The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-22
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COUNTY DIVISION

The politicians throughout the county not
letting any grass grow under their feet, at this
time in their vain endeavors to show the voters
how and why Ward county should be divided.
When you go to the polls Nov. g. you will be
given an opportunity to vote four different
propositions. How are you going to vote? Is it
your interest at this time to have Ward county
divided? Will it make your taxes more Or less?
Do you have to come to Minot any more often
that you otherwise would if the county remains in
tact? Is this the right time to divide Ward county?
Are you sure that if the county is divided that
the lines to your liking? These are hundred
more questions should be carefully weighed by
each voter. The Lake county divisionists
spending eight or ten thousand dollars in sending
out glowing literature telling the voters what
glorious thing it would be to divide the county
George Stanley Wilson is spending time and mon
ey trying to urge the voters to vote for the for
nation OF Mountraille county, and incidentally
hopes to see Stanley, his townste county seat Of
new county. The Burke and Renville propositions
are to be reckoned with What will happen if the
county is divided? First new court houses will
have to be erected sites secured, several extra
set of officers elected and paid, thousands OF dol
lars worth of printing secured for each OF the new
counties, and of course taxes will be higher Ward
county as she now stands is power to be reck
oned with. No doubt in time it will be advisable
to divide the county along right lines, but the
country should be in more stable
condition before there is such an undeEtaking
Let's stick together for a time yet. You VIZ Bhave
plenty of chances to vote for county division later
Talking about the independent candidates, Al
bert Vivacious Swanson takes the cake. He too
was beaten fairly in the primaries, tho his friends
stood by him and did what they could for him.
Office hungry ward politician, he beats his
heal against stone wall, to speak, by coming
out independently for sheriff. Mr.. Swanson was
once held in high esteem throughout Ward county
politically for services rendered the county He
has deserved considerable credit for good work
which he did in years past but the prestige which
he wen in all of the years service for the county,
has disappeared because he has refused to accept
the verdict of the majority. Mr.. Swanson has
spoiled his chances for becoming sheriff of Ward
county for all time to come. His present action
would make it exceedingly difficult for him to be
elected scavanger inspector. The majority have
said that Sorenson of Sherwood should be the
nominee Let's not disrupt the party by recogniz
ing the independent candidate.
The editor of the Independent is a very close
reader of Golfers Weekly, paper that is absolute
ly honest and fair in every way, and We have been
watching the attacks made edtorially on the cor 4
rupt politicians of the United States, in both the
Republican and Democratic parties Golfers is an
absolutely Independent utilization and for several
weeks it was not known which one of the presi-
Dental candidates it was going to support. We
note with great satisfaction that the editor after
carefully weighing both candidates, has chosen
Taft The following editorial from the issue of
Oct. II will be read by the independents many
subscribers with good deal of interest: