The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-01-10


compact county and the plans no
under way comprising county alon
the main line of the Great Norther
railway with the county seat on III
MAN line. 1t was brought out at tn
meeting that the new county will b
able to operate at a great deal les
expense than Sheridan and represen
tatlves OF several townships not tax
en- In presented this argument in or
der that they might be included. Tn
new county will have an assesse.
valuation of about ,OOO,OOOOo.
wolf Point Herald: County division
the favorite indoor and outdoor spor
OF Montana, has broken loose again
In this end of the county it wa.
thought that the pastime had beer
classed with the non-essentials for .
time but rumblings to the east of Us
dlspelled the delusion.
In playing the game of county oil
vision there are always two chief
points OF contention, the boundaries
and the county seat, but, for a GER
tain proposed county, which still ao-
pears to be nameless POSSIBLY it will
be called Poplar county, certain bene-
VIOLENT parties very kindly provided
both the lines and the temporary seat
OF government. Then on December
END, meeting was held at gilbert
son at which Poplar, Culbertson,
Bainvllle and Mondak were represent
ed. According to the story of the
meeting In the Culbertson Search
hight, no agreement was reached.
Poplar and Culbertson favoring the
proposed lines, while Bainville strong
ly objected to having the new county
plnched off at the east end and Froid
and Mondak was willing to
take the temporary county seat, but
favored moving the east end of the
north line six miles north.
The principal result of the meeting
was the calling of another meeting
at Bainville, December 10Th, to which
all main line towns should be invited
to send three delegates. The object
to be an agreement on lines and tenn
porary county seat.
Alta general meeting Wolf Point
selected as its delegates, S. L. Kleve,
A. W. Huxsol and H. B. Tyson, Mr.. |
[Aleve to act as chairman. O. +. /
Stennes, Adolf Hauge, P. A. Camp
oell and J. L. Davey also went, to
ook on.
A. L. Newcomb of Mondak was
chairman of the meeting. The first
hing was discussion of which there
vas plenty with the Poplar delegates
the floor at least three
'ourths of the time. Our neighbor on
he east had selected as its delegates,
o settle the destinies fsome 10000
,eople three extensive CD property
wners and heavy CD tax payers, Mr..
Goore, Mr.. Cox and Mr.. Tidland. The
Poplar sages looked the field over and
apparently did not like the prospect
o they set up claim that McCabe,
branch line town should be allowed
voice in the meeting. The point
vas finally conceded.
Froid, also on the branch, only Is
niles from the Missouri, the south
oundary of the proposed county, had
delegation on the ground and insist
d on knowing the reason why the
orth line had been juggled so as to
xclude them from the new county.
Mr.. Moore, speaking for Poplar.
rankly told them that none but cl'I- :
ems bearing the Poplar stamp of ap- !.
roval were wanted in their county,
lat the people of the Froid commu- .
ity were classed as undeSirabIes. .
his was the substance and meaning
Mr.. Moore's explanation of why the
roid country was excluded. This 2
aturally made a hit with the Froid
eople. One Of their representatives !,
,plied to the Poplar spokesman in the
sst speech of the day. What he said :
'vered the ground thoroughly and
rived to make the incident one that 3
ill stick in the memories of eastsid &
s for some time to come.
There was more discussion and thea
vote on the proposed lines that 3
ade it evident that no agreement B
as possible, the maine line standing S
rec to three, Bainville, Brockton and I
off Point against Mondak, Culbert-
n and Poplar. McCabe naturally B
vored the scheme of it's champion,
,plar. B
The boundaries under discussion, t. q
ey have not been changed, are: On q
e east the North Dakota line, on cllo Il
nth the Missouri river, on the west
e Valley county line, on the north,
ginning on the Montana-Dakota line q
the town line between townships II