The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-10
ALL KINDS OF DOGS
Alderman Gtevens Has Been offered
CANNES by the Dozen.
HE'S BEEN CONGRATULATED
His Heroic Stand Against the Row
ing NuIsances In the Council
Has Made Fame for Him
-Other Gossip.

Missoula. Jan. 9.-Alderman Stevens
has won the admiration and eternal
| friendship of the majority of Missoula's
citizens by his heroic stand on the dog
/ question. Ever since the council meet
! ing on Monday night, he has been re-
ceiving congratulations and assurances
of approval of the position that he has
taken. His callers have been so nu-
merous that they have seriously inter-
fered with his business, especially as
nearly every one of them took an apple
or an orange or a bunch of grapes from
the tables in Mr.. Stevens store. OF
course 1t is pleasant to the alderman
from the Second ward to know that
his efforts are appreciated. burt he called
at the Standard office to-day to re-
quest the publication of an announce
ment that hereafter all congratulations
must be sent by mail Personal visits
and telephone calls will receive no at
tention.
In his remarks before the city coun-
Gil the other night, Mr.. Stevens took
occasion to remark that he is a great
admirer OF good dogs. Ever since
Tuesday noon he has been offered dogs
enough to start a sausage factory.
Dogs of all breeds and of all ages and
of all prices have been submitted TO
alton of his good work and some as a
source of revenue to the would-be sell
ers. This forenoon Andy Schilling
called him up over the telephone to tell
him that there were % fine dogs in
front of the Capitol beer hall and that
20 cents would buy the whole lot. The
offer was not accepted. The alderman
ic champion of the thoroughbred canine
couldn't stand the work. He has
reached point where he desires to be
saved from his friends, and is now
realizing some of the penalties of being
great man.
There was also a delegation of Chi
namen among the callers at the Stand
ard office to-day. They came to request
the announcement of the fact that the
war cloud that has been lowering over
Chinatown for 10 days has entirely dis
appeared and clothes may now be sent
to Monaghan laundry without the
probability Of their coming home full
OF bullet holes. The lottery difficulty
that threatened to result in the exter-
mination of the Chinese corner of Mis-
soula has been settled by a compromise
and old Yuet Lung has paid to the two
Sans portion of their alleged win
nings sufficient to placate their wrath
and he now retires to his bunk at night
without the expectation of waking in
the morning with a knife sticking
through his interior department or a
bullet hole through his head. He will
probably conduct no more lotteries at
least not until the new year season Of
the celestials Jollies them up sufficient
ly to make them less dangerous pat
rons.
Still another caller at the Standard
office to-day had something to say on
the dog question. He said that he be-
lieved that the council is on the right
track in reducing the license fees and
that he thought that If a scale of 81 and
SO were established, every dog in the
city would be licensed and the city
would derive considerable revenue
from the CANNES. This seems to be the
opinion of many citizens. but 1t is