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« ■s r :â E&;a -, v 1. Nftotf & "Mining Property? MM W> « 5 ÂÂÂ.ÏÏ? $ 1 , 102 , 605.99 .. .." .. . . rnomrnm^^ ' I : f ' . mom f t parwam te The Truth Gov. Dixon in discussing Mine Taxation in a public speech at Bozeman, Sept 29, 1924, said this: What is the truth? In tSSS. the total property assessments of this OonnMny $60,182,441, divided as follows PROPERTY Mining Claim*. Machinery, Improve menta, Supplies ... Net Proceed* of Metal Mines.. M«,4W Smelter and Reduction Sites, Build ings, Equipment, Suppliés _ 26.075,683 Railroad and Railroad Equipment— 4,137*7» (To more ore* from mine to swelter) Coal Lands, Improvements and Sup __ ^ _ _ 34^881 provide fdei for mine», mills and smelter) "( Net Proceed* of coal min*a_.. 225,506 Timber, Timber Lands and Improve ments . 10,HiRftli (To provide the mine* with flOjOOO.OOO board feet of «awed and rented timber« each year) in Montana PULL CAfa.YAhP* J Anaconda Copper mining company publishes figures showing the large sums they pay in taxes, leav ing ft to be Inferred that this . is assessed against << The lisa ftl their f 1 mining property. But it must be remembered that this company owns practic ally all the standing timber in Montana, as well aa rauche«, stores and other en terprises, and that the tax figures which are cited cover all this property—of which the Butte mines constitute only about one-seventh." THE ABOVE A.B8ÄSS MEET IS 06.6% OF TOTAL, OR. $08.162,908 Farm Land*. Improvement*. Livestock $ $14*88 (Acquired In connection with reduction operations; such as are sot DO used «re farmed)' ty Property, Merchandise, Street Railroad, Water and Lighting Systems, etc.—. (Acquired and used for pnfgtees neces sary and incidental to mining and reduc tion, including transportât!«* «ted living facilities for employes, etc.) . Ci 1, *16,150 » OTHER PROPERTY AESBtfSMXNT 18 3.4% OF TOTAL, OR ._ $ 2,038.538 . (Tha assessment facts shews given, as ho inoonti and character of property public records of the count»*'toteera the properties are •It gated.) i '%»?' , are shown upon tha X . ■ ; ., - • It Is evideat fron the above tbit NOT "Oae-ieveitb/' but Tweaty-foer twtity-filtbt. 1 of the Aaaconda'g assessment is levied upon Its mines, mining tad smelting and other properties Inseparably and indispensably bond np with the mining operation. Tha Anaconda Copper Mining Company in Montana i* engaged In the basin«« of producing copper, sh» and other metals. For that purpose It has aoqnired and operates property »hieb consists of some than the ore in the silver, gold, ground, and is made up of lasts, timber, coal lands, railroads and other supplies and equipment neoeesar property. All of this property is essential to the conduct of its mining business c •it' - and to the operation of its it* mining supplias, maehlnary, improvements, mill* smattaro, and ether reduction work* are aa aa aantial to Ra operation aa tha area them salve« and thalr value ta exhausted with tha axhauottan of tho ores. Whenever tha mining operation shall ossae, thla property will have little more than a sal vage value. "'r'^ r The min« of this Company consume annually more than 90,000,000 board feet of sawed and round > < timbers. Supplies of timber«*« as wsentinl to its mining operations as is alzaifa or other forage to the livestock industry. But as to "owning practically all the standing timber in Montana," « charged by Um Govern*?, it owns, as a matter of fact, LESS THANONE TENTH and other waste, railroads to p operations would be as un mh and exclude those paid used therewith. Sent free to any voter on request r * ». *■ j t Equally necessary are large areas of land for the disposal of tailings move ores from mines to smelter and coal mines tj^snpply its smelters with fuel. To exclude thee« from the assessments attributed to mining fair a« to credit the stockman with taxes paid on livestock on Hf improvements, lands ebb appliances necessarily * Ai .h m. v Read "The Copper Target »» ;r / ANACONDA COPPER MINING COMPANY C. F. Kelley, President ara f sfi wr sd to «o "iwtli Covoer Nht/-y Compeno' /or the sa ko of àroeOy. tkio Compeay > CONTROL AND FREVENTION OF EUROPEAN FOUL BROOD IN BEES Ttatlan queens of vigorous and re sistant stock should head all colonies In Montana according to O. A. Sippe! of Montau« State College, «lace black heea are »ore susceptible to foul brood than Italian beet. Not all strain« of Italians are equally mMnt tlMrtrefm*«. ike careful observations as to the shiilty ef his coloulsa io rastet this Qu«*»» whoss progeny show resist amf qualities should be used us breed ing stock to requeen si) other colonie«. As European font brood to a disease of 'weak colonies, beekeepers should take «vary precaution to secure strong col màm at bees. The disease to most IW«Mtont during the spring and early I mouths, hence celante* should tee property prepared the previous Call, < #*toff etemrid he put lato winter quar-, itew Hard Sire Maksa ftood tot daughter of Iowan* Men-1 Montana .l5Ä*ss .Hotetete; h«d sire, has «Bd. to* a as ■ but cwtot* tedftwttnn of te rite *te« •-et toe The lie Ote] to# ho« H ter* with a goodly supply of food, a large Dumber of young bees sud a vig orous, prolific, young qaeeit. They should also have the proper winter protection. Colonies that come through the winter in a weakened condition should be united as early In the spring as possible In order to Insure strung colonie«. In the writer*« opinion, frequent fan one In treating may be accounted tor by the fact that the beekeeper at tempts to tltel eok»l« that «re too weak to sav«; ft should be emphasised that only reaepsabîy streng coteries should be gives treatment and all weak, dise as e d colonie« should be united. The treatment given to bees sltoet ed with Buropran fool brood does net cause s grest loss Id the cuss with American tool brood. Tho guiding principle to be toftowsd to the treatment tor tels dise«** I« to «e to St that «o»dl*|to»i «re satie Ihw&M» i «Ffteriwnluf at the aye sff two year» and almost seven moattM. the find ! daughter of {»wans Mercedes Btoine Mead, former BotetetoFriuste» herd at lows State ^teriege, to»* tint. cradUshte produedon sttopc eÆto uffsrthl sud Tl., d«ïte •* re?s»f«î of f 1 0.7» poBwdte pounds si i news« tempered to the i tm pounds of, tettorfht «DMM? ter the average fnwu am. "Frodaction eC.ttitt ef»ito m mmrnm af 2» qnssrta « day, or 87.8 pound» dally. for the bee* to remove as much »« pos sible of the dtomased material during a time when there la no new brood coming on. The queen should be killed If a colony la badly diseased na thla Is sufficient evidence that her off spring aft not resistant A week after the queen is killed the colony should Ins examined thoronghly and all queen cells «lestroyed so that the colony will become quesnlras. The colony should tomato to this condition until most of the diseased material baa been re then g young, vigorous * stock Should taoved tPiii he Introduce«! tn treatment sad controlling ssry to destroy brood comb« and an pra. unto» sxcepttobelly to«. »■- stay he vsm4 «gal» without danger. Farmer# of Ftoth*a«3 county, through County Agent A A McKee, have or airs yet to he developed, the find heifer made the highest two-year-eld at th« colleger dater farm." triton Joe QarftoM tes» been sentenred te 8 yesnt te L«*v«®iwrib, »1,00© fine and te 19 months i® Leavenworth, tor to» killing at QtMm #0îltS .totest Pip* near Wolf Point Novet» ter aft. te®S. All thé partie* are to «Man« and the trial was tu th# federal dared a carload of pyrptoi to he used Is riaarin* stump land, Pyrtol la the high explosive material prepared by the United States government from ex of war material and Is being (Ho of to farmers at cost. The »tate Ooiiege Extension service mu to in chef«« of the di* of the material tor Montana -— Ttawe to an ■ ??v ' activity In th< sooth of Whltoflsfe. vri» m a^look *Wr continued activity to àÿfem 1er the Mxt esversi toitep Mq. i s* operuttou <r»m Gardner to wr fu b Uto htnr to, ** " to ie tetoBty. MtoIi mat am ew to» a ash operating m tike w write. I m brtNritet i» * vante» «r » >- te js «fc-swfe Sœi&jpao. m « . « «roso n ÄN» nm m warn tmer iterate tote -. •■a-mUz ■ Mm m K imm I «ilö tiflliniCjlilH Uv Ä xiüm of m an Way to ton» : % Party Wi Whom Car •jr ft» Ch» a complaint charging the kidnap I tu« of two girl* and m warrant tele graphed by Stert« Matt Sftsrwtch. at I Seattle to Sheriff Jim Ram«» at Hat te«, Mrs. Louise McAtee, 22, waa ar ! mated at Alhambra Spring*, sear Hel ena. where «he worn employed aa a domestic, and -la being held for an of ficer fro«» Seattle. Her arreat waa effected by Sheriff John Mountjoy, of »«fferson county. Two gtrla, one 15. the other 13 years [ of age, were located at a hotel In Hri I ena by Sheriff Bames and Chief Joe ! Spora ein and were placed In the c«* tody of the atate bureau of child and aatmai protection, pending Instruction* from Seattle. Mrs, McAfee and the glrla were trev ellag from Seattle in an automobile. Their Journey was interrupted a few dajm «*» when the car caught fire and waa totally destroyed. This took place a few miles from Helena. They said, when applying to the county authori ties for financial assistance. that they were bound for Iowa at the time CHOUTEAU SENDS 3,000 EARS CORN TO ANNUAL CORN SHOW Aa r e p a rt s from counties of north rentra) Montane continue on the prob able number of exhibits to be sent to the second annual Corn and Livestock •hew, t* be held In Great* Pails on Oe tober 27, and 2». memters of the Commercial dob's agricultural com nlttc become more assured that the I exhibition will be mach larger than I that of last year. Chouteau county «NU be represented with more than 3,000 ears, according to William Atslnger of Port Benton, >ne of the corn growers of that Mo tion. Other counties are also plan ning to send scores of exhibits. Both mettons of thé show, that Is fhe corn and livestock divisions, will be shown at the stock pavilion. Headache From Broken Skull Mystery «unwinding the death ef Harry J. Devine, shift boas at a Butte mine, was cleared up at an Inquest, when It developed that the rock which struck him and caused his "bad head ache" had realty fractured hi« skull and caused bla death four hours af terward. Devine, la coming off shift Oct. A re marked that he "had a of a headache," and that be had been «truck by a small rock In a manway. He told no more of the occurrence. Shortly after he went home be be came violently 111 and died ^rlthin a few minutes after reaching the hos pital. of a gna Throw Babe From Car At St. James' hospital, Butte, at tendants report the condition of Mr«. Normen Harey. who was Injured In an intomobüe accident, as unchanged but oof serious. It I« expected that q. charge of reckless driving will be filed »gainst L U. McLellau. driver of the •Alher car. Mrs. John Craddock, »Iso a passen ger In the Havey car. escaped with bruise« and slight cots. The 2-year old child of Mrs. Htvey. thrown on a wnd pile by Mrs. Craddock when she saw the collision was unavoidable, es ■aped without a «cratch. Momestaks Darisres Dividend A dividend of 5 per rent was rtc elarsd by the Homextake OH company, Oct. fi. when they met in their semi annas! session In Great Fall*. The dividend wHi he pa'd to stockholder* of record as of October 8 and is raid to bring the tost amount of dividend» paid to about Tfi per cent. Rtocfc hotder* present were R B. Cooiidge Le wist own, president; Dr. K, B. Dur aüh La R uc Smith, A. Becker. Great Falla f Dairy Loan Pays Dividend With the payment of $4J20A la dlv! j Mutual Dairy Loan sraoclaHon j established I» Wsaoult to«» year* ago j C ) 0H «fd Its s*wood «uccerafui yesr. TIm j mworis tien has been opetotlng sct've |y during the two year» of Its life to the members of the sssoria tkm on the first of the month, the Mo» tbnmglmat wmlom Montana. Import j tog dairy tor the former» «ff thh district. Who pay far to monthl} The organisation h«t IsWs W f imp*** Ur ansuy ports of the cosmtry. Lotete W«t. who «vue ir to MM m ï t jteo l bu tet teeM Mte I aH riale te» tl tteto wdi pteeed «t o« »wtegf« «r to raw wrather Aw tew* tor «te pm wete t*%' n Mayer Frem* « wilt tete « teterk «pro tor to* I t* t»ra» paw 'Wi* f*r »«««etc »1 • «•• f#fj • ««* «tfb ES Ttttuion Shattered Twelve-year-old Joseph was talking to his bachelor unde on the subject at gtrla Uaele In a genial mood advised : "Now, If I were you, old fellow. I wouldn't get into any entanglement* with girls until I was at least fifteen. Td try to have a good time before I got mixed op with them." Joseph shook Ms head. "We». I've hed one case already," he confessed, ."but It'« all over now," Uncle pressed for a reason. And Joseph answered wisely and weil, "I found ont she wasn't what I thought she was."—Exchange. Sure Relief FOR Hot water v s 254AM0 No Fampart* for Rnwwn* The commissariat of Internal affairs at Moscow *A* forbidden the issuance of further passports to Bosnians de siting to go to the United States, the number of applicants being more than five times the American Immigration quota of 2J&ÊA, The Baltic and other ports are crowded with EoMiu anxious to sail for America, but the majority of these will be forced to re turn home. The moot undeserved as well as the mont dangerous flattery Is that which we bestow upon onrselvea. Nr Get Back Your Health! <*>y to pains? * wait far bly it'# Qot bock rear hreltfe aaTkeep it. For quick reliaT^l Do»»'» FOU, a «timakat dhutofa to thou A » tJK .* Mop. *to Saga ftt. Bvanaton. wys».. Hkgs: Harn war« i weakened my bid neuf. They were Blngsrtsh and the Uon. ecalded racr» •fiC-vSÆttS'S. DOAN'S me m DeeMl'X trouble ai TOTMI il. Y . Dos t Suffi Wkfc fteUag I UseCuti p OVER «ft Immi « Ï -f'- "■ - - » X»*' .Hi PHI 11 HHHIlPHHHRMRHwE^ WNU» BfiLtfMMh. tefc. AL.«BA