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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1895
Page
4
The piece lists county official candidates including Sheriff J N Anderson Treasurer Edward Durnen Assessor E H Goodman Clerk W C Whaley and others. It then argues that under current hard times capital should seek investment in mines real estate and enterprises to buoy the economy and enable future growth.
The passage argues that large counties burden government and distant officials impede accountability. It contends for dividing counties to restore local control, asserting government legitimacy rests on citizen consent and proximity to the people. The goal is bringing government to every home and ensuring supervision of local affairs.
The proposed Broadwater county slate includes Commissioners Joseph Blackwell Archie McMillan and A W Smith Sheriff J N Anderson Treasurer W H Ridgeway Clerk of the Court W C Whaley Clerk and Recorder A W Schrieber County Attorney E H Goodman Superintendent of Schools E S Coad Public Administrator R M Vaughn Coroner Dr Caney and Surveyor A T Ingalls.
On Tuesday morning Nels Fiieburg shot Chas Westburg on Helena’s main street ending in what is believed a mortal wound. The confrontation grew from a dispute over a quartz claim in Lump Gulch.
Paul Metcalf, once known as the Medicine Lodge murderer, was brought back from Missouri to Dillon. The community expects satisfaction for the death of Frank Hunter and urges the legislature to focus more on people’s interests than Senate seats. Mild weather benefits stock growers as range feeding is not yet needed. Townsend dogs reportedly cost local hotels and meat vendors about 40,000 dollars annually.
Rising river waters provoke alarm in Pittsburg Cincinnati and other towns as a major flood threatens the region. Citizens urge caution and preparedness amid already swollen waterways. Also scheduled is a minstrel show and grand ball on the 16th.
The community mourns L F Hirt who died at 39 after a severe cold led to pneumonia. Born in Orange New Jersey he lived in Tacoma and Eureka before moving here with wife Eva C Whipple and three daughters Zeal Genevieve and May. Funeral held by the I C O F which he belonged to.
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