Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-01-14
Progress Of Division Reports
from the Tow rs

Progress of. Division Reports
from the Towns
Several communications opposing Dlsis
ion are offered for publication, from gentle
men residing in the north Towns Of the
county, only two Of which we present this
week; Of the others offered, two are ex.
tremely personal, and caunot appear at
spreseDt The article signed "Ka1oap is
more personal thar we should like, but the
writer assures us in separate note that
the half is not told. Tn several business
letters from the west part Of the county re.
grets are expressed that the old question Of
Division has been revived. Froia Tho
south Towns Of Tho comfy We have no *
pressionby letter otherwise, except from
Hazel Green. A private note says there
are not any in that part Of the county de
sirous of Jismombering old Grant. A gen
tleman from Mt. Hone reported to Us on
Wednesday last, that eFers man in that
region would demonstrate against division.
Everywhere in the county, the country
and rural feeling opposes Division, while
ia tho villages most interested in prospect
i've county seats, tie influence oflot and
land dealers and Of Office hunters join to,
Igether to innuerce many TO sign Division
petitions.
At Platteyille however, the whole Di-
vision project is treated viii becoming
GOODNESS by the masses, particularly the
rural, landed masses, though there are
many in the village who think their pro-
perry would be more marketable with
than without & county seat. To such we
would ask, how is it that LancasteF, pos
Isessing at least an equal site and country
support with PlatteyilTe has always Jagged
behind in population, improvements and
wealth and how is it that lands and lots
are no higher at Lancaster than at Platte
willie? The answer is simple: the adyan-
tages created by county seats are fewer
and lighter than are represented. The
small select school started at Lancaster a
couple of years ago, at a cost for building
not much exceeding s., 900, has done more
since TO build up our Town than ever the
county seat did in any five years.
PlatteyIllc Academy has done more for
Platteville than the patronage of several
county seats could do in the same length
of time. Tie same may be said Of Tafton
and Hazel Green Institutions of learning
That county seat would help Platteyile
in some respects, none will doubt, but wod
lit not work more hurt through the in
crease Of taxation for public buildings and
afterwards for supporting such separate
county organization than would be made
out Of all county seat patronages Surely
there is wide difference between three
mill county lax and a ten mill county tax,
for it is noticeable everywhere throughout
the State that small counties levy one
year with another from eight to fifteen
mills for county expenses. This year
Grant levies three mill county tax,which
is we verify believe the lowest of any
county in the State; the highest tax eyer
levied in Gram was four mills; and ID all
our recollection wedo not remember seo-
ing in any of our exchanges that any 9TH
er county in the State ever levied q coun-
ty tax SO low as four mills on the dollar,
while some counties have levied SO high
rs twenty mills.