The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-09
FOR STEALING A HOUSE
Charlie BaShfOrd Has a Fall Grown
Kick Coming.
HE HAS TWO MEN PULLED
Tho Latest News of Concern to the
Public About the Progress OF
Events In Cascade
County.

tice Races court this morning to answer
TO the charge of stealing house. They
were arrested on n warrant sworn cut by
Charles Bashford, a railroad man. He
alleges ;hat they went 20 his claim, some
eight miles from town. and deliberately
corred off n small house, or shack, in
which he spent the usual time required by
law in which to prove up. What DISPOSE
ton ;hey made of the property does no;
appear in the complaint, but the SUPPOSE
ton is that it went the way of good deal
OF combustible material during the pres
ent cold snap.
Constable Morsani arrested the men
yesterday. They denied knowing any
thing about the whereabouts of Mr.. Bash
ford's house. The hearing was set for
next Tuesday.
The Great Falls board of underwriters
at their annual meeting elected the fol-
lowing officers: Phil Gibson, president;
d. +. McClelland, vice president; John
Thompson, secretary and treasurer; Phil
Gibson, John McClelland, j. G. Thomp-
son, w. 5. Frary, W. p. McNair, executive
committee.
The work of putting in the new plate
glass front in the Dunn block was finished
yesterday. The change greatly improves
the appearance of the first floor of the
building. The new plate glass is said to
be tho largest in the state.
Sergeant Shea, assisted by Officers
Hamilton and Grillenberger, rounded up
large aggregation of vags early yester-
day morning and assigned them to posi-
tons on the street cleaning gang.
Robert Oris and Maggie McCaffrey, both
of this city, were married to-day.
The street car company made a record
during the late snow storm. 1t kept gangs
of men at the crossings and by running
cars frequently managed to keep the
various lines open. The cars were run
almost on schedule time during the exist
ence of the blizzard.
p. Pogreba, well known employe of
the Great Northern, while away from
home directing operations against the
snow between Big Sandy and Dry Fork.
had substantial addition to his family
in the shape of twins. both boys.
The members of the literary society of
the high school are preparing to present
the scene from the case of Bardell vs.
Pickwlck, so familiar to readers of Dick
ems Pickwick Papers. The participants
are rehearsing regularly and will present
the case at the high school room Feb. Is.
The city council met Wednesday even
ing in special session. The report of the
police magistrate for the month of Jam
uary showing a total collection of Sl22 so
III fines for the month was presented and
referred to the auditing committee. The !
receipts from the city scales for the same |
month were $56.75. The fire marshaIs re- |
port for the quarter showed that the de- |
partment had been called out 16 times,
four by the alarm box and ~ by the tele- |
phone. Endangered property was insured /
tors NH ln k.I
losses for the quarter. petition numer-
ously signed by taxpayers was presented
asking that the council take steps to treat
with the water company for the purchase
of its plant by the city. The petitioners
ask that the council appoint some one to
meet like party selected by A. NJ. Scott,
Ira Myers, r. S. Ford and f. w. Webster.
the two to select a third. These three are
to agree upon fair price for the plant.
and the same shall be binding when the
people have confirmed the proposed DUR
chase at the polls. The petition provoked
considerable discussion. The councilmen
held that since some of the people who
signed IL had been anxious to have a suit
brought to test the validity of the water
franchise, action better be de-
ferred until the same was decided so they
voted 10 lay tho petition on the table.
At the annual meeting of the stockhold-
srs of the State Bank of Neihart the fol-
owing were elected directors: II. j.
skinner, L. c. Simpson, j. T. Arlington.
John Lepley, ID. j. Condor, George Bulge
md Joseph Wagner. The new board of
directors then elected the following off,
ers: II. j. Skinner, president; L. c.
vice president; ID. j. Condor. !
asher. The bank is almost wholly a
ocal institution, three-fourths of the
took being held in Neihart. The officers
nd directors with two exceptions are
esidents of the camp.
Reports from Neihart state that Messrs.
)riet, Haggerty and Lilliquist have struck
nice vein of ore on the Badger mine
Inch they are developing on Hoover
reek. 1t is about Is inches in thickness
nd assays "a ounces in silver.
Bench land farming, or, in other words. :
lising agricultural products without irri- 4
alton, never had an ADLER or n moro per- :
stent advocate than Hon. Paris Gibson.
rom the day he first came here and con- :
eived the idea OF laying the foundation y
'r great commercial and manufactur- ii
Is center-thc Minneapolis of Montana ;,
he has advocated bench land farming d
trough the press and on the platform =,
itn an interchangeable perseverance which =
- "oh ''ie aHiii'a non Oh many VINO cling | II
the idea that irrigation is the only SAL | =
,tion. Besides advocating his theory. if =
can be called such, he has gone further II
nj demonstrated its wisdom beyond the | \,
sradventure of doubt. For several sea- -
ms, on his bench land farm near town.
; has successfully raised crops without a N
article OF irrigation. Some of the wheat ~
ised on that farm has been pronounced In
experts TO be of a quality equal IL not 81
perior, TO the well-known Fife wheat so a,
tensively cultivated IN the Dakoias and T
Minnesota. Fife is now being raised n,
re on bench land farms. Wheat raised h,
thout irrigation is Invariably what is Of
own IN tue parlance of commission G.,
IN as hard wheat, the name given co
atty OF the berry which makes the best \
al OF hour. The average wheat raised DO