Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-03-07
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cry of the local government in newly
organized county is difficult and oner
GUS task even under the most favor
able circumstances to men experienced
in this line of work. There are many
important questions confronting the
new officials that must be disposed OF
ia some way and as many of these
affect the whole future of the county,
the commissioners on whom the burden
of the work of organization falls, are
making haste slowly.
The new county of Rosebud starts
out practically with nothing but a
good line of credit as there are no
buildings, offices, vaults, jails, books,
records nor anything with which the
new officers can begin their work.
All of these are yet to be provided and
the session of the board this week was
called for the purpose of taking the
initiative in these matters with the ex-
pectation of ratfying their acts at the
first regular session on March IS.
The new commissioners are Hunter
ferret, Freeman Philbricll and Wal
ter Mcdonald and they were on the
ground early III company with Chas.
W. Baily, clerk of the board. The
first business was the selection of a
chairman which distinction was con-
ferred upon Mr.. Mcdonald.
There were several important mat
ters to be decided before the business
could be taken up chief among which
were the renting of temporary offices,
the selection Of a county printer, the
disposal OF the Jail question and the
selection OF Il vault for the safe keep
a number of parties on hand ready to
present propositions on all of these
matters, the board spent the day in an
informal discussion of the best methods
OF procedure and took no official
action on any of them.
The first question disposed of was
the one regarding temporary court
house and the erection of temporary
safety vault. Mr.. Sweitzer, the owner
of the old school house offered to lease
the building for an indefinite term for
$500 per year. The building is a
frame structure with three rooms IN it.
two of which can serve for offices and
the third for a court room. Another
available place mentioned was the
BECKER building. There are four
roomy front offices on the second floor
which Mr. Becker offered for an lndef-
mite period for S25 per month. The
feasibility of putting up temporary
structure on the county lot on Main
street was also discussed but the
board did not signify its approval of
tins course. The board fually decided
on the school house and will provide a
vault opening into two of the rooms
and put in the fixtures necessary for
conduct of the business.
Tic next ana perhaps the
most important step was the awarding
OF the county printing which was tax
en- up Tuesday morning. There were
two applicants for the contract, the
Forsyth Times and the ROSEBUD
COUNTY News. The contract calls for
The furnishing of all blank books and
records. stationery and printing sun.
plies. legal blanks, for all the offices.
and the publication of all legal notices
and county commissioners proceedings
and sufficient bond for the faithful
performance of the work is required
The Times was represented bv Mr.
Cole. the nominal '.editor and man
ager and Mr.. Lyndes only stepped
unto the breach when he saw tina
ms hired man wastreadingon unfamil
ar ground. The Times bid called
tor discounts ranging from 40 per cen
up to 70 per cent from the rate per
scrlbed by law. The ROSEBUD CoUN
TY NEWS proposed to furnish frs
c@sas work at discounts ranging from
g per cent on books to 90 per cen
on legal publications. In presentin.
the matter to the board Mr.. Buchanan
proposed to furnish the better seryic
in the matter of books, legal blank