The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-02-04
G. e. Trescott, loublisnet::
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'.THAT DISPUTED STRIP. !"

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taxes, licenses, taxes Oh personal
property. and taxes oa Che railroad
on the Blackfoot' sstrip will not
amount to rs, in thei next two
years. Let US see how near he
comes to the truth. vThe railroad
taxes will amount to- 81, 400. AT
least three Thousand men will be
in this strip within sixty days after
it is thrown open. They are all
liable Co poll a"d poor tax, IS
pei year. That means $50. 600 for
the two years. Personal pro-
perty taxes will amount to. prob.
ably $40, 600 From saloon, gamb-
ling and other Licenses we wi.l.have
a revenue OF 81, 900 per quarter,
or SO, 900 for the two years. This
is a grand total of $50, 400 and we
are asked to give this away because
of an expenditure. Of about $4,000.
How long will peopla tolerate a
man in their midst who Ss contln.
ually working against their best
interests!
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School district No. I, Teton
county, is, ac, ,ording to corson,
"few in numbers and poor In
purse" and that is given as a
reason why the Blackfoot strip
should, be annexed 20 Flathead
county. Too bad, isn't it? Choteau
is alone responsible for the present
of its school district.
For years they acted the hog with
outlayinG precincts anbsihe forma
tion of the new districts Of Bell-l
view and Burton were but nuturak
under the circumstances But the
fact that the district is "few in.
numbers 0and poor in purse,"
should cut no figure in the discus
sion over the Blackfoot country as
that strip will pay more taxes into
the couaty treasury than it will
cost to maintain it, all Of. corson's
to the contrary, not>
1t is safe to say that .overt five
thousand dollars will lhes turned
into the treasury of Teton ieounty-
during the first, two years after
the strip is throwntopen.ofor, set
tlement, for recording deeds, .ioca->
tion notices, etc. OF course .ae
small amount like thatwould be, of
no benefit to our taxpayers but
Flathead county would be very
glad to get it, and corson, with
three or four like him, would be
pleased to give it to them. In
this connection we would like to
call the attention of the citizens of
this county to few wellsknown
facts. Every since the 'organiza-
tion of Teton county the mon tainan
has been the official paper of the
county, and but for the work he
receives from this source uwoald,
have been compell.d to clnse shop,
long ago. notwiths hstandlng the fact
that the citizens of Choteau. have
done everything in their, power" to
keep his "bugle" afloat. Nothing
he has ever done repays them, in
the slightest degree, for the efforts
they have put forth in his behalf.
On the contrary, at all times he
seems to have the faculty of say
ing and doing the wrong things.
His half hearted support of Choteau
in the county seat fight IN 1892
undoubtedly made votes for Bynum.
His support of the republican.
ticket last fall undoubtedly cost The
party many votes. And's5 it goes
The hand that feeds him he is ever
ready to bite. He does not seem
to have an ounce of. gratitude in
his whole make up. During the
year ending Nov. 30, 1896.the tax.
payers paid him s2;S53 AZ for
county printing. His now re-
paying them by4advocating "a bill
that will cut off from the county
thousand upon thons ards of dollars
of taxable property, and otherwise
be of great disadvantage to our
people. We wonder how much the
advocates Gf that annexation bin
nut up for his SunnOrt -