The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-30
Suite Department.
SILVER BOWS POOR
A List of People Who Receive Aid
From the County.
MANY CASES OF DISTRESS
Subjects Old and Young. Male and
Female. Deserving and Not
So Deserving-Auditor
Winters Remarks.
MANY CASES OF DISTRESS


Winters Remarks.
County Auditor Winters has pre-
| pared a list of the county charges who
| receive aid in some form from the poor
fund, either rent payments or orders
| for groceries or both. The list COM
| prises all orders issued during the
month of April, but does not comprise
a complete list of the county charges.
there being a few others who get or
ders for groceries occasionally, but
none of them receiving an order for
an amount exceeding $40. The list as
i 1t is is a startling one. II contains lbs
families representing about four per-
sons to the family. There are 326 chill
dren on the list and 16 wives who, with
their children, have been deserted by
| their husbands. Sixty widows with
various numbers of children are who'll
ly or PARTLY supported by the county.
There are 80 cases in which the hus
bands and heads of families are also
supported by the county for one rea-
son or another. Some are sick. others
are out of employment, few are Grip
pies, and several are drunkards. The
number of children designated for
each family is taken from the sworn
statement Of the applicant and on in
vestigation, says Mr.. Winters. he
found that the statements of the APP
phcants are generally correct. There
are no families who are regular
charges on the county that might be
kept ait the poor farm ait less expense
to the county than they are now be-
ing kept on the outside. I'VE cannot
ait all times be guided by the number
in each family in issuing orders" said
Mr.. Winters. I'm some families the
children are all small and require the
a % =.
to care for them, while in others some
of the children are able to assist their
mothers in making a living. 1t is also
a fact that some mothers can COM
mand higher pay for their services
than others, and can get along with
very little assistance from the county.
The commissioners have at all times
signed the orders issued to county
charges, and viewed the charge in per-
son each month"
The following is Mr.. Winters list
and gives the names of the charges,
the number in each family, the reason
why they are charges on the county
and the monthly allowance for each
femily or per,s IN:
Gro
Rent. ceries.
Mrs. ]. Beirs. husband sick,
children .......- ..... ........$ o'O $lO'W
Mrs. L. BONN, widow, child
ren........ ........ 800. ...... 1900 20. 90
Mrs. j. w. Young. cripple. 500 800
Mrs. e. N. briggs, widow and
cripple, / child $500. 1000 lO.OO
Mrs. S. Reese, widow, child
rem 49,. -. 49,. ......... 1000 800
Mrs. s. McAlfray, widow,
children ........... lO.OO lO.VO
Mrs. c. Bell, widow. child
rem ........ ........ lO.OO ......
Mrs. E. j. Roberts, widow,
child ........ lV.OO ......
children ..... ..... ........... 1000 1000
Mrs. A. Shepherd. husband
cripple, / child ..... ......... 1000 1000
Mrs. s. Grenfell. widow,
children ..... ..... ............ 1000 1900
Mrs. c. E. Leonard, husband
jumped, children 1000 1000
Mrs. H. Scott, widow, child
rem ........ 49,. .............. 1000 1000
Mrs. X. Maloney, widow,
children ........ ......... ...... 1o.OO
Miss /. ]. Beirs. 100 years old. 100 1000
Mrs. w. Brown. husband Grip
pie, children 500
Mrs. M. Jones, widow ....... 1000 500
Mrs. d. Sullivan, widow. very
DID,. 1O.OO
Mrs. r. Mclaughlin, widow, s
children ........... 1000
Mrs. Z. Brown, widow, very
old ...... $1,000. 10.OO
Mrs. c. Deverille. widow.
children ........ 49,. ......... 1000. 1000
Mrs. j. Murray, husband Grip
pie, 6 children 1900. 1900. 1000
Mrs. 1. McClennon, widow,
child -. ....... ........... 7.5o 1000
Mrs. NJ. Collins. widow. very
old .......... 1000
Mrs. z. N. Hobbs, widow /
child .............. 1000
Mrs. F. Woodcock, widow, 3
children ........... 1000
Mrs. c. Perryman, widow, 4
children -. ........ ......... 100 1000
Mrs. b. Cooley, widow,
child. in jail .................. 1000
Mrs. NJ. Murphy. husband
drunkard. children ........ 1000
Mrs. T. w. Jones. husband
unemployed. children....... 1000 1000
James July, Chinese citizen.
very old 500
Mrs. ]. Davenport. widow.
very old $500. ......... 1000 1000
Mrs. Z. Hogan, widow, very
old ........ ............ 1000
Mrs. d. Gallagher. 2 children,
husband left town .......... 1000 1000
Mrs. A. Tolonen. widow.
children ........... 1000 1000
Mrs. John Johns, children,
husband sick -. ........... 1000
Ehrick Bros. cripples ......... 1900
Mrs. s. Harrison. widow.
children and sick ............ 1000 1000
Mrs. c. Nord, widow. 3 chill
drep ......... ........ $3.50. 1000
Eugene O'Flynn. old and sick 500
Mrs. r. Curren, husband at
hospital, children ..... 1000 800
Mrs. A. Peterson. i child.
husband quit his job ...... 1000
Mrs. Z. BENEFITS, widow.
child -. -. ............... 1000 1000
Mrs. L. Clark. widow. 2 chill
dren ....... $3.50. ........... 1000
Mrs. Oswald. husband can't
get work. children ......... 1000
Mrs. NJ. McKune. husband
crippled ........ ...... 1000
Mrs. S. John, husband sick,
children -.... .............. 500 1000
Mrs. ]. Loconish. 6 children.
husband jumped town ....... 1000 10. 90
Mrs. j. II. Thomson. s chill