Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-02-27

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to the White Sulphur Springs or vicinity. a
The bill is very plain and comprehen- n
sive. and can be easily understood. 1t is a
an embodiment Of the spirit OF economy I
which pervaded the Legislature, and has I
every safeguard necessary to guard the IN y
terests of the people against expense, and is $
devoid of a single Objectionable :
feature. A more economical measure could
scarcely have been conceived. The election, |
as will be seen, will cost nothing, and II 1T
carries there is scarcely a possibility of the :
removal costing the county a cent. The bill {
provides that private enterprise shall furnish
a court house for five years. The only eX-
pense will be for a Jail and a building tor
the clerk, sheriff and treasurer. The pres
ent Jail, which is good enough for present
purposes, can be removed for $2oO, ana a
building for offices, say 20x36, which would
be better than those at present in Diamond,
would not cost over $500 or 800, and since
S 1000 is required to be raised by private
subscription, we cannot see wherein the
proposed removal can take one dollar from
the county treasury but admitting that the
county commissioners may be profligate IN
their expenditures, which is not at all prob
able, it cannot cost over 81, 900, as the law
limits the commissioners in their eXpendi-
lures to that amount.
AS to the feasibility and practicability OF
the project, and the eligibility OF the point,
there cannot be the slightest possibility Of
a doubt. The Springs, owing to the noun,
famous nature Of the county, is the best
geographical center that is to be had, be-
sides it has commercial advantages superior
to those Of any other point in the county.
1t is easy of access from five or six points OF
the compass, and from different valleys OF
thu, co,unty-the Judith TO the northeast via
Moore'ss pass ; the Musselshell to the east
Shields river a little east Of south !; Boze-
man due south via Dry creek the Missouri
valley via Deep creek and Grayson creek
all these are low passes, and there are good
f natural roads. Besides these, there are the
S Duck creek, Confederate and Whites gulch
S roads. and the pass down Smith river to
Chestnut, where there is no mountain to
t cross. All these numerous routes converge
o at the springs, the natural center, around
which is a fine valley-one that can scarcely
be excelled in Montana. aea'
AS to it's central location, we need but ex-
anime its place on the United States survey
! or's chart. We find it to be in section II
township No. 8 north, and range 6 east,
which is less than two miles south OF Dia-
: mond City, the present county-seat. This
noint we find to be "a miles due east of Grow
!, creek. the southeastern corner of the coun'
: ty. and 26 miles east of Centeryille, and 81
miles east of the mouth Of Confederate
= gulch, and 35 miles east Of Canyon Ferry
It. is also so miles north of the southern
= boundary of the county, and about AZ mile
south of the northern boundary, and no les
- thar IS miles west of our most extre!n'
4 eastern settlements, but over l2O miles iron
= the,eastern boundary OF the county, henc'
J its geographical advantages can be seen at
III glance.
!. II Camp Baker, which is the only point say
- this that makes any claim to eligibility, !
= four miles north Of a due east line from tn
:, mouth Of Cave gnlch, and is as much to
!. near the northern boundary OF the count
as the Springs is too near the sonther
- boundary. besides it is IA or 10 miles du
west of the Springs, which would place
altogether too near the western. boundar
:. of the county. The location Of the count,
# seat at Camp Baker would be like placing
!. at the mouth Of Oregon gulch, as it Is on
due. east line from that point. s44,
an In addition to these advantages, there al
ed the springs, the finest medical waters ON tt
10. continent. which are destined to make