The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-03-21
THEIR SPRING CLEANUP
Sheriff MCLaush in InausurateS a Com
mendable and Timely Undertaking.
AROUND THE COURT HOUSE
The Old Charm of Dust on the
Windows Must Go Too-A Great
Opportunity for Record Max
ing-Changes In Title.

MIssoULA. March 20.-Sheriff McLaugh-
lin is having the court house yard cleaned
up and Janitor Anderson with his iron
rake is busy. The promises begin TO look
neat and tidy. The gates have been re-
hung and equipped with new latches,
change that is thoroughly appreciated by
a long-suffering public. For years there
has been incessant grumbling over the
old latches on these gates and they have
caused unnumbered bruised fingers and
untold profanity. They stuck in all kinds
of weather and sometimes they wouldn't
open at all. But the new ones work
smoothly and there is an air OF peace
about the county buildings that has not
existed there before for years. A new
cellar door has been put on the Jail build
ing to replace the old warped and rickety
affair.
II the spirit of reform can be carried
into the interior of the court house, there
will be discovered there an ample field Tor
tho operation of tho cleansing process.
To wash the windows would, of course,
remove the charm which is thrown over
the offices of the building by tho subdued
light which steals through the dust-cov-
cred panes, but il would brighten up the
interior of the building wonderfully.
and commendable effort TO secure new
carpet for his office. Tho present one
looks like a badly used crazy quilt and is
anything but creditablc to the county. 1t
is made up of n varied assortment OF
pieces of carpeting of odd shapes and
discordant colors. Some of il has the APP
pearancc of having been on tho floor ever
since the court house was first built. Pur-
chasing Agent Rankin is now considering
the matter of buying a new carpet and 1t
is sincerely hoped that he will consent TO
get one.
Then there are several windows in the
court house in which holes have been
stopped by pasting legal paper over them.
These. of course, attract considerable at
tentio n. but they are not quite the thing
for n building owned by prosperous
county. Small paues of window glass are
not expensive and the new board of county
commissioners would make record for
itself II il would replace the broken lights
and have the windows washed. Now that
the housekeeping season has arrived, the
good work should be thoroughly done.
PAPERS FILED.
In the county clerks Office to-day the
following papers were filed for record:
Deed of one-third interest in 160 acres of
land near the head of Lo Lo creek from
Thomas NJ. Sloacum and wife TO Lille NJ.
Hansen. Consideration, $500.
Official bond of George Il. Reed as road
supervisor in district No. IL. Tho bonds
men are Thomas Cooling, Charles NJ.
Pohl and Theodore Upman.
Official bond of Napoleon Claude, road
supervisor In district No. :. The bonds
men are T.. Bedard. ST., and c. Bedard.
Deed of lots 6 and Z, block 6S, Urlin's
addition, from Edward Rohkramer and
wife to Louisa Lehr. Consideration S225.
In the office of the clerk of tho district
court. j. ii. Il. Rymau to-day filed a petit
ton for letters of administration in the
estate of Daniel Rash, deceased. The
estate amounts TO about $4,000 in real
estate, notes and mortgages. The only
heir is the widow and she has filed a letter
giving consent to the appointment of Mr..
Ryman. There was no will.
Henry Nelson and Olaf Johnson natives
OF Sweden, and Isaac Eddy, a native of
England, have been admitted to citizen
ship.