The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-16
HEARD AT THE FALLS
Briefs and Personals and Local Inter-
estng Gossip
THE LEWISTOWN CONTEST
For Incorporation. 81; Against. 81;
and the Advocates Want An
other Trial. abroad Mat
tiers and Doings.
THE LEWISTOWN CONTEs'

Great Falls, April 15.-The fire DEPART
ment at Belt will give its first annual
ball Thursday night. A large number of
people will attend from Great Falls.
Suit has been entered by the Rumney
Land Cattle company against the De-
troit & Montana Cattle company to quiet
title to a certain tract of land valued at
about s., 600.
Thomas L. Perfect. a mining engineer
from Salt Lake, is visiting his son, Rob-
ert Perfect.
James Berry, a prominent criminal law
yer of Denver, is in Great Falls on pro-
fessional business.
Mrs. ID. c. Holbrook and children left
this morning for Walla Walla, Wash, for
a long visit with Mrs. Holbrook's parents.
II. II. Horton and William Reynolds
have bought 40 horses which they Will
ship to England.
A financial statement Is being prepared
by City Clerk Stark to be used in con-
nection with the issuance of the new city
bonds. authorized at the last election. He
is also preparing a transcript of the
amount of proceedings and records in the
matter.
Bismarck lodge No. !, o. ID. III. s.. gave
its first anniversary ball at Myers hall.
The hall was crowded and the affair was
a success in every respect. A one-act
comedy was well rendered by the dra-
matte section of Helena lodge No. 3. The
grand march began at 10 o'clock and was
followed by dancing until an early hour
in the morning. Supper was served at L.
The music was rendered by the Black
Eagle band.
L. NJ. Searight is visiting officer John
son and family. Mr.. Searight is on his
way to Cooke City, where he has valua-
BILE mineral properties.
City Engineer Swearingen will put a
- As.x
grading Fifth avenue north according to
specifications.
The Lewistown stage coach Is stuck
fast in the snow at a point a little be-
yond Arlington.
At the election in Lewistown Monday
to see whether or not the town should
be Incorporated, the vote stood 81 to 81
against Incorporation. A hot fight was
made on the proposition, and as the
Standard predicted the vote was a very
close one. The severe snowstorm which
ragged throughout the day had for its re-
suit on the election a light vote, and
the advocates of Incorporation claim that
Mondays vote was not a fair test and
propose to have the matter before the
people again.
There is a great deal of activity being
manifested in railroad circles just at
present, and as spring opens a large
number of improvements will be put I'M
der way. The freight business, in COM
parison with the same period last year.
shows an increase of more than so per
cent in the amount of merchandise de-
livered at Great Falls business houses
Orders have been given for the imme-
date construction of steel bridge at
Corbin to take the place of the wooden
trestle which is now being used. Spring
work along the line has been begun by
the distributing between here and Helena
of Is, 900 ties. Forty thousand ties have
been ordered and they are being put in
at the rate of 1000 a day by large gangs
of men. Between Ulm and Craig there
are GA men at work getting out rock
along the banks of the Missouri for bal
last. The rails in the Helena yard are
being removed and the grade cut down,
practically making that place a side sta
ton of the line.
Jim Colon of the local freight depart
ment will leave this week for Europe in
order to settle up the estate of his BROTH
er at Belfast, ireland.
Superintendent ID. McLaren and wife
will leave tomorrow for the Pacific coast
where they will visit Los Angeles and
various other points of interest, returning
to Great Falls in about three weeks, after
which they will go to their old home in
Cincinnati.
The station at Wickes which was burn
ed some time ago has been rebuilt and
will be opened to the public in a few
DAYS