The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-25
AND THE WIND BLEW
With Unusual Activity the Bree7eS
Penetrate BONman'S WhiSkers.
LOOKING FOR HER HUBBY
The Farmers VIII Not Suffer Loss
From Lack of Moisture Street
Sprinkling Started-Off
for the Placer Fields.
Special Correspondence Of tho standard.

Special Correspondence OF the standard.
Bozeman, May 23.--The Gallatin valley
has seldom seen a time when tho wind
blew with greater severity for n longer
period than during the last week, unless At
might have been the worst days of spring.
time. II is unusual for this valley TO he
visited with severe wind storms, while this
week has shown up n heavy gale for
nearly every day. The valley was getting
very dry. but not so dry that the crops
were suffering, and two light showers, the
last on Thursday evening, have helped
the grain in the upper part of tho valley
very materially. In the vicinity OF Man
haitian and Three Forks il is claimed the
grain is ut the point of burning, but
should il do SO, even in tho next 10 days,
the ground could be sowed over and still
mature a crop this fall, so that extremely
dry weather in that section at this time
need not cause any serious loss to the
farmers. The farmers are looking for a
dry season in that section at this year and
the lack of snow in the mountains prom
Uses a scarcity of water, so that the farm
ers who have not a good water right may
not have a bountiful harvest as a reward
for their summers labor. Every year new
canals aud IrriRating bitches are being
run out from the West Gallatin river and
TINS valley Is IN Dettef buapc TO Stanu
dry season to-day than ever before, the
percentage of farmers who are without
good water rights or means of obtaining
water being very small. The farms along
tie foothills, comprising the wheat dis
trict, rely TO n great extent upon the sum-
mer showers, which have never failed
yet TO supply sufficient moisture for a fair
crop of this grain.
Andrew o. Campbell arrived from Ohio
Wednesday, making the third of tho min
eral land commissioners for the Bozeman
district, and at once took up his work
with the other members of the commits
sion. The work in the land Office here
will be finished this week and the work in
the field will be taken up on Monday. first
going north and south from Bozeman and
then working west, tho work being started
at this point owing to the ruling to the ef-
feet that the non-mIneral lands shall be
examined first.
Bozeman had no streets sprinkled last
year, and IL was a great relief to the eyes
and threats of the citizens when the carts
were started Wednesday. They will have
TO be run by subscription, owing to there
being no money in the street fund for this
purpose. but the awful wind OF the first of
the week may have illustrated the need
of street sprinking until the money VIII
be forthcoming.
Mrs. Ola b. Penland, who went to Liv-
ingston to have proceedings started in the
Park county district court against Henry
Il. Penland, for bigamy, returned the first
of the week, without having succeeded in
interesting Park county IN her behalf.
The Park county authorities thought the
evidence against Penland to be insult.
ficient 20 justify his arrest and
prosecution and would not take
up the case. Ola b. Penland
lived with Mr.. Penland for nine years,
everyone supposing them to be man and
wife, but since she was shot at Pcnland
last spring IL has been asserted by each
that the other had been previously mar
red and never divorced, although neither
seemed to know the present whereabouts
of the others husband or wife. Now Pen
land has married Miss Florence Cook of
this valley and skipped to parts unknown.
although IL is thought they are living be-
tween Bozeman and Castle, about IS
miles from tho former place. Ola b.
Penland is now in Bozeman and when
not hunting for traces of Penland is said
TO be drowning out the cares of this world
with large doses of morphine. Between
the desire for vengence and the action of
this drug she is nearly wild and there is
no doubt but what she will kill Penland
il she can find his whereabouts and get
to him, her threats not only implying this,
but that she will take her own life also.
James Fisher, Mike knoch. X. &. Hite
and Charles Schwietring left "Wednesday
morning with a pack outfit headed for
the placer grounds on the upper Madison.
This placer ground Is on the west fork Of
the Madison, commonly known as the
Scratchgravel country and is located die
rectly south of Virginia City. These gem
not like the Scratchgravel district they
will 60 west into Idaho striking tue
Salmon River country. They Will be out
all summer.
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