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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1895
Page
1
The Dillon Examiner reports a suffrage bill has been introduced, sending Montana toward a potential vote on women's voting rights as lawmakers face the issue soon.
Congress endorses Cleveland's latest bond plan and he will continue issuing bonds under current law authority.
Hon Henry Knirpenniena’s American flag bill clears the lower house but with many amendments. Penalties described as draconian are reduced to reasonable limits, leaving a version scarcely recognizable to its author.
The Bozeman Chronicle reports a division in the legislature over issuing script or bonds for construction of state educational and other buildings. Proponents say script benefits buyers and hurts workers, while bonds would attract outside money and provide workers with steady pay.
Senator Hagneston introduces a bill in the state legislature to promote desirable immigration. It requires the agriculture commissioner to publish a pamphlet on state resources and county commissioners to report how many people they can absorb, with a $2000 appropriation for 1805 and the same for 0G. The proposer calls it excellent and predicts a tenfold return on state spending.
The New York contract covers 2,500,000 ounces of gold with payment in bonds and pot deposit. The assay office will receive gold by weight and issue certificates of deposit redeemable for bonds. Gold will not be coined and fixed values use 800 dollars per 43 ounces. foreign coins are melted and valued by assay.
State senate approves creating a commission to pick a site for Montana's capitol, the Will reportedly carries a $100,000 appropriation for site purchase. Rumor says Col Broadwater placed a deed in escrow for Cepite Hill in Helena, but the document vanished. Helena is praised as able to gift the site, unlike Anaconda or other towns in the race.
The state legislature weighs two funding plans for Montana education institutions. The Jones bill proposes fixed mortgage bonds up to 6 percent secured by land grants, while Lynde recommends warrants with higher 7 percent interest and risks of discounting. The piece favors the Jones plan as conservative, safer, and less open to exploitation by financiers.
Local legislators in Gallatin propose separating Madison County's northeast portion and attaching it to Gallatin. Critics say there is no merit shown and residents near Virginia City oppose the move. Annexation schemes recur each session, driven by promoter counties rather than affected communities.
Notice from the Land Office Helena Montana that Patrick Ward has filed to prove up his homestead entry for the southwest quarter and west half of section in Montana. The hearing will occur before the district clerk at the county seat on March 1 with witnesses Hilt Decker Scott Shineberger and Hed Rock listed. Protests or evidence to rebut proof must be presented at the stated time and place according to interior department rules.
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