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Fergus County argus., 1886-12-02

element is. we believe. the first on record in
the territory. 1t is an assertion of the
majesty of the law and the strict accounta-
bility Hereunder of officials. which we trust
will he maintained in unbrokon continuity
whenever any officer is guilty. and the his
tory of this ease seems To call for legislative
action in providing for competent examin-
alton of all offices in the territory. The
board ofcommissioners Of Of Lewis and Clarke
county was presumably as competent as
any one in Montana To examine and audit
the accounts Of the county treasurer. and
vet the fact remains, If they did their duty,
that a forced balance or mythical deposit
was submitted to them at each settlement
TO balance the accounts, or the defalcaton
of over S3S,O0 all occurred in the last
quarter of Mr.. Roberts term. This latter
is not a reasonable proposition. The fact
is, very few, If any. Boards of Commits
sioners are competent to properly examine
a set Of books, and il they were, do not
have.or take the time. This duty of the
commissioners is largely increased by plac
ing officers on salaries and requiring them
I " thTii tUtiT iHio til'
The situation seems to call for the institu-
tion of new olIicer-a Territorial inspect
or of accounts. perhaps, who shall have
authority and he required to examine the
books Of all Territorial and county officers
and report their condition in writing to the
proper officers regularly, or nj will, or on
request. II this is not feasible then IL
county Inspector. For such position a
competent accountant should be appointed
who would he able to materially aid new
officers in keeping accounts, detect wrong
doers, and give correct officers the benefit
Of their efficiency. This would he appre-
cated by officers as well as by the public
for it is not without verified instance that
even efficient accountants make errorseven
against themselves, and by "a curious repe-
iilion Of the mistake, are unable to
discover that which another will detect
instantly. The incident OF the accountant
oi Berlin, who wrote and ever aft cr repe,te
'once one is two, is not without many
approximate parallels in book keeping
Fergus County argus., 1886-12-02
Elects Of Opium Sm osing.

Opium smoking is fcariully on the in
rr.4-c.'
The speaker was one of tine present off
GERS uf the law, resident in Helena and ono
Who has done his duty in various capo ri
ties oi that character in Mpniana-p,ilri-
paliy ia IIcena-ior many years.
YES. it i Increasing rapidly. | relnem.
hsr iew wears ago when u white person
vino smoked opium was almost unknown
in this rity. Now there ar: scores upop
~,or,-= of White men and women who ar,
abiect slaves of the pipe. I do not know
that women are in the majority but, 10 4.
rule they are the most hopeless victim.
of all the vices with which have eyer
com" in contact, opium sHlnking j. the
most abominah.e and 'le.raiin. 1, seems
not only Ia kiil physically. but il dvarr-
and eventually DESTROYS all scns, uf honor
and morality. Slaves oi the drug " IN per
lur themselves without - hlash and with
"ut hesitation they viii te AMI steal. they
sill de- anything that doe not involve
rls -.cai cNorti"u or i,hv-ic.d coura.e. Tor
Fergus County argus., 1886-12-02

The Rising sun cannot un1erfand how
both the Fergus county candidates for the
legsla ture can be defeated, and in its opin-
ion one OF the strange pecullarities of poll
tics, Illustrated in this campaign, was the
Hon. Granville stuart and Hon. james
Fergus. Both were candilatesfor the legs
Iature, the former democratic and the lat
Ter republican. Two representative Mon
tanians pittcd against each other, and both
defeated, the reason for which is past our
comprehension.
Fergus County argus., 1886-12-02
Monument for Father Rayilli's Grave.

Interpreting the desire and COOL viii of.
the many friends of the late father Ravilli,
:. J. to have IA becoming monument erect
ed over the good fathers grave, which is
-ti unmarked except hy II small wooden
cross. the undersigned appeals to all whose
feelings are in sympathy with the piotls un-
dcrtaking and solcts from each and all
small contribution in furtheranee of the
object. Donors and contributors toward
the aforesaid monument fund, are re-
que-tcd to forward their cont ributions by
registered letter or money order, the latter
drawn on the postoiIice at Missoula, di-
rcctly to the undersigned. whose address is
Stevensvlle, Mssoula county, Montana.
REV. j. AsTE, ). j.
Fergus County argus., 1886-12-02

