The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-02-04
portiontncnt Of Nov. 1900 :

rent there. On the contrary, the public
school was maintained in Der Lodge dur
ing the winter of 'eS-6o and the simmer Of
1860, al the time, entirely by private sub.
scription, save the muni6cent sum of GO,
drawn from the school fund. There va
on Nov. LIST, 1859, over q, 900 in tho hands
Of the County Treasurer, derived solely from
the sale of town lots in Deer Lodge, and to
which thu town Vas justly entitled, and
which 1t Was suggested should lie appropri.
a:ed to the schoola The County Commits.
sioners, Nessr& Stuart and Kohrs, sf,es
thoroughly considering the matter, appro.
priatsd tho $4,000 to pay the county indsbt.
endess on the Court House. giving bonds to
the Treasurer for the money until the Leg.
islature subsequently,. BY special oct, legaliz.
ed their action. Both Commissioners orc
Deer Lodge City men, and that j. how they
'gobble" school money. We now have two
school houses paid for, and two separate
schools with full attendance. When the
fund u exhausted some one heads q paper,
and in . day money enough 10 furnished to
keep the school going another quarter. We
regret Lincoln has remsine.l undistricsed,
and trust Il will be speedily organized, bal
conjure our neighhors 10 not let their gsisvan.
ces again lead them TO unwa1rapted insinua-
uous in foreign journals .'.,'-n...,...',
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And now C9ngrsas 10 hboing 70 give
birth 70 two more territories. The District
Of Columbls Is tobe Territorilised, and the
location Of another one, essential In the In.
stance Of twins, 10 not yet determined.
Cullom has q bill Designating Il "Lincoln."
Van HONS bill calls II "Alakshome, !" .
semi barbaric combination OF sounds, sug.
costing compromise between Engihs, and
Chinook, or soap and sentiment. Possibly
this Is merely Congressional pleasantly, .
travcstu on territorial ggrandizement, q Il
Seward It al This conjecture 10 heighten.
ed by the subsequent provision of the bin,
whereby II IL to be citizened with red skins
investie with suffrage, Legislative Coun.
Gil, and the thread bare Hon. " pre6xed 70
Spotted Tail, Buffalo Bull. Pete, Two
Bears, and other euphoncous elegsncies Of
the First Families, who never had anything
thread bare attached to them bcforc-or-.
Van Horn IL humorist Of rare merit His
idea IL decidedly original mot 70 ny abo.
riginsi In fact he toots the Lvsn horn In
the irrepressible army Of ingenuity. . r.
honor Of the suthor, the seat Of the proposed
government should be on the Big Horn, and
70 give the joke some practical, bIoody. and
beastly Significance the territory should Be
located on the sight Of the Peace Commits.
sioner's great retervstion, which encroachcd
on the Montans settlements, cut on : por.
tion Of our domain and covered some 600
miles Of the Northern Pacific Railroad
route. The joke has smother merritt y e..
pcnsise.. There = u b nothing vulgarly
cheap about It. The Peace. Commissions
IRE effectually damned. This Is 1 heillisnt
substitute, Of the govern ent blood sucking
pesussion, and from Ito extreme and =
,onishing novelty ought to run through
several seasons and several millions Of moa.
cy without any extra inducements By Tie
management TO preserve The uuities, and
'ppsop,tiats the harmony of circumstances,
ics Il become nv Oh ~, Afst d Arm
that Al Foors Day may have, SONS higher
sigfincascs thaA Il now derives HIM ths
traditioni 81 paltty joker y " eosaiGGloos
hard. Tie arCosiss q FtoeteS " a .
flowing ~, ana theiF oitSoa stseapnss
4ailcd against the w ~ btason1d 'saAla.
+kahomc. Ctvllllaiion besashes easier. h u
the grandest intellectual vicsory Of ~ ~
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