The new North-west., 1871-03-17
DEER LODGE CITY, FRIDAY, MARCH II
THE INDEPENDENT ADNITS OFFICIAL.
EXTRAvAGANCE, AND DEFENDS IL.

1AsnAV AUANOEs AMI ULx ENUS lIs
For brilliant ideas, completely concealed.
VIC enter the lndepsndent against oil comers
It's two column "Review of County Ex>
penscs" Was written to show the open door.
aduinistration was not rccklcssly cxtrava-
CANT. On that point it 10 fairly luminous
Or rather vo.luminous consistency, or
the inconsistency, Of the mixture enabling
It to be spun out very thin, which was done
Tho Independent. although admitting that
''sfter examining all the facts, its readers
may conclude tha. with more rigid econ.
'omy the indebtedness might have been
''lcss," goes on to publish the following
expenditures for like purposes in tho scv.
ersl years ~ follows:
Yor the year ending Feb. /, 1850. &39. .074 20
- " Feb. |, 1870. is. 338 O2
" Feb. !, 1871, s,70O!30
Our readers vii! notice that for the last
af,cen months the officers elected on the
Peoples Ticket have been in Office. Notice
the difference in expenditures. The lndS.
pendent, ostrich Nkc. has stuck its head in
the sand, but left the body of its iniquity
exposed. f32, 600 in 1850! 5000 in 1871
An unhappy showing for the Independent.
1t forgets to mention tho &2a,OO0 special
tax collected 10 build the Court House. II
docs not mention that one of tho Commis.
sioncrs, Mr.. Wesley Roberts, received $27O0
grecnbacks for lis services of three or four
months on that building. No itemized nc
count Of his services IL on record. 1t il
ssid be received $25 per day, currency, for
bic services. Mr.. Smith, Of the Indspend.
M. paid him. Will he correc, IA, II wrong?
Capt. OWN was allowed tl5 por day ~
Clerk Of tho Board, when the law limited
bic fees to 80 per day. The Commission.
ers allowed $500 for tho bridge at Geld
Creek. that three men and team could
Suild In day. They allowed g per meal
for beard to prisoners. They allowed Mr..
Phil McGovcrn $l2,41035 for feeding and
guarding prisoners eighteen months. They
expended *6: ,30l Al for the thirteen months
FROM Jan. !, 1888 to Feb 1, 1860, and had
the county In debt about CSC, 900 by Nov.
lat, 1868. with warrants worth only . few
cents on the dollar, At which time the right.
sous indignation Of tho people hustled them
out Of tho Offices, and began the work of
sstrenchment and economy that reduced
tho expenses last year over tl0,5O0, and
materially appreciated county securities.
Az illustrating tho pleasant manner the
Isdt7e"dent has of disposing Of retrench.
nenss, II admits District Attorney Harrison
received but els5, wicsess District At.or.
ssy Stevens received $500, and, consc.
quently, there ehould be q corresponding
seducsioni In shcriils' fees. A splendid idea.
IL will doubtless be embodied in . CODY.
stghtcd work Oh juvenile mathematics
Look out for 1.-THE Independent (Supplc)
Mental 'lsithmctic: Part Fun) First cdi.
'non, with sponge and spring-bosrd at.
''t"chmenS for correcting errors and jump.
ing at conclusions: confidently recon-.
''mcndcd to tho initiated as the gcn.lcst and
most reliable methods Of closing the pub.
'lie eye-6gura'ively speaking. The fol.
lowing is given a. an example:
PoLTrIcAL EvE.CLosHn:
1lc AesNssor for lss9 received foe Of mills on
ths do,:r Al rShs. The Asscsso: Tor 1870 received
a!cc D. mills on the dollar. ln 1870 the asscssent
distorted into = d.psrnGc,nsns OF the Assessor Of
!sW! I"!e: Keep the facts to yoursof and publish
that the Asseesor alOwed several hundred doi-
LAR moro for aesee~;ng In 1870 shsa allowed X
Irs just - easy
This is "a eample Of tho manner in which
the lndpeadent cnlightcns its reader, in an
article, which, with all it, pro'ixity and an.
higuity, comedies II is failure. Ifit would
ssrve iss friends it had better make clean
breast Of 1t, plead guilty Of cx,rsvassncc
and incfI'cicncy by the 1858 administration,
and promise better hereafter. Il has the
biggest kind of cherry tree to accoun.
tor to the tax payers Of this county. Geo.
Washington was good hoy. He lived 70
he rich and have good fat Office because