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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-24
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The first apportionment of the earn
ings of the lands belonging to the
school fund was made to the local
school fund of the different counties of
the state at the commencement of the
present fiscal year. This apportion-
ment amounted to s51, 900 and to the
taxpayers of the state this is an en-
couraging indication of what the an
nual apportionment to this fund will
be after the school lands are all sur
veyed and appraised, and ready for
sale and lease. 1t will lift the burden
OF school support from the taxpayers
In a large measure.
OF the 9,160 sections that will uIti
mately be known as state lands some
thing over 5000 sections have already
been surveyed, and with these only the
state can as yet deal. About 500 of
these surveyed sections of state land
nave already been appraised and ad-
vertised for sale and lease. These COM
prise lands in the counties of Missoula.
Gallatin, Lewis and Clarke, Meagher.
Ravaln Cascade and Flathead. State
lands In other counties have not yet
been appraised, but State Land Agent
Page is pushing the work of appraise-
ment with all possible diligence He
Is now at work in Jefferson county and
expects to complete the appraisement
In Jefferson, Madison and Beaverhead
counties this season. in the order
named. The state land agent appraised
all the state lands in Meagher county
last year. together with part of Cas-
cade county. The valuation placed on
the lands of Meagher county ranged
from 81 to $40 per acre; the average
valuation placed on the state lands OF
the entire county being about So so per
acre; a good many places being valued
at 81, several at Sc. one or two places
at IS and only one place at $40.
AS the appraised value determines
the rental, the matter of appraisement
is an important one to the prospective
tenant Immediately after the lands
are appraised they are offered for sale
at public auction at the county seat of
the county in which they the situated,
after being advertised for four weeks
In some paper published in such ooun- |
~. AT such sale at least 80 per cent |
OF the purchase money must be paid |
In cash. The balance may be paid in |
seven annual installments at Z per cent. |
interest, vita the privilege of paying |
up in full at any time the purchaser
desires. No land can be sold for less /
than the appraised value and in no /
case for less than $40 per acre. All /
lands not sold may be leased for a /
term not TO exceed five years at an an
nual rental OF not less than per cent
n the appraised value per acre, Bona
ide settlers having improvements on
state lands prior to the passage Of the
ict Of March. 1891. will have preference
light 10 buy or lease; this simply |
means that the settler will not be
obliged 10 outbid other persons q bid
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-24

good citizen had been knowingly cul-
tiVating piece Of valuable school land
for is years and sub-letting IL TO 9TH
ers at high rental part OF the time.
He finally fell out with his tenant over
a division OF the crop and in the mean
time the tenant made application 20
the state and secured a permit to the
lands in contest himself. Then the or
iginal trespasser brought suit in the
district court to recover the crop and
seemed disappointed to think that the
state would not sustain him in his
rights" as "he had occupied the lands
so long" Another occupant. when dis
covered, complained against paying tie
small rental charged. alleging that he
had occupied the land for IS years ord
had never been charged rent before.
Trespsssers. however. (for such the law
designates those who occupy state
lands without permission) are fast COM
ing to understand that they must
either rent the lands or vacate them,
even though the lands have not been
appraised The law makes II the duty
of the county superintendent of the
different counties TO look after the
school lands. and there are not want
Ing other citizens public spirited
enough to inform on trespassers.
The receipts OF the state land depart
ment during the fiscal year ending
Nov. 30. 1895. amounted to 50, 1863. SO.
During the year 500 acres of land
were sold at an aggregate OF $17. 300 or
an average price of Sll.47 per acre. and
26,3l1 acres were rented during the
year. under five year leases, for a total
rental of S3,3S650. or a fraction less
than IS cents per acre. During the
same period 23,440 acres were rented
under permit from year TO year, at a
total rental of s2.777.00: the balance OF
the receipts came from sales and leases
Of other years, payments of which
come annually due.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-24
COM NJ ERCIAL.
Dun's Report.

