The Dickinson press., 1908-01-25
DUNN COUNTY ORGANIZED
Governor Burke Grants Petition and Names County
Officers. Manning Knife River County
Seat Dunn County News Established at
Manning. Townstte to be Plated. Sketch Of
Mayer Mannind for Whom County Capital 1.
Named. Dunn County Banquet.

On Saturday, January 18, Governor
Burke granted the petition presented to
him several weeks ago and proclaimed
the organization of Dunn county.
AS defined in the proclamation, Dunn
county includes fifty-two full townships
and seven fractional ones, approximately
2o66 square miles. The boundaries are
as follows: Beginning at the southeast
corner of sec. 24-14191, north along
township line to northeast corner of sec.
I-144.o1; thence west along township line
to the southeast corner of sec. 36.I45-o1;|
thence north to the main channel of the
Missouri river; up the center of the main
channel of the Missouri river to point
intersecting the line between ranges 90
and "a; thence south on said line to the
southeast corner of sec. 31-14o 90; thence
west to the northwest corner of sec. 6.
1867; thence south to the southwest
corner of sec. 3I-145-o7; thence east to
the northwest corner of sec. E l44.o7;
thence south to the southwest corner of
sec. 31-141-o7; thence east to the south
east corner of sec. 36-141-o4; thence two
miles north to the northwest corner of
sec. 3o-141-o3; thence east on line two
miles north and parallel to the line be-
tween townships I4o and 141 to point of
beginning.
OFFICERS
The officers of the new county are
we'll selected and are men of sound busi-
ness judgment, we'll acquainted with the
needs of the county. The commission
ers are especially well chosen. L. L.
Lewis, the east-end member, is. an old
timer in the country and a practical
farmer; William Connolly, who repre-
sents the central part, has been stock
raiser since the first settlement of the
county; and Vincent Kovash. for twent-
one years resident of the western part.
represents that section. All three can
be depended upon to give the county a
good, economical administration.
The officers are:
County auditor, T. L. Evans. "
Register of deeds, Jerry Palmer.
Clerk of court, T. F. Murtha.
States attorney, F. E. McCurdy.
Sheriff, Robert Wilcox.
County judge, Charles Bugbee.
Treasurer, w. P. Owens.
Surveyor, T. G. Saunders.
Coroner. Jim Bailey.
Superintendent of schools, c. L. Melby.
Justices, Anton Sadowsky, H. Sieverts,
Ole Peterson and F. A. Little.
Constables, Ole Kyseth, Ed. Boe and
M. ]. Johnson.
Commissioners, L. L. Lewis, VIM.
Connolly and Vincent Kovash.
COUNTY SEAT
Manning, on section 6-143.o5, is located
on Knife river on the latest survey of the
Northern Pacific through the country
north. The site is the Knife river cross
ing of the trail from the Manning and
other ranches north to Dickinson, estab-
lished by Messrs. Manning and Christen-
sen in 1885, and it is named for the pio-
neer of Dunn county and the first, last
and only mayor of Dickinson. Dan
Manning.
The new town is twenty-four miles due
north of Dickinson. Application has
already been made for postoffice, and
the construction of telephone line from
Dickinson via the Johnson ranch will be
commenced at once, the, material being
already on the ground. y a<..'
Forty acres, the MEX Of the SW4 of
section 6-I43.o5, will be plated at once
by the Manning Townsite Co.. which will
put forth every effort to make the new
town good one. A block will be set
aside for the court house, another for
school purposes and every advantage
offered for the erection of churches.
DUNN COUNTY NEWS
The Dunn County News was estab-
lished at Manning last week by M. L.
Ayers, and the first issue. already in the
hands Of the people. contains an inter
esting write-up of the county and much
interesting early history. E. K. Jenkins
Is the local editor.
HoNORED PIONEER
Mayor Dan Manning, for whom the
new county, seat of Dunn county is
named, and whose picture appears with
this article, was born in Kane County
Illinois. July 2, I845.
In his early, as in his later, years, Mr.