Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-03-10
MORE ABOUT DIVISION.

The following telegram was received
here Thursday:
YANKroN, March s, 1883.
To Il. r. WooD, CUSTER
Fall River county is now law subject
to vote. JONI w. NowLIN
That settles Fall River county. five
are to have "A vote on the matter it is a
foregone conclusion as to what the out
come will be. But over confidence is an
error which we must never let ourselves
fall into again. When the vote is cast
We must have every man that can be
No'en, not only TO carry our purpose of
defeating the measure, but that those
who originated it may sec plainly just
where they stand, and be forever cured
OF the folly of attempting to sacrifice the
wishes Of larg" majority as well as the
interests of those who have put faith i'm
Us to their own selfish ends. The idea
has obtained in some way that the cattle
men Of the county are in favor ofthe
proposed division, we are assured that
such is not the case. but we must see to
it that they are fully posted in the issue
Let those who have an acquaintance
with the owners write 10 them, show
them the true inwardness Of the job,
which is only put mp to cut them off
from county in which they have al
ready helped to erect one court house
n n II 40 \ int IN IL. ,I
when there is nothing further to be ex-
pected but the ordinary running ex-
pcnses Of a county which cannot be
avoided anywhere so long as the is an
organized county. Then once get them
into new county, and they will at once
be subjected To the same operation over
again. and in all probability there would
be far more expensive building put mp
than we have here. The prime movers
in the townsitc who have been engineer
ing this nifarious job, have, We are told.
promised that if they succeed in the
creation of a new county they will not
allow any such item of expense to be in
Cured. Bosh was ever anything SO
gauzy heard of Not permit any such
expense indeed Their promises in
that matter would amount to about as
much as their efforts to get the county
divided by special legislation nothing
at all. In case they did get new coun-
~, who Is it that has invested them
with such supreme power as to he able
to dictate to the residents of that section
just what they shall do, and what they
shall he prohibited from doing. Do they
intend to sell lots to future purchasers
with convenant in the deed that the
grantee hereby delivers over to the
grantor all right title and interest in
and to his ballot, his Concience and his
public opinion? It's too absurd to be
considered by any man of sense. What
for the agrandiznent Of their townsite
With men as nnscrupulous as they have
shown themselves tC be, is as little
thing as a promise Of that kind to pre-
vent their having twenty thousands OF
public money spent in their town they
can get it? Not much!
Now we want to say one word to our
readers about John w. Nowlin. The
belief Of the people is this, that he has
pledged himself to support the division
bill without Il vote Of the people, and
that he has not raised his voice so much
as to whisper one word in our behalf
but this belief may possibly not be war.
Ianted by actual facts. When it il
shown to be the case that he did honest.
ly fight for the right that it was due to
his own influence that it was left to a
vote OF the people, then will public
censure Of him in this county cease, bu,
until then, he is too dead to skin in this
county.