Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-26
DIVISION Of M'LEAN COUNTY
Account Of the Meeting Held at McClusky on the 18th to
Take Action on the Division Question. Lively
Meeting With Great Variety Of Opinions

| ed for-so they stood for the so and
81 line.
| W. H. Francis, editor of the Russo
Record, and E. W. Wilson of the same
town, participated in the meeting, but
they both expressed the desire of
Russo to be left in the old county.
M. H. Rogers, of Garrison, said the
people whom he represented prefer.
red the division as outlined in the pc.
tition, which is now before the board
of county commissioners, but in the
event that the eastern part of Mclean
county did not favor that line of di-
vision they would prefer division on
the line of 80 and 81 and the people
of Garrison would support that line
in the election. Mr.. Rogers also rep
| resented the rural district of Endres
and he said the Garrison sentiment
applied to that precinct.
/ Mr.. Otto C. Grosz said Underwood
really did not favor county division
at the present time on any line and
especially not on the line of 80 and
81, but as he concluded his remarks
he happened to think (after being pro-
perly prompted by Mr.. Bickle OF
Goodrich) that they might possibly be
induced to support the division line
of rs and 70.
James Rice, debonnair and undis
turbed by the fierce battle, spoke for
Mercer. They did not care to see the
county divided at all, but they would
decidedly oppose any division on "a
and 70. He was of the opinion that
his people would support division or
the 80 and 81 line.
Mr.. John T. Skogmo said his peA
pie favored division and they were
united in believing that the line OF
80 and 81 was the easiest to win on
4 But wherever the line was put they
would support division.
i Attorney Williams of Turtle Lake
spoke pretty much in the same vein
He said the people of Turtle Lake
were divided on the proposition to di-
/ vide, but in the event that it was de.
/ cided they would insist on being in
/ the east end They would strenuous
/ ly oppose division on the Is and 70
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! Ex-County Treasurer Irwin F. Root
was here from the township of Witt
mayer, north of Goodrich. He said
his people favored division on the rs
4 and 10 line, but they wanted division
4 and would support the line decided on
by the meeting. He spoke for divi-
sion and quoted statistics to show
that taxes would be no higher in a
smaller county than they were in the
larger counties.
The hour was now getting late and
since many of the delegates wanted
to catch the o'clock train west it
was proposed to get the sentiment OF
the meeting on the division line, SC
tofacilitate matters J. S. ArnesOn OF
McClsky moved the appointment of
committee of ten on credentials TIC
report to the mass meeting the names
of those who were there empowered
to vote their respective towns upon
the question, and also to determine
how much voting strength each town
1 was to have. This motion carried and
/ the committee withdrew to the band
/ room to organize and receive the ere
| dentials of the delegates.
1 AT this juncture someone proposed
that inasmuch as Hon. Treadwell
| Twichell insurgent candidate for gov
4 ernor had Travelled all the way from
Fargo to be present on this occasion
he be asked to address the meeting
He spoke about an hour. Roasting
| Boss Mckenzie and the gang was
the burden of his song.
4 BY this time the committee was
ready to report. The chairman and
secretary had left the meeting to
catch the westbound train and the
meeting again organized by electing
d r. w. Anderson of Wilton, chairman
a and R. H. Johnson of McClusky, sec.
rotary. The old secretary left with
the minutes in his pocket so the Ga.
| zette is unable to give the names OF
II the committee, but, anyhow, Mr.
i Perske of Goodrich. was chairman
Z and he reported that the committee
was unable to make a report to the
meeting, which would be satisfactory
so they would ask for more time and
therefore recommended postpone
ment of the meeting until March IL
1908, the next meeting to be held at
Turtle Lake.
| A storm of protest greeted the re.
port A number of delegates jumped
to their feet and shouted for recogni
ton. So when the chairman of the
committee moved the adoption of his
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