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The river press., 1883-03-07
The Charges Against the Custer County
Commissioners.

The petition, after referring at some
length to the alleged fact that James B.
Hubbell, not being d resident of Custer
county, is not entitled to hold office
there, sums the whole matter up in the
following specified charges:
Hubbell is continually in ST. Paul, and
one Of the other commissioners Briggs
is. continually there with him, no
meeting has been held by the commits
sioners Of this county to levy any taxes
for the present year, and no such taxes
have been levied.
Second.-At the meeting Of citizens of
this place, held yesterday, a committee
was appointed to look into the fraud and
extravaganza which it was reported on
every hand was being perpetrated by
the comm issioners of this county, and
by that committee it was found that
county warrants to the number of about
fifty had been signed in blank by said
Hubbell, as chairman of the county
board, and left with their clerk to be
filled-With what amount no one knows.
Third.-Besides the clerk Of said board
is going on, as he claims, under verbal
instructions of said Hubbell and another
Of the board to build vast number of
utterly useless and worthless bridges out
Of cottonwood lumber purchased from
said Hubbell, the bills OF which he may
be relied upon to audit and allow when
it may suit his convenience to come up
from st. Paul for that purpose.
Fourth.-They have issued orders on
the county treasurer in large sums to
themselves. On one occasion, at Especial
meeting the past year, when iIubbeH
and Briggs alone were present, an order
was, Oh motion Of HubhelI, issued to
Briggs to the amount Of 81 5l0 for the
avoWed object Of purchasing furniture
for our new court house At another
time this same Briggs had another order
issuedto him for 81, 900 for the same pur-
pose. Nothing has been heard from
either warrants or furniture since that
time. The other commissioner has had
warrants issued to him III large amounts
But without going further into details
we state our belief that condition of
things exists with the county commits
sioneTs, with James B. Hubbeil at their
head, which is without parallel any
where. The result will be (if it cannot
be arrested) a bankrupt and ruined
county.
We believe, and in making these rep
RESERVATIONS to you are acting upon the
belief, that in any case of a nonresident
person holding an officein this county,
the duty devolves upon the Executive to
declare such office vacant
The above petition is signed by some
twenty-five persons, including q num-
ber of the foremost citizens Of Custer
county.
The river press., 1883-03-07
Northern Pacific Land Sales.

The sales Of the land department of
the Northern Pacific keep up remarka-
bly, we'll this winter. The aggregate is
twice as large as in the same months OF
last year, The January sales in Dakota
were $4,000 acres, as against $3.50 acres
in January of 1882. Last February's
sales were 1916 acres for the whole
month; the sales for the first half of this
February are fully equal to those Of the
whole month last year. The letters of
inquiry received are largely greater than
ever before. Those from people of
means Intending to invest in town prop
erty are noticeably greater than before,
in Dakota and Montana. At CARING
ton, on the Jamestown q Northern
branch, and La Moure there have been
sales Of lots to the value of 900 for
each At Livingston, in Montana, over
$50, 900 worth of lots have been sold in
the last two months. The parties inter
ested therein represent all the towns
along the road, and to Chicago and New
York. Citizens of st. Paul and Mime
apolis are also interested, Mr.. F. D. Ha-
gar and a syndicate Of capitalists having
purchased $4,000 worth. There are the
strongest Of evidences that an immense
immigration will set III as soon as the
season opens.
The river press., 1883-03-07

Cox, Of Custer, made one Of his char
acteristic fights against the reading Of
the governors communication to the
council on the subject Of the alleged
crookedness Of the officials Of his county.
When we take into consideration the
fact that Cox and the commissioners all
rowed in the same boat last fall, his op-
position to q showing up Of the manner
in which they do things down there is
not to be wondered at. He would no
doubt have liked to see these charges
treated in the same manner as those
made against himself
The river press., 1883-03-07
I'll E RIV ER Pr i S S.
TWO IMPORTANT BILLS.

