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

at that. The subject was prptt Y
thorou4hly threshed out nearly
two years AGO and at the bio con
venton held in Philip to discuss
the matter there were so many
opinions for and against division
and for two. three and four county
division that it was fOnud impOSSl-
bic to do anything at that time.
And conditions have not changed
Fort Pierre. Midland. Hayes and
all of the eastern part of the cOun-
ty will still oppose division in any
form. This northwestern section
Of the county. and it comprises a
cOnsiderab territory with a bio
voting population. hasn't changed
it's mind one whit. We want IA
three county division or none.
kadoka will not support Il two
county split, not while they have
their eyes open. SO there YOU are.
Just where we We're two years ago.
We would like to see Philip become
county seat. her enterprise no
business men deserve that result.
But not for us. We want "A county
seat in the northwestern part Of
the county SO that we will not have
to stage it in forty or fifty miles
to get to a county seat. There is
going to be some railroad construc-
tiorr IN the northers part Of the
county this year. Possibly the
road Will not be completed but it
is quite certain to be started. We
will have some railroad towns in
the northern part Of the county
that will have aspirations for a
county seat and we will not have
to- stage it forty or fifty miles. "
Possibly the time is not quite ripe
for county division of any sort.
Probably we had better wait
little longer and see whore the new
road is going. Mr.. 4Durkee says,
when he new line from Belle
Fourch reaches here next SUM
mer, etc. Better wait until 1T
reaches there. If the new line
runs into Philip there is littIe
doubt but that they will oct
county seat. But will it. a loo
real conclusion Of What we know
on the subject makes US believe the
road will cross the Cheyenne river
at Leslie. thence pas, southeast
WardIN. connecting with the old
line at either Wendte or Midland.
And our belief is prcrty strong.
We may have foolish cxpccta-
tlons of county seat up here as
the Bad River New, would have us
believe, but we are not foolish
enough TO believe that We are the
only town in The Great Empire
of Stanley" as the Bad River News
calls it, which should have one.
just the same. when division does
come and We have to pay more
taxes for new court house and
another set of officers. we want
a practical division: and that
will benefit every part of the
county without any special favors
shown. In three county div ision
with one line running north to the
Cheyenne from the northwest
corner of Lyman county and the
other running west from the same
polnt 10 the west boundary line
you have "A practical division.
And that's just about the way the
division will be made when the
time comes, allowing latitude for
favorable position. There would
then be about 32 townships in the
east county and about 36 each in
the northwest and southwest coun-
ties and hot time in all the towns
for the new county seats. - Miles
vile citizen.
Things that must come to
Philip is the heading of an article
published in the Bad River News,
for which the associate editor and
paftowher of the plant, Mr. Durkee
cto pdc &c c,>onc1G.,, '. W. I.+o III.