The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-12
MISSOULA NOTES.

Latest styles Of engraved calling
cards at the Standard office.
There is still time to apply for a job
under the new administra ton. There
is always room for good men.
Another week of good weather and
the slough deck will be laid away and
the bicycle will have the call.
The Occur d'Alene branch promises to
be the banner revenue producing line
for the Northern Pacific this year.
The Bitter Root apple will be as nu-
merous and as juicy as ever this year.
The frost reports were exaggerated.
Manager Miller of the Spider and
Fly company is in town arranging for
the appearance of his company here.
The celebration of Arbor day in Mis-
soula should not be overlooked this
year 1t ought to be made an import
ant occasion.
Neglect of alleys and yards may be
a good thing for physicians, druggists
and undertakers, but it is not a good
thing for the city.
Sylvester NJ Rabbit and Minnie Hen
derson of this city We're married in the
district court room this afternoon by
Justice Houtchens.
With the drifts of snow that are piled
up in the Bitter Root range the placer
miners down the line will this year
make a Klondike record.
There are is inches of snow on some
Of the Bitter Root bench land When
this starts down the river there will be
somebody who will get wet.
Send your check for the irrigation
congress to the executive committee
this week. You will thereby benefit the
city and do yourself a good turn.
Complaint is being made that some
Of the saloon keepers are not paying
much attention to the law regarding
the presence Of minors in saloons.
People from the country complain
about the condition of their roads until
they get into town and see Higgins
avenue. Then they realize that they
are well off.
Missoula has always had much to
say about the healthfuness of her eli
mate. Climate, however, cannot stand
off the effects of the filthy alleys and
back yards in town.
The man with the mumps is no
longer the only real thing. He has been
compelled to yield. both in point of
numbers and in importance, to the ap-
plicant for a city job.
The rut in the road is getting in its
usual deadly work this spring on the
guileess bicyclist. The rut looks inno-
cent. but it is all off with the man VINO
lets his wheel run into it.
The hard winter story teller is pre-
pairing to change his system and is col
Letting a stock of high water yarns.
The present indications are that he will
have plenty of opportunity to tell
them.
The amount of sickness in the city
is large at present, but it will be much
greater in a very short time if the
health department does not get to work
and clean out the alleys and back
yards.
Assessor Prescott is not having much
trouble with the white mans burden
this year. but he has his hands full
with the red mans burden and the
! reservation assessment is a nightmare
! for him.
| The carpenters are sharpening their
saws and the painters are taking their
| brushes out of soak in preparation for
| the anticipated rush of building this
season. The outlook is that they will
all be busy.
Superintendent Russell is making a
hit with his plan of running a local
| from Butte to Missoula when the regu-
| lar trains are tied up. 1t is the big
gest accommodation that Missoula has
ever had from the railway.
Some of the stampeders who have
made snow locations in the Buffalo
Hump country will find when the snow
melts that the only thing that they
have located is the claim stakes driven
by some other fellow last fall.
It is a close race at present between
the roadmasters and the supervisor OF
| bridges on the Rocky Mountain dVis.
| TO bo wi ha 1,1e
this spring. The roadmasters are in the
lead at present, but the race has only
just started.
The street department continued it,
good work to-day and has nearly fin
ished cleaning the big bridge. Thi
work is done so quickly and the i'm
provement is so marked that it show:
that there have been good grounds fo
the complaints that have been made.
1t was the unkindest cut of all whcl
some wag yesterday afternoon stuck VI
board sign in the middle of LAX
Angevine, in front of the postofIic
building, announcing to the public owe
the signature of the street commission
err that mill sites We're for sale along tn
shores of the lake.
! Mary and Ellen Fleming, aged - an
16 years respectively, died last night a
the home of their parents of measle:
The girls had been sick but few day
and died within a few hours of eac
other. Their funeral was held this aft
ernoOn from the Presbyterian church
The parents have the sympathy of tn
community. Their case is a particular
ly sad one, as there are four othe
children of the family who are ill fror
the same disease.
The kick of the people in the easter
part of the county is getting stronge
every day against the toll road propC
sition. The county commissioners can
not we'll overlook the claim of such
large proportion of the people of tn
county. They are bound to provide
free road between Missoula and Bor
ner, either by the purchase of the to
| road or by the construction of a ne
county road. Either plan, if carrie
] out, would be acceptable to those intel
ested