Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-19
Is a Necessity in This County
at Once.
THE DANGEROUS QUARTERS
Where the Several Offices Are Now
Located--Duck Hunting is in
Full Blast.
Hamilton. Mont, Oct. Is, 1899.

Hamilton, Mont, Oct. 10, 1851
The agitation of the question Of county
buildings has come up in an unexpected
manner and it is possible that Ravalll
county will have a new economically con-
structed court house in the near future.
Complaint was made to the commission
ers yesterday of the unsanitary condition
of the rooms in the real of the Lucas
block, occupied by the county clerk,
treasurer and assessor. AS there is no
way to eliminate the Objectionable fea-
lures connected with the rooms, the COM
missioners decided to call a special meet
ing for Oct. 81 to consider the advisab1llty
of purchasing ground and erecting a
court house at once. The present imam
cial state of the. county will not warrant
an expenditure OF more than slo'ooo lo5
this purpose, but this amount would
furnish far better quarters than the
county has at the present time and the
saving in rent would pay for the building
in six years. Taxpayers generally APP
prove the contemplated action of the
board and the majority of them would
gladly vote a bonded Indebtedness OF
$25, goo for county buildings.
At the meeting of the board of COM
missioners held on Monday it was de-
cided that County Surveyor Golden be
instructed to return to the county clerk
all the road receipts n stubs IN his
possession or in hat Of his foreman, ana
render account of all receipts issued or
received by him. The count clerk was
also directed to notify all road supervis-
ors who were elected in April of the pres
ent year and who have duly qualified. to
assume the charge of the roads and
bridges in their respective districts.
1 NJ. Do%o,~o
was placed in the hands of the sheriff
yesterday and many people of a morbid
curiosity are troubling the sheriff for per-
mission to read the same. Peterson is
now the only prisoner in the county Jail
and the death watch has been put over
him. He has employed himself during
the past few days in writing letters to his
brother in Sweden, but is still anxious
for the day Of execution to arrive.
The souvenir badges, commemorative
the return of the volunteers, have been
received by Mayor McCracken and are
now on sale at the various business
houses of the city. and it is expected that
at least one hundred of the badges will
be sold here. The people are greatly in
terested in our returning troops and
many of our citizens will be on hand at
the celebration in Butte, to add their
share to the royal welcome awaiting the
boys.
The ~favorite pastime of sportsmen
these days is duck hunting. Ducks and
geese have evidently resumed their Old
line of flight through the valley to their
winter home in the south and during the
stormy days of the past week thousands
of them have gathered in and about the
mill pond. and a person is a poor shot
who cannot bring down a dozen or more
before breakfast.
DR. Haggard and wife, nee Miss Louise
Elliot, who were married early in the
summer, returned Monday evening from
their extended wedding trip. During
their absence, they visited. the principal
cities in the east and spent some time
abroad.