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• -r , THE AGE - - - BOULDER, Ifk§N`T. j ilar success. An Association has been formed at Livingston in the past month and starts Out ,with 2;000 to 3,000 shares. If Boulder has lief - the grit and gumption to ofgatiize an As- sociation she deserves to. be left ever- lastingly in the cold by her more en- terprising neighbors, and to continue during her mortal days to be a one- horse side-show to the Helena circus. ‘ « VEDNESDAY. MAY 16, 1888. Enerred at the United States Postoffire of Boulder Valley, Montane Territory, sui seennd.elass maU matter., . THE SECOND NUMBER,Of the Montana Register, published at Bozeman, by (Ieorge Alderson, is at hand. It is a neat, well-priuted - ; eight -column folio. The second issue is rather weak edi- • torially. It makes no announcement Of purpose or principle, but it is evi- dently a prohibition, organ. ' A commuNreAffloN -to THE AGE from Major Brooke, of' Whitehall, during the court -house bonds' canvass did a great deal to settle the question the way it went. The Major keeps on talking about the court -house in his sensible and effective way and the last time he was in town advised the Com- missioners to look over the townsite, select the most suitable - location's for the new court -house, and then buy a whole block of land for the. court -house grounds. The Major says a few' in- terested persons may be dissatisfied with this plan for a time, but that the good business sense *splayed in it will commend it to the'great majority of the taxpayers of the county. And the Major is right. It certainly,Would not be advisable to put the court- house at some inappropriate *and in- convenient spot simply to save a few dollars, and certainly there should be a full block of ground devoted to the purpose. - — THE BUILDINa ASSOCIATION. In the advertising columns will be found the notice of the first annual meeting of the stockholere of the Boulder Building and Loan Aasocia- tion, to be held Wednesday eVening, June 6th. It is to be hoped that every one who wants to subscribe for shares will be present on that evening to take part in / the election of officers and an- sistinifte - eiractment of bfraï - fta.\Ile _only payment due that evening will be the admission fee of fifteen cents per share and fifty cents extra from each shareholder for a passbook. It is probable the regular monthly pay- ment of fifty cents a share will begin the latter part of June or the early part of July, according as the majority of the shareholders may believe to be most convenient. It is much to be hoped that the peo- ple of Boulder generally will carry, shares in this Association. They can not inyeet their money to get a better interest if they hold on to the end. If they wish to withdraw at any time they can do so by giving sixty days' notice . aed will receive their money and a fair rate ofàfiteree. It is prob- able the shares will be daleable at any time at a better rate than their' with- drawal value. The institution will be a benefit to every person who invests , in it and to the town and the com- munity as well. It will relieve the financially embarrassed, it will in- crease the demand for labor, it will reduce the rents of residence 'property which are now so exorbitant- ly high, andewill improve the town generally. The Association should receive the encouragement and support of all good citizens for the moral as well as the financial benefit to be de- riveti from it. Something over 300 shares have been subscribed for so far. It is prob- able that the enterprise will be en- tirely given, up unless at least 600 'shares are subscribed for by the first annual meeting. There should be no 4ifficultY in securing thése or even a larger number. The success of simi- lar Associations in the Territory ought to be a guarantee of the success of one in Boulder. , The Missoula Association has 1,100 Mares out of twice the value of the Boulder shares, and 400 more were to be issued Monday and proba- ' bly there was a demand for twice the number. Although the Association is two years old, the - Motley on hand the first Monday in May was loaned at twenty per cent. bonus. I hre Bill- ._ . Ingo Association is meeting with situ- . STEWARf'S MINING - BILL. That the idea advanced heretofore In TUE AGE, that Conkress passed mining laws in accordance with the • desire of the general body of miners, is correct, Was shown on April 24th whee the Sénate passed without a wrird ,of explanation the bill intro- duced bY Senator Stewart of Nevada to. amend the Mining laws of \the United Statee, relying entirely on Mr. Stewart' e knowledge of the subjecte involved in the bill. As this bill is one of the most important pieces of legislation that the present Congress has touched, the following telegraphic summary of the bill is given at length, and every one interested in mining will at once see its importance, and