Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-30
STATE EWS|

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County Attorney A. c. Gormley yester-
Gay MED in the district court at Great
falls the complaint in a suit brought to
determine the powers of the school board
III the matter of maintaining the schools
Tor the full term without funds. For the
purpose OF creating a cause of action, the
trustees have issued to Miss Edgerton,
principal of the High school,, a certificate
OF the districts Indebtedness to her for her
December salary, and this certificate she
nas assigned to G. Fl. Jay, a taxpayer.
VINO VIII appear as plaintiff. AT the re-
quest or the trustees, Mr.. Gormley will
represent Mr.. JAY. and Attorney 7. f..
Brady has generously volunteered his SER
vices to defend the board. Of course, it
VIII be understood that it is hnne1 mar
the plaintiff will win the suit, thereny
confirming the boards right to do What
ii desires to do. The complaint is drawn
in such form that a demurrer to it will
raise all questions of law that affect the
employment OF teachers, and Mr.. Brady
VIII at once file a demurrer to it. The
question of law will then be argued and
q decision will probably be given 10y Judge
Leslie by Jan. s. An appeal will chen be
taken and il the supreme court decides
IN FAVOR of the plaintiff, all will be clear
''-'''S' 'tiih WA tilt ttttpt StI(lH-
Gates OF Indebtedness at par. and the
SCHOOLS can be maintained for the full
term. Inc supreme court will probably
advance the cause on it's calendar and
J give an early decision.
Frank Robinson has received a letter
from the president of the Smithsonian
institute at Washington in reference to
tile Rocky Mountain Goat, which was
captured by himself and son last summer
anu which continues to thrive in captiv-
lty. says the LIBBY News. SO far as
known this is the only specimen of it's
KIND that has ever been kept in captivity,
and the Smithsonian Institute will prob
ably give MI. Robinson one hundred dol
lars for His Goatship. The goat has the
same ondness for tin can Labels, that is
exhibited by the ordinary domestic spe-
cies.
Says the Billings Times: Sandy. the
Cree Indian charged with selling Ante
lope meat, was tried by jury trial Tuesday
before Judge Fraser. The jury was d.
Nided. standing -four to two in favor of ac-
quittal, and under the law defendant WA
discharged. Game Warden Collins tes-
titled that he loaned the man the money
with which the deer meat was purchased
from the Indian. SO 1t looks rather strange
that the jury should clear the accused
of the charge. in view of the statute MAX
ing it a nNisde!neanor or some smaller Of
Tense to sell venison in this state. If the
county is entitled to a game warden, the
courts should enforce the game law.
From T. G. Barton we learn that the
M. E. Jefferies next season G. y of wool
was sold recently at Is cents. Mr.. Bar
ton was offered the same price for his 1900
clip, but is not anxious to sell even at the
price quoted. says the Forsyth Times. The
Jefferies clip has been classed as extra
fine and heavy with grease and sold UNI
der fifteen cents this year. From this it
is evident that wool is on an average of ;
to 5 cents higher than last year.
c. l.. Vawter returned to Helena
Thursday from the gold fields. Of Alaska,
after an absence of a year and a half
from Montana. He spent the time in
st. Michaels and Nome and Anvil creek,
which he. believes Aill be the scenes of
the greatest rush next spring ever known
in the mining world. TO the independ-
ent he said:
'"rlle people of Seattle and the north
figure or an nt1uX OF so, 00G into the coun-
try. ! myself believe that there may be
from $4,000 to 10000. But that will mean
| a great stampede and "a crowding of all
sorts Of means of transportation FIX
tfaordinary preparations have been made
to accommodate the rush to the coun-
try, end vessels of every description have
been chartered for the service. When
80 iti' y, lIt people were
getting into winter quarters, and the
beach had begun to freeze, 50 that work
had been stopped nearly entirely. Anvil
creek has proved to be phenomenaIly
rich, from No. 9 below Discover. to
away uD to the head Of the creek. The
miners he'd taken out 81, 000, 900. 1he
streams outside of Anvil, however, had
not proved 10 be worth much, and the
beach disSings had been the chief pro-
ducerS.'
Ware Il. Gay, manager of the Montana
Coal and Coke company, operating at
Horr, was in Livingston on Tuesday, ac-
c%ompanied by his wife. He stated to a
Post man that the new reading room,
which has been built by the company
for the communication of the men, would
be open about the first of the year. The
machine shop is now nearly complete
and the steam heating plant is in work
ing order, furnishing warmth for all the
company buildings. The electric plant
is we'll under way and all of the ma
chinery for the plant is either at Horr
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