The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-04
ITS THIRD INSPECTION
Immense Number of Ties for the
Great Northern.
A HOSPITAL AT LIBBY
First Load OF Machinery for the Brick &.
Brannagan Properties - Road
to the District Is
Completed.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
LIBBY, July 1.-The Libby Lumber and
Development company, which has a con-
tract for cutting $1,000 square railroad
crossties for the Great Northern, has lust
received the third inspection since taking
the contract and turned in about TO- 900
ties. This makes in the neighborhood of
$4,000 which have been received from this
company by the Great Northern on this
contract and the mill is running night and
day shifts and cutting on an average
about 1000 ties during the "a hours The
contract originally called for fir and tam
arack Ties, but the railroad people vol
unfairly added yellow pine to the list
This is the first year that the Great North
ern has used any pine ties in it's road bed
ana this Is taken as an indication that the
mr. ana tamarack timber along the line
IS becoming exhausted. The mill EMPLOYS
about % men on the two shifts.
Or. w. M. Howsley of Deer Lodge. who
has recently located in Libby, has com
menced the erection of a hospital at this
place. lie mas entered into contracts
with the several mining companies and
the sawmill people for the care of the en-
pioyes of those enterprises and is RAPIDLY
getting large local practice When com
pleted there will not be a more conven-
lent hospital in Flathead county.
ED Murphy, manager of the Brick e.
Brannagan properties on the West Fisher,
mas received his sawmill from Chicago and
sent the first load of the machinery out
thls week. Accompanying the sawmill
which was received in two cars. was a
part of the stamp mill, and. this will be
taken out to the mine as soon as the saw
mill fs disposed of. The rest of the stamn
mill and the two vanners are expected
IN about week. The road into that dis
trict has been completed and the bows
are all down for the Fourth of July. 1t
is NOT known when the mill will be run
ming, but it is the intention of the man
dseneht TO put every man and team at
work which can be used to advantage,
ray Clayton, an employee at Murray's
sawmill at the Snowshoe mine, had his
right arm broken in two places yesterday
and was brought to Libby, where the arm
was set by DR.. Howsley. He was working
around one of the shafts and had on a
big pair of buckskin mittens. and one of
these got tangled up with a set screw on
the shafting, Which drew his arm around
it, and before he could pull his arm out
1t was broken in two places, both between
the wrist and elbow.
X. Posse, representing Fraser & Chal-
mers of Chicago, was in Libby during
the week in the interests of that firm,
While here he visited the principal mines
of the district and was very much pleased
with the developments of the several
properties. He carried away very good
opinion of the future of the camp in re-
gard to its mineral possibilities
Notwithstanding the extremely hot
weather which this section has had the
past week, all the streams are going down
and the prophecies which were so freely
made by the old-timers about high water
are not being verified. There is now no
more danger from this source for this