Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-03
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editors WEssINGToS SPRINGS ltERALD:
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editors WEssINGToS SPRINGS HERALD:
4; 106-65. Sept. 26, 1884.
! notice a long editorial in the Woon-
socket Times regarding the annexation
of a part Of Buffalo county to ,Jerauld,
for the benefit giving such part of Buff
falo the advantage of county organiza-
ton If Buffalo can thus be benefited,
we Of Jeraufu county ought not to OBJ
ject, bat should assist them to do so,
and allow them to remain until such
times as the reservations in that county
are opened. when if it was their desire,
we should allow them todepart in peace.
These moves for changes are not done
by the people. but are always the fore
sight of county'seat rings. With us,
the farmers and taxpayers Of Jerauld,
it would make no difference whether
that ring was at Washington Springs
or at some other point, the ring would
be there all the same. What earthly
benefit it would be to the east side of
Jerauld to go over to Sanborn, l cant
see, and in the great hereafter it would
be greatly against it, if by SO doing it
helped to establish a county seat at
Woonsochet. If there is any one aa-
vancing any good reason for such a
change VIII you not kindly make such
reason known through the HERALD,
that we in this part Of the county may
understand something Of it? IF this
is a move to benefit Woonsocket, and
that sthe way it looks to a mar ION the
hills" and is not going to be any benefit
to us, 1 can't see why we should feel
interest enough in it to support it; but
on the ether hand, if this township
should be set off to Sanborn, the tax
payers would soon see where the "ga-
zelle' CAME in. If we could add two
tiers Of townships of Buffalo to Jerauld,
and by thus doing assist them>to the
benefits of a county organization,
bridges, schools, etc, then they could
afford to go a little out Of their way to
reach the county seat as they would
doubtless want to go back as soon as
Buffalo was Observation-Disclosures.
The "scheme'to which you evidently
referis purely and simply a county seat
scheme. Woonsocket wants the coun-
ty seat of Sanborn county-and thinks
that county asat present organized toe
small for the grandeur and magnifcence
with which she would like to adorn
herself so is willing to have six town.
ships taken from the east end of this
county and made to pay tribute to her
In order to accomplish this we are reli.
ably informed that a 5000 fund has
been raised "to pay for the work neces.
sary to accomplish this" do hot mis-
take the purpose of the above fund; it
is not a corruption fund-they would
not have anything to do with such a
low down fund as that-it Is just a fund
to "pay for the work necessary to be
done to enlarge her borders"
The commissions forthe organization
of Buffalo county have been issued and
n OF the parties has been duly quail
fled as commissioner. This takes all
romance out Of the plea that it is being
done to help the people Of Buffalo coun-
ty to bridges, schools, etc." apd leaves
the only excuse for the movement a
desire to aggrandize Woonsocket and
help some other town in Jerauld coun-
ty at the expense of washington
Springs. If the majority Of the people
of Jerauld county want the county
seat some where else than at Messing
ton Springs we know of no one here
but that will %peaceably and quietly sub
NIT to the will of that majority; but
there will probably be quite a healthy
kicl against the county being divided
by t e influence Of money raised to pay
for "work necessary to be done to di-
vide the county by Woonsocket or "any
other man."