The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-10
Livingston Gets Into the Line of
Progress.
FOR CITY IMPROVEMENT
An Endorsement OF the Administration,
Hoboes Will G.vs the City the
Widest Kind of
Berth.


whose places of business are on Main
street. requesting the city council to order
the signs and wooden awnings removed
from the sidewalks. The petition was
signed by all but four firms on the street.
and when the council meets Monday
evening the order will be Issued to take
down the signs and awnings. The readi-
ness with which the business men signed
the petition is looked upon as a tact in
dorsement of the present city administra-
ton, which has gone ahead and done a
great deal of hard work in the way of
city improvements. The new regime has
revolutionzed the city government and
the order to take down the signs and
awnings is only part of the work map
ped out by those in charge of the munich
pal affairs.
Police Judge Bender has given the hobo
element to understand that they must
give this town wide berth and evil
doors have become SO scarce lately that
the court has concluded that the lessons
he has been teaching were well learned by
those for whom they were intended Mar
shall Nelson is one Of the busiest men in
town. Carrying the marshafs baton is no
sinecure this year, and he is on the go
from morning till night. His work is
much appreciated by the citizens and the
labor expended under his management in
streets and sidewalks is a boon to Liv-
ingston.
When the Standard reached here Sat-
urday the interview with Marcus Daily
was read and enjoyed by many Living
ston business man. A number of people
here have real estate in Butte which they
had recently purchased. When the news
papers told how Daily had deserted Butte
and exploited the threatened ruin of the
great mining camp, many felt as If they
wished their holdings were elsewhere. The
frank words of Mr.. DAILY revived the cour-
age of the doubling and Butte real es-
tate has gone up several points to-day.
Yesterday in the district court the final
account of s. l.. Holiday administrator
for the estate of Henry ]. Wright, de-
ceased was filed and allowed. A decree
OF partial distribution was also signed and
filed. According to the terms of the will
IS, 600 of the property of the deceased will
go to Richard Wright $1,000 to Mrs. Ella
Edsal of this state in trust and the resi-
due to Mrs. Ella Smith of Kendall N. Y.
According to the decree of distribution
signed by the court, S. Il. Holiday, adj
ministrator. gets $500 for his services and
A. P. Stark, attorney, is allowed fee of
$500 for legal services. The affairs of the
final account showing that outstanding
accounts have all been collected.
Friday evening the knights of Pythias
will; hold an installation at their lodge
rooms and serve refreshments after the
exercises are concluded. cordial invita-
ton is extended to visiting Knights to be
present on this occasion. District Deputy
Jack Skillen will install and the exercises
will be well worth hearing. To members
pf he a
en-. Is also given.
In the district court Friday Mary A. l..
Rankin and Yokum Goorsted were AL
mitted to full citizenship in the United
States before Judge Henry.
The case of the State VS.. Patrick Daugh-
erty was continued for the term Friday on
application of defendants counsel. The
mining property.
Saturday, July 15 there will be a spe-
cial meeting of the board of county com
missionefs at the court house. The prin-
cipal business of the meeting will be to
sell at public auction the property known
as the Independence mine, on the Boulder
river. The property was sold at private
sale some time ago. but the commission
ers learned later that without offering the
property at auction after proper notice
had been given, no sale could be valid
as the mine had been taken by the county
for taxes The parties who purchased
the mill in the first instance have organ
lied stock company and will be bidders
at the public sale.
A report reached here Thursday of an
accidental explosion which injured two
miners at Bear Gulch the previous day.
From parties who came down from the
camp later 1t was learned that Samuel
James and Alex Millen, two men in the
employ of the Bear Gulch Mining COM
pany, had had a narrow escape from sud
den death by the premature explosion of a
blast consisting Of &c sticks of giant pow
der and Ii kegs of black powder. Both
men were hurled down the side of the
mountain more than 100 feet by the force |
of the explosion, their clothing being lit |
orally torn from their bodies. Millen had
his skull fractured and may die. The |
cause of the explosion was probably due |
to conclusion and the escape of the men |
lous.
Sheriff George r. Young returned this |
morning from a trip to Warm Springs. |
He took John p. Taylor of Hardwood |
to the asylum. The man was rs years of |
age and was afflicted with senile dementia. |
During the fore part of this year the |
sheriff has made regular and frequent |
trips to the state hospital for the insane |
and those who conduct that institution |
have come to expect regular monthly |
visit from the official with a patient.
Congressman A. j. Campbell went |
through here this morning en- route to
Big Timber on legal business. He was in |
with Attorney Sydney Fox and |
Court Stenographer Jerome Williams |
Joined them here and accompanied them |
to Big Timber. Attorney w. "A. Clark |
of Virginia City was also on the train |
bound for Red Lodge.
Work on the city streets and the i'm
provement of sidewalks and alleys goes on
apace. All the work is being done in ex-
cellent shape and the present city admin
istration is making a splendid record along |
the line of city improvements. All this !
costs money, though. At the last meeting !
of the city council bills for the month ag- |
gregated nearly $500.
The theatrical season closed in this city |
evening, when the English OPP |
era, Martha" was presented to a fair
sized audience of appreciative people This |
season has seen more good shows in Liv- |
ingston than any previous season in years |