The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-10
Mr.. LEYSON'S REPORT
The Present Condition of the Estate of
A. ]. Davis.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES
Claims Allowed and Disaliowed-
About the Different Proper
ties - Nearly a Million
Dollars on Hand.
AND EXPENSES

John III. Leyson, administrator of
the Davis estate, yesterday presented
10 Judge Mediation his first annual
account and report, showing the pres
ent condition of the estate and the en-
tire receipts and expenditures since he
came into the Enthusiastically of the
estate. The total receipts since May
3, 1895, up TO and including April 30
1896. were $70,374.51 The principal
items OF receipts are from a Hauser *
Hotter note, $12,2l221. and royalties
from the Hibernia mine amounting in
all TO about $4,000 or more. The re-
mainder of the receipts were from
rents and small royalties on mines.
The disbursements were $50, $685. 81. of
which $12,04215 was paid for city taxes
and $lS.242.43 for county taxes. Toole
a Wallace were paid $500 in attor-
neys' fees. Mcconnell, Clayberg & Gum
1880, and. Sanders q Sanders $500
The recapitulation to the report shows
a cash balance in the administrators
hands on April so of 1875. 1868. The
balance received from the special ad-
ministrator. ]. A. Talbot, on May %,
1895, was $965.471.73. The total receipts
from April, 1895, to April &c. 1896, were
$10314.5l, making a total of s., 035, S46.2i
The total disbursements, as stated,
were $50, 909S1.
The administrator reports that on
May 1, 1895, he served notice on the
lessees of the Mount Moriah claim to
vacate, which was done. The lessees
had been working under a verbal lease
from the prior administrator He also
employed Ben Tfbbey, an expert miner
to take charge of the mines of the es-
tate and superintend their workings at
an agreed salary of $4,000 a year, and
he has been in charge since May l, 1895.
The tailings of the old Lexington mill
lafax Wa -a1 FOR
atty, and the West Hibernia claim for
the same amount of royalty.
On the 18th of last July the admin
istrator entered into an agreement
with S. I. Hauser and A. Nj. Hotter
whereby the two notes of $4,000 each
were extended for a period of IS
months. the same to be secured by the
shares of the Parrot company, as here
tofore. The accumulated interest at
the time of the agreement amount ID
to $3S,927.6 IS and the administrator ac-
cepted three promiSsory notes in pay
ment of the interest for the sums of
SIP. 927.67, $4,000 and $500 payable in
six, II and IS months, with interest at
s per cent AS additional security for
the interest rates %, 900 shares of stock
of the Helena & Frisco Mining COM
pany was given in trust, one-third of
the stock to be released on the pay
ment of each note. The first note hav-
ing been paid. 5000 shares were re-
leased.
The administrator reports that no
further action has been taken in the
First National bank stock case since
the supreme court affirmed the decision
OF Judge Mediation, decreelng Andrew
j. Davis to be the owner of the stock.
The following claims presented
against the estate have been disallow-
ed by the administrator. the claims be-
ing accounts against the ]. r. Boyce.
jr., Co, Powers Dry Goods company.
IS, 323. So: II. b. Caffin company, $579,-
so; Finch, Van Slyck. Young & Co,
81, 633. 20; Miner Publishing company,
$33025: Friends Brothers Clothing
$2.211.05; Henry NJ. King *
Co., S2617.95; Lewis Brown. $15,3S4;
Hood. Faulkroyd & Co, $4,423.35; Car
son, Perde, Scott & Co, S1.179.S7; NJ.
Buber & Co.. $1,677.40; K. S. Jafrrey &
Co., s26, Scoops.
The administrator settled claim of
Ben Tibbey of $4,000 for $1,000, and Sc
cured a deed to a half interest to the
lode claim in Madison coun-
ty from S. b. Rice. The Manhattan
ranch in Gallatin county has been
leased to Martin Leach for $50 per year
rental. The administrators report
shows who occupies the different city
properties belonging to the estate and
the amount of rent received from each.