

MONT 



Moore in March; Chief .Justice of the Su; 



\\ . V IVmU-rton. Fusion; Associate Jus- 

 tices, \V. H. Hunt. :. 1 11. i:. Murk. 



Democrat: ci.-rk. Ih-njamin \\Ybs- lican. 



Judge Bu I'igutt was 



appointed to succeed him. 



Finaarf*. The receipts by the State Treasurer 

 for the fiscal Tear ,-n.hi* Nov. IV) were $897,006.58. 

 compared with $667.747.1)3 for the wine period of 

 180*. The total receipt* from the counties for the 

 flsral year of 1807 were $583.912.47, compared with 

 is-.'rt. The f. Creases are 



shown : Feet from State officers, $28.425.08 : register 

 of State lands, sales, and leases, $60,120.54 ; sale of 

 bond* jtions. $.Vi.O& p >: miscellaneous, 



f I3.1.M '.'" Th. t.-tal rx i vases were $52 ; . 



rvjH.rt shows balances in the im- 

 portant funds Dec. 1 as follow: General fund. 

 iCoeato: stock indemnity, $5.873.81 ; sheep mdcm 

 $8.694.85: escheated estates, $4,064.04 ; boun- 

 ty. $9,718.78; arid land, $149.70; permanent 

 school fund, $210,644.85; permanent uni\ 



fund. $K'.- nuai u.nds, $i7.ii: Flab and 



fun.l. $3-l4.K-. : Capitol building. $2.246.98; 

 me, $8.488.68; K.-f.-rm School, cash 

 received during year and on hand Dec, 1, $7,<>: 

 warrants paid > Balance $3,850.1? (in this 



ftiml there are $17..*i 17.27 outstanding warn; 



.ind Dumb Asylum, outstanding warrants $34.- 

 898.21. balance in cash $509.43; School ..f Mi.,-. 

 outstanding warrants $8.146.68. cash $110.84. 



Licenses for the sale of liquor contributed la- 

 to the funds for running tin- State, county, and city 

 government*. The total licenses collected in the 

 State amounted to $505,780.96. The total ren- i j ,; i 

 for licensed gambling were $34.182. The receipts 

 from butchers were $2,942 ; from brewers, $4826 ; 

 and from hotels and restaurants, $9,017. 



The receipts at the office of th. s. , r. t.try of State 

 amounted to $9.2.V*. of which $6,112.85 was for fil- 

 ing and recording articles of incorporation of Mon- 

 tana companies. 



Valuations. Tin- total assessment of Montana 

 for 1897 is $180,757,411.55, against $120,05)7.847 in 

 1896 The statistics show that the total real prop- 

 erty in the State is $67,175,589 ; the personal, $49,- 

 907,770 : and the total value of the railroad property, 

 $13.r, : P is a large increase in railroad 



valuations, adding about $100,000 to their tax. 



\ duration. There are atiout 30,000 children in 

 the public schools, and during the year endini. 

 28 the sum of $844,344.78 was expended in the 

 State for schools. 



Money has been collected by ex-Gov. Kickards to 

 complete the School of Mines, at Butte. and the 

 brickwork was finished in Nov. -mix -r. 



The State Normal School, at Dillmi. was OJK-II.-.I 

 Sept 6 with :, instructors and -V. students. A 

 buildin* has been erected at a cost of $50.- 



The Legislature provided for the ooostnifltioa 



ing for the State University, at Missoula. to 

 $100,000. The r. 

 temporary quarts. Buildings for the Agricultu- 

 ral college also are in progress, 



I liarltlff*. Th* number of insane in theasvliun 

 Dec. 1 van 412. an increase of 34 over the number 

 one year previously. The rer- 



..-.,., 

 Cflpi/0-per-dav pyment : the new contract provides 



he inane at a rate of 65 cent* per 

 Mm/ope r day This will effect a saving of about 

 $:!7.""' ;i reai 



The State Soldiers' Home-, at (V.lnmbia Fall.wa 

 opened about the close of June. There were J4 in 



rnlier. Then- arc- arc-Mmmodaiion* 

 for about 36. though the building when fully fur- 

 nished will gire room for 65. 



