The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-20

ONE laboratory and one library will be
sufficient for all. Combining the funds
at the disposal of the state the depart
ments can be better equipped than they
can by division. Continuing, the adj
dress says: There is no fact more
clearly established than that a struggling
institution does not add to the town
where it is located, nor will students
seek a town where there is AN utter abb
sence of the college spirit which always
pervades a city or town in which all the
educational forces are concentrated
appended are letters in favor of %consoli-
dation from such eminent educators as
President Eliot of Harvard, President
Jordan OF Stanford university, President
Gilman Of Johns Hopkins, President
VIM. Il. Harper of the University of
Chicago and others. Senator Gibson
believes in the broad and liberal ideas
advocated by the gentlemen mentioned,
and though he will meet with opposition,
and much of it from those who have
local interests to serve, he is determined
to push the matter to q conclusion. Bills
locating the state university at Missoula.
the agricultural college at BoZemap and
the school Of mines at Butte. have al
ready been introduced. During the
coming week IA bill will be introduced to
establish the agricultural college at
Miles City.
The county division schemes are get
ting very numerous. The projectors of
the Teton county project have opened
headquarters at the Power block, and
are working Lard among the legislators.
There seems to be no difference of opiu-
ion among Choteau county people as to
tho nIuIcahtltf1, Af 1,tt,S. .,u ~
their territory go for the formation of
Teton county. The difference, however,
is as to the exact dividing line. The
people of Fort Benton and vicinity want
the line of division to be on the princi-
pal meridian. extending from the Cas-
cade county line due north to the inter-
national boundary. Many of the people
in the proposed new county want the
line further east. The fight will be on
this question. When that is settled
there will be another fight between
Dupuyer and Choteau city as to which
shall be the county seat. There is an
other proposition before the house which
calls for taking another slice Of ChOteau
county. 1t is the Bear Paw county pro-
Ject. II this and the Teton county pro
ject both carry, Choteau will have very
little left. Missoula is also threatened
with ACKNOWLEDGMENT by the Valley and
F1athead county schemes, bills for which
have already been introduced in the
deadest of earnest.
4 bill for a comprehensive system Of
irrigation under state direction has been
introduced in the house. Its provisions
have already been described. The author
of the bill says the division of the state
into two departments for the purpose of
issuing bonus to aid in the work, was
done because that part west of the
Rocky mountains might prefer not to go
into any irrigation scheme, not having
the same necessity for il that exists east
Of the range. The bill is SO drawn that
the two departments vote separately on
the bond question, and each assumes its
own indebtedness without binding the
other. The west side can issue $4,000,
600 and the east side 56,0O0,O0O of bonds,
by vote Of the people in each depart
ment. Those amounts look pretty high.
ard unless a more moderate estimate is
made, may have the effect of soaring
both the Legislators and the peopl
There are people who profess to see ! {
the bill the scheme Of some big irrig Z.
ton companies TO unload their bitches
OF the state, AS the commission is em-
powered either to build or to purchase