The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-02-06
PEOPLE WILL VOTE
ON DANIELS COUNTY
Sheridan County Board Grants Dan
iels County Petition and Disal-
lows All Withdrawals.

board OF county commissioners of
Sheridan county allowed the petition
for the proposed creation of Daniels
county from the northwestern portion
of Sheridan and northeastern Valley.
The call for the election will be is
sued within the next few days by the
county clerk of Sheridan county at
which time the question will be de-
cided by the voters in the area pro-
posed. The date of the election will
be some time in May.
The approval of the petition by the
board of county commissioners came
after fight against the petition had
been made by the people of the OPP
helm section who are fathering the
proposition of a county to be COM
posed of the northern part of Valley
county and which would have for it's
county seat the town of Opheim.
Withdrawals from the Daniels coun-
ty petition signed by number of pro-
perty owners residing in and about
the towns Of Glentana, Avondale and
Richland, were presented and their
interests were looked after by A. T.
Vollum, who headed the Bench coun-
ty delegation. Vollum protested the
allowing of the Daniels county peti-
tion upon the grounds that withdraw
ais were sufficient in number to throw
out the Valley county territory and
further that persons had signed the
original petition from that section
who were not residents.
Tom Clifford acted as spokesman
for the original petitioners. 1t ap-
cation present in opposition to the
Daniels county petition were not res
idents of the proposed county but
reside in or near Opheim, which will
be about the center of Bench county,
should that county be created.
After considerable discussion the
commissioners disallowed the with
drawals and by unanimous action al
lowed the Daniels county petition.
The Opheim people have been ex-
ceedingly busy within the past two
weeks since the filing of the Daniels
county petition and have been indus
triously securing that section of VAL
ley county included within the Dan
iels county line, securing withdrawals
from the Daniels petition.
At meeting held in Opheim fund
of $2500 was created to fight for the
retention of the Is Valley county
townships which were included in the
Daniels territory, with a view of ta-
king all of the northern half of Val
ley county, north of the line between
townships 81 and 80, in the proposed
county of Bench. A committeeman
was appointed for each voting precinct
to handle the work.
LEGION HELD
MEETING LAST EVENING
A good sized crowd of ex-service
men attended the meeting of Valley
Post No. al of the American Legion
held last evening in the chamber of
commerce rooms. Capt. Jos. Stern
hagen, who has been absent from the
city for several weeks past, presided
as commander.
C. F. Kenney was unanimously elect
ed to the office of vice commander
made vacant by the resignation of
VIM. E. Belzer, who has moved to
Great Falls.
A draft of the proposed constitution
for the local post was read by Post
Adjutant Friedlund. 1t was referred
back to the committee for the incor-
poration of several additional arti-
lies. The new constitution will be re-
ported back to the committee of the
whole and voted on at the next meet
ng of the post which will be held next
January 11th.
A committee was appointed to CO.
operate with the chamber of COM
nerce to draw up program for the
week of February 18th when the tank
will perform in Glasgow.
The tank will arrive on the 18th and
will remain until the 22nd. The week
will be made more interesting by ra-
lio crew, searchlight section and ma
hine gun crew who will also do var
Gus stunts during the week. Satur-
lay the 21st, has ben set aside for {
he Legion boys who plan a particu- {
arly interesting program for that day. !
Chris Hansen, the post finance Of
icer, reported that the local post net {
ed about $115 on the dance given in {
anuary. Resolutions thanking the
ewspapers, the Orpheum theatre and l
he Glasgow Amusement association f
or their support in making the dance G
success were unanimously adopted d