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Show He Got the Bounty. Butte Special In Anaconda Standard. A ceremony that is for thU portion of the state extremely rare in these civilized civil-ized days was performed in front of the court house steps this afternoon. A hunter and trnpper by the namo of Calvert Cal-vert came in today from the Big Hole country. He brought with him four huge bear skins and demanded the bounty of $8 a head. The officials had to brush the dust off the old records in order to find out what must be done in order legally and appropriately to confer the bounty. It took about two hours to find out what to do and about fifteen minutes to do it. Finally the habitues of the courthouse all turned out in front. Judge McHat-ton McHat-ton presided, Deputy Sheriff Laist ren-resented ren-resented tho sheriff, and under direction direc-tion of the judge procured a block upon which to place one ear of each bear skin. ' ' The Deputy Clerk Tommy Booth, representing tho county clerk and recorder, re-corder, produced au old iron punch onoe used for this purpose by Judge Irvine and punched on ear of each of tho hides. This having been doue and witnessed by the district judge and acting act-ing sheriff, the fact was dnlv recorded and the warrant for $12 issued upon the countytreasury. |