The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-02

can, and William Jones, populist in
dorsed by the democrats. will make the
race for alderman. In the Second ward
the nominations fell to r. V. Pierce,
democrat, and John Harvey, republican.
The Third ward presents the comp!lca-
tion of ]. c. Robinson on the democratic
ticket and Theodore Jackson, indorsed
by the populists. Most of the wires
pulled so far are manipulated on the
quiet, and there is but very little open
solicitation on the part of any of the
candidates. A strong current of popu-
lar feeling has set in for John T. Smith
for mayor, the business men and the
people who own lots, and this comprises
nearly every voter in the town, believ-
ing that the business interests of the
city can best be promoted by the cleo
ton of a mayor who will have the time,
inclination and ability to push the af-
fairs of the city to the front. This ap
pears to be the issue just now, and UNI
less things change before Monday the
votes will divide on these lines more
than upon any political issue. The
democratic party is working harmon
iously and is assured of the support of
a goodly number of silver republicans
and business men irrespective of poll
tics. The republicans are all pulling
together and working hard for the sue
cess of their candidates. The wide
makes it certain that there will be
surprise in store for the overconfident
when the votes are counted.
The largest and most important min
ing deal made in Park county in years
was completed the first of the week
when M. Welcome of Horr transferred
the greater portion of his mining
Bush, one of the parties interested
in the Bear Gulch Mining COM
pany. The property transferred is
group of five mines, and the exact de-
scription of the locations have not been
given out yet. The trade was made in
Helena, Attorney H. J. Miller of this
city looking after Welcomes end of the
transa ction. The consideration for the
transfer of the property is in the neigh
borhood of $4,000, and is the reward of
years of toll and waiting on Welcomes
part, who is now on top of the heap
financially. H. Bush, the man who pur-
chased the mines, is a famous promoter
and was at one time interested with
Barney Barnato in the diamond fields
of South Africa, where he resided be-
fore coming to Montana about two
years ago. He recently purchased
group of claims adjacent to the Bear
Gulch company's property from George
P. Phelps, paying in the neighborhood
of $50, 900 for the ground. A 20-stamp
mill is now in operation on the property
of the company, and it is given out as
an assured fact that over 100 stamps
will be dropping on the rich ore before
the summer is ended. A deal is on
looking toward the sale of some of the
most important mining property in Gre
vase gulch, which is located a few
miles from Bear This deal is being
engineered by the same parties who
purchased the other property, and those
on the inside claim that within few
months mining property in the vicinity
of Bear and Crevasse gulches will be
worth twice what it is to-day. The
Bear Gulch Mining company will push
it's work of development all summer,
and those who have confidence in the
grade of ore likely to be discovered in
the mines are loud in the assertion that
Bear gulch Is future Eldorado. The
ma chinery of the Bear Gulch company's
property is run by steam boilers hav-
ing been put in recently to supplant the
water power previously used and which
proved unsatisfactory. Welcome, the
man from whom the last purchase was
made, owns the townsite at Bear Gulch
and has other mining property IN the
vicinity of the ground sold to Bush.
Superintendent Isador e. Dawson of
the Montana orphans home Of Helana
was in the city Friday and tonk the
two children of Mrs. Anna E. Gibson to
the capital to be placed in charitable
institutions at that place The young
est of the children, a oaoy by IF Two
months, will be taken by the instlti-
ton of which Miss Dawson is superin-
tendent and the other, d boy Of 1, will
be placed in the Catholic children's
home at the capital The mother Ct the
children is in poor circumstances and
the little ones We're adopted into the in
stitutions to provide them with homes
and render the burden of their support
a charge upon institutions which will
eventually locate the children in homes
where they will be adopted and relieve
the unfortunate mother of part of the
duties of widowhood
Attorney H. J. Miller of this city is
expecting visit from his father. who
lives in Rochester, MINI. Mr.. Miller
will arrive in this city sometime next
week.
Miss Kate Coleman was visitor in
Butte over Sunday at the homes of rel
atives and friends in that city.
G. S. Robinson of Horn arrived in
this city Friday on his return from a
trip to Salt Lake City.
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