Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-10-19
Matter VIII be Thoroughly
Agitated Over Morton Coun.
" Before Election
County Division Sentiment
was Encouraged BY Sever.
al REFUSING Speakers
Social Function we'll Attend
ed capped Climax Of Im-
pOftlnt Meeting
sy Staff correspon

FLASHER, n. d., Oct. 19.--County
division received a great impetus yes.
terday afternoon and last night when
great crowd gathered in the oper;,
