White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-10-29
HeH County Proiect.

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in order to give Brown County a small
portion of river border. The petitions
are already in circulation, and receiving
many signatures.
This project is an important one. both
to the people of Brown. and this part Of
Doniphan and it is to be hoped it will
receive the unanimous approval Of theI
people residing within the limitSin ques-
ton. The reasons of the proposed
change are set forth in the petition
Brown County. at its northwest corner.
approaches within one mile of the river.
All the trade of the County is poured over
to the River, in an adjoining County,
thereby building up town and trade,
from the taxes of which they will not
derive farthing's benefit. Their wealth
goes to enhance the value Of property in
another County but when they want to
make County improvements. they must
get the money at home, and cannot look
to the taxes on the property which they
have rendered valuable. And these taxes
promise. in few years years, to be not
small object. This seems to us to be a
great argument to induce the people Of
Brown to favor the project.
But let us state what the project is. 1t
is to Gu. off three miles from the Western
tier of Townships in Doniphan County,
and add them to Brown. This will give
Brown a river border of between two and
three miles, Just taking in White Cloud.
1t is then proposed to cut q tier of Town
ships from the Western side of Brown,
adding them to Nemaha; and, if necess
sary, the Western line of that County
can be changed, and so on to the unsur-
veyed and unorganized regions to the
West. The Kickapoo Reserve runs up
the centre of Brown. and the people Of
the tier of Townships west of that, claim
that, in order to reach their County seat.
they must cross large tract Of uninhab.
tied country. over which they can get no
help to build roads.
We are decidedly in favor Of something
like this, but we think another plan would
suit better. White Cloud is situated in
the extreme corner of Doniphan County.
upon a snout, as it were, sticking up be-
tween Brown County and the river. There
are but several miles between the town
and Brown County. She has no interest
in Doniphan, except that she is situated
in the County but on the contrary, her
interests and those of Brown are almost
identical. Nearly all her trade comes
from Brown, and the citizens of that
County and this place are thrown into
daily intercourse together.
We think it would be better plan to
cut off the point above alluded to. from
Doniphan, and add it to Brown--say at
the section line at the bottom of Rush
Island, taking in the Island. This would
not materially injure the looks of Brown,
would add greatly to the looks Doniphan,
without taking from her but very little
territory, besides bestowing great favor
upon the people up in this corner. This
will not give particle too much terrific
ry to Brown. A large corner is cut of
from her by Atchison County, and she
consequently contains much less territory
than her western neighbors. Her western
boundary is now the meridian line; and
, the alteration would throw that into
, the interior of Nemaha, and disarrangt
the lines of nubmer of Counties. By Ia
king off a whole tier of Townships, Brown
would be left with decidedly too littl,
territory.
In regard to the Kickapoo Reserve
, we think that is an inconvenience which
r will not be of long duration. It will moi
be many years before the country around
, it is thickly settled, when the Indian
: title will be extinguished, and the lant
opened to settlers. Before that is done
there will not be much prospect of build
! ing roads in any direction; and persons
residing west of the Reserve, will be 81
accessible to the County seat as those o
, other parts of the County. Some centra
, point can be selected for the County seat
, as equally distant as possible from escl
, corner of the County. Commissioner
r were elected, at the recent election, Il
, locate the County seat. If but this come
? of Doniphan County be added to Brown
: there will probably be no necessity 70
5 removing the County seat from the plsc
where the @ Commissioners locate It.
The project meets with the approba
ton of all our citizens but from wha
we can learn, they prefer the arrangement
we have suggested. We throw out thes
suggestions for the consideration Of th
4 people of Brown, hoping that they vii
look at the matter in all its bearings, an
!. that there may be unity of action on tn
suhiack.