Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1885-10-31
Vote for @. M. PEE, r.

The New Era in late issue furI,-
shed its readers withtwelye "feaSois"
Why Parker should be allowed to re-
ain the county seat. Had we been at
he christening we should have made
nistak, and called them twelve "a5-
as they seem to be mainlyof
hat character. Here are some of
hem:
"Parker has better Railroad facilities
han Hurley" Parker is a railroad
center" Parker is. nearer the busi-
ness center than Hurley" Parker
has six regular passenger trains" Par
iier has twelve regular freight trains"
$ Parker is situated on railways so that
three times as many people can get
there by railroad as could get to Hur
ley
What powerful "reoSonS' these
must be to the farmer OF Turnercounty
when not one in a hundred of them has
been on board Il railroad car since he
came to the county, How consoling it
must be to the farmer, when business
compels him to drive his iadcd team to
the county seat, to know that it is To-
Gated at railroad center" County
seates are not created to benefit town
and should be located at a point most
accessible to all the people OF the coun-
ty. a farmer on the northern bound
ary OF the county can reach Parker in
seven miles, when going there from the
southern boundary he travels twenty
two miles. Can the New Era give any
reason" for this. Place the county
seat at Hurley and you equalize the
distance between them.
The balance of the reasons" are
Just aa unreasonable even if they Were
true, rs for instance: Parker has more
churches and schools than Hurley
Parker is a better market than Hurley
Every Parkerite knows that Hurley
has the best school house and the best
teachers in the county, and the long
procession Of loaded teams that throns
our streets and grain warehouses ever,
day tell which is the best market.
1t may be true that Parker has bette
hotels than Hurley but since his Homo
the Judge has taken to "camping out
and taken all the "dianity" with him
prehaps the balance can get along.
Reason II would be true if change,
to read as follows:
Parker has the coNnty seat. 1t wa
obtained by thesam corrupt Legislation
/ that removed the capital from Yankto.
To Bismarck, and proposes to hold it b
the methods adopted in former elect
ions, free whisky, bribery, ballot bo
/ stuffing. stopping railroad trains an
/ voting the passengers. false telegram
and general lying and misrepresente
tion.
II U Il L + Y
bases its claims for county seat upo
the fact that it is centrally and col
veniently located to all the tax payer
and yoterso of the county. Because
will save the county hunderels of do
! lars 4 year in mileage of officers, iurol
and witnesses. Because Hurley h;
| the finest location for county building
n the county and it can be had fl
nothing, and because Hurley propos
to save the tax payers OF the county II
q thousands of dollars that would be L
Qulred to erect county buildings at Pa
ker. by donating to the county asum
money sufficient to erect county bull
ings that Will answer every conni
purpose for at least twenty years.
james t. Hogan of Hurley offcrt
to wager $50 with W. a. Aonts, CASH
of the Citizens bank. Parker, that
Parker got the county seat, Parkel
bonus would not be available for coun
purposes. which wager IIouts declln
to take after consulting with Preside
+ Haines, though at first Offering TO
$ So Mr.. Hogan then offered to wag
( the same amount that Hurley's bon
would be available the moment. c
election was decided in lIurley's faY'
I which offer ne also refused to tai
: This shows plainly the status of t
: two offers, even in Parker's S estimate
= The Parker Boomer says Hurley giN
her money to one of her oWnmen, $.
Monk who deposits it in his own nal
= and can draw it out'at any time hi
l. self. The certificate Of deposit sho
that the money is deposited by S.
: Monk chairman OF the Board Of Gout
= Commissioners Of Turner county ID
= payable to the order OF himself as en-;
! man Of the Board Of county conn
: sioners Of Turner county. and can o.
! be drawn out on The order of the Boz
= in regular session rs Ill other coul
: money is disposed OF.
n Hackett must have one Of the /
s. posed maps of Turner county with I
,e townships cut off from the south e
IS forif he were using the one origin;
he furnished him by the Citizens Bt
al and V. p. Thielman he would not
a his reputation for veracity by claim
ne that the center of the county is nc
al half mile nearer Hurley than Park
a We refer him to an extract in this is
signed by Vale p, Thielman.
Itmalzes the average Parkerite S
IL to think they no longer CONTROL
n county boasd. Thcfve commissic
at- deal got away with them at the
g pense ofthe Parker ring.
id. Before the commissioners adiour
ot last Tuesday Chairman Monk 5
ty Are there any other towns that h
offers to make" Messers Stone
,er Sanborn were in the room and mad
10 answer. whereupon the board adjoul
~ Bro. Hanford, of the Chronicle,
Huron is the proper place for the
n. m talof Dakota becauseit is nearest
liz center OF population, which fact