The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-02

Town.
Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Big Timber, April 29.-There are few
towns in the state hat have such a
bright future before them as has Big
Timber. IL signs count for anything.
The town depends principally upon the
wool industry for its trade. and sheep
men never We're in better spirits nor
more hopeful for the future. The win
ter has been comparatively Easy. and
the present fine weather is the very
thing needed ferris successful lambing
season. Landing has commenced in
nearly every part of the county, and
the crop promises To he an unusually
good one. The fan prices of last year
are likely to be decidedly improved up
% this year, and the OF
that will he felt-and are even now be-
ing felt-in every branch OF industry
| represented in the county. The mer-
chants are doing an amount of bust
mes that would astonis their fellow
tradesmen in many a town ten times
the size of this one, and several fine
new stone store buildings and many
new residences will be erected before
the summer is over.
Donald Bradford. vice chairman of
the state arid land commission was in
town this week, and filed on 90. 900
II vi NV Vi DIE llinDf
creek on behalf OF the state. The
water will be used in retaining about
80. 900 acres of land which lies along
the creek, a great deal of which has
already been reclaimed by the Holland
Irrigation Cans company. This COM
pany's ditch has been turned over to
the arid land commission, who will
greatly enlarge and extend IL. SO az to
tring nder cultivation a great deal
of fine land now napleaE eyeant
for grazing purposes. through the lack
OF water. During the time the Holland
Irrigation Canal company has had con-
troll of the ditch they have induced
many settlers 10 locate on their lands
until now there Is a very respectable
colony, known as the Holland settle
ment, within II miles OF this town. Mr..
Bradford says that a great many in
quiries concerning the land are being
received. and IL is expected that the
colony will grow very rapidly. The
nature of this undertaking to thist town
and vicinity can hardly be overesti-
mated.
1t will bring here a class of settlers
i'm every way qualified TO develop the
almost unlimited agricultural resources
of the county and add to it's wealth and
greatness. This county counts itself
extremely fortunate in having attract
ed the favorable notice of the arid l1nd
commission, and proposes TO give every
encouragement and aid to the good
work
The war excitement runs high i'm Big
Timber. and the Standard bulletins at
the office of the Express have been
eagerly scanned by an impatient
throng as fast as they came. A day
or two ago a paper was circulated for
the signatures of those who desired to
ia VL.s. ruaNr In H. INNIZ 49,
antness with Spain. There were about
40 %signers. who agreed to meet three
times a week for drill and to obey all
the reasonable orders OF the officers to
be chosen. and To report for active
duty when called upon.
This community was greatly shocked
yesterday 10 hear OF the death of John
McXey at his ranch on the American
fork. DIR. w. A. Moore Of this place
was sent for q few days ago to attend
Mr.. McNey. and found him suffering
with q very severe attack of pneu-
monia. The doctor remained until sIr.
Mcyey died, Tuesday. Jof.n McVey
was a native of Oregon. having ben
born in that state about ~ years ago.
He came TO Montana in 1879 with a
band of sheep. employed as a herder.
Soon after h was employed as fore
man of .he Severence 4 Co. ranches.
near Okla. remaining with the firm for
six years. lie afterwards wen. into
partnership with Frank Fish. who met
a violent death soon afterward In "A
| Northern Pacific collision. The Fish
interest was purchased BY Jacob sew
erence. and Severence & McVey was
for many years a well-knovn firm.
Severence was killed a few years z
In a runaway accident. and McVey
purchased the Severance interest. go
ing very heavily in debt therefor. Ow-
ing to the stEingcnty which