that vicinity have resolved to no longer
endure the frequent violations of the law
that have been common there of late.
No lawyers were elected to the territorial
council at the recent election. Cattemen
predominate Merchants. miners and
newspaper men are represented.
The volunteer fire companies Of Helena
which have protected that town since it
was first built. have been disbanded and
an organization has been reaffectcd under
the new fire ordinance providing salaries.
II isn't every week that an investment
Of So, 800 vii yield return Of $500, bat
it seems that Severance & Co., of Okla,
made fully that much out of the purchase
of IA band Of sheep and the shipment of
the wethers to Chicago recently.-lius-
bandman.
An Independent special says: The locked
out miners at Timberline have received as
sistance from General Assembly, knights
of Labor at Pittsburg. and are now placed
beyond all danger of actual want for some
time to come. They feel very grateful over
| the remittances.
| Wednesday afternoon, while working IN
the timber near Bonita. George Rich at
tempted to stop log which had started to
roll down the hill. lie VAS unsuccessful
and then tried to get away from the log.
hut after running fifty feet he was over
taken and run over by the log, receiving
serious bruises and perhaps Internal ,nju-
rics.-M Missoulian.
| Passengers from Anaconda report
lively lighting all along the line" on the
Stuart station platform last sunday
evening One man got head ON him big
ger than Liberty Enlightening the World.
| and jabbcd the blade oi a pocket knife in
the shoulder Of one of his antagonists.
/ The crowd was composed oi persons leaving
1 Anaconda.-Ncw Northwest.
/ The interpretations of the Pacific and
Montana railway opened the books OF the
company on November 9Th for the sub
scripton Of stock. when almost the entire
stock was subscribed by the Union Pacific
railroad. and ten per cent of the purchase
money was paid down, sam Word, Esq,
the attorney for the Union Pacific, giving a
check on the treasurer of the company for
the sime.-Mincr.
! On Tuesday of last week three men, Nell
son, Harris and Martin. miners in the
Drum Lunmon, at Marysville, fell down
"a shaft 40 feet, and were all more or less
injured. Nelson fell astride plank and
received injuries from which lac died on
sunday last. and was buried yesterday.
The other two men are in fair way to ul-
| innate recovery. Nelson was IL Scandina-
vian about 80 years of age. lie leaves "a
wife and three childrcn.-New Northwest.
This morning at S O'Clock J. II. Hereford.
manager of the Hereford Cattle company.
was married to Miss Susie II. Whitney at
the residence of the brides parents, Rev. :.
A. Wallace officiating. The wedding was II
/ quiet one, none but few particular friends
being present. The bride was the recipient
of many valuable and beautiful presents
from her friends and admirers in Billings
and elsewhere. After the breakfast the
happy couple started for Mr.. Hereford =
ranch on the Mussel-hell. where they
will spend the honeymoon. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hereford are highly estremccd by all
who know them.-Gazette.
Fergus County argus., 1886-12-02

The Independent says that candidates
for the territorial offices Of treasure audi
torand superintendent Of public Instruction
which are in the gift of the governor.
are said to be blossomns up in virious di
rections, and thercis mo- probability oilack
Of good timber with which TO fiji them.
The Butte Miner Says: silver is still
climbing, our silver mills are stil running,
the wood-ehoppcss are still cutting wood
on the public domain. the raurhers are
still unmolested la emitting fence poles and
added that the .old war horse has cut
his little boy Il ilag pole-If he has found
time.
Fergus County argus., 1886-12-02

in such capacities ti.oy are at loss, being
without nerve or vitality. ] would not
believe an opium iiend under any circum-
stance, and I believe that nothing but the
degrading effects of the drug make China
men as rule, -,lch mean. lying and con
tcmptible ella is.--indepei,dent.
Fergus County argus., 1886-12-02

Il cdn say one thing III favor o' NJ
Featherly. remarked Mrs Hendricks.
the landlady, he never takes the last
piece of bread OH the plate"
No. indeed. Mrs. Hendrirk>. H.
>ented bunley. cordially. "Feathery
ain, quick enousii - IIarper'- Hak,r.
Fergus County argus., 1886-12-02

