Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-11
B ozE MAN NEWS
Dan e. Allen, manag Inter Mountain
Branch Once. r. o. News stanA.
.CA[[AT|N TAXES
INCREASE OF FIFTY THOUSAND
IN COUNTY'S VALUATION.
SOCIAL AFFAIRS At BOHEMIAN,

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SOCIAL AFFAIRS At BOHEMIAN.
"A Home Ffcnic-Fishermen Whipping
the Streams-Rain Needed at
Timberline.
Bozeman, July 9.
The present years taxes for the county
OF Gallat1n have been assessed and the
abstract OF the work of the assessor sGnt
TO the state board of equalization The
DOCKS OF the assessor show an increase
IN the total valuation of the property of
the county Of nearly $50, 600. The increase
would be a great deal more than It is
were It not for the fact thai thousands
OF dollars in the shape Of cattle and
horses have been sold and shipped out
Of the county within the last few months!
The items in the long list compiled by
the assessor runa along about n same
az IN other counties Of the state except
Ia me matter Of hogs, where Gallatfia
county appears to shine. or this class
Of live stock there is 1,242, and they are
valued At $7,O45. The books were given
over to the county clerk Monday morn
ing and will be taken care Of BY him
until the board OF county commissions
ers q Xxx them in a few weeks to raise
or lower individual assessments as d
board Of equalization. This is where the
excitement Of a commissioners alfe
comes' In, and the kicking will be sOrne-
Gang athletic, as it always is.
A number of friends gathered at the
nome OF Nj. and Mrs. Walter Cooper on
me FOURTH and enjoyed a home picnic
In the grounds. Dinner was served be-
meath the beautiful shade trees, but ow-
Ing to the GOODNESS Of the evening breezes
supper was partaken of in the house.
After Gimme the company amused them
selves playing card games of various
kinds, as we'll as INDUCING in other pas
times Of 2 more or less humorous char
acter. Among the mpan were the
following ladies and gentlemen: Mr.. and
Mrs. H.. a. Fielding, Mr.. and Mrs. George
F. Dier, Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Lamme, Mr..
n Mrs. Fred A. Fielding, Mr.. and Mrs.
ter Wilson. Mrs. WEIGH. Mrs. Worces-
II ter, Mrs. Chisholm, DR.. Whitefoot, CIin-
ton Lamme, Misses Chisholm and Fer
riS. "a"-N# @H" M* II" .EE "#.-Mr ia VI
A picnic party composed Of Misses
Kate Sheridan, Hattie Street. M. and
Mrs. Macintosh and Messrs. Ernest Ed
sail and Clarence Coffin spent the Fourth
in Middle creek canyon. The greater
part OF the day was sIAsat by the gems
tlemen of the party trying to induce the
members Of the finny tribe to swallow
an artificial fly with more or less sue
cess. e q =
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Davies, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. ". Blankenship, Mr.. n Mrs.
Cob n Miss Davies were out to the
West Gallatin river on a picnic and fish
i Sa~ o~nols%;erH o~ thu TNcnpWth -. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. C. Cockrill. Rev. and
Mrs. McHargue and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fisher and family were a few Of the citi-
zens of Bozeman who spent the Fourth
n Middle creek canyon.
Miss WILLIE Crawford of Newcastle,
Pa, is visiting her uncle, H. M. Kirk.
for a few weeks.
Burr Fisher, the proprietor of the
Golden Rule store, went East to New
York on a purchasing trip Sunday MORN
ing.
A. "A. BrHten of the Cloak store left
Friday might for Chicago and other
Eastern cities for the urp of securing
goods for his fall trade.
e. r. Fisher will manage the Golden
RuIR STORE curing IQ6 absence OF MS
brother, who has gone East to purchase
goods.
N. B. Young. who has been employed
by Casey & Westfall of the Fair. has
gone to Des Moines, Iowa, on a visit to
relatives. He departed Wednesday OF
last week. S.
Robert Mckee and son Oliver were IN
the city Friday of last week from theil
ranch home near Timberaine. The wealth
err ha been much too dry In that vicin-
] ity, they say, for good crops of grain.
Ed. L. Stowe and Lon Clarke were al
Mystic fake the latter part of last Weel
ON a successful fishing excursion. 81
/ H. G. Phelps of the commercial depart.
ment of the college is spending his va
!, cation at the Wylie permanent camps
, in the park. h.
i Frank Yerkes made a trip to Carbor
,. county over Sunday. He has a ranch
in tho vnIlpv Of the CIark'1 fOr1k rxnu