The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1911-02-03
Roman, Montana, February 3, 1911.
THE GRAY BILL


The Gray BILL providing for Lake county out of
Mssoula Flathead and Sanders countless reads in part,
follows That all that portion of the embrace
ca within the following boundaries shall be known
Lake county, toWtt: Beginning at point on the mean
der line, the side of Fatlead lake. half way in
latitude between the northern and southern end IF Flat
head lake said point being the boundary line OF Flat
head Indian reservations thence dine the water
SIZED dividing the waters flowing into tine Swan river
from those flowing into tile Flat iea river and FIt'vad
LAKE thence III southcrny direction said water shed
being the eastern boundary ine Of tie EutIlrad ndin
reservation to point due east Of The
township Is north, in range 10 west, township 10 north,
iii range ~ west, township Is north in range 20
and township 10 north, in range 20 of the Montana
r1erdan Montana thence due west along the line sepa-
rating townships IS north from townships 10 north to
its intersection with the Flaead river, thence in
tery direction following the main channel of the Flat
cad river to its intersection with the line dividing
ship ~ north and from townships 20 north, thence west
along said line to the water shed dividing the waters
flowing into Canas creek and the Little Bitter Root
rivers from those flowing in westerly direction, said
water shed being the western boundary Of the Fatlead
Indian reservations thence in norternly direction on
said water shed the western boundary line of the
Flahead Indian reservation to point half way in lat-
tude between the northern and southern ends of Flat
head lake. thence due east along the northern boundary
line of the Fathead Indian reservation to the point of
begnning.'
This is the boundary of the proposed county.
The bill further provides: That all the indebt-
edness of Missoula county the shall exist on the
1st day of January 1911 Shall be apportoned between
the county of Mssoua and the county of Lake by first
deductng from said indebtedness the amount of all mon
hand and the amount Of all moneys belonging to
the said Mssoua county, and also deductng the value
of all real and personal property within belonging
the said Mssoula comfy on the LIST day of January,
1911 and the remainder of said indebtedness shall be
apportioned between the respective counties to the
amount of taxable property in Mi>sona county, and the
taxable property in Lake county and heretofore within
the boundaries of said Mssou1a county; said amount of
taxable property to be ascertaned and said apporton
nent and valuation of county property to be made by
commission consisting of the boards of county commits
soners of Missoula county and Lake county, and the
judge of the Fourth judicial district, which said
mission shall meet at the court house in Missoala the
third Monday March, 1911 aud shall take stand
ard for said apportionment of indebtedness the
ment of the year 1910 determined by the board of
equalization Of the said Missoula county.
The provision applies to Flat1ead and Sam
ders counties.
Your attention is directed to the ingenuity displayed |
in drafting this bill that it would not the
open opposition of the members of the legislature from
Mssoula and Sanders counties. 1t leaves within the
boundaries OF both counties all the taxable property of
consequences and removes all the territory conpar
lively, that will be of expense to them 1t has
every mark of being devised crcun1vent oppos-
ton regardless of there being any taxable property left
within the boundary of the proposed county
The main object of those behind this movement is |
to make Poison county seat, and the first thing the
people of Roman will hear of these fine mornings,
will be that while they have been asleep the bill has
been passed Considering everything something should
DONE We should either become awake and send
one to Helena to place the facts and figures have at
hand to base our opposition to county else
take the medicine and say we keit.
1t looks just at this time, at this distance from the
bpinu and hhe6
proper. What do you think about it?
To substantate the belief that Poison is obbng
it is only necessary to remember that county offices
promised rig and left to opposition and
help in passing the bill. county with less than mil
lion assessed valuation to derive from would
prove poor mixer and go dry.
Inquiries continues to in from distance concerning