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

teau and Meagher counties. The represent
ations of the farmers of this section bring
out some startling statements as to how they
are being treated on the frontier. and it is
unwise in the Legislature to treat their large
petitions so lightly. The part Of Meagher
county sought to be attached to Dearborn
county, is a strip running along the north
ern boundary. about fifteen miles in width
and twenty-five miles in length. In this
section, according to the representatives,
there are about $4,000 in taxable property,
and a number of families with children, who
derive no benefit from the school fund of
this county. The taxable property of that
portion of Lewis and Clark county which
they propose to give to this new county, is
about $500, 900 and that part Of Choteau is
$40, 900. With the $500,000 taxable prop
erty, only one school house has been built.
and that was built by private subscription.
Less than 5000 of the public school fund has
been used by them. Justice demands that
the people who pay the taxes should nave
the benefit therefrom, and our representa-
tives should represent the whole people, in
stead of sectional interests.
The Diamond school district, which has
one school Of about twenty scholars, draws
$500 yearly from the general school fund.
1t should be made to divide with its neigh
bors. If the town of Helena, which boasts
of its costly school houses, was compelled
to divide the public school money with its
taxpayers in the proposed Dearborn county,
it perhaps could not boast of a public school
the year round, but would have the credit
of a fair county government, and there
would not be room for so much argument
iii favor of the county of Dearborn.
The North Pacific railroad bill, which was
introduced by Mr.. Bass, of Missoula, will
probably come up in the morning. 1t has
undergone many changes, making it almost
new, and is much improved. This project
has many friends. Proceedings of meetings
are coming in from all parts of the country,
instructing legislators to pass a measure to
encourage the construction of the North
Pacific railroad, and the outlook to-day, is
favorable to the passage of the bill, the Mad
ison, B%eaverhead, and a portion Of the Lew
is and Clark representatives, being the only
ones set down as opposed to the measure.
The press Of Helena, whose pages a short
time since, were filled with long, editorials
Oh railroads, are silent only now and then
producing q few lines Of caution, and say
ing, " hold on till Richardson comes" only
a million and a half subsidy ''narrow
gauge" etc. 8
A s'citizen' got dispatch yesterday, from
Bassett, President Of the Utah Northern,
and the stop" sheet came Il in a flaming
editorial f%avoling the telegrapflic agreement
OF the Union Pacific directory, which the
citizen has accepted, and which it is now
proposed to urge upon the people. " Only
q small subsidy IS waated." "It is guaran-
teed by the Union Pacific railroad company
which has not even paid the interest on the
bonds for building their W road.
A correspondent writing from Centerville
to the "top' Sheet purporting to be q farm
er, advances such narrow, contracted views
in regard to what constitutes a MONOPOLY.
that | am assured there is not enough true
granger blood in his veins to fill the bowl Of
my pen. w. HIS.
MIR. i. -. COLLINS received an intereftino
letter from Hon. Martin Maginnis this week.
In speaking of the new post on the Muscle
shell, he thinks that the matter rests entire