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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-08-21
IN GRANITE COUNTY.
Philipsburg Is Coming Out of the Racke
In Good shape.

- ""t'"s 'Sus VI
In Good shape.
Special Correspondence Of the standard
PnILIPsBURG. aug. 1s.-The situation
here is unchanged, except that business
seems to be gradually resuming its nor
NAL condition. although the large mercan-
tile houses are selling goods at very much
lower prices than usual. presumably for
the purpose of reducing their stocks to
something nearer "A hard-iimcs basis. OF
course everybody is complaining about
dull times. and, OF cohrsc, il is duh. for
the change has been great and sudden.
hut after calmnly looking over the field
of mining operations in Granite county,
things are not in such n horrible state of
collapse as many who live here and should
know better attempt TO make themselves
and Others believe.
IL is not 50 much what has happened as
what the timid ones expect Ia happen.
that has iichtened up tho purse strings
and made all OF tho population of
this section suddenly drop their
expenditures down to bare
living basis. Then again the
foreign populati ion drew their money from
the banks and "foll over each other in
race for the boundary line Immediately
upon the receipt of the news of the clos
ing of the Indian mints To the free coin
age Of silver. the probable fall in price Of
the metal and the closing of our mines as
q consequence. II isestimated that many
thousands Of dollars were thus carted
away to Canada, to the great dciriment of
the banking institutions Of the county.
IL IL authoritativeiy stated that the First
National bank, which suspe nded few
weeks ago. is not ia such very bad con.
dition financially after all, and that
within a short tim, il will bc able to re-
alixe on its securities and pay all depos-
itors in full. This will take some little
time, as the receiver does not propose to
push any person Who happens to bc in-
dcbted to the institution; lac will rather
give debtors extensions. aud by this plan
lie expects gradually. but surely. to
gather in every dollar due the bank with
| out prejudice or dctrimcnt to any person
or business. The Merchants and Miners
National bank Is an institution
less than one year old, IL
is perfectly solid aud could
without doub, stand n financial storm
much greater than the present one. The
management does not seem To be AFRAID
of It's money and whenever and wherever
possible, il promptly comes to the assist
ance os legitimate business enterprises.
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-.
" mas mus ma,er'a,'y ASSISTED IN INC aP
p'reh' rcsu'np'inh OF cohh"ence' inis IN
also 'rue OF ,ne hyde-rress schiag panAihe
company oi 'san"e' ~hivh seems 10 nave
"nns'o"u tue gaze w goo' snap"'
Tue ihercah''ic houses "r. ~" running
III eooa shape anu WIN 'he eNc,P''ou
,"a' tue propr'e'ors nave d'sci''se" s""'e
ne'P an" gone 10 WORN '"e"se"cs' '"c,e
very h''e cna"sc no'ic1aoe a""oun,
OF course there Is lh,te iarse iaih"I o"
III 'ne scheral ua'e' ou' so lar NO pusr
ness house large OF s,n,i ;" r"n'psou'1
mas seeh III !" suspenu opcra''o"' "''"-
s''ncr. d..
=" MINING way 'no ,'n' ',rN ~, ,r'e'f.' '.
"o' 80 N'sy pau oh e"ucr' i"e "'"n'e
'",'c u wo'A'ns "oout 10 n,n :" o"c
,""'c anu ''e hu,h''s f"'' "' - Stamps
,'as "o''e, sun gov "". "' o"o ''e"s
A"o" wne" "hi' |" iioec" ooes q,
a"' ~ - 'uouS' 70 o' 'uc '".o"''o' o'
'"e 'h"''"H c'"'p,n'cs s'"coh.'""e 'unn''S
as iong as possible more iro"i pn'iau'
.nrop'e motives 'han ior VIVA, ""o'ey
'"e'e 70 III W anu "h'e '"'s '"' se'
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-08-21
ALL MONTANA
How Things lookin the
CenterS of Trade.
UP And DOWN The STATE
Business Il Far From Brisk and the
Tins Are Dull.
BUT THE PEOPLE ARE BRAVE
A Running Summary OF the Sit
uation-The Good Sids and
Bad Side Brought Un-
der Full Review.
UP AND DOWN The STATE
BUT THE PEOPLE ARE BRAVE

In the contributions which appear on
this page of the STANDARD this morning
is presented a running summary of the
condition of business in dozen leading
ccnters Of Montana. The aim of these
special papers is TO let the people know
how the state is standing the racket, how
business men are faring, how much dis
aster has been wrought, and in what re.
spect the signs Of tue times seem hopeful,
No pretense ut formal summing up OF
of a report based on aritbmctical data is
made; the papers are diges, of what has
been said to reporters for the STANDARD
in nearly every section Of the state by men
whose informal comment merits the at
tention of those who want TO know where
Montana stands.
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IN BIG TIMER.
Business HS B.en Pretty Quiet There
In Every Line.


