The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-15
CITY NEWS AND GOSSIP.
How City Treasurer Folk Collected
Money Due For a Theatrical
License
The Receipts For the Bostonians'
Engagement Amounted to
More Than $4,000.

What a Capitalist Thinks About Adver-
Using Helena-How a Mining Man
Lived in Mexico.
Possibly Mrs. Marie Stone Mcdonald
does not know how near she came to being
arrested on Thursday evening for perform
ing without license. 1t seems the city
treasurer has had a good deal of difficulty
in collecting license fees from the manager
of Ming's opera house. There has been a
good deal OF money back on this account
for some time. City Treasurer Ben Folk
has grown tired of tho business methods of
Mr. Mcguire. So he armed himself with a
warrant and went to the theater on Tues
day evening. He presented bill for $50
to Assistant Manager Remington and told
him he could either pay it or he would go
behind the scenes and arrest Mrs. McDon-
aid for performing without license. 1t is
needless to say that great rustic was made
for the money. The bill was paid in full.
and Treasurer Folk went away with the
satisfaction that the city treasurer was fully
competent to deal with delinquent debtors.
The total receipts for the four perform
ances of the Bostonians were 1920. as fol-
lows: For Monday night, $3.50; Tuesday,
1920; Wednesday matinee, $40; Wednes-
day evening, 1870. The receipts at Butte
were $500, but the Bostonians played
there on a guarantee, SO unusual efforts
we're made to secure a good audience. Every
euarantor was an agent of the company.
The Bostonians are very we'll satisfied with
their engagements in this city and will re-
turn again next May. There we're many re-
Rrets over the the absence of Tom Karl and
considering this deprivation, Marie Stone
should have appeared at more than one out
of four performances. The people who 80
literally patronized company that never
before appeared in Helena, we're entitled to
more consideration from the management.
Henry Semple Ames, of st. Louis, has
invested more than $500 in Helena real
estate and therefore has much interest in
the future of the city. He has plans ready
for the construction of building on Main
street to cost 1926, 900. He is anxious to
see the advertising fund raised and will
contribute largely, but if this fund is not
raised he will hesitate in his
plans for the improvement of his property.
He writes as follows to Mr.. r. H. Floyd
Jones.
II am very anxious to hear how the adver-
Using fund is getting along. Should the
citizens of Helena not be public spirited
enough to raise this fund, think it would
be rather doubtful whether it would pay to
improve the Sanford lot us had contem-
plated with six-story Office building. II
the fund is raised, however, I shall have nc
hesitation in investing the large amount
needed Cor the building. as l think the ad
vertising, if judiciously done, will add enor
mously to Helena's wealth and progress
Kindly keep ME informed about this mat
ter''
George Gray, the mining man, says there
are some queer people living i'll old Mexico
He was engaged in opening mine there a
few years ago, but, strange to relate, found
that the natives employed carried off all the
tools. They made no bones about it, but
took hammer, chisel or plane and walked
off with it in broad daylight without ques-
ton. He applied to the alcalde of the vii
lage for redress and the next evening ul
came that pompous official with half dozen
soldiers. Three miners were caught leaving
the mill with tools in their hands
They were instantly seized and stood up in
q row and the signal given to the soldiers
to shoot them. Gray was Mortified at thi.
summary proceeding and demonstrated
with the official, finally persuading him tc
let the men go and issue a proclamation
threatening to shoot any one caught steal
ing tools or any who had taken tools un
less they we're returned in three days. Tn
following day the tools were returned ant
nothing more was ever taken. The peon
appeared to think the tools with whicl
they worked rightly belonged to them.
Tho receipts of Collector James H. Mill
now run from $4,000 to $4,000 per day.
Dealers in spirituous liquors, wine, beer
tobacco or oleoma1garine who have beer
doing business since April SO, without hav
ing secured United States internal rev
enue stamp, have been doing business i
violation of law and are liable to crinlint
prosecution teerefor. Such prosecution
not usually instituted if the tax is pal
during May; but if not paid in May revenr
officers are required to collect the tax wit
fifty per cent added. We give this hint I
save expense and trouble to dealers,
only few days remain before the fifty pr
cent penalty attaches. Dealers shout
look up their revenue stamps for the yea
beginning May l, 1890, and if they do no
have them they should get them quick.
Prof. Edward Mowry, theIswimming pro
fessor at the Broadwater, will give exhib
tions of fancy and trick diving at and
p. m. to-day. The entertainment will cor
clude with the highest dive ever made l
the west. distance of Is feet. The Mote
company will double the trains for the e,
hibition. The following is the programme
Standing drop dive, running drop div
standing corkscrew dive, running forwal
single dive, running forward double div
running forward one and half dive, stan
ing back ball dive. standing back ball TO
ward dive, fly away front dive, half Gag
dive, distance IS feet.
The fire fool who happened to be sens
less boy, was present at the opera hon
last evening. He opened his mouth al
in moment a panic would have follow
had not the better sense of the audien
prevailed. few cool-headed men told t
people to keep their seats, and the pr
formance went ON with scarcely an int,
ruption.
C. NJ Russell the COWBOY artist ia no