UNITED STATES OP AMERICA. (MONTANA.) 



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The Republican Judicial Convention met in 

 Joplin, July 15, and nominated the following: 

 For Judge of the Supreme Court, Division No. 1, 

 Edward Higbee; Judges of the Supreme Court, 

 Division No. 2, Henry Lamm and Moses Why- 

 bark. 



The candidates of the Independent party were: 

 For Judge of the Supreme Court, Division No. 1, 

 Edward Higbee; Judges of the Supreme Court, 

 Division No. 2, Henry Lamm and Moses Why- 

 bark; Superintendent of Public Schools, James 

 U. White; Railroad and Warehouse Commission- 

 er (long term), W. S. Crane; Railroad and Ware- 

 house Commissioner (short term), Barney W. 

 Frauenthal. 



The candidates of the Allied party were: For 

 Judge of the Supreme Court, Division No. 1, 

 Frank E. Richey; Judges of the Supreme Court, 

 Division No. 2, Henry N. Ess and Zachary Tay- 

 lor; Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner 

 (long term), Lyman Forgraves; Railroad and 

 Warehouse Commissioner (short term), Oswald 

 Hicks. 



The candidates of the Prohibition party were: 

 For Judge of the Supreme Court, Division No. 1, 

 Reuben B. Robinson; Judges of the Supreme 

 Court, Division No. 2, Jonathan P. Orr and Aus- 

 tin F. Butts; Superintendent of Public Schools, 

 David R. Dungan; Railroad and Warehouse 

 Commissioner (long term), Andrew Grassley; 

 Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner (short 

 term), William N. Keener. 



The candidates of the Socialist party were : For 

 Judge of the Supreme Court, Division No. 1, 

 J. W. Gibbens; Judges of the Supreme Court, 

 Division No. 2, James A. Slanker and Frank 

 P. O'Hare; Superintendent of Public Schools, 

 A. H. Hull; Railroad and Wai'ehouse Commis- 

 sioner (long term), Pearl Thompson; Railroad 

 and Warehouse Commissioner (short term), W. I. 

 Phifer. 



The candidates of the Socialist-Labor party 

 were: For Judge of the Supreme Court, Division 

 No. 1, Charles Weppermann; Judges of the Su- 

 preme Court, Division No. 2, O. M. Howard and 

 George F. Rudnick; Superintendent of Public 

 Schools, Edward Heitzig; Railroad and Ware- 

 house Commissioner (long term), Amil Neider- 

 meyer; Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner 

 (short term), Henry F. Mueller. 



The Democratic candidates were elected. The 

 vote on the candidates for Supreme Judge who 

 headed the tickets was as follows: Valliant, 

 Democrat, 273,081; Higbee, Republican, 228,897; 

 Wippermann Socialist-Labor, 969; Gibbens, So- 

 cialist, 5,335; Richey, Allied, 1,841; Robinson, 

 Prohibitionist, 4,945; scattering, 1. 



MONTANA, a Western State, admitted to the 

 Union Nov. 8, 1889; area, 146,080 square miles. 

 The population, according to each decennial cen- 

 sus since admission, was 132,519 in 1890 and 243,- 

 329 in 1900. Capital, Helena. 



Government. The following were the State of- 

 ficers in 1902: Governor, Joseph K. Toole; Lieu- 

 tenant-Governor, Frank Higgins; Secretary of 

 State, George M. Hays; Auditor, J. H. Calder- 

 head; Treasurer, A. H. Barrett; Attorney-General, 

 James Donovan; Superintendent of Education, 

 W. W. Welch. These were elected on a fusion 

 ticket of Democrats and Populists. Other offi- 

 cials were: Commissioner of Agriculture, Judson 

 A. Ferguson; Adjutant-General, R. L. McCulloch; 

 Land Register, Thomas D. Long; State Examiner, 

 William Hudnall; Coal-Mine Inspector, Howard 

 F. Welch; Game Warden, W. F. Scott; Sheep 



Hnmissioner, F. D. O'Neill; Mine Inspector, 



ihn Byrne; Inspector of Horticulture, E. N. 



Brandagee; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 

 Theodore Brantley, Republican; Associate Jus- 

 tices, G. R. Milburn, W. T. Pigott, Democrats; 

 Clerk, Henry G. Rickerts, Democrat. 



The State officers are elected for terms of four 

 years at the time of the presidential elections. 

 The Legislature meets biennially in January of 

 the odd-numbered years. 



Finances. The unexpended balance Dec. 31, 

 1902, was $616,698.45. The balance of warrants 

 outstanding in the Capitol building funds was 

 $48,049.71; and in the Reform School building 

 fund, $1,212.20. The warrants drawn on the 

 stock-bounty fund amounted to $110,898.13, which 

 was balanced by the cash on hand. 



The bonded debt of the State is $860,000. The 

 debts of the 26 counties aggregate $2,583,979. 



Valuations. The total valuation of the State 

 for taxation, including railroads, is $185,625,657 

 for 1902, of which $86,001,619 is real, exclusive 

 of railroads, and $66,709,742 personal property. 

 In 1901 the total was $166,787,593. There is "a 

 gain of more than $6,000,000 in real, and a loss 

 of nearly $5,000,000 in personal property. 



Education. By the census report there were 

 11,675 illiterates in the State in 1900. In the 

 percentage of persons from ten to fourteen able 

 to read and write Montana stood twenty-seventh 

 in the list, with 98.07 per cent. The total num- 

 ber of children of school age Aug. 31 was 64,623, 

 of whom 32,813 were boys and 31,810 girls. 



This year 1,291 teachers were employed 236 

 men and 1,055 women. 



The average length of term in the State was 

 6.56 months. There are reported 4 private schools, 

 which have 1,839 pupils. 



The whole number enrolled during the year was 

 44,881, while the average daily attendance was 

 31,471. 



Sixty-five districts ei-ected new schoolhouses. 

 The number of districts adopting free text-books 

 was 22, while in 28 districts the proposition was 

 defeated by vote of the people. There are 48,510 

 volumes in the district libraries. The average sal- 

 ary for male teachers is $76.89, and for female 

 teachers $52.04. 



The State Normal School had an attendance of 

 118 in December. The School of Mines had 62. 

 A night-class organized for young men employed 

 during the day had 32. The expenses of the 

 school amount to about $24,515. 



The enrolment at the Agricultural College, at 

 Bozeman, was about 250 in the fall term. The 

 estimated expense for 1902-'03 is $51,420, of which 

 the Government contributes $40,000. 



The science hall of the State University, at Mis- 

 soula, was damaged by fire, March 13, to the ex- 

 tent of $5,686. 



Banks. There are 21 State banks, with total 

 resources $15,254,236. The loans and discounts 

 amount to $7,924,946, besides those on real estate, 

 $797,030. The deposits amount to $11,880.695. 



The State Savings-Bank of Butte has re- 

 sources $4,133,889. 



The defaulting teller of the First National 

 Bank of Great Falls pleaded guilty in May, and 

 was sentenced to ten years in the Penitentiary. 



Telephones. There has been a marked in- 

 crease in the telephone business of Helena, which 

 now has more than 500 telephones. Butte has 

 1,300 instruments. Great Falls has 325 tele- 

 phones, Missoula 275, Anaconda 200, and Boze- 

 man 110. 



Charities and Corrections. A new building 

 has been provided for the Asylum for the Deaf, at 

 Boulder. About 12 blind children are taught 

 there. 



