The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-23

They got up bucket brigade and soor
had the flames extinguIshed.
The board of county commissioners o.
Teton county have chosen w. ID. Jones
Chairman. Among other matters attended
to by the board was contracting for the
court house and arranging for the regular
March meeting.
). +. Farewell of Cheyenne, Wyo., al
one time prominent state official in this
city, in all probability will make this bis
home, as he contemplates embarking in
the grocery business.
GREAT FALLS, Jan. 22.-Wilbur &
Holmes of this city have been awarded
the contract for cutting and housing $500
tons of ice for the Great Northern rail-
road.
j. b. Reyver recorded yesterday deeds
from the townsite company for lot Z, block
80, First addition, consideration 5000, and
lot Z, block 263, same addition.
The Boston & Great Falls Land COM
pany has decided to ]. b. Reyver lot .,
block 16, Boston & Great Falls addition.
5000.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. Robinson and Mr..
and Mrs. II. A. Pratt will entertain the
members of the First Liberal church at a
social, tomorrow evening, at Seventh av-
enue north and Fifth street.
L. L. Collins and wife have decided to
Paris Gibson lot %, block 42i, $500.
AT last evenings session of the city
council the clerk read a communication
from number of liquor dealers and
saloon men against the increase in the
liquor license as proposed in ordinance
III. They claim they are paying as heavy
license to the city, county and federal
government as the condition of business
will warrant. The saloon men admit that
the county is getting the lions share of
the license money, and the matter should
be remedied by appealing TO the legisla-
ture and not increasing the burden of the
liquor dealers.
Alderman Fitzgerald moved the petition
be referred to the ordinance committee.
Sullivan said there was no use in refer
ring it, the council had already passed the
ordinance and the ordinance commit
had been afforded ample opportunity to ex-
press its sentiments upon the question.
The matter had been thoroughly dis
cussed and if the saloon men wanted re-
course, they should appeal to the county
That body levied a tax
of Sl25 a quarter on the saloons while the
Mayor Gelsthorpe expressed himself in
a similar vein. The communication was
referred to the committee on taxes and
licenses.
The monthly statement of the city clerk
showed the city offices to be in good con-
lition. The same can be said of the treas |
lrer's report which followed.
Aldermen Fitzgerald, Young and Sulli- |
van were appointed on committee to |
iraft suitable resolutions expressing the |
profound sympathy with the |
sister city of Butte over the dire
calamity of last Tuesday. The appoint
nent of the committee raised the question
is to how we'll this city is protected
against the repetition of such a horror.
Marshal Pontet said he had recently in
pected the only warehouse of the single
concern that handled deadly explosives.
This establishment never kept more than
wo boxes of giant powder within the city
limits and that was stored in an iron safe
n the rear of the building. He felt conf
lent that the ordinance respecting the
handling of explosives was being followed
o the letter.
After passing an ordinance creating n
pecial garbage fund the council adj
burned.