Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1892-04-23
cattle were very light-not more
than three per cent. in most of the
herds.

clone Bess," fallen woman
Butte, committed suicide in tt
Jail in that city Sunday by takin
: morphine. She was about to /
taken to the poor house by the at
thorities.
z A special Of Sunday from Ana
;onda to the Helena Independent
a says: In spite Of. many statement
e to the contrary, the Anaconda com
pany will not close the upper works
or. any part Of its smelling plant
e The order issued Saturday nigh
to close the upper works seems te
; have been given through a nisun
derstanding. All work will be re.
sumed tomorrow, as usual.
Bozeman Avant Courier: About
seventy farmers who have been an
propriating water from the West
Gallatin river, covering period of
over a quarter of century past,
last week submitted to Judge Arm
strong stipulations to which all
had agreed and asking to have set
apart for them the amount of water
specified in said stipulations. His
honor entered a decree in conform
ity Herewith.
Three hundred and fifty men
were laid off at the mines of the
Anaconda company at Butte Sat-
urday evening. It is understood
that as many more will be laid off
tomorrow The mines will, how
ever, keep running with half the
full force. The reduction in force
is owing to the reported shutting
down Of the upper works at Ana
conda last night, but no reason has
been assigned for this.
Speaking Of the Elkhorn mine at
Neihart, dispatch to the Helena
Independent says: The biggest
strike in the history of the mine
was made last week in the 1,4OO-
Eoot level, which is now the lowest.
It shows drift of eight feet of ore,
With no walls, which assays 1872 ,,
ounces in silver There are now .
're bodies to the extent of 800 feet, !
nsuring dividends of 40 per cent :, :
or the next three years. :
The Great Falls Laborers' union o
as adopted scale of wages n
S follows: Laborers around build Z
1gs, except those using pick and J
hovel, T3 for as may hours as the =
1echanics work whom they serve, N
nd one and one-half time for over
me and Sundays; quarrymen, SO
er day; laborers in same, $3.50;
rickyard laborers, 50 per day; .
amsters, $3.50 per day or S65 per II
onth, and one and one-half time
r Sundays; other ]aborers, So. so III
r day Of 10 hours. te
ct
Meagher County News: A rep
sentative Of the News visited Cop
ropolis last Sunday and took ~
ok at the future copper camp Of ~
eagher county. The Darling ~
action was the only property Wis
ID. It has a large amount of ore at
sight and can commence ship OIL
ng just as soon as railroad COZ
aches that point OF a wagon road SCI
built to Neihart. There are six
tented claims in this camp, all wa
which are as good as any in da
tte Or Anaconda at the same ma
pth. ent
A Missoula special to the Ana
ida Standard Of Tnaclav coyc wet
nday night three men entered the
n strong's house at Hope and wet
l stole his clothes. He followed to
m and took them back to Hope. line
st night they were "kangarooed.o to 8
? citizens took a piece of air F
Ike hose, quartered it and fasten- sni,
handle to it. Then they made ma,
thieves bend over stump and rs
lied 20 lashes to each where oo,
would be most effectual. The loce
lett town after solemnly prom YES
6 never to return. .. ~
he Castle Tribune is authority
the statement that the prelimi-
survey is about finished for I'm,
railroad from that camp to
ena, and says in three weeks
cost of construction will ho