The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-21
THEY ASK MORE TIME
Butte viii Have 10 Wait Awhile fos the
Nev Fire Alarm System.
The COMMITTEES Rot Prepared tn MAke .
Other Businea~ Transacted IN
the COunril Meeting Last Ntght-A
slur ut the I'0lice FOrce.

Special Correspondent Of the standard.
BUTTE. Nov. D.-Representativcs Of the
Gameweil and Gayno fire alarm systems
ws.re both on hand AT to-night's meeting
of the council. hut nothing was accom-
plishetl I'm the matter of choosing between
the two Systems. The fire committee re-
ported that they had expected tai visit Salt
Lake before this. also that the Gaynor
system was not ready yet and further time
was skcd. Accordingly the ami
was given two weeks longer i'm which to
make "a report. The iirs, brigade i'm the
person Of the president, Frank
Thomcs. made N formal demand for
the city hall hell. which is the property of
the brigade, and .hich they PROPOSE tn
take from the city hall tai their new
house. They offered, however, tai sell the
bell mt the price. il cost the brigade This
was referred tn the fire committee. The
brigade was granted permission to erect a
fire engine house on East Quarts street.
The La France engine mpa submitted
figures for u hoss-cart and Al fire engine.
The offers were placed ON file. Fire Mar
shal O'Brien reported the purchase of
l,5OO feet of hose, of which 500 feet was
to bc given To the brigade. A new hose
cart is expected soon.
The proposals for u lot for IA city hall
were confined tn East Althoff,
Cutting d Go. offered either lot 3 ar 4 ON
the south side of East broadway for u
or lot 10 for 5000. or the seven feet ON the
east side Of lot IL, adjoining the lot now
owned by tho city, for Ss8,s0. The bids
" Phss ~ VIZ shS ''SS
and "A pound master next occupies the at
%tention of the council. Alderman Me
DcrnIott Thought IL high time the logs
which swarm about Butte were taxed. and
moved the appointment OF "a pound
master. Alderman Mulvcviile said, the
city il full of fat policemen who have
nothing tai do hut go to the Comiqu' and
arouse aud hc moved they take care Of
the dogs. He thought they should DE
given u gentle hint. On motion, William
Collins was appointed pound master. The
fee is 80 cents "a log. The ordinance pro-
L x-t.I..- flanf sNs.sHA nj Arays. la
c r%i shall, "IH he s"iaai and TIE "w%srs
fined 81 ar the dogs sold ar killed. A tax
of 81 "a year must also he paid ON all dogs.
X. Camrana's application for whois-
sale liquor license i'm West Park strt.et.a
resident part of the city, was considered.
Campana said the objection was only
Irish spite against him and he could prove
nobody had ever got drunk in his saloon.
A license was nevertheless refused.
One hundred and fifty miners and other
citizens petitioned for an electric light
near the Anaconda barn: The petition
light mt the corners of Wyoming and MGR
curry and Arizona and Galena were re-
new lights should he placed about the city
as soon AS the city gets in additional
Officer Jones was diSs,lIowrd his salary
for the month. He WAS sick.
The Silver Bow Water company was
charged SID for the expenses of the city
i'm grading a street where the water com
pany had laid mains improperly.
Tie Thompson.Houston Electric L.igh,
il at "a former meeting.
Wells 4 Baker offered to build AN iro,
rail fence on Montana street for $500: ana
. William Winters offered to build "a STONE
/, culvert across Dublin gulch. OH East Cold
!: street; a, 81 per cubic yard fer "Y:avasin.
referred to the city engineer.
The street committee recommends.
that proper steps liz. taken TAI open Acld
envy street n~orthwari. the expense tn Tx
, paid 10y the pr"pert OWNERS f~,nefit'al-
/ The Mexican.' High-Prics,t Hcnsl-S:ens
4 Mexico CORES pondcncc Philadelphia Record.
3. When the men persist in wearing sue
4 extremely large hats il seems n little Quss.
, that the ladies' wear no hats at all. ant
. one can not hut feel impressed with tn
idea that IL they could bc persuaded Z
"split the difference" and average al
their hcadgcar fashions the result woul,
be more comfortable for both sexes. Tn
: most ordinary costs not les
r than S15. while the more universally poi
!, ular~ ones-those profuscly garnished wit
bullion-rangc i'm price from $50 tn 300.
OF late years the upper strata of socict
- cover their heads exactly as do gcutletnc
in London, Paris. or New York, but
genuine Mexican of the middle class sti
Invests all his surplus capital la his ha
A serving man, whose wages ars. ~.
n more than S12 per month, p~atriotic;,ll
puts IA years income into the cxpcnsiv
national though he economic
to make mp for il in the matter of shoe
wearing ox-hidc sandals of his own man,
;. f%acture. An American gentleman tel
= me that. after being absent three month
d he paid his footInan S42 back wages. al,
IL il i'm IA new hat and devoted the remainin
II * to the wants Of his numerous and nee,
family. While many n thoroughbr'
:, Mexican sports ~ ubrc whose vail
- il away up in the hundreds. the raggs
d hoy who blacks your boots * the pro,
:, possessor of one which cost him at lea