New York. May Pr. G. Dun & Co IS
Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow will
say: The waiting condition. which TO
some people Is nothing better than stag
nation. still continues. But there Is a DIFF
ference. Thousands OF orders and con-
tracts are merely deferred because they
can be more safely given a little later.
There Is nothing exciting In the specula-
tive market for exportable products.
IL the output OF pig iron were always a
reliable barometer OF business conditions.
the return OF furnaces in blast May /. ac-
cording TO the Iron Age. 1Ss.319 tons
against ls7.f5i April !. would be convinc-
ing. But the increase Of stocks unsold
since Jan. has been 293. 2f3 tons. and this.
deducted from the output OF furnaces.
leaves 29s6.3is tons for four months
which is certainly In excess of the actual
because the stocks OF the
great steel companies are not included
In the statement. There Is scarcely any
Improvement In the demand for finished
products. though the bar association has
become strong enough TO enable makers
OF steel billets 70 get slightly higher
price.
Sales OF wool have been 264S. go pounds
for the week az the three chief markets
and for three weeks ended May 2. $751;
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-24
Gays slim Hope.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.

SRttidl ASiHpdACu 10 the CNduQdTu.
Helena. May 23-Bnl Gays Washington
attorney does not seem 10 cease his ef-
forts for his client. although Justice Hor-
Ian OF the United States supreme court
yesterday refused to issue a writ OF err
ror. on which II was hoped TO get a new
trial. Attorney Penweu to-day received a
telegram from Washington that the attor-
ney had gone before Justice Brown with
the petition for the writ. but he also re-
fused 10 interfere. He then called Justice
Fields attention to the petition and ar
gued the matter 10 him. Justice Field
took the matter under consideration aud
will pass upon IL tomorrow. The WASH
ington attorney telegraphed that he
would make application for the writ to
Chief Justice Fuller tomorrow II Justice
Field declined to act
Gays friends are beginning to realize
that the chances are against him. ff the
governor should grant the Communication
Il cannot become effective unless the
state board OF pardOns confirms II. Attor-
ney General Haskell. Secretary OF state
ROtwitt and State Auditor Cook compose
the board. The attorney general repre-
scented the state in the PROCEEDINGS in
Gays case before the supreme court ar
guing against granting a new trial: Sec
rotary OF State Rotwitt is home in
Meagher county. while the state auditor
has not voted in favor Of a pardeh but
once or twice since on the board. being
consttutionally opposed 20 any kind OF
for persons convicted OF crime.
II the communication Is granted IL will be
necessary 10 reprieve Gay again. as II
will take about three weeks to present
the matter to the board.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-24

equal to that of the highest bidder will
secure the land to the owner of i'm
provements. A bond is required in
either sale or lease. Not more than
100 acres of agricultural land and not
less than one section of grazing land
VIII be rented to one person or corpora
ton. Timber lands cannot be leased
and can be sold only for cash. The
timber can be sold off state lands, how
ever and within the last six months
the state board of land commissioners
has granted permits to cut saw timber
only on certain state lands. These per-
nits will net the state return of per-
haps $4,000 within the next two years.
The parties holding such permits are
under bonds to cut only saw timber OF
mature growth, and the board calcu-
late that there will be another crop
ready for the sawmill in a few years
The price to be paid for this timber cut
under the permits issued ranges from
s1.25 TO Sl.5O per thousand feet at the
stump; the state to do the scaling.
Recognizing the growing business of
the land department of the state the
Fourth legislative assembly created the
office OF register of state lands. which
Is charged with the care, sale and leas-
ing of state lands, and is under the
control and direction of the state board
of land commissioners Governor Rick
ards appointed as register S. A Swig-
gett, whose experience as register OF
the United States land Office at Helena
during the four years just preceding
particularly qualified him for the posi-
ton. The work of the office during its
year OF existence certainly justifies its
creation. AS has been stated, hardly
one-sixth of the surveyed lands belong
ing TO the state has yet been appraised
and till lately these unappraised lands
~ a
~ for everyone to cultivate and Craze,
without thought of compensation 20
the state therefor. About two years
ago the state board of land commission
ers, realizing that the school fund was
losing much revenue pending the ap-
prafsement OF the lands. established the
practice OF granting. for an agreed con-
sideration. permits to fence and occu-
Ply state lands from year to year till
the same shall have been appraised and
offered for sale and lease. Persons
holding such permits are allowed to
make improvements. but such i'm
provements are in all cases made at
the owners risk. and such permit
and improvements give the owner and
holder no preference right to the land
after the same has been appraised
The state will in no case recompenss
the owners of improvements for the
same, but owners are allowed so DAYS !
In which to remove their improvements !
II they so desire. That the register has |
given special attention TO the matter |
of looking up parties who occupy state /
lands without right is attested by the /
TACT that OF the 100 permits now on the |
books OF the state land office. $50 have /
been granted within a year As the /
minimum rental is $40 per annum for a |
section and as most of the permits 4
cover a full section. this means an an
1ual revenue TO the school fund Of over 4
5000 from a new source.
In the contest for permits some hu-
norous circumstances have arisen. One /
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-24
OoRILLAS EASILY CAUGHT
Dogs Are Useful Both In Tracing and
Capturing the savage beasts.
From the New York Weekly.

