The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-08
is OF FABULOUS VEAL TIL.
Cape Nome Is a Most Promising
District.
WILL RIVAL CALIFORNIA
Contractor Singer Is Receiving Plenty
of Gratuitous Advice--Higgins Ave
nue. Will Be the Best Street
in the State.


ground, is another witness to the prom
Use of the greatness that the new Nome
district possesses. Mr.. Abernethy, as
is we'll known, left here with federal
appointment in his pocket and was for
some time engaged in the custom serv-
ice of Uncle Sam. But this was not
rapid enough, and he soon became dis
satisfied with that line of business.
So, leaving Uncle Sans business in
onther hands, he looked over the MIN
ing districts of the northern region and
settled upon Nome as the most prom
Using. He at once secured interests
there and has since obtained further
good claims and is now in a fair way
body here who will begrudge Ike his
new fortune He has earned it, and
when it comes, as it seems certain to
come, he will know how to take care
of it. He looks well and says that he
feels as well as he looks. He will visit
for time with his Missoula friends be-
fore he goes back to the North. His
opinion regarding the Nome country
conforms exactly to the predictions
that have been made by others who
have reported here concerning the pros
poets of this new region. He agrees
with the statement that was recently
| made in these columns that the new
! district will next year rival California
| in its palmiest days-the days of 49,
| One thing seems to please all who have
| been to Nome, and that Is that it is
| on American soil and the annoyances
| that accompany the transaction OF
| business under the dominion of the
| Canadian police will not exist here. 1t
| will be American gold.
| Contractor Singer, who is superin-
| tending the work upon the Higgins av-
| enue improvements, has had plenty OF
| assistance and advice during the past
week, for which he has paid nothing.
and which. in all probability, he would
be willing to dispense with. Every
| move that has been made on the ave
nue. from the laying of the catch basins
to the pulling up of the old cutters has
| been watched carefully by the curb
| stone counsellors, who have been prodi-
gal with their advice and suggestions.
! Mr. Singer has gone on with his work,
however, and has wisely decided to re-
ceive no advice except from the author
tiles that have been designated by the
| council to take charge of the work on
the avenue The work IS now. well UNI
der way in all lines, and as soon as the
| sewer work is completed there Will he
no time lost in finishing up the rest of
the work. There is little or no cutting
down of the avenue from it's present
grade to conform to the grade estab-
| lished by the city council The entire
avenue between the bridge and The
corner of Pine street, with the excep-
| ton of a small place at the corner OF
| Higgins avenue and Front street, VIII
hayerto be raised AT the corner men
toned there is a hump that will have
to be cut down, and again at the cor
ner of Judge Woody's property thers
is another elevation that requires re-
duction. This is a fact that Will con
tribute to the speedy completion OF ms
work, as it is easier and quicker to MI
up the low places than it is to cui
down the high ones. Mr.. Singer will
lose no time in giving Missoula the
best street in the state.
There is always something farciea
about these raids that are made in th'
Bad Lands for the purpose of corral
ling the secretaries" The one tina
was made this week was no exceptio!
to the rule. 1t seems that it invarlabiN
happens that the creatures VINO shoul'
be unprecedented are the ones that re
ceive a tip from somewhere and MAKE
themselves scarce when the raid is com
ing off, The present case Is no eXcep
tion to the rule. The most notorious
| of the parasites in the city were not II
the lot that was gathered IN by IN
drag-net the other night. On the con
trary there were two or three youn'
men who happened to be in bad com
many that night who were hauled vi
and classed with the fellows who real
" deserved what they got This make
the lucky ones who were NOT az nom
when the police called, smile all oven
The feelings of the unJustly accuse
boys are not describable
For three or four hours Sunday at
ternoon the city will be without a Wate
supply. This is made necessary
some changes that have to be mace !
the fiume at the reservoirs AMP up
warning has been given. and the pee
ple who are not prepared for the TEN
norary shortage will have nobody bu
themselves to blame. The water com
pany is preparing to lay a seconaat :
main that will remove the necessil
Of shutting off ,on the water or change Mnee
have, to be made on the p ,rl
cipal main, as at present. IN
, viii be so arranged that when tn
water is shut off from the preseE
mains it will pass through the ne.
ones. and the South Side VIII AWAY
have plenty of water. TINS is an I'M
Movement that will be thoroughly al
preciated.
1t was too bad that the county coul
not afford to heat the district couf
, room properly for the evening. session
of the teachers institute. The aud,
ences sat in the cold and shivered eac
evening and tried to enjoy the reali
creditable programmes that were 81
ranged, The GOODNESS of the room wa
- the only drawback to the thorough en-
joyment of the programme that IN
county superintendent had arranged
1t was clearly the best that has eve
been presented at any institute tina
has been held here.
AS has been stated before in this col
umn, Missoula is losing nothing at tn
A hands of The delegates who were her
- in attendance upon the irrigation con
gress. AS each gets to his home AM
tells what he saw and heard here h
, gives Missoula the best advertisement
! that it has ever had. Hon. I. D. O'Don
: nell, chairman of the national eXecu
tive committee of the congress, in
recent interview published in the Bill
I inss Republican, says, among othe
things: THE Missoula meeting was