. ,, stow oa Out of one ad the * weat kinds of tamns we ispim at emarkabIy low Thls fn nickel plated w1it a wbita ablna sbade $12.35. b~w tke "am stock at gm. d Dandles ever brought to V. eling aotars-aeatw Itkdos 30o. Apino sornm " to SLIB per box. Slinkss qs. 2 doe do*r 50 r º Iemosm 20o per down, @wr frolts sold on same scal. : tG~ or ratom SKREINER'S*.. ment Store For a to$-piece decorated Dinner Set, English Semi Porcelain, two colors. $1.oo For a pretty Cut Glass Oil Cruet. 1.e50 For Berry Bowl and i2 Saucers. Jardiniers, Assorted Tints and Gold Stippled *2 To $4 EACH. Admirers of pretty China should not fail to see our line. Finest line of Lamps ever displayed in Helena ROGERS .. SILVERWARE. J. EDWARDS, - ' Park Avenue, 4M R se sar. AKi ?A AAsE1. A61AVE USTION. nw the tookenw Can ek Net Protested a Sem the Ravages at Wolves end Coyotes. C- A OUNrTY LAW I # PROP e, It WM Prsented to the Comktg Legisla atwo by Representtivet From the Cow Counties. During the last campaign the burn Ing question in the cow countles of the state, am they are called, ws the mat ter of a bounty on wolves and other stock destroying animals, and a bounty 1-W' to encourage the extermination of these pests of prey is one of the chief subjects that will engage the attention of the lawmakers at Helena at thisu coming session, snyn the Stock Growers' Journal. During the few years of In ability of the state to pay the present bounty the pests have Increased to such an extent as to seriously menace the live stock Industry and something must be done. The loss in young stock each year Is said to run as high as 26 per cent., and while all agree that something must be done, the question what to do I. the one which has to be solved by the legislature that meets in January. It Is the duty of the stock men. who are virtually interested, to decide what they think is the best plan to adopt, and then by systematic work to endeavor to get a satisfactorg law. which will receive the governor's sig nature, through the legislature. From the mining countles there will be a strong opposition to any appropri ations from the general fund for bounty purposes. Though the argu ment can be made that the live stook and farming lnterests pay the taxes while the mlnlng ltterests escape that burden, it will have little avail as long as those Interests have the votes of the legislature. The live stock men and farmers "'et the worst of It" but they have to take It. There has been some speculation as to the kind of a bill that could be got through the legislature, and one has been submitted which is to be intro. duced before the legislatures of Mon tana, Wyoming, North and South Da kota, this winter, after suglestliona cor rections, annotations and advis of stockmen has been received. The bill was prepared, in the rough, by R. M. Allen, nmnager of the Stand ard Cattle company, who has through his interest in the matter,started the ball to rolling. Cattlemen and farmers are asked to make any changes or sugges tions so that the bill when formed for presentation to the legislatures of the states interested, may be found to be uniform in working through the largest possible area of country, and satisfac tory to the Interests affected. The bill provides that for the pur pose of encouraging the destruction of coyotes, gray and black wolves and mountain lions, In the state of Mon tana, the boards of commissioners of the various counties are authoriaed and requested to make payment from a fund to be raised by special levy, fot each coyote killed. 81; for each gray or black wolf killed, $8, tnd for each mountain lion killed, $6. The fund from which the sums mentionel shall be paid as bounty shall be created and raised by a special levy of ten mills. which shall be laid upon the total val uation of sheep and cattle. It is In tended, and must be so understood, that this special levy shall be laid In ad dliton to the levy for state and general county purposes. The above mentioned speeial levy shall be collected for the first time upon the assessment for the year 1895, and no certificates or war rants issued previous to Jan. 1, 189., shall be paid from the fund raised by the state levy. After Jan. 1, 1894, the bounty on coyotes, wolves and moun tain lions killed shall be paid from the said fund; and in case the said fund shall become exhausted before a new tax for the following year shall apply, the certificates or warrants shall be paid from the tax of each succeeding year, as soon as the tax has been col lected. A few suggestions have been made by stockmen who have read the bill which will be given to assist those in con sidering the matter who feel so dis posed. First-Leave the present bounty law standing as it is, but have an appropri ation made to pay warrants issued un der It. Then have enacted the above law, or one similar to It, to be In effect anl o.prtliv\'e at the same time. Secuold.'"he bill suggested is ambig uous. as it does not provide an author ity to mantk the levy. The power should be. reposed In either the board of county c(-ormisiIoners of each county, or in the state board. Thlrd-Therie should not be such a difference .etwelen the bounties of coy. otes and wolves. The wild cat could well I' cut out and the money go on to the" bounty of coyotes. Now is the time for the stockmen and falrmrM to formulate their Ideas and get the-m into such shape that a united and consistent light may he made for Ia m.aslurc ~f prrtectiln that is du( sucih litrg, g interests. Everybody who If In t it mlinr is lnt.restedl in the passagr of such I law and the miner's wife Il Inl.tre.stel In it if she has ally chick Sore Throat. Fcir a Qor. throt there is nothing bet t,.r than :a liann*l bLndagK, demp.nrsd ith t'humb'hrlauu' lyrain iHalm. It will nI .rl*, liwva -.-fiTL t - I n Bur I II (0n i ni:Ii :: tnim,. 'l'Th:" rtmrn.dy t1 also a f.,,nit,. for rhimianti.nm a.l hat cured nloil:vy '. :. r' " . ,4. ,O:-cent but tlc9 fur. alp ev b l ll allun ist:. "Excursion Tickets to California." Tai" the short andl by twenly-four hour:; the nqilk.:+t ro.nlo to California. I::"gant I'l!InI n Ipa~la e and touri..t ',.",,( ls Th. dnliin. car route. Th I tioin 'artflet ha;" plaii l on tale daily tu kels fIront l'l il'rltn to Cullfornlia points, limt li to sixty uiny going with privilege of rit.lrnlin any time within six months, goord for mlop-ove'r. at following rates: T', Han P'run istco. going via Ogden and returnullll san route,. $75. To Hanll FIran:etI'o, going via Ogden ant r,.tuiriing via Portland, and vice versa, To' San Francisco, going via Portland antl returning saent route, 375. To oIs Angeles. going via Ogdi*n anli SaRranmento, and returning via Ran l"'lanl cilco and Ogden. or vice versa. t19. To los Angel'+s. going via Ugden and San Francln o, returning via Ban Fran cpllo and Ogden, $93. To Los Aingeles. going via Portland and returnlling via ltacramlllnto, or vice versa, 't'hrough sleeping car resPrvations and further Information run be had by aill Ing on or addressing 30 North Mainnstreet, Helena. II. O. Wilson, Freight and Passenger Agelnt fluy your Christmas presents at the Bee llive and save 25 per cent. Special salo of albums at the Bee Hive this _¶eek. Money to Loan. I have on hand several small amounts, $300 to $1.500, to loan on good real estate security, one to three years. Can also furnish loans of $2.600 and tpwards on short notice, three to five years. Jas. M. Tucker. Hi#pm 9t 4 h In LMT fiw.-Loi V. U kw .6 CIrnC'f5 Sla J UD. Land Agent Hitkman Talks of the Agieaul tural College Grant. "For oeveral months," said State Land Agent It. O. Hickman to an Independent reporter. "criticisms have been made by parties who reside at Loseman and in that vklnlty, and who should be better in ftrmed, that the state beard of land commmisalonere had located the agricul tural land In the Gaillatin valley near where the college of Agriculture and Me ch[,ino Arts is located, and placed them to the account of the grants for public butildings and the state normal school, and had gone of" a cotnslderable distance to select lands to fill the agricultural col loeg grlant, greatly to the detriment of that institution. "For the information of these partles, andI all others not knowing the facts., will state that In September and October, 1i12. or several months prior to the loca tion of the college at 1Bozeman, the Hon. Giranville Stuart, then acting as state land agent, visited Beaverhead. G4lUMla and Madlson counties and selected about everything he cosldered desirable. He re ported the same to Gov. Toole, then pres Ident of the board of land commislonerse, and the land so selected was by the board apportioned to the several different grants. "if It happened that the Agricultural college did not receive its full share of the agricultural lands of Gallatin county, neither the preent nor the former board of land commissioners, nor anyone con nected therewith are to blame, for, as you know, the college was not loeated an t11 a number of months after the lands in question had been selected. Had the lands in (Gallatt county bees credited to the Agricultural college grant, and the col lege Itself been located at Missoula, OG.at Fallm. Billings or Miles City, the same critletsm could have been made." JOTTINGS ABOUT TOWN. The funeral of Wallace W. Brown takes place at,St. Peter's Episcopal church this morning at 11 o'clock. Thls is the last day that notices to avoi4 forfeiture or notties to hold and work mining claims, both of which have the same Intent, may be iled. The express companies and the post office did an unusually large holiday burs nees this season. There are still a few Christmas packages coming nto town, but the rush is over; in fact, the holiday business for Il was practically ended the day after Christmas. The Broadwater club's grand ball takes place to-night at Winston. The club has prepared very elaborate programmes in blue and gold. There are twenty-three numbers on the list of dances. This ball opens the campaign in the interest of the proposed Broadwater county. The Young People's Soclety of Christian Endeavor of the First Presbyterian church will hold a sunrise prayer meeting New Year's morning at 7:m sharp. All are cordially invited. The young peoples so clettes of this city will endeavor to at tend and help make the meeting a suo cess. The ladles of the Central W. C. T. '. hope their friends will not delay their con tributions to the box for the prisoners at Deer Lodge, as they desire to forward it this holiday week. The men are very grateful for the reading matter sent to them as they have but little current lit erature furnished them, no ordinary news papers, and little employment to pass away the time which indeed seems long. Thos. Cruse, quite recently, got returns from thirty-Ave head of cattle sold in Omaha. As he had made no shipment of beef cattle this season he was at a loss to understand the matter. The only plaus able solution was that some one had sto len some of his cattle, but had become frightened and failed to collect for them after selling them; and that the money had beeen sent to the owner of the stock's brand. The alleged unlawful sale of opiates by city druggists was a matter discussed by the city council Saturday night. One alderman said It was a well known fact that morphine fiends could get their "dope" easily without physicians prescrip tions as long as they had the money to pay for it. He alluded to the state statutes which makes it unlawful to sell morphine or similar drugs without a physician's order, and said that the lew relating to this evil ought to be enforced. The Helena school teachers who attend ed the annual meeting of the state teach ers' association held at Livingston, have returned. They all report having had a pleasant and profitablh trip. Helena was well represented at the meeting. The fol lowing teachers came in from Livingston on Saturday: Meadames Carpenter, How ey, Giles. DeCamp and Cummings; Misses Shafter, Olds. Allison, MlugnPss. lradley, Rchinson, Gertrude Iteifenrath and M. A. Itelfenrath; Messrs. E. A. Steers I. It. G. Young. S. A. Merritt, J. C. Templeton and U. T. itrumble. $7.50 For a 105-plere decorated dinner get. $3.50 for a 12-piece decorated chamber set. F. J. Edwards,. Park avenue. Res flur $2 per ewr. lest line of 25c and 60c kid body dolls In the city can be found at the Bee Hive. As Light as a Feather. The latest device in the way of a camera is the Kombl. It weighs, when loaded with twenty-five exposures, llabout four oulnes. It taken a pictu'e two by one and live-,lghths inches. Sold only by the A. i Hollter Hlardware Boro Menthol will cure your catarrh. At all druggists. For Rent. Furnlsh.cI rooms with lteam heat and I,. h trl" light at the Lloyd house, 111 tClar ke strieet. All thor, having Invltaldons to the man qull rld* id 11 given by V'era H.bhekah I.l gl No. 12, I. (). 0. I'. at the auldltorllum 'New ' ear's eve. )De(. .1I, can procure tick s at theL Iiketr window in auditorium by i. seintliin the in llution. 'rirkets to gal I, ,y will alsu be on sil, at 25e each. Sant Claus headquarters at the Bee likve. Awarded Highest Honors-World's allr. -DR I"DIU CREAM BAIlING POWER ý MOST PERFECT MADE. A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Fre from Ammonia, Alum or say other adultan . 40 YEARS THE STANDARD, Mmim c o I, O. E. s. A special meting of Mhalrlanhapter, No. 1, O. E. 8., will be held at Maeonie Tenple o0 Monday. 31st I..;, at 9:30 o'olock a. m., for the purpose of attend tng the funeral of our deceased brother. Wallace W. Brown. Member are earnestly rquested to be prompt in ther attend e. AMELIA HINDS(, W. M. MATTIS 3. BOOKItR. eary. Morning Star Lodge No. 5. A special communicatlon of Morning Btar lodge. No. 5.. A. F. A A. M.. will be held at Masonli Temple, onrMonday, ltst Itmt., at 10:30 o'rkok a. m.. for the purpose ot attending the 5eral of our deceased brother. Walla W. Brown. leter klodges and sojourming brcthren are cordially atnveitl o awend JOHN A. WELt ME. W. M. JO0. J. HINDMON, Bcr.etary. Nal ebaina and switches made to order by Mrs. . Miller, 23 Broadway. Babcock's SXMAS' FURS seal Gatmemla, Fur Costa. Huffs, Capeu. Neatera P Ic.a. Zarget Itock. Head qwna. tw oPe of lII kIod& E.A.aOOK''. Masquerade SUITS. A11 kinds A large asUort meet. Mrs. Wlrth aoAoDWAr. Shorthand, Typewritlng, Etc. Evala, B.ho opeO Memd.y. Moveyabur Il 7-P. M. I Waid i7 UBq Jiloek. COl aor add.. MAYlI L Ma4MAN. PRimelm. CASH 10WLESSTORE, 107 N. MAIN ST. Jan. I to Io WE WILL INAUGURATE A- + QRAND GLEARANGE ...SALE... When you will be able to pur chase more goods for the money than was ever offered you be fore as we propose to REDUCE OUR STOCK To make room for spring goods, and YOU KNOW that WE KNOW how to do it. On and after Jan. I our store will close at 6 p. m. except Sat urd ays. .. ATTENTION .. Annual Ball - OF - CAPITAL LODGE NO. 2 - AT THE - Auditorium IEW (EARS NIGHT, JAl. 1, 1111. The grandest event of the season. Malny valuable prises will be distributed. A cordial welcome to all memlbers from out side towns. TICKETS $1.00 admitting gentleman and ladles. CHASi'S PU.E BARLEY MALT WHISKY. Endorse Thle Iest Eminent Physlelsas sa Chemlst as a V•al able and Reliable Remedy for all I.UNG TROUBLE, DYi'EPHI'A, MALARIA and FEEBLENENS. .t Perfect Tonea and an Ab.olutel, 1'P'RE STIMULANT. OPPENHEIMER & ASCH Erle Apat te r Meaten. nIless Most GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL Central Ave., and Fifth St., GREAT FALLS, - MONT. First bf Wit All Moiera movemels Brick building with large elegant rooms. First cluiss aCcommoda tions to commercial travelers and the traveling public in general. We solicit a share of your patronage. RATES: $2.00 per day. ARCHIE McDONALD, Proprietor. L. P. FISHER'S ?EW5PAPnR ADVERSISING AGENCY 21 MERCHAMTS' EXCHANGE SAN FRANCI CO. Loe & Bro. 35 S. Main S. Main A HAPPY NEW YEAR TOONEANDALL And with it comes the good tidings that we have comr menced our Clearance Sale Of all our WINTER GOODS, SILK HANDKLRCHIEF8, MUFFLERS.,' Etc., which means goods at Eastern wbolosale prices. Make haste, call early or you won' tget any of the good things. LOEB £ BRO. 35 S. Main. THE ONLY OAmN OLOTHIE/R INNL ,LNA.A HOALtYUQ S" PR _ "4 ttR ii WATCHES, DIAMONDS, S-- JEWELRY. Silverware, Novelttes, Opera Olasses, Cutlery, Csar.na C6Iettees Hair and Mat Ornaments. Bo nune and look over our stock beore maki"g your Holiday PurothassI C. B. Jacquemin & Co. .,i,._ 27 S. Main St., Helena. If You Want to Make Her Happy Buy Her a.... ETo bake, to roast, to brest. to toast, to bell to stew, for many or few; To last, to plees, to work with ear, to lessm ear, give bettor tare; T6 save food, to die a better UaSm, to Osa worry and avoid bhurry; To give pleaty of water, s aee ak It ter, to are time, thoe beat the rh And buy the greatest of a8, and only /te allesable Iro tm angh, the MAJESTIC After usag, stop abusgla the man t made the east Iron storve -- MAJESTIC - We give a Fine $zo Washing Machine with every MIAJESTI.. sold before New Year. Granite Blook. STURROCK & PREUITT. t? Nichown & t, Ltd. N. Nicholas n &i C.., Ltd. " FL GE MS GEMS !. Full line of Fine Montana Sappbhres and all kinds of preoious stones. A large assortment o: Agate novelties. Bapphire cuttni at the lowest prices. Helena Lapidary (o., Power Block. Take Elevator. GILGIRIST BROS. --- DEALERS IN-- Lbrumber, Sash, Doors, Etc hMi:l. Woz"] of All .Kin.e. Sole Agents For Rocky Fork Coal. =-== CORD WOOD.-- ClIt OflICEs GRAND ClNTSAL CIBS& 6 Ea T PELrPIONU NO. 18. STEELE, HINDSON & CO., -JOBaBE. Oa- Hay, Grain, Flour, Feed, Rolled Oats, Corn Meal and Potatoes WROLaaAL1 £A.OTS FOR TUB OC.tlSTED ROYAL BANNER, CROWN AND MONTANA BELLE FLOUR Telep.oane o. 1W--lme U Be Storese Facdillt La the atI.-132. i3oumms ub The Ploneer Fruit House of Montana. Established 1I83. LINDSAY & GO. Wholesale Fruits, Produce and Seeds HELENA, MONTANA. For the coming Holidhy trade we will havy the following goods In car lots, viz: Sweet Potatoes, York State Sweet Older. New orop Sicily Lemons, Catawba Grapes. Fresh Eggs, Florida Oranges. Jersey Cranberries, Bellflower Apples and numerous other varieties of apples Our stock of Candles. Nuts and Chewing Gums is largo and well selected, and we ask retailers throughout the State to send for our price list of same Utah Alfalfa Seed and Montana Timothy Seed tu round lots at low prices. BRING IN YOUR ART PORTFOLIOS And have them bound. Prices from $1.00 to $.O00 per set. General Bookbinding and Ruling. C. B. LEBKICHER THIS PAPER Is kepO on ile at !. C. DAKM'I Advertis. tong lAgency. 6 and S Metrobants Ex chaenle, an Francesco, CAL.. where coan. tracts for agverts.a ea be seae ler It MONTANA UNIVERSITY University Place. Near HelenL F. P. TOWEl L M,, L - 0,