Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-10-30

/ DI\DS'* RECORD.
H""d tonErt1~'nan for Marcus DAILY, hut
mighty l'oor Un~ for The
I<e~t "f sllc state.
The JOURNAL has heretofore r+~
ferred briefly to ,,nugret 4tuan Dixon's ii
refusal To interest hnIrelf III the only
thing he WAa ever asked to do fnr
HES City, but In order that the caSe
may I'e fully understood, and the VAL
ue of MIR. Dixon'e services AZ Il cons
EreAs1nan properly estimated ny hts
| constituency III This oection nf th~
statr, VT luy befure nur reAdeis this
morning, by prrtnlnsion Of Prof. Bach,
the correspondence in TIE matter.
The butject :, atser If the currps.
pondence i. the procurement Of un a,t-
preparation fur thr improvement Of
Tongue liver, which WIS brought to
Mr.. Dlxon'r notice Ivy Prof. Bach II a
letter dateo January II, 1so2. tn which
Mr.. Dixon nyadt the foil,wing reply:
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 1Sy2.
l. u's Bach, EST, Mites Cry, Mon'.
dear 6r: Yours IT tlIr 18th. /, It,,
n rrkhrd III tie Atrnlxht. ming Of
Tongue river. II r+te,ved. T will luak
Into tht matter ~ room bs | have tin t
to dh sn, AiId In tie meantime wuulu
suggest that ii what you de.irr tan br
effected, h petition from lh+ citizr1l- uf
Miles Guy anI vicinity. showing thr
importance Of thr Improvement, md
that 1T IN mater that would te u,
t,en+ hit to thu United States aud not
sole1s to vnn, e1'y, might help to tro
c'itt tl= ltgt71htn", .nu lie irr.
Iour- t.nlv,
w. W. DIXON.
To thi- Prof. Bach r+pttd inf,rm~
inK Mr.. Dixon that u le:i'i,n OF citi-
zen@ and a map showing th+ proposed !.
Improvement had e*n forwarded to
the war department, atd again r:+
Quesltd him to take the matter III in |
f'rn4ipg him al-u that Senator'S S.n-
d, rs and Power nld Stewart had |
written that If he (Dlxou) would etart |
tue matter they wsuFd give II evrry /
nssi-tAnee thry rou1d. To this Mr.. |
Dixon replied 80 follow:
WASHINGTON. M4,ct 25, 49,!
L'u'- bacn. E'g MaE's T. \, Mont.
-D,hr SlI: lntat+ TT ttt 1itn, it,.
r~crieett. / have agAin 20 ,>id+tt it |
tt. Nv uririrn il that 1h+ govern |
1n*n' ~ mt nnd rajtnn t+ held r. .ptn-
s'1tle r damages ntle ny thu river, |
4 4t1f 1t4tf alfI 4+kt
~. prnprlnti"n 'nr str.ixhteu,pg j..
Tl>+r hr+ n" many other nttpru ,la-
n"ns md uthtr III sttrt- that Mon'1ra
n*, n. Ath NAV h- able IL rtt, thht
d' uut 1eel author nc / tn %p nd time ~
; Hint III IA n4ht',r like this, +" h. rr
here l. not nu+ rhnnce in tiny that
nny k.ru will result.
Yours trn'y,
w. w. DIXON.
Tt1@ wA@ NIT very encnurtK nK, Atd
ab"ut 'hi- tttur t''r pr jecf ot getting
ptr'n1tsl II To 80 upon lhe rese1 vatlon
and do the work, being ngitated by our
peopIe. Prof. B.ch again ~ro;e th,.
model an6 very nbtiEing copKrt santan, !
a hi 4 him to Interest hi1n.elf In pr"-
curing HE permission eslted. Ev4u
th,. small sexvicp nr nixor wvu d,a.
;,,.,,rud i, .,,>. na ~ viii -. 81, n,.
h,s rpn,v.
~ ..n., ,.oo
r,o,1s Kn,.n ~ Xii. i,1v 4f KIN,
DEAR Sir: Yours received. have
nut st>n anv r'ason to change my
's:,. v's~s ~ 's'at'oh ~ 'ne l1at'tr VI
nv c.,,nr,1.,nt from. xii. ~. ,,r ~.
pc ,ple there, excet,t wha. YOU have
made yourself. 1t, however, the pr D.
pc tne'e ues'ts ~ MAKE ah elloFt 10
rrnacI,nsnt If ,ha riSar ann y IA
necessary to do 30, | have no doubt
that upon proper showing you Gun
ooth.u pe.lLn1stou .t y" w upn1, tne ies'
n, ohahIv he y nntter for n. nar ~ 70.
partmeilt aud I would sucgt At to YOU
that the senators from Montana, or
oeHh'oF stewart al NeVaua ofu1d 10