Fergus County argus., 1890-08-14
HELENA LETTER.

HELENA. aug. ~, lN''o.
The bcnetit which Helena is doing for the
rest of the state-either by her undivided
efforts to attract attention OF by being
naturally an objective point to outsiders
me'litating IA western trip-has been very
plainly shown lately. First there was the
Mystic Shriners' excursion from New York
the members of which were treated in n
royal manner by their Montana brethren,
committees meeting them at Livingston
and eseorting them west to Spokane, and
an elegant banquet being rendered them
during their stay here, Such treatment
will cause them all to see Montana through
ose-coiored glasses. to her future advant
age. Then there has been the Michigan
Press excursion. the st Paul Teachers ex-
cursion, and the Salt Lake excursion, the
ard Improvement company. All these
parties are very pleasantly surprised and
favorabiy impressed with this city and so
OF the state generally. which. unfortunate
ly, has not appeared in eAact;s holiday
attire this season. For some reason. To
from Kansas City fe,l through.
Prominent among IIelena's institutions,
though hardly among her attractions, is
her saivatio. Army. Two women started
brayely to work ~ what must have APP
peared very forsidd.ng field. Vt first
they met many rebniIs and INSULTS, but by
their earnestness and good b,aa war So
cured the respect of the better :,ort,"n .,f
the ,oii. iauni,y, aud the Army hourislied
steadily. The city, after trying in vain la
suppress them under s.i ordinances, passed
new ones, which We're prohoa,,sei invalid
10y the district court, Col. Sanders ana Ca!.
Mct'utchemn successfully defending the
Army. They suceee.'rd in gathering about
twelve brass pieces, with which they pa
raded Main street every evening aid the
result WAS hagnig successful in attracting
attention, the discords only being limited
by the number Of instruments. To their
great loss and distress their barracks,
Gebauer 4 Nergy's old planning mill was
recently DESTROYED Ly tire, and theis parade
now has comparatively very sibdued air
only a lew horns inviting the general exc
Grafton. Surely pride goeth before "A fall
The resders Of the ARGUS have probably
noted the small amount Of land segregated
in the Judith bas,n b. the general land
office under the irrigation aei which bids
fair to soon be repealed. The surveyed
portion is in one body aud lies apparent
ly, on upper Antelope and the head oI the
Judith.
Two decisions have.eaently been rendered
by the supreme court which interest an
sections OF the state. In one, n. l.. X. X.
VS.. !. l.. Patterson. treasurer Gallatin
county. the railroad company endeavored
tn raise the question of the right OF the
county tn tax their lands within the county.
On the ground. among other reasons, that
the lands were not yet patented to them by
the United States government. The gues-
ton. which ia nice one. was not decided
upon by the court. but decision rendered
against the railroad for the reason that it
had not first applied to the county com
missioners as board Of equalization. the
faction,
The other case, Albert Price VS.. l.. l..
Lush, teaches II mos. important lesson.
Ii is the first decision here on the Austral-
ian ballot system, and it decides tine pro
visions of that law are mandatory, not
directory. and must be strictly construed;
and, further. that the decisions of the En-
,lsh courts will rule IN constituting the stat /
ute, on account of its origin. The English !
decisions. followed by this of our own court, /,
rule that there must be the strietest tech I
meal compliance with the provisions of the
statute in all respects as to accuracy of
names, limits of time, publication of nomi /
nations, etc, and any variance will result /
N inyalidating an election. The full strict 4
ness of these rulings will be better under
,tood by the eases, one ia which an elecii ion .
Df an alderman was declared void because
ais certificate of nomination only gave his
middle name by its initial letter, whereas
he law provides that the full name shall
,e given; by another. where the election