D"ss Are tseiui both In Tracing and
Capturing the savage Beasts
From the New York Weekly.
The latest up-to-date gorilla that has
come into civilization Is a young lady
gorilla that has just been placed on ex-
hibition In the geological gardens I'm
Regents park, London. having travel
ed direct from her nome In Ngore.
which is on the French Congo. This
particular young female is OF the fam
lily Of gorilla savagei. a fact OF which
the most illiterate and unscientific OF
her captors is fully aware. When she
was captured she was a bit coy and
objected 10 clipping with a whole party
OF men simultaneously. She was a BIT
award when she heard dogs in the
neigh 0rhoOd Of her home. There were
several Of the dogs and they were all
looking for her. a fact OF which she
was not aware when first she heard
their baying.
The dogs had been set on her track
by the men. who were anxious to can
ture her. She tried % get away from
them and failed. When she was busy
trying 10 keep the dogs off the men
dashed up and captured her. Jenny.
for 50 she Is known now-made such
vigorous objection 10 being removed
from her home that the men had 10
bind her Then they slung her on a
pole. and in that undignihed manner
was the lady OF the tribe OF q. Savagei
carted aboard a steamship.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-24
ANOTHER PEN FOR HIM.
Henry Lewis, a Deer Lodge Convict, VIA
serve In Boise After June 1.
SnecIal DIsnafch 70 the andard


Helena, May 23.-One OF the convfcts &C
the Deer Lodge penitentiary. who was
instrumental in the Instruction connect-
ed with the building OF the stone wall
and who lost his good time and name and
since then has been known only as COM
Wet No. 50. as a mark of disgrace. II
Henry Lewis. alias Hardy. He was sen3
up from Silver Bow county for burglary
TO serve a term OF Ave years in the
spring OF 1892. Since then IL has been
learned that he Is an escaped convict
from the Idaho penitentiary at Boise
City. III good time had been allowed him
Lewis would have been released from
Deer Lodge the nth OF March this year.
Attorney General Haskell received a let
ter from him asking that he might be
released 10 so TO Idaho and serve out the
sentence OF his term, Is months. This re-
quest has been granted and on the LIST
of June Junior Warden Campbell OF the
Idaho penitentiary will meet him when he
is released and take him direct TO Boise
City.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-24
Colored Dress Goods

20 pieces Plain All Wool Serges, In
Black and Colors, the 40c quality
1or..... .........- ......... CSC
10 pieces Novelty Suitings, in light and
dark mixture, only. 25c per yard
20 pieces All Wool and SILK and Wool
Novelty Suitings. 40 inches wide,
light. dark and medium mixtures:
there are goods worth up TO 81 per
yard in this lot; while they last
only. .................. ...... soc
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-24

New York. May 22.-Ex-Unlted States
Senator William A. Wallace OF Penn
sylvania died at 1926 this morning. wal
lace had been seriously i'll for several
months, and for a month he has been
unconscious the greater part OF the
time.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-24

400 pounds. OF which 4,sS2, 800 were domes-
tic against 15.s4s. $50 in the same weeks OF
1882. of which s.6o1. 700 pounds were domes-
tic.
Failures for the week, 227 against 2o7
last year.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-24
Linlngs

Best Kid Cambrics, per yard ..... So
Best all linen Grass Cloths, per yard 1Oc
Best Canvas, black and colors, per
yaru L.. .'....... ......... 5000. .15c
Best zoe Crinolines. lOc
BEST zoe Slleslas.. ......... ......... .15c
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-24
Incorporated

