The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-02
ron n|ianTsnOun LAW.
commissioner UAihurheAd tt.Ana thu uNnsA
imn in tllH Annual itnpOrti

a ilnn ln Ills Annual Nnpnrh
l4ana Commissioners Unlderheaa hAA
mndn Il number Ut important Yee0Ms
m|anAatlnna to tho legislature In hin
annual report which Will hA male
publio within n few weeks, Tha
document Will include II wilde variety
nl anll1nnts nnn will bn II very eOmlrpa
honNiye mnnuul of MollianA'a fuADura
oon and industrial activity,
Commissioners unlaerlinnd takes MI
thu subject III Il shorter working Hay
for mlnorA mud NIL TINT Ape employed
MI manual ln0hr, III bolieve, Anid
Mr., Onl,lprhend, "tllnn mn elghtahOur
Inv for Monlnnn'a mines nnd HmnltnfA
w II nnenaAity ~ . sanitary meaHnre,
Labor underground and la thu lHige
HmnltlnR Embellishments NJ such AA To
exhaust Tim ylinl md npi've forces VI
Tim lnhornr, md n ehofior iny would
VA vi great advantage, ! heliAve, ~
tho employer IN VOL AN Tho men, OR
no,iiHe ! think tint tho alnla AT lnrRe
w IN inyDr Df nh eight hour law,
Alton such nh Arrangement becomes Nh
established Industrial condition ltB
hunnilla ARC ND apparent TINT II RETURN
To the old conditions woNlh not hu toll
Grated,
"Wh0n slavery Wna In vogue tho
owners Hnid thnt they could not ret
along without slave lnboi, mud tOdny
thny would NOT tnte bnrA their slaves
" olrornd tn them,
~ bnllevo, TOO, TINT the 0 o'clock
closing movement viii he quite Ynln
Mnl In II short time, nnd Legislation
will bo recommended npOn tint Aul'
lnpl nA we'll, Quito, tlrpnt Falls md
Helena hnye partially observed tha y
O'Clock rnle nnd | think Tint II Will
soon beoOnuN M established custom MI
nynr tho state"
Mr., Gnldorhnnd'a roport VIII REGIONS
m0nd In III uncertain terms That IN
ulghl.hnm lnW be pnHHod by the IeRiHu
lntnrn, md Will present HtaInlheiltH OF
rnot and NInItHiipul information 10 SUPP
port tho demand VT tho labOrlnR meD
of the state,
Tho Volume VIII contain nn on
hnuatiye report upon lln 1ntlie md
sheep Industry OF tlie pthte, This pnpt
0f lho report Inns boon practically cons
plotted md while VI shows nh ineraaAu
IN tho number of sheep In the state
W. compared with Two years lED, "
tl00rnnsn tor tho current year Will DO
evident In Tho number vi Hnttle, The
scarcity oil fond la MOnlnnn during
tho ynnr md tho probability OF Il long
md Aoyp0o winter hRs influenced SOME
very lnrRn shipments nild Mr., Calder
hOnn asserts Tint there will BIZ IN apr
pninnt shortage In range stock next
spring, Inc total number of sheep In
tho Attnn W estimated NJ |, 1900, 600
: In addition To tho information Oh
mines TINT Will bn given la Inspector
llyrno'a rnpopt, Mr., Onlderhead Will
devote koyernl nllnpthrs W Tho location
md discovery Of now mining proper
Hos, M woll nv n brief history Of tho
development or The industry, aud ln.
tnrnalinE facts npDn tho volume On
business done IN lh0 Two yenrA covered
by tho report, Billings md urpnt
BALLS nin recorded I'M ilia cities having
tho lnrgoAt growth during tlle period,
Tho subject ~ taxation ~ one Tint
N quito fully discussed In The report.
There Inns buoli but litltn change In
tho tnx loyy for ihe state, bnt u larae
Increase In valuation Inns been reo0rdu
nd, la tho mining sections Of tlle state,
particularly In Silver Bow county.
Mr.. CnldMhond calls attention 10 thIs
increase, md nA1orts TINT the aAsessors
have CONS llNhrnr assessing the Tenl
value OF Tho Butte mines tllnn ever Do.
fore, An 10 Tho minoa, Mr., Calder
hnad atntnA Tint WnHos have remained
about tho same md the number OF
mon employed Inns very largely In.
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