The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-03-14
IN DEER LODGE.

i've state IN snt to the Comm ssioners.
Special Correspondence of the standard.
DEER LODGE, March 13.-H. S. Blanch-
ard, of Clearwater, was before the board
of county commissioners to-day pressing
his claim of $3.50 against the county for
work done on roads under the direction
of the old board. The county surveyor
was sent to view the work and reported 1t
to be in very unsatisfactory condition,
and acting on this report the present
board concluded that $3.50 was ample for
the services rendered.
VIM. Dee, recently from Michigan, is
visiting his brother, Agent Dee, of the
Montana Union. He has accepted posi-
ton in Butte and will make his home in
Montana hereafter.
Coroner Hardenbrook. of Anaconda,
was summoned to Blossburg last week to
hold an inquest on the body of Israel
Michaud. who had died there very sud-
denly. He had walked into a saloon at
that place perfectly sober and sat down
in a chair and Immediately expired. The
testimony at the inquest did not throw any
light on the cause of his death, and the
jury's verdict was that on account of
the body being in such n state of decom-
position they we're unable to make a sat
isfactory inquiry into the cause of his
death and recommended The county au-
thorties to make a further examination.
United States Marshal William McDer-
mot came in on the morning train and
left at noon with All Wing, who is to be
deported to the flowery kingdom.
Sheriff Reynolds, of Butte, was here
with a boarder for Conley & McTague.
The county commissioners will spend
another day tightening the strings on the
money bags of the county.
The following report was submitted by
Assessor Schwend to the board of COM
missioners at their meeting to-day for the
quarter ending March 4, 1895:
"The work of the Office so far has been
mostly preparatory. The past two months
have been spent by me in familiarizing
myself with the duties of the office, study
ing the general routine of the work, and
preparing lists of property owners through
out the county for use in making assess
ment.
~ have prepared separate lists of the
owners of city and town property and
| grouped them according to their post
| Office addresses. Also a list of all holders
| of mortgages unreleased and on record in
| the clerks office. Quite n number of
| property owners escaped assessment in
1894, and their names not being on record
| in this office, it will require extra vigilance
| to make a thorough and complete assess
ment for the present year.
| "Ihere are also about $1,000 acres of
patented lands in this county that have
never been taxed. These lands have never
| been returned for assessment and the
| listing of these lands for the first time the
present year will be unavoidably attended
with great amount of extra work.
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| tally reduced the valuation of real estate
throughout the county, such reduction
amounting to SIS, 600 in the city of Ana
conda alone, and, as nearly as can be
Appropriated, $4,000 throughout the
county, and unless thorough assessment
is made so as to offset at least n portion
of this reduction, the rate of taxation will
| necessarily he considerably higher than
| last year. The assessment of live stock
| being left TO the assessor, have been liz
| correspondence with the assessors of
| neighboring counties on the subject, so
that the assessment of stock may he as
nearly uniform as possible throughout the
state.
II have appointed Thomas f. Stephens
| TO assist me in field work, for which be-
lieve him TO he we'll qualified, and the du-
ties of the office will require an additional
| deputy in the Office after the LIST OF April.
Realizing the many difficulties that
| confront an assessor in the proper per-
| Torrance of his official duties and the
enormous amount of work to be done
within tho time allowed by law, trust
may have the hearty support and cordial
cooperation of the board to the end that
may do justice not only TO mysolf but to
tho taxpayers as well of Deer Lodge
/ county.
Il received the necessary blanks from
| the publishers yesterday and by tomorrow
evening will have everything in shape
ready to begin work in the field.
Having no moneys belonging TO the
| county i'm my possession as yet, have no
| financial settlements to make other than
4 TO state that my salary since | came into
| office for the months OF January and Feb
ruary, amounting TO the sum of SOS. 80
per month. has been received by me-