The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-30
A Vexed NOOdpile.

The Standard is grieved to learn from
its valued contemporary, the Dillon
Tribune, that the relations of state and
church in a part of Beaverhead county
are not of a harmonious character. 1t
appears that the town of Dell is with
out any church edifice. and in the
absence of any other tabernacle Sun
day school services are held in the
district school house. 1t further
appears, according to the charges and
specifications brought by a correspond
ent of the Tribune. that the school dis
trict has a nice, large woodpile situate
in the rear of the school house afore-
said, the same having been bought and
paid for in lawful money of the United
States by and for the use of the said
school district in heating the said
school house during the educational
processes carried on therein according
to the provisions of the statutes in
such cases made and provided. Lastly,
| IL Is alleged that certain men do go out
unto the said woodpile and then and
there wilfully, deliberately, maliciously
anu IciOnlOuSls dOctidCbs pul lOlit SNi1ct
swipe, levy upon and freeze onto divers
and sundry sticks of wood. the prop
erty of the said school district, and do
carry whole armfuls of the same into
| the said school house, and do burn the
same in a certain stove therein situate.
heating the said house for the use and
behoof of a certain organization known
as a Sunday school, the same being no
| part or parcel of the educational sys-
| TEN of the state of Montana, but on
| the contrary an organization that reads
the Bible and teaches the Christian
religion to the young. contrary to the
| statutes In such cases made and pro-
vided and against the peace and dig
| nifty OF the state of Montana Where
| fore the complainant demands restitu-
ton from the proprietors and managers
| of the Sunday school and further de-
mands a permanent injunction restrain
| ing them from helping themselves at
the district woodpile in the future.
In the last issue OF the Tribune one
over his own signature In a vigorous
and trenchant reply to the critic. who.
II seems. is a disciple of Ingersoll and
not a follower of the Lord I'VE are
utterly disguised with the continued
roar our correspondent from Dell is
making in regard TO the pitiful amount
OF district wood that is being used by
the Sunday school here" writes the
trustee. I'VE have looked into this
AFFAIR and find that the wood used here
never amounts to more than three or
four stove sticks at a meeting. there
never being more than two fires built
and seldom more than one"
This. II might be said by the agnos-
tic faction. recalls the case of the I'M
married young woman who thought
she ought to be excused because her
baby was such a little one. But the
school trustee knows his ground. He
admits the allegation but he claims to
have public sentiment at his back:
Now our amiable and learned writer
claims two-thirds of the people OF this
district on his side. which we know is
false. There is only one or two families
in the district that has the least objec-
ton TO this school or TO them using the
small amount OF wood they do. and
even those people have far too much
principle TO make any open objection"
II this is the case. the Standard
thinks the trustee has the best Of the