The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1892-01-02

The election of officers of the State
Teachers association. held at Wednes
DAYS session. resulted as follows: r.. Il
Steere Of Dillon. president; G. W. Burch
arm of Twin Bridges, first vice president
Miss V. r. Olds of Miles City. secono
vice president; Miss Carrie Cox OF Butte
third vice president; Miss Bette k'ley
of Mssoula, secretary: l.. a. Os1eln OF
Miles City, treasurer. and S. 4. Merritt
of Helena, member of the executive com
mittee. Missoula was named as the
place of the next convention.
A fatal accident occurred Monday af-
ternoon at the Elvina mine, situated
about two miles west of Walkerville
and owned by Rod Leggat. Michael
Blake. stepson of the owner, was es-
sisting in taking out the water column
from the shaft, the pump having got
out of order and was being taken to the
surface for repairs. Blake was standing
on a plank placed across the shaft at
the 1U0-foot level, and as the water col
umn was being hoisted upwards one link
of it broke off, and falling down struck
and broke the plank on which the un-
fortunate young man was standing. The
accident occurred so suddenly that he
was unable to catch any OF the sur
rounding timbers for support and was
precipitated to the bottom OF the shaft,
a distance of $50 feet. Those standing
near and observers of the accident hur-
ried to the surface, and procuring help
went down in the cage to the sump.
But when they arrived there they found
the remains of Blake mangled beyond all
human semblance
Journal: Secretary of State Rotwltt
and Attorney General Haskell returned
Wednesday evening from Missoula,
where they had been conducting an
auction sale of lots recently plated by
the state board of land commissioners IN
the city limits of Missoula. The sale be-
gan on Monday and was finished for the
time being ON Wednesday. During
these three days. 125 lots, 25x1OO feet IN
size, we're sold for $4,000. One-third
down was required on each lot, and in
some cases 80 per cent was pad, the to-
tai cash receipts from the sale amount
ing to about $4,000 For the remainder
purchasers are required to give a penal
bond ia seven annual payments. SlX
DlOckS were SOU. oE IttLtl Ola h"'i
blocks. for one-half of each block must
be reserved until the year 1910 under the
statutes These six blocks comprise
about ten acres of the entire section OF
school land in Missoula. which Secretary
Rotwitt says is one of the most valuable
sections of land anywhere. The pro
ceeds of these sales go to the state school
fund and is invested i'll state and county
bonds by the state treasurer, Only a
few days ago Treasurer Hickman in
vested 100000 of school moneys in
Meagher county bonds. The state re-
ceives 5 per cent from the sale OF such
lands, and the $1,000 received from
Washington few days ago by Governor
Toole was the regular . per cent accru-
ing to the state from the sale OF govern
ment and ceded land. The lots of Mis-
soula range in value from 500 to $500
A number of the lots are improved, and
in such cases those who have occupied
the lots as homesteads purchased them
at the appraised value. Secretary Rot
witt says this section of land is worth
S1,OOO,OO0 1t lies just inside the city
limits. near the depot.