White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1867-04-25
To the People Of Doniphap Coupty.

To the People Of Doniphan Coapty,
DosIraAs. KANSAS. April 10, 1867.
FELtow CrTIzeNs
The question Of the removal NJ n.
County Seat is now before us fon,,..n
hundred and City voters Of the Conn,-
BY their petition 70 the County Board.
fimperstivsly dsmsndise vote upou Mi.
question. hsvs thas virtusIly declared
their dissstisfsetion uith lie rsm.iniue A.
Troy. Hence our County Board could
do nothing less than order % election.
1t b wen dndertood that Don;phan,
Troy. Watbsns. White Cloud, and per-
hsps lows Point. will be competitors for
public favor. The last named two points
will not likely be long spoken of .s COP.
testing. since either OF them would suit
much better - tle Seat Of Justics of sous
other County. '|as''i'ii'' '.'R-
This is . question Of no ordinary in.
PORT to the Tax payers of this slrssdy
overtaSed community and Ne, the eiti-
gems OF Doniphan City. are more than
snxious. Bov that the subject 10 sup;re
have hearing ;'hoping that .. few good
reasons Why tks County Sess should bs
located in this place. win NOT Be over
looked BY % intelligent people.
As Donipbaa City ia os the river. sad
decidedly the best Natural point for build
ing City 10 Kansas. north of Leavsn-
worth. We think it the most eligible for
the Cosaty Seat; snd 90 no Intelligent
man can bot see the great benefit to BE-
derived from large bssiness place 10 his
County. We can but hope all such will act
with us in this contingency.
Think. for . moment. fellow citizens,
Of what the Counties of A,chisou. Leav-
enworth, and Buchanan. would have been
without their respective cities. and then
think Of Whist Doniphsn County soon
would be. similarly favored. Each Of
these Counties placed its County Seat on
the river, and cities sprung into life aud
bsing. Ndy see not do the samss Do
this. and nen Of capital will come into
our midst. and help build up. beautily,
and develop both town and country.
Every dollar that is brought into the
County, will be two cents 10 the public
Treasury. ultimately reducing the taxes
on all.
That We have every hope for such
future. and every fseility. 5or tssds and
commerce. let facts speak to On inteIIigeps
people: s- .
We buy moro grain. more hemp, moro
pork. and 10 short. more Of the products
Of the country. than all the other trading
points in the County pnt together. because
We have better taeilities for shipping. as
ssch and every passing steamer will
freight with rs at less 6xnres tnsn ct .ny
other point. Hence We can afford 10 pay,
tnni do pay more for produce. than can
he paid elsewhere This being the n.tu-
raj outlet for all products south of Wolf
River. give Us the County Seat, and ws
will make this q market second to none
this high mp the river and o. We have
no land transportation aud ferry charges
to pay. this sum is saved to the farmer !.
for it is from him, and out of his pocket,
it mnst ultimately come.
We think the great benefit to be de-
rived from having our County Seat on
the river. is not alone in the increased
County income. and the material wealth
of said city and County bot il 10. to .
great extent. in the facilities and oertsin-
ties Of business. A farmer in the remote
edge of the County can take load Of
produce for himself or neighbor, attend
to bis County business, and the nett pro-
fits over aud above what be would recsivs
elsewhere, will pay all expenses.
But above all, and over sll, We will
relieve the County Of all taxes for Court
House Buildings. provided you will To-
cate the County Seat at orr city. Do
this. and We will build as fine a Cosyf
House as there is in the STATE. and dosats
the same to the County. thereby saving
not less than twelve or fifteen thousand
dollars direct taxes to the County for said
buildings. and ell additional sums for
collecting or disbursing the Same.
In conclusion. fellow -citizess, W will
say to you. that scise men act on mature
reflection. "Go. ponder these things in
your heart
That the County ssss will be moved.
is more than likely that tho interest Of
onr people will be subserved thereby. de-
pends greatly npon its future location
hence it behooves us to think twice before
acting on this all important questios.
We present these facts for your con.
sideration: and without disparsging 9TH
er points. We msintsin that Donipksn
City is PaE-ExIssNTLY sUPERIoR 10 say
other spoken Of.
Believing that your interest and oars
are one and the same. We submit The
question. and await your verdict.
"a H. w. HUDNALL, ~
10 behalf Of the Citizens Of Donipbss.