Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-15

Friday afternoon representatives Of %
stOckmen of the lower Teton and Marias1
met at the Government coulee school
house to take steps to reduce the 'num-
Der of wolves which are creating havoc
among stock in hat vicinity, says the
River Press. Henry Griesback called the
meeting to order. After considerable
discussion 1t was decided that the best
plan would be to increase the present
county OF IS per head upon wolves to SIS,
and it was decided to levy an assessment
upon all stock owned by those present
to a the extra premium. The levy
agreed upon was half a cent per head on
cattle, and other stock was put in for
this purpose at its equivalent in cattle.
Assessments will be made from time to
time as money is needed during the next
three months, after which time the ar
rangement will expire unless renewed.
County Assessor Birkenbuel Of Cascade
county. has decided that, in making as
of live stock, he will not adj
here to the schedule to which III asses
sors of the mining counties attempted to
bind all assessors of the state. Mr.. Bir-
kenbuel and the assessors of the other
live stock counties, in the assessors con-
vention at Helena, proposed d fair and
just schedule of live stock valuations, but
it was turned down by assessors who
never saw a steer on the range and an
exorbitant schedule was adopted, all the
mining-cOunty assessors voting for 1t,
while the assessors from the livestock
counties voted for the schedule first pro-
posed.
The assessors of the livestock coun-
ties ave generally refused to be bound
by HI schedule, and Mr.. Birkenbuel is
with them.
He will assess all steers up to three
years of age at $3.50. Beef steers will
be assessed at $50 n up, according to
the assessors judgment. Mich COWS
will be assessed at $50 per e Range
horses will be assessedat SO per head.
Sheep will be assessed at $2.75 per
head all through. In some counties,
straigt bands of lambs will be assessed
at a separate valuation. but in his
county there are no straight lamb
bands.
Without a relative or a friend who
would expend one cent to save his life.
William Pepo is yet anxious to save him
self from the most d~isgraceful manner of
death, hanging, and is persistently at
stempting to starve himself to death. He
is under sentence to be hanged at ChO-
teau on the 7th day Of next month, but
unless some method be found Of forcing
him to take nourishment. he will be lead
in his cell before that date. A gentleman
in the city from Choteau say that he is
so TAR gone mat announcement or his
death at any moment would be no sur
prise to those familiar with his condi-.
ton.
First Lieutenant William Brown Of the
Forty-fifth United States volunteers, now
in the Philippines. writes to his mother
in Helena that his health is excellent
Lieutenant Brown was battalion adju-
tant in the First Montana volunteers,
and before the regiment a mustered
out received a commission in the United
States volunteers on the recommendation
of Governor Smith.
Recent letters from southern California
state that Charles w. Price, the well
known cattleman, who has resided in
Fort Benton for more han 20 years past,
has bought an elegant house on one of
the best residence streets of Los Angeles,
and will spend each winter there here
after.
r.. H. Kleinschmidt of Helena has re-
ceived a letter from William German, his
partner at Dawson City, Who says that
the town is being rapidly rebuilt. The
recent fire destroyed much of the bust
ness part of Dawson, but Mr.. Klein.
Schmidt'S interests escanad.