The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-25
WORK OF AN |NCENO|ARY
Second Attempt to Destroy Dill
Ion by Fire.
TIMELY DISCOVERY MADE
A Reward Offered by the City-Taking
Precautions Against smallpox-An-
nual Statement OF Beayerhead
County's Finances,
Special Correspondence of the Standard.

SpECldi IeSpOuueICe OIL the StaHQaTu.
Dillon, Dec. 23-For the second time
during the week an attempt to destroy
the town by fire was frustrated at an
| early hour yesterday morning. At
about half past 1 o'clock the caller in
the employ of the Short Line had &C.
casion to visit the lodging house over
the Mint saloon. He found the hall
ways filled with smoke and inlrnedi-
ately gave the alarm of fire. Several
parties in the saloon underneath re-
sponded and an investigation showed
that fire had been set in the room
occupied by W. 0. Mccormack and
that hole over a foot square had been
burned through the floor, one Of the
doors and door jam having been de-
stroyed by the fire A few buckets
of water extingutshed the flames, but
had they not been discovered as soon
as they were, with the fierce wind pre-
yai1ing to fan them, they would have
gotten beyond control as soon as they
had broken through the ceiling. A
special meeting of the city council and
chairman of the board of county COM
mlsstoners was held We srday, at
which 1t was decided to offer a reward
of $3.50 for the arrest and conviction
of the party or parties who started the
incendiary fires.
For the first time in many years the
smallpox sign has been placarded in
Dillon. AS yet there is but the one
victim, the sporting woman already
mentioned in the Standard. and her
case is a very mild one. The health
board has issued a proc.ama ton re-
questing all to be vaccina ed, and the
doctors have been quite busy the past
few days with the vaccine virus. A
special meeting of the city council and
county commissioners was held yes
terday and the board OF health was
instructed to take all nece sary pre-
cautions against the spread of the dis
ease. A pesthouse will be secured if
the necessity for one presents itself,
1t was agreed that the county will pay
one-half of the expense incurred and
the city the other half
According to the report made by
County Clerk Mayors to the state ex-
aminer the debt of Beaverhead county
has been reduced s27,S7s.27 during the
year just closed, which is indeed a good
showing and speaks well for the Off
Gals handling the funds of the county.
Other figures from the report follow:
On hand, Dec. /, 1898, $40 o99. 55; taxes
collected during year, $50, 233.11; licenses
collected, s141S1.50; received from Of
ficers as fees, S3,06245: special road tax
collected, s1o,21Z96; special poor tax
collected, $3.50; special school tax col
lected, $6,G20.16; rent from school land,
81, l60SS; miscellaneous receipts, 81, 163,-
0S; sale of bonds, $4,000. Disburse-
ments: RENTED to state treasurer,
$1S,170.30; warrants redeemed $685.
404.96; interest ON warrants, Sf0955
bonds redeemed, $4,000; coupons re-
deemed, S4,S20.40; RENTED to city
treasurer, S1,5S0.47; balance on hand,
Dec. 1, 1899, So4.061.S5 Assets of coun-
ty poor farm and improvements, $500;
court house, Jail and lots, $49,500; Jail
and fixtures, $4,000: court house furni-
ture, $4,000; road tools, etc., $500; total
assets, $4,000.
special meeting of the city coun-
ell was held Wednesday night, at which
the resignation of John r. Cox as aid
erman of the Second ward was pre-
sented and Leonard Eliel was elected
to fill the unexpired term. Mr.. Eliel
was appointed chairman Of the health
committee.
A marriage license was issued Wed
nesday to Albert White, aged 81, and
Miss Leona r. Andrews, aged %, both
of Dillon.
Levi Shambow was in town from the
Centennial valley Thursday and while
here leased several hundred acres of
school lands from the state for graz
ing purposes. The lands are situated
In the Centennial valley.
The delinquent tax list of this county
footed up to s1,632.32 the first of the
month. Since then, however, S51951
has been paid, giving this county the
smallest delinquent list of any in the
state.