Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-06
GOVERNOR WILL NOT DODGE
-. THE ISSUE.
PREFERS A SILVER BOW MAN
BUT MAY CHOOSE ELSEWHERE IF
NO GOOD LOCAL DEMOCRAT
IS AVAILABLE
Special to the Inter Mountain


Helena, April Ex-Governor Toole, Sec
retary of State Hays, Senator Biggs and
c. e. Bell, one Of the architects of the
state capitol, leave for the east tomor-
row evening to visit public buildings
and gather ideas to guide the state fur
nishing the new capitol.
Governor Toole has stated that the
third judge for Silver Bow county would
not be appointed by Lieutenant Cover
nor Higgins during his absence in the
east. When shown an article in one of
the newspapers, stating that he would
dodge the responsibility Of deciding be-
tween Clark and Heinze by leaving the
appointment to Higgins, he said:
Don't you believe it. There seems to
be some misunderstanding about the pro-
visions of the bill. In the first place II
doesn't go into effect until May l. This
is what it says"
The governor took down copy of the
bill and read:
effect from and after the first day Of
May, 1901
"There would be no use in making the
on. 1.-The law does not become effective
until then l intend to be back by May
/, and at that time shall appoint the new
Judge. BY that l mean that ! shall do it
myself l have not made any selection
as yet. If 1 can find suitable man in
Silver Bow county, l shall appoint him.
and if l can't, or ii l am In doubt as
to whether l can find a suitable man
there, I'll select somebody without refer
ence to whether he has his residence in
| Silver Bow county"
The Helena Water Works company
| to- day brought suit in the United States
| circuit court against the city of Helena
| for $50, 500, with interest, for water fur
nished from June 1, 1898, to April !, 1901,
| under the contract of 1897, with the old
| Helena Consolidated Water company, of
which the present company is the sue
! cessor. The company claims that the
| federal court has jurisdiction as it is or
| ganized under the law of the state of
New Jersey, and the claim is for over $2,-
| OOO The contract in question is the one
| which the supreme court or
| Montana recently declared invalid,
| because when it was made the city had
| exceeded the legal limit of indebtedness,
| and the amount claimed at that time
which the city had no right to pay.
| Since that decision was given the city
| has monthly rendered the water COM
| pany $500 gold in advance as reason
able payment for the water used, but
| it has been refused. This suit Ms the
| latest outcome of the Beaver creek deal,
| ny which the city proposes to put in
| II unicipal supply.
| The new board Of state land commits
| sioners has not decided whether to adopt
| the recommendations of the old board
| end release the worthless school sec
| tons in the Indian and forest reserva-
| items and select good lieu lands which
| will rent readily at $50 per section.
Meanwhile State Land Agent Henry
| Neill and deputies are kept idle in their
| offices awaiting orders, and the state is
| losing the additional revenue which
| would accrue.
Mrs. Tilghman H. Clewell, widow of
| the former postmaster under Harrison,
| died last night She came here from
| Iowa with her husband in the early
Cos She had been sick for some time,
| but moved last Tuesday back to the
clG home to die there.
The jury in the case of DR.. w. W.
! Miller took only half an hour to decide
! that he was competent to practice medi-
! cine. 1t was found that at the time
| the examination was made by the med
| ica board which turned him down he
had sufficient knowledge of medicine
and should have been granted a certif-
| cate. He had brought suit in the court
| Ia compel the state medical board to
| grant him physicians certificate.
The threatened raid on the slot ma
| chine men by the county officials has
| fizzled down to one case, in which john.
| sen & Nelson We're fined this morning.