',
'po."' "',o''esp'"a'h'' ., '"' S''
DIG iiNbtk' Aug. .o.-Ma',ers ., appear
'ess encouraging ~ n'g iNmocr 'nan a'
po''s iur'ner east h 'nc Na'es' anu '"e
'oNh N sunernig from pfo"ou"'eu s''s
''a'i""' ih's S i"ses ou' :" w. s'os"s
VI t"e r'rs' Na'io'iai oann vi une '"w"'
""en was ora"en oi ""e pa'an' Va
',ona' VI poAeihah' i"s'' 70 "''e'"' '"'N
vi 'he Teopeuh'e OF 'ne ihsn'u''oh' ho"-
ever on Tue Isl oi sep'eHoer'
,"' P"'",ss's u"ue' ""'s" VIZ po"'ue'
Eo'u camp Is s"nerihg' TOT "n'ch o's'rc'
Dug i"ioer was 'he c"''' .h''ePo'' "as
also oeeh factor III 'he suuuch "Ppareu'
oopressioh oi ousihess' ~ aeo"s'n'rao'e
hun'oer oi instances sheep me" were
oo.geu 'o sen 'he'r woo' nere ou'r'g"' >"
o'uer 10 'nee. 'nei, oo'ga''ohs' anu as 'ne
prices were low there is h,',c money ="
circu,a',oh' anu 'hcro u mcn'hs 'nc Ie"-
'ra' iccinR o' nope VI oe''er Pr'ees :"
iaer niarhe's ",,.cn ani,'i'es 'nc gro"e,S
OF niiiihgs ana Miles .hS VINO c"hs'snea'
Ee'eh ana one-ha'i GEMS was 'n' ",g"
es' price rea'iAea from one h,u'Nsuu''
cnp' INC averages having peeh ~ GEMS nv,
DIX anu GEMS was '"e "'''a.ce' rue
nay crop oi 'niS 'icinny sec'hs 10 oe very
i'gn'' ana 'h's also mas 'e"aeh'S ="
'hrNe tne OUTLOOK aePress'ns'
nu, 'here are reuee"iihs features ,o une
snua'oh, Notwithstanding ns oark siue''h
,ne eNceheht PROMISE o, ,"c srops On
owee' rrass''he me cohu,ioh Oh 'h. NUT
ION herus "h'eh can now pe sh'ppeu 10
iairN re'huhera'',e "iaIhe'' an" une
prime s'a'e oil the peei ea"'e' "h'eh must
soon DC ih ueihhiiu III consequence OF "o
iigh' shipments Oh tue summer. WINE !"
Is reported 'na' soheo' .he Dou,uer mines
have been seized to satisfy debts, there
Is also rumor out that remarkably
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-08-21
ALONG THE YELLOWSTONE.
BiIIiug, is la Good shape aud Hts People
Ar. All Right.

Are All Right.
stan Correspondence OF the standard
BILLINGS, Aug. i9.-Tbo chief industry
of Yellowstone county is pastoral. fully
two-tbirtis Of the capital of the county
being invested In live stock. Agriculture
has also made rapid progress during the
past SIX years, and the arabic lands COW
cred by bitches are largely occupied and
IN actual cultivation. The principal crop
is hay. the demand for which is found IN
the home market for wintering purposes.
Ranchmcn, however, are not dependent
upon one crop, as large fields of the al
luyial lands bordering the rivers. as we'll
as those upon the bench lands under
irrigation. are devoted to the production
of the cereals as well as TO market garden
ing and root crops. bitches have been
widely extended through the county aud
large tracts OF semi-ltii lands reclaimed.
Tho farmers have been conservative and
are generally IN independent circum-
stances. q condition which enables them
to meet the present situation without Sc
rious alarm.
The low price OF wool aud beef has, in
the nature of things. materially reduced
the current of trade in Billings, but SO far
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-08-21
THE REGION OF BITTER ROOT.
1t is Fruitful and IL win Como Out oi
the Ordeal All Right.

