The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-01-03

The county division bee is hum
ming and a buzzing in the southern
part of the county, in spite of the
zero weather, just as the Produces
News, long before election said il
would be when the time came for tbs
legislature to convene, and it seems
that Wolf Point is going to be stung
just as the Producers News foretold
However, anyone with any political
sense knew that county division was
bound to happen, and the farmers in
the eastern part of the county are
only interested spectators. There is
being lot of friendly sparring done
and it is suspected that the double
cross is slipped around in a Button
button, whose got the button" game
Of course it is suspected that Gull
bertson will probably be the county
seat and as the main line towns
elected Farmer" Lowe to the legis-
lature, of course Culbertson expects
him to deliver the goods.
Sunday, there was another meeting
held at Bainville. Froid had a dele
cation present and so did Wolf Point
and Brockton. Froid was refused .
scat in the convention, but that is art
other story that will appear next
week. However, we understand thai
a merrie, merrie, time is anticipated
The Searchlight has the following tc
say of the Culbertson meeting:
Culbertson Searchlight.-As usua
about this time of the year plans fol
a new county, with a county seat OF
the main line, is being discussed. This
need of new county is so great arc
the saving in expense is so huge that
we suppose there not man or womaT
in the proposed new county, but car
see the desirability of new count.
with the county seat on the main line
It would not only be saving Of
many dollars to each individual with
in the boundaries of the proposed new
county, who has business in the coun
ty seat, in the expense of doing thu
business but it would be the mos
economically conducted county in tht
whole state of Montana. The MAR
Line of the Great Northern Railwa!
runs through the whole length of thu
proposed county, and in addition t
that there will be some fifteen mile
of the branch line. The taxes fror
the railroad will make the taxes o:
the new county very light.
There is every advantage in havlns
a new county, and practically no dis
advantages.
But the county seat-there is TIL
rub. Culbertson wants it, Popla
wants it-bad; Wolf Point wants It
and BainviIle wants it. We can't 81
have it.
But to get down to the meeting. |
was called from Mondak. By tn
way Mondak has aspirations for TIN
temporary county seat. Sounds fun
nv. don't it. But such is the case.
Well, the following representative
appeared at the meeting held in tn
Evans Hotel in Culbertson, Sunday
Dec. %, 1918:
From Poplar-S. C.-Moore, spokes
man, Editor Jerome, R. E. Patch, A
w. Milton, C. Jensen, N. E. Cornu, II
N. Isaacs, VIM. Frawley, Art. Nelson
and one or two. we may have missed
From Bainville-Wm. Powers
spokesman, r. E. Peck, and Attorne,
E. L. Walton.
From .Mondak-A. S. Newcom5
Spokesman and Frank Weinrich.
Culbertson had about twenty repre-
sentative men at the meeting, most o
whom took part in the Culbertsol
Caucus, the rest being spectators
only. Among them were: Geo. X
Dick, spokesman, G. G. Lewerenz, |. [
Brooks, H. M. Smith, G. A. James, Es
James, Tom Courchene, P. j. Nacey
Harry Dale, E. R. Maxam, VIM. Nc
Bride, Willis Inman, w. E. Ferguson
Robert Morrissey, A Donaldson, Chas
Jarvis, J. S. Day, Dan Courchene, ant
F. S. Reed.
Wolf Point and Brockton were no
represented.
As the call came from Mondak, A