The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-01-29

County Division matters in cnlbertson
have been pretty freely discussed during the
week hu, very little news of Importance
from Helena could be learned up to noon
on Thursday when this article is being
written. Should anything important trans
pire before the last forms go to press the
news will be found on the local page.
Messrs. S. P. Mitchell. Paul Babcock.
X. o. Slette. p. Eie. w. F Stephens
and w. Mathews are all at Helena working
in the interests of county division and J. z
Bruegger was there last week but returned
| to Culbertson Saturday.
Mr.. Bruegger reported tina, the bill for
Shaw County had been drafted and made
ready for introduction the latter part Of last
route for home received a telegram stating
that things looked favorable
Peter Marion. Jack Bennett and Rich
ardson are also in Helena, presumably work
ing agains, county division at this time.
in an endeavor to stave il of for couple
of years in the hope that when 1t comes
the county seat can be placed north of Med
icine Lake.
There seems TO be political reasons in the
state legislature against any Of the proposed
county devision projects on account of the
new representatives, and senators which
would be elected in the new counties at the
next general election. The democrats in
the state capitol are against any Lewiston
that wonld make new republican county
and the republicans are against any scheme
that woula create a new democratic county.
So between the Two chairs the patient falls
to the floor.
1t is tn night that Valley County has a
show for division for the reason that there
is now Democratic Senator Il. l.. Trus-
cotp and Republican Representative If.
q. Arnettel representing The county. and
that the creation of new ounty aoul
add another democrat from Valley County
and another Republican from SHAW coun-
ty" making no change in the polical sitna-
tion when it comes to eleeting u. S.
Senator in two years from now when
Senator Carter's time is out.
| The project to annex part of Dawson
County to the proposed "Shaw County"
has been dropped. as the senator and repre-
sentative from that county would not listen
to the proposition.
The steel arched bridge spoken OF in
some quarters never had any substance ex-
eept in the vivid imagination of some Of
the anti division conspiritors and was
evoked simply as a bougY man to scare the
credulous.
The scurrillous and uncalled for attack
on culbertson and her citizens in the Balm
vile Tribune. published by Kate Douglas
Wells, but edited by l.. w. Wells. would
not call Tor any notice at all except for the
fact that some people might think that the
article reflected the sentiment of the peo.
pie oil Bainsilie.
Wells Processes to be for county division
as an abstract proposition and then pro-
ceeds TO call all the parties who have been
interested enough 10 work Tor il 'graflers. :"
and proceeds with column or more Of
i abusive language.
i The citizens Of Bainvile do no not conn-
tenance such tactics and are losal TO the
county division project IS whole. II is a
well known fac, that nearly every man IN
Bainyille and vicinity signed a petition
for county division and that Wells himself
signed the same instrument