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The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-21

freight engines in commission on the
road haul from 40 to 60 of the new ore
cars heavily laden, from Rocker, a few
miles this side of Butte, to Anaconda.
This goes to show that the locomo-
tives are immensely powerful, which is
further attested by the fact that within
the past IL months 10000 tons of struct-
ural material was hauled onto the new
smelter hill over a per cent grade, on
temporary track.
An average of 100 cars of ore is
brought to Anaconda daily, but it is ex-
pected that with the starting up of the
new works the number will be materi-
ally increased.
An average of $50 cars of other
classes of freight arrives in Anaconda,
making $50 cars of freight landed here
every day, and the money receipts Of the
Anaconda station amount to about $780,
40 per month.
Approximately 5000 tons Of ore arrives
here daily and 5000 tons of copper is
shipped out of here monthly. Between
400 and 500 men are numbered on the
pay rolls Of the company and about $780,
900 is distributed among them in wages
II times during the year.
Six passenger trains are operated
daily between Anaconda and Butte.
Passengers can also travel between
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attentive and successful service, came
to the B., A. & p. Mr. Spencer began
his service with the local road last
June and his work has proved that his
knowledge of railroad operations ii is
thorough and practical. IS
M. Kingsley, who serves the road in
the capacity of trainmaster, is also a
ra:lroa6er Of long experience. He was
associated with Superintendent Spencer
for q number of years on the Chicago,
st. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha. 1854
He is thoroughly practical In his ideas
and is a valuable member of the staff OF
officials. He is popular among his ac-
quaintances, also with the employers
of the road 81
p. M. Halloran, auditor and treasurer
of the B., A. & p, has been engaged In
railroad work the greater part Of the
time since 1875, when he entered the
employ of the Great Western Railway
of Canada, working under Maj. ]. f..
Dawson, now with the Great Northern
at Butte.
Mr.. Halloran worked his way up, hold
ing responsible positions with the roads
of prominence in the United States He
came to the B., A. & p. lin 1897, silsa
which time he has held his present pUE,
sition.
General Passenger and Freight Agent
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place. Then the real DEVELOPMENT OF the
land will commence, and the promoters
OF the enterprise are confident that in
short time they will be supplying the
local market. This coming industry will
be an immense benefit to the city of
Anaconda as we'll as the surrounding
country.
While mining Is an important factor in
the history of this county it is not by
any means the only one. From the early
Gays there has been ranchers, and PROS
porous ones, In every valley in this coun-
ty. AS Is the case with mines and min
ing, the division of the county last winter
cut out some of Deer Lodge countys
most valuable grazing and agricultural
lands-for example, Nevada creek valley.
Deer Lodge valley Is still left, however,
and is dotted with the homes of ranch
erS.
The average elevation of these valleys
Is about $500 feet, and for this reason
more Of the hardy crops can be raised.
such as oats, barley, etc. A large amount
OF garden produce raised in the valley
of Deer Lodge finds a ready market in
Butte and Anaconda.
At Warm Springs, about 10 miles from
Anaconda. is located the state insane
asylum. established several years ago
by Mitchell & Mussigbrod. Here the
patients of the state are taken care
OF and treated on the contract system.
under the very able direction of Drs.
Warren and Scanland
Warm Springs is one of the most beau.
tiful spots in the state and until it was
recently closed to visitors, except on
special days. was in summer time the
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Anaconda and Butte and points east and
west by connecting at Stuart with the
Northern Pacific railway. Oregon Short
Line passengers transfer from the main
line at Silver Bow.
One advance towards giving the pub
lie good and efficient service was the re-
opening of the old Montana union depot
at the foot of Main street.
For several years trains departed
from and arrived at the headquarters
building at the foot of Hickory street.
The notable increase of business has
made more room for Offices a necessity,
so the change of passenger stations has
resulted in much satisfaction to the
general travelling public.
The Butte, Anaconda & Pacific rail-
way is indeed model railroad; its or
ganization Is admirably complete. which
can be said to the credit of Mr.. Dean.
BY having chosen men of ability and
competence to officer the various depart.
ments everything Is working along har-
moniously and the patrons of the road
enjoy the best service they have ever
had in the history Of the road.
Vice President and General Manager
M. s. Dean is yet young man, scarcely
more than 30 years of age. He was
born May 81, 1871. His advance in the
railroad world has been rapid, begin
ming as a stenographer in the Office of
the superintendent Of the Chicago, St.
Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railroad at
Mankato, Mimi, in the year 1889.
He there won deserved promotion ant
became secretary and clerk in that Of
fee. From 1896 to 1900 he occupied sue
cessively the positions of secretary to
the genera! manager chief clerk and
purchasing agent of the Ohio River rail-
road. He left that road to become gen.
eral manager Of the B.. A. & p. and
traffic manager OF the Anaconda Copper
Mining company.
Superintendent High Spencer is a
pioneer in railroad work. He began his
career in that work in 1863. Seven
years later he became a telegraph OPP
orator and held that position for several
years. In 1873 he advanced to the posi-
ton Of assistant train dispatcher on the
Prairie du Chene division OF the Chi
cago. Milwaukee 4 st. Paul railway.
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mining territory, so that now the prin-
opal interests of this county lie in the
neighborhOod of Silver lake.
Test shipments from that vicinity have
shown as high valuation as 80 per
cent in copper. to say nothing of the
gold and silver enough as a rule, to
pay for the expenses of treating the ORE
In addition to the gold. silver and cop
yer claims in the community there has
been an immense deposit of coal dis
covered within 20 minutes walk of the
business portion of the city of Anaconda.
Work has been going on at this place
for the past eight months. and the mine
will soon be in a position to supply
more coal than can possibly be used in
the city.
1t is an excellent quality of coal,
much BETTER SO it is said than any that
is shipped to the local markets. Innu-
merable tests show that it gives an in
tense heat, and burns to an ash very
similar to that of wood. Machinery to
facilitate the production of the coal has
Teen purchased and will soon be in
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stored in a measure some of her former

