Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-01-23
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in pur-
suance of the provisions of section for
ty-six, forty-seven and forty-eight, of
chapter twelve of the compiled laws
of Kansas, there will be held. at
the various voting precincts in Medicine
Lodge township, Barber county, Kan
sas, on Monday January %, A. D., 1885,
an election for the purpose of voting on
the proposition TO refund outstanding
Indebtedness of Medicine Lodge town.
ship, Barber county, Kansas, to the
amount of Fifteen Thousand Dollars
(Sl5.000.0Ol into bonds due and payable
in thirty years, and bearing interest at
the rate Of six per cent per annum, pay
able semi-annually. At said election
persons favoring the proposition to re-
fund will have written or printed on
their ballots: For Refunding, YES"
Those opposed to the proposition win
have written or printed on their ballots,
''For Refunding, NO"
BURD LACEY, Township Trustee.
Il. Nj. BYERLY, Township Clerk.
j. l.. CHENOwETH, Township Treas
urer.
For the information Of those who are
not familiar with the question TO be
voted on, il has been decided by the
Citizens Railroad Committee to make
these explanations:
The Harper and Western RAILWAY
Company have promised to extend their
lime from Attica to Medicine Lodge.
and the only aid OF assistance they ask
IS the right-Of-way between the two
points.
A committee has been over the entire
line To secure if possible, Il donation of
the right-of-way from the land owners.
In many instances the donation vas
freely made; but in other cases damages
were demanded.
To pay these damages it became nec-
eSsary to raise considerable sum of
money, and rs this could not be done
by private subscription, the next best
thing was done.
More than three hundred tax PAYERS
and citizens OF the township petition
ed the Board of Trustees of Medicine
Lodge Township to issue scrip of the
township TO the amount of Fifteen
Thousand Dollars for the purpose of
paying the damages claimed by land
owners.
This scrip was issued and now remains
in the possession of the Board of Trus-
tees Of the township. But this scrip is
not desirable by the parties claiming the
damages, and they will not accept 1t in
payment for their demands.
So the next best thing must be done.
/. e., fund it into thirty year six per ct.
bonds; sell the bonds and devote the
proceeds to paying the damages de-
manded.
The township has an assessed valua-
ton of at least S6O0,OO0; the railroad
will add at least $l5O,0O0 to this and
other improvements, increased popula-
ton and the enhancement of values will
undoubtedly make the valuation one
million dollars. The interest on the
entire bonded debt of $500 will be but
500, and so tax Of one tenth of one
per cent. or ten cents on the 500 valu-
alton will pay the interest on the bonds.
The question, then, resolves itself to
this:
If you want a railroad in Barber
county, you must turn out and vote in
favor of refunding the scrip. If you
do not, the scrip is of no value and will
have to be Cancelled, and the prospects
of securing a railroad this year are in
deed gloomy.
The voting places are Medicine Lodge,
Sharon and Elm Mills.
BY order of
CITIZENS RAILROAD COMMITTEE.