The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-22
ANACONDA news.
THE NEW BOUNDARY LINES
Portions of Deer Lodge Added to
Other Counties.
APPORTIONING THE DEBT
Commission Will Meet in Anaconda to
Fix the Amount of Indebtedness
to Be Assumed by Lewis
and Clarke County.

The bills passed by the last legisla-
ture cutting off portions of Deer Lodge
counting and adding them to Flathead
and Lewis and Clarke counties have
been received by County Clerk Martin.
The law adding a portion of this county
to Lewis and Clarke is quite lengthy
and it's definitions of the boundaries are
set forth in definite detail. Briefly
stated the portions cut off are the Lin
coin and Bald Butte districts. The bill
reads as follows:
Section l. All that part of the state
of Montana embraced within the fol-
lowing boundaries shall be known as
and shall be Lewis and Clarke county,
to-wit Beginning at point where
Sun river crosses the Helena guide
meridian, thence up Sun river on the
most northerly branch thereof that
heads in the Rocky mountains to the
crest of the said Rocky mountains;
thence southerly along the crest of the
said Rocky mountains to the point
where said crest is intersected by the
west boundary line of range II west of
the Montana principal meridian: thence
south along the west boundary line of
townships 90 49, Is and IL north Of said
range II west to the southwest corner
of township II north of range II west:
thence east along the south boundary
of township II north of range II west
to the northwest corner of township l6
north of range II west: thence south
along the west boundary line of town
ship 16 north of range II west to the
southwest corner of said township 16;
thence east along the south boundary
line of township 16 north of range II
west to the southeast corner thereof;
thence south along the west boundary
line of township Is north of range 10
west to the southwest corner of said
township Is: thence east along the
south boundary line of said township
Is to the southeast corner thereof:
thence south along the west boundary
line of townships IA and Is north of
range west to the southwest corner
Of said township 10; thence east along
the south boundary line of township 10
north of ranges and west to the
northwest corner of township - north
of range T. west: thence south along the
west boundary line of townships IL and
II north of range west to the corner
between sections Is and 10 of said town.
ship II north of range 7 west: thence
east along the south boundary lines of
sections IS. II. Is, Is, IA and IS of said
township IL north of range I west to
the boundary line between said town
ship II north of range west and town.
ship II north of range west; thence
south along the west boundary line of
said township II north of range west
to the southwest corner of said town.
ship II north of range west; thence
east along the south boundary line of
said township II north of range west
to the point of intersection with the
present line between Deer Lodge and
Lewis and Clarke counties; thence
southeasterly along the said crest of
the Rocky mountains to the head of
Ten Mile creek; thence along the di-
vide between Ten Mile creek and the
waters of the North Boulder to the di
vide between the water of Lump gulch
and Ten Mile creek; thence along said
divide between the water of Grizzly
gulch and Lump gulch; thence along
the said divide to the divide between
the waters that come into Dry gulch
above Helena and the waters of Prickly
Pear creek to the the north peak of the
mountains easterly from Helena known
as Dry Gulch mountains: thence due
east to the Missouri river. thence along
the middle of the main channel of the
Missouri river to a point in said river
where the present easterly boundary
line of Lewis and Clarke county inter-
sects the west boundary line of sec
ton 49, township 10 north of range 1
east: thence north along said line to
it's intersection with Cave gulch: thence
up the said Cave gulch to the summit
of the Big Belt mountains; thence
along the summit Oh lne Sdlu I1lpuH-
tainS to the southwest corner of town.
ship IA north of range 1 east; thence
west along the south line of township
IA north to the southwest corner of
township IA north of range l west;
thence north along the west line of
range / west to a point on said range
line directly opposite the junction of
the Dearborn river with the Missouri
river; thence directly west to the juno
ton of the said Dearborn river with
the Missouri river: thence up the mid
die of the main channel of the Dear
born river to it's intersection with the
Helena guide meridian thence along
the said Helena guide meridian: thence
along the said Helena guide meridian
to its intersection with Sun river, the
place of beginning.
Sec 9 All territory and appurten-
ances within the boundaries of Lewis
and Clarke county as by this act es-
tablished heretofore belonging to Deer
Lodge county are hereby segregated