The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1910-01-20

WI 'tlli anu WV Nll'tl' sui NlN IlNt
to hear, and will feel badly il thos,
few lines should divert the channc
of his dreams. Mr.. Durkec ha.
figured out with mathematics
precision the exact expense tha,
tie people pay out in their numer.
Gus trips to the county seat, and sc
far a. that part Of his illusion goes
he deals with facts. After that he
takes hold of railroad propositions
and builds one transcontlnenta|
and numerous feeder lines in tC
Philip. and puts other Stanley
county towns out of his fertile
mind by referring, to them as mere
balllwlcks. At that time last wear
when the DIVISION noise was made
by the Philip county seatists the
voters in the neiohborhood of that
burg expressed their sentiments
pretty thoroughly. and they didn't
say division either. We admire
the boosting prucllNiticS of our
Brother but don't like to swallow
his railroad stuff and we think the
Stanley County voters would rath-
er wait and see what the North
W estcrn officials will say in regard
to their proposed extension and
its prob bablc location before they
say which of the bailwicks shall
grab the plum. At the present
time Pheba, >ansarc, or Hardin
grove have as much of IA chance at
the ans-contlnental line as has
the settlement at the forks of the
rivera Stanley County Voter.
In the Western Star.
The people Of Philip in western
Stanley county are beginning to
show symptoms of wanting county
division as an issue the present
year. ~tanley is now the largest
county IN the state, and with an
extreme length of over one hun
tlred miles, and an average Of
about ninety miles. the people of
the western end of the county
think they are too far from the
county seat which is located on
the Missouri river. TO cut off the
end of the county would
olNe Philip a falrly Y central Ioca-
Ton. bat Midland, which would be
left ON a county line by such a
llN'slon is not considered favor
able to the proposition. Then the
towns ON the Milwaukee line in
the southern part OF the county
would very likely have some OBJ
|ectlon> TO giving a northwestern
own the county seat honors. But
Jhe move is brewing. and will pro
oablN be sprung on the public in
some shape before the next general
election. Capital journal.
The Philip News advocates couu-
" division and suggests that line
De drawn north and south. splitting
the county in the center east and
west and that Philip be the county
seat of the new county. This
would be very nlce-f for Philip.
1t would also be more convenient
tor the people in the southwestern
part OF the county. but the people
N this section and in the northern
part OF the county would be no
better off than they are at present.
We have no bjections to Philip
a county seat. but when
this county is divided, as it event
aally must be, let the division Ire
made to accommodate majority
)f the people. We would suggest
drawing a line north, and another
west, from the northwest corner
)f Lyman county, making two new
counties. Then Philip could have
+, county seat and there would be
another in the northwest part of
what is now Stanley county. Or
et there be four counties, the main
DbJect being to satisfy the maiori-
ty of the people. One good argu-
nent for county division, advanced