The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-19
TIE COUNTY FINANCES
Quarterly Report of the Beaver
head Treasurer.
THE BALANCES ON HAND
Petition for tho Establishment OF a. Free
County High School at Dillon-Con-
structton Crew at Work on the
Oregon Short Line.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Dillon, Dec. 16-The quarterly report
of the county treasurer. made to the
commissioners shows that the follow
ing balances were on hand in the vari-
Gus funds on the first day of December,
1899: General, $37.597.60; contingent,
$70424; read, $9,950.S7; poor, s7.544 SO:
bridge, $,S0G.S1; sinking, $1,22074; gen.
eral school, $616.35; district school,
$3,30l.22; city of Dillon, s., sos. IS: state.
| $9,55O.S2; state bounty, $39 9S; stock in
spector and detective, $1,252.77; stock
| indemnity, $1,000; sheep inspector and
indemnity,S116.37; state stock bounty,
$5,6o915; publication, $3.50; penalty,
$2.67: school district No 10. special,
! $2,8SS,15; school district No. II, special,
| $54c.53; school district No. 8, special,
! $59G.67: school district No. 16. special,
/ $44S,70 institute, 81; sinking and in
terest, district No. 10, $1,046.O4: total,
| $34,0G1.35.
a petition praying for the establish
ment Of free county high school in
| Dillon was presented to the commits
sioners at the meeting of last week.
The board ordered that an election be
held for the purpose of voting on the
| question, and. fixed January 13, 1900, as
| the date Of the election.
The Oregon Shcrt Line railroad conn
| pahy has had construction crew BUSH
! ~ engaged on this section of the line
| Tor some months past, strengthening
| ana REBUILDING the rOadbed and making
| Such repairs as have been made neces-
! aafy by the Introduction of the big
| steel coal cars having capacity of 80
| tons, and the new engines of the "IO0''
| class, which weigh in the neighborhood
OF so tons. Wherever it has been prac-
| hcable to do so, fills have been made to
| take the place of the wooden bridges
! heretofore in use. Where the culvert
or raVine was too deep or long to be
ililed economically. substantial stone
bridges were constructed, and it is said
that in furtheranCe of the plans To
increase the freight-hauling capacity Of
the road. heavier rails will be laid and
steel bridges will take the place of the
wooden ones which now span the larger
streams. From 20 to 40 loads usually
constitutes a train from Lima to Dill
lon. At this point three helper en-
gines and six crews have Headquarters,
whose duties are to help the heavily
laden trains as far as Silver Bow, usu-
ally returning to this point light
The county commissioners at the SEES
sion held last week instructed the road
supervisor of the Lima district to re-
move certain obstruction which had
been placed across a county road by
the railroad company within mile or
so Of the town of Lima. When the
road supervisor attempts to comply
with his instructions there will he
music in the air, as the obstruction
complained Of happens to be a new
railroad bridge, built of stone. which
the Short Line has recently construct
ca. There are two public roads leading
down to Lima, each paralleling the
track Of the Short Line. One is a coun-
ty road and the other has been practi-
cally abandoned by the county Both
are on the right of way of the railroad
company, about two miles from town
Leading from one road to the other is
a short piece of road which as yet has
never been declared public highway
The company does not care to put in
grade crossing at that point, owing
to the difficulty of controlling the air
brakes when arriving at Lima, where
there is a safety switch at which all
trains must come to a full stop. Ac-
cordingly, in the past, it has been the
custom Of travellers to pass under the
track at this point, now occupied by
the stone bridge When it was deter
mined to put the heavy engines on this
division it was found necessary to fill
up number of culVerts and to place
stone bridges wherever it was practi-
cable. Among other places, a bridge of
this description was placed across the
culVert where the wagon road hereto
fore passed, shutting off traffic. A
strong kick was made to the commits
sioners, which resulted in the order
being made as stated. Developments
are awaited with interest, as any move
made by the supervisor will throw the
matter into the United States court
and a charge of Obstructing the United
States mails may result.
Marriage licenses We're issued during
the week to James Patrick, aged 50,
and Miss Mary E. Ball, aged 23, both
of Dillon, and Archie Gray, aged 26,
and Miss Mabel Jaggers, aged 49, both
of Bannack. The marriage of the last
named couple, which occurred in the
parlorS of the Metlen hotel Saturday
evening, has more or less of romance
attached to it. The young couple have
had, for quite long time. fondness
for one another. but a stern father had
objections to the match and was not
slow to express them. The old gentle
man was found guilty of passing coun-
terfeit coins a few days ago and was
sent to the pen. The coast being clear
the young people took advantage of the
opportunity and are now happy man
and wife.
L. p. Philips resigned his position as
constable last week and was appointed
by the commissioners a justice of the
peace for Dillon township to fill the UNI
expired term Of +. S. Carpenter. who
has removed from the county. George
G. Taylor was appointed constable to
fill the vacancy caused by the resigna-
ton of EIr. Philips.
An adjourned session of the city coun-
Gil was held Monday evening at which
the resignation Of Police Magistrate T.
Tonnes was received and