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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1900
Page
14
In the Bitter Root valley log crews abandon river driving for dry land loading. Longest logging train in the world travels from Hamilton mills to camps with 18 to 22 loaded cars. Crew handle bark fragments as 920 foot train snakes along the track to the log pond and skidway.
A visitor watches four horse teams load logs onto cars at camp 1 then trains of seven loaded cars travel to camp 3 and on to Hamilton mills. The process uses skidways, double trees, and skilled lumbermen to place logs, with 22 cars in one observed train carrying nearly 140,000 feet of logs. The move from river driving to railway is praised for efficiency and reduced loss.
The Detroit Tribune reports a bi monthly British French war scare fueled by London dispatches and the Pall Mall Gazette claim of a French war mindset. It notes recurring British press hysteria over naval and military readiness and predicts a later clash that could involve Russia.
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