The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-26
WON'T GO TO HELENA
Real Estate Hen Who Don't Bear Thor
Share Of the Expenses.
The Association of Real Estate
Dealers Holds a Meeting. and
Things Are Said and Done
Past Understanding.
By the standards special Wire.

BUTTE, July 25.-The real estate asso-
citation held q meeting this evening long
to be remembered by its members. Colo
mel Curtis was In the chair. After the
usual opening ceremonies were safely n
duly carried out, the colonel announced
that the purpose of this meeting was to
devise some means Of making delinquent
members of the association "whack up"
These members ought TO pay. Were they
not going "a he doomed as well
as the gentlemen present? Had
they not sat there night after
night and consumed the associations
gas and mineral water? For his part he
was open to suggestions OF some
to bring these base parasites to a realiza-
ton of where they had been getting their
booming and mineral water. Ii a been
proposed that these offenders be handed
over TO the ''Imperial Order of Regula-
tors for punishment. Although a dis
tinguished member of that honorable
body, he did not favor any measure which
would increase the power OF that already
omnipotent organization. He was q
democrat M could not foster aristocratic
instit utions IN III midst.
stated that the constitution and bylaws
of the association had ample provisions
for dealing with such offenders. He
thought this talk of appealing to the Reg
ulators sheer nonsense. The association
had good regulations itself, and enough
regulators. As he recollected this partic-
ular clause i'm the bylaws, IL provided
that in case IN member refused to pay
their lawful dues, they should be drawn
and quartered and fed to the prisoners at
the county Jail. He thought W birds
might he killed by this stone.
He understood the prisoners at
the county Jail were kicking because
thay could mot have over four pottuIs of
solid meat apiece on n day. He saw no
reason for the prisoners to go hungry
when the association had such an excel
lent regulation.
The association seemed likely 10 pro-
coed to the immediate enforcement of
this alleged regulation. when S.v.kemper
arose to a point of order and said he very
well remembered this regulation but was
sure il had not been adopted. Mr.. Leahy
had objected to il OH the ground hat IL
vas too mild to be effective. He remem-
bers s the very so words that ., Mr. II
to this measure when il was up for adop-
ion. He had said: "Gentlemen, this
measure might do very well in New York
and Chicago; but il is not strong enough
for Butte. Butte men are harder to col
lect from when they don't want to pay"
Mr.. Majors was ON his feet in a moment
and said: "Gcntlemen, / appeal to the
everlasting records. There will be found
the words i speak,"
+. Z. w. Patton, was quite sure that no
such Measure was ever passed by the as
ISOLATION. He was on the constitu-
tional committee at the time
was sure the proposition was quashed in
committee, as he recollected the main OBJ
lection to the regulation was that il made
IL impossible to exhibit the remains of
executed delinquents for b warning Of
others.
Nf-. . .s;u oonl.,,, h.,
the regulation had become a bylaw and
insisted on a thorough research i'm the
archives.
Here the secretary found and read vari-
Gus flats passed against delinquents. One
OF these provided that the offenders be
sent to Helena to increase that city's
population, another that they be COM
PEELED to ride n week on the Bozeman
line of the Northern Pacific, another
that they be forced to raise their side
walks to grade; but nothing in regard to
quarterinR. All these measures had been
tried without success and the matter had
been left to TO the committee.
Green Majors again arose and said he
was sure IL was there somewhere, but at
any rate he would move that this rcgu-
lation be Immediately adopted and in
corporated i'm the constitution.
Colonel Curtis objected to this for three
reasons: First. because, as Mr.. Leahy
had said, il deprived the association Of
h advantage OF successfully advertising
its methods; second, because he under
stood on good authority that II WAS not
meat the prisoners were kicking for, but
ice cream twice a week and he
could not see how they were. going
Of this regulation. The third reason was
that Sheriff Lloyd would not pay for over
four pounds of meat for each prisoner a
day; and the association ought To devise
some means Of recovering the dues from
the persons of the offenders. The Helena
scheme seemed under the circumstance
worth revival. In her present emaciated
condition Helena would pay at least SO
for each addition to her population. The
dues were but so. This would cave In
each case so to be laid IA in
mineral water for the use OF the
punishment would be much severer than
the one formerly proposed. Any Butte
ma would prefer to be drawn and quar-
tered to living in Helena at present. That
measure would never have failed IL Hell
ena had not at n time been fairly tol
cradle as a place of residence.
All the members seemed pleased with
the coloncI's logic with the exception OF
Mr.. Passmore. He said that while he
might vote for this measure in
| the end, yet now he wanted time. He
was n human man and did not want to
see any objection Ia the drawing and
quartering-that is no objection in the
line of severity but as for n residence in
Helena he thought the association ought
to take time for elaboration. So he pro
posed 10 refer tho matter to a committee
which should he instructed To report at a
special and important meeting to held al
Curtis x Majors Office on Monday wen
ing at 4 O'Clock, and II was SO ordered.