The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-13
NEWS In LIVINGSTON
Republican Delegates to Butte to Be
Elected on May 9
A GUARDIANSHIP CONTEST
The Windbreak Discussion in the
fFsCity CouncIl-MonthlyR Reports
Received "A Destitute
Family-Notes


republican presidential delegate con-
vention at Butte will be held at Hef-
feriin hall in Livingston on the eth OF
May. This date and place was selected
this afternoon at a meeting of the re-
publican central committee of this
county, the members present being
Chairman Berg, George A. Gordon and
George III. Wright of this city, L. S.
Price of Cascade, w. II. Rhodes of
Horr. and w. II. Williams of Coke
dale The caucuses for selecting dele
gates to the Park county convention
will be held April 90. The apportion-
ment, which Is fixed upon the basis of
one delegate for every is votes or frac-
ton thereof cast for Congressman
Hartman i'm 1894, is as follows:
Livingston, First ward. 9; Second
ward, 10; Third ward. 7; Cooke. 1;
Chico. 2; Cokedale. 3; Cascade, 4; Gin
nabar. 2; Cottonwood. /; Crevasse, 1;
Contact, l. Fridley, 2; Gardiner, 6;
Hunters Springs, 2; Horn. 8; Myers
burg. 8; Mission, Lower. .: Upper, 1:
Richland, 1; Shields River, 3: Trail
/ Creek, 2; Tom Mines Basin, /; West
Boulder, /. The total number of dele
gates is SIS. of which Livingston has 26
and country precincts AZ.
When the convention meets there will
be fight made upon the question of
| deposing the present chairman, c. A.
! Berg, who is opposed by a certain fac
ton of the wire pullers for nominal
ton to office this fall. The voice of the
delegates outside of Livingston will be
decisive in this matter
The county commissioners at a meet |
ing last Friday granted the petition |
for the opening Of county road from |
the Upper Mission to the Boulder The |
lines of the road are the same as sur |
veyed by County Surveyor Alexander |
In 1893. The new road, while only |
three and one-half miles i'm length viii |
make saving in distance Of nine |
miles, and when extended four miles
further will shorten the route from Liv-
ingston to the Natural Bridge district |
10 20 miles, whereas IL is now 80 miles. |
Bids have been called for, to be opened |
June 1, for building the road. In maxi
ing bids consideration is to be taken OF
the volunteerswork which parties inter-
ested offer to do
Another road was ordered laid out
near Cokedale, upon petition of Joseph
Mckeown and others. This is simply |
to open up highway through the land
of Thomas Craig. whose damages are
appraised at $25
The Montana Coal company and
others asked for the establishment of
a road over the mountain from Horr
TO Lake Mulhern. The petition was
laid over until Chairman Chambers
should examine the route and report
on the same.
An adjourned meeting Of the city
council was held Wednesday night. at
which time the committee on wind
break made their report The COM
mittee had canvassed the question
quite generally, obtaining expressions
by letter and otherwise from a large
of citizens. consensus of the
opinions thus obtained was that II
would be well to create a special i'm
provement district Of that portion of
the city not included in the dyke i'm
provement district, which should bear
the expense of tree planting upon a
scale commensurate with the attain
ment of the object deserved.
The committee believed that in adj
iition to setting out of trees, an extern
sive system of hedge fence would also
be found necessary I'm order to provide
an effective barrier to the drifting of
snow and dirt: and they were 10th To
recommend that the city incur the
heavy expense which this would mean.
rhey looked with favor though on the
proposition to appropriate about $500
for a few years for planting
rees. Water could be obtained from
freshman creek and the one above Il
II nominal cost, and whether any, =
hing was done now or not, the city
mould file water rights at all events W
rhe Electric Light company had gen 81
water for five years. but as a business 5.
proposition water could be taken out 4
heaper from the above creeks than | ~
rom the company's canal In the =
vent that the proposition for the an u
Iual appropriation of $500 was not en- e
orsed, the committee thought the city %
mould at least procure a supply of ma II
I've trees for distribution to those par
les who did not feel like bearing the
Expense themselves. but would will
ngly set them out and properly care 81
or them. After some discussion the Ia
eport was laid over for action at a 80
leeting to be held Monday night. X
committee report was made unfa- ~
orable 10 the extension of water mains "a
n Calender from l. to G streets. be- hs
ause former council had promised pi
ne people on II street. between Lewis -
nd Calender, that the next extension -
Mould be given them The latter ex- na
ension was ordered. w
The monthly reports OF the city DO 81 OF
ce and the magistrate were presented ~
nd accepted. The alley In block lei -,
as ordered opened. A grist OF bills .i'
as allowed. among which was the bin Pe
the light company. which was re-
uced S25 on account of non-service Of .
he lights at different intervals during -
he month. r
Through information received from "a
ID. Ellis, chairman Of the Gallatin -
'unty commissioners. IL was to-day ~.
'ought 10 the notice Of the Park coun- -,
commissioners that a family named ~
arrett residing in Trail creek were in -. 80
'stitute circumstances and I'm need OF -
isistance. There are nine children in -
le family and the father who is
1pple. has been able this winter 70 7
-rn barely enough to keep the family ! -
ON furnishing Il hunger The d-sti- ~
.tlon had reached the stage where the an
lildren were forced TO huddle togeth- 50
indoors. their clothing being eN- =
emely scant, and the most Of them | =.
lrefoot- The mother would not apply
r relief, fearing that the children s