The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1869-12-03

We publish to-day The s,vertsednrnt "a
Montana Nail PmDossls, Tts grsa,lack
wssrr to recsive tl,etefnr l. insdcquaae cs,n,
pensation for publishing such An ai0rtio'
and every time We see It. we invoke four
prOf grace to prevent indignant and for
hidden exccraiiOns. TO
+ FmsT: Il cousemp:abes -a-.redac4iDn .
service from half daily sndIth weekly +
weekly over nearly nlf Montana.
SEcoxD: Il doubles s1i trctacs ovcl
r,utea without any considerable sivsniase
tn residents an them but At higher expcnsl
to government than would be we'll dcviset
su0lcsess sysscssof ri weekly msils. y
| THIRD: It cortemplAtcs the tssnsnis
SION Of All n,sis fov l)ecr kAlgc, MissoMl.
and portion of Madison Counties - He
lena !; its d;stributiom and detention there,
and carriage back in s..ns instances, y,
Highland. Rochester. etc. nearly 200 miles
thus denying mails aud costing Transports
tim.
FoURrn: It establishes routes between
places in Montana that no MOaian:aI eve,
heard 1t ave In this advertisement, and
leaves important settlements and towns
without any mail facilities whatever. We
instance Stor,nsvilIe, In r,h, and four.
fifths Of 1fias0ula Co. e1r .ygnt.
Firth: It discontinues mail routes now
established and having service. wliers 200 or
900 newspapers are taken and there are more
than that number Of slut mules. We in
stance the Bitter Root Valley. sgsGs ~
sHru: Its WIDELY inadequate to the
rightful expectations ut 1lontaHa. and ~,
fer ~ tho West Side is conserved. clfrcis
ally prevents that - celebrity" contemplated
In al mail service. Ivy taking our mail to
Helena, WHEN il cDuld he delivered two
days sooner to address, and save 90 or 70
miles COACH transportation. 7.'t >" 1s@
SEVENTH: II is system II ignorance.
ex,ravaga,cc and rsclesness that the Grant
alministrasion ought to be ashamed 0f I
ses,es Of blundess that demand immediate
rectifying In save ~ fnm deprivation Of
mail and the Department from useless CT :.
pcnti,ture and the o,iium i;,at attaches itself
10 igm'rance, perversity o. p'emcslitat.d
guilt. atss basin.
W. have cndcavorcl i,y other means than
Newspaper agitation. which We esteem com.
pantivcly useless in this rasc. IL secure #.
fort for better mail system. Ut lesscxpcnsc
We have assurances frnn Washington ihs,
~ will liz oil right when the contracts mrc
let." We lack faith. We are NOT gsttinY a
square Dial. and have prcmoni,ion It's
going to liz a,Ad game. There il plenty 81
t:usc ~ Represent this matter fairly, fully
and forcildy to the. Department; but there
10 no time to lose. Dcer Lodgs and MIS-.
soula Csunties should have their mail .pu,
In separate sacks ON the Postal Cars. and ut
the Osdcn Distributing Office That mail
should tc carried over route 1000 and on
to M!ssoula. half daily, and that would b..
the nnsin line for the west side system
There b one way to bring this b the attcn.
ton of the Department in such manner M
may induce faw,rablc action. We arc
guaranteed 8 the right to pcaceably a.scm.
bic and petition FIR . redress ri grievances. "
This 10 a most fsvorabIe opportunity To test
The merits ri the ncth0d.ssTs zzS @
We suggest u meeting Of citizens at the
court House carly in the ensuing week
while many Ut The "utcr Camp residents arc
in town, the apro:,.n,ent Of conmI,ice
"a report system giving adequate ma
'ervicc, acc,mranvinx It with drafts and
showing that W. Gun have muls two
lays sooner, lures times week instealof
weekly, supplying 81 c,s,mnnities. and
= ith less carriage and cnst to the govern.
s,ent than 10 required, and inevitable: -
lhe routes are now advertised for weekly
'crvicv. This should tx In the form If
oeiition, when accepted l,y subsequent
meeting, he circulated In every camp In
N:ssoula and deer Lodge. We proifer 10
,rint all the copies Of petitions required.
rec. They will lc signed universally
Forward them to the Department under II.
'nal,le auspices. and we may have this
Ircat wrong, riyhtesL Doubtless Lewis 4
clark. Madison, and other Counties. will |
nin II the movement, and the mail ilctiings |
II Moptana fos the next four years viii not |
y such IN infamous imposition q appear
'nces indicafc.a o. 49, IT'D ssst lot-
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