The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-12

Park since the last assessment a year
ago has been s122,75S. This very graft.
flying increase brings the total of Park
county's taxable wealth up to $3,017, 1873
exclusive of the railroad assessment,
which comes in later in the year. I'M
der the head of real estate and improve
ments there is taxed $1,970,717 against
81, 1874, 1923 last year in the same class of
property. Personal property. exclusive
of money, amounts to 81 ,021 ,976 and the
amount has increased from $685., 951 the
total figure Of last year. Mortgages
amount to $1S,0S7; goods. wares and
merchandise, $13S,5S9: wagons. harness
and farming implements, $31, 4S0; range
horses number 1859 and are assessed
for $27, $40. There are LBS work horses,
valued at $51.354. The yearling cattle
are nearly all included in the list of
stock cattle and only 211 of the year,
lings are on the assessors books and
their value is $3.50. Stock cattle ag-
gregate 1923 and are valued at 1874, 265.
The 2-year-olds, like the yearlings, are
included in the stock cattle for the
most part. They are 16 in number on
the books, listed at 1910. The 3-year
olds are Is in number and come to $3.50.
Cows are counted as 1,349 and assessed
at $32, 900. There are SO ,8S7 stock sheep,
valued at $132,442 and 1889 wethers,
valued at $4,000, making total of $780,
512 as the assessed valuation of Park
county sheep, and 5000 lambs added at
$40, 120, brings the total for all classes
of sheep up to s146,632, a pretty COM
Portable sum, which will be considera-
bly, increased next year owing to large
purchases now being made. Hogs to
the number of 629 are valued at $3,170
The net product of Park countys mines
is placed at $4,000, and the railroad as
sessment will be about $4T5,000.
The city council met this evening in
special session for the purpose of consid-
ering some minor routine matters and
awarding the contract for the city
printing. The one important matter be-
sides the printing contract was petit
ton from resident of the vicinity adj
jacent to the bad lands asking that the
houses of ill-fame be abolished, as he
was unable to rent his property because
of the proximity of the red light dis
trict The petition recited the fact that
% women plyed this tabooed vocation
near his property and were unmolested
by tie law except by the payment of
fine of s. per month When the clerk
finished reading the petition Alderman
Hefferin facetiously recommended that
it be referred to the committee on i'm
provement and ornamentation,' COM
mittee recently created by the mayor
This brought Attorney A. P. Stark 20
his feet. He informed the council that
the petition was filed by him for the
petitioner who is nonresident. he
said the matter was not jest and was
not designed to be treated as such. The
council seemed disposed to wink at the
evil of houses of prostitution and with.
the exception of Mayor Smith and Al
derman Nelson they voted to refer the
matter to the committee. who viii
doubtless report that the lesser of two
evils will be to herd the deniZens of the
bad lands in one place and make them
pay monthly penalty according to the
present plan. In the matter of the city
printing each paper, the Post and En-
terprise. submitted bids. The bid of the
Post, the democratic paper, was lower
on almost every article enumerated and
the council awarded the Post the con-
tract