The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-02
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
How a Bozeman Man Built a
Heating Plant.
THE WATER RIGHT SUIT
It Will Take Another Week to Finish
All of the Evidence-The Bond
Sale Postponed-High Prem
iums Are offered.

special correspondence or the Standaru.
Bozeman. Nov. 2s.-There are but
few people in the Gallatin valley or
in the surrounding counties who do
not know H. A. Pease. the pioneer
jeweler, or his place of business on
Main street on the south side. nelr
the Bozeman National bank. His store
is a long building extending back near
ly the whole length of the structure.
the Kruger block. and when 1t was
cold II took a lot Of heat from a stove
or even two stoves, n then Dad
Pease" could not keep his feet warm.
So. in the course of time. with the
help OF his assistant jeweler. Mr.. Han
cock. a great and grand heating sys-
tenn was figured out and put in by the
proprietor OF this store, because the
owner OF the building would march
forward with civilization and put in
a heating system to an otherwise fine
block. This heating plant of Mr.. Pease
is one OF the most simple in existence.
All the material needed for one is an
old heating stove. a few bricks, a cold
air draught. some grating n a ma
vol In the first place, OF course. there
must be a cellar, or its equivalent. In
this cellar, at one md or any other
part of II. a square room or cell about
eight feet by eight feet Of brick is
built, with a floor OF the same mate
rial, and a door of wood covered with
tin or zinc on the inside. In this lit
tie is placed a common ordin-
airy heating stove. Above the stove
in the floor OF the store is a square
grating about Is nch square. About
four feet from this grating is another
about half its size. This IL the cold
ii. -. - s 81 = aa..atAA
with the heating stove chamber by a
wooden tube about six inches wide.
That is the heating system OF Mr..
Pease's construction. II cost a 'ittle
less than $40 all told and n keeps the
large store beautifully warm n IL
is as comfortable one end as the
other. n the stoN o. placed under
the farther. or south "a ~ the room.
and Thermometers a. Kept AZ either
end and they keep together in their
registration. The simplicity OF this
plant Is its great point. while its eff
f~ectiveness is surprising. and. ss sat
ed above. all that IL needed is a few
bricks. a heating stove and a hole un-
der the floor and the use OF a mason
for a few hours. The plant Is the talk
of the town at present.
The Willow creek water right suit
is progressing slowly, and the chances
are that IL will take another week or
longer to finish the evidence. All the
evidence was finished last Saturday
for the plaintiffs, and now the defend
ants are having their turn at the
wheel. The rights OF some of the par
ties nave been dug out of the complex
condition of affairs. and the titles to
and and ranches have been run
down until some break in the title has
been found. and then there is a lot
of trouble. 1t is slow, tedious work
g.. oil Tho nnNffnG nnnanFnnA nEnn-
cailly the jurors, as the members have
to sit there all day and listen to OBJ
jections, arguments thereon n eN-
ceptions. The final arguments will not
commence until next week unless the
progress Is faster than 1t has been. In
this suit there are about $500 or 5000
inches of water for distribution among
II parties. some of whom claim 300
inches individually. so In the end some
one will get but little water for irri-
cation or mining.
1t commenced to snow on Tuesday
about noo and the fall promises to
be a good one. More snow has been
needed to enable the farmers TO haul
in their grain to market, and :lls
storm is a welcome one.
The bond sale of the county of Gal
latin set for Tuesday of this week did
not come off. These bonds were for the
purpose of paying off the Indebtedness
incurred by the building OF the west
Gallatin Canyon road and the amount
was about s125, 900, more or less. The
county attorney had some oubts as
to whether the county had the right
to incur an Indebtedness for a single
object for more than $4,000, and
whether this was a single object. This
question was the subject of much con-
tention in Gallatin county some years
ago in the case of c.. w. w. Hoffman
ct al. VS.. board of commissioners. end
ing in a judgment for the plaintiffs
The county attorney has not yet de
cided upon the proposition and the
commissioners did not make their sale
of bonds. though they do not believe
nor Toes the attorney general, tina
these bonds are governed by the stat'
ute under which the former suit tC
restrain the commissioners from issu'
ing ponds to the extent of more thar
$4,000 for any one single object. was
brought. The bond buyers were anx
ious for these bonds and the biddint
was excellent, showing that Gallatir
county was and is regarded as in first
class condition financially. The pre-
miums offered were higher than usu
ally offered.
The county treasurer has been quit
busy the last week with the tar pay,
ers who have come up with their hare
earned cash to help pay for the ex
penses of running the state and coun
~. The receipts this year are yer!
good and there will be but few VIII
will appear in the delinquent tax lis
this year.