Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-02-10

hIOoD DIOIlllI1CiIU ClllLCIlo vi Helena were
summoned to attend at the National Capital
to render an account of their stewardship
while acting as guardians of the Lo family.
[ sympathized deeply with these gentlemen
when | thought of their sad journey many
thousand miles amid the tempests of discord,
but since it is only right that such transgres-
sors should be punished, it may not be so
bad after all.
Business in the Legislature is progressing
slowly. A large number of bills have been
introduced in both houses, and to judge
from the amount of excellent work they
have done in the past thirty days, they will,
if good fortune attends them, be able, dur
ing the remainder of the session, to pass a
few more enabling acts and subsidy meas
ures for the benefit of their most prominent
and needy party favorites and friends.
The labors are mostly being done in COM
mittees, the House only devoting a few hours
in the afternoon of each day to legislative
business. The question which seems to be
most difficult for the committees to settle is
the equal apportionment of the spoils, and
the more thorough arranging of the field of
operations for the next campaign. The
building of an insane asylum at Deer Lodge,
instead of removing the Capital, is a
very unfair apportionment for that half of
the Territory when it is considered that the
southern county is to furnish the next Dele
of that section is to have the printing for
three counties; yet your correspondent is of
the opinion that this and more too, will be
necessary to be used by the 'topn paper and
its partner down in south Montana, to elect
their candidate.
\ The roundup bill, introduced by Mr..
Brooke, OF Jefferson county, was the prin-
opal work Of the House on Tuesday. Sew
eral attempts were made to strike out and
kill the principal feature of the bill, which
was bitterly opposed by Mr.. Brooke. This
section provides for a roundup to be made
on the last Saturday of May in each year.
All cattle are deemed estrays that have nei-
ther marks or brands, except bulls whose
ownership is unknown, and calves less than
one year old running with their mothers.
Parties claiming, estrays shall pay 5000 for
safe keeping. Estrays, after sixty days, to
be sold to the highest bidder, the receipts to
go into a fund, which fund is to be disbursed
in the purchase of a team, wagon, provis-
ions and camp outfit for the use of the round
ups. The susplus to go to the school fund.
Mr.. Ford, representative from Choteau
county, made a forcible argument against
the adoption of this measure, in which he
said that two thirds Of the taxpayers of
Montana were stock owners, and interested
In the Advancement of the agricultural and
stock-groWing interests of the Territory;
that, as q representative of the north
ern portion Of the Territory, comprising
Choteau, northern portion of Meagher and
Lewis and Clark counties, known as the
Sun River yalley-the richest and most beau
tiful agricultural and Stock-growing section
in the great Northwest, he would oppose
any measure Which was not calculated to
advance the interests of the stock7growers
and farmers. His motion to exempt Cho-
teau, Lewis and Clark and Meagher coun,
ties from the operations of all the bill except
See. s, which, though bitterly contested by
Brooke, was finally carried. Sec. s provides
penalties for all persons who shall drive cat
tie, horses or mules further than the nearest
corral, in the amount of 800 or imprison-
ment 100 days. The counties of Lewis and
Clark, Gallatin, Choteau, Meagher, Missou-
and part Of Madison, are exempted from
5he provisions of this act, with the excep-
ion of section s.