The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1884-10-25
PEOPLE or suLLY COUNTY.
Investigate and See Who Lies !

1nvesugate ana see VINO Lies
just at this particular time, when it
has a selfish end to promote, the Onida
Journal does not hesitate to falsify and
misrepresent IN order to poison the
minds Of the people against Clifton for
the county seat and try to turn them
toward Onida, its forlorn hope
Concerning its (Onida's) magnificent
offer" as the Journal terms it, the peo-
pie will please bear in mind that it is
merely un offer, and one which bears
with it not one cent Of responsibility, as
no deed in trust has eecr been made out for
the real estate and no bond for the mon
ey consideration made and signed by
any one, whosoever, responsible or 9TH
erwise 1t will thus be seen that it is
of no account whatever and is only a
dodge to beguile the people and catch
their votes, for should the county seat
be located at Onida they can tell you
to go to hades or some other warm
place. Not one cent can be collected by
law. The Journal then tries to belittle
Clifton's warranty deed to Sully county
Of 22 fine lots, and the court house
building and the use of it for Is months.
1t does not stop at this, but makes the
lying assertion that the county is pay
ing FIFTY DOLLARS a month for the use
of this property. Concerning this
statement we will say that the county
has nerer paid one cent Of rent, and the
the Journal knows it very well.
but the truth will not answer it's purpose
just now. Investigate the records, ev-
.erybody, and see for yourselves Nor
will the county ever have cent of rent
TO pay, for this warranty deed is back.
ed by the Clifton Town Lot Co, with
the name of W. G. Nixon, of the Firs,
National Bank, of Pierre, as Trustee,
who is sworn to defend the same.
The Journal then proceeds to add an
other falsehood by asserting that :" In
another column of said WATcHMAN
(thc issue in which was first mentioned
the gift OF the above property to the
county, is record of Commissioner
proceedings in which we learn bill
has been presented for over NINE HUN
DRIED DOLLARS RENTAL for said proper
ty.' To show to what depth of de-
prayity and falsehood the Journal is
STOPPING in this matter, we herewith re-
produce the original and only sentence
in the Commissioners proceedings al
luded to where this subject is men
toned:
Bill of Charles Butts for rent Of County
Building from June LIST, 1883, to January
LIST. 1885, amounting to $23i 90. was pre-.
sen,ed and disallowed. the vote being un
animous against allowing the bill.
1t will thus be seen that this bill was
unanimously disallowed, and, of course,
can never lie collected for property
which the county itself holds war
ranty deed. People of Sully county,
there is yet ample time before election
to investigate the matter, and, if any
of YOU have the least doubt about the
truthfulness of the statements which
we have made concerning it, we ask
you in justice to us and yourselves
to erami"e the records and see who has
lied. We are more than anxious to abide
the result. And in view of the false
hoods which the Journal has told in
regard thereto, we ask you to be guard
ed in swallowing any statements which
this paper may make on the eve Of
election when you may not hare time to
thoroughly investigate In its desper-
alton there is no telling to what length
it may go.