The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-11
CITY NEWS AND GOSSIP.
The Assessed Valuation of the City
Will be Over Twenty
Millions.
The Hendricks Democratic Club
to Have a Ratification Meet
ing Next Tuesday.
Gov. Toole, ". W. Dixon, Major Ma.innis.
F. X. Armstrong and Other Proni-
nent Democrats to Speak.


The assessment rolls which City Treas
urar Folk will present to the city council
this evening will show the assessed valua ton
of y.e city to be something over S20,OO0,0lO
What town Of IA 900 Inhabitants can make
such showing? The work of assessment
has been gone over thoroughly. For the
past ten weeks the treasurer has been de-
voting almost his entire time to the task.
He has had force of clerks helping him
during this time and has proceeded in a
thorough and systematic way. Heretofore
the assessors have largely depended upon
the returns of property as handed in by the
tax payers. Mr. Folk decided some time
ago that he would not depend altogether
followed in the main the plan
adopted by the county assessor and
has found it to be satisfactory and
thorough. 1t is understood that about one
third of the taxable property in the city has
been returned to the city treasurer by
the owners. The location and owner
ship of the property now on the
CITY rolls has been ascertained from
tho state and county records and other re-
liable sources of information. The rolls
will be presented to the city council this
evening, and as soon as they are accepted
by that body the levy will be made. The
figures this year will show quite an increase
over those of last year, probably 100000.
The city treasurer completed his rolls about
four O'Clock this morning after an arduous
forty eight hours session with his clerks
and comptometer. He says that the latter
is one of the best clerks he ever had. It is
a machine for handling figures, and was
used to check the figures on the assessment
rolls.
The Hendricks Democratic club held an
enthusiastic meeting last night at their
rooms in The INDEPENDENT building.
President Smith presided and Secretary
Curtis was at his post of duty. The special
committee appointed to prepare a set of
bylaws and rules of order reported and
the bylaws were adopted section by Sec
ton. The last section was adopted with
applause and was as follows: 1.-The rules
of order which shall govern the proceedings
of the club shall be parliamentary law as
laid down by Cushing's manual-but not
ards and Reed.'
@. B. Nolan, corresponding secretary of
the executive committee reported having
sent invitations to several gentlemen to be
present on the occasion of the big ratifoa-
ton meeting to take place in the opera
house next Tuesday evening and received
replies fpom all but two, who are not in the
state. Gov. Toole's acceptance of the in
vitation was greeted with applause also
the letter of Hon. w. w. Dixon, who will
be on hand. Hon. w. Y. Pemberton felt
highly honored by the invitation, but re-
piled that business would prevent him from
being present, which he regretted. The true
democratic ring Of Col. Pemberton's letter
made the club determined to have him
here on the occasion and resolution in
troduced by Mr.. DuBose, setting forth that
the club greatly desired his presence and
would not accept his excuse was unani-
mously adopted and if Col. Pemberton
could have seen how the young members of
the club we're anxious to hear him he could
not refuse their invitation.
The Hon. G. K. Middleton, Of Miles CITY,
will also be on hand, as we'll Us the Hon. F.
K. Armstrong, of Missoula, whose letter of
acceptance evoked much applause. Hon.
Martin Maginnis' letter of acceptance was
greatly appreciated and he was cheered.
Hon. w. A. Clark wrote that if it was DOS
sible he would be on band. but expected to
be called to New York in few days to meet
his family. E. D. Mats. of Missoula, will
endeavor to be present, and Judge Savage,
OF Livingston, who is out of the state.
will also probably be on hand.
But the Hendricks club will be
honored by some eminent speakers. Hon.
VIM. Wallace Jr. wrote that he would be
attending court in Fergus county on the
sixteenth, but Mr.. Nolan differed with this
view of thinking, sagely remarking that he
had issued subpoena for Mr.. Wallace to
appear before the grand jury on the six
teenth. and therefore Mr.. Wallace may be
included among those who will address the
meeting.
The Hendricks club is getting along
nicely. 1t has a membership of 13s, all en-
thusiastic democrats who are in for the war.
They have fine quarters for meeting and are
constantly growing in numbers as we'll as
order. The next meeting of the club will
be held Monday night.
The Hon. Sam Word has been very i'll for
the past two weeks and was able to be out
for few hours yesterday. He is just able
to move about, but is on the way to re-
covery ana his legion of friends will hope to
see him i'll his usual robust health in few
days.
John Burns, the Idaho cattleman who
spent last winter in Helena and made MANY
friends. has returned to remain a few days
and Is receiving cordial greeting. Jack"
as he ia familiarly called, has been punching
steers steadily for several months and re-
ports the condition of Idaho cattle to be i'm
proving. The losses last winter. he said,
were far III excess of what the most de-
spondent predicted, as roundup of the
ranges elected the fact that the loss was
fully 15 per cent. Where bands of 10000
cattle had been known to roam, not more
than loo or 1900 were found alive. The
state of affairs has improved somewhat,
though it will take as long to recover from