The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-23
A Libel on Lake County

ty, visiting the various villages
lie came to Baldwin, and his youth
fullong ears being disguised by his
stylish outfit, We mistook him fol
gentleman, and treated him &C.
cordingly; walked with him down
to the Pere Marquette River, which
he wished to see, as he had "heard
it Observation-Disclosures
ished his stock of blank paper 70,
correspondence, that he claimed
was exhausted; in fact, did as well
for the fellow as circumstances
woull warrant and permit. The
manner in which he repaid our
courtesy, is shown by the following
scandalous article, which recently
made its appearance in the Lansing
Repub'ica";
There is u small fuss in Lake
county about the county-scat. 1t is
o.lc of the little wars which seem
to break out in our State under the
constitutional provision for chang
ing the county-scat by a popular
vote and two-thirds OF the SUI
pcrvisors.
A correspondent of the Kali
amnzoo Telegraph says that lake
county contains only two strips of
good land with pine barrens in the
ccater; that it ought to be divided
between Osceola on the cast and
Mason on the west; but the re-
sponsibility of a separate ograni-
zati0n rests with few, men near
Chase, whose ambition for office and
hOnOrs led to the step.
Baldwin offered $1,000 to have
the county-seat removed to that
qlace from Chase. Each Of these
villages contains about $50 in
habitants; Chase being in the east
crn part of the county and Baldwin
in the western. The board of
supervisors Endorsed the scheme Of
removal, and submitted the question
to the people, and the removal was
voted. But as the offer Of money
came from irresponsible parties the
removal was contested. A body
of men living near Baldwin, aided
by lumbcrmcn hired for the pur-
pose, went to Chase under lead of
the sheriff, seized the county records
and took them away, notwithstand-
ing IN injunction by The circuit
judge. At the next session Of
court the records we're ordered back
to Chase by tho judge, and they
came. Now the question goes up
to the supreme court for decision
as to whether the Judge exceeded his
jurisdiction in cnjoining the re-
moval; and secondly, whether the
election which sanctioned the re-
moval was lawful when the $4,000
failed to be paid.
Our readers who understand
the facts in regard to Lake County
and the County Scat case, can
readily see what gross falsehood
and Misrepresentation is contained
in the above. The writer is GER
tainly either a Ounce or a knavc;
and perhaps possesses both quail
ties. The Kalamazoo Telegraph and
Lansing Rsp"blican arc called upon
to correct the false impression they
have given to the public regarding
Lake county. If they are what
they claim to bc-respcctablc jour
nals-thcy will do so.
In the first place, We notice the
paragraphs in regard to the lands
Of Lake county. OF course, the
only inference to be drawn from
that statement, is that Lake coun-
ty is not able to sustain herself.
TO be more cxplicit-:hc mass of
lands in Lake county arc so poor
that the citizens are unable to sup
port county government, and
therefore the territory ought to be
",lividcd between Osccola on the
east, and Mason, on the west"
What arc the facts in the case!
Simply these. That Lake county
has many hundred acres Of hard
wood lands, that arc rs rich as any
i'm the State. AS for water, no
county iA the State has better or
more Of it, and few have as good.
There arc many hundreds of acres
Of pine lands not "barrens;' the
pine being an exceeding important
item Of value, and the soil capable
Of producing paying crops, after
the timber has been removed. The
fact has been SO clearly demon
stratcd, by actual experiment, that
the beautiful plains of Lake county
are capable Of giving adequate re-
turns to those who till them proper
ly, that a statement made to the
contrary, at the present time, must
be classed as bare faced imposition
upon the innocent public. Our
settlers on the plains--as mass
--aro satisfied, and accomplishing
all op moro than thev first antici-