The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-17
AFFAIRS IN BEAYERHEAD
County Teachers Institute VIII
Open Wednesday.
THE YEARS ASSESSMENT
Division of the Taxes That VIII Roll
Into the County's Treasury-Nsw
Dredge in Operation at
Horse Prairie Gulch.


Dillon, Oct. 14.--The Beaverhead
county teachers institute will be held
on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
of next week in the Dillon school
building by jamie V. Carter, county su-
perintendent. The instructors are:
Prof. D. E. Sanders, president state
normal school; Prof. Hiram Tyree,
principal Dillon high school; Miss An
ME l.. HARDWOOD, state normal school.
The daily programme will be: a. m.'
opening exercises: 800, Pedagogy ana
Psychology D. E. Sanders; 10, Cor
relation of Reading, Writing. Lam
guage and Spelling" Miss Harwood'
1O45, intermission; 1855, Geography
H. Tyree: 1880, teachers class en-
glish, Miss Harwood; Il. dlsmiIs AZ
Afternoon--1:3 80, opening exercises; Law
History" Fl. Tyree; 2:15, "Correla-
ton" continued, D. E. Sanders; 2:5o'
calisthenics and intermission; 3:lp'
Numbers D. e. Sanders; S:45. ques-
ton box; 4:10, dismissal. Wednesday
evening, lecture by Prof. Oscar j.
Craig; Thursday evening, lecture by
Superintendent E: A. Carleton.
Parties in from Horse Prairie creek
report that a new dredge boat, the
fifth to be in successful operation in
this county, had been started up on
the first of the month in Horse Prairie
gulch. and was giving most excellent
satisfaction. Horse Prairie guich IS
one of the oldest placer districts IN the
state and has been worked almost con-
tinuously, though for the most part IN
a small way since the early ~.
For a lumber of years past the
ground has been worked by China
men in a small way. Not many
months ago John c.. Bremen OF
Butte and a few others started to build
a dredge boat, having secured a tract
of placer ground mile long and the
width of the basin. Ed Smith, who
built dredge in Alder gulch and one
in Bannack, had charge of the work
and pushed it to a successful compile
ton a few weeks ago. The ground IS
situated near the head of the creek In
a natural basin. No large boulders are
encountered in the wash to hinder
The working of the buckets. For dis
lance of three miles above the COM
pany's ground the gravel beds centln--
ue This ground can now be secured
at a reasonable figure, and 1t is sa1d
that if the company owning the dredge
does secure this ground it VIII nave
the work of the boat mapped out Tor
100 years to come.
County Treasurer George w. French
is sending out the annual notice OF
taxes due. An inspection of the tax
roll shows that the grand total of taxes
charged upon the assessment book Is
SIS, ASS 80, and is divided as follows:
State purposes, ~ mills, brings IN
ss,S3O6s; stock indemnity, s54..e; STOCK
inspection and detective fund is
81, BOA 81 sheep indemnity and inspec,-
ton fund, s121.99; 5 mills for stock
bounty purposes amounts to S5,SSISl.
County tax levies. general and general
school, interest sinking and poor
funds 9 mills, will result in yield nS
s39, 31S33 The bridge fund, mill levy,
the road fund, levy of mills, will be
enriched by $6,330.19 when all of the
| taxes are collected. A special road
tax amounting to $S74 and a special
poor tax amounting to $1,000 have also
been levied.
Louise, the s-months- old daughter OF
| Mr. and Mrs. Homer fash of Bannack
| died last Thursday of stomach trou-
bles and was buried the following day
| the Rev. H. F. Cope officiating at the
| services.
A few days ago the First National
| bank of Butte, which was the success
| full bidder for the $4,000 worth of wat
| er works and electric light bonds re-
| Gently sold by the city, notified the
| CITY authorities that it could not make
| a. payment upon the bonds until the
| legality of the issue had been testeo
| in the courts. The bank had referred
| the matter to it's attorney. A. J. Camp
| bell, and he found vital defect III
| the issue. In order to raise sufficient
! money for both purposes, the city toof
advantage of two different laws au
| thorizing bond issues. One of these
| laws permits every male citizen of the
| town over q years of age, who is .
| legal voter, to cast a ballot at the cleo
| ton. The other law permits only tax
! payers Gncluding women) to vote. 1
is the opinion of Mr.. Campbell thai
| the city authorities should have pre-
scented the matter at two different
| elections.
| The Dillon volunteers will also march
| under a triumphal arch when they re
turn home, the decorating committee
having one in contemplation. gen
eral meeting of all of the committees
| connected with the volunteer celebra
ton is called for Friday evening at
o'clock at the court house.
c. H. Padley purchased $500 lamb:
from c. Y. Reeder a few days ago ant
will feed them this winter at his rancf
few miles below town.
| For the first time this season thu
| ground was covered with snow Tues
| day, and at present a general snow
storm is prevailing throughout tn,
| county.
| Quite a lively runaway occurred
| Monday evening on Railroad avenue
Fitzharris' team did the running, ant
| although the way the wagon wa:
banged through the yards among side.
| tracks and freight cars was exciting
| no damage was done.
]. Cohn, who had a preliminary hear
| ing Tuesday for horse stealing and wa!
| discharged, returned to Butte, accom-
| panied by his mother, who had come
| down to see her boy out of his troubles
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