds of old sacks and cloths. and her
general appearance WINS that of the tramp.
In her hands she carried her shoes and
an axe. The latter she said she used i'm
defending herself and chopping kindling
for the fires she was i'm the habit of build
in9 along the road. She claimed to have
made a long,, communicates Journey
from Arkansa and was en- route for
Southern oregon. She bought a ticket
and departed for Eugene.
Friday afternoon a buck Indian, who
xa. mnkin0 his why .cross the Park,
laden With n sack OF cn,pty bottles. had
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