The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-11-15
Sign 70 come down
Richard Looksy and ltks City Coun-
oil May Again b On Good
Terms.
The Window IN the Sixth Ave-
nue. Building Will Bs
Replaced.
Hsissa's Tax Rale The Lowest y The
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The broken window In the buildina Of
Richard Loohsy. on Stxth avsase. with she
Questionable sign on II. 10 about TO cems
down. The sotion OF the city eeunsil u
last nights meeting mskss this pretty or.
tain. The window. u Was oiatmsd, was
broken by . bullet fred BY Vie policemen
who we're chasing some desperate oha,ao.
tsSs sssly ons morning In Mar Of last yssr.
The dsspsrsdoss. who had besn ayssstsd.
shot Policemen Schs' Tsnbroieh ~ she
sssnss Of Msia street and Broadway. and
made their ssssps. They we're pursued b.
sthsE policemen. Who nssd ~ them. The
ESCAPING man also AIRED IL ths. general
lusillads ths window wss bsoksn by . bul-
ist. Mr.. Jockey esaiasd thss II mast have
bssn dose By = policsman's ballet - tbs
ofhcsrs, we're ehasingAhs men down JaekSoa
street toward Eizth avesss,'A Ind Airing 10
that direction. Hs asked ths counoil 10
pay for the damage. The eounoil wasn't
fsslins parsisularly friendly ~ The time
toward Mr.. Jockey, who hsd i~nstttstpd
suit 70 prevent ths city seliina
warrants 10 raiso cash 10 pay
salaries, and was also resisting payment Of
ssxes. The council rather summa'iiy laid
The request for damagss on the table.
Thsn NJ. Losksy had painted on tho
broken glass ths celebrated sign which 10
still there, md which emit some figure In
the last city sampaign. NJ Jockey has
claimed all along that 81 = citizen hs was
enlisted 10 nors courteous Treatment st
the hands Of the eisy, ana that his eommu.
nication should have u least bssn given
consideration. he has intimatsd thst II
thu counoil showed him enough oonsidsfa.
tion 10 take some sotion on his oommunt.
cation hs would b clad to tsks down the
broksa glass ana Eeplsce y w'sn 9 nev one
without asking The city to ~ 70, u. The
matte. was referred TO the judiciary COM
mittss Of the sity council soms time ago.
Az last nights meeting Of the counchl the
oomnisseS rspottsl, They we're 81 opinion
that the { ass was btoksn BY the hriDs dur
ing The shsss sftss ~ dsspe..dos:; They
sssss o. the tuSsas1, q dShere!ors ma g NO
recommendation. The report Wa Ieosivsd.
Az both parties may now b considered 10
have unbsndsd . little. and the i'm plisd
apologies seem to be satisfactory TO al, the
window will now coms down.
City Cis.k AsIntire At the request at the
mayor, Sssd 10 tho council the answers
msds BY the sressu ers OF the leading cities
of Montana to \ request for . ststemenS -
to their rates Of taxation. Clerk Mc1ntirs
sid there had been some complaints OF the
high rate Of taxes IN Helena. City ysas-
ussr Garrett had wrttssn 70 The trsa:useIs
Ths answers showed that the people Of
Other eitiss IN Montana paid taxes ~ fol
lows: Anaconda 3lL mills. Of which 161S
mills are for CITY purposes, ~ for county.
and i've for SCHOOL,. Butte 20 mills. OF
watch II are for city and "A tor oounsy por.
Tor city purposes. BozsmAn % mills, Mae
being for city. II for county and two for
schools. Great Falls Is mills. OF which 10
are for city and Is for county puE! os.s. In
Helena the tsx rate 10 2l1 mills, 81 for
city and ID fof county purposes.
origin of fires, made = report on ths burn
ing Of Anthony Doughs sJ's residence. n
tne brand nvenus addition, on the niaht Of
hot. "a. The com mittes say the ne vas
of i~ncsndiaEy origin. This committee"
tho report says, 'have made a careful In
yond = doubt that the baildjus we sss on
IRE. The plan Of the party or parties who
sst IRE to the proDerty WAS carefully
mapped out, We discovered who. = hrs was
started in the cellar. in four ID .1erept
places. and whs:e fire was started In the
voodbox IN the kitchen. and also y .
she dining loom 10 ths noor above. he
a . IN the closet under the back stair way,
and tho one IN tho cellsr. undeg tue main
stairway, were no doubt started with
she expectation that they would 10 the most
harm AMI prevent the 'tEviaen Or other
persons going into the house from saving
A~~ ~ AhA fnRn&tuRA And NhAHR tho nRA
would have the most draughL do the most
damage and b. the most diflou.t for the
6renen to CONTROL. In ths closet under the
back stairway some hath had bsen TO n Of.
and the spaces between the lashs and stsiss
filled with paps . that were partially
burued. Tue committes feel that . terri
bic crime has been committed In the bum
ing Of the p ops,iy Of one OF ous ~c.t'zsns,
and that every means be taken TO bring She
larty or arties to justice" The repor,
vas adopted and the council authorized the
city clerk " o6ss > rsv.EL Of $2So ios u.
incsndiaries. Alderman Flahert' wanted
The reward made $1,000. Aldsrmnn Collina
wanted IL mads $500, Alderman Hsnlsy
wanted Il $3.50 and shat amount was hxsd
By a vote Of nine TO four.
An ordinance was passed amending thu
portatlon Of powder or Other explosives II
bhe city iimits. II makes H. unlAwful ia
keep il business p!aosssqos haul shsoual
residences or business streets. exseHt th0ss
specially designated. more than 100 Rallons
Of coal oil. 100 pounds Of powIsr, dynamite
or other explosive, ons case OF esch kind Of
dynamite Gaps. or 1000 cartridges. The
soutes for hauling Large: quantities Als
from tho Montana Central depot. UP Thir'
sesnth dvenn to Helena avbnue. to Six
tesnth avenue, TO Idano street, 10 Dnyi,
street. to the southern limits; from tn,
Northern Pacific depot up Helena avenue
to Idaho street. TO Davis street. TO til,
southern limits. The penalty for violation
OF tbs ordinance 10 from $25 to 800 An,
for each offsnse.
The CITY attorney reported that the eit,
would NOT hs justihsd In paying the sun
demanded for the ground now used for Sh,
bed Of Ninth avenue between Davis an.
Rodney streets. He sugReats that thi
ground be abandoned. the city eivinQ q,
she benefit OF the grading lone there, m,
that Ninth avenue be restored to its orig
inal course. 1hs land has neve- pslonQe
10 the city. though used ~ a stt est, wnd a
NO p. opsrty holuers have ever petitione,
the counsel to opsn il the whole expens
would fall on the city, the p spcrty, bsne
0tsd paying nothing.
Ths report Of City Treasurer Garrett 70
ths quarter ended Dot. 81 shows ths fol