The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-04-05

The election in Van Buren, county is
highly satisfactory to the people of Paw
Paw.
Is there any reason why we should
not be jubilant?
The town went wild Monday night as
the returns came in. The band was out,
there was big torch light procession fire
works, bonfires, bells rang and whistles
blew. There never was an election over
which the people of this place reJoiced
so much as they did over the result Of
the county seat vote.
| While The True Northerner believed
and still believes that it would have been
! justice to this place for the county to
have voted the 100000 for the erection of
new buildings here, yet the people of
this community have no fault to find,
and are highly pleased at the decisive
vote in favor of the location of the coun-
/ ty seat at this place, in spite of the flood
of money that was turned loose by the
South Haven workers during the cam
paign and on election day.
Especially do our people feel grateful
to those voters who SO Loyalty supported
us in this fight, and we have no words of
censure for those who felt it was their
duty to vote against us.
The fight is over and Paw Paw has
won by fair and honorable means. We
believe the people have had all of the
county seat fight that they want and we
do not expect to live long enough to see
the county 60 through another similar
experience.
PAW PAW.
Eight hundred ffty-seven votes were
polled in this township, the largest in
the history of the town, showing the
intense interest our people felt in the
county seat matter. Every voter used
the county seat removal ballot Three
probably by accident, neglected to mark
their tickets. Thirteen voted in favor oi
South Haven. Probably at least half OF
them did so by mistake in marking their
ballots. Eight hundred forty -one voted
for Paw Paw South Haven secured a
smaller percentage of votes in Paw Paw
than we secured in South Haven.
The local vote on the bonding PROPOSE
ton was highly satisfactory. Our peo
pie played square in this matter, anc
voted almost solidly in favor of the coun
ty bonds.
Following is the vote of the township
in detail
Justice supreme Montgomery
800, Adsit 293, Westerman 49, Mcbride
5, Cowles l, Eastman 3.
Regents-Fletcher 800, Carey 377
Goldsmith 313, Shields 3l5, Buttars Is
Stansfeld IS, Crosby 3, Schermerhorn D
Smith ), Jeannerett 3.
!. School commissioner 1872
{ Stewart 800, Cook H.
Supervisor w. e. Prater $40, Wilde!
459.
Clerk Wilbur Warner 476, r. NJ
Buck $50.
Treasurer. e. Showerman 4lS, b
, a. Cummings 3S3.
Highway commissioner-Rob Dun
nington 425 G w. Lee 366.
School inspector Charles Bennett
372, H. b. Bryar 420.
: Justice-O. W. Rowland AL, f.. L
Warner, 3Sl.
Board of review-W. Nj. Thayer 3S6
Joseph Davey 393.
Constabes C. G.. Chappell 432, j. f
Bullard 407, VIM. Signor 404, III. w. Nc
Cabe 426, Cyrus j. Loveland 34l, Henr.
Sage 364, German Prater 361, w. B
Stone 3l6.
Removal of county seat-No S41, yei
13.
County bonds 7S6, no 40
Salaries amendment-Ye 295, no 49,
THE TOWN MEETING.
A woodchuck bounty of 10 cents wa
, voted.
The following pathmasters were
chosen:
No. John Minnick, No. Thomas
Tuckey, No. Ernest Cutler, No. f. w
Rhodes, No. l.. II. Dunbar, No. f.. G
Thayer, No. and % Harry Wilson, No
8 Sam. Heindel. No. John Rider, No. II