The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-03-05
ONE CENT A CORPSE
Il Is Each Cheaper 10 Die Thin TO
LiVs These Days.
THE DEAD GET A BARGAIN
Nice Toys and a Real Fine Coffin
and a Bath and a Shave and -
Other Luxuries for the
People Who DieTooor.

BUTTE, March 4-The saving of funeral
expenses can no longer be pleaded rs an
excuse for not dying. The county. cam
| missioncrs tc-lay opened hi Is for the
burial OF the county's pauper dead and
awarded the contract to tho Butte Under :
taking company at one cent a burial. Two
bids were received from the Montana
Undertaking company. two from f. III.
/ Sherman and one from tho Butte UndcI-
taking company. The Montana company
offered to bury the paupers in a nice red
wood cofin, handsomely lined and
trimmed, convey them to tho cemetery,
tho county to furnish tho open grave. at
$40 per burial. The Same company offered
TO do the same amount of work, but with
stained pine coffin, for s..
Il. II. Sherman offered a handsome
walnut stained cofflu, linod and trimmed,
bath for the corpse, suit of underwear.
pair or socks, q burial robe, q head board
for tho grave. one hcarse and ono hack
for tho funeral, keep a register OF tho
dead, and all for $3.50. Mr.. Sherman also
put in another bid, knocking off the hack
for the funeral and substituting a bent
wood" coffin for the walnut stained ono
and offered the lot for ono cont per burial
The Butte Undertaking company's bid
was III every particular the same as tho
second bid of Mr.. Sherman except that
the Butte Undertaking company agreed
10 throw in a shave when necessary, and
on motion of Commissioner Lloyd the
contract was awarded TO the company at
cent. The contract runs for one year. s.
Inc commissioners to-day received an
inquiry from II. Metz OF Jersey City for
one George Muller. Mr. Mez said he
had been referred 10 tho commissioners
by Governor Richards.
On request of County Attorney Wines a
revocation OF all his appointments OF
deputies was made and he was given per-
mission to keep Mr.. Mattison on tenn
porarily. - u
n. J. Beilenberr, Levi Cartier and Geof-
frey Lavell of the Montana Stock Grow
crs aNociation were before tho board and
urged the appointment of a permanent
stock inspector for Silver Bow county,
and suggested the name of j. W. Collins
Tor the place. They urged that the stock
interest needed protection from the Sill
yer Bow county thieves. They made the
startling assertion that no less than 500
head OF stolen cattle we're slaughtered in
Butte last year. One man in Deer Lodge
county lost Sd head. They said that IL
there were no inspectors in the state it
would be impossible to raise cattle in the
state of Montana. In behalf of the stock
association they offered to employ the in,
spector for five months in the year il the
county would pay him for the remainder
OF the year. In urging the appointment
of Mr.. Collins they said he was unQues-
tionaby the best inspector in the state.
which had been proved by his work late v
In running down thieves and locating
strayed and stolen cattle. Another state.
ment made by tho committee was to the
effect that last year $4,000 worth of
straycd and unclaimed cattle we're shipped
out OF Montana to tho Chicago, ST. Louis
and Omaha markets.
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appointing an inspector under advise
ment.
The commissioners tc-lay examin ed the
bonds of the different county and town.
ship officers and found the bonds Of the
following to BIO insufficient: William
HASTE, constable. Meadervilie: James
Carey. constable. South Butte; William |
Kennedy, constable, Walkerville; Michael
Flynn, justice of the peace, Walkerville;
John Marslaud, justice of tho peace,
Walkerville; Oscar Wells, justice OF the
peace, Melrose.
Tho clerk was instructed to notify the
parties to give new bonds.
The new vault furnished in the county
clerks Office was inspected and found to
be in accordance with the contract, and a
warrant was ordered drawn in payment
of it.
Alphonso Sauer complained that n va
cant lot i'll the Central addition owned by
him was assessed with improvements II
did not contain and credited to A. G. Nc |
Nulty and advertised for sale. The COM
missioners ordered correction and with
drew the property from the advertised
list.
An application of j.. W. Kemper for a
reduction OF assessment on certain lots !
was disallowcd.
The boiler inspector reported tho court
house heating apparatus to be in good |
condition.