The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-11
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nrer McCielland, acting on the advice @
the county commissioners, refused to O
INTO the deal with the other counties cor
tanning unpatented lands belonging to tn
Northern Pacific railroad whereby tn
property would not be sold for taxes unit
test case as to the railroads liabIlit
shaii have been decided by the suprem
court. 1t seems he was duly notified O
The test case to be brought in jefferson
county, and given to understand that un
I'll such case was decided it would be bcs
Tor all parties concerned If the land
claimed by tho railroad in Cascade count,
were not sold for taxes. He was told tina
the other counties had agreed to wait un
III the decision of the test case. If the
company won the taxes would NATURAL,
De wiped out, but if it lost it had pledged
Itself through its accredited Montana
agents TO promptly pay the same to the
several county treasurers, including the
lo per cent. penalty.
county Treasurer McClelland laid the
proposition before the county commits.
sloners and asked their advice. Thew
tod him to ignore the same and go ahead
and advertise the property in question
along with tho balance of the delinquent
real and personal property of Cascade
county. This he did. The day before the
beginning of the tax sale he received the
following caustic and somewhat threaten
ing telegram from Helena:
You will please take notice that the lands ad
Vertsed Tor sale for delinquent taxes for the year
1891, as lands Of the " Z. r. Il compauy are in
the custody OF the United States circuit court
Tor the district of Montana. by vrture of an
ordcr OF said court, made in an action brought
ny the Farmers Loan Trust Co, VS.. the " F.
IL H. company ct al. to forecose the mortgage
onh nflaa
il. X. company. Any attempt to sell these lands
or IN any manner interfere with the courts pos
session or control thereof will be considered and
treated as contem pit of said court
l. NJ. dudley, attorney for Thomas A. Oakes
Henry {. Payne and Henry C. Rouse receivers
Upon the receipt of the above Mr.. Nc.
ICELAND concluded TO consult judge
Knowles as to whether the proposed sale
would constitute contempt of court. A
copy of the message was forwarded TO his
honor. The judge sent back this answer.
which speaks for itself, and goes a long
way towards showing that Dudey's tele-
gram was pure and simple bluff:
know OF no law that will hold you guilty OF
contempt OF the authority OF this court for do
ing what the laws OF your state require OF You
as an officer. This court is judge Of its own
contempt.
The company's unpaten ted lands in
this county upon which taxes were de.
linquent were accordingly sold for the |
taxes. Mr.. Dudley had wasted time and |
telegraph tolls in sending a bulldozine
message which had failed to bluff
The county commissioners have an.
pointed j. +. Num- justice of the peace at |
Sand Coulee, vice Mel Helsing, resigned.
1t seems that the regularly elected Justice
failed to qualify and Mr.. HeIsing was fill
ing the office rather against his will until
his successor could be appointed. 1t was
clearly case of the Office seeking the
man, something of an anomaly in Cas-
cade county.
DIR. Gordon of this city had an experi-
ence during the recent blizzard which
came near resulting disastrously for him
ana companion. About noon Tuesday
ne let Collins, station on the Great
Falls d. Canada. 80 miles north of here. to
lrive TO the ranch of Mr.. Wassehie, about
. miles across the country. The latter
irove, and as the case was urgent thew
started out in the face of the storm. II {
vas not so cold at first, but in an hour or I
10 the atmosphere became bitterly cold I
ma the snow, driven by the strong wind. I
made Il utterly impossible for them to sec s
arther than the horses heads, II was (
for them to follow the trail or
IA Tact the place where it should be, as v
he trail itself was obliterated by the I'M n
sual fall OF snow. The doctor had n com. b
ass with him, and the storm-belated f
ravelcrs tried, by the aid of the mariners n
uide, to pilot themselves across the prai-
e. They guided the team for an hour or
D by the compass, but failing to reach
ny point on the prairie which Wassebie
ould recognize as being near his ranch.
ley concluded to let the horses have their
nanS in tho hnna bn nj. l. 4 |
lelter somewhere from the terrible q
orm.
Several hours passed and shelter was =,
ot at hand. Both men were suffering ~
ON the terrible exposure added TO the :,
orriole agony that they we're lost and =
AT unless help came pretty soon they .
ould slowly freeze to death regardless of :.
efforts to keep up circulation by rum -
ng behind the wagon and otherwise Wig -,
ously eNerting themselves. Night came n,
! and darkness added to the horror of &c
cir position. The storm increased. The ~
% men we're getting desperate. Ono -
opposed to break the wagon and burn it:
i then they had no axe, and who could "a
art hre IN such wind? The idea of -
ilng the horses and placing the two
rcasses together forming sort of a -,
estwork behind which they M irht Law IN
I'll morning, suggested itself. The g. e..
Irmih from the amin ais bodies might ~ ~
ep the men from freezing. Ii was n ="
spcrate experiment and they concluded
! TO resort to it until all other methods
sustaining life had failed. 20
They kept on aimlessly, each in turn Po
lloinC at the top of his voice in the hope
attracting attention. Their vocal ef- ,
Is were not IN vain. Shortly after mid no,
hi their cries were heard and they " ere al
ed. Asleep man came to their rescue Oh
/ escorted them TO MS ranch near by. ~
ere they received every care and sue
dci, after several hours. m getting
we'd out. Neither was injured beyond 4
lew fTostbi;es. The next day they bro
ched their destination. The severity r.vt
he storm Tuesday night was such that iect
a covered corral near where the two tin,