The Herald quotes from. and comments
as follows, upon the address of senator
Cullom hcioretLe cattlegrow RS convention
in which h. says Wa have the hest and
rhcapesi railway transportation service in
the world, but this does not prove that it
may not he made both cheaper and better.
lie Says the waterways for Interstate
transportation. which are the only check
al,on railway alps"lutsm, are only -, ,ooo
miles, whilethe railways are l3l 900 miles.
from freight transportation alone the rail
ways derivcan annual income ofs50o.o 900
600. which is considerably greater than
tina, OF the general government from oil it's
resources. Onc-cghth OF all the capital in
the country is invested in railroads, though
much of this is fictitious capital. Henry
George says, "if the government does not
own the railroads. they will soon own the
government" To avoid both nisfortu unrs
/, j. very necessary to have some effective
national legislation.
Fergus County argus., 1886-12-02

The Pioneer Press informs MS that Bishop
Whipp.r's resignation WAS on account OF i'll
health ofhinselfand wife, and the fear that
he could not endure the rgors of "a winter
campaign with the commission such AZ
seems necessary to the early completion of
the work. The new appointee, John W.
Daniels of Fnrhault * n nominee of the
bishop and shares his fullest confidence as
a friend oi the i,lian. and is familiar with
the subject, having srryedas Indian inspec-
tor and agent ia the dist ribution of special
appropriations by congress. II i,said that
Assistant Indian Commissioner Upshaw
will accompany the commission to the
Northwest. This j. ~ matter Of exceediin :
interest ~ Montana and made doubly 50
by its effect upon the progress of the Mani
toba raiiroad.. from which Montana has
great expectations in the near future.
Fergus County argus., 1886-12-02

The Herald says the name of Hon. Rich
ard q. Hickman of Madison county is sug-
gcsted by many rrpublicansIor president Of
the legislative council. Mr. Hickman is
eminently competent. He has held always
a prominent place in his party. No coun-
Gilman elect exceeds him in ability. His
legislative experience has been long. and
his qualifications for presiding officer no
ono can question. Should Mr.. Hickman
consent to the Use Of his name for the posi-
tion there is little doubt that the republi-
cans would unite and honor him with n
unanimous election.
Fergus County argus., 1886-12-02

The New Northwest says: The 900
stand of arms which it was anticipated
would be issued to Montana, and the mill
tia companies armed Herewith, are not To
be had after all lat present. A number oi
wealthy citizens signed bond for them.
hut the Chief Of Ordnance for the United
states holds that the bond must be given
by the territory, and no officer is author
lied to give such bond. The matter can
he remedied by the legislature empowering
some officer to give the bond.
Fergus County argus., 1886-12-02

The nee -si'y Ter Great ION 81 the "iliee
81 county auditor IL most apparent ~ the
Roberts cas-. Had ihrr, i,,.i4 s.urn am
officer Mr. Roberts would upt nov IT, con
fined f"r neglect ni' duty, IT. the auditor
wo1ld have known just how matters stood
ia he treasurer'r office. on this subject
the New Northwest ": "Nhile r.sr-ttins
thi. blow has fallen whcrn il has, the result
ranno; but ic for the w"ii.irr oi me peopi".
While na great d,falcatinns or other erini-
tauiaHs. tht r. h.ty, been s''v' RAJ minor ~
ampi,s brought t. NOTICE in the courts. and
doubtless others haye escaped dstectipn or
prosecution. This cpnsistinn .nr cH.i- u
Fergus County argus., 1886-12-02


The result of the election for II legislative
ticket in Meagher and Fergus counties has
given rise to very unpleasant feeling. The
two counties formed one district on the
whole legislative ticket, an ON each oi the
party tickets .ane member Of the lower
house was nominated in Fergus county
Granville Stuart. democrat, and James
Fergus republican. Had not the political
feeling been unduIv dist urbrd there is little
doubt that all the democratic Nominees
would have been elected. or at least one oi
the Fergus county nominee, would have
been successful. ~ il WAS, t'ranNille stu
art WAS defeated and Mr.. Tit republi-
can, of the Missouri valley was elected.
This is due to th. iact that snme ntli-ereet
deinacogue raised the cry: "El,rt only
Meagher county men "a thH la.s-la' urc.
The result was that while Fergus county
electors were acting in good faith toward
their respective party nominees. the
Meaghrr county voters largely scratched
the Fergus county candidate- Tor the le-.~-
latur,. That j. why republican WIS
...ctcd instead 81 Mr.. stuart -. ludcpen-
dent.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-17

