The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-03-22
MIKES GUN WENT OFF
II Fell From Ills Hip Pocket and Then
There Was Trouble.
GREAT FALLS is DOING WELL
Some Splendid Plans for the AID
vancement of the Cataract City
There VIII Be Few Hours
OF ldleness This Year.

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reporter he SAID he looked for a healthy
immigration of practical farmers from
Minnesota and Iowa this year. lie has in
al 20 families settled upon his lands in
1eton county. New arrivals come every
week, bringing their household goods and
some stock. They are now arriving via
Shelby junction. Tho Great Northern
makes rate of $50 car for settlers for
transporting their goods from St. Paul to
Shelby. The Great Falls & Canada rail-
road charges $50 a car from Shelby TO
Collins, the nearest point to the Burton
tract. The newcomers bring about
everything they need, including n few
head of stock. They even bring along
cats aud dogs. Spring blowing has al
ready commenced and Mr.. Burton feels
confident the settlers will oil get in good
oized crops.
The recent improvement in the price
of silver has already increased the hopes
OF the mining men living in this city and
led them to feel that better times are in
store for tho white metal. The daily quo
tations are watched with interest. The
management of the Silver smelter get the
New York quotations by wire every day
just before noon. When Tuesdays quo
tation of 62X was received tho news
spread around town as good news will
spread and the faces of mining men wore
broad smiles. OF course they realize the
price as yet is net very good, but the slight
improvement gives them courage and
strengthens the hope that at last silver's
day of recognition is at hand.
"Yes, silver is looking up" said n WE'LL
known business man who is heavily in
terested in mining properties in Neihart,
but 1t will have TO go several points
higher before we can ever think of open-
ing any of our mines. Whenever we
start up again it will be when silver is
selling somewhere near its true value and
TO be candid, / tell you that day is not
such long way off. The payment of
the Japanese indemnity will require a
vast amount of silver. The money kings
OF Europe will attempt to compel Japan
TO demand from China every cent of it in
gold so they can make a big thing in sup
plying the yellow metal, but 1 don't
believe the necessary amount of gold can
be had unless China pays a big premium
for it. She will hardly do that. There
fore she will have to get some silver, and
America is the country she must turn to
TO secure the amount of coin required. /
understand gentleman now here not
long ago received from a friend in Lon
don a letter stating that the latter had
been told by the governor of the Bank of
England that during the next 30 days the
price of silver would advance easily 10
cents an ounce as result of the proposed
Chinese loan. Now If that is so, it comes
from pretty good autbority-even if he is
n gold bug. 1 feel pretty good over the
prospects of silver going up. 1t means
more than we can estimate for the whole
state, and especially for Neihart and Bar
ker, and indirectly for Great Falls"
The city fathers met in adjourned ses.
sion last night to consider several mat
tiers left over from Monday evening. The
ordinance committee presented an ord-
nance repeating ordinance No. 12O, which
transferred money from the water to the
general fund. This was the ordinance
which gave rise to the legal complications
with the water committee and eventually
led to the famous personal encounter be-
tween Messrs. Myers and Largent. When
placed on its final passage the repeating
ordinance passed with but one dissent ing
The ordinance intro
duced at n previous meeting, granting a
telephone franchise to Ira Myers ct al,
then came up for discussion. The attor-
ney had also prepared an ordinance for
the same purpose which differed only in
one or two respects, The difference being
as TO the length of time the franchise |
should be operative.
The council resolved itself into commit |
tee of the whole to consider both ordinan- |
ces, section by section, and to select and |
arrange for final passage those sections /
which suDserved the best interests of the |
city. The Myers ordinance made the life !
Of the franchise 20 years, while the city |
attorneys fixed it at IL. This led to a |
long discussion after which the 20 year
scheme was approved.
Myers ordinance fixed the tolls at $50
per year for business houses and So for
private residences provided they are with
N a mile of the central office; if outside
hat radius the charge will be S3) the first
rear and SIS thereafter. The other ordi-
nance made tho rate S2i per year and
increased the radius from one to two
niles. The provisions of the Myers ordi-
lance were allowed to stand. The city is
o have the use of six telephones free of
Ill charges. Myers ct. al are bound by the
erms Of the ordinance TO forfeit 81 ,OlO in
,lse work on the new line is not com
nenced by August 81, 1895, and the line
lot in operation by the last day of the
ear. The telephone company is to as
.ume respons Utility for any damage suits
OF DGISoslaA injuries ~Aa9Ats OAl u the !
OF the line.
The opera house was comfor tably filed
asst evening at the amateur performance
IF THE Golden Giant Mine" II was
presented under the auspices of Co. y.
'. G. NJ. and most OF the male characters
rere taken by members of the company.
As an amateur production il ranked ia
-orable with anything of the kind here
ofore attempted in Great Falls. The
audience was naturally not quite as criti-
al as it would have been had the players
,een professionals. Applause was be-
.towed right and left during the lost OK
.iring scenes. Professor Knoll and Mss
Marie Mcneil added zes; TO the evenings
performance b. rendering a few superb
.ornet solos and duets between the first
md second acts. The exhibition drill given |
IS the Young Ladies' Drill corps was an