Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-20


IN this wrcLs tcwa orgm, the Crrss~t,
Il sn artIrlr att'TArShny to show up IN. adj
yantagrs Birtnur county derives FROM the
snsSeaatlen 81 ConnDche township Ia
their first attempt at reconciliation, they
,ho,igls elsr citizrns Of Comancie county
v,n,A1 gladly pay the very small tax that
Nvuid b. lr,iv'l upon tlWm, w order to grt
NE school facilities u would give. We
must say that this l. wry weak article
for q slprrt that dared spcak lfs sentiments
for f.rR Of losing the patronage Of some
one who might take offtn~ u they should
sIpcnk th,Ir owu rial scntimcuts. Ia this
wcvkI srticlr they say. III prOpcrly assess
81 Uomarhc sounty will pay a tax Of
$4,000" THIS r. tLe very pltIful sum the
Cp->t WUnldhnvr The r"'Ople OF Comanche
township pay for school facilities one Issue,
and thrir next, u u sufficient to build
rourt house and jail for Barbour county,
Int they have n,TlecteS to evvn attempt to
show any l,cn,nt Comanchc taxpayers are
10 rycel,e from t,Is tax.
This dirty shoet has from time to time,
without even tive shadow OF cause, At
Iributs,l any Interest We might take In any
lailAlc enterprise, or ensure % any public
go to SOME s!lh.lI n'o,lyrs Ia an attempt to
dirrt ur Minds Of their readers from the
real points NJ isar.
IIe further says, any unorganize,l county
ls burden and ah expcne to the county
Il IL attached to for judicial purposes
which. " he IL stupid enough to believe,
brands him A. mummy, slow Of compre-
h,nsIon, or subject that experience nor
sgc can make any improvement on. Tn
der the law, any unorg,nIzcd county pays
To- Gust, for sults, and this Is the only bur
,lrn po-eiblc that could w. coucived Of.
\, for our individual Interests. we DRIVE
~ mIWh benefit from the TAX Imposed as Il
will cost on the Cltt.c we ONn in Comancl.e
COUNTY. HIT We haw not looked ut this
QUESTION from any standpoint where our
PERSONAL intcr'sts alone wcrr at stake.
hut the business and equity of the bin
The bill was the legitimate offspring OF a
party lHtcwst,vL or who could, u such a
Till shWld b. passed, with great profit be
so Interested party In the fraudulent Co.
mahcl'c bonds.
u was drif(,i at his dict,tiOn, we arc in.
fnrnr'L alter proposition Ia our county
commissioners room had failed, in which
WAS suggested the circnlatiqp of petition
for the signatures OF twenty-five house.
holders for this annexation. II Is taxation
without representation, lnasmuch rs II
taxes the people OF one county for the i'm
pruNrinru of another county, aud without
any b,rHGt being derived FROM II. Il 1
taxation without representation, for Il take
u~ ciIlSrUs Of Comanclie county TO pay TN
Officials OF Birbour county, and they hay
uo NoNN ~ t,cir election or selection. |
u the settling up OF a custom that only liz
- by the conTut of crowned heads. anil |,
opro.itlon to which the colonists Of IN,
Aucrica set up their rights for liberty am
80 nobly naintainc,l them. Ills a corruu
scheme by Interested parties to comm,
the citizens 81 Comanche county to nay
trbt as unjust rs II Is possible TO Imayin,
and foe which not one Of hsr citlrns. eve
did, or ever will receive n cents worth q
h-usflt. II bring the most diaboIIc,l ste,
. ut of villains ever pc1ctnlted upon an
P-oPlc. IL h Is not the opening up OF ia
way to decision of these bond-, why q,
intrrst TAKEN by the parties interested 4
thu bonds! The Argument pro,I,ic ii at IN
time IN" P,iitiOn Was suggested was, tina
kwould advance the value Of Barbou
county warrantS Who holds the Ilarbo,,
'N'un'y warrants that are UfEeringY Tn
uH payers! No. there IL barely enough
i''ir'l -Arh year to pay the small pr cent
"'"I allowed by law, aud they at thei
IA~'.
The Justn~ss Oftlc laW nc have been uu
able To see.
The anxiety shown 10y tile Crcs.ct In thi
matter W. arr unable to understand. unI-s
the Editorial columns Of that sheet are paI
fer in the Interest of the same bond lcrchc
that have almost sucked the life blood from
the BArbOR county cltlzrns. Il can't b
Sl's l'~srIdug Of thrlr taxes, as tlir exemu
ten No barsly admits Of their paying 70
tan r~''ipt- and jet they inquire IA
amount % Tx thciS. s~ighbor pays.