The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-03-24
HELENA'S GREAT JONAH:
Rough Treatment of the Board
of Commissioners.
ASKED TO RESIGN.
The Grand Jury Tires Of Their
Actions and Requests Them to
Resign.

Resign.
Special Correspondence to The MINER.
HELENA, March 18.-Helena is preparing
for it's annual spring boom. Business is
picking up in all directions, and the general
opinion seems to be, that this will be the
liveliest season experienced in the Capital
city for many years. The street railway
project is nov an assured success, the ordi-
nance granting the right OF way to Messrs.
Broadwater. Power, Cannon, Parchen,
Hotter, Flowerce and Wilson, having
passed the Council by unanimous vote.
Operationitowardt the immediate building
of the lines have already began and it is
positively asserted by the Company that
''hoss" cars will be running through the
public highways of Helena before the next
Fair. Theairst line to he put in operation
will be than from the depot to the head Of
Main street to be shortly after followed by
the construction OF a line from Main and
Sixth Avenue out Glove to the intersection
OF Benton avenue, Madison Avenue and
Glove str sets. The object in running a line
to this portion can be easily seen into when
the fact becomes known that the projec-
tors of tho railway are large real estate
owners in this vicinity. The effect has al
read3 became too apparent when it Is
knows that since the passage of the Or
dinanee, lots that were selling one month
ago for 500 are now being held at $500
and over.@
THE WIRE PULLERs.
Our politicians, both OF Democratic and
Republican proclivities, seem to be afraid
to make q start for the municipal cam
paign. The election takes place on the 5th
prox., and as yet neither party has called
either their primaries or conventions. One
seems to be waiting to see what the other
will do. Both parties are hard up for TIM
ber for the Mayorality, good men Of both
sides refusing to allow their names to DO
used. Prominent business men are talking
up q union ticket, which meets with the ap-
proval of good men of both parties. The
scheme now is to give the Republicans the
Mayor, City Attorney and Treasurer, and
shal and Street Commissioner. The two
Central Committees will each appoint q
committee of five to hold q conference on
the subject, and there is but little doubt
but that they will agree upon the above
ratio.
SAD, BUT TRUE.
Those wood-cuts, supposed to be a
likeness OF prominent men in Helena.
Inter Mountain, to hear that paper talk,
are taking our city by storm. Well, they
are. The way they are looked upon by
the injured parties after being joshed by
our good natured citizens creates such a
storm that, were the men here that per-
petrates them, they'd think they were
struck by u eye one. Had the orders not
been given for Their so-called cuts before
the racket was first started the $50 charge
for sketch and cut that the Inter Mountain
receives would be short lived. But their
representative got the orders when he first
came over, and now deliberately walks
around and collects the aforesaid $50,
''kickine" to the contrary notwithstanding.
The only cut that has ever appeared in
that journal that there was the faintest
resemblance to the person 1t aimed to rep
resent was that of Gen. Greene. That OF
Toole was an abortion and affords just
ground Tor libel suit.
THE GRAND JURY REPORT.
The topic of to-day ia about the report
of the Grand Jury submitted to the Court
Yesterday. They make the usual recon.
their investigation but wind up their re.
port with ''stunner" on the present Board
of County Commissioners. This is the way
they put it,
"Tke following resolution WIS by uf
unanimously adopted"
Resolved, That the Board ofCounty Com
missioners having failed and refused to
comply with the requests of the taxpayers
made through their representatives, the
last Grand Jury, and having shown an
utter disregard o; their official obligations
and OF the rights OF citizens, we now de
mand in the interest OF the people OF Lewis
and Clark County that Francis Pope. job!
J. Ellis and David H. Cuthbert immedi
ately resign their positions as County Com
! missioners OF the county.
Respectfully Submitted,
B. Potts, Foreman, J ohm r. Watson.
s. F. Ralston, H. NJ. Parchen,
Charles NJ. Jefferis: Chris. Kenck,
| 8. G.. Ashby, Alex. F. Burns,
George Booker, John T. Murphy,
R. G.. Wallace, r. Jockey,
| Moses Morris, j. P. Mc(;abe,
! A. ]. Davidson, William Muth.
The few friends that the Board have left
which includes the Herald don't like th'
report, and these journals that have pro
| nounced the Helena Court House question 8
l OeAu ISSUE, WILL you Auu OuV AAASSSs :
| very lively corpse. The Committee Of FIJI
teen are still a united body and ar
holding their regular evening sessions, ane
! the good citizens and taxpayers OF Lewl'
and Clarke county will yet hear something
s'drap," and when the hands OF justice doe
fall it will be a 'corker" on some one ane
that some oce nearly every one in thl'
vicinity can guess who it is. The Commis
sioners have already expressed Themselves
publicv, that they will not resign. A prom
inent citizen to-day said: Zone is tot
stubborn" the other is under the influence
of "bug juice" too much, and the thirt
being OF don't care a cent" kind OF {
disposition they II pay no attention to tn
Grand Jury report.
Ryan & Brunton have thrown up theil
contract on the new court house and ar
succeeded by F. j. Palmer, OF st Paul
Great heavens! ] thought Helena hat
enough of St. Paul contractors in theirs
What the conditions OF the forfeit CT ne'
contracts are as yet am unable to state
but will give fuller Information in my next
| "BIz."