Special Dispatch 20 the standard.
Helena, May 2l-The Prospectors' MIN
ing x peveloping company was incorpo-
rated to-day by oliver y. Perry. j. w.
Winwood and NJ b. Davis OF Butte. with
a capital stock OF s., oo0
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-24
Remnants Ribbon at
Half Price
Men S Suits

We are closing out a lot OF Mems
medium and heavy weight All Wool
Suits at 1915 and $11.75 each. which are
of exceptional value. being worth about
double those figures.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-24
Our New Spring Suits

All Wool and we'll made at s6.75. $3.50
and SO are marked very close; other
stores charge $40 to SIS for similar
suits. Come in and save the difference.
A perfect fit guaranteed.
A lot OF Mems High Grade Trousers.
worth So to IS a pair, are marked down
to 81. Most all sizes are here.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-24
LANDS OF MONTANA
Report of Chief Clerk Cannon of the
State Land Office.
RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR
Congress Has Bequeathed All Told
66S,OSo Acres to Educa-
tional and Other Worthy
Institutions.
RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR

Helena, May 23.-Harry Cannon, chief
clerk OF the state land Office reports a
growing demand for all classes Of Mon
tana lands. He says the business of
the office is increasing rapidly. During
the first five months of the present fis-
cal year to May / last, p, 100 acres of
appraised land have been leased under
five years lease, and 81, 900 acres of un-
appraised land have been leased under
the annual permit system. This is more
than was leased during the whole of
last year, and the appraisements now
in progress will undoubtedly bring to
the office a large volume of business
during the balance of the year.
In the state lands the educational
and other public institutions of Mon
tana possess a perpetual heritage of
grand proportions. Sections Is and SO
OF each township, which belong to the
public school fun, when all surveyed
will aggregate about s120 sections, or
In round numbers about 5,197, 900 acres.
Added to this congress, by different
grants, has bequeathed to the different
state Institutions as follows:
Acres.
Public building fund. .1s2. 600
Agricultural college...... ........140, 900
School of mines. 100 600
State normal school. 100 900
Deaf and dumb asylum. so, 900
State reform school............5 $4,000
state university. ......... as 0S0
Total. .......... ...... Cos OsO
About go per cent of these grants has
been selected. Thus IL will be seen
that the state lands alone of Montana,
IL in a compact body. would make an
area 9,160 square miles. or more than
the combined area of Connecticut,
Delaware. Rhode Island and the Dis
trict OF Columbia In no other state Of
the union has the cause of free public
education been better provided for.
The minimum price at which the |
public school lands can be sold is SO |
per acre, and the principal of the funds |
arising from the sale of sections 16 and |
IS must ever remain a permanent fund /
in trust for the support OF the public |
schools OF the state. The entire pro- /
ceeds Of the lands granted TO the other |
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-24
Hennessy's
Black Silk Sale

A-inch China SILK. 75c quality soc
as-inch Eaille Franchise. 81 quality. Use
24-inch Surahs and Grenadines. 81 and
$3.50 quality. for...... $500. 75c
zz-inch Satin Duchesse. Gros Grains,
eros de Londres. Cashmere de
Soies, Faille Franchises. s1.25 and
N.50 quality, for...... 81 90
zS-lnch Satin Duchess, Royal Armures,
2I-inch Rustic Taffetas. Peau de
Soies, s1.75 quality for. ..... ..S1.25
24-inch Satin Duchess. Gros Grains,
Satin Damas. Armures, 81 quality
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-24
Keep Your Coupons.

Every purchaser of one dollars
worth of goods at auction receives a
conpon emitting them to a prize
and also n present. The person
bringing US the most coupons after
the auction sale will be presented
with their choice OF a ladies' or gents
fine gold watch worth S25. The per-
son bringing the next largest num-
Der Of coupons will receive present
of their choice of ladies' or gents
fine gold filed case watch worth $15.
We will also have drawing of all
the coupons; the first lucky mum Der
draws fine piano lamp with shade
worth $3.50; the second lucky num-
Der draws an elegant oil painting
worth 80; third lucky number draws
a dinner set worth $40.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-24
TOO MUCH TONGUE
Seems to Have Been the Case
With Mrs. Carlson.
OF 5000 FOE MISS NELSON

