The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-01
IN NORTH MONTANA
News of Interest From ALI the Prin-
cipal Localities.
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK
Few Items From All the Counties
Surrounding Cascade-A Gen.
eral Condensation of
important Fac.s.

ritory will celebrate st. Patrick's da
by a grand ball and banquet at Levi.
town.
Homestead patents have been granite
Maggie Walker, B. F. Fishburn. r. s
Lavole and George w. Ayres of Eel
gus county.
Presiding Elder Van Orsdel will hol
quarterly meetings at Lewistown o.
the evenings of March and s: at Ube
on the evenings of March IA and IL
and at Philbrook on the evenings o
March Fl and %. The meetings will b
extended TO different parts of the Ju
dith country until the people of tina
section get on the right track of If
once more.
Glasgow. the thrifty seat of govern
ment Of Valley county. is said to b.
without a physician. A bad condition
OF affairs IL the cowboys should con
clude to pull their guns for artiller,
practice.
j. j. Hill and party passed through
Havre Wednesday en- route TO st. Paul
after 10 days sotourn on the coast
After a thorough investigation, the
sheepmen of Teton county report Their
nocks free from the scab or disease OF
a like nature.
gust of wind rolled a team, wagon
load OF hay and the driver down a so
foot gulch near Belt Wednesday after
noon. The man and horses sustained a
few injuries. but the wagon was badly
wrecked.
The Odd Fellows of Belt will give a
grand ball on the evening of March 6.
when their new hall will be formally
opened.
Archie Farnum, a 10-year-old lad,
made the trip from Big Horn Basin,
Wyo., to Belt this week alone. The
little fellow changed cars twice, pur-
chased his own tickets and made the
journey without accident.
James burlington, arrested in Butte
for counterfeiting, is a former resident
or Glasgow, and was sentenced to the
penitentiary from Valley county, where
he has the reputation of being a dan
gerous crook
The Glasgow Record says that the
construction OF the irrigation system
on the Belknap reserve is progressing
rapidly and that IL miles OF fiuming
nave already been completed. The
work is being done by Indians under
the supervision of a competent en-
gineer in the person of A. w. Mahon.
Rev. Allan Rodger has expressed his
grateful appreciation Of the action OF
his friends in resenting the charges of
immortality made against him by per-
sonal enemies
a X.
Gertrude Shipman, Jennie ScoVal Ella
Davis. Winnie Lulon and Mercy Jack
son were awarded teachers certificates
this week by Superintendent Moulton OF
Fergus county. -TsP-l-ys-- p
The scab scare which foated over
Fergus county for a time is dying out,
and there is only one band of sheep In
strict quarantine there now
The Lewistown Democrat, one OF the
best weekly newspapers in Montana.
will move into new and larger quarters
next week. This indicates permanence
and prosperity.
The Times advises the citizens OF
Belt to have some of the fire-traps i'm
the camp removed. A petition to the
county commissioners would no doubt
have the desired effect There are hay
stacks right in the thickly settled por-
tons OF the camp. within few feet of
projecting stovepipes and exposed to
Lying sparks Should this hay ever
'atch fire IL will start a little fire that
win not easily be subdued
Belt populists have organized a club
With Robert Hendry as president. Sam
ioldby vice president. w. Nj. Murphy
secretary and J. O. Dempsey as treas |
lrer. At a meeting held by the found |
rs of the club a committee TO draft 1
bylaws and arrange for campaign lit /
nature was appointed. The club will 4
tart out with a membership of 100 /
md the treasury in a flourishing condi-
ion.
II cost the government $40. 900 to
maintain ahe Indian school at Fort
'haw last year. The school is located
3 miles from Great Falls and is in
barge of superintendent and Mrs.
who have devoted themselves
o improving the condition of the
ounger generation of Indians.
Major Steele's wards at the Black
Dot agency, adjacent to Teton county,
ost the government $217. 203 81 last
ear. The Blackfoot tribe are said 10 |
g the most intelligent and industrious
ndians in Montana. The eros Ventres
re said to be the LATEST and most
'orthless.
The machinery at the new stucco
liant near Kibbey was set in motion
his week and worked like a charm.
he plant represents an outlay of SlO.-
)O and is owned by Great Falls par
es.
Frank Lewis has located a stone
uarry near Belt and is taking out
2 excellent quality OF building stone.
hich VIII be used In the construction /
business blocks at Belt.
The Belt poStoffice has been removed
more commodious quarters and is
DIV located at "A point satisfactory 10
t NIllzenS generally.
II is rumored that the Knights Of
abor viii start a newspaper at Lew
town in the near future. Fergus
unity has two good weekly newspa-
rs now and a third journal may find
hill work In building up a substan-
Al constituency.
Efforts are being made at Great
ais 20 establish an afternoon daily OF
publican tendencies. Several at
mpts have been made in the past 10
aintain a fourth newspaper in the
ectric City but the ambitious Jour
lists have made successful failures
every instance.
The Shields residence at Belt has
en- sold 10 Thomas Pearson. an en-
BYE OF the Cashier Coal comuanv. ,
d Mr.. Pearson viii remove his fam ,
from Rock Springs 10 Belt at an ,
rly date.
Al PurViance. for a long time conf 7
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