The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1888-11-17
MONTANA NEWS.

DR.. Parsons, the we'll known 7eterin ary
surgeon, died suddenly Sunday morning
in Helena, of pneumonia. His remain.
were embalmcd by Undertaken Flaherty
and shipped east Monday night
Courier: Jerry Matthews lost another
valuable horse last week. This makes
nine he has had the misfortune to lose
during the summer and fall-five of them
valuable animals and worth in the aggre-
gate at least $500. They died of the in.
f1uenza, which has had such run for some
time past in the territory.
Yellowstone journal: It is somewhat
of a surprise to see that sterling demo-
cratic sheet, the Glendive Independent
came out with an exaggerated rooster and
the veil of s.Rah for Our Side,' over the
election of Harrison and Morton, but thi>
is an era Of surprises, and we suppose this
must go with the rest. "Joe" Weidmeyer
the presiding genius of the Independent
is likewise postmaster of G1endive, his
commission bearing the signature oi
Mr.. Cleveland He no doubt finds that
the official collar fits easy on his neck
and he is therefore not averse to wearir :
it for another term, hence his somewhat
deferred enthusiasm for Harrison and
Morton.
Governors report: The output of oul
mines ten years ago was $7,000,000
Now it is over $31, 100000. The total
value of the taxable property in the terri
tory then was $12, 900 900; now it is $70,-
0,G00-not including the value of the
mining property. The number of cattle
in the territory then was 100000; now il
is 100000. The number of sheep theI
was 10000; now it is over 100000
The number of horses then was 40, 600
now it is 100000. The number of acres
of land then under cultivation was 265, 900
now there are over 100000 acres appro
priated and suited for farming purposes
Then the commerce of the whole terri
tory was $20,00O,0OO, now it is $4,000
O0O Then there was but dozen or sc
miles of railroads; now there are over g
900. Then the population 10000; now II
100000. Then the territory was $112,
900 in debt; now it is out of debt, and
and there is plenty of money in the treas
urer.
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle qaits the
field in the following language: "a
short time ago we heard of young man
who started daily paper and made q
success of it. When asked to what he
attributed his success, he replied: Alone
to the fact that in the first number did
not say we have come to stay mad
vertently we have come to stay crep1
into our makeup, and as surely as effect
follows cause we have taken the course
taken by SO many of the long felt wants.
In the far bevond of newspaperdom what
a stack of the long felt want sheets must
be piled. and now one more bright and
shining example has gone beyond the
Sticks though competent men held the
case to swell the discontinued majority
When We look back but few days ano
see with what juvenile glee We watched
the glitter of our works, the CONCLUSION
forces itself that our Courier IS much like
the Irishman's moon-it shined Oh hgh
nights when it was not needed.
The Helena Live Stock Journal thu!
protests against exaggerated reports of tht
depredatlons by wolves upon stock
From later reports from the north coun
try we learn that the wolf stories have
been very highly colored and much oyer
drawn. They are by no means as bad as
stated by the northern county papers
There have been and doubtless are ye
wolves in the boundary line country an(
other parts of the territory and they hav'
unquestionably been of some annoyance
to stocknen, but to say that they come
over the line in vast herds and deplete th'
stock from the country, carrying thei
ravages far and wide, is misreprcsenta
ton of high color. We understand
why this is done. Our stock friends wan
a law passed by the coming Legislature tt
place bounty on captured wolves, ant
We think it is right and proper that sucl
law should be passed, aud we will d.
all we can to secure it. But this desir,
docs not justify the getting up of an agi
tation and fright about wolves when ther,
is indeed little to fear from them. Thi
does the country an immense amount o
harm in the east where these reports cir
culate freely and are much exaggerated.
The Helena Blowout.
The following invitation was received
by the ENTERPRISE from the terrific
rial central committee: '.Thc republican
central committee extend to you and Il
all our political friends cordial Invitation
to attend the republican territorial re- un
ion and jubilee meeting on Saturday ev