The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-10-22

Time: October 1920 Place: Anywhere in McCone Coun
Characters: Mr.. Vida and Mr. Voter.

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Voter then, county and
county printing and county at Circle, some IS
miles away?
Every time the printer would have to submit proof of
job legal publication to the Clerk and Recorder he
would have take spin in his Tin Lizzie of 10 miles
hope he does not realize this fact when he
Gr ne & u os o a Fl e f houe Of
And Vida people know of course, that the mail
ia1y in the winter time as the service between Circle
and Chicago By the don't forget that Circle has
mail radiating in direction, except into the
Vida country. Vida has only the ONE route twice
week service from Wolf Point and parts
county would have travel out of the county go
round about the river towns to get back into McCone
andxfnally to its destination.
It change the subject again. suppose you people
are holding out some substantial Inducements to
in moving the county Circle understand
county owns good & JAIL worth $1,000 now used as
nearly hundred and that through Circles efforts
Dan McCugh donated to the county the finest vacant
half block of land in the for Court House purposes
TO GET Hotels. She has them. isn't GOING 70 GET
restaurants and eating places She has them She isn't
TO GET doctor and dentist She has them Isn't GO
Of them. and farmers and ranchers cooper
tive telephone system slready IN GOOD wothink or1w.
good one Isn't GOING TO GET drug store. an amuse-
ment or movie hail. third class post office. fine garages
and barns, lawyers, permanent newspaper ETC.,
She has them already She here to day and mile
and half away tomorrow, like band of rowing gyp-
ses She is townste plated by one of the
greatest railway systems in the country has been
shown special favor by them. This same company
nearly all the right-of-way Circle the east
already Circle also offers us taxpayers free fire protec
venience and actual dollars and
us throw down this established convenient order
of things and move to place other
shop and dance hall Most OF Us have stores and
backsniths than Vida. We loaf around
banks these days no-how. What Inducements,
da Oh offer to books and furniture
you free of charge That ought to help scne.
lxrkf IAN
there?
could build as good there as you had Circle
and cheaper We have plenty of sand at VIA.
Granted you slowly time cf
wear and books could not safely be placed in raw vs,,
for several months They would warp and be ruined
few days. They cost $50 to $3.50 each. Where would
you keep them? You know the law you claim oper~
ating under, provides that in like this one the
county seat with records. etc. must be MOVED ndED
:. lately to the new and permanent location. Where
ands and containing invaluable documents?
da: Oh have the big dance hail. We'd be liberal
that over for a Court House.
Bat that neither be fire thief proof where
would the county officers live? Most of the
will be family They would not live at hotels
If you build They could hardly afford would
they deem it build their residences for .
couple of years in county office. and then. winter b
door
da Oh we'd find a way alright,
ter: Is that all you offer taxpayers?
da Oh We'd build you through the
Weldon, HambIn Sand Creek Patton Hill, etc.
ter Without railroad do not need roads and west
We need them north and south With the possibility of
the 500 building still need the roads north and south
to the railroad towns nearest We do not wish
spend money building costly roads
and gulches just build up trade for Vida Mr. Vida,
to me that game is mainly of private
gain at the cost of taxpayers Your bluff about tho
500 is little old. You offer nothing that II real
advantage to the people, except that the county seat =
Vida would be little people than It +
but it would be much farther from others. tho gain
is only personal with few. And matter Of fact
farmers don't the county such. than
a year anyhow. Figure you w1M It VIA
make taxes much higher to than to Ieavo It
where it is, and 1t will much
both for the county, the county Officers fnzesu
for time at best.
Gddiap Star, go Fanny! Good day. fK)
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