The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-17
CITY NEWS AND GOSSIP.
The Outlook for 4 Fair Census Enum.
Grafton in Helena Very Dis
couraging.
Preparations Being Made to Re-
ceive the Twin City Wis
itor1.
Helena in the Northwest Magazine-A Dis
tinguished Traveler-NIrs. KeIlner and
the Dakota Sufferers.


tinguished Traveler-Mrs. Kellner and
the Dakota Sufferers.
It is becoming moro apparent daily that
the census of Montana ID going to prove a
dismal failure, and particularly is this true
| of Helena. And the only thing that can
now stem the tide of failure is to have the
time extended at least two weeks longer.
II think man is fool" said visitor yes
| terday, ito suppose that a ten years. job
can be successfully accomplished in fifteen
days, but that is just what Census Super
visor Porter seems to think. It will come
| very near taking ten years to compile the
/ work after the data is secured" In view of
| the fact that it is only once in decade
| that government census is taken, and
that the figures of population thus
obtained are used as official for
ten years at least, it behooves everybody who
takes an interest in showing his town up to
as good an advantage as possible, to help
the enumerators if they are anxious to see
Helena appear in just light. But it is
not in Helena alone that this will have to
be done. At Minneapolis Friday night the
different mercantile and industrial organi-
cations held big meetings, tho citizens met
en- masse and everybody has turned out to
see that Minneapolis is we'll represented.
Those who have not been approached by an
enumerator in Helena are as thick as black
birds. Here are some of them:
Mayor Bradford-"rhey haven't got mo
yet. An enumerator called at the house
one day, but as was out he went away and
has never called SINCE"
Gen. H. s. Howell-''Nobody has been
around my neighborhood for names. There
are dozen families in my neighborhood in
the same fix"
d. 2. Dayton-"From all reports there
has not been name taken in the Sixth
ward, the most populous in the city,
W. Fuchs-"Nobody has been around
to see me-. And at least fifty others made
the same reply.
James Shields, of Elliston-''There has
been no sign of census taker near our
camp and we have about 800 people, and it
would take two men two weeks to gather
them all i'm
Mr.. DeLestry states that he will on the
last day locate himself at place to be an
nounced, where all those in the Seventh
have an opportunity of giving their names.
The situation is such that everybody should
help out.
Attached to No. l on the west-bound
Northern Pacific train yesterday was the
private Pullman coach, Pickwick, contain
ing no less a parsonage than State Senator
j. Sloat Fassett, of Elmira, N. Y. He was
accompanied by his wife and five children,
and retinue of servants. J. w. Dwight,
also of Elmira, and close friend of Sena.
tor Fassett, was aboard with his family,
and the senator's brother-in-law, Elwood
Crocker, son of the late Charles Crocker,
the California millionaire. Mr.. Fas.
sett is quite noted politician
of the Empire state. He is
chairman of the republican committee to
investigate the alleged crookedness of Tam
many hall men in connection with city af-
, fairs. He comes from the same county as
Gov. Hill, and is a prominent candidate for
the governorship on the republican ticket.
Mr.. Fassett is royal good fellow, full of
fun, and can give and take a joke with
great gusto. He has been doing the
National park and is now bound for Saora-
, mento. He is quite young man, but an
adroit politician, and one that will never
be caught mapping when he can steal
march on the other fellow, politically
speaking. The best impression he could
form of Geyserland was that it is alive with
mosquitoes. and he felt disappointed that
he could not take geyser with him.
A letter signed by H. D. Orvis, justice of
the peace, and late chairman of the town
board of Conlee, n. D., and J. F. Beer, pas
tor of the NJ. E. church, has been received
by Mayor Bradford. The object of the let
ter is to tell the people of Helena or whose
ever it may concern, that Mrs. N. Kellner,
who was here few months ago to solicit
aid for the Ramsey county sufferers. is all
right and was authorized to do tho work,
and that she has labored hard since last
August in this work. The letter concludes:
Official jealousy has endeavored to ma
lign, belittle and destroy her influence since
early winter. That aid, in money or pro-
visions. will be needed until another har-
vest. Aud still further she retains our con-
fidence in the integrity of her purpose and
the value of her labors in behalf of the poor
and needy"
The Commercial club and chamber of
commerce are making preparations for the
reception and entertainment of the meroh-
ants and capitalists of the Twin Cities,
who left st. Paul Sunday for Helena.
The party will reach Helena at p. m. this
evening. They have a special train of seven
cars. The reception committee of the
chamber of commerce will meet this
morning to perfect arrangements for reoeiv-
| ing the visitors. They will remain over
until Thursday noon and will then visit
Butte.
The June number of the Northwest maya
zine is to hand and Helena is made the fea-
ture of it. Many new and creditable illus
trations are given, besides some old ones,
but altogether the display for Helena will
give general satisfaction. The introduc,
tory is a splendid specimen of Mr.. Smalley's
facile pen. Among other things he writes:
81. is a true capital in business and So
cial as we'll as in political sense. It's in
terests in mining and smelling in mercan-