The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-22
BILLINGS IS INDIGNANT
Absolutely No Basis to the
Smallpox Story.
NOT IN SEVENTEEN YEARS
Has There Been Case in the City-Com-
missioners Ignored the Opinion OF
the Attorney General-County
Bridge Damaged.
Special Correspondence of the Standard

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Billings, April 19.-An advertisement
of a Butte drug company, which speaks
of the prevalence of smallpox in Mis-
soula, Billings" ETC., does an injustice
to this city. There has been no case
The only epidemic is a very mild form
of measles which prevails at present
among the children, otherwise the
health of the citizens is good. The
Butte druggist had probably arrived at
his conclusion from the fact of the N.
P. company physician here having
wired to Butte for vaccine. This was
done in pursuance of an order to vac
cinate all trainmen. The order has baen
obeyed. and Don't touch my arm is
a common expression among trainmen
at present.
The commissioners of Yellowstone
county. at their meeting previous to the
late school elections, decided to ignore
the opinion of the attorney general
that the new road law was imperative
and ordered the election of road super
visors. AT their recent meeting the COM
mfssioners repented of their action and
I'm the matter of the recent election
held for road supervisors under the
new road law, whereas, it appearing to
the board that the new law is mop
erative and against the best interests
of the county, and it further appearing
from the opinion of the attorney gen
eral that said law as enacted and ,ass-
ed by the last legislative assembly is
unconstitutional; therefore, be it
"ReSOlved. That the action IF this
board, on the 9th day of March. 1899,
in calling an election for road supervis-
ors within and for the several road dis
tricts of this county is hereby rescind-
ed and the said election held on the first
day of April. 1899, is hereby set aside
and the county surveyor is hereby di-
rected to take charge of the road af-
fairs Of the county in the same manner
as If said election had not taken place"
The cribbing of the county bridge
| across the Yellowstone. near this city,
was badly damaged bv an ice jam
about two weeks ago, and it's repair has
claimed the attention of the county
commissioners The county surveyor
has prepared plans and specifications
for the repairs, and bids will be called
for. The safety of the bridge is not
impaired, unless there should be an ex-
traordinary rise of the water.
The new school board has organized
with the reelection of Judge ]. r.
| Goss as president. The election of clerk
was postponed until the next meeting.
| The membership of the board has been
reduced from seven to five, under the
! provisions of the new law, and now
| consists of Messrs. j. r. Goss, Charles
| Spear, I. D. O'Donnell, w. H. Ross and
| F. S. Mills. The present principal was
| unanimously reelected for the next
| school year. The selection Of the other
| teachers was postponed to the next
| meeting, Friday evening.
The plans and specifications for the
proposed brewery are now being care
| fully studied by the Billings contrac-
| tors, and active work will be COM
menced so soon as the bids are re-
ceived and the contract awarded. Louis
P. Best of Butte was here Tuesday
| and is expected to return in few days
| to let the contract.
| The rector of St, Luke's church has
| received word from Archdeacon Web
| Der of the Episcopal church thai he Will
| hold mission here from May % to
June a. This will conflict with the
meetings to be held here about the
same time by Mr.. Crittenden, the re-
| vivalist.
! A party of Burlington surveyors have
! gone into camp at Toluoa, 30 miles
south of Billings. They have been sent
out from Lincoln and are headed for
the Big Horn basin in Wyoming.
There has been great activity in
freight traffic during the past week
| since the resumption of business. inter
rupted by the floods, and schedule time
| has been resumed.
J. Francis, the general passenger
agent of the Burlington system, Was
in this city Tuesday on his way home
to Omaha from Butte. He was very
favorably impressed with Montana
| but threw out no hint that his road in
| tended to reach out for more territory
| in the near future.
David Fratt vice president of the
Yellowstone National bank, returned
| Sunday from Helena, where he attend
| ed, as the representative of Yellowstone
county, the regular meeting of the state
| board of stock commissioners.