The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-13
BIG LOTS OF MONEY
The Companies Will Make the Boys
Feel Good This Week.
REPUBLICANS IN CHOTEAu
They Start the Political Eall Roll
ing in That County-A Pythian
Lodge in Nelhart - Notes
From North Montana.

Great Falls, April ia large
amount will be paid out in and around
Great Falls during the next few days
Yesterday was payday at the b. & NJ.
smelter and about SOC, 900 was distribut-
ed to employees of that company and to
others indirectly connected with the
operation of that plant. On Monday,
the miners of Sand Coulee will receive
their pay, amounting to something
over $4,000. Wednesday the Cashier
Coal & Coke company will pay off an
army of employees at Belt, and nearly
If not quite $4,000 will be distributed
in that lively and progressive camp.
The following day the Great Northern
will pay off its employees, disbursing
in the neighborhood of $4,000 to rail-
road men who make their home in this
city. The aggregate makes a grand
total of one quarter of a million dol
lars, which will have been put in cir
culation in and adjacent to this city
during one week. 1t is a remarkable
showing and indicates the prosperous
condition of this immediate locality.
The republican central committee of
Teton county met in Choteau yesterday
to start the political ball rolling in that
county in earnest. If the democrats
and populists of Teton county fuse this
year an interesting contest may be ex-
pected.
Maurice Sullivan, ex-sheriff of Fer
gus county, and formerly a politician
of more or less repute at Lewistown.
has disposed of valuable property inter-
ests in the latter city and migrated to
Cripple creek, where he will engage In
business.
Tuesday next the people of Lewis
town will vote as to whether or not
~ zlx l. L..
Considerable opposition to the organi-
zation of a city government has devel-
oped of late and the contest over the
question promises to be decidedly in
teresting.
Editor Abbott of the Neihart Herald
is warm personal friend of Editor
Mitchell of the Neihart Miner and Is
urging the latter's nomination for state
senator from Meagiher county Mr..
Mitchell is popular wherever known
and If honored by a nomination would
run like a scared coyote. 1t is pleas
ant to note the friendly feeling exist
ing between rival editors of the same
city.
The River Press says that John F.
Spalding, who recently left Landuslxy
for Cripple Creek, Col, has returned
home thoroughly disguised with his
nov ne IOunQ Cr1DDle
Creek overrun with men out of en-
ployment, speculative excitement run
ming riot, and mining affairs generally
in a very unsettled state. He has con-
cluded that the Little Rockies district
is the best proposition In sight and is
now satisfied to stay with 1t.
The Montanian says that word was
brought to Jim Lee, a Chinaman of
Choteau, Thursday, ITO the effect that |
his wife had died at the home of her |
parents near the Teton canyon and |
that his presence was required. He |
left for there Friday morning in a much |
more pleasant mood than ordinarily to |
be expected under the circumstances.
he remarked while the coffin was being |
loaded In the wagon that he was glad |
his wife was dead and that when he
got her nailed up in that box, she could |
not run away from him again. Jim
Lee is an example of the true char
acter of Chinaman. He is without
emotion, calloused to all the more ten
der feelings that belong to the civil
lied people and without all those quail
Wles that make good society. He has
often expressed a wish that his wife
would die in order that he might mar
iy some other woman and this regret
taple circumstance leaves him to carry
out his intentions. His wife was a
Cree Indian girl about IA years old.
A meeting was held in Neihart this
afternoon for the purpose of taking the
initial steps towards organizing a
Pythian lodge in that camp. There are
a number Of former members r The
order there and it was decided to apnIy
for charter and organ re a l0dee as
early as practicable.
The Argus of Lewistown saws that
heavy ranch deals are attracting more
or less attention in Fergus county lust
at this time. Last week the Fergus
Live Stock company purchased Eugene
Townsend's ranch and sheep Interests
paying therefore the snug sum OF 500
lVO IL is also understood that J. l..
Stuart has purchased James DENIM
sey's ranch, the deal involving a large
sum of money.
DR.. Wine of Stanford, who was in
ured last week and rendered tempora-
lily insane, the particulars of which
in the Standard at the time.
has been removed to his home at STAN
ord and is reported to be !mpro ying.
de has not yet recovered, however, end
he effects of his injury are likely TO
niger Tor some time. Shortly after his
,eturn TO stanford he sent Sheriff
Waite bill for $50 for medical services
'endered in Lewistown and requested
prompt payment. ,
The Choteau Montanian reports that |
here has been a serious alteration al
Shelby Junction in which considerable :
,ersonal damage has been done 10 va I
1ous people. The ARRAY occurred in I
Jan Sullivan's saloon. one Of the mar 2
icipants had an eye gouged out. an I
'ther lost an ear and others more or 7
ess bruised. The details are to nea- Z
Ter to give a more exact account Of the I
at this time 7
Judge Pomeroy has adjourned court
4 Choteau and returned 20 his home
L kalispeu. During the term divorces
rere granted 70 John Monetta and Mrs. =
lodge. and Richard Irwin was SEN !
enced 70 the penitentiary for IS I