The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-06-20


he did not begin To get under our flfth
ribs like Hartman. tell you | was
glad when he left the state"
Senator Mantle is also in demand fer
the Ohio campaign. He made AN cX-
tended stumping tour OF the Superior
copper country last year and the Ohio
people want him. The senator has not
yet decided whether he will Ice able to
go. but will do SO II possible. lie viii
not get back 10 Montana before the
middle OF August and is anxious To- pass
as much time as he can In the company
Of his aged mother, whom he has not
seen for nine months.
Mats Effective work.
Then there Is senator f. u. Mats of
Anaconda. Chairman McCunvilo says
that the big Anaconda lawyer was one
of the very ablest most brilliant and
most effective speakers in the cam-
paign, and he viii urge him to give as
much time as possible To the great
campaign against Hanna. Mats did
not reach Ohio last year his stumping
tour having been confinedIo the states
bordering ON Lake Michigan. These he
eanvassod quite thoroughly. and he was
n remarkably effective speaker and
vOte-winner
The Ohio democrats and their silver
allies are extremely confident that the
election will result In an anti-republ
can majority OF $4,000, and the advance
ment of that staunch friend of silver,
John Rogers Mclean, To the senate.
improvements for the Park.
The favorable report which Senator
Carter has made from the committee
on territories on the bill carrying
compensation for improvements made
In Yellowstone park has already been
mentioned In the Standard. The story
of these improvements and the long
delay In government action uDon the
matter is very interesting. More than
a quarter OF century ago e. J. Bare
nett, now OF Gardner. JAMES t., Me
CartneV % the same cit" and Matthew
| McGuirk. at present n resident of Los
Angeles. located ON public lands in
Northwestern Wyoming and made
some important improvements in them
prior to the passage of the net Great
ing the park. These are the only pri-
vate claims within the reservation linz
It's tsat have never been cNtlnguished.
The government. however took posseE-
sion of the buildings and bridge erected
by these parties and have since made
use of them. The secretary of the in
terror has several times reported that
the claims OF these persons were lust
and ought 10 be allowed. Barnet's IS
bridge is situated ON the Ciark's fork
road and crosses the Upper Yellow
stone. Baronett long had a gate keep
er In charge of the bridge and collected
/ tolls, hut claimed that the income was
not sufficient 10 keep the bridge IN re-
pair During the Neg Perez war Gen
cral Howard and his iruuUs crossed the
Yellowstone on this bridge. The IN
dians having crossed q short time be-
fore and set fire To and burned pur-
| tion of il, General Howard ordered one
of the dwelling houses To- be torn down
and used TO renair the bridge that the
troops might cross. The bill carries
! 5000 for Baroneti
MrCartney's claim Is for buildings
erected inside the present park limits,
and near the confluence uf Warm
Spring creek with the Yellowstone. He
| built two log dwelling houses. a barn
| and two otter structures. Mccartney
would receive $1,000. McGuirk also To-
Gated claim near the Mammoth Hot
Springs. He would receive $1,000 under
the bill. The government took posses-
sion of the property of these two men
| In 1874.
| McGuirk was fo- several terms an
officer OF the Montana legislature and
papers supporting his claims We're filed
| by large number of present Los An
| geles neighbors. formerly citizens cf
/ Montana This California colony of
Nontanans embraced Nelson story of
BoZeman. ex-Sherin e.. NJ. Jenrics OF
Helena and Miles Mahan Of Butte
Senoior Vest has taken another tack
in the matter of the salaries OF Mon
tana federal officers. He has a bill that
provides a $500 salary for the clerk oi
the Montana circuit and district courts
Goddard's Chances.
II Is asserted by persons in authority
that q. +. Goddard has not tho SURF
thing ON the atturreyship that n had
supposed after Inauguration, III
showed some inclination Ia affiliate
with ex-Senators Sanders and Pow er
and this was not satisfactory To th'
one man who has anything Ia say
about Montana offices. At any rate
since Goddard's return To the state h,
has devoted himself to squaring him
self anew with the Grand Almoncr.
Indian Appropriai ions.
The new Indian appropriation hill
which became operative this week. car
ries the following salaries for the agcnt
on the Montana reservations: black
feet. 81 500. Grow. 1906; Flathead
81 800: Fort Belknap, Sl.5c0: Fort Peek
$500. Tongue river. Sl,a0n The hil
carries 100000 for annual payment ~
the Grow treaty &l2 2.000 for clothing an,
$50. .00O for food for the Grows. The las
of the 10 installmerts for the INDIAN
at the Blackfeei. Fort Peck and For
Belknan agencies is provided for, az
gregating A3D. 900. The Tongue rive
Indians share pro rata I'm an nppro
prIati0n of $1,000 for clothing for tn
Northern ChCyennes and these SAM
troublesome wards yet their share %
$4,000 aupropriated Tor the sioux
Nine thousand dollars il also carried
for the following attaches OF TN
Tongue river agency; one physician
two teachers. two carpenters. one mill
er. two farmers. a blacksmith and ai
engineer. The bill further provide
$4,000 FOR the SUPPORT and civiliza
ton" OF the Flatheads and runiederate'
tribes: for the expenses nf the Indlal
service In Montana, S2.sG0, for repairs
saw and flour mills. Flathead agency
So 900.
One OF the most important provision
OF the measure is 1000 sur comp'etinl
the survey Of the boundary lines oi IN
Blackfc,t Indian reservation,