The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-19
SUING FOR INTEREST
The Commissioners Of Park Against
the County Dads Of Sweet Grass.
ABOUT THAT CASTLE ROAD
An invalid's Appeal to the Auditor
for Aida Comparative Finan-
cial Statement = Livings-
ton News Briefed.
Special Correspondence of the Standard.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Livingston. Dec. 1.-THE county
commissioners of Park county have
decided to commence an action against
the commissioners of Sweet Grass
county for the purpose of recovering
the sum of $1,000, alleged to be due
as interest at the rate of 10 per cent
per annum on $42,774 from March 1.
1895. to June z. 1895. The case will be
on appeal from the action of the
Sweet Grass county commissioners,
on Dec. of this year, in disallowing
the bill for interest presented by Coun-
~ Treasurer Holiday of Park county
County Attorney Poorman has drawn
up the papers. and unless settlement
Is made the case will come up for
trial at the next term of the district
court at Big Timber
The case grows out of the settlement
had between the two counties on ac-
count OF county division. In this set
Element Sweet Grass county assumed
s42.774 as its share of the Indebtedness
of Park county. This settlement was
had on March /. 1895, but the amount
was not paid over until June T. The
question Is as to whether any interest
attached.
S. I. Marchington of Chico returned
from Castle. where he had been doing
representation work and looking after
his mining interests. Speaking about
the camp and its future he said:
"A large amount of development
work is being performed on the differ
ent mines and claims and next spring
will witness great activity throughout
the entire district. The people of Cas-
tie are patiently awaiting the advent
OF the railroad and appear confident of
the near approach of a brighter day.
NO: work has not been suspended
on the Castle railroad. The company
has large number of men at work
In the timber camps and considerable
grading is still being done. 1 don't
know whether the men are being paid
IN scrip yet or not. but it is said that
Tor every man who quits work there
are three standing ready to jump into
the job, 1t is the general talk at Cas-
tie that the screech of the iron horse
will be heard in the camp on the next
Fourth of July"
Charles f. Shafer. the invalid son of
a Livingston widow, is evidently
or the opinion that the county com
missioners have not been treating him
exactly right. as will be seen from the
Following letter which he has written
TO the board:
Il put in this petition to your honor
able board TO get you to allow me a
sum of money for medicine and other
necessities. for 1 need it as bad as
some OF the persons you are allowing
from $40 to $40 every month, besides
paying and knocking off so much on
others taxes. / am getting medicine
from the East that costs me 500 for a
months treatment, and / wish you to
allow me that amount for two months
and then SIS per month after that or
else stop giving to other persons. for
i need II as much as they do. Please
answer"
The division of Park county hasn't
been attended with any very disas-
trous results: indeed. the formation of
sweet Grass and Carbon counties has
thus far been to the financial advan-
tage of the parent county. Though
the segregation took place less than a
year ago. yet within this time Park
county's Indebtedness, through the
wise and economical MANAGEMENT of
the present board of commissioners.
has been materially reduced, and this,
too. in spite of the fact that the two
new counties took nearly one-haIf Of |
the assessable property of Park coun.
~. Following is a comparative state
ment OF the condition of the county's
affairs as they existed a year ago and |
as they appear now: |
assessed valuation. .s4,7o2, 900 $3.50. 900
Tax levy. including
city and school,. 35 mills. 2Sh mills /
Total receipts ....s 1SS.795 152, $50
Total disbursements 192,S46 49,. $50 |
met Indebtedness. 1850 1927
available cash on hand deducted.
The Hildige ranch, near Mission,
consisting OF ss7 acres, was sold at
sheriff's sale in this city Monday to
satisfy judgment of IS, 636, obtained
by Arthur Z. Kennedy against f. @.
Hildige. The property was bid in by
the plaintiffs attorneys, Messrs.
Campbell & Stark. for $1,000.
Alex Young, Park county's jailer, is
In receipt of a lot of reading matter of
a religious nature, the literature hav-
ing been furnished free of charge by
the Colportage Bible Institute associa-
ton of Chicago.
A trunk belonging to G. w. Barry,
who left town rather suddenly, was
seized by Sheriff Young Tuesday by
virtue of attachment proceedings in
stituted by Schlosser & Winslow and
Hruza to recover the sum OF
s62.59
The Rocky Mountain club has made
arrangements with Mr.. Blume. a Hell
ena costumer. to be in this city with
an assortment of masks and costumes
prior to the New Years masquerade
ball
The sheriff's Office is in receipt of
,oAic BOOuS CiICuldIS. DutTlnk |
rare bargains in counterfeit United
States treasury notes Manufactured
rom alleged stolen plates. Sheriff
Young says he doesn't think he'll make
an investment just yet awhile
Mrs. Smith. wife of Deputy County !
Clerk T. ii. Smith. will leave next
Monday for Burlington. Iowa. TO
Ipend the holidays with her parents
A marriage license was issued Mon
lay TO Stephen p. Slxillman OF Mcleod |
Ind Miss Almeda Bruffey OF Mission |
.reek.
Frank Clouse and Ida j. OPP, both
II Big Timber. were united in marriage
n this city on Tuesday. i,