Jury Settles the Moline SANDER Case With
vIndication for the Accused Young Lady
Francis Dvorak Sues r. b. Caldwell
Other Circuit Court Matters.
Miss Cordelia Nelson was given a
verdict of $4,000 in the circuit court
yesterday afternoon in her suit for
Islander against Mrs. Albertina Carl
son. This also gives Miss Nelson
public vindicatiop, to secure which
was her only object in bringing legal
proceedings.
Miss Francis Dvorak seeks to re-
cover $1,000 from F. H. Caldwell for
trespass. Both parties reside at Mi
Ian. The plaintiff alleges that while
she was in possession of certain
chattels passing from her brother
in-law, John Buryaulk, to her by
virtue of a chattel mortgage, Mr..
Caldwell had them attached to re-
cover the amount of note due him
from Buryanek. The goods in ques-
ton were butcher shop pharapher-
MALTA, which Buryanek used in the
business which he formerly con-
Quoted. Miss Dvorak is sister-in-law
of Buryanek and says that Caldwell
succeeded in getting hold of the goods
belonging to her to liquidate claim
against Buryanek through illegal
procedure and now she wants him to
stand the consequences. The jury
selected to decide the matter is COM
posed of: p. Foline, James Hays. Jr.,
Charles Darling, H. kronstedt, Sam
uel Schaffer. Alex Quist. Albert ia
cobsou, H. Hackerson, d. Goodman.
j. Backenstine, Gideon Reed. ID. A.
Gamble. Looney & Kelly and J. L.
Kenworthy represent the plaintiff
and Jackson & Hurst and H. A.
Weld the defendant.
Mr.. Caldwell was taken with an
apoplectic attack at his home in Mi
Ian this morning, and prevented his
tion was accordingly asked for and
granted, the jury being discharged.
| Arrangement of Prisoners.
Prisoners confined in the county
Jail are being arraigned before Judge
Bigelow this afternoon, and furnished
with copies of the indictments
against them and given an opportu-
nifty to plead.
Others of the indicted entering
into recognizance and furnishing
bonds for their appearance for trial
are:
Sarah Park, of South Moline
charged with child abandonment.
Isaac Parry, the Seventeenth street
broker, charged with receiving stoler
property.
Enoch Lindberg and Josiah Gam
bic. charged with selling obscene lit
erature Sunday Suns) in Moline.
Frank Shannon. charged with
abandoning his wife and children.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-24
COMPANY is COMPLETE.
The New Illuminating and Power Cor.
pOratiOn for Davenport.


pOration for Davenport
The Davenport council is in session
this afternoon with the Walsh COM
pany, of Clinton, with a view to
signing the ordinance which is to
give to the company the lighting
contract for the city for a period of
25 years. The company yesterday
practically completed the purchase
of the Davenport Gas works plant
and also fled its articles of incorpor-
ton. 1t terms itself the Davenport
Consolidated Gas. Electric Light and
Steam Heating company. The pa
pears were drawn up and signed Dec.
"a last and provide for a corporate
existence for the company of 90 years
from that date. A capital stock of
100000 is authorized. The first
annual meeting of the company will
be held on the first Monday in De-
Gem Der, 1896, and two directors OF
the company are to be elected then,
and after that the election of direc-
tors is to take place every three
years. Until the first annual meet
ing f. c. and c. II. Walsh are to be
the directors. Until the election of
officers at that time, +. c. Walsh is
TO be the president of the company
NJ. A. Walsh the vice president, j.
w. Walsh the secretary and G. H.
Walsh the treasurer of the company.
These. with A. +. Walsh, are the in.
corporatOrs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-24

People attending last evenings
performance at the Burtis in Daven-
port we're promised accommodations
across the river on the Rock Island
II o'clock passenger train. Owing
to the weather the Rock Island S
passenger was delayed three hours in
reaching Davenport. So the COM
pany in order to prevent disappoint-
ments ran special train shortly
after IL o'clock-an accommodation
greatly appreciated by the large
crowd which attended the theatre.
The sleet has played havoc with
the telegraph wires, all the railroads
experiencing more or less difficulty
in keeping up connections. The
Rock Island & Peoria was greatly
hampered in consequence of the
storm yesterday and its train dis
patching was carried on from the
office of the Postal Telegraph CON-
pany to principal points along the
line.