The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-22
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II will he n year next Tuesday since
electric light service was first ntruduced
In this city. For nearly three months arr
lights alone were In use. then the incan-
descent plant was added, and the leading
business houses arc now supplied with
service almost without exception.
The candle power furnished In his city IN
far higher per lamp than I'm the average
town. The wonder is that this ssibstitii-
ton Of n perfectly safe light In the place
Of the old coal OH burners In mot made to
cut a figure In the insurance rates which
business houses i'm tire town are compelled
to pay. Anaconda merchant who use
the service ought certainly To demand u
Of rates. They can get IL IL
they insist.
Speaking of Insurance rates, one In
reminded of the tussle which the Bonner
Mercantile company Of Butte had with
the companies, out of which II came q
winner by several handsome thousands.
by the way, people have not yet got out
of the habit of referring tn Butte's leading
business house AS the Bonner Mercantile
company, although the fire was follow cd
by a change i'm the ownership, all the
members, except Mr.. Cornell, retiring.
Coming To that city, not 70 many years
ago, Mr.. Connell assumed h personal
Of the house, and to his
energy and business tact the prosperity of
the Mercantile IL entirely due.
His success has been Nh marked that to-
day MIR. Connell il sole proprietor
OF the leading dry goods house
i'm Montana, and the phenomenal
sale now progressing, to close out u dam
aged stock. shows all the evidences Of his
management. Live towns like
Butte need entcrprisinR merchants with
long purses. and the trade i'm that city is
to be congratulated ON the fact that this
prosperous business house In to he con-
tinued ny n merchant who has
of push. years of successful experience
and u bank account big enough to keep
the concern on n solid financial founda-
ton under any circumstances that may
arise. Mr.. Council has had the good for
tune to place his money i'm several of the
most successful business ventures i'm the
Northwest. He Is largely interested in
Butte, i'm Anaconda, and In other cities i'm
the lumber trade, and he il u large owner
i'm the Estes and Conncll Mercantile Com
pany i'm this city, which has rank as
one Of the ~staunohncst firms i'm Montana.
There is IN n certain off-hand style char
acteristic of Mr.. Connell's business meth
ODDS, and the insurance adjusters lately
bought quite n little experience in dealing
with him. His first proposition was to
settle the loss very promptly SO hat busi-
ness might he speedily resumed, and he
marked the loss at S4O,OOO flat. In reply,
the insurance companies submitted Idle
ulously low figures. Then the experts
took up the work, peerinR into every
nook. fumbling every yard of Brussels.
scanning every scorched undershirt and
lingering i'm sympathy over each battered
baby, arriving at the final figures,
which fixed the loss at i5,O59.25. Of
course Mr.. Connell enjoyed tho situation.
Every body declared that il was simply a
sample of his phenomenal good luck ; and,
when the loss was settled, representatives
M ths, s.nnnfpia nieS GlRrln rSAl thnf Mr. (,np.-
nell would make u shining success IL he
would join the ranks OF the insurance adj
~justers. Mr.. Connell il a winner because
his business Judgment has Of
nerve and plenty OF push behind u. He
travels the business highway along which
runs the route of the too-conservntive
man, while, on the other side, is the path
of the professional business plunger.
He always takes the safe middle ground.
Mr.. Council carried too many gums for
the insurance professionally, and now he
il selling goods at n great rate. He IL q
type of the successful business man i'm the
West.
The STANDARD has received n very
strong letter relating to the case of IA man
who was found desperately sick i'm "a back
room i'm this city last Friday. In the let
ter Chief Mckinney wants To know what
the county poor tax In collected for, and
he recites his experience i'm an effort to
" y" VIZ ~ ~
The Chief says that the idea chad never
occurred to him To arrest IA man for being
sick,' yet he hurried about tn find a
county officer who would assume charge
of the case and financial r,spon-
sibility for medical
After rcciting.what happened i'm his efforts
to- secure help, the chief adds i'm his letter
~ would like to have this subject cleared
up so that the people who pay II poor tax
may know what il is for" Possibly there
may have been some Misunderstanding i'm
thisc case. Ii is true thatC hicfMcKinncy had
"a long chase. before he could get suitable
provision made for the sick man, hut the
invalid has since been properly cared for.
1t appears that residents of this city pay q
special poor tax into the county fund, the
city itself making no provision
for the care Of those i'm need of
public assistance. Paupers are regarded
as u county charge, and properly SO. as
the city pays several thousand dollars an
nually for the care of these people at the
p~oorllouse i'm Deer Lodge. In instances
OF sudden and severe sickness Il has been
the habit of county commissioners to take
care of the sick until they can he renov-
ed. II has been found that certain phys 1.
CLANS have been i'm the habit of pilinR mp
very large bills against the county,, these
bills representing alleged services i'm the