.There are 84 ta in the IVni- 



Tlu- i-.-ntract for keeping them is let at 

 an increase of " r the price 



"f the previ.-u- be contractors agreed to 



furnish th' 'othe State free for all 



work, while undcrthe former contract they coi 



Minium Products. The State's output of - 



. copper, and lead in 1896 was of the value ..f 

 $50.782,099.18. The gold product was of th. 

 of $4.880.1 i. 



. lead, $70.000.87. Th.- gold yield i, 

 was estimated in < >. -t.-b, -r at $0.000,000. Th. 

 product is apparently decreasing. Th. n port of 

 the great Anaconda Copper Mining Companx f,, r 

 the year ending June 80, 1897, shows that in the 



'4,198 pounds of B&e copper were sli 

 in the form of electrolytic eathodcs and 



The shipments of silver, eith :<n or 



rt.r bars, amounted to about 6,200,00<> 

 "iinecs and of gold 20,380 fine ounces. 



l.i\c Mock. rt of the Hoard ,,f - 



Commissioners for 1*1)7 -hows that in the year the 

 stock inspectors recovered l!.HM head of can. 

 tied at $750,000. The board e^t imat ,-s t he value ,f t he 

 Stock Output for the \ MMi.mo. Thdi: 



port of the sheen commissioners, puMi-hed in N 

 fier.. shows that Montana iii 1*!7 led the States in woo) 

 production. Since March 1 last there were sh 

 in this State 22,169,921 p.unds of wo<,l. which 

 brought an average price of 11$ <. 

 more than last year. Allowing for shipmen: 

 of the State, which h. r this year than 



ever before, then- are ::.(',;< i ma,a 



net increase over last year of more than .~)00,000. 

 The value of sheep ha^ 'nearly doubled this \. 



Noxious Animals. Statistics as to the number 

 of stock -d.-.st roving animals that have been killed in 

 the various counties for the fiscal year ending June 

 30, 1897, upon which the State will p.-,-. 

 show that in all 21,161 coyotes and -I.W5 wolves 

 were destroyed. The bounties amounted to $78,- 



Bankw. The condition of the 21 national 1 

 July 23, us shown by the chief items was: I 

 ana discounts, $7,068,61)6 : due from han'^. national 

 and State, $910; nre in banks and <!.[ 



with reserve agents, $3.731.711 : of which $r,r, 

 was gold; total resources, $14.886,414; liabilities, 

 capital stock, $2,655.000; surplus fund and undi- 

 vided profit, $985,935 ; due to hanks, national and 

 State, $587.890 ; deposits, $9,90:; J 77. The average 

 reserve held was 88*50 j><r cent. 



The comptroller of tne currency notified. 

 the stockholders of thi u.nal l',anl<..f H< 



ena, which faileil in lsifi. that they were i.. 

 on each share of stock, as it appeared from the 

 counts i if tlie receiver that it would be n- 

 enforce the liability of the stockholders to that 



tent. 



The Northwestern National Bank.' 



the olde-t institutions in the State, fa 



The cashier was arrested in April. 

 The Merchants' National Bank, of Helena cl< 

 its doors Feh. 13. 



In a suit involving the liability of a city tr 

 and his )>ondm<>!i for city money which lie 

 placed in a bank that afterward failed, the .h 

 was in their ^ 



Railroads. But 12 miles of railroad were bai 

 in the State during the year. Following are 

 amounts assessed to the road ^ f' i count 



taxes: Northern Pacific and branches. i; 



Northern. Pacific exten-ion. Montana < '< nt t 

 Miort Line. * 1 2.H05.20 ; M< 



tana liailroad. $401.10; fireat FalN and Cam 

 $4,754.80; Big Horn Southern, $6,642.27; 12 



