Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1890-03-19
OUR CITY PARK.
Full Text Of the Bill Ceding the
Park and Report of the House
Committee.
Disastrous Fire and Loss Of Life
at lndianapolis-More About
Artesian Irrigation.
THE RESERVATION PARK.

How the Matter stands IN Congress.
Our readers are familiar with the
fact that Representative Carter has q
bill before congress. ceding the tract OF
land known rs reservation park to the
City Of Miles City for park purposes.
For the inf,rmstion of the pubic, we
publish herewith the bill itself, and
the report made on 1t by the commit-
tee on military affairs, upon which IL
vas committed to the committee Of
the whole. Following il the bill as
originally intrducsd and showing lin
Itslics) the sddenda r. commended by
the compitte on military affair:
A Bill Granting Certain Land IN
Miles City, MUntana, as q Public
Park:
Be il enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives If the u United
States OF America In Congress Assem-
hled, That all that portion of the For,
Keogh military reservation lying and
being EAST Of Tongue river, 10 the
State Of Montana. he. and Il hereby,
withdrawn from military contrOl, and
granted to the City of Miles city,
Montana. for th. perpetual use and
benefit of said Miles City and the in
habitan's thereof A. q public park,
subject to the right hereby reserUsd BY
the United States TO use as much of said
granted land as may be necessory in
operating q ferry or constructing a
bridge across Tongue River and dp.
prodches to such ferry or bridge.
The report Of the committee, though
somewhat lengthy. will be of interes,
% showing bow closely the congres
sional committees are made acquaint.
ed with the dttAils involved in Q mat
ter Of this kind, when in the hands oi
SO able and untiring . representative
% Mr.. Carter.
The Committee on Military AfYairs,
10 whom was referred the bill III. r..
500 granting certain land to Miles
City, Mont, for use % Q public park
submit the followin report:
That the Fort Keogh military reser-
walton In the state OF Montana con
tains 81, $40 acrss. Said reservation ID
located entirely on the vest hank oi
Tongue river. with the exception OF q
few acres of land east Of the river,
which was originally made q part ol
the reservation, In order to furnish q
boat landing on the essterly bank oi
the stream within reservation limits.
Tue military past at Fort Ksogh
was established prior to the construc.
ton of the n. p. r. II ana su. piles
were furnished to some extent by
means Of steamboats, running up the
Missouri to the m Duth Of the Yellow.
stone, tn nee up the Yellowstone to
the mouth of Tongue river. and thence
up Tongue river about one mile to q
point opposite the post on the reserva
ton. This means Of transp ,rtation
was exceedingly uncertain and unsat.
isfac,ory, and when the N. p. r. r
was constructed IL wss entirely abs n
d0ned ard owing to the inadequate
and unreliable stages OF water, swift
nefs OF current, and almost iropasss'
BILE character Of portions OF the Vel
lowstope river, Il is improbable thai
any resort will ever again be made u
steamboat navigation a. q means {
supplying Fort Keogh.
Prior to the construction Of the N
p. r. r. the town Of Miles City wa,
located, bounding that portion Of tn,
reservation east Of Tongue river on tn,
south the east and the north. Tn,
place has continued 10 grow and |,
now an incorporated city and tn,
county seat Of Custer county, the pop
ulation Of the CITY beipg about 1000
Al the streets Of Miles CITY bound
that portion Of the reservation lyipl
east OF the river, great confusion Il
caused by offenders against the law
OF the state and the ordinances of tn,
city. who usually seek refuge from
punishment and Immunity from ar
rest by stepping acroes the stree
within the limits Of the military res
ovation. Conflicts Of Jurisdiction
arising from this close proximity o
the city to The reservation and thu
consequent difficulty Of determining
In many irstauces whether crimes ha(
been committed under the jurisdiction
of the state or Of the United States ha
led 10 expensive trials and In some In
etauces the defeat of iustice. F.,
In addition to these difficulties, th
construction Of q bridge acr1pe TOnRu