The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-28
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The Agricultural Bureaus Fifth
Annual Report.
A REVIEW OF CONDITIONS
Stock Raising in 18o7-Relations of EN-
pIoyer and Employe-The Russian
Thistle-The Statistics of the
Counties of the State

terest as is crowded into the fifth an
nual report of the bureau of agriculture.
labor and industry of Montana, the COM
pilation of which has just been complet-
ed by ]. II. Calderhead of this city.
commissioner, and l.. p. Benedict, chief
clerk.
In the introduction Mr.. Calderhead
says that the conditions during 1897 have
been more favorable for agriculture, cat
tie and sheep raising than for several
years before and in mining, too, there
has been increased output and additions
to forces employed. The relations of en-
ployer and employee have been amicable
during the year to all outward appear
ances. the lockout at Horn being the
exception.
Under the head of 'sNoxious Weeds
the report speaks of the Introduction
of the Russian thistle into Montana. In
August Mr.. Calderhead wrote to every
county in the state asking information
as to whether the thistle had made its
appearance in the county. The reply
from Silver Bow county was that the
thistle has not made its appearance here
The second part of the report is filled
by the statistics of counties. To the peo-
pie of Silver Bow county 1t will be in
teresting to know that in this county $96
was collected in licenses from assayers
and this was the only county in which
assayers paid license. The sum of
1922 was collected from attorneys, which
is only a quarter of what the attorneys
of Lewis and Clarke county paid, and
| is less also than the attorneys of Cas-
| cade, Deer Lodge, Flathead and Gallatia
| counties paid. Silver Bow county col
| lected nothing from auctioneers, there
| being nine counties which collected from
| this class. Eight counties collected from
| bankers but Silver Bow was not among
/ them. Silver Bow was second only to
| Deer Lodge in collections from billiard
| tables and was second to Cascade in
/ collections from brewers. 1t was ex-
ceeded by six counties in collections
/ from assayers. but leads all counties in
collections of licenses for cigarette SELL
| ing. In three counties more was coll
! lected from dentists and in gambling
! licenses the county was second only to
| Lewis and Clarke. Silver Bow leads in
collections from hotels, restaurants and
| lodging houses and from iaundries, and
ranks fourth in collections from real
| estate and insurance agents. In licenses
! for liquor selling Silver Bow was first,
with $60,3S3; Lewis and Clarke second,
with SAT, 800: Deer Lodge third, with
| Sac, 1884, and Cascade fourth, with 500, 767.
Lewis and Clarke in collections from
| livery hacks and express, and leads in
| collections from merchants and from
| pawnbTokers and pedd1ers, pools on
| races, power ana 1lSnI companies, pIOto-
! graphefs, telegraphs and telephones and
| theaters. In collections from physicians
/ and surgeons Silver Bow ranks fourth;
| from street railways it ranks third and
| from water companies third. Silver
/ Bow pays 1881 per cent. of the total
| amount of licenses paid
Silver Bow pays s74, 50S43 n salaries
and expenses of county officers, which
! exceeds any other county. 1t also pays
the most, $1S,011.60. to jurors ana wit
| nesses in criminal cases, and the most,
$19,704 in board of prisoners. It's cleo
! ton expenses for 1896 We're SIT, 184.52,
| which Is nearly three times as much as
| was spent by any other county. 1t ex-
| pended 1928, 452.03 in building and repair
| ing roads and highways and $f0,261i8
| for the maintenance of its poor at poor
farm. ranking third in this re-
spect. but it expended s30.sS617 for
| helping the poor outside of the poor
farm, leading in this respect 1t also
| expended more than any county in ned
| ical attendance for the county poor.
Silver Bow paid S6.250 in interest on
outstanding bonds, and there were 10
| counties that paid more. 1t paid 1928 90
/ in interest on outstanding warrants and
only six counties paid less. The justice
| court expenses were 13.42S.50, which
! equals any other four counties in the
| state. The total county expenses were
/ 1853 1885, which exceeds any other
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s204, 19o.37 for public schools. leading in
this respect. Silver Bow leads in the
number and the amount of real estate
| mortgages recorded.
Silver Bow has $125,000 of outstanding
] bonds, Custer Cascade, Choteau. Deer
Lodge. jefferson. Lewis and Clarke,
Meagher, Missoula, Park and Yellow
stone all having a greater debt. Silver
| Bow owes 100000 in school district
bonds. Cascade, Deer Lodge and Lewis
and Clarke alone having more school
i Indebtedness. The city of Butte owes
100000 in outstanding bonds, being ex-
ceeded only by Helena which has $751;
500 in outstanding bonds. In total bond
| ed indebtedness. county, school and city,
| Lewis and Clarke leads with $50,
! Choteau is second with $42.7 $50. M!ssoula
third with SIS, SS5, and Silver Bow fourth
| with SCI $50
There were 3,n43 persons naturalized
in the state in 1896. of which 29.51 per
cent. We're from Silver Bow county. In
Silver Bow county 106 of those natural
| lied We're Austrans, from Belgium 80
| from Canada, 4 from Denmark, Id from
| England II from Finland, from
| France, 50 from Germany. 249 from Ire
| land, II from Italy, II from Norway, 10
from Russia, Is from Scotland. 40 from
| Sweden, from Switzerland, Is from
| Wales and % from all other countries.
| Silver Bow received more of each class
| of foreigners, except the Finlanders.
| Norwegians, Scotch and Swedes. most
of whom went to Cascade county, and
| the Russians. most of whom went TO
| Carbon county.
| More divorces Were granted in Silver
Bow than in any other county. 81. In
Jail incarcerations Silver Bow had 1874
against sos for the next highest, Mis-
soula. Nineteen were committed TO the
insane asylum from this county, as
against IL from Cascade. the next high
est.
Silver Bow ranks second to Lewis and
Clarke in the total value of real estate
and improvements. Lewis and Clarke
was ST., 359 1S5. while Silver Bow was
ST., 299. $50. Lewis and Clarke leads in
number of acres of land, in value of
real estate and improvements and in the