The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1908-08-20

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Your Bucklin correspondent last weei
came out with q tale Of woe insinuatinR
that the county commissioners were do
dluenced In making their decision to 10.
corporate Bucklin. A petition was signed
| by majority Of the people Of Bucklin 10
have the town incorporated, and the
county commissioners were anxious to
have this done. SO that Bucklin could
regulate its own affairs, build sidewalks,
etc. The board at the beginning had no
idea That 1t would be attempted to incor-
porate enough farm land to make the
territory more than is now in the corpor.
ate limits of Dodge City. Anyone knows
that Dodge City has 300 or 400 acres Of
plated territory which has been an ex-
pense rather than a benefit to the city
and county for the last twenty years.
Your correspondent says that the board
turned down the petition before 1t was
brought legally before 1t. Yes the pc
tition was read by the board, as published
in the Bucklin Banner, and from the
reading of 1t, the board no doubt decided
that it WAS not an attempt to incorporate
the city of Bucklin, but to take In all of
the farms adjoining. The beard was
told that II either had to accept or reject
the petition as it was presented. The
county CLERK was instructed to request
the people of Buckln to change the pc
titlon, to get it in form which would
not admit of law suits being brought
which might prevent the town from in
cooperating, perhaps for years. There
were hot heads on both sides of the con-
troversy at Bucklin, and the board
thought 1t best not to act hastily, so as to
give the parties there chance 70 get to-
gether on compromise, and work In
harmony for the best interests of Buck
lin, and Bucklin township. The board
turaed dOwr the petition at its June
MEETING and requested the committee to
bring in another, more in reason IN the
amount Of territory to be taken in. AT
that time the board was not possessed of
the knowledge that the supreme court
had made ruling on this question, CIV
lug county boards power to change the
limits of such a petition. After the
county attorney had discovered this rul-
ing, and informed the board OF it, the
board changed the boundaries as prayed
for in the petition, allowing the city Of
Buckin In additional territory 45 acres on
the south and u acres on the north Of
the plated part Of the town, including
the Rock Island roand house and other
buildings on the right of way west OF
town, which leaves most Of the railroad
within the town. 10 cutting down the
limits asked for, the board bad only one
end 10 view, to get the city Of Bucklin
incorporated as soon as possible, allow
adequate territory for raising taxes to
support 1t, be as fair as possible to all
parties concerned and avoid litigation.
Some have expressed an opinion that the
board now has allowed more territory
than the supreme court will stand
for. The Bucklin correspondent comes
down pretty hard on the member Of the
board from that district. The East end
has had some good members represent
ing it in the last thirty years, one from
close TO Buckln, but 1t has never had a
better commissioner In that time than
the present one, w. G. Bunker, nor one
tina tried harder to represent his district
well, and fairly to the district as q
whole.
The board of commissioners did lite
plain duty, as the members saw it, and
as any fair minded person will see it II
he goes over the merits of the case care.
fully, and as the hottest head in the con- |
troversy will admit in time. 1t was not
Influenced by any person in or outside of
Bucklin. Knowing this The board will
not loose any sleep over what some one
may ay.about the matter.
Nc MAYRATH,