The following is the substance Of two
bills which have passed the house and
now go to the council:
The first is amendatory to section los
Of the fifth division Of the revised stat
ates, and provides that no tax shall be
levied upon any placer or quartz claim
in excess OF the sum paid IN obtaining a
patent thereto. The tax upon the pro-
ceeds of mines is the same as provided
by the present law. The bill further
says that this article shall not be con-
strued to exempt from taxation, inn
provements consisting Of buildings,
erections or machinery placed upon any
quartz lode or used in connection there
with, when the same shall have a value
for other than mining purposes to the
full extent and value thereof. The bill
also provides that the assessor shall have
the power to examine the books of any
mining associations III order to ascertain
whether he has been furnished with q
truthful report.
The other bill is amendatory to section
Is Of the fifth division of the revised
statutes and provides that the owner Of
any diseased animal or animals shall
place the same in an enclosure, where
contact with other animals by reaching
over or through the fence of such enclo-
sure will be impossible; or such diseased
animal or animals shall be closely herded
six miles away from any farmer or any
stock running at large, and shall be so
enclosed or herded until they die or be-
come entirely we'll. Any person failing
to SO herd or enclose said animals are
liable to q fine Of not less than $50 or
more than 500, and for damages to any
party injured by such diseased animal
running at large, after having received
notice Of the diseased condition of the
same,
The river press., 1883-03-07
The Presumption Law.

The following Washington dispatch
of late date will be of special interest in
this section:
A clause in the sundry civil appropria-
ton bill is pending before the house for
the repeal Of the pre-emption law, with
proviso saving the rights of all those
who have made their filings, or who
have settled upon the lands intending
to do SO. It also proposes to repeal the
law allowing the filing OF any declara-
tory statement by power OF attorney,
and requires settlers to reside two years
and half upon honesteads before they
can commute. 1t also requires the TIM
Der culture entry to be made by the APP
plcant in person, who is pledged omake
it for actual cultivation Of timber, and
that he has no intention ofrelinquishlng
or selling his claim for speculative puf-
poses. Itappropriates $50, 900 to be used
III preventing frauds and seeing that the
land laws are complied with. Delegate
PettigreW was before the committee to-
day, and presented the memorial Of the
legislature of Dakota, protesting against
the repeal of the pre-emption law or any
modification Of the homestead law. He
urged that the pre-emption law be al
lowed to remain, with additional safe
guards for the prevention OF frauds, and
modification of the timber culture law
suggested in the bill, with the addition
that no person shall be allowed to enter
more than eighty acres, that two entries
be permitted in a section, that land once
entered as timber culture entry shall
be never subject to entry under any
other act The committee agreedto con-
slider and act upon these suggestions.
On Mr.. PettigreW' s recommendation the
committee inserted q provision protect
ing pre-emptors III case they repeal the
law, who had already settled upon land
intending to take It as q pre-elnption, al
lowing them TO make proof under the
laws in force atthe timethey made their
settlement
The river press., 1883-03-07

The following shows how the youth
of to-day receives a collegiate education:
zone New Haven firm sells 10000 ci-
garettes a month to Yale college students
or for the ten months Of the year that
the men are in town, 100000, at an
average Of a little more than half cent
apiece, a total of about $4,000 a year
The same firm receives $4,000 yearly
for soda and mineral waters sold to the
students, and the monthly cigar account
with the collegians reaches $500. And
this is the record of but one firm''
The river press., 1883-03-07
The Yellowstone Park Scheme squelched


The clause in the civil sundry bill rel
alive to the Yellowstone National Park
having been reached in the house, on
the 23d ult., McCook moved to strike out
the proyiso authorizing the secretary Of
the interior to lease a portion of the Park
under certain restrictions, and insert in
lieu thereof q proviso prohibiting the
secretary of the interior from leasing
any portion of the Yellowstone National
Park to any person, company or corpo-
ration, for any purpose whatever, declar-
ing Of no force or effect any lease, agree
ment, exclusive privilege, or monopoly
already granted or entered into and au-
thorizing the secretary Of war to make
the necessary detail Of troops to prevent
tresspassers Or intruelers entering upon
the Park with the object Of destroying
game therein or any purpose prohibited
by law. The amendment was adopted.
The river press., 1883-03-07
OUR LEGISLATORS.

