Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-09-11

&C mmitted.
The Helena Herald of the Sth gives
publicity to our article published last
week in regard to tho management Of
the Crow Agency, and follows it with
q half column of comments, i'll which
the eutor assumes to know much
more than the f;Uts warrant. The
truth is he knows very little about
the matter to Judge from the conclu-
sions set forth in his comments Oh our
article.
In regard to tho appropriation for
beef and flour the Herald says:
"Our contemporary errs i'll stating
tho amount appropriated for beef and
flour for the Crow Agency for the
present fiscal year at Sl0O,NO. Con.
sulting the Indian Appropriation bill
We find that the amount specified
covers many other supplies, such as
sugar, coffee, salt, salaratus, soap,
vegetables, etc. III this and many
other respects the COURIER article is
calculated to mislead the public. and
especially the people Of Gailatin.7
Nothing Of the kind, Mr.. Herald.
Our people have been misled several
years in regard ID this matter, and il
was our desire only to get them back
on the right track, and it is our i'm
preston that We have done so. A
little time will demonstrate whether
it is % or not.
In regard to the appropriation, We
would ask the editor of tie Herald,
who seems to have the bill convent
emily Mt hand. if 100000 covers ali
the appropriation for the Crow Agen-
cy for the present yeari That is what
one would infer from reading the
above extract. We were no. in ig-
norance as to the fact that the articles
enumerated in the extract came out
Of the appropriation or the Crows.
We only spoke OF the amount allowed
for beef and -four, because our people
don't grow any of the other articles
spoken of, and are consequently not
interested in them. We have no de
sire to mislcad the public, and especi-
ally tho people Of Gallatin, in this
matter, and trust that our friends OF
the Herald are equally conscientious.
The comments continue
awhile we have not been person
ally on the ground, We have recently
taken some pailis' to inquire into the
matter Of agency supplies, not Only
as affecting Indian affairs in Eastern
Montana, but elsewhere in the Terri
tory. Speaking particularly Of mat
ters in this connection affecting the
Eastern border, the conclusion arrived
at is favorable to the management as
We find it there. Information which
VIC deem entirely creditable goes to
show that the demand for Crow
Agency supplies has contributed ma
terially to stif1en the home market for
Gallatin produce-especially in the
item Of f0ur-XX brands command
ing the same price as XXX. We
have like evidence touching the beef
supply-the Crow demand serving the
present year to exhaust all the beef
on tho Yellowstone, and at least one
half of the fat bullOcks of Gallatin.'
We hope the above will not have
the effect to scare away the few re-
naming bullacks in this valley not
absorbed by the wonderful demand at
the Agency; Of course there arc none
left in the Yellowstone valley. Can
those having stock in either valley,
and there are cattle yet upon thou
sand hills in each, tell lis how many
head have been sold to the Agency
during the past year o. twof Has
the number reached 4, 900 head, as it
should have donei No! Well, has
it been forty kcadf
To practically bring about the desir
able results SO beautifully set forth in
the above extractfr the Herald was
the principal motive we had in writ
ing the article that brought forth the
extract. 1t looks ~eN OH paper, and
we would like to see it realized. Such
newspaper articles no doubt tickle the
fancy Of the contractors, and lead
them to believe that they arc true,
but the prOtlueersswant to have them
practically demonstrated.
The Democratic and anti Monopoly
Conventions recently he'd at Elk
prsnt I1al-Ofq r7Nifod ON tho Nnpuiro