The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-09-06
A LETTER ERoM BEDFORD.
Removing County Seats Changing County
Observation-Disclosures Matters or
Interest Referred to.
BEDFORD, M. T., Aug. 2

BEDFORD, M. T., Aug. %,
Editors Of the River Press:
As there Is a scarcity OF wheat ana
-four in the Missouri valley, | th~oughtit
best to put up at the Bedford hotel for
the present. Bedford has the reputation
of having o vigilance committee, but
don't believe that such an organization
has ever existed in this place. j. }.
Bundle, q steady, quiet mar of this place
deals out justice to all offenders In such
a manner that they soon learn that the
way of the transgressor is hard.
A disorderly drunk was arrested mere
q few evenings ago ana held over until
the next morning for trial. The prisoner
promptly disgorged h.ty-two dollars for
the privilege of borrowing a silver watch
from I'm acquaintance, and when re-
auested to give it back threw it on the
ioor and jumped on the watch and
broke it all to pieces. L We mistake fot
this amount and the money thai it cost
TO make the town lively, SO caiiea, Is
needed by his family. But he was away
IFUIl uUIIiC, Ot& y Sou ~ o
stamping ground and concluded to &c
on 8 lark. But the strangest part of all
is, the third party in all such trouble,
the %saloonist, is not spoken of and Is not
to blame. He pays two licenses, one for
keeping q saioon and the other for keep
ing q gambling den, two Of the most
blsghting curses that help to darken the
lie of one half of the day laborers Of
Montana. Why not extend the license
law further ard include everything that
can be called crime except taking the
life of their fellow man. The legitimate
business houses of the town closes their
houses ON. Sunday afternoons. So far SO
good.
The spring tern, Of school has just
closed, and the patrons boast OF the pro-
gress made by their little ones. The
school will begin again within a month
under the same management.
Some parties in Jefferson and Boulder
cities and others who are i'm favor OF re-
moving the county seat from R~adersburg
have. at two extra sessions of the board
of county commissioners, presented petit
tions asking that an election be had at
the coming election on the question OF
removal. Should they succeed in having
a vote ON the question Radersburg will
loose, simply because the west side will
have a majority of votes. At an election
held August 8, 1863, the county seat was
removed fnm Montana City to Raiders
burg. The whole number of votes east
was 845. This place cast 22l, Radersbure
A3, PrickIy Pear go. Grow creek, II
There was no place of voting either III
Boulder or Jefferson cities at that cleo
ton. I met Judge Weston here a fe"
evenings since; his opinion is that there
will be no election this fall on the qnes
ton. L think that the voters Tn the cas-
side Of the Boulder range would vote
solid for the non-removal Of the count,
seat, but at the same time are in favor Q
making q county out Of all that portion
OF Missouri valley lying between tn
Duck creek range on the east and tn
Boulder range on the west. So, yol see
jefferson county is looking across til
line with the same view that Choteau il
and If ChOteau and jefferson gets all tn
broad acres they are looking for in tn
near future, Meagher will have hardl.
enough land lett to be worthy OF tn
name she bears. From what / can hea
the voters In Missouri valley across froI
here in Meagher county express then
selves about the same way that Tia
people do in this section: understan
that there il a petition in certain section
of Meagher county asking Tor a removi
Cftheir county seat. That seems to be
hasty movement, and the that certainl
will be defeated. But it st ems like
would take sometime to count h moss
that are out Of joint over there. I.
still L would rather be che Of those pr
ducers than to live On d salary OF tW
hundred dollars per Year. including IL
tn per cent. business md the snlpln
UP Of legal and illegal fees.
The discovery OF gold on Indian cree
believe is due to the Buchanan Brs
who reported to some parties caml'ed {
Crow creek in the TALL of 1864, that the
had found two cent prospects N the ha
below the canyon. Nothing was tnun
however, in aging qua. antilles until +
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