The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-03
Committees Will Confer With Supt. Rus
sel-Pound Law Is Now Invulnera-
BILE and VIII Be Enforced-Mr.
Denny's Powerful Plea.

sioner, armed with the full authority of
the city ordinances and the unqualified
endorsement of the council, to open the
crossings at once, without any further
dillydallying. This sentiment did not
meet with any material opposition till
the street commissioner listened to
what the aldermen would not listen to,
and found that. as soon as he started in
on this line of action, he would proba-
bly, find himself under arrest. as the
railway company would, in all proba-
bility. take that means of preventing
any forcible occupation of their terri
tory. This set the street commissioner
to thinking, and he thought hard for a
few minutes. He didn't say much till
the aldermen stopped for breath, and
then he managed to get a word in edge
wise and to tell the city fathers that,
while he is loyal To the city and to the
interests of his people. he did not think
that his fair young life should be Of
fered up as a sacrifice upon the altar of
patriotism until diplomacy had had a
try at the question. Then the alder
men stopped 40 consider what they had
done. Then they reconsidered ii and
decided that IL might be better to au-
tlIoriZe the street and alley committee
to interview the railway officers and
find out how they stand on the matter.
Thus ii was that this committee was
tiiiailN WIN al Al' 'At0Edi y
power To treat with the railway COM
pany's representatives. In the shuttle
the fact that a separate committee had
been similarly empowered in regard
to the Higgins avenue crossing and
that the authority of the street and al
ley committee applied only to the Toole
avenue crossing was forgotten. The
matter was left i'm such shape that there
are two committees to act I'm the mat
ter, and superintendent Russell will
have his hands full this week with in
terviews. Blu this is certainly the
wiser way to get at these matters.
There is no harm in aTbitrating the
matter before declaring war, There is
possibly something To be said on the
railway side of the question that the
aldermen do not know anything about.
Chief Angevine Is learning caution in
the emphatic school of experience, and
his hesitation I'm regard to tackling the
crossing proposition before there had
been some peaceful negotiations was
probably induced by his experience i'm
the horse pound case. There he acted
as he thought i'm accordance with the
city law and with his Instructions He
was doing what the people of the city
have wanted done for 20 years. He was
impsunding vagrant stock and getting
rid of IL. That he got into a jackpot
where the city had To pay $50 for a so
cayuse was not his fault but his mis-
fortune. However. the council took the
fight off his hands and the incident may
serve To attract the attention of the
owners of piratiCal stock To the fact
that the law Is to be enforced to the
letter. There is now no loophole through
which these offenders Fan crawl. If
they let their stock conduct a priva-
teering business on lawns and i'm gar
.Iang The gta.1 .YFt L., nth II aAV
the owners will he imprisoned or fined.
That is the fun letter and spirit of the
law. and IL is announced that II is to
be followed. Then will the millennium
open i'm Missoula. But the chief will
not hear the last of that $50 cayuse for
some time. The aldermen last night
took several playful filings at him. and
on the street he has to keep moving or
he is held up 10 tell the story of the
blighted life of the cayuse that he sold.
One Of these animals has had his
aforesaid blighted life snuffed out. lie
was sold by the marshal and was pur-
chased by DIR. Francis. who wanted
him for camping purposes. He paid $40
for the animal and then spent 81 for
a set of shoes for the beast. He drove
him up the BlaCkfoot fishing. and while
up the river the cayuse ran over a bluff
and broke its neck. The remains now
lie in the majestic canyon of the Black
foot. and there they will probably go
to mix with the elements. unless the
body is brought in as proof that il was
really the Mcdonald horse and not an
imposter, when the special committee
ON horses comes To consider the case.
That committee wants To be sure that
il is paying for the right horse when IL
settles, and therefore IL demands con-
elusive proof that ii was McDonald's
horse and no other. There is a dispute
as 10 the brand. and il may be that the
remains of the animal will have to be
brought into the committee room 10 sat
isfy the inquisition.
There was a little smile all around
the courcil chamber last night when
Attorney Denny made his eloquent plea
for the settlement; OF the claim Of his
client, Mcdonald. in regard TO this
same horse. The claim was perfectly
reasonable and the aldermen were will
ing To pay for the animal. as soon as
they knew they were paying for.
Nobody disputed the justice of the
claim, but experience has taught the
council the advantage Of making haste
slowly. HenC the investigation of the
identity Of the horse. But Attorney
Denny wanted either quick action or
assurance thai his claim would be al
lo"ed within a reasonable time. That,
too. was all right, but the laugh came
when Mr.. Denny made his last speech.
He presented in eloquent terms and
glowing words the situation Of his
client, whose horse had been ruthlessly
deprived of its oppnr unity Of browsing
In the lawns OF Missoula. 1t was a
country horse and had been led into
town by bad company. His owner had
not had an opportunity of hnding the
cayuse TIL after IL had been sold and
broken its neck. Then Mr.. Denny as
sured the aldermen that ne and his
client had not come with threats. but
quietly and in a ladylike manner and
asked for their just dues. but If we are
not paid We Will sue There was no
fact.
II Is not so very long since the claim
department Of The Northern Pacific had