The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-29
IN BIG TIM Der.
More Objections Made to the Answer in
the Beasley Case

the beasley Case.
Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Big Timber, July S.-The attorneys
for the plaintiff in the Beasley III el
suit have age n demu,red to the ans
wer of the de-, ndants, alleging That
those parts of the answer set UP by
way of defense and mitigation consti-
tute no defense whatever. They par
ticularly object to that part Ct II c
answer which says that the defer d.
ants hung the effigy and posted TIE
placards thereon for the purpose of
calling the attention of the public t.
the fact that the said Beasley had been
untrue to the Trust reposed in him and
mad been guilty as a public officer OF
thlS state OF the crime of bribery"
There is considerable doubt as t.
whether the case will come to trial at
the August term of the district curt
or not. So far there is practically 10
criminal business before the court and
very few civil cases, so that it is very
doubtful If the court will call a jury
If the court sustains the demurrer Of
the plaintiff 1t is altogether likely that
the defendants will ask for time to
amend their answer, and the case VIII
then go over to the November term.
Inc county commissioners have b en-
in session from time to time during
the past two weeks, sitting as a b 1arI
of equalization. So far there have Teen
very few kicks and none of them of
any consequence. The board recelN |
a communication from the state board,
asking that the assessment on land,
cattle and sheep be raised in accord
| ance with the views of the state beard.
Had the local board adopted the sug-
~,
assessed value of the property in this
county from $l50,000 to 100000 mCra
than the assessor made it, but aite'
consulting with County Attorney Hall
the commissioners concluded that the :
had no right to increase the assess
ment. and so informed the state
board. The refusal of the commits sion
ers is based upon the decision of lhe
supreme court in the case of r. C.
Wallace ct al, VS.. State Board of
Equalizat ton, the report of which is
found in volume 10 of the Montana re-
ports. In that case the supreme court
held that the state board had 70 RICH
to increase the. aggregate of tie as
sessment as returned by the ass esSors
either in state or county, but that its
duty was to equalize the assessmen
made by the assessors, and to asses
the railroad and other property speci-
fically reserved for their valuation by
the statute.
Big Timber is to have a race meeting
this year which will eclipse all prev
ious ones held here. The programme
| calls for the distribution of purses I g.
gregating nearly 81, 200. and the amount
was subscribed by the business men of
the town in half day There will be
three days racing, Aug. 81 and Sept. |
and 2, and the indications are that
there will be a large number of horses
/ l.
longing to AL. Harrison came in to-day,
and more are expected in the coul Sc
of a week.
The wool season here is practically
over, and has been on the whole very
satisfactory to the growers in that they
| all received from 4 to s cents more
per pound than they exp5 cted VII IN
the season opened. The lowest price
was 142 cents, and the highest 1874
cents. In all about 4,500,0c0 pounds
have been marketed here this season.
Few, If any, consignments have been
made, the experience of the grow er
with that method of dsposing of their
wool not having proven at all salts
factory.
The Big Timber "Marguerites'' were
rounded up by the sheriff yesterday
and arraigned before Justices Lee and
Reynolds. There We're 16 of them, quite
a good (or bad) showing for town III
size of Big Timber The fines impos 4
ranged all the way from SO to $3.50.
The latter fine was imposed on Gladys
Reynolds by Justice Lee, who intim-
ated that If she got rid of her "secre-
tary" and placed her boy. a lad of II
years who has been living with his
mother at the bagnio, where he could
go to school, and be free from the evil
influences at present surrounding him,
he would make her fine the same as
the others. The secretary left last
evening for Butte. Carrie Rogers was
fined $780, She was given the alterr a
tive of paying the fine or leaving town
by Saturday night.
William Cochran. who has been en-
ployed at the copper mines Mt the Old
Independence camp, came down yes
terday. He says that work in the
mines has been temporarily suspende !,
and that operations will be resum ed
again in the course of a few days.
The correspondent of the Standar l
was favored to-day with a beautiful
bunch OF flowers. gathered by the
county officials from the flower red
in the court house grounds. The COM
missioners began to beautify the
grounds last spring by sowing grass
seed and planting trees. and the other
officials did their parts by starting
flower beds. A number of the tn
have taken root, the grass has made
wonderful start for the first year
and the flower beds are highly credit
able to the officials. Another year and
the court house grounds will be among
the most beautiful in Big Timber