The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-05

unanimous desire OF the inhabitants Of
these camps, they should belong to Cas-
cade county.
Imagine the Disgust
Of the candidates of both political par
ties of Cascade county who worked their
tongues, stomachs, and pocket books
most zealously at both camps in the cam
paign of 1883 to find on election day that
their voters had quietly handed over
their suffrages to a sister county. Think
of the poor, deluded candidates acquir-
ing an exaggerated dyspepsia from drink
ing mountain dew, depicting their funds,
and talking themselves black IN the face
only to find that their jolly, solid men
were also counting the suckers" from
over the big divide.
The First County Officers.
The bill creating the new county
named the following to be the first Of
ticers thereof:
RECONSIDERATION E. Dickerman.
SHERIFF.. p. Downing.
Clerk and Recorder. w. Matkin.
Assessor-Richard L. German.
Attorney-George w. Taylor.
Probate Judge-H. P. Rolfe.
Superintendent of Schools-Miss Bes-
sic Ford.
Administrator-John w. Stanton.
Coroner-Dr. John H. Fairfield.
County Commissioners-Charles Veg
ner, j. A. Harris, and T. A. Wall.
Mirabile dictu, none Of the gentlemen
named in the bill declined to accept the OF,
fees therein rendered them, respectively
With true patriotism and both feet they
took up their official burdens land
salaries thereunto appertaining) and
went forward until the next general
election in 1888.
Prof. Morrison.
In looking over Prof. Mortson's very
accurate map of Cascade county. I find
that the area of the county is $3.50
square miles, its length being about
twice its width, The depth is not given.
The professor knows that. "but is not at
liberty to tell" To persons u~nacquainted
with the versatile professor, 1t might
seem that he was somewhat given to ex-
a%ggeration, as there is not a spot on his
map as big as a pin head which is not
decorated with a legend indicating the
special utility Of that particular atom of
Cascade county. But we who know the
delineator of that map can testify upon
knowledge and belief, that he
Is IA Reservoir.
not to say fountain, of accurate statistics
and other useful information; and that
everything within will be found, upon
investigation, to be exactly as portrayed
upon the canvass.
Great Natural Resources.
Has not Cascade natural
equal to any county upon the face of the
earth? Coal, iron, limestone, building
stone, fire clay, precious metals, water
power, fertile valleys for farming, and
luxuriant bench lands for grazing, to-
gether with an enterprising class of peo-
pie who are not at all slow to avail them
selves OF these advantages. II walls
we're to be erected about all counties of
the west, thereby cutting each off from
all communication of a social or CONNER
cial nature from the others, l should
make a mighty effort to stay within the
trdIls of Cascade. For l believe
it has through it's varied interests
possibilities Of absolute self
maintenance than any section of which
I have knowledge. But Q don't want
to he shut off from the rest Of the world
and We certainly are not. From 200 peo-
pie in 1886 our population has increased
to 1900, and from nothing in 1886 we
now have an
Assessed Valuation 80, 636,25s.
We have a county Of which we should
all be proud. We should guard it's in
terests jealousy and preach it's virtues
and advantages to all the world, to the
End that we may become strong and
in the land which the good Lord
mas so richly endowed. Very respect
G. M. WEBSTER.