The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-04
SHAKES AND CHILLS
The Bitter ROOters Are Shiverinl
With the Rest of the State.
PLOWS FROZEN IN GROUND
Hamilton's Saw Mills VIII Wait IN
til Warm Weather Comes Be-
fore Resuming-News OF
the Neighborhood.

Hamilton, March 3.-The Bitter Root
valley is having its first touch of win
ter weather While other sections of
the state have been shivering through
the winter, this valley has been free
from storms 1t has been a remarkable
season, even for this highly favored
spot. But this week the Bitter Rooters
are shivering with the rest of the state
and the farmers who had begun their
blowing are waiting for the plows TO
thaw out of the burrows, where they
were left Saturday. The blizzard was
most unexpected and found everybody
up here unprepared All day yesterday
there much hurrying about among the
stockmen and farmers, while the mill
men settled back prepared for delay
OF a day or two in starting the saw
mills. The whistles on the mills blew
Saturday night and IL was expected
that the saws would be started the next
morning, but the big reservoir is frozen
tight and there will be no saving done
until the ice melts again.
When the saws do start, however,
they Will do a lot of cutting, as the
mills will run night and day this sea-
son, so great is the demand for lumber
in the mines and smelters. The crews
are here and ready for work as soon as
the wind goes down and gives the sun
chance to get in its work on the ice
and get the logs loose. The new cleo
trio light plant will furnish illumina-
ton for the mills and yards and the
night shift will do the same amount of
W TX that Is done in the daytime. Ham
ilton is very proud of her new electric
lighting system. 1t is believed to give
the best quality of light that is fur
nished In the state.
As soon as 1t becomes apparent that
ms 10 hAN
begun on the new hotel, which the
growth of the town has rendered an alb
soiute necessity. Everything is In
readiness for the speedy completion
OF the work when IL Is begun and be-
fore fall Hamilton will have one of the
finest hotels in the state. The plans
have already been described in the
Standard. The building will be mod
ern In every respect and will furnish
one of the most comfortable and pleas
ant stopping places in the West A
Sunday In Hamilton will then be q de-
llghtfm recreation. 1t is expected that
the new hotel will be completed in
time TO accommodate the visitors at
the county fair.
ment here over the discoveries In the
Overwhich district nut there is not
such a mad desire to climb the divide |
ana locate a mine as there was before |
the cold snap struck Some ASSAYS |
which have recently been made of |
rock from the Overwhich district have |
not shown such favorable results as |
We're expected. 1t is known, however, |
that there is some rich ore there. as II
has been found in good quantities and |
there viii be quite a camp in the gulch |
this spring. There is quite a party in /
there now and several new locations |
have recently been made but the ma
Jority OF aspirants for mineral wealth |
VIII wait for a more convenient season |
before starting over the hills
The recent trial Of Ambrose Miller at
Victor attracted considerable attention
here and the result was received with |
general satisfaction. The evidences
against Miller had been gathered by an |
amateur detective at Florence, where |
the Strongue murder was committed |
and was not found TO be as strong as
had been at first represented. There is
stin much feeling in the matter
around Florence but nobody now be-
heves that Miller was guilty. 1t does
not seem likely that the murderer of
Strongue will ever be discovered unless
the Florence detectives find another
clue.
Inc lumber shipments from the val
ley are already heavy and the trains
DOWN the valley now carry very near
ly their summer load. There are three
or four small mills in the valley now
working full capacity and the OUTPUT Is
This promises to be a |
very prosperous season for the valley
and all branches are Frightening mn
The present Indications are thar the
group OF mines around Victor will con-
tribute largely to the valleys business
this season.
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