White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-02-02
County Line Movement.

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County Line Movement.
There is considerable interest mani
Tested heresbout. relative to q proposed
change of County lines. intended to trans
fer this corner of Donipban County to
Brown. We are Of the opinion that It
cannot be accomplished. and that all time
Ind money spent for that purpose will be
wasted. Io the FIRST place. the Constitu-
tion declares that no County shall bs re.
duced below 432 square miles in area.
Doniphsn County. before the Constitu-
tion was adopted, fell considerably below
that standard and therefore. in order to
transfer MS to Brown, that County would
have to give back q slice elsewhere to
Doniphan, and perhaps the lines Of three
or four Counties be changed, destroying
the symmetry Of their outlines. and orna-
-menting them with hooks. projections
and angles, for the benefit Of one commu-
nifty. Other Counties will not submit to
1t, and the thing cannot succeed.
For our part. we do not regard the
change as being of such momsntous ad-
vsntsge as majority of our citizens seem
to do.- In fact, we do no. see the slight
est advantage to arise from it. We would
be about three miles nearer to the Coun-
ty Seat. Perhaps not over one-6fth oi
our people would ever have occasion to
go to the County Seat, and most Of those
not more than once or twice year
There are no business connections taking
them west, while there sre to St. Joseph.
The road to the latter city passes through
our present County Seat. and many per.
sous can make it convenient to transact
their County business while on their wsy
to St. Joseph, with little or no loss ol
time. The difference in that expense. be.
tween the two County Seats, would be
nothing; while thousands Of deeds and
other records. belonging to persons scat
tered throughout the United States, would
hsve to be Transcribed, at the expense oi
the people. And in business point oil
viee. the alteration of County lines will
be of no effect whatever for il any man
wants to trade or transact other business
here, what influence will the location Of
. County line have upon him?
Once upon time. White Cloud hum
bly, petitioned to be set off into Brown
County. when no Constitutional barrier
interposed. She was then poor and weak.
aud two or three neighboring towns were
yieipg with each other which could do
most to crush the life out Of her. She
did not appear to be a very desirable &C.
QUESTION. and Brown County spurned
the offer. They were afraid that we, with
our forty or fifty voters. would override
the balance of the County. and steal the
County Seat. Now affairs are somewhat
changed. One Of the rival towns spoken
Of is inhabited principally BY rats and
owls. instead Of Border Ruffians and Rs
bells. as formerly; and the other remains
quiet, rural hamlet. White Cloud does
more business and pays more taxes than
any other town in the County. and causes
less public expense. while the adjacent
country is rapidly filling up. Perhaps it
would be very desirable thing. on one
side, to have her taxes go into the treas
ury of Brown; but Doniphan, We opine.
cannot be made to "see it." Individu-
ally speaking. Doniphau County suits us;
and when we become so keen to get into
Brown that we can't stand it any longer,
we'll pull up stakes and move there.
These are simply our opinions. enter.
tanned and expressed as every other citi-
zen has a right to entertain and express
his own. But even were the proposed
change the most reasonable thing in the
world. it is folly to suppose the thing can
be arranged and carried through here.
without consulting and obtaining the con.
sent of the people Of Brown County. and
of the balance Of Doniphan. 1t canno,
be smuggled through. and there is pre-.
cious little time to get it through in any
other way.