County politics spar over economy and jail costs
A local paper denounces the county commissioners for retrenchment while lampooning their handling of jail services, deputy sheriff shortages, and wages. The piece mocks officials for reducing officers and leaving towns with unpaid counts, calling it a scheme of “economy” and questioning the true value of their labor. Wealth and authority clash as criticism centers on Townsend and Canton controls and the lack of practical law enforcement.
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Board of County Commissioners
Prince McNaught
Kansas
Townsend
Sixteen Mile Creek
Canton
McNaught
Lewis & Clarke County
Josh
Cleveland
Savante
High Court of Equity
General Outlook Recap of Economic Conditions and Trust Concerns
The article notes green crops after recent rains and overall improvement in business, despite frosts. It highlights rising prices for goods, limited money supply, and bank liquidity, plus concerns about monopolies such as the American Book Company and the role of the silver discussion in politics. It urges unity for American citizenship and proclaims a pro coinage stance amid party divisions.
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Montana
Carlisle
Rockefeller
Standard Oil Trust
Sugar Trust
American Book Company
van Antwerp, Bragg & Co
Ivinson, Blakeman & Co
A. 8
Barnes & Co
Trustees of the Estate The People Own This Nation
The passage argues that Congress the President the Supreme Court and all government officials act as trustees for the public estate with fee simple in the people. It asserts the owners may demand faithful honest and undemonstrative stewardship without waste or impairment.
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Illinois
Congress
President
Supreme Court
Republican Convention Denounces Bimetallism
Kentucky and Breckenridge lines denounce bimetallism as fraudulent vicious and ruinous. The remark questions whether Republican allies in Montana can fraternize with this faction.
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Kentucky
Land of Blue Grass
Breckenridge
Whiskey
Watterson
Montana
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the Townsend
Sownanas
J. R. Stout
G. G. Watt
Ediors & Prop's
OUR County Commissioners
Querry
Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Patr
the &Tandard
E Therary & CO
General Merchandise
Baxter
Thomas McCormick
Fick McCormick
McCormick Stables
Broadway
N. P
Alex. C. Carson
W.C. Pierce
Northern Pacific
Peter J. Meloy
J. C. Stuart & Co
BND
Montara
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