The telegram on our third page again
calls attention to the undeniable fact
that Chotean could hardly have sent
three men to represent her in the terri
torial legislative assembly who could not
have served her interests better than
those who now pretend to represent them
in Helena. So far they have accom-
plished not one single thing which will
be Of benefit to her-if we accept the
railroad bill, which is only provision
for some indefinite time and emergency,
in the future. The two things of most
Importance to our people, and the most
needed, are the erection Of court house
and the incorporation of Benton, but
both these measures were put off until
the closing days Of the session, and are
now likely to meet with sufficient oppo-
sition to prevent their passage within
the short space Of time yet remaining,
and we are liable to be disappointed iii
both matters.
We confess our inability to find any
sufficient reason for the unseemly delay
which has been INDUCED in. 1t Is said
that there IS good deal Of opposition to
the court house bill by parties from other
portions Of the county. This could have
been escaped il our representatives had
net lost 80 much time in introducing it,
Our court house burned down the first.
week IN January, a day or two before
the session commenced. The need of
new one was apparent to all, and a bill
introduced in the house-as it should
have benin the early part of the ses-
sion could have been pushed through
that body without the slightest difficulty
and would have been ready for action
by the council as soon as it had been
organized. Final action would have
been reached before the opposition had
time to organize, and it would have
passed the council with hardly d dissent
ing voice. Indeed, such an urgent ne
cessity was there for provision for new
court house in Choteau, that we. believe
the rules could have been suspended and
the bill passed without being engrossed.
The incorporation bill, too, has been
put off a month too long, in fact is not
yet introduced, although notice of its in
PRODUCTION was given on the 10Th ult.
Now, when the session is nearly over, q
bill is to be prepared and introduced
over which there is likely to be a con-
test, and there is no certainty that it
will be disposed Of in any way before the
speakers gavel falls on the last day.
To sum up the whole course and ac-
tions of our so-called representatives in
Helena-they have been there fiftythree.
days and have apparently been 50 much
engrossed ia legislating foI the good Of
their part that they have had no time
To work for the good Of their Immediate
constituents. To call 1t shame would
be putting it mildly. They can rest as
sures OF one thing they will never
again be called to serve the people Of
t1hoteau ina similar capacity.
The river press., 1883-03-07

THE bill creating the new county Of
Yellowstone out OF Custer county, has
passed both houses, and Billings will
now rise to the dignity of a county seat.
1t will puzzle the assembly to apportion
twelve councilmen and twenty-four rep
resentatives among the thirteen counties
now in Montana.
The river press., 1883-03-07
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The river press., 1883-03-07

WHEN the Ladepe ,adent pulls the
string every democrat in the legislature,
except Forbis, jumps. Bully for Forbis!
, 1883-01-05
~ SPECIAL ENCOURAGEMENT. -a2sV,

We are making an effort to bring
this journal up to the coSh IN Gd-
rcUcc system, without deviation. 1t
is the only legitimate basis Of healthy
business. We are giving full value
in return for support, and our pa
irons can afford to pay up their ar
rearages better than We can afford to
do without the money. I'm the az
rregata these arrearages amount to
several hundred dollars. In order
to encourage all to lay aside bashiul-
ness in this matter, we have deter
mined upon an inducement that Is
worthy Of consideration. Having
made arrangements with the publish
er of the Chicago Weekly NeWs which
enable us to offer that paper as a
premium to our subscribers, at no
additional cost over the price of the
ARGUS, we will send it for one year
free to any delinquent subscriber to
our weekly edition, upon payment OF
subscription to date and S3 for one
year in advance. To any new sub
scriber who will send us S3 for one
years subscription to the WEEKLY
ARGUS, before Feb. Is, 1888, we will
also send the Chicago NerS for one
year free, The ARGUS is advancing
with steady strides toward the posi-
tion of a leading and representative
newspaper of Puget Sound. We
have added over one thousand dol
lars worth of new material to its
mechanical outfit during the present
year, and no pains will be spared in
the future to make it all that the sup
port will warrant. But subscribers
must aid us by prompt payments.
The Chicago Ners is a large,
eight column folio, "cram full" of
telegraph and general news, short
and pithy editorials on the topics of
the day, and it is independent in
politics.
, 1883-01-05

The capital stock of the o. r. & N.
Co., has been increased from 100000
shares to 100000, 800 each. The Co.
600 extra shares are offered for sale
at par value to commence Dec 10Th,
and end Dec. 3lst, books being opened
in New York and Portland. The
stock can be take by sto ckholders on
record Dec. 10Th, in proportion n to the
amount they now hold. The new
subscriptions are payable in 20 per
cent. installments each month after
January LIST, 1888.
, 1883-01-05

Statement showing the number and
tonnage of vessels documented in the
Puget Sound district in the quarters
ending September 30, 1880, 1881 and
1882:
, 1883-01-05

The Whole number OF Vessels dOcn-
mented in that quarter in 1880 was 1l3,
of 33,9206S tons; in 1881, 115 vessels, of
37075,9S tons; in 1889, 132 vessels of
42,422.74 tons.
Estimating for the years complete
upon the basis of the quarter named, we
find the whole number of vessels docu-
mented in 1880 to have been about 452,
of 135,6S0 tons; in 1881, 4S0 vessels, of
14S,300 tons; and in 1882, 53S vessels. of
1G96SS tons.
, 1883-01-05
HILLS MANUAE.
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Educational, Social, Commercial and Legal, by
Hon. THos. +. HILL Containing penmanship,
letter writing, etc, bookkeeping tables OF refer.
ence, etiquette, public meetings, etc; being u
ornament and knowledge, for both men and wo
men one large volume, quarto, i0D pages, heavy
tinted paper, ten ful-page plates, and with many
other Illustrations and beautiful designs. Sold
only by subs, ripton. AGENTS WANTED. Nd
dress \. l.. Bancroft Il Co., III Market street, San
Francisco. 36-lOW
, 1883-01-05

pig iron, but also malloabIe iron, and
they will ultimately build a second fur
mace with rolling mill, attached. They
also have purchased sufficient land for
their own use and the building Of fine
city,
The outlook for Port Townsend Bay is
very promising With our admission as
a State, and the completion Of the
Northern Pacific railroad, the prosperity
predicted in my report one year ago will
be rapidly realized,
As you are aware, there is already a
new line of steamers plying between
China and Puget Sound, One sail YES
sci, to arrive in March, has been char
tered from Shanghai for New Tacoma,
with cargo of general merchandise.
wish to state, for the information of
importers generally, that the cargoes of
all merchandise imported into the dis
trict of Puget Sound will receive my
careful attention and the same rates,
duties. fees, etc, will be computed and
charged just the same as at Portland or
San Francisco.
| hope to see in the near future large
importations through this district,
am earnestly enlisting the attention
and consideration of my friends at
Washington to this growing country
and the admission of the Territory into
the Union. | came here to stay and feel
a common interest with the people in
the prosperity of our Territory.
have prepared commercial statistics,
and will assist DIR. Minor, my fellow
townsman, who is about leaving for
Washington to attend the special meet
ing of the National Republican Com
mittee, and to work for the admission
of our Territory as State.
/, however, think that there has been
mistake made in not orgaizing a reg
ular commission to assist Delegate
Brents in his earnest endeavor in our
behalf.
Wishing you happy new year, I am
very truly yours. A. W. BASH.
, 1883-01-05
Puget Sound Commerce in 1882.
Collector Bash recently wrote as fol
lows to the Seattle PoSt-InteHigencer:
CUSTOM HOUSE, PoRT TOWNSEND,

