The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-10
NUISANCE MUCH ADATtO
The Fight Against the Cow in
Missoula.
MULES THAT DEFY THE LAW
A Bunch Of Horses, Having No Regssrd
for the Ordinances. Ready to Rot
on Lawns Cleaning Up
the Streets.

N~lssoula. May 9.-The employment OF
a NV herder has won for the aldermen
the gratitude of the people living across
the river I'm South Missouia. and Alder
mri Bros1tent. who has been the
leader of the fight against the city COW,
- rewarded by the admiration of his
constituents. and he is at present the
most populi ar man in the ward. The
cows are still numerous enough to bear
watching, but the nuisance is much
abated since there has been "A herder
to look after them. There Is still a
bunch of horses and mules that defy
the law. and whose members cannot be
driven away from the peasant section
below the bridge on the South Side.
Thus far these animals have lone lit
tie or no damage, though i. G.. Denny
complains that there hay been horse
tracks In his gardens on two different
mornings recently. The Improvement
In the condition of the South Siders Is
so great. however. that they are happy
i'm the thought that they are receiving
even a little consideration.
The street department is doing the
best IL can with the material on hand
to clean up the streets and to keep
things in apple pie shape. There are
not vags enough to do much good, but
the few that are available have been
kept on the streets to good advantage
recently. Prominent among the MEM
bers of the chain gang have been four
Indians. some of the reds who last
month got full of fire water and en-
thusiasm and declared war against
themselves with sanguinary results.
They haye nearly finished their terms
of imprisonment and will not be seen
on the streets much more as laborers.
While they have been welding rake
and shovel and pick, however, they
have attracted much attention from
visitors in town who are not accus-
toned to the sight of a working In
dian. They take rather kindly to the
work, and. especially during the windy,
wet weather. have enjoyed life In pris-
on, where they get good food and plen-
~ OF II. Now that the season is get
ting more advanced they are willing
that someone else should clean the
streets.
There Is still considerable complaint
against the bicycle riders for their
failure to carry bells and lamps. There
Is no good reason for all this fuss. Most
OF the ,iders are equipped and observe
the law. There are a few who do not.
out the Wnoie class OF riders should
not be blamed for the shortcomings of
these few. III there are individual Of
tenders the law should take them i'm
hand as IL o anybody else. put all
this howl against the wheel ought tn
be stopped. Saturday night a careless
driver ran over a little boy on Higgins
avenue. The child was, fortunately.
not much hurt, but he was rolled i'm the
mud n bruised considerably. The
driver of h horse hurried on without
stopping TO see what he had done. If
that had been a wheelman there would
nave been IA roar all over town. and
there would have been an attempt i'm
quarters to hang him. but no at
tention was paid to the man. as he was
driving a horse. If the bicycle ordi-
nance is To be enforced the officers
should see to IL that all other laws re-
lating To the use OF the streets are car
ried out. There Is much Unnecessary
blocking of the streets by building op-
and there are horses left un-
tied. and there is fast driving. but the
disposition in some quarters is to tax
IL all out of the wheelmen.