The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-02-10
The Shaw County Bill introduced in
the House by Representative
Crouch of BrOadWater Co.
Review of the Merits of the Shaw County Bill
and the Lake County Bill, Showing
Where the Citizens Stand

From articles appearing IN our
exchanges last week we Judge that
the Searchhght "star'ed some
thing" in our article on County Di-
VISION two weeks ago.
The Froid Tribune. of which
w Schnltzler is editor, takes
dignifi.d stand and really attempts
To answer the charges made by the
SearchlIght that Medicine Lake
was acting as a dog in the manger
IN regard to county division, and
that Representative Moore was
aiding ard abetting that town. The
article is too long TO quote III iull.
but Editor Schnitzler, after speak
ing about how he and Haskins
framed up the Lake County bill.
gives the following account oi IT'S
progress:
The bill was framed and introduced III.
b. No. ao): several days passed on and I'm
ally MIR. Stafford and Mr.. Nugent Of Cul-
bertson made their appearance. As soon
as their presence was discovered the pro-
ceedines were made plain TO them and they
we're invited to meet with the Medicine
Lake delegation with a view Of merging
Interests and making the bill suitable to
both. A little later MIR. Lundquist. repre-
senting Bainville. appeareI and be too was
called into meeting. The meeting pro-
gressed nicely and j, appeared that there
would be little difficulty in getting together.
Mr.. Stafford will bear us out in this and
say thar the Medicine Lake delegation was
willing to concede and did concede. But
there is many slip t~ixt the cup and
lip" and what seemed to be an encouraging
index for a united force slowly faded away.
The news went home to Culbertson. there
was a rally of the braves and new blood
was sent to the front. Another meeting
was arranged I'VE returned b, This time and
give tins as II was told to us) but the de-
mands o. the new and untried warriors were
too much tor the Medicine Lake delegation
and no compromise Was effected
The new blood demanded a change 10
the lines, which the Medicine Lake delega-
tion could not give for the reason that
Representative Moore had been Petitioned
by the Poplar people to leave the lines as
they were. and he had OWEN MS
PROMISE.
The cIux OF the whole matter
lies in the last paragraph quoted
above which We have placed IN
bold faced type. As matter Vt
fact. we do not doubt that Repre-
sentative Moore mad gwen his pro-
mise to hold to the lines ot bound
airy as land out in the Lake County
bill, but he mad gwen hts promise
to Haskins, and Schniizler, and
NOT TO THE CITIZENS OF
POPLAR, FOR POPLAR FA.
VORS THE SHAW COUNTY
BILL.
The Lake County bill has the
division line between old Valley
County and the propo@ ed new
county about eight miles east OF
Poplar, leaving Poplar in the old
county, while the Shaw county
bill proposes to include Poplar in
the proposed new county, by Plsc-
ing The boundary line some miles
west of Poplar. TINS boundary
line is the bone OF contention be-
tween the contending factions,
and the line proposed in the Lake
County bill is the one Representa-
tive Moore has given h,s promise
10 support, regardless Of the wish,
es OF his constituents.
or course the real reason for the
opposition OF Haskins and Schni,z
Ter to including Poplar IN the pro
posed new county is because Pop.
lar iavoIs Culbertson Tor th.
county seat, and the real reason
why Representative Moore vii
not favor the Shaw county bill j,