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Show MONTANA NOTES. The population of Great Falls will exceed 4000. It is said that Big Timber is tho larg--est wool shipping point on the Northern Pacific this year. Three hundred laborers could have work at from $3 to ifa.GO yor day if they were only in town, says the Great Falls Tribune. A day and night shift are now running run-ning on tho artesinu well at Chinook, which isapproaehing the center of the earth ihe rato ot 00 feet every 24 hours. Two huudrod nud ten thousand pounds of wool started east over the Great Northern Friday. Previous to this 900,000 pounds had been sent east, making tho total shipments 1,100,000 from Groat Falls. The outlook for a rich harvest of hay and grain along the Yellowstone and its tributary valleys was never more favorable than at present. Tho abundant abun-dant and timely rains of the past three months have rendered irrigation almost unnecessary, and ranchmen confidently expect a yield fully 50 per cent, bettor than that of last year. .Native grass is knee high on tho ranges, and along tho river bottoms a plentiful supply can be cut to last through the coining winter, no matter how sevore it may be. Sixty-live democrats me"t in Helena Monday evening and organized the Hendricks democratic club. The following fol-lowing officers were elected: President, Presi-dent, Robert B. Smith; iirst vice-president, John T. Murphy; second vice-president, vice-president, Daniel llanloy; recording secretary, V. 1). Curtis; corresponding secretary, Dudley DuBoi.se; treasurer W, J. Fuehs. lino quarters will be handsomely furnished and tho club will becomo a permanent organization. Great enthusiasm was shown together with a determination to win the coming fall election. |