Mr.. Hadden, President of the
Memphis Taxing District, says the
real estate in the city Of Memphis
Is not assessed for more than one
fifth Of its real value. And what is
true of Memphis, is true Of every
city in Tennessee, no doubt There
is no excuse for this, even under
our present assessment laws, IL Is
the duty OF the assessors TO place
fair valuation upon real estate, and
they have no right to allow the
owner Of the property to value it.
Nor is this great wrong confined to
the cities. Property throughout
the country, in many instances, is
not assessed at any thing like It's
fair vaule. Besides, the bulk Of the
personal property, in both the cities
and country, is not assessed at all
because It's owners will not give it
in for taxes, It's the duty Of every
assessor to make every tax payer
swear that the list returned Is a
correct list of the property owned,
or controlled by him, which is sub
iect to taxation, but this is rarely
done The fault is not so much with
the assessment law as viii the asses
sors whose duty it Is to carry out
the law. The practice which OBJ
rains in many Of the counties OF
appointing magistrates alone to the
position Of assessor is unwise, and
should be abandoned.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-17

Its evident that no legislation
looking to a reduction of taxation
will pass this session of Congress.
The Republicans Senate will throttle
any such measure upon the plel
that 1t will ruin the industries of the
country, and reduce the wages of
American labor TO starvation prices.
The plea is specious, but will enable
the Republicans to keep up their
fIlse pretensc that they are greatly
interested in the labor Of the coun-
try, when their only purpose is to
foster the interests Of capital at the
expense OF labor. But that IS no
reason why the Democrats in the
House should not carrying out the
pledges made to the people IN the
platform and CANVASS of 1884. The
Republicans in the Senate are throw
ing the fact that the democrats
have Il majority IN the House ana
have failed to agree upon any mea-
sure for the reduction Of taxation,
into the faces of the democratic
Senators. and asking why the demo-
Gratis in the House do not send to the
Senate a proposition to reduce taxa
ton, if they really q sire it. The
fact is, that Randall and hls crowd,
who have united with the Republi,
cans to defeat al, such measures, are
the very worst enemies to the success
of democratic principles, and IT the
party is defeated IA 1888 it will be
duo 20 the lreaSherous conduct o.
hat crowd.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-17

The Appeal thinks the only
thing which can blight Judge
Sneed's prospects for senator is the
caucus. Judge Sneed IS a demo-
crat, and his political friends are all
in the democratic ranks, and we
think the Appeal does the judge an
injustice when it intimates that he
cannot be elected to the senate OF
the United States by his political
friends, and without the aid of re-
publican votes. We know Judge
Sneed we'll enough to think that he
would spurn an Office obtained by
trucking to his political enemies,
and we do not think it very com
pllmentary to a candidate to say
that he cannot stand before a body
clmposed exclusively of his politi-
cll friends. Judge Sneed is look
ing to the democracy to elect him tC
the senate Of the United States, and
not to the republicans.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-17

E, w. Cole, James M. Head
VIM. Morrow, b. F, Wilson, A. s,
Colyar, and j. Q. Nicely have OBJ
tanned a charter Tor a new railroad
to run from Bristol To Memphis by
the way Of Nashville, and known as
the Baltimore, Memphis u Nash
vile Railroad Company. Oar citizens
SHOULD take steps at once to acquaint
these gentlemen with the advantages
of the line by Bolivar, 1t is I'M
questiouably the shortest, cheapest
and best line which can be obtained,
but they nay not find it out until
it is too late, unless we put ourselves
to some trouble TO inform them Of
the facts,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-17
RAILROAD REGULATE N.

The confei zee committee on the
Interstate Commerce bill lave
agreed on bill which it is believed
will be enacted into law. It pro-
vides for the appointment Of
commission to regulate the charges
for transportation, prohi bits all I'M
reasonable charges. rebates, draw
backs, and discrimination Of every
character. 1t also prevents a greater
charge for a shorter than a longer
haul, except in particular cases
when authorized by the commission.
Pooling is prohibited, and publ
cation of freight and passenger rates
is required. Violations Of the
provisions of the bill subject the
Railroad companies to a criminal
prosec ltion, as we'll as a civil suit
for damages, and in aase of "A recoY-
cry in civil suit, the plaintiff is
allowed a reasonable attorneys fee,
which is taxed and collected as the
other costs. No provision is made
orsuing in the sttte courts, which
is an outra &c, and We hope it Wi
be amended so as to permit suit in
either the State or Federal Courts
Mr.. REAGAN DrOnounces It a good
bill, and We hope it will be passed
Then, if the state Legislatures vii
TO low it up with bills, with like
provisions, relative to commerct
within the state, the people viii b.
enabled to protect themselves agelns
the exacticns Of railroad monOpolies
The people have borne with thes,
wrongs for years, but it now look
o as if delIyeraace is near at hand.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-17

