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Show TO SAVE WESTERN STOCK. House Authorizes Sale of Government Hay at Actual Cost. Washington. 'liwenty bills relatlug to tho District of Columbia wore passed Monday In tho houso, this bo-.ng bo-.ng "District day." A Joint resolution was passed, granting permission to tho sccrotary of war to soil during tho noxt threo mouths to citizens of Montana, at actual cost to tho United States at tho place of sale, limited auantltloa of hay, straw and grain for domostio ubob, from tho stock provided provid-ed for tho use of tho garrison at Fort Asslnlholne. noprrsentutlvo Nixon of Montana, explained that thoro wero 20,000 head of cattle In tho vicinity of Asslnlbolno .uroatened with starvation by reason f tho blizzard now rnglng, nnd In ilro nocu of hay", straw and grain. |