The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1885-01-24
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

bill before the Legislature to provide a
commission of three who should re-adjust
county boundaries throughout the terri
tory. The passage of such bill would
doubtless be substitute for all the various
county boundary bills now before the
Legislature.
The New Orleans Exposition approprl-
alton of 1000 has been vexed question.
The chief objection to allowing the mon
ey to be paid over was because it contain
ed an item of $500 for printing done by
Geo. E. Boos s. Co. The two newspaper
Offices in Butte each offered to do the
work for 81 900 and that in Helena for
81, $50, cash. Boos offered to do the work
for 81 500 and wait for his pay. There
upon the work was given to Boos & Co.
and as their pay will be forthcoming in a
few weeks nice figure of profit will re-
suit to them.
Norton's bill to annex portion of Gal
latin county to Yellowstone defines the
following proposed line of division: Be-
ginning at the point where the Yellow
stone mountains y intersect the Wyoming
boundary, thence following the summit Of
those mountains in northwesterly direc-
ton to a point due south of the point
where the first dividing ridge east of the
Little Timber meets the Yellowstone riv-
cr, thence due north to said point of meet
ing, thence following said dividing ridge
to the summit of the Crazy range of
mountains, thence following said summit
to the Meagher county line. 1t seems
doubtful whether such line could be
traced with any degree of accuracy; but the
Yellowstone fellows say it can-they
know everything and more too. They
also say it leaves Cooke City in Gallatin
county, which may Or may not be SO, ac-
cording as the struggling, scattered peaks
called the Yellowstone mountains are
ranged into summit line. The proposed
bill adds all the Rock creek coal country
the thriving settlement of Upper Boulder
and the whole Big Timber, and Sweet
Grass regions to Yellowstone county. The
Yellowstone county members are trying
to ''railroad" the bill through without dis
cussion in the hope that its outrageous
provisions will not be detected by those
most interested.
Two county division bills have been in
troduced from Missoula county-one to
create the county of Pend d. Oreille out
of the northwestern portion and the other
to create Bitter Root county out of the
southwestern portion of the old county
One Or both of them will pass.
The constitutional convention held last
winter seems to have long financial tail.
Bills for the relief of persons in some way
connected with the work of that conven-
ton are pouring in before the Legislature
with recklessness that suggests that the
last end of that convention will be worse
than the first so far as expense is concern
ed.
The people of Missoula are tired Of their
city incorporation experiment and petition
the Legislature that they be relieved of
their charter and be allowed to return to
their original condition of unincorporated
blessedness.
A bill is or will be brought before the
Legislature requiring all retailers of ar
dent spirits in any town of 500 inhabi-
tants or more to pay license of 81 800
per year. Such license would be al
most prohibiting and would remove eight
saloons from every ten throughout the
territory.
CONGRESSIONAL AND POLITICAL.
Senator Vest is re elected from Missouri.
Wilkinson Call has been elected Senator
from Florida.
Orville H. Plat will be the next sena-
tor from Connecticut.
Senator Don Cameron will be reelected
senator from Pennsylvania.
Senator z. B. Vance will be reelected
senator from North Carolina.
Another effort is being made to place
Gen. Grant on the retired list.
William Evarts will he the next repub-
lican U. S. Senator from New York.
1t is likely that Leland Stanford will
be the next Senator from California.
Jonathan Chase has been elected Sena-
tor from Rhode Island to succeed AnthO.
ny, deceased.
The protectionists of New York have
organized the American Protective Tariff
Association.
1t is expected that Gen. Lucius Fair,
child will be elected Senator from Wis
consin to succeed Angus Cameron.