The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-07
No AGREEMENT YET
Insurance Adjusters to AppraiSe the
Heferlin Opera House Loss.
DONOVAN AGAINST THE CITY
Special Meeting OF the County
Commissioner Saturday-Aid
for the Fire y epartm ent
-Lrief 81 ention
DONOVAN AGAINST THE CITY
Special Correspondents Of the Standard.

Special Correspondence OF the standard.
Livingston, Feb. "a board OF in
surance adjusters, composed of Peter
Whine and Il. \. Luke of Helena and
A. T. Sinclair OF san Francisco. has
been in Livingston this week seeking
to appraise the losses by the opera
house fire. No satisfactory agreement,
however. was reached between the
board and Messrs. Heferlin and Ran
som x Burg. and the adjusters depart
ed for their homes this morning. An
other board will be sent here to arrange
the matter.
The suit OF Annie Donovan against
the city Of Livingston TO compel the
payment of 1915, was begun in the dis
trict court to-day. There are many
complications in the case and quite a
number of interested parties TO the
suit. After ID. !. Donovan was award
ed the contract by the city, about a
year since. for constructing a dyke in
Riverside, to confine the flood waters
of the Yellowstone, some creditors Of
his pressed him pretty hard for liquida-
ton of their claims. Whether this
made him apprehensive OF trouble or
not from them is his own affair. but a I
any rate he made an assignment of his
contract to his mother, Annie DOno-
van. The city council at the time re-
fused to ratify the assignment, al
though il allowed the work to be fin
ished without a revocation of the as
Segment Later the National Park
bank. Austin North &, co. and a. V. II.
Pemberton attached certain of the
money in the cIty's dyke fund due on
the contract, and since then the mat
ter has been in statu quo. Interested
in the present suit are several of the
workmen employed on the dyke who
have as yet received but a portion OF
their pay. However all the other in
terests in the case conCede the labor
claims, and they Will be settled up no
matter what the outcome.
A special meeting Of the county com
missioners viii be held Saturday 10
open revised bids and award the con
tract for the erection of the Carter
bridge.
At the meeting Of the city council
Monday night a petition with 30 sig
natures was presented that body. pray
ing thar the city assist financially i'm
the organization of a fire departm INT.
In case action was taken in the matter
the petition asked for the fitting IN Of
a suitable building for keeping the
hose cart and hose and also sleeping
accommodations therein for a part OF
the force. So that in case Of fire no de-
lay would be Occasioned in giving
paraphenalia, such as helmets and
rubber suits. was also asked for The
idea is not to organize a paid depart
ment but that the city provide noces-
sary quarters and suitably equip n
volunteer department. An adjourned
meeting Of the council Will be held
Monday to ac. upon the question.
Jack Tracy, the slayer of Chris An
derson. was taken To Deer Lodge sun
day by Sheriff Young. Tracy's sem
tence was 10 years Imprisonment and
10 pay the costs Of prosecution.
William Hruza returned this week
from a two weeks trip to Omaha. He
made an inspection Of the abattoirs
Of that city and decided that he would
introduce in this city the system used
there. In short, IL is 10 do all the
slaughter work in the fall and preserve
the carcasses in cold storage ware
houses Accordingly, billy" Will erect
the necessary buildings this coming
summer and embark i'm the meat mar
ket business on his own hook
Major Pease, the old-time Indian
agent, was in the city sunday on his
way west from Wyoming.
Walter Anderson. who has been the
Livingston special correspondent %
the Standard for nearly three years.
has accepted a position as city editor
on the Billings Morning Gazette AND
left for his new post the first Of the
month. Thus IL is that henceforta his
sparkling scintIllau0ns viii brighton
he columns Of the Gazette and his Wig
orous style and ready pen more surely
cntitle Billings 70 the appeiation IF
the Magic city"
Judge Henry has appointed a board
"f appraisers 20 settle up certain Off
fercnces existing between Park cauu-
~ and tn" two ribs taken from th"
parent county 10y the last Legislature.
The members OF tho board for Park
county are W. Mckee. .. j. Allen and
r. T. Smith. for Carbon county. T. =.
Mcdonald. +. ". Draper and + r.
Bowen; for Sweet Grass county. y
Budd. . W. Baker and W. Il. Frank