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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1894
Page
4
Entered at the Post Office in Townsend as second class matter. Published every Friday evening. John R. Stout editor. Notice: J. H. McKune and John R. Stout have dissolved all partnership. Stout assumes all responsibilities and debts. McKune is released.
The Tuesday campaign for the capital capped a historic contest marked by strong honesty and country devotion on one side and corruption on the other. Montanans thwarted what supporters called tyranny as the race concluded with Montana's light of freedom restored and the Messenger noting the public mood, with county offices possibly split toward Republicans after a hard, controversial campaign.
Germany forbids the import of American live cattle and fresh beef, citing Texas fever in some cargoes. Berlin and the American ambassador insist the move is a sanitary precaution, not retaliation for tariffs.
The board of land commissioners shows rents and state land sales totaling 52 675 45 from December 1 1893 to date, a sharp rise from the prior fiscal year. A government deficit of about 69 803 260 58 is noted for 1894, the first shortfall since 1865. A steamboat excursion on Salt River is planned for Monday and defeated candidates receive complimentary tickets.
Missouri valley residents rally for unity to back a Townsend incorporation vote. Affected property owners outside town are urged to support the measure as a way to improve the town. The article also recalls a presidential proclamation of Thanksgiving by Grover Cleveland in 1894 and remarks from irrigation speeches highlighting irrigation's role in early agriculture.
The text notes arid condition farming gave rise to agriculture in Central America and Peru and roles of irrigation in Spain and Moorish land management. It emphasizes centuries of irrigation without artificial fertilization, relying on surface water delivering minerals for crops.
A Neihart Herald fragment lists townsfolk as a chorus of characters from a meddlesome crowd to a clock winder and a judge. It reports on Hawaiian sugar prospects with new water works, Cubanized by a 150000 dollar investment and seventy miles of ditches. A German Gulch miner Beal is shot by a masked robber. his wife escapes. A catarrh cure pitch ends with Cheney and Co. offering a $100 guarantee.
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