The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-16
ALL ABOUT LIVINGSTON.
The Political Situation as Serene as
Pumpkin Pie.

Pumpkin Pie.
Special Correspondence of the Standard
Livingston. May 15.-The political Sit
uation in the city has changed consid-
erably of late and the new mayor and
his council are getting on sWimmlngly.
The difficulties over the appointments
made by Mayor Smith have been
patched up, and as the matter now
stands there will probably be no FUR
Their changes. Monday evening the
council met in special session and the
council ratified the appointment of
Louie Housen for the position of sec
ond night watch. This appointment
had been rejected at former meeting
by a unanimous vote of the six alder
men, and the change of front was
source of qualification to all the demo-
Gratis. The mayors appointments, with
one exception. have been ratified and
this incumbent, the driver of the fire
wagon, will in all likelihood, hold over
and there Is reason to believe that there
will be no further trouble in the coun-
ell, where the democrats have good
majority and where it is expected much
good work will be done along the lines
of progress and improvement in NUM-
pical affairs. The board of health sub
mitted an exhaustive resume of the
sanitary situation to the council Mon
day evening, and their recommends
vote of the body Senator W. H. Camp
bell is president of the board, S. f.
Leard is treasurer and A. l.. Leopold
secretary. A committee on "ornamen-
tation and improvement has been Sc
lected and it is very likely that much
work will be done during the coming
months to put the town in ship shape.
The citizens of the town support the
efforts of the new administration to a
into office have easy sailing in their
efforts to make the city of Livingston
better town than it has been for
years. Already signs are numerous in
dicating a revival of business in the
building line, and more investments
have been made in real estate in this
city during the past month than in any
two months in the past five years. One
day last week the fees for recording
deeds at the office of the county clerk
and recorder was $3S.
Bear Gulch Mines Troubles
The trouble at the Bear Gulch mines
still continues and not a wheel is turn
ing in the camp from which Livingston
hoped for so much. and the pay roll OF
the mines has been wiped away and
will not be written again. it is said,
until the owners of the mines and mills,
which have been on the boom for the
will be safe for them to proceed. The
Bear Gulch Mining company and Har-
| ry Bush We're engaged in mining oper-
atoms that promised much for Park
| county and the city of Livingston, and
naturally the people here hate to see
the work come to naught. Mines have
| been bonded and work begun and other
| holders of valuable property in the
| gulch hoped to close out their mines al
| a good figure to the newcomers, but
the recent developments have frus-
| trated their designs and there is much
| hard feeling against the men who have
jumped the claims of the mining com
| panY. The toWnsite at Bear Gulch has
been jumped and staked off by a man
| from Butte. and this action caused the
| mining company to shut down theiI
| works, and they say they will not start
/ up again until they can see some
| chance of carrying on their work un-