The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1891-08-29
Re.,stine Payment of Taxes.

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Resulting Payment of Taxes.
A Billings special of the Ord says: A
curious dispute is in progress between
Custer county officials and some OF the
ranchmen on the Crow reservation who
are married to Indian wives. 1; having
been decided by the courts that the res
ervation is part Of Custer county fol-
| purposes Of taxation, that county las
scrupulously applied itself towards col
lecting the taxes from the stockmen
whose herds are ranging on the reserva-
ton, while the burden Of judicial ex-
penses has been borne by Yellowstone
county, which has derived no revenue
from the territory for judicial purposes.
Tom Kent is very wealthy woolgrower,
whose wife is a member Of the Grow ma
ton, and he has a fine residence near
Gray Cliff station, about go miles west
of the county seat of Custer and situ-
ated on the reservation. Mr. Kent re-
fuses to pay taxes to Custer, or indeed
to any other county. Some deputies
from Custer went up to attach Kent's
sheep and thus collect the taxes. Kent
called to his aid the Indian police, who
recovered his flock from the Custer Of
ficials. It is rumored that Sheriff Jones
Of Miles City is going to bring posse
su fficiently strong to enforce the man
Gates of the law and make Kent pay his
taxes. The outcome of the struggle is
awaited with interest by all the "squaw
men" on the reservation.
Boulder Mining News.
EDITOR ENTERPRISE: 1t is gratifying
to the property owners of this district to
learn that a ten stamp mill is assured in
the near future, which will be put in op-
ration by the Hidden Treasure Mining
company Gnoorporated) The Hidden
Treasure is considered at present the
best developed mine in the camp. A 98-
foot incline was run on it last winter,
exposing vein of milling ore nearly
twelve feet in width. The mine also has
a tunnel which is about 165 feet in
length, in which the company had just
begun taking out ore the past winter
when work was suspended. Assays
from the output give returns OF $40 to
$40 per ton IN gold and a few dollars in
silver. The mine was located some
twelve years ago. The principal stock
holders are William B. Judd, M. Roth
and William Thoresen, all of Livingston.
These gentlemen have ample means to
successfully conduct operations upon
any enterprise they see fit to undertake.
The representation work required
upon properties has not been fully COM
piled with by the majority of locators
and early purchasers. Eight, twelve
and fifteen days labor has been the
amount Of work done on a number of
them, and this manner of holding claims
is causing great dissatisfaction among
new comers to the camp. Many OF those
who have more claims than they can
properly represent are being closely
watched, and in some instances are told
to do their labor in full or they will lose
their locations on January LIST.
Grant Luce and friend have been
petition to have mail
route established to the camp and have
secured about l25 names to the same.
Benz. Urner and J. B. Hooper we're
visitors to our camp last week.
In looking over our camp it would be
no more than right to make mention of
the Independent Mining and Milling
company, who have in operation a one
stamp mill and employ at the mill and
mine twelve to fourteen men. Their
mine is located on the summit OF Silver
and is paying all expenses of
developing. They have sunk shaft Of
seventy feet in depth and have found a
vein of ore that will assay on average
$40 per ton and is two feet in width.
The owners OF this promising mine are
Mr.. John Anderson of Big Timber, who
and manages the same per-
sonally, and Mr.. H. E. Leavaux of Ian
caster, Ohio, who spends few months
in the mountains every summer for re-
The North Star, the adjoining claim
on the east, is very we'll developed; has
q shaft Of thirty feet in depth and'a vein
Of ore two feet in width. The owners
have also commenced tunnel to tap
the vein at depth of 300 feet from the
surface. Their assays run from $40 to
$40 per ton. The owners are J. j.
Walk Of Billings, Mr.. David Fratt of the
and others.
Mr.. Dunn, formerly resident and
merchant of Saltwater (senior partner
Of the firm of Dunn, Lee 4 Babcock), is
paying our camp visit looking up some
claims he has had for the last ten years.
This is his first visit to olmp in eight
years. He is now visiting IN Michigan,
his former home.
On the 18th Mr.. Holly of the Poorman
Mining company, started for Chicago to
purchase ten stamp mill to be placed
in operation on their mining claim this
Mr.. E. O. Clark Of Mcleod drove six
head OF beef cattle to camp on the 10Th
inst, which he can readily dispose of at
. good price. ANON.
Boulder, Mont. Aug. IA, 1891.
Montana Pioneers.
The seventh annual meeting of Mon
tana Pioneers was held at Helena We'd
naadav Officers for the ana,,inO vAar