The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1881-04-23

lister the business Of the court there than
here. 1t frequently teco,nes necessary to
summons . Witness from a remote point,
and, in the ratio of population, nineteen
witnesses have to be sn,nmonsed from 9th.
er parts, where one would ~ required from
Dannack. The Grand Jury has frequently
to wait end adjourn for hours and even
days ut time, while constable rides la
boriu,,sly 10 some distant point, and re-
turns with witness, whose services per.
haps is OF no real benefit after all, and cur
tails an expe,,se including Grand Jurors
Tees, Of perhaps $4,000. Here in Dillon,
much can bc done BY telegraph, and II nee.
cssarv to have personal services, as trains
are running each way every few hours, the
| time and expense saved would he incredi-
BILE. Now that jur. fees are almost moth.
ing, and attendance ut court Is simply a
donation Of time and money on the part ot
| the Juror or Witness 1t becomes matter Of
pecuniary Importance to every individual.
DO you remember gentlemen, the
discomfnr,s Of that ordeal, the detIiment to
YOUR business, the uncertainty existing in
regard to the welfare of your families, and
friends in your absence, the additional
expense Of niripg help to partially take
your place, and the number of dollars you
ran behind while away, would it b.: SO II
court were held in Dillon?
| Dillon has. first class hotel accommotla.
lions, thrifty livery stables, enterprising
merchants, Il church, a large sunday school
attendance, Il we'll ordered and well attend
cd day school, three daily stage lines, a
telegraph, trains running north and south
several times day, communications Is
rapid and easily oft lined. Dillon has cap
ital, enterprise, thrift, sorial facilities, bene-
violence. How does Bannack compare
with it in these respects. What is its rec.
ord for enterprise, especially in handling
public f.nd>.
llow are outsiders treated when they
respectfully ask the county commissioner
to consider u reinun>tranCc of a majority o
the tax payers, ayains; projected squandc'
OF those tax payers money: How do >uct
men manage to run successfully for office
after such violation of confidence. and how
long will they continue to do so: Is sl.ccl
raising prevailing to such al extent that w
are all become lamb like, or is the milsn
;um at hand
Perhaps il tn. cradle OF politics Is re
moved to II place that does not depend up
on the county scat for bread and molas>c'
: il will not bc So much object to prey ulnl
the public funds. Perhaps the acts Of pub
lie officers will he more exposed to tn
scrutiny Of public opinion, and will not s.
much bear the appearance OF sectionaliSr
and outrage. These remarks apply only
l. the parties whom they cri'ninats' all tn
I regular residents ofthc county know thcr
{ we'll. There are good men in Bannacl
!, men who have versatility enough to max
l. a living, and become rich, outside OF tn
city limits We appreciate and rc>rce
{ them. LIT them move with the count
c seat il that is all that keeps them in Bar
mack.
:; Th. solid men OF Bcavcrlcal Count
n have many OF them awakened :" the n.
Il ,c>~itic> OF the case and torc>rc Il rcmcd
Il tor the evil that j. fastened upon. Thcr
n is only one stumbling block in the way {
:, the rclno:al: the fear ni bad faith, and ii
" crease Of taxation. Dillon has accomint
u dation fur holding public meetings an
Ii courts: her ci,iHcn> and the rromnc'
y ranchmcn nt the country. who"rc intcrr>
I'd in economical administration. are pul
y lie spiritc! enough to offer over their =:
l. natures. and agree to give. Il bond. in Il
!. sum of $.oaknu, to bear all expense ot r.
y moval. and for offices for five years. Ih
:. action is in>tisated by motives Of ccon"n
y alone. there is no untlercurrent of plot Il,
; plumber connected with it, neither vi
J.. there be any. the names subscribed are $,