The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1883-03-01

Oilce cSt;iUlSIleu, were an unlnlt
gated evil and difficult of riddanc,
Of The prosperity of Bismarck ha
Of long been retarded by dishones
= town administration. The ne,
II county started out with clean rec
d ord and it was the peoples bushes
J, to maintain this condition. and h
d believed that when Yellowston
d county had attained the present ag
t Of Custer county, it would not b
J. subject to the same digrace.
J. D. Mathcson felt that they ha,
J. met the beasts of Ephesus and hat
; triumphed. But they could affort
G to forgive their opponents and sa,
''erring brothers part in peace.
The interests of Miles City and O
] Billings had always been antagonis
f tic and it was well that line of di
: vision be drawn between them
t He hoped they would do Their
$ duty as electors, wisely and well
G There was no lack of fofiicial timber
9 He presumed that about every
5 third man in the community was
: willing to sacrifice private interests
in order to satisfy the public de-
mand for pure administration.
}, DR.. w. A. Allen did not see a
face in the audience that was in the
valley when he came here six years
ago. Then mails were carried from
Bozeman to Miles City on horse
back, and there were only three set
tiers along the whole distance.
When Mr.. Newman came to the
valley and brought his family,
among whom young lady, she
was regarded as curiosity. He
told Of an interview with Crazy
Head, then chief of the Crows, in
which that noble savage had cx-
pressed his intention of killing the
white men as fast as they arrived
in the country. Mr.. Allen closed
his remarks with an apt poetical
quotation.
At this point Mr.. McGinnis
moved the following resolution:
WHEREAS, An act has recently passed the
! Legislature Of Montana, creating the Coun-
! ty of Yellowstone, and whereas there is no
court house or jail or suitable building
that can be used for that purpose in said
county,
Therefore be il resolved by the citizens of
said county in mass meeting assembled
that our Representative in said Legislature
the Honorablcs p. W. Meadow, and Sid
ney Erwin, be requested to introduce bill
and use their best endeavors to have the.
same become a law at the present session
OF the Legislature, empowering the County
Commissioners of said county to issue
bonds n otexcecding the sum of $4,000 at
per cent per annum. payable in fifteen
years after the datt OF their issue, for the
purpose of enabling the said County Com.
missioners To erect a substantial bull ding
for court house, Jail and county offices, at
the county seat Of said county in the town
Of Billings.
Mr.. Harwood in q lengthy speech !
opposed the passage of this resolu-
tion. He believed that such a
move was too hasty and wonld not
be approved by the Legislature.
Mr.. Nund explained that it had
been the intention of the trainers of
the resolution that no such bonds
should be issued without the au-
thority Of the people expressed by
vote at a general OF special election.
An amendment in accordance with
this idea would be Incorporated in
the resolution.
+. H. Foster believed that an en-
abling act such as was asked for
was III the interest of true economy
and should be passed. The resolu-
ton with amendment was then
passed.
II. II. MunI moved the following
resolution, which was unanimously
adopted:
WHEREAS, The glad tidings of the pas
sage of the bill sevcring the West end of
Custer county from the Eastern portion
thereof and creating the same into Yellow.
stone county has been received by US,
Therefore. be it resolved, that we do
most heartily thank the lTonorables 7. w.
and Sidney Erwin, our able and
efficient representatives for this excellent
work in our behalf and in aid of the bill,
and we hereby assure them of our high
and lasting regard. And we further ex-
tend our sincere thanks to Mcssrs. Fcrgu-
Suson and Dcvine for their aid and con-
tinucd efforts by their presence at Helena
in the passage of the bill. Also to the
many good and true friends of our town {
and new county, who assisted the good
work by thei efforts both here and ut the I
capital. And last but not least, we extend
our hearty thanks to both houses Of the
the Legislature for the very large majority
by which the bill was passed, an action F:
which shows that the Honorable gentle
men fully realized the justice and fairness
Of our claim, and that they possessed a
lrnc and broad comprehension Of the ne I
rcssity which called for their prompt
action.
w. B. Webb made the closing {
address. He was sure that this !,
town would catch 4 large share of
the prospective immigration, and
no man who cast his fortune in the I
new county would have cause to {
regret his choice. Hon. Frederick I
Billings had said that this town :
should never 60 backward while his
efforts could prevent it. They
should remember the words OF Gen.