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COUNTY DIVISION IS
WEILL ADVERTISED
ll&iiiia county is tlx1 latest pro
position.
A petition to the county com
missioners that it be created o-ut
of the north piart of -McLean
county has been i'il-d at Wash
burn.
After outlining tlhis proposed
county a glance at it makes it
appear a ridiculous proposition,
tout upon investigation of condi
tions it isn'" so bad after all.
and is said to meet the. approval
of the greater number of Mc
Lean.
Proposed Ilanna county con
cisits of the north two triers of
townships of McLean, the upper
containing 14 townships and the
lower, 13 townships. It will be.
84 miles long and 12 miles wide
1b all probability Max will
Ibe the county seat, as it is the
Oinly town near the middle of the
long string of townships, besides'
it is the junction point of the
Dlrake line and the Waza line.
While the furthest resident
twill be about 50 miles from Max
yet he will be 50 miles nearer
the county seat than he is now.
There being about 25 miles of
railroad in the. proposed county
east of Max, that part of the
county will be within easy reach
of the county seat.
It is reported that the pro
position is quite agreeable to all
interests in McLean comity, for
tiie reason that there is a senti
ment favoring some, kind of a di
vfision of that county, and be
tween this one and another, wliic
is viery liable to come up, Ilanna
county is far less objectionable
and will receive little opposition,
ib will be voted upon this fall.—
Bismarck Tribune.
The county division question
has taken on new aspects since
our last issue. The Max people
have circulated a petition divid
ing the county east and west
leaving two rows of townships in
the north, with Max as the fa
vored county seat town. Garri
son is in old McLean, as close
to the north boundary as they
could fix it without violating
text which says, "Do unto others
as they would do unto you."
There are many who are ready
to quit at this frightful' appari
tion of opposition from the north
crying, "It has beeai Humbled—
all is lost. Wmi unto us that
we should have thought to slip
anything over in a rush!"
Bosh, Prunes. The very i-dee
ar!
The sooner the people of the
north forget that county seat
jargon and remember that coun
ty division is a real necessity,
will come before long anyway
and might as well be taken into
consideration while there is a
chance of getting an equitable
division—as soon as Max, Gar
rison, and the other northern
towns forget anything but the
lasting enmity to the scheme
which the south part has al
ways had—the better.
The »ditorial in The Washburn
Leader placed that paper with
The Independent on this issue.
We are for divlision, but we alBo
are in favor of dividing it fairly,
and if there can be a meeting of
all parts of the county to de
cide where the line shall be
drawn, no delay ought to be
made in holding that meeting.
Anyone who has studied thy
question at alll soiuided the senti
ment of the people of the ex
tremes in the county, knows
that the northern part has
never had adequate represent
ation and wants to get away
from Washburn. Everyone also
knows that the west part, in
cluding the reservation lias clier
rished plans of making itself into
a separate county, and that if
this were done, it would com
plicate another division which
would be even more necessary
:to the convenience of the people.
So the time seems to be now.
The Garrison business men are
prime movers in getting the cam
paign started, but their idea is
mot the selfish one attributed to
them by Max, but to divide the
county, and let the fight over
the county seat take care of it
self two years from now. Max
hag no cause to complain, for
her location in the proposed
Robinson county, it is better than
that of Garrison. She, however,
wishes a cinch, and is willing to
sacrifice county division on the
alter of pure selfishness.
We would like to ask a ques
tion or so. Do the towns in the
northern part regard this agita
tion as a joke? Do they not
realize that signing and filing
the petition simply brings the
matter to a vote, and what could
be fairer? Let the people kill
the issue in the falil if they want
i», but it seems to this paper
3utrdly fair to' prevent its being
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•brought to a vote—Garrison In
dependent.
It does' not seem to ins that
Ilanna county would be the bettei
of the two propositions. The
Robinson county proposition
leaves the old county only 24
townships while the new county
would contain 38. Of course this
would be unfair to the south end.
The Hanna county proposition
takes- in the two northern tiers
of townships and that part of
the Bertihold Indian Reservation,
included in old McLean county.
This divides the townships and
railroad property about equally
leaving McLean county in good
compact territory which insures
itfei support by the south end.
Garrison has now come to the
front with another proposition
which places all the. territory
efrist of Max in, the old county.
Without a doubt this proposition
is more favorable to the south
end then the first but leaves Ben
diet, Ruso and Dogden in a bad
predicament as they would have
to go about 30 miles through
the new county to get to Wash
burn.—Benedict Banner.