II is Fruitful and IL win Como Gu. Of
the Ordeal All Right.
stan Correspondence OF the Standard.
MIssouLA, Aug. 2O.-when the Hon.
Tom Marshall addressed the members of
the silver conference, about month ago.
he said: 1--WE are warmly in sympathy
with the people Of Montana in this effort
to defend silver against unrightcous legis-
lation, but. AT the same time, we feel
easier in Missoula than they do i'm some
of the counties in the state-in Missoula
we can eat. anyhow. We have the soil
and the products. and they can't deprive
us of hog and hominy by any legislation in
congress-"
Missoula produced gold and silver in
the year 1892 70 The value of $Gi1 .OO1, that
being only little more than one-twen-
tieih of Silver Bows product for the same
year. But Missoula led the counties of
the state in the number of bushels of
wheat produced in 1881. Its quota was
210, Esd bushels. against 57s bushels for
Silver Bow. Besides. for that year, Mis-
soula ranked next to Deer Lodge and Gal
latin in oats, the crop being 423. 300
bushels. while the output for Silver Bow
was $3.50. In addition Missoula turned
out that year-the latest for which official
figures are available-3l, 200 tons of hay,
10000 pounds Of potatoes, 1,6o0.00O of
rutabagas, $4,000 pounds of butter
and cheese, with vegetables and small
fruits in finest varieties in quantities not
matched by any county in Montana.
And, with all the rest. the county turned
out one hundred million feet of lumber.
Farmers in the Bitter Root region have
always had good living and more; they
would be rich men IL they would give To
their land the attention and to their ex-
penses the prudence which characterize
the farming communities everywhere in
the East. Crops in the valley arc good
this year in spite of the tardy spring. and
the market is fair for all the harvests of
the region.
As the readers of the STANDARD are
aware. Missoula had, four years ago, a
period Of remarkably rapid growth.
The city almost outgrcw its present
supporting ability. and It has felt its share
of the burden incident to dull times. II
has been, in instances. pretty close fgur-
ing for year or two and. in many re.
spects, business has been dull. However,
the building up of the city was in no sense
unwarranted and. almost without excep
ton, business men have pulled success.
fully through. In every instance, what
has been done In the way of building, has
been admirably well done, and the pro
sressive people OF Mssoula have full faith
in their ability to hold their own while the
procession is catching up with them.
One bank in Missoula shut it's doors.
and that result was entirely needless; the
closing OF the Higgins bank, on the merits
of the case, ought never to have happened
Rut tho Times were sui,v- anil the fnolis n
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-08-21
IN CUSTER COUNTY.

Its Finances In Good shape Markets
Are Pretty Low for the stocxmcn.
Special Correspondence Of tue standard.
MILES CITY, Aug. io.-MIlcs City. in
common with the rest Of the country. is
feeling the cranplng effects OF the nnan-
ciai depression. though. owing M doubt 10
its trade relations being limited 20 i;s i'm
mediate vicinity. il has not suffered much
by outside failures. The debtor class owe
nothing outside OF our banks and mer-
chants. and these creditors, knowing the
condition of those who owe them. are not
crowding for settlement of past-duc
claims, where the debtors are, in the gen.
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there las been no other effect than n Qen.
eraI retreuchment of expenses among the
mercantile classes which has. however.
not been so marked as in many other
ploces. Last year the vool-growers re-
ce,yed an advance of Is to IS cents for
their clip. while this year tho highest
amount realized in this way has been eioht
cents. and the limit of price offered for
downright purchase 10 cents and frac-
t,on. The independent condition of fock
masters could not be better shown than in
announcement of the fact that no sales
were compell.d in the county, the whole
produc, having been shipped on cousiQu.
mcn,. IL is true that i'm some INSTANCES
wool growers have expended considerable
sums in improvements since last season.
and ,bat the /, and cent advance has NOT
been sufylciep, 10 entirely relieve them,
hu, ,h.v will not he n,,shed. and there is a
gene raj feeling of confidence that the inn
nrovcd prices of the active autumn mar
kc,s will enable them TO meet all arrears
and leave them n material surplus. The
range district, are in n much less degree
denendont unon the mining conditions OF
,h. stats than the Agricultural sections.
as they consti,ute a field for direct ex-
por,ati,p. only n small portion of their
produc,s coming into the home market,
with which they could entirely dispense,
The status of billings is well Illustrated
in the standing of its banks, neither OF
which h,ye ever closed their doors nor
ar, they in danger of doing SO.
Th.r. h,. NO, hee, busi-
-. o., -. =, ,.,,,,. 4, ,b.
''t r. .'..a. h.. ;,s r,.o,,,.
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si5,13. -
IN PARK COUNTY.
Liviny.ton'. Troubles began With . bank
Cashiers Kascaiity.

