Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1913-06-10
COMMISSIONERS FIX HEARING
FOR MONDAY, JUNE
THiRTIETH.
SOME INTERESTING DATA.
Assessed Valuation Of Proposed
County Of Judith-How It Would
Leave Fergus Towns Included
Within the Limits Of the New
county-The Boundary Lines.

Inc plan Tor the DIVISION OF Fer
gus county and the creation Of the
new county of Fergus has at last been
cast in its definite form. Last Friday
Representative John J. Jewell, of Hob
son, who has charge Of the movement
and who has become the leader of the
divisionists, filed the petition with
the county commissioners, who fixed
the hearing upon it for Monday, June
80, when those within the boundaries
of the proposed county may petition
out" if they desire to do so. A ma
jority in any of the townships can
take such township out.
There are something over 800 voters
in the proposed county and the petit
tion asking for a special election has
the signatures of not less than 600
voters. If special election is or
dered a bond of $4,000 will be re-
quired to cover the expense of con-
Quoting it.
Some Interesting Facts.
The new county would get prac-
tically all the mileage of the Billings
& Northern in Fergus county and
about three miles of the Great Nor
thern. 1t will get very small por-
ton of the mileage of the Milwau-
KEGS Lewistown-Great Falls line at
the north end, as that road passes out
of Fergus to the north before reach
ing the western boundary of the
county. The petition sets out that no
portion of the boundary line of the
proposed county is within eighteen
miles of Lewistown.
The total assessed valuation of the
new county is given at $5,326,515. It
will have $3.50 miles of main line
mileage and 1902 miles of side tracks,
the total railway valuation, included
in the total assessed valuation, being
$955,218.
The new county would consist of
thirty-three townships on the west
side and would leave in Fergus county
6,O96 square miles of surveyed land,
having an assessed valuation of $10,-
213,515.
The Towns Included.
The towns that will be included in
Judith county, if it is created, will in
clude Stanford, Hobson, Benchland,
Moccasin, Windham, Buffalo, Utica,
Coffee Creek, Arrow Creek, Gill,
Knerrville, Dover, Coyote and Men
don.
Boundary Lines.
The boundaries of Fergus county on
lHc uOIlu, WcSC anu SOuIu Will Uo CuS
boundaries of the new county. The
east boundary line begins at Arrow
creek, three townships east of the
west line of Fergus, or six miles east
and seven miles north of Gill, at
cut bank. From that point the line
runs due south fifteen miles, passing
two miles west of Denton; thence east
six miles; thence south. four miles;
thence east two miles; thence south
fourteen miles; thence east one mile;
thence south two miles; thence east
one mile; thence south two miles;
thence east one mile; thence south
two miles; thence east one mile;
thence south two miles; thence east
one mile; thence south three miles;
thence west one mile; thence south
thirteen miles to Ubet, on the south
line of Fergus county.
The Description.
The detailed description of the
boundaries, as given in the petition,
is as follows:
Beginning at point at the middle
of Arrow creek where the boundary
line between ranges thirteen and four
teen east of Montana principal me-
ridian intersects the middle of said
channel of Arrow creek; thence up
the middle of Arrow creek to a point
due east of the mouth of Smith riv-
er, where the same empties into the
Missouri river; thence due west to
the west boundary line Of township
nineteen north of range eleven east