will recognize the benefit of the pro- posed changes in the law, though it certainly does not fully cover the abuses recently shown up in THE Auz. The bill corrects alarge number of minor defects in the laws and makes some material changes. Among the changes are the following: rri*e amount of work necessary to -hold a placer claim is reduced from $100 per annum to $50, and limits the amount Of placer ground that may be included in a patent to 160 acres. It fixes 12 o'clock noon on the 1st day of August as the commencement and end of the year for anneal work, instead of midnight of the 31st of December, as - now fixed by law. This - change was made to relocations to be made in day- light and in summer time, when the mountains are free from snow. It requires, when the annual wörk is performed, the filing of an affidavit in the County Recorder's office of the county ia which the mine is situated showing the work performed on the mine. This point has been covered in Montana by a Territorial statute, but under it the filing of the affidavit is not compulsory. It allows the affi- davits - which are required to he made under the mining laws to be sworn to before any officer author- ized -to administer oaths in any State or Territory. It reserves the right-of- way through or over any mining claim for roads, • ditcHes, canals, cute, and tunnels for the purese of working other mines, as now . provided by law, and provides tharnuy damages occe- sioned thereby to the mine -owner shall be assessed and., paid in the manner provided by law for the condemnation of private property for public use in the State or Territory where the mines are situated. It die provides that no person shall acquire by location or possession möre than one mining claim on the same vein, nor shall any person relocate a claim which he has previously located. This is to prevent repeated locations of the same claim by the same person to evade the provision requiring annual anxiously awaiting the opportunity to labor. The provision, however, can fire at a perhaps not unsuspecting be easily evaded and will be of . Jade convention. The resolutions were fore. The restriction to one claim, on read lfy the secretary.' were adopted the genie lode is really what the orig- inal law meant, but has been construed otherwise, and this declaration shows its true meaning. But the declaration is not strong enough nor broad enough. A limit should be placed upon the number -of claims one person can hold in a specified district. Until this is done it will continue to \be in the power of a very few men to paralyze the mineral development of a whole district or of a whole county. SCHOOL NEWS. 'Bids fer the building of the * new school -house in Boulder will be opened to -morrow. Walter Dunks, a nephew of Monroe Dunks, is teachings the public schnol in District No. 11. The young gen- tleman is recently from Iowa. In the Cold Spring District at the last election Mr. W. N. Davison and Mr. W. W. Porter were elected Trus- tees, Mr. John Flaherty' holding over. Mr. Dennis Sheehy has been appointed Clerk. The District will probably build a new school -house this summer. POLITICAL POINTERS \ Most of the Republican*in this sec- tion name Blaine as their first choice for President. Dan McNeill says he will not be a candidate for reelection to the office of Sheriff this fall. It is understood that County As- sessor Vining A. Cook will be a can- didate for renomination before the Republican County Convention this summer. A handsome picture ef Gen. Alger, Michigan's Republican candidate for the Presidency, adorned the chair- man's stand at the convention Monday last. Several Michigan men present pronounced him a first-class man. The Republican primary in Boulder last Saturday evening was not attend- ed by many of the electors. Will Kennedy presided at the meeting and Wm. Morris acted as secretary. Geo. F. Cowan\ Esq., and Will Kennedy were selected to represent the precinct in the county convention. T. C. Power, of Helena, seems to have sprung into the field as a candi- date for a delegateship to the National Republican Convention, and it is said that the Lewis and Clarke county del- egation to the Territorial Convention is solidly for him. Other candidates are Hon. E. C. Waters, of Billings, Col. Geo. O. Eaton, of Cooke City, Hei 'Alderson, of Bozeman, and Judge Wm- J. Galbraith, of Deer Lodge.' The Republican County Convention which was called to meet in Boulder last Monday. was probably the small- est county convention ever held in Jefferson county. Only five delegates were present, being N. Merriman and C. W. Thompson, of Jefferson City, Henry piper. of Corbin. and Geo. F. Cowan and Will Kennedy. of Boutder. Mr. Cowan, as chairman of the County Central Committee, called the conven- tion to order, and on motion of Mr. Merriman he was made chairman of the convention. N. Merriman and emy Piper -ari a committee