The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-12
RUMOR IS PERIODICAL
Intention of the U. P. to Absorb
the Short Line.
IT HAS BEEN REVIVED
September First the Date-Great North.
ern Unable to Get White Men to
Replace the Japs-Northern
Pacific Land Sales.

The periodical rumor about the in
tention of the Union Pacific to take alb
solute possession and control of the
Oregon Short Line is again going the
rounds. 1t was revived in Omaha when
President Burt and General Manager
Dickinson started west few days ago
to meet Mr. Hartman, and was added
TO in story sent out from Cheyenne
when Mr.. Hartman and the Union Pa
cific passed through that city on their
way east. Still another addition to the
story now comes from the east and has
it that Sept. is the date on which the
Union Pacific will assume control. Short
Line officials who have expressed
themselves regarding the revived rumor
say they know nothing about it and
have no knowledge of any intended
change in the present relation and OPP
erations of the two roads.
Concerning the report that the Great
Northern is about to discharge its Jap
anese laborers in Montana and fill
their places with white men, the Pion-
eer Press says:
The Great Northern has been for
some time trying to replace the 2,500
Japanese laborers now working on it's
ROAD IN montana WITH WHITE men, put
it has been unable to do so. The labor
unions of Montana Rave made a prop
osition to furnish the white laborers
if the Great Northern will discharge
all of the Japs, but the officials Of that
road are inclined to doubt their ability
to do this. The road has always been
bothered with white men for the reason
that they are not steady, leaving their
jobs to run off to the mines or for other
attractions. They have the habit of
getting drunk and continually creating
disturbance, which is not the case
with the Japs Some time ago Mr. Hill
stated at a public meeting that he was
obliged to employ these little brown
men, as he could not get white labor
ers to remain at their work, however
much he preferred them to the orien-
tails
The sales of land in the eastern dis
trict of the Northern Pacific system
show a phenomenal increase over last
year and the year before. Land Agent
F. w. Wilsey has just issued his re-
port for the year ending June 30 Dur
ing that time the Northern Pacific land
department has sold 223,000 acres of
land in the state of Minnesota. In Da-
kota east of the Missouri river the sales
have reached 100000 acres. In Dakota
west of the Missouri river the sales
have been 1877 900 acres. and in Montana
they were 100000 acres. This makes
total of nearly 1500, 900 acres of good
land that has passed from the hands
of the Northern Pacific to actual set
tiers who have, or soon will have, it
| all under cultivation. This is an in
| crease over the sales Of 1898 of $4,000
acres 1t is estimated that upon the
| land sold during the past year $1,000
settlers will reside, and that large
amount of it will be under cultivation
| in another year. The report for the
| central and Pacific division of the road
| has not yet been finished, but will make
a good showing.
| President Mellen of the Northern Pa
| cific would not talk concerning the con-
| troversy between his road and the ore
| gon Navigation company, says the st.
| Paul Pioneer-Press. He said the trou-
BILE was largely augmented by false
newspaper reports, and that many or
| the stories attributed to him by the
| eastern press had never been in his
mind. He found the Northern Pacific
! in prosperous condition on the coast.
| Business has improved in all localit1es,
and it appears desirable that extern
| sions should be made to care for the
business that Is developing in both
| mining and agriculture. The crops are
| good and the prospects for a large
| amount of tonnage were never better
| The trip of the official family OF the
Northern racine was lol eltli ely Win
| out it's pleasurable features. On the
| tourney west they visited the Yellow
| stone park, where they spent week
| At Seattle they were banquetted, and
| all along the road they were treated
| royalty.
The new dining and composite car
| service on the Oregon Short Line, be-
| tween Granger and Huntington. went
| into effect Thursday. This will do away
with the station eating houses between
| the above named towns. and give
through dining car service on the Ore
| gon Short Line between Chicago and
| Portland.
| The Northern Pacific earnings for the
fourth week in July were s770,162; in
| crease, S67s37; from July !, $23T,57S:
| increase $357 61S.
A Sunday Outing In the Gailatin Valley
The Northern Pacific have arranged
| to run weekly excursions to Bozeman
| for the extremely low fare Of $3.50 for
| the round trip. Tickets good going
| Saturday, returning on or before the
| following Tuesday. This will give the
| people of Butte a fine opportunity to
| aoj1v the eyrelleOt fishing and hunting