Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-01-26

springs ana their surroundings, with
view to establish the county seat of the
proposed new county at said point. The
owners (who are rich) will ask for divi-
sion OF the county at point about twelve
miles south of Custer City, running due
east and vest thereby depriving Custer
county of all its taxable property, with
the exception Of about 100000 worth,
principally composed Of personal prop
erty. Our present county indebtedness
is as follows:
Bonded Indebtedness. 5000
Unpaid certificates on audited ac-
counts q, ,97558
Total indebtedness. 5000. ......... 4s,425.5s
l do not think it possible that the in
telIigent gentlemen comprising our legis-
lature can be hoodwinked into voting
aws5 from our county the motive power
by which We keep up our organization,
for in the establishing of the proposed
new county, they would simply leave the
remaining portion of Custer county q
place of refuge for desperadoes where all
culprits may fec from the vengeance of
the law. No organization can exist here
if this division is perpetrated. Enough
taxable property would not remain in
our county to pay the salary of an asses
sor. Our credit would be cut off, our
bond holders cheated out of their rights
our holders of unpaid certificates left to
mourn over their worthless paper, in fact
each and every person resident in our
county, who has established home for
himself and offspring would be deprived
of all fond hope Of prosperity in this
county, and proceed to relinquish that
which would otherwise be valuable. We
cannot exist without organization, we
cannot keep up organization
without means of existence. The
legislature had better weigh this grave
matter carefully, for in taking from us
our only source of public revenue,
they sign the death warrant of this por.
ton Of Custer county. Ispeak not from
any feeling for this section of the county,
as my only property is located in the
vicinity of the Hot Springs. and the di-
vision would benefit me; yet, cannot
avail myself Of these benefits to the de-.
struction Of all my old companions in
Custer county, and not say word in
the support of their remonstrance. The
remonstrance is made by the many who
have nurtured this county from its in.
fancy to its present stage of Advancement
while the division is advocated by the
few who have recently settled in our
midst, clothed with cunning hopes and
enterprises to the destruction of all but
themselves. Is it possible that our Gre
ator could form after his own image mer
who have the dastardly audacity to ever
attempt to destroy the lives and happi
ness of the men, women and child
rem living in our now peace
full and happy county simpl,
for the sake OF grasping the filthy lucr
that this division would bring them
l am asking too much of your valuabl
paper by requesting you to publish tn
truth of this affair, but We are sure 81
effort is on foot to impoverish us still
more; we have no one to present ou
griefs and champion them through you
legislative halls. Our being deprived O
a legislator in our own county, is mex
to giving us no voice in that body. w
are now simply annexed to other coun
ties for legislative purposes and abou
to be severed from our own county fo
fraudulent purposes. We have no none
to counterpoise the monster effort
made by those who advocate the propos
ed division. and consequently beg 20
to allow US this means of bringing befor
this legislative body the great wrong i
view. Then each and every member vii
vote intelligibly on the measure when
is brought before the house, as it Gel
talnly will be, by some person in til
, employ of the rich Hot Springs corpora
!. ton. What pity that our legislativ
I halls should be contaminated with sue
corrupt measures, or that any membe
\ thereof should stoop from the exalte
, position to which he is elected, for til
introduction of a bill to snatch from. til
: hard hand of the worthy miner, an
, peasant the soil and organization fount
ed by their enterprise. If every men
Der Of this legislature desire their name
handed down in letters of gold to the
e posterity, let them proclaim loudly an
! fearlessly, mo division for Custer coul
! ty," she is poor enough now; why the
b take from her the roots and trunk /
j which she is nurtured, and kept in exi
tence simply to enrich few and il
poverish many? Ispeak the voice of Il
e people Who protected this county in
d infancy when I ask each and every mer
. Der to say 'viva voce" No division (
: Custer county, and thereby trample
D the dust of iniquity, this attempted frau
n Andsyour petitioners will ever pray.
). E. b. Flynn,
= For the people Of Custer county.
A government detective arrested A,
McAllister, at Bismarck, for using {
or United States mails for the purpose