on cre- dentials reported the aforementioned delegates -as entitled to seats. Merri- man then moved the appointment of a committee on resolutions, but the mo- tion was defeated by a tie vote: A motion to admit as members of the convention the three or four Repub- lican -who were lookers-on -was--ears ried. The following delegates were then chosen to represent the county in the Republican Territorial Convention which meets in Livingston next Sat- urday: Henry Piper, Corbin; Vining A. Cook; Boulder; Nathaniel Merri- man, Jefferson City; E. R. Dean, Wickes; George F. Cowan. Boulder; Henry Raymond, Bedford. The al- ternates selected were as follows: Chas. B. Lee, Corbin; Will Kennedy. Bould- er-; C. W. Thompson, Jefferson City; Max Hebèrlein, Wickes; Dan McNeill, Corbin; Wm. V. Myers, Radersburg. Mr. Merriman here renewed his mo- tion to appoint a committee on reso- lutions, and this time it was success- ful, the members by the grace of the convention voting for it. Merriman and V, Â. Cook were appointed such committee, they retired to an ante- ro6m for a half a minute. and reported the rnsolutions which Mr. Merriman had prepared and which he had been without further consideration with only one dissenting vote, and the con- vention adjourned without day set for reassembling.. BASIN BUDGET. extensive additions to his store and dwelling. When completed it will be one of Basin's cosiest as well as most roomy establishments. The first clean up at the Arastra will be made next week an& visions 'of gold galore are flitting before the eyes of the owners. By the bye, if some judge of such things would come here and analyze the ore those persons are running through the arastre, I am almost positive a fortune in rsd,or brown paint would be discovered. The ore is peculiarly filled with some sort of composition that paints what- ever it touches. It is easily worked, becomes a sort of paste and the color fastens itself to anything it comes in contact with and stiCks - through storm and sunshine. Good tidings come from the placer diggings owned here and, with the early completion of all' -preliminary arrangements and plenty of water, a rich harvest of gold is confidently looked for. Supt. Walsh is back and busy at the Penn company's grounds. Mr. 0!Niel and wife spent a short 'holiday at Boulder Springs this week and declare the place a delightful resort. The wõrk on railroadterldges along this line moves op rapidly. Streams are spanned as if by magic and camps are changed with the rapidity of pomada. The early portion of this week was hourly punctuated in its passage by regular storms f snow. Thursday %, was a 'January da ,, ,throughout. the Work began on Lonedar mine this week. ' This is the property late- ly bonded by Butte parties of which Tun AGE has made mention. Mining men here express consider- able anxiety about Senator Stewart's new mining law and would be pleased at republication, when 'Pt passed and has been signed by the Executive, of its distinctive features. \Smithy\, an old resident, 'has de- monstrated the 'fact that Basin soil is adapted to the growth of vegetables. He has a nice garden_ and from the flourishing vegetables, green as the hillsides now, one would suppose he intends to supply the Boulder market. Early vegetables, are there in great profusion and bid ‚fair to mature in good shape. Our new teacher. Miss Heilbonner, is filling_the vacancy IM_ely_raule Miors Knowlton's resignation. most acceptably. Parents and pupils alike are pleased and the school is well at- tended and flourishing. A tumbler of Helena men, interest- ed in Basln mines here, visited the camp during the past week and the air is filled wittrumors _of prospective. and' extensiveworking parties. Speculations are beginning to be heard as to the probable candidates for county offices. Of course it is too early yet, but report has it that sev- eral gentlemen's fences are being look- ed after by zealous friends. • Basin precinct with its two or three hundred busy people will be somewhere in the gloaming when nomination-day rolls around. From Woodville to Basin inclusive there are some 700 or per- haps more Voters. These will ask for recognition and representation proba- bly on the county tickets. 4 1,,.hear several persons mentioned but nothing reliable in this relation is known. [Special Correspondence of THE AGE - 1 BASIN May-11.—Mr. -Joe Brien, of the Merchant's hotel, is in high glee over the promise of his trolftione miJae at Lowlands several miles up the Boulder river, near Calvin station. The ore is peculiar in appearance, re-' _sembling steel gray alum formations often seen in the caves through Virgin- ia and Kentucky. It is rich in Kilter according to assays made in Helena and will be worked thoroughly this season. Mr. Brien is a good citizen and deserves his good luck, Basin lost a useful and prominent business man this week in the person of Mr. Schreiner, who removed his entire stock of general merchandise to Elkhorn. Mr. Schreiner has made likany warm friends here by always dealing liberally with the miners and prospectors and his absence will be keenly felt. Postmaster Hopkins is making quite X. [From Another Correspondent.] - BASIN, May 15.