Cashier. RAscaiity
Stan Correspondence o, the standard.
LIVINGSTON, Aug. is.-A serious finan.
cal misfortune. not in any sense due to
the effects OF the general crisis, was suf.
fered by Livingston some weeks ago
through the defalcation Of absconding
Cashier George 4. Carey of the Livingston
National bank. by whose rascality the
town suffered loss of upwards of si0D.-
UO). The effect of this was widespread
through the community. and was deeply
depressing. Confidence IN the other banks
was not shaken by the occurrence, how
ever. and it is believed that
neither of the other two hnan-
cal institutions would have sus-
pended except for the action taken by the
directors of the Gallatrn Valley National
at Bozeman. The closing Of that bank,
which was looked upon as the strongest
in the eastern part og the state. was n Sc
rious blow, and the adverse tide which at
once set in could not be stemmed aud the
Merchants National suspended, closely
followed by the National Park. IL 10
known that the latter will reopen by the
10th of September. and il is probable that
the Merchants will have its affairs adj
justed SO as to quickly follow.
A considerable volume of business in
Livingston has always been realized from
ICoatiJ,uei ON the Eighth Paosl
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he COULDN'T SWIM.
4 Sen OF the Late william weinstein
browns at Phiiipsburg.

browns at Philipsburg.
special Dispatch to the Standard.
pHiLIPsBURG, Aug. pa sad drowning
ac, ident occurred here to-day. A. Vein
stem, aged IL, a son of the late William
Wcinsiein, OF this city. was drowned
while bathing in the large water tank at
the Bi-Metallic mill. He and q number of
young friends went out this afternoon TO
take bathe in the tank. He was unable
TO swim and his friends arranged rope
ncross the tank. which is II feet wide and
l6 feet long. He crossed several times
from one side to the other holding on to
the rope. Thinking he could swim with
out the rope he let 60, and Immediately
sank. Fully Is minutes elapsed before
the body was recovered. Life was extinct.
The body was removed 10 the family's
home and will be buried at Helena on
Tuesday.
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SALT LAKE City. Aug. 9.-Ex-Senator
Smith who was quoted in special from
Aspen. Colo. as giving out a scheme for
the bank of France TO establish n branch
at Denver aud corner the American silver
output. writes n letter TO the Tiibuhe to-
night stating it is untrue.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-08-21
IN A BATH TUB.
&. p. Benedict. Who sacrificed Himself
for u Friend, Dies Alone.


WASHINGTON. ID. C., Aug. 1.-C. r.
Benedict, who formerly had charge OF the
branch Office of the Adams Express COM
pany in the treasury department. was
found dead in bath tub nj his house this
morning. He was arrested some years
ago and pleaded guilty to cmbezzling
funds of the company aud was sentenced
10 a term in the penitentiary. IL was
always believed that he had loaned the
missing money to an intimate friend. a
banker IN difficulties, who afterwards
failed and went west, aud that he sacri-
feed himself TO save his friend.
Benedict was sent To Albany, where he
remained little more than year. Just
before his marriage. President Cleveland
could see no possible reason for his incar
ceration. His death is ascribed 10 natural
causes.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-08-21
FOUND DEAD IN LIVINGSTON.
He Was Called Fritz and lie Used ia
Work In Anaconda.

Work In Anaconda.
Special Dispatch to the STANDARD
LIVINGSTON, Aug. 20.-The body OF n
dead man was discovered close to the stock
yards this morning by the switching crew.
Both arms were thrown up In a guarding
attitude. and in one Of his clinched fists
was firmly claspcd s. in silver. Last night
lie came down from Park Branch where
he had been cooking for the bridge crew.
He had SIS then. I'm company with q
tramp he got a drink and about II o'clock
last evening the two went to the railroad
yards intending To steal q ride to Ana
conda. A casual examination revealed
no marks of violence. Tho tramp is in
Jail and an inquest will be held tomorrow.
The dead man had friends in Anaconda
where he formerly worked. He went by
The name of Fritz. He had a sandy com
p!exion, and was about 50 years old.
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(coatiRued on the Eighth Pagsl.
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OF the fact that the tax levy is lower than
u has been in six yeats. The valuation
Tor Beavcrhead county Is S,sO,0o0. II
costs about $4,000 year to run tho city of
Dillon, and this is realized on N levy OF
about two mills. The water works bonds
were still an unsettled proposition MT the
last meeting of the council-thcy had not
been placed by the San Francisco parties
who contracted To place them. Beaver
head county does something in the MN
cral line-it produced In 1882 silver and
gold valued at S9i5.000. besides 3.i52,0uO
pounds of copper. But the county has not
shown signs OF suffering. Its banks and
business houses are all right, there has
been no suspicion of failure involving any
of them and. whilo things are quiet. there
are no symptoms of trouble. Bcaverbead
ranks up pretty we'll in agricultural pro-
duce and wool, and the showing this year
will be fully up tn the average.
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DOWN IN DILLON.