Information comes from Washing
ton City that Randall and his fol-
lowers In the House have held a
secret meeting in which it was
determined to oppose the consider
alton Of the pending bill OF Mr..
Morrison reducing the tariff. That
elegant conclaye further determined
that they favored a reduction Of the
revenues, but wanted it done by
reducing the internal revenue taxes
These gentleman want cheap whiskey
and tobacco, and dear clothing.
And yet we are told they are demo-
Gratis. Such men are devoid of
every principle of pure democracy
and the sooner the Democratic
party kicks them INTO the Republi-
can camp, where they belong, the
better 1t will be for the party.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-17
Capt. l.. b. Williams, a civil

Capt, l.. B. Williams, a civil
engineer, representing the Virginia
Construction County commenced a
preliminary survey Of the Nashville
e. Memphis r. r., from Memphis
to the Tennessee River by way Of
jackson, on Monday last, We IN
deratand a survey viii also be made
by way of Bolivar, We have the
shortest and the cheapest line, and
if the people along this line, and at
this place will bestir themselves, the
projectors of this lsad can be induce
cd to adopt this line. We are sadly
in need Of another railroad, and we
think we can safely say that the
citizens along the line Of the Bolivar
route will do as much (out side #
/ b owlug) as the jackson route Will
do. This route has the advantage
of any other from Memphis to
Nashville, and it will be our fault
! if we do not set the road. The peo-
pie, both east and west Of Bolivar
are anxious for the road, and will
do what they can to secure it. We
are satisfied this is the shortest
cheapest, and best route, and think
the survey VIXEN made will show as
as much.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-17

Jay Gould SAYS thatall Presiden-
tial aspirants think the first step
toward the Presidency is to abuse
HIM. Of course it is all unjust. and
Mr.. Gould is poor suffering mar
tyr. But it certainly shows a re-
markable consensus of public opinion
concerning the dangerous power Of
Mr.. Gould and the inscriptions
manner in which he has welded 1t.
that the most popular thing 1t Is
possible for a political canidate to
do is to abuse and denounce him.
Mr. Gould, however, is mistaken in
saying that all Presidential candidates
are affected in that way. He will
remember that Mr.. Blame, while a
candidate for the Presidency, rose
superior to these narrow and bigoted
prejudices and sat at a magnificent
banquet with the great railway
magnate and drank his health il
frequent potatiops Of champagne.
He will also remember that Mr.
Blaine got lelt.-American,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-17

The question of the adylsability
of the next Legislature enacting
law requiring each county to pay
the cost of its own criminal prose
cutions, is being agltated TO some
extent. 1t is certainly question IN
which the tax payers are largely
interested, a the cost Of criminal
prosecutions Is one Of the very
heaviest items of expense in this
state If the costs were paid in the
counties, the probabilities are that
the officials would be more careful in
entuiIins costs, and the bills could
be watched more closely than I'M
der the present system. If any
method can be adopted by which
this item of expense can be reduced
it should be adopted.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-17

It is a significant fact, and one
which all true democrats should
con4ider, that the papers in Ten
nessee which are so bitterly oPpos-
ing a caucus are run by gentlemen
who are known to be sore-heads,
kickers. anu scrathers, and who are
known to wear their party robes
loosely. They are Of the Union,
the Banner, and the Clarks7ille
Tobacco Leaf stripe. None Of the
violent opponents ct the caucus
system are hurt with democracy.
We do not mean that they are not
democrats because they oppose the
caucus, but we Z" mean that the
papers who are opposing the caucus
here, as rule, are known to b.
not much democrats,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-12-17

We have yet to see one good rea
son advanced against the holding OF
a caucus in the matter Of the United
States Senatorship. All objections
to a caucus, as we look at the matter,
may he fairly suspected of being
made in the interest of some cam
didate whose Democratic character
is not strong enough to stand before
a caucus Of genulne Democrats
There are perhaps one or two can
didates who are relying upon the
votes Of Republican N embers for
election. We don't know how this
is. In the light Of past events, it is
hard to understand why Democrats
can oppose a caucus -Obion Dem
ocrat.