lONS W tut OCdltlc bHt-IHltttUtHCtT'
Custom HOUSE, PoRT TOWNSEND,
December 27, 1882.
1 have the pleasure to enclose a state
ment of business transacted at the Gus
tom House and Port of Entry for Puget
Sound, together with few remarks and
estimates based upon such reliable in
formation as can be gathered from this
Office, with comparisons, of the year just
closed and the two preceding years.
You will see by careful examination
that there is general increase Of over
80 per cent in the imports and exports
of Puget Sound.
The new SUPPORT Of entry at Friday
Harbor is doing a very fine business,
even better than / had hoped for. For
the first month (October) there were II
entrances and clearances, the exports
amounting to $500; duties and fees col.
lected, $3.50.
Also, the office at Fort Colville is
making good showing. Collections on
imports for the last twelve months
amounted to S1,l4527 while the collec-
tions for the four years preceding
amounted to about $500.
l have travelled considerably over the
different parts of the district, and can
note since my arrival here little over q
year ago very rapid developments gem
orally over the whole country.
1t is fairly estimated that there are in
this district nearly 1000 miles of coast
and shore line. These Puget Sound
waters are so grand and extensive that
there will ultimately be room for a mil
lion people.
There is large amount Of coasting
business carried on that is not reported
at this Office, and is very difficult to esti-
mate.
Port Townsend the port OF entry, is
prospering and beginning to feel the ef-
feet of small real estate boom, property
having advanced during the past year
about so per cent. At the head of the
bay the enterprising Puget Sound Iron
Company is rapidly developing the vii
lage Of Irondale into substantial pros
perity.
have just had conversation with Su-
perintendent White of the Puget Sound
Iron Company, very thorough and en-
ergetic business man, in which he said
that the company have about finished
their 40-ton iron shell hot blast furnace,
and will be in operation the first of Feb
ruary. They have already spent about
$4,000 in construction. The company
have a cap pital stock OF S5O0OOO and
mean business. Mr.. White further said
that they have purchased the Texada
iron mines, paying for the same $4,000.
and making first payment yesterday of
$4,000. He also states that the quaint.
ty OF bog ore lying back OF Irondale is
sufficient to supply two large furnac es
for twenty years, and that il is the in
tention of the company TO make not only
, 1883-01-05

In the foregoing no account is taken
of hops, the export value of which in
1882 amounted to nearly or quite 81
100000.
, 1883-01-05

TIE REV. GEO H. THAYER. Of Bourbon, Ind,
saws: Both myself and wife owe our lives 10
SH1LOH'S CONSUMPTION CURE" Sold by
Latimer & Co,
, 1883-01-05
FOREIGN VESSELS.
Total for the year 1882, $1,46O,725.

Total for the year 1852, SI,4BO,I20
OF the above sum to Dec. %, Australia
took S237, 800, ChiIie and Peru, $2lS,4 400,
Ireland 100000, Hawaiian Islands
$l52, AGA, Mexico $S7, 1858, England $79,-
l45, China S37,S63, other countries
S413,616.
, 1883-01-05

sLEEPLESS NIGHTS, made miserable by that
teerrable cough, Shlioh's Cure is the remedy for
you. Sold by Latimer & Co.
, 1883-01-05

Statement showing the number, ton,
mage and value of vessels built on Puget
Sound during the years 1850, 1881 and
1892:
, 1883-01-05
S23,265 "
*'To Dec. %.

Statement of registered tonnage en-
tered and cleared coastwise, reporting at
Custom House, Port Townsend, for the
years 1880, 1881 and 1882:
, 1883-01-05

lSS5, lSSl nnd lSS2:
, 1883-01-05

Summary of Imports in Puget Sound
district from foreign countries in Ameri
can and foreign vessels, for the years
1885, 1881 and 1882:
, 1883-01-05
VESSELS ENTEREp.

Statement Of American and foreign
vessels, entered from and cleared to
foreign ports in the years $780, 1881 and
1880.
, 1883-01-05

Summary of exports from Puget Sound
district to foreign countries in foreign
and American vessels, as reported at the
Custom House, Port Townsend, for the
year 1882:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-08-18
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For further information, write clearly giving full
address. Make P; Money 0rdes payable and
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