The Tax Levy Is Low aud Things are In
Pretty Good shap-.
Special Correspondence Of the STANDARD.
DILLON, Aug. ls.-Just now the people
here are getting considerable comfort out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-15
TAkOMA PARK.

The delightful entertainment OF a trip to
Bay Ridge on the steamer Columbia was
given by Mr.. VIM. Alvey to his family and
few personal friends on Saturday last
The weekly prayer NJ e. meeting, which
meets from house to house, was held at the
residence of Mr. r. A. Best last evening,
In charge of Mr.. Robt. Redding of Ham
line Church. The large parlors were well
filled. The singing, led by Mr.. Keefer of
Washington, as well as the entire meet
Ing, was participated In by most of those
the use of his arm which was ac lreSI bT
striking against a trolley post recently.
The Ladies Aid Of the Presbyterian
Church held meeting last evening, which
will result in the improvements
Ing, carpetng, &c.-provided for at a meet
ing some weeks since being accomplished
The ladies' Of Takorna have planned for
an excursion TO Marshall Hall Thursday,
with their children and baskets OF PROV
ender, the gentlemen to Join them in
A meeting Of all earnest Christian work.
ers of Takoma has been requested at Mr.
Poler's house. corner Magnolia and Holly
avenues, this Tuerday) evening.
Mrs. j. V. Doyle returned yesterday from
a two weeks sooiourn at River Springs
Slater. Misses Mary and Ruth Doyle and
Masters Charlie Slater and Wallace Whit
aker.
Capt. and Mrs. Lay, with their young
for week or ten days.
Mr.. George Robinson Of Georgetown is
visiting Mr.. Keen of Brightwood
Dr.. and Mrs J. H. Depue Of Indiana
We're recent guests of Mayor and Mrs
Maris.
Mrs S. S. Shedd, with Miss Elizabeth
Shedd, has returned from visit to rel
atives in Buffalo. n. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thee. Friebus have returned
after two weeks absence, and will re-
main at the hotel until the completion of
a residence. to be erected upon the lot re-
Gently purchased by the former in North
Takoma.
ter having returned from Asbury Park
were recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs Thos
f. Woods.
Hotel Takoma, the latter having returned
Saturday from an absence of a few weeks
The handsome residence of Mr. B. d. Car
penter, near Brightwood, Is rapidly nearing
completion, and will be occupied by the
family on or before the LIST proximo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-15
STEAM AND SAILING VESSELS.
sailors Have no TrOuble
With the Steamboats,.


There has been a great deal of good hur,or
and very little i'll feeling among the river
people over the dispute as to whether the
Potomac river is owned by steamboats, or
sailing craft There have been some close
calls, but they were not due to any I'M
reasonable disposition of the steamboat
captains. Many accidents are invited by
the recklessness of people who devote a
Sunday or SO in each year to sailing and
are not sufficiently skilled in the manage
ment of boat. These people evince a
strong desire to sail into the swells of
steamers. This will often cause the boorrl
to jibe and complications result IL is not
an uncommon sight along the river to see
half a dozen small craft sailing so as TO
approach within danger distance of a pass
ing steamer to catch her swell
1t is on these occasions that the steam
boat pilots nave to exercise great skill and
tact In order to avoid trouble 1t is rarely
that the water dogs of sail or steam YES
sells clash. They know the rules of the
road, obey them and seldom come to grief
or confusion. 1t is when the pale-faced
land lubber comes down on the sabbath
with a f1otflla of giddy girls in tow and
who vaiiantiy endeavors to show OFF how
little he knows about boats, that the river
people lose temper, swear mighty oaths
and make awful threats. The steamboat
captains know that there is no positive law
compelling unregistered craft TO carry
lights at night, but believe that for their
safety they should do so. 1t is very seldom
that expert operators on the cotton get
pressed by a steamer, because they know
the course that those craft take, but people
unacquainted with the river in attempting
to get away from a, steamer will often
steer right into her course. On a dark
night. steamboat pilot can not see a small
small light the danger would DE reduced to
a minimum.