—A Swede named August Okestrom was arrested at Woodville yesterday by Constable Col- lins on a warrant issued by Justice Sutor, of Basin on a charge of grand larceny preferred against him by W. Noonan, of Woodville. The prisoner was arraigned for preliminary exam- ination this morning, but on the pros- ecuting witness giving affidavit that the chief witness conld not be produced on account of illness, the hearing of the case was postponed ten days and. the prisoner, on depositing $175 in =eh as security -with the Jus- tice, was liberated to reiippear on the 2.5th of May. • Some sales of mining property, per- fected here, have brought some ready cash and consequently life into camp. Capitalists are always welcomed here and we have any amount of good, honest mining claims on hand to sup- ply their wants. We regret the departure of our popular merchant, Mr. Henry Schrein- er, but must cengratulate Elkhorn on its acquisition, for Henry is an up- right, honest character. To show the esteem in which Mr. and Mrs. Schreiner were held here, a party was given in their honor at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. L. Sutor, which was attended by almost-thetthofe commu- nity and a good, royal time enjoyed by all. Mr. and Mrs. Schreiner left for their new home yesterday morning and our best wishes for their future prosperity accompany them. BOULDER EXCHANGE, BOULDER, MONTANA TERTRIORY. Schmidt ág Pilaf; ernprisiora. WHOLESALE AND Rsurt. Difflan IN i....xcyrroirl.e. A. c:Iicik.s..1k1111. AGENTS FOR Centennial Brewery & Montana Bottling Co. Keep constantly on hand a supply of KEG AND BOTTLE BEER, CHAIPAQNE a g o SWEET CIDER, GINGER ALE AND BEITALO READ, Orange Lemonade, Root and Birch Beer, ALL KINDS OP Syrup, Soda and Crum, Soda Eater, Sarsaparilla eta, SiLOOli, BOTE.. in ?Mill! TRIM SOLICITID. AGENTS POR COMPRESSION PUMPS. Icy CHESTS, AND Bait Pulliam LUMBER IdERCRANTS. BOULDER LUMBER YARD. SASH, DOORS, MOULDINGS, CEDAR Shingles, and all kinds of Finishin g Loss. ber, Buildin g and Tar Paper, ormatatitly oirhapd. Yard op . poielte,the Court -Halm Convenient for teams. Also, pia» tor. nished for houses, bridgea, ete., and e - ost- Inciting and building ateime. OEsBECK & SIMPKINS. J UST avermirre aunt r.n Route, Car Load Cedar Shingles, Car Load Flooring, Carit.oad Pine Boards, Car Load Finishing. Car Load Dimension. Plain and Tar Papers, Lath, Moulding, _ - Doors, Windows, etc., Kept Constantly on Hand at klelena Prices Freight Added. Yard on SAMPLING WORKS Side Track. -------- PERSONS WANTING BUILDING MATERIAL CAN SAY. TRANSFER CHARGES BY BUYING HERE. Au MATERIAL DELIVERED FREE TO ANT PAIN OP THE CITY. N. TEN EYCK, Agent. MONTANA SHORT LINE. When traveling every one should one- . eider well the questions of economy, comfort, safety and speed, these questions being olthiiiame importance in a journey of an hour as in one of several days' ride. An examination of the map will convince anyone that this is the most direct route to and from all the principal pointa in 'Con - a mi li N T ri tr ep U o L us trig' thern AN T013 Nor - I n d 8° - .RA I UNA% ta, D Mi akota and Montana. Our epnipment and time are excellent. Our rates are the lowest, but this fact is something .which speaks for itself. Definite figures and maps can be obtained by applying to any Agent of the Company, or the Gen- eral Passenger Agent. The following are a few of the Principal Points reached via this Line: Sr. CLOUD, SAUK CENTRE, FERGUS FALL% CROOMON, ST. VINCENT, HUTCHINSON, PATNESVILLE, APPLETte AND BEICKENRIDOE,MINE.; WATERTOWN, ABER- DEEN, ELLENDALI,WARPETON, Fxsoo, Gesso Fosse, GuarroN, Davila LAKE, Barrner.Au AND BUFORD, Dszeirs; GLAD- oolv,DAwas (Pr. Binitswe), ANKINNIBOINE, FT. Briorros, GMAT FALLS, HELENA AND BUTTE, MONTANA; WINNIPEG, ItiLtivrrosx, AND ALL Pacivic Coe« Pourra. Parties seeking farms or business loca- tions will find unusual opportunities for both on this line in Northern Dakota and Montana, also in Minnesota where the Company has for sale at low prices and on favorable terms 2,000,000 acres of ex- cellent farming, grazing and timber landa. For maps and other information address, J. BOOKWALTER, C. H. WARREN, Land Commissioner, Glen'l hum Jag% ST. PAUL, MINN. A. MANYEL, Gen'l Manager. W. S. Aurae/inse t Gen'lTraille Manama CHARLICIr PONID, DEALER IN iicatherchasep, Seer*, Fancy Notions. etc. CHINESE - cam JAhNin ant GOODS raira.C5 . 3r 1i7Pier 413. 10 Cfrocbc1 Etetostsetareazat 0000 MEALS, CLEAN SERVICE, BEST TABLE the market affords. Boarders by the week get the best .of attention. GOOD BAFKatetyYcaikne.enznirrit plea inala' t t o h n e r‘ test r. attrant.
