The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-20

| ~ bought a residence in the city for the
one especial purpose of sending his large
| family of Ia children to the best schools
in the state, refused to pay the special
| school tax, and had the large sum of
| $40 deducted from his assessment.
| Another, an Irishwoman with a large
| family, of course, demanded the mag
nificent sum of 16 cents deducted, and
Furthermore she wanted the treasurer
to be sure and give her back what she
! had paid for special school taxes dur
ing the past 10 years. On being re-
fused 10 years back taxes she said
she'd sure have the law of him." One
large taxpayer, displeased with the as
SCISSORS and county commissioners
work, had the special tax figured out
and when it was deducted paid his legal
tax and then went to the clerk of the
school board and deposited a check for
$106. so that the schools might not
close. This latter method, it is thought,
will be adopted by many taxpayers.
One lady in Butte sent in a large en-
velope "a cents by express. and another
wrote a letter when she sent her tax
money and said she would send an old
tax receipt showing that her given
name began with an "I' and not an
e In few days the promised re-
ceipt came. and on the back of it was
written, You see | am right; it is I. =
The receipt was returned to her with
y d
These are few of the things that re-
lieve the work of the deputies of its
dreary monotony.
On Thursday afternoon Mr.. Swartz
Of the Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pany paid the company's taxes,
amounting to s9,121.32, with the pro-
viso. as stated in the published letter of
Mr.. Fernald, that as soon as the county
treasurer should certify that one-third
If ha a n
had been paid, the company would pay
it's share of the illegal tax, amounting
in this county to about $780, The total
amount of taxes to be collected in CAL
latin county this year are $155,000, and
up to Friday evening of this week Ssh
24267 of this sum had been collected.
Out of the $4,000 or more special school
tax to be collected in the county about
$4,000 has been paid, and Of which
amount some $500 has been refused, but
from the present indications about 95
per cent. of the Illegal tax will be paid
in. This is a good omen and speaks
well for the citizens Of the Gallatin val
ley and their appreciation of the ad-
vantages Of education in this age of the
world.
One of the best known men in Boze-
man left the city last Wednesday for
Portland, Ore, accompanied by his wife
and family. For number of years
past Charles S. Fell, the late business
manager of the Bozeman Chronicle,
and part owner of that well-known pa
per, has had an enviable reputation as
the best printer and manager and all
round newspaper man in the state. Dur
ing his long residence in Montana he
has been connected with and built up
number of newspapers, and, while MS
departure Is loss to Montana, vet it
is more than likely the states of Ore
gon and Washington will be the gamers
thereby, should he decide to remain on
the Pacific coast. On Monday evening
the State Housekeepers' society gave a
farewell luncheon to Mrs. Fell. who has
been an officer of the society for long
time. Dainty and delicious We're the
good things spread upon the table in
honor of the occasion, while the after
noon was most pleasantly passed
marred only by the one thought of the
departure of the vice president of the
society from the state. 1t was royal
farewell to resident of number Of
years standing.
A young man named Johns stole from
one Edith Summers, lady of ill-repute,
the sum of about $780, on Friday night
He was caught by the police and put
in the city Jail on Saturday He then