Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-05-19

Theron Akin, "sona of Hon. Ethan
Akin" a "chum OF Roscoe Conklin,
Gov. 0rdway, and al them fellors.' the
man with as much political iniiuenne
as any of 'en, YOU ber" together with
Geo. G. Reed, & tab -de-dail" carried
along by Akin as a kind OF make be-
lleVe respectable, have skipped out.
About two months ago these parties
came here with a great flourish Of
trumpets just on the point of turning
the world topsy tarvey, though We
We're assured they would leave the
Springs on the upper side all the while.
We protested against their coming but
were met with the assurance "you will
find them alll right" They succeeded
in running up quite Il board bill, run in
debt wherever they could, sold their lot
in town and skipped out, Reed going
by way OF Huron and Akin going
across the country. Our bill is very
fsllall, yet small as it is their principles
and manliness would hDye as much
room in it as kernel of corn would in
Pennsylvania barn, Good Bye.
Several years ago the War Depart
ment sent Gen. 1Iazen to Dakota to in
vestigate the country as to it's soil, eli
mate and general advantages for agri-
cultural purposes. Upon his return,
he reported that along :. few of the
streams in the eastern part of the ter
ritory there might be a few stock
ranches perhaps, but that taken as a
whole the country was undesirable be-
ing Il continuation of the Great Amer
lean desert; that the principal reason
Why this country was so undesirable
was that for nine months in the wear
there was absolutely no precipitation
OF moisture and for the other three
months there was an occasional snow
storm of great violence passed over
the dead level of the prairie extremely
destructive to animal life. THAT IT
NEVER RAINED IN DAKOTA. Such is
the record now on file in the War De-
partment. We think Gen. IIaMen ought
tc be ashamed OF himself for if we
were in the habit OF betting we would
be willing to bet that we could find
fifty men who would be willing to take
their affidavit that it has been known
to rain in Dakota.
When the argument was used last
month by those favoring the division
OF Aurora county that plankinton
would ask for the bonding of the col,n-
ty for the purpose of putting UP build
ings for the ecounty officers it was called
nonsense" The nonsense" OF the
move is taking practical shape and on
the 9th of June the people win be call
ed upon to determine by ballot whether
or not they will bond the county for
$4,000 for the purpose Of erecting
county buildings. That the county Of
iicers should have d convenient place
for doing their work and a safe place
for keeping the county records, none
will deny; the only question for debate
is, What amount is necessary to furn-
ish such accommodations We know
there are many and diverse opinions on
this subject; for instance, NeW York
county, n. Y, had to haYe "a court
house costing millions of dollars; Min
nehaha county, d. T., q much larger
and richer county than Aurora pays
$500 year rent for all it's county Off
GERS, the Jail until recently having been
III Che basement Of the same building,
and is just as well served as is New
York county. If the money to be yo-
ted by the0eople Of Aurora county is
expended for the purpose Of building
we should vote for it if we. were in
that county; but if $4,000 is to be ex-
pended for a $4,000 house--as is the
case With nine-tenths Of the public
buildings-Well, we voted for the eEvi-
sion OF Aurora county and SO cannot
vote on the bond question either way.
AURORA COUNTY MATTERS.
Aurora County Standard:
The "yeneered" is under Wav.