The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-10-26
.Acarn Sprouts.


Whilst am enjoying the plca,s,ra-
be emotion of not being a candidate
for Office and whilst l am serenity salts
fed that Bradley Flat has asked for
no Office, has gotten no Office. nor wants
any, let nc return thanks and good
wishes to my friends and enemies alike
and assure them that they have my
heartfelt sympathy either IN prospari-
ty or advcrsity. As ! intend to stand
by Fall River County first, last and all /
the time, and as | recognize the true
road to prosperity lies in not being
owned or controlled by any clique or
faction. 1 may be pardone,l for again
appearing upon deck to ventilate my
literary attainments, andto bring down
OH my own undcvoted head the anath-
emas of others that do not believe as |
do. have been accused of q great
many things, and l know that | am
guilty of a great many things OF which
| have never been accused. ain told
that am ignorant and am told that
am poor; ignorance lisa disgrace and
poverty is crime: mans integrity
must be impeached when his ability isl
questioned, and if man has but one
talent, six at least should be required Of
him. So saith the Law. Dy this NOR
alizing I arrive by easy stages TO the
subject that was upperinos' i'll my mind
and that is namely. the peace. prosperi-
tv and welfare of Fall River County.
! do not mean the prosperity Of one
man nor of one set of men. neither do
mean any particular section of this
county, simply mean he whole coAn-
ty. | see no consistency i'll tearing
down the fence around my own or my
neighbor's land i'll order that some one
else may have his land fenced. Oel-
richs may. and probably does want the
county seat, hut it is entirely from
selfish motives. am satisfied that the
intelligent voters of Fall River County
will pause and retlec: before they ever
by their ballots remove the county scat
of this county to any place other than
where it honestly and legitmately be-
longs and that is as near as may be to
the geographical center of the county.
If Oelrichs is honest in this matter and
wishes to command the respect and
admiration of the outside settlements.
let them do the handsome by them while
they have the opportunity, No sane
man believes that the railroad that runs
by Oelrichs will be the only one even
built in Fall River County, neither dc
. they believe that the farming land ly.
!, ing adjacent to that town is all the
farming land there is in this county
; There is HAT Greek and all the country
above its mouth on Cheyenne River tt
say nothing about Bradley Flat ant
other isolated spots. Then there arr
other industries beside farming tina
. oftimes support intelligent and indus
trious communities. Another PROPOSE
i ton that looks bad for Oelrichs is thi
obligation to divide the county whel
" the settlers i'll the upper end shall wisl
to divide. Admitting that the ncutra
> strip between the Indian reservation
II and Oelrichs is in Fall River County
= we still lack one township and a hal
o of having enough territory to max
,. two counties of the size required b
q law. If this neutral strip is not j
'e this county then we lack four geograpf
l. ical townships, and if we had the requ
,e site amount of territory we would hav
= to have fifteen hundred legal vote,
. supposing we divided to man. In ev
1t dence of this fact wish to refer I'll
e. voters of this county to article 8. Sc
,e $50, 537, 53S &C.. Of political code
v. Dakota.
;, Acorn.