The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-05
The Wife of the Flying Machine
Man is Hustler.
AFFAIRS IN THE COURTS
James Dockery Was Charged With AS
sault on q Neighbor - Grand
Masquerade Ball by the
Dancing Club,
Special Correspondence Of the stanaaro

=. L. AohiFer, the Ilylng machine man
VINO Is now in Butte trying to raise
capital with which to build an air ship
AFTER the plan of the little model he car
rles with him. Tolliver belongs to this
part or the state. He owns a ranch I'D
near Kidney, and he has been a resident
oI cascade county for a length of time
.tiat almost entities him to be called
p.oneer. His friends here feel gratitied
az the progress he is making in his ef-
Iofts TO secure financial imitation enough
=, 70 Ioat his wonderful aerial machine.
IoiiiVer Is genius. But Tolliver Is
not the only member Of the Tolliyer
Iamily Neither does he possess all the
, ,,a,s lhat VIII some day make his
lame FAMOUS. Tolliver's wife lives on
the ranch near kibbey, and she is DEM
onstrating the fact that she knows as
nluch about running the ranch as her
husband does about building flying ma
chines. Size recently leased the ranch
TO one D.. T.. Latter. There was a lot
Of hay stacked On the rlace and Latter
bought it on time. A short time ago
Mrs. Telliver discovered that Latter
was selling the hay, and as he was
making no returns to her she de-
manded that lie pay her for the hay in
run before any more Of it was taken
from the place. This Latter refused to
90, and Mrs. Tolliver was compelled to
invoke the majesty of the law in her
behalf. The case came up before judge
foley on Monday. Attorneys Sargent
and Smith OF Great Falls appeared for
the plaintiff and defendant respectively,
The evidence was rather brief on both
sldes, and after short elaboration
the jury returned a verdict in favor of
the plaintiff for 500 and the cost of
the suit.
James Dockery. who resides on Little
Belt creek. was UP before Judge Des-
al ,K-itb
sault upon one of his neighbors. His
neighbor who Is a Slovenian, suuatted
on some unsurveyed land, a part of
which Dockery has under fence
pockery warned him to keep on
the outside of the fence The
Slovenian. on the other hand, claimed
to own a part of the land on the inside
OF Dockery's fence and that he had a
perfect right to go In there, and furth-
er, that he would go in there whenever
he id pleased. These little contro-
versies engendered a very bitter feeling
between the two men, and persons liv-
ing In that vicinity were rather expect
Ing to hear of serious trouble between
them The OTHER day while Dockery
was out taking look over his ranch
lie came upon his neighbor, who was
also making through the fields, wearing
an expression upon his face which said
very plainly: I am monarch Of all
survey" Two men cannot live In a 40
acre field when each man Is possessed
OF the conviction that he owns that par
tlcular part of the earth. When Dock
cry and the Slav met they were both
unarmed but Docleery, who was the
quicker Witted Of the two, gathered up
handful of stones, that a far-seeing
Providence had placed there In order
mat the oWner of the land might al
ways have weapon near at hand with
which to defend his property, and
hurled them at his neighbor with the
force OF Mohammed catapult The
Slayonian turned and fled precipitately
Filed from the field and from the neigh
borhood and did not pause to rest until
he had reached Belt and sworn out
warrant for Dockery's arrest. Dockery
was brought in and tried and found
not guilty. The evidence tended to
show that he was acting in defense of
his own property and had right to
use the weapons nature had so kindly
placed within his reach
me Belt Valley Dancing club gave
a grand masquerade ball on Wednes-
day evening in Odd Fellows hall,
and the building was not large
enough ito accommodate the crowd that
attended. The dancing space was
crowded to such an extent that dane
Ing was uncomfortable and spectators
crowded along the walls and occupied
all other available space. There were
many original and beautiful costumes
and the masquers had a jolly good
time, the dance not breaking up until
m early hour. in the morning. On
Thursday night the Scandinavian
brotherhood gave a masque ball in
their hall on the east side. This dance,
like all other entertainments given by
these celtic sons, was a complete sue
cess in every particular. A good big
crowd Of happy dancers were in attend
ance and some OF the costumes We've
novel and rich. The hall was crowded
until long past midnight. and everyone
went home praising the efforts of the
brotherhood.
Last Thursday was perhaps as truly
a day Of Thanksgiving among our peo-
pie as any that have come and gone
in the years that are passed.
There are many reasons why this
should be so. In the first place the
mine has been working steadily and the
people are growing hopeful and pros
porous. The prospects are very favor
able for a. continuance of the steady
work, at least until spring. Parents
will have an abundance with which to
provide merry Christmas for the lit
tie ones. The town Is comparatively
healthy. The smallpox and the small
wings and flown away. The public
schools will be able to run for the full
term regardless of the special school
tax law Aguinaldo has been chased
into the mountains and the black mare,
offered as first prize in the Belt Rod and
Gun club tournament, was won by a
doctor in Great Falls and has been
taken hence. For all of these things
we are truly thankful, There is an air
of briskness and hurry about the town
that reminds one of "Auld Lang Syne."
The mine worked all day on Thanks
giving, and will probably work every
day of December, including Sundays.
It Is quite reasonable to suppose that
the strike aEDiamondville is in meas
ure responsible for the wave of pros
perity that has struck us. But We do
not owe 1t all to the unfortunate condi-
tion of affairs existing in the Wyoming
coal camp. The Belt washed coal con-
tinues to increase in popularity among
Butte and Anaconda consumers and
the output Is being steadily increased.
Since the larger screens have been put
in use it has been found the storage
hoppers for the washed stuff were en-
tirely inadequate, and it has become
necessary to build an addition onto the
immense hopper already in use. Car
penters are now busily engaged putting
UP the framework for the addition, and
the same will be ready for use in q