The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-11-07
OFFICIAL PAPER INCOME COUNTY
SPEECH OF LIEU. GOV. W. w.
MCDOWELL AT MILES CITY


MCDOWELL AT MILES CITY
Miles City American.-One of tn,
speakers at the convention held il
Miles City last week was Hon. w. w
Mcdowell, lieutenant governor Of thu
state of Montana, and a man who ha.
given the most careful thought to the
problems and conditions now await
I ing adjustment and disposition at the
hands of our citizenship. The many
suggestions made by the lieutenant
governor are both timely and import.
ant, and his address is worthy the
most careful perusal and consIdera-
ton. During the delivery of his re-
marks the lieutenant governor was
given the most profound attention, his
auditors evincing their approval
throughout with the most generous
applause In his address Mr.. Nc
Dowell said:
Il appreciate the opportunity which
you have extended me of being pre-
sent with you all here today. 1 ex-
pect to learn much OF interest by list
enIng to your deliberations, aid as
my views regarding matters wnlcu
you will have under discussion will
most probably be not particularly ell
Tightening, | promise not to detain you
very long.
Il want to talk about the commits
sioners first for a few minutes, as |
believe they were the orIginatofs OF
these annual conventions. which are
now pretty generally attended by all
the county officials. And as the mod
esty OF the commissioners is SO well
known, we naturally couldn't expect
them to say anything complimentary
about themselves.
THE people havealways regarded
the commissioners as the highest |
authority in all matters pertaining to |
county AFFAIRS, and as such we have
been accustomed to look to them to |
guide the ship OF state and keep her |
on the shoals; to look after the roads
and build the bridges; supervise the
homes for the poor; to act as board
TO equalization, to appoint ofTicirs to
fill any vacancies which may occur
lInis last being part of your work
which is never very arduous, there be-
ing an old saying that office holders
seldom die and never resign, and in
general, TO run the county and pay
the bills.
This is big job and carries an
immense amount OF responsibility
with it. | don't believe the average
man realizes how much hard work and
tremendous responsibility developes
upon the county commissioners, es-
pecially in the larger and more popu- !,
lous counties. All county offices are
positions which should be filed by .
the best and most level headed men
we can find, because nothing helps
county more than good set of Of
ficials, and nothing can retard the pro-
5perity of a county more quickly and !.
more completely than can non-effici-
,nt or vicious officials. There has
never been time before during the
ife of our country when it was SO
that men in public office :
should be broad-minded and farseeing,
md, above all-HONEST. !,
There is much dissatisfaction and
Unrest among the people. The strikes,
md the high cost of living, and higher
wages which must be paid, together =
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,ver by the government, and the :.
many other new problems which have
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he war, have thrown our country and
he whole world into a state of ex- Il
itement such as we have never wit
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