The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-12
STATE NEWS.

BOZeman is to have an electric railway
Leading capitalists of Missoula, hav'
also asked for a franchise for an electri,
railway.
Fish are reported to have begun run
ming up the West Gallatin already thi
spring, which is about one month ear.
lier then usual.
While the residents of other states ar,
suffering from the cold weather and 9th
er Inconvenience Oceasioned by the
WRITER season. in Montana we are bask-
ing in the bright sunshine clothed in oul
summer raiment- nothing like it.
\ monument to the memory Of Hon
W. j. Penrose, who was assassinatcd at
Butte on June 9th last. is to be erect
ed by the Sons Of st. George, at Butte
Col. ia. McGowan Of Horse Plains
with characteristic enterprise has pur.
chased from the east two car loads oil
hard and W car loads of soft wheat
for the benefit of Horse Plains farmers
who desire to go into the wheat industry
this season.
Tho prospects for Il state baseball
league at the present time are very
promising, Missoula hasssalrcady organ
ized Il strong club and have ordered
their uniforms and supplies for the com
ing season.
An expert recently made an eyamina.
ton of the Cumberland mine at Castle
and his figures and estimates show an
actual horizontal area of stope on the
.IUfoot level, and without eXhausting
the ore. of more than 1000 square feet.
Ed. Marion, manager for Hubbard Il
Sampson, returned Thursday evening
from Texas, says the Glendive Indepen-
dent, where he purchased 5000 head of
cattle. 2.OU two year-olds and 1000
three year-olds. He is also closing a
deal for 1900 more. These cattle are
considered as good Il lot of steers as
Texas can boast of.
Reese Anderson, probably the only
white man living in Montana as early as
-, was in Helena a few days ago from
Fergus county. He is hale and hearty
and bids fair 70 live the century out and
ii good deal more Inter Mountain.
In IFS report the grand jury of Che
teau county has the following: And to
anticipate the question which the read
ing public will here ask the grand jury
states its conviction that tine so -callcd
Barnard Brown report is Incorrect, in
accurate. and wholly useless for any pur-
pose it was intended to serve. The grand
jury does not find that the report con
tains any evidence to sustain the state
ments therein made rejecting upon the
official conduct of the county officers"
Pat Finnegan. II Of the leading stock
raisers of Cherry creek basin, SAWS the
BoZeman Courier. was in the city on
"Wednesday and reports stock in better
condition for the time of year than for
many years past. There is no snow upon
the range in that locality and grass is
beginning TO look green upon hill sides
exposed to the south.
George II. Nicoles was busily engaged
on MONDAY in circulating Il petition TO
congress asking that Fort Missoula be
not abandoned. says the BOZcman
Courier. Ii there is any military post ia
the northwest which should be retained.
1t IS Fort Nlssoula. 1t is what might be
called on the frontier. and is a great pro-
lection TO the settlers Of Missoula and
the litter Root valley against the saucv
and treacherOus Indians of the tlatltcad
reservation.
Coal is being found ON the Doucet
coal claims on Warm Spring creek in
large quantities that will compare favor
ably with the best in the state. The
production of coal is destined to be
come one Of the large industries of
Castle.
y. II. Ritchic. the civil engineer. re-
turned to Castle on "Wednesday after
making a preliminary survey in the in
terest of the Montana Midland railroad
betWeen Blackhawk and sheep creek.
lie reports that an average grade can be
obtained that will be less than per cent,
and the highest will not be more than
~. per cent.
Our prophecy; The Neibart branch of
the Great Northern railroad, under the
name of the Montana Midland, will not
stop when 1t reaches Castle but will con
tinue. tapping the Musselshell country,
pass near Big Timber. continue south
on to Boulder and into Cooke City. The
first railroad into Castle will be the first
road into Cookc.-Big Timber Pioneer.
One Of the best possible things that
could happen to Castle has taken place. |
We mean the sale of one of the leading
mines to men Of unlimited means. Castle
has had to work under the disadvantage |
OF spending the money of those who live |
there or III the adjoining towns, which in
thr very nature Of things has a moderate
InIt. Now that outsiders have come in
10 help develope the camp. Castle will
IN the front. -BoZcmun Chronicle.
The secretary of the interior has re-
rendered a decision which is of
great Importance to mining men. 1t is
in regard to tie legality of locating min
ing claims, and according TO it, if there
is a failure upon the part Of the appli-
for a patent to pay the amount due
the government, her all assessment |
must he done the same as il no applica-
ton for patent had been made. Neglect
DO this assessment work leaves the
claim open to location.
Montana, never behind the effetc east. |
even in ideas of extravaganza, will fur
nlsh the solid gold mil, emblazoned with |
the arms of that state, which Mrs. Pot
ter Palmer will drive home as 'the last
nail Of the buildings of the Chicago
fair" Nebraska will furnish a
solid gold hammer, studded with Alaska
diamonds and Wisconsin pearls. for state