The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-07
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Shacks In Silver Street Cleaned Ont Of
the Way.
The Marshai's Message to a Man
Who Had to Get Out OF Bed
Earlier Than He Wanted To
The Law In II.

BUTTE, June GA cyclone struck East
Silver street at Z o'clock this morning. Al
least that In what people thought who
passed that locality during the forenoon
and that Is what some Of the residents
thought too. At that hour City Marshal
Daum, Street COMMISSIONS Cotter and
Special Officer King, together with six Ia
borers, appeared OF the scene for the
purpose Of carrying out the instructions
Of the city council, passed Wednesday
night, relative to the opening of the
street.
Directly in the street between Main and
Wyoming streets were five dugouts, which
have been there eight or nine years. All
were occupied, but according to the as
pect Of the case as given by the city, none
of the occupants had any title to the
ground they were on. The land is in
dispute. 1t being included in the limits
| of the Black placer claim. Ii Is consid-
eyed necessary for the city to have a high.
way through from Main 20 Wyoming, and
missioner was instructed to open the
street. Notices were on h "a date
served on all the occupants to move their
shacks within ten days. The matter was
delayed, however, by legal points. and
the whole affair was dropped until lately,
hAs ttlS ~ stkt WI w tfhtlh mn w
dItional shack on the proposed thorough
fare. Ii was then decided To wait no
longer but to tear the shacks down and
let the law decide the legality of the act
hereafter.
The dugouts were cheap affairs and
most Of them were supposed to be opium
dens, although one was occupied by re-
spectacle carpenters. No hardship was
entailed, since no women OF children &C.
cupied the shacks. The first shack APP
preached by the marshal and his
men was that of George Simonds.
Mr.. Simonds was still in bed when Mar
shall Daum thumped loudly ON his O
"who is there 2" asked the inmate.
'The marshal OF Butte"
"Well-what do you want?"
III want you to get out and to do il
II don't go. You touch this house and
l turn loose. See?"
There was no further controversy.
Hooks were affixed TO the beams of the
house and the gang began to pull.
"Hold on; / cut loose" said Simonds,
"Give me time TO dress"
This was done and Mr.. Simonds moved
out. The shack was pulled to the ground
In the outfit was an opium pipe, but the
occupant was allowed TO take that along
The shacks of Mellette, Dobson and
Bruce, Owen Sinks and j. d. Shafer
Chinaman, were destroyed with
out other opposition han strong protests
When three shacks had been destroyed
Attorney Haldorn appeared ON the scene
and served the marshal with the follow
ing notice:
In the matter Of opening silver street pleas.
suspend operations until ] can See yon. ! vii
FRANZ 4. CoRBETr.
The work was suspended for a few min
utes, but having SO nearly completed tn,
job, Marshal Daum ecide to finish !
n did SO. When a reporter visited thu
spot, there was q scene of desolation; bui
property owners near by said their prop
erty had advanced 80 per cent. in value
since O'Clock i'm the morning. RotteI
timbers and ~rafters, ugly looking holes II
the ground, old stoves and furniture
strewed the new t~horoughfare in every iii
~rection. No furniture had been destroye,
; and the street gang had assisted the oc
cupants in moving out. The Chinaman
sam Long, was standing mournfully owe
the ruins, with his hands clasped in from
of him.
D "Cyclone 2" asked the reporter,
mo, samey, cyclone. Heal. bad Nell
: claimed Sam, tearfully.
{ IL is expected that there will be furthe
Z legal proceedings i'm the matter, but at an
rate tho street is opened, a matter whic
Is fit for general co~ngratulation anon
|. business men in Lower Main street. II
! claimed that the squatters had no NOR
title to the ground than the fact that the
e had lived there for years, and that the
had not even the permission of tn
e owners Of the placer claim.
!, The claimants n occupants declar
0 that they will have Marshal Daum n
rested for malicious mischief in process
s ing with the work after he had beer o
dered TO stop.
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