The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-15
THEY'RE PROTESTING
Big Hole Ranchsrs and Freighters
Petition the Commissioners.
OVER THE SAW MILL SPUR
A Suburban Health officer APP
pointed . 1 he County Treasurer's
Accounts hecked Up-Young
Mormons to Go Home.

The fight between the oregon Short
Line & Utah Northern and Godfrey
Lavell. growing out of the fact that
the railroad, without right or title to
the ground. ran a spur line across Mr..
Lavell's stock ranch near Divide, for
the purpose of reaching a private saw
mill on the Big Hole. took a new turn
yesterday, when the county commits
sioners were petitioned by % residents,
ranchers and freighters on the Big
Hole, asking that the railroad tracks be
removed from the county road. 1t APP
pears that the railroad company not
only cut across Mr. Lavelrs property,
but also run its spur line in the middle
of the county road, without as much as
asking leave from anybody. The coun-
ty recently obtained an order of con-
demnation for the right-of-way over
the Lavell ranch. after he had estab-
lished the fact in the United States
court that the road was on his property
without right.
The petition presented to the COM
missioners yesterday asked the board
to compel the railroad to remove it's
tracks, now occupying portion of the
county road, leading west from Divide.
to the Big Hole river. for the reason
that the track is a serious obstruction
and impediment to the traffic upon the
ers in the use of the road for hauling
and freighting purposes and in its pres
ent condition is a nuisance and has
been a nuisance for several years. The
commissioners took no action on the
petition.
An order was made yesterday to the
board. in compliance with the request of
County Physician Alvord. as to the adj
Visibility of appointing sanitary OH
Ger for the purpose of enforcing the
sanitary rules of the county health
board outside the city limits of Butte
and Walkerville, and Albert T.. Shep-
pard was appointed. the appointment
to be for one month. beginning to-day.
He was instructed to enforce a strict
observance of the health rules. The
law provides that any person failing or
refusing to comply with or obey the
rules and regulations Of the county
board of health shall be deemed guilty
of misdemeanor. and upon conviction
shall be fined not less than SO or more
than 500.
The resignation OF Henry Wood
thorpe as constable of Walkerville was
received and accepted.
The board concluded checking up the
receipts and disbursements of the coun-
ty treasurer for March and found them
to agree with the books of the county
clerk.
The commissioners yesterday fur
nished transportation to Salt Lake for
William Simpson and Willard Ellis, the
two Mormon boys about IL and 10 years
of age who ran away from home about
a week ago and were found wandering
around Silver Bow. crying, and almost
starved TO death. They were picked up
and brought to Butte and have been In
the county Jail since. They said their
parents lived in Salt Lake and the
sheriff telegraphed to them, but for
some reason received no reply. The
boys were placed in charge of the
conductor of the Union Pacific passen-
ger train yesterday afternoon and
started back to Salt Lake.