The searchlight., 1912-11-01
HIRED men
Great Care Should be Taken In
Choosing Honest and Ettic.
lent County Officials

When the people Of Valley county com
to pick their hired men this fall they wan
the best hired men they can get for th
price. The Republican ticket is compose'
oil such men.
Locally, il is headed by Peter Marrol
and G.. c. Scott. II would be extremell
hard to find two men of wider or more var
wing interests and experience. or who ar,
better fitted to judge of the needs Of valle,
county. and to protect and foster Valley
county's interests at the next meeting o
the Legislature.
| PETER MARION has lived in the vi
clnity of Plentywood for a great man,
years. He is farmer and he was fol
many years prior to the settling Of the
country stockman. He is also interested
in one of the banks at Plentywood. and !,
may safely be said that no candidate for
the Office Of representative is better fitted
to represent all classes in the Montana
Legislative Assembly. The essential char.
acteristics Of Peter Marion are his fairness
and his sound judgment He is neither
radical nor conservative. but represents
that sanity and good sense among the
American farmers which forms the back
bone Of the community.
c. c. SCOTT is a successful dry land
farmer in the vicinity Of Froid. His inter-
ests are extensive and his experience in
Montana and in other states has fitted him
for this high Office He is especially quail
ned TO represent this newer element. OF
which he is an important unit. 1t would
be difficult to pick two men Of broader
and maiurer judgment. sounder common
sense. and better qualifications to represent
the many diverse elements of which this
county is composed than Marion and Scott.
To fail to vote for these men is a serious
mistake on the part Of persons who really
desire honest, conscientious, and sensible
work done for the interest of Valley County
at Helena next January.
| ANDREW DAVIDSON. of Malta, has
given the county six years Of conscientious
labor. He, too. is man Of broad common
sense and sound judgment. Owing to the
rapid settling of Valley County within the
last few years. the office Of commissioner
has been particularly arduous and thank
less. but Mr.. Davidson is. like his Scottish
forbears at Dunbar. Of a certain grim per
severance. and has laudible pride in do.
ing his work well for the sake of the work.
II Tor no other purpose. The sensible men
OF Valley County. who do not fire a good
servant. should retain Andrew Davidson in
their service, for he has been a good ser
want in all things.
JAMES X. STEPHENS. the best sher-
I'll VALLEY county has ever had" would pro
badly be an efficient man wherever he was
put to work. In any event. he has per.
formed his task as sheriff of a new and
growing county with such success as to be
entitied to reelection. II is no longer safe
or sensible to steal horses in Valley county.
and, with the one or two exceptions which
proved the rule. horse stealing has become
a lost art among those to whom II was
formerly second nature. OF course. sooner
or later. man Who fearlessly prosecu,es
criminals will become so obnoxious to the
criminal class that they will be forced to
defeat him in seif-protection. When that
tine comes, and Stephens is out of Office,
the horse stealing business will open up
again. and not till then.
&c. DUNCAN. is. likewise the bes,
treasurer Valley county ever had. Il was
quite the practice before Duncan took of. |
hce. for the county treasurer to take the
interest on the county money. Whatever
the people may decide to do with Duncan,
whether they re elect him or not. /, must
be admitted that he has put an end to the |
taking of the interest on the county money.
II Duncan had done nothing else. he is en-
titled to re election. because he was honest |
enough as treasurer to pay the people the |
money we had coming something that has |
never been done before IN the history Of |
this county. Aside from this, however,
Duncan has been faithful. accommodating |
and efficient: he has tended to the peoples |
business all the time. and he has no, robbed |
his employers. A faithful servant. worthy
to be re-employed.
PAUL BABCOCK. nominee for County
Attorney. was practically the entire east
end choice to be logical man for Judge.
Mr.. Babcock is admitted among the law
yers of Valley county to have his court pa
pers in better shape than nearly any other
lawyer practising At the Valley county bar.
He is powerful pleader. good trial law
yer. and il elected. he will prove capable
and efficient servant Of the people II nay
be remarked that Babcock's judgment is
sound. his tact great. and his sense of the
ethics Of his profession most delicate. If
Mr.. Babcock is elected. he will carry into
The ofhce OF county attorney no spite or
against any one. Babcock