stored in a measure some of her former
greatness.
The men who first penetrated the
mountain Businesses of that section Of
the county, that was Deer Lodge coun-
ty 40 years ago, were prOspectors In
search OF gold.
In those days Of placer mining, quartz
leads received but very little attention..
Consequently The first resident of the
county followed up the streams where
there was always plenty of water. and
excellent facilities for panning out the
gold dust found in the bed and along
the banks of almost every mountain
stream. Especially noted were the
placer diggings on the Big Blackfoot
and Gold creek. Some of these old
mines yield fair amount of gold even
now, among others being those at Pho
nee:.
1t was but few years, however, until
quartz mining was recognized as being
the more profitable of the two, and af-
ter the Granite and Bimetalic mines had
been staked out, developed AKA found
to he large producers, more attention
was paid to quartz than placer proper
ties. These mires were in what is now
Granite county, and represented the first
valuable find in quartz, in this section
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northern boundary Of the state Of Mon
tana. and included all the territory now
comprising the counties of Flathead,
Teton. Powell. Granite, Silver Bow and
Deer Lodge. Deer Lodge town was then
known as Cottonwood.
In 1876 the large county was divided
into several smaller ones, having a
separate government, and the county
seat Of Deer Lodge was removed from
Silver Bow to Deer Lodge. Here the
seat of government remained for a num-
Der of years, being finally removed to
Anaconda, where it is at present.
The division of Deer Lodge county last
winter and the creation Of the new coun-
ty If POWELL has made the city of Deer
LodS~ a county seat once more and re-
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the Anelting works in this city.
The wages paid during the first ten
mont = of 1901 exceeded the $4,000, 900
mark.
Stationed in the city and at the head
of the operating department of the Ana
conda company's smelling affairs are the
following officials:
General manager, Frank Klepetko.
Assistant general manager, F. I.
Cairns.
Secretary, w. H. Dudley.
Superintendent, Franz Jones.
Assistant superintendent, H. H. Nell.
Chief engineer Charles H. Repath.
Superintendent of refinery, J. S. John
son.
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sists Of 20 engines, IS passenger cars,
one mail car. two private cars and 662
freight cars. During the past year
many improvements have been made in
this department.
Two new engines were purchased, the
mail car was added, also a great many
Of the latest improved ore cars. which
have a carrying capacity Of 100000
pounds, taking the place Of old wooden
cars Of less than one-half the caparity.
It is not infrequent that the larger
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new works during the progress CT their
construction. The old smelters furnish
employment for about 1000 men.
The money circulated each year in
pay rolls by the Anaconda Copper Min
ing company reaches vast proportions.
In the year 1899 over $4,000 900 was dis
trthnted in this manner; last year the
grand total pay roll reached $2,326, 523.
When this year closes more than $780,
900 will have been paid out for wages
- those employed in the operation of
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On account of the lack of favorable
state laws the schools Of Anaconda, as
we'll as other places. last year suffered
materially for the want OF funds.
The situation was greatly relieved here
at the beginning of the school year ny
the receipt of $4,000 from the Marcus
Hely estate, as an inheritance tax. which,
under the laws, was applied to the hene-
hts Of the pubic schools. With this
money $4,000 was applied on indebted
ress.
Since that time the taxes for this year
have been paid in and the hoard is about
TO take steps to further reduce the pres
ent indebtedness of the district.
The hoord of education consists of NJ,
j. r'itz?atrick, president; Captain Will
lam Kelly, X. II. Nell and Peter Cox,
with Harvey Nell as secretary.
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Later he was made chief dispatcher Of
the same division. .,m
From the Milwaukee, Mr.. Spencer
went to the West Wisconsin railroad
and in 1879 became assistant .superin-
tendent; from 1880 to 1882 he was SUI
perintendent Of the eastern and north
ern divisions of that line. Later he ad-
vanced to the SUPPLEMENTARY Of the
Sioux City and st. Paul divisions.
Last year he resigned and after TAX
ing a few months rest, after years of
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Of the country. They are still produc-
ing, and are excellent properties.
Since that time the whole country has
been thoroughly prospected for quartz
leads and as a result many good mines
have been found and developed. The
creation of Powell county cut off from
that Of Deer Lodge Q large scope Of
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rebuilt or filed In. The banks have been
widened: almost the entire line bal
lasted. The road bed is a. smooth as
the best OF them and in q perfect con-
dition for the making OF fast time in
the operation Of both freight and pas
senger trains.
The equipment Of the b., a. d p. con-
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daily and weekly rendezvous Of numer-
GUS picnic and outing parties.
The valuation of taxable property in
this county for the past year, as turned
over by IRE clerk and recorder to the
county '."-s sa"cr. Is s6,0S56S5. The taxes
collected on this valuation will amount
to $157, 40S.29. The rate of taxation in
the city of Anaconda for this year was
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ANAcoNDA's PosToFF1CE.
Butte Only Exceeds It in the Volume
| Of Business,

The new building in which the Ana
conda postoffice is now located has
proven a great Improvement over the
old quarters. There ia more room and
far better light than before.
In fact the rev building was put up
expressly for a postoffice, and so has
many moe conven!ences than it would
otherwise ave
Flo '':i:-d States District Attor-
ney y. !E',g!' is the present post
master with his son, Gus English, as
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e. c. Thomas Is thoroughly a western
railroad man and has been a residentsof
Montana for nearly 10 years. For 10
years Mr.. Thomas was connected with
the Union Pacific at Denver ana later
served the Montana Union at Butte.
On leaving the Montana Union he be-
came traffic manager Of the Anaconda
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800 mills. Last year it was 30.5 mills.
three mills higher than this year. The
late division lowered the assessment
roll OF Deer Lodge county $l,S6l. $50 from
that of last year.
During the year Of 1901 the bonded in
debtedness Of the county has been de.
creased approximately $4,000. The
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-21
DEER LODGE COUNTY
ORGANIZED IN 1854 WITH SILVER
BOW AS HEADQUARTERS.
MUCH TERRITORY COVERED
Division Made in 1875, When Ana
conda Became the Seat of Gov
ernment-Sketches of the
Several officials.

In 1864 Deer Lodge county was organ
lied, with Silver Bow as the county seat
At that time the county extended from
camp creek, the present boundary of
silver Bow county on the south, to the
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NO LABOR TROUBLES,
Anaconda Remarkably Free From An
noy;.lg Disputes.

Owing to the perfect system Of organi.
cation, the labor question long ago ceased
to Re bother 20 the residents Of the
city Of Anaconda.
The Central Labor Council Of Ana
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Copper Mining company. He was ap-
pointed general freight and passenger
agent of the B., A. & p. last January
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ANACONDA PUBLIC SCHOOLS

The public schools of Anaconda are
Montana possesses Institutions of learn
ing of a higher standard of efficiency.
Noticeable progress has been made in
that direction during the present year.
The hoard Of education waE particularly
fortunate in securing the services @: the
present superintendent. Prof. J. A.
Koontz, who is an educator of expert
ence and ability. He has made educa-
ton his lifes work; he is d man of
broad IDEAS. of marked executive ability
and is a firm, yet congenial disci-
plinarian.
Although the city has four large and
commodious school buildings, the schools
are cramped for room. The pressure was
somewhat relieved. however, ny the
board leasing vacant store rooms recently
on Commercial avenue, but st,l; there is
a growing necessity for cdiitiona!
facilities fer more room and thu hoard
of education is now considering the adj
visibility of erecting a large addition to
the Central building.
The expenses of conducting the schools
Of Anaconda amount to about $4,000
per month during the school year.
The records sEow a marked increase in
attendance this year. as will be seen
by the following, the month of November
of last year and this being taken for
cOmDarisOn:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-23
POLITICS OF THE STATE.

1t was stated in these columns few
days ago that Gov Van SAINT ran about
15,eQO votes behind his ticket last fall .
This may have been somewhat unfair
to the governor, since by a consultation
of the figures of the last campaign 1t is
shown that in exact numbers the gov
ernor was only 1889 behind Mr. Nc
Kinley. This result is obtained by sub
| tracing the total number of votes cast
for Van SAINT from the total given Nc
Kinley. But there is a greater dispar-
agement between the pluralities of the
two gentlemen than in their number of
votes. For instance Mckinley re-
ceived 1850 more votes than did the
highest man on the ticket Mr.. Bryan,
and Gov Van SAINT was precisely 254
ahead of Gov. Lind. Looking at Il
from the standpoint of pluralities there
fore, the present governor was about
$4,000 behind his ticket.
What a jangling of voices there IS
among the Republican editors of the
state. And it all seems to be over the
fact that Gov. Van SAINT is where he is
and the party bosses want him to be re-
dominated Among the Republican edi-
tors (Who write their own editorials and
throw the press bureaus ready-mades
in the basket there is old Pease, of the
Anoka Union; San Llangum, of the Pres
ton Times; Allen, of the Battle Lake
Review; Messrs. Crawford, of the Lake
field Standard, and Grimes, of the lie
Sueur News, who are saying all kinds
of complimentary things about Gov.
Van SAINT and the ring that decreed his
denomination. Pease declared in a re-
cent issue that "he is the poorest and
weakest man" who ever occupied The
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-23

lowed by the constitution, it is extremely
doubtful if ever the people Of these states
will give their assent to the proposition
laid down in general terms by Gov. Allen.
Certainly those who accept the theories
of constitutional construction which are
identified with democratic doctrine and
practice will never consent to the con-
tinued erection of any form of absolutism
in government, for any length of tine
or under any circumstances, under the
auspices of the United States, save as
the needs and stress of public turmoil or
war may dictate.
The Sandwich islanders may be SUI
perior, as race, to the Porto Ricans;
but certainly the bulk of this people does
not think so.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-23

position, and the others have chimed in
the chorus with perfect harmony Ii is
rather singular to observe this general
eutburst of criticism and condemnation
of their own governor by these stanch
Republican papers.
Since the terms of their arraignment Of
the governor are so extremely bitter and
inciSiVe it will be of interest to the pub
lie to watch the attitude Of these Repub-
lican papers and a few others during the
stages of the next year and a half and
then especially during the campaign
when after he has been renOminated by
'the gang" Gov. Van SAINT goes over
the state, electioneering for Office again
1t is not an unsafe prediction that these
papers and all others that are now max
ing sucn demonstrative attacks upon the
governor, whom they helped to elect last
fall and the ringsters who have decree )
his denomination, will be found right in
line, doing their utmost to beat the man
VINO is running against Van SAINT. 1t
may be a sour dose for them, but they
will take it. And there won't be a word
against 'the gang" either That's an
awful mighty gang when you come to
think of it.
''Dr. Amos wants to succeed Loren
Fletcher in congress. Fletcher is no
ideal, but compared with Ames-Iee
Whiz"
The Hubbard County Enterprise gives
utterance to the above, and further down
in its editorial column remarks:
Gov Van SAINT can be renominated
perhaps by merely listening to tho poll
ticians. But a reelection depends on the
votes Of the people. il Will be well to
bear this in mind"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-23
Proc. LuGGER,s DEATH.

No greater loss has been suffered in
the domain of applied science in many
years than that which results from
the death of Prof. Lugger of the state
university While the practical value
of the fruits of his researches is gener-
ally appreciated. his death VIII result
in bringing the public and especially
those engaged in agricultural pursuits.
nearer to a true understanding of the
value of his life work
The deceased savant was one of a
corps of men, engaged in the agricultural
college of this state, who in the various
departments of scientific instruction are
doing work which will be followed by
the most valuable results to humanity
The task of making two blades of grass
grow where but one grew before is ac-
cepted as the traditional expression of
the highest material service which a
man may bestow on his fellows. 1t was
in that direction that Prof. Lugger la
bored. In the department of entomology
there was no man of his generation do
ing better work or who had done, per-
haps. as good. work during the period Of
his activity.
The farmers of the United States, and
especially of the West, owe the deceased
zoologist a great debt for the valuable
services which he rendered them, es-
pecially in getting rid of noxious and de-
structive forms of animal life His rem
edies applied to the grasshopper pest
alone would entitle his memory to be
preserved. He worked ardently and faith
fully, sacrificing himself as do all men
whose mission is the general betterment,
to the cause in which he was engaged.
Prof. Lugger had hardly passed the
prime of his life. Exercising ordinary
care over his own physical well being,
and refusing to yield himself as COM
pletely as he did to the great pursuits
which he followed, he might have con-
tinued his active work for twenty years
longer But, no doubt, others will take
up his work where he laid it down; and
the cause of scientific farming will con-
tinue to advance until every treasure
which mother earth holds within her vast
bosom will have been laid bare for the
benefit OF humanity.