White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1867-05-16
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The County Board having ordered an |
s'scfio" Tor the purpose Of the perm sssnt
location Of the county seat. il becomes
ycor interest. - it 10 ours, to ses tha,
tes place selected shall BE- the nearest,
oose convenient and ehespess to Ill the
people OF The County. An other thiuss
beng equal. the geographical eeutrel
soonid be the place: this We think oil
sdmit-but Wsshens and Douiphau City
claim that where there ere such business
facilities. such chances for trade and com
msrce, on the side Of the County. as to
osks Il the business -plses. The msrke.
town OF the County. then the seat Of jus.
tics should be there. This we admit,
bot deny that either Of those towns is the
business centre OF even one quarter of the
Cosnty. Take Doniph.n. Who from
White Cloud, lows Point. Highland,
Lafayette. Charlsston. Columbus, Troy,
Wathens. BeIlemont. Palermo, or Ell
wood. ever went to Douipban to buy
goods : Who from White Cloud, lows
Point. Watbens. Elwood. Troy. High
land. or Columbus, ever sold any pro.
duet ofrhe farm At Doniphsn I? II the
people Of those places do not do their
regular buying and selling 1t Douiph.u.
then it is not business centre for them.
Again who Of Doniphso. Highlsud.
White Cloud, Iowa Point. Troy, or El.
wood. ever bny or sell ct Wathena =?
None snd it is not . business centre fos
them. The single town Of White Cloud
does more busiuess in year than both
Doniphsn and Wsthena and yet no
man calls it the business centre Of the
County. Each Of these towns claims to
be . commercial city: yet Doniphsn
has. for nearly half the year. no way OF
shipping or receiving goods. but by wag-
ous. and that by the way Of Atcbison.
q city that we can visit. ss we'll ss to
pay Doniphsn INGREDIENTS and traders, to
visit it for us. Aud Wathen. has no
railroad, and no steamboat facilities. and
never will have. to give it any sdvsn.
tsge over other inland towns in the Coun-
ty. II farmer goes to Wsthena to sell
wheat, oats. corn or bacon. be must sell
it there at such . rate. ss will enable
them to reload il into wagons sod take
it to st. Joseph. whore they sell It at no
higher price than you can sell it at the
same place. Then they buy goods o,
St Joseph, and sell them sgsin 10 you;
each seller mnst mako . profit. and you
must pay the WAthens merchant prof,
on the goods he bnys at the same store
yon could boy at. II you bought as a
wise man should. where yon can buy the
cheapest. The fact ia. White Cloud,
iowa Point. and al other lsodins. on the
Missouri River. are each . business cen.
tire for those people living near to them
and will so continue. until the meanes'
steamboat landing 10 the Comfy will
be more Of business place than Wstb
ena is. or ever can be. even il she has ths
county seat.
We of Troy make no claims except on
central position. and We submit. il yoc
must GO to the county seat on purpose tc
transact your County business. and uo'
70 sell yonr grain and hsy yonr, gpods
let that county seat b as near the centre
Of the County IS possible. Here yor
can come. do your business. snd return
home the same day Can yon do so i
the county seat 10 at Doniphan or Wath
cna? One.half Of yon nsye. bought Of
sold a dollars woith Of goods or pro-
duce at Doniphan or Wathena and ys,
they ask you TO come there. stay ovs'
night. pay hotel bill. lose an extra day.
amounting. TO each Of you. to FIVE dollars.
esch time yon 60 there TO psy taxes. or
on other Comfy bnsiness-and al this.
becalss they think they have com mercial
towns, and sre your "business centre. -
There are in the County 800 men who
60 to the county seat once . year on bus.
mess. and return the .sre day. who, il
the county seat is at Ws.6eba or Doni.
phan. will be obliged 10 take two days
for the same business. To do this. they
musi pay hotel bills for self and horse.
one days expense, % SO: loss one day
for ssif and horse. 81 so. II You 60
there more than once year. the tax will
be double. II you have to hire horse.
it will cost you from one to three dollars
per day. So ss . reasonable sstimsis.
fhe extra cost to you in three years would
more than build the entire County bnild-
iuga at Troy. Bot the County Board
still have our proposition to build. in the
centre of the Public Square. . Court
Honss Of the size and Dimensions they
prefer, without extra cost to the Comfy
II they accept it. you will not be taxed
one dollar fer the new Court Honse
That yon may see and know for yonrself.
we here show you q copy of our bond
and specifications for building. which are
a. follows -
Know all Men by these Pre.ents (:
That. we, 4. X. Stout. Joseph Hayton. Frank
II. Tracy, Henry Boder, Jr., C. C Camp, Isaac
Tsllman. Joseph A. Nixon, H. c. Hawkins,
e. J. jenkins, Cyrus Leland. Jr.. r. Ko,sch.
VIM. H. Saith. Charles RappeIye. Wan War
ner. Joseph A. Wood. 8; n. johnson, Alber.
Perry. =. s. Davis, T. ?. Smith, Leonard
Og,n, ,. C. Power. snd A. B-ensauo, parties
Of The 6rss part. are bold aud 6ruly bound unto
the Board Of County Conmissioaers Of Doui-
phsn County. State Of. Kansas. parties Of the
second part. in DE sun OF twenty thousand
d3llsrs. laWfm money Of the United Ssates, for
Hhich money we'll and trsiy TO be paid. ue
bind ourselves. our heirs, execstos and admin
strators firmly BY these preseuts, signed With
our hands. and sealed With our seais, this 1lth
day Of May. A. D. 1861.
l. The conditions Of ~ abose o16QAoa ere
Ssh, thas where's. she sai6 Dastiss ef tbs 1rss