("has. W. Morton, John KeJling
and F. E. Wright, were in town
Tuesday and Wednesday of this
week and called at tjhe office of
the editor twice, but were. unable
to locate him. The presumption
is that the editjor is out trying
to get acquainted with the new
{boundaries of Ilanna county
and we feel sure that upon his
retlurn he will agree with us that
the Hanna county proposition
is the best proposition ever put
up to the voters of this county.
Boost, d—n you, Boost!
•Contributed to, Benedict Bann
er.
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which wgives the new county two
rows of townships off the north
seems to meet with considerable
popularity. Dogden, Ruso, Max
and Benedict will be in the new
county and every settler up
there will have a direct railroad
route to the county seat no mat
ter which town it is located in.
The new count?" will have 33
townships and the old county 37.
Turtle Lake Wave.
So far as Dogden and vicinity
is concerned the vote will be
unanimous for county division.
The proposed Ilanna county will
halve 1130 square miles of terri
tory while McLean county after
the division will contain 1191
square miles. The proposed new
county is raither long but the
Soo railway either runs in or
near the nor+h side of the coun
ty which, with Max the county
seat,, accommodates 95 per cent,
of ithe people of, the new coun
ty. Parties having business
at the new county seat can go
tfiere and return the same day.
either by teaim or team and
rail.
Another thing wry auspicious
for county division is the at
titude of the voters that wijll
still remain in MoLean county.
They are almost as strongly for
county division, as are the peo
ple in the proposed Ilanna coun
ty. Garrison has taught t(hem
the necessity of this. Six times
has Garrison sprung hoggish
county division, schemes and six
times has she been thwarted.
These county division scares are
disturbing and costly therefore
the old county is for peace, hon
orable peace with the Hanna
county division j.roposition bring
tlio it adorns the faces. of
the peoplte of Max with ruddy
smiles and halos them very
sweet amd cheerful dispositions.
—Dogden. News.
COUNTY DIVISION
IS AL!L THE TALK
of McLean and the, reservation Isouthern part of he county is
McLean county is again enter
ing. another campaign for divi
sion. It is but a short time ago
that the last county division
fight was ended but it has been
long enough to fit us for another
The proposition as now offered
is a much better one than the
one over which we havie just
finished, the long drawn out
fight. We. believe that this pro
position is going to be viery ac
ceptable to almost everyone, both
in. the old and the new proposed
county.
We are strongly in favor of
county division and always have
been and while some may raise
the hue and cry that we will
have tiwo sets of officers to pay
and that taxes will be higher,
we do not agree with them that
division is going to work any ad
ditional! hardships on anyone.
FVr years we have paid our
taxes into the treasury at Wash
burn as the county seat of all
this territory and as a matter of
fact this p'art of the county has
What are we getting for our
taxes? What are we getting for
supporting Washburn as the
county seat and holding McLean
county as it is? Nothing, and
we will be getting the same re
turns fifteen years hence. We
believe it to be to the benefit of
every tax payer in Northern Mc
Lean tovvote for this division.
Wihile we are well aware that
Wilton, N. D., Oct. 20, 1914,
Editor Leader: In the past
neighbors and myself have al
ways opposed county division
and have encouraged everybody
to vote against it. In doing this
we have figured that the lines
and the shape of the carving
was such that it was not right
and the, proposition looked, to
us as though it was the schem
ing of some fellows who had an
ax to grind or who had some
thing up their sleitive that they,
wanted to hand somebody in
place of a proposition, to divide
the county. The dliues propos
ed by some of the county divis
ion schemers have certainly
been ludicrous and there is no
wonder that the voters rejected
them. We have been studying
the map that shows, the lines
for the new county of Ilanna
and this appeals to us as a real
division proposition. The terri
tory is about evenly divided and
the lines are straight and the
proposition looks as though it was
on the square, and not the work
of some political schemer. I can
not figure out lines that would
look better or that would be
more, equal. We have also been
looking into he merits of this
thing and we have decided down
here that it would really be a
business proposition for us to
divide 'lit 'this time. The people
up in the north end are the ones
that have always been doing
the kicking ever since this
county division agitation start
ed and have been complaining
that they were getting the worst
of it. It has been the talk that
they have been paying the taxes
and getting nothing in return
and that the south was running
things to suit themselves and
that the only recognition the
north end people got was pay
ing taxes. If I am correct in
my conclusions pretty much of
FORD and STUDEBAKER Automobiles FOR SALE by The Washburnl mplement Co.
not received a dollar in return
for it. As a proof of this as
sertion we call your attention to
the public highways from Dog
den to Max and then on to Gar
rison. There are numerous plac
es aliong these roads that are
almost implassable and there is
not one half the distance where
roads follow the section lines.
On a stretch of grading done on
the main road between here and
Max, it is impossible to drive and
this' piece of road has been in
that condition for more than
three years. All this time the
rullers of the county have put up
the cry of "no money to build
roads" and at the same time
have spent thousands of dollars
for Jaw suits and county affairs.
The roads are good in the south
ern part of the county and of
course, the opposition will claim
tiiis. is due to the fact that part
of the county is older, more closo
Ify settled and has more taxes to
make roads. We admit they
have more, but we should have
some, enough to plow a ditch
anyway. That is just where the
rub comes, the southern part of
the county is too strong for us
at the polls and the northern
part of the county gets no rep
resentation a* the county seat,
unless its some "bone head" that
the southern part of the county
knows they can work easier than
what they have got.
exPected
that the
fVAl ^4li.1a A ma an
going to vote for tins, we are as
their subjects and when they
get the cream we are given the
whey.
To verify these statements one
has only to drive from here to
Washburn, and compare the work
done on the roads in that part
of the county to the roads and
the woirk done on them in this
.part of the county and the proof
lies before you.—Benedict Banne
County division will be the
chief issue up at the fall election.
The northern part of the coun-'
ty is ready to raise again and as
sert its rights to have represen
tation at the county seat, and
since they have stood little
chance in the past to get it, they
are going to withdraw and form
a county of their own to be
known as Hanna county, and
get some of the money that hag
been spent for roads in the south
ern par* at the expense of the
wholie county.—Garrison Inde
pendent.
THEY FAVOR THE
COUNTY DIVISION1
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all of the territory that goes to
make up this new proposed
county of Hanna is a detriment
to the McLean county organiza
tion, as I figure that the ex
pense to the organization is
really more than they pay in to
it in the way of taxes. I have
noticed in the commissioner's
proceedings that whenever we
havle court that the bills for
jurymen and witnesses from the
north and always look exorbit
ant. This, o* course, is due to
the long distances that they
havJe to travel and the time that
they spend coming and going.
The same is true with expenses
for election—the expense of a
precinct is twice as much up
in the north end as it is in the
Walton precinct. Every year
there are several hundred dollars
expense on the Indian reserva
tion and not a cent in taxes are
ever paid from this territory.
Take it all in all I think that
the north end is really a dead
load to us and I am in favor
of pitehing in and helping them
get a county organization of
their own and they will then be
satisfied and they can. adjust
things to their own liking and
we will be saved a lot of trouble
and expense with the good set
of county officers that were
nominated at the primaries we
will be assured of good, econo
mical handling of the county's
business during the next two
years and I think it would
really be a business' proposition
to dispose of this county divlision
(business this fall. I have talked
with many of the voters around
here and the sentiment is all
in favor of dividing this fall.
Taxpayer.
COUNTY DIVISION BEFORE
PEOPLE IN NOVEMBER
That the people of McLean
county feel that the time has
come to divide the county, goes'
without saying. The question has
been the bone of contention for
a number of years and the peo
ple in general feel that it is
about time it is settled once and
for all. At various times dur
ing the past eight years the
question has been raised and di
vlision proposed and up to the
present time the voters have
kept the county intact, due more
to the fact that the division
proposed were palpably so' un
fair than to any real opposition
to county division. The real
trouble has always been that in
proposing a division no thought
was ever given to the reall wel
fare of the resident of the coun
ty the only aim of the promoters
of county division being seeming
ly to divide the county in such
a way as to give political pres
tige to the promoters and ,to
build up a county about their
town with the object of getting
the county seat for their home
tpwn, no thought being given as
to what condition it would leave
the part of the county in, which,
was not included in the division.
Six years ago a division was up
before the peop'lle known as the
Stevenson county division which
would have left a bootleg in the
northeast corner of the county
which would have been an ever
lasting disgrace not only to
Stevenson county but to McLean
as well, had carried, which it
very nearly did. Again this
spring a division was startled
for a proposed county of Robin
son which would havie stripped
McLean county of practically all
its territory leaving them barely
enough townships to constitute
a legal county. After the Han
na county proposition had been
circulated and i,t was plainly see
that the Robinson county peti
tion was dead, the Robinson
county boosters went down to
Washburn and offered to giw
the old county a number of town
ships on the northeast corner
if the south end of the county
would only stand by them.in the
fight, but the people in. the south
part of the county would have
nothing to do with the proposi
tion, for it made a worse boot
leg than the old Stevenson coun
ty proposition did.
So it can be plainly seen that
the people are anxious to have
the matter settled, if possible,
at the coming election. There
has been a strong sentiment in
the north part of the county for
county division for a long time,
as the county is too large. A
large precentage of the voters
in- the north part of the county
will vote for division in anx form
but the only thing that, ha# sav
ed the county so far was .the
fact that a fair and equtable
division never was proposed unti
this fall.
But the Hanna county propos
ed division, unlike the other pro
posed divisions, was not gotten
up by a bunch of political) trick­
if,
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sters but as the result of a com
promise. It was gotten up with
the sole object in view of putt
ing a division before the eopple
which treated both the old and
the new counties alike and one
which gave no heed to county
seat fights or the political fut
ures of some certain politicians.
It divides the county into two
allmost equal parts, geographic
ally, and the lines were drawn,
with the object in view of giv
ing the best possible working
county to both the new and
old counties. If the Hanna coun
ty division carries it will settle
once and for all time division
in this county and eliminate any
chance in the future for a
division M-fee that of the old
Stevenson proposition slipping
through.
The people in the south part
of the county, we believe, real
ize that the county is too large
at the present time and that
the people in the north part of
the county have good grounds
for a kick. One trip to the
county seat from any place along
the north line of the county
•costs a farmer as much as the.
taxes* on one quarter section of
land amounts to for one year.
It seems to be the sentiment of
the people throughout the coun
ty that the question should be
settled this fall and eliminate
expensive campaigns and law
suits over subjects.—Max Enter
prise.
County division of McLean
county has got to come some
time in the near future and the
proposition now offered the peo
ple is the best and most fair pro
position. that has ever been pro
posed. Some look at the two
tiers of townships'along the north
in the proposed Hanna county,
shake their heads and mutter,
goose neck." Call it what we
may, this strip of the new pro
posed county, traversed its en
tire Itength by the Soo railroad
which will bring thousands of
dollars to the county each year,
besides affording ample facili
ties for those who live in the
goose neck" to reach the coun
ty seat by rail. Those who call
this strip the'goose neck'should
remember that Ithe nepk is at
part of the hard and everything
must pass through- the neck to
reach the body and its a mighty
poor neck that can't get. chok-_
ed.—Benedict Banner.
There is no question but that
McLean county is going to be
divded at the coming election.
The new county will be com
posed of the two north rows of
townships and the reservation.
This gives the old county 37
townships and the new cpunty 33
townships. The new county is
to be callied Hanaa and contains
the villages of Dogden, Ruso,
Max and Benedict. Max will
get the county seat without oppo
sition. Both the new counties will
vote for this division. Only Gar
rison is opposed to it. Garri
son's schemes will never materia
lize.—Dogden News.
SUPREME COURT HA8
HANDED DOWN DECISION
The Supreme Court baa handed
down a decision in the Mountrail
County case denying the application
of Baker for a writ restraining the
officers of Mountrail County from
exercising jurisdiction, over the ter
ritory embraced in the Port Bert
hold reservation.
Rivals
In the
Milk Trade.
The milkman bad been discarded
for a rival vender and was botly indig
nant.
"I don't want to say anything against
him. but if you prefers milk that's
been knocked about on the railway for
hours to good milk fresh from my own
cows—well, you'll get it. That's all."
"But he nssures me that this milk is
brought direct from his own farm In
the neighborhood."
"Does he? Well, he may be speaking
the truth, but it's a funny thing that
when 1 go up to the station for my
milk every morning there he is putting
milk cans into his cart."—Manchester
Guardian.
Glaeial Wondars.
The grandeur of nature's forces may
be understood when one of the glaciers
of Disco bay. Greenland, is studied.
Helland estimated that it had a thick
ness of 020 feet, with a breadth of 18.
400 feet, and was found to be moving
at the rate of forty-seven feet per diem
And this Disco bay glacier was only
one of the many. Rink estimates that
on the west coast of Greenland there
are 120,000 square miles of territory,
all contributing their supply of ice
bergs.
Always Hoping. ifeSxft
"When does Maud aspect to get mar
ried?" "Ob, every season T—Boston
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