The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-21

| NtSi y.-Notppt SdIDoH 1OQIlly otHtiuti.
| The people of Flathead county have met
and paid a bigger tax levy than any other
county in the state; but they don't want
| to be called upon to do again, ought
not to be called upon to do so-ought not
to stand and deliver again, neyer.-Flat-
head Herald Journal.
County Attorney Lyter of Cascade
county has rendered an opinion no ding
that divorced persons may -emarry al
any time 1t would seem that experience
would deter a man from doing a thing
like that the second time, regardless of
any law on the subject.-Fergus County
Argus.
1t is hoped that i'm appointing a sue
cessor to Judge Buck Governor Smith W II
not be so unwise as 20 select a populist.
The populists are making a strenuous ef-
fort to secure the piece, but ii Is very
doubtful If a man suitable for the posi-
tion could be found in theic ranks.
LeWistown Democrat
The delinquent who never intends to
pay his subscription is the one who kicks
the hardest about the way the pap5r is
run. He never thinks to order the paper
discontinued, because he enjoys Il TOO
much: but he has the brazenness to put
a defense of mo value received" when
an effort is made to collect from him.
Philipsburg Mail.
The unusual weather of November and
December of this year in its severity can
have but little effect upon the cattle
on the ranges as the Northwest is so de-
pleted of cattle that those which remain
can find plenty of feeding ground and
the sheltered places lack the crowds of
cattle that caused pile-ups. and DEATH
Stockgrowers' Journal.
Mr.. Lyter is manifestly right and it is
to be hoped that every divorce, as we'll
as every old bachelor and every aged
spinSter will hurry up and get married
the first favorable opportunity The
young ROSTERS need no particular urging
in that direction. They will go right
Observation-Disclosures marrying in haste, to
repent at leisure.-Bozeman Courier.
Now is the time of year when fire is
most likely to occur. and when, if it does
break out is likely to do the most dam
age for the reason that the ordinary
methods of lighting is lessened from
the simple fact that water is the scarcest
of any part of the year, and that pumps
often freeze up during the cold weather.
East Helena Record.
The appointment of Charles Russell as
division superintendent of the Northern
Pacific at Missoula meets with the hearty
approval OF the people OF the BITTER Root.
Mr.. Russell is a man of and for the peo-
Pile and his advancement will prove a
benefit to the road and the peop.e along
his division. He is popular with Bitter
Root people and his advancement brings
with it a feeling of satisfaction to his
many friends here.-Bitter Root Times.
man was up before Judge Clark the
other day for stealing coal. The rail-
road detective said that he caught the
fellow in a coal car. but the man said he
was only sleeping there because his wife
money to go to a hotel. Pretty hard
bed wasn't it?' asked the Judge. .Oh
no. sir he answered: 1T was soft
COAL The judge was so struck by the
joke that he let him go.-Libby Montan-
ian.
The plan to publish the pension lists is
not a bad one, and may tend to retard
frauds and impositions. That there are
many unworthy men drawing pensions
there is not a doubt. and that many very
worthy men are drawing too little to
proper pension plan would be to kick
the frauds off and pay the deserving men
a sum upon which they could live
Whitehall Zephyr.
Our winter up to date has been the
coolest that we have experienced in tn $
part of the state for ten years. The
ranges have been covered with snow since
the middle of November. and stockmen
have already fed out more hay to cattle
and sheep in many places than In some
previous years il took to carry them
through the winter. However. most of
the stockmen and ranchers are well sup
piled with hay and straw. and no scarcity
of feed is anticipated in this county
Livingston Herald.