The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-24
Twin BRIDGES AFFAIRS
Election of the Officers of Lii
brary Association.
INTEREST is GROWING
The Library Fills Long-Felt Want.
Ruby Bench Land Leased From
The Sate-Letters From
Manila.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Twin Bridges, April 20.-The regular
annual election of the officers of the
Twin Bridge Library association was
held April 10th and the following per-
sons chosen to administer the affairs of
the library the coming year: Mrs. M
H. Lott, president: B. F. Bowman, VICE
president; Mrs. John Comfort, secre-
tary; Mrs. D. A. Pease, treasurer;
chairman of the book committee, Mrs.
James Page. The annual reports were
handed in and showed the library has
been in good hands tn. past year, if
general satisfaction and financial pros
perity are considered. The balance
cash on hand is about 800, and all debts
of the association have been liquidated.
When the organization was first talked
of many did not feel that such an en-
terprise could be a success, as the pop
ulation of the town seemed too small to
support a public library, but few
years have developed the fact that ire
institution has filled a longfelt want
From the .day it's doors were first
thrown open to the public interest has
never tagged, but has steadily grown
as the list of memberships and patrons
will testify. Its permanency is assured
and much is due the managers for their
determined efforts in providing library
| that a much larger town than Twin
| Bridges might well be proud to pos
| sess.
The new school board INST last Satur-
day and organized by ele,ting c. p.
| Newell chairman. M. Fl. Lott. VINO mas
been clerk of the district for many
years, requested that his name be not
considered in selecting a school clerk.
| and Lynn Comfort was chosen for the
| ensuing year. School will be closed
next Thursday for the term.
The fine bench land between Blaine
| and Sheridan, known as the Ruby bench
| land has been leased from the state to
James Murray and J. E. Morse of Dill
| lon, wealthy sheepmen of Beavernedd
county. 1t is almost sure the ranch
men along the Ruby and Beaverhead
will register a vigorous kick as the
bench is literally besprinkled with
| horses and cattle during the summer
| months.
Several Manila letters were received
this week from the Twin Bridge boys
who are al the front Among those
who wrote We're Charley Edghill, Burr
Gould and Tom Paisley. The boys are
in good health and write as if they
enjoy the sport of chasing the mig.
gers
The cyanide mill at Silver Star will
probably start the first of next week
Matt w. Anderson. the promoter of the
| cyanide process. has studied out many
improvements during the winter wnlt
he was East. and his future operations
| will doubtless be followed by a large
saving in extracting the precious met.
ais from refractory tailings.
Mrs. John Want of Iron Rod, who
has been i'll for some time with hear
trouble. became SO much worse las
week as to cause alarm to her friends
DR.. Cayley of Butte was summoned BY
telephone and remained with her unit
Tuesday, when he returned home, leav
ing her much improved.
Ira White of Rochester has sold hit
home and with his family will soo1
leave for California. They expect to b.
about three months on the road. as the,
will travel overland with their owl
teams and outfit.
Hon. Pat Carney, president of thu
board of directors of the Orphans
home came up from Waterloo to at
tend a session of that body Saturday
Mr.. Carney says the season in his sec
ton is somewhat earlier than here, a
a number of crops have been planted.
w
attending to a shipment of 25 tons 0
ore from the Cooper mine at Rochester
The ore will be shipped to the Oman:
smelters and is expected to net $40 pc
ton.
A petition was circulated in Twi
Bridges, praying Governor Smith t
pardon Thomas Thexton, who IS servin
a sentence for assaulting Thomas Far
rell with a shovel. Thexton Is in tn
| county jail. The petition was quite lib
orally signed.
A. c. Quaintance, the Boulder cattl
buyer, has been in the valley this wee
purchasing cattle which he will drive t
Boulder county.
Lou Pickett, the hotel and stag
man, was over the line last week a
far as Dillon on matters connecte
with the stage route.
Julian Stark is UP from Silver sta
this week experimenting the work 0
the addition to the Stark hotel.
James Seyler and c. w. Buzzar
made a business trip to Dillon las
Monday,
Mrs. J. D. Pritchett has returned fro1
, weeks visit with Boulder friends.
H. L. Willet and George Scales wi
leave next week for Weiser, Idah'
where they go to do contract work o
a railroad.
) B. F. Morris. who had three ribs brol
| Ell some SIX weeks aso III Silld9llui
; an account of which appeared in tn
Standard. was in town yesterday, III
first time since the accident. He is ger
, ting along nicely, but still wears
Jacket
Deputy Sheriff Evans came over frol
, Butte Saturday and placed an orpha
+ in the home.
y George Dewey is expected at the O.
phans' home next week. He is not tt
man from Vermont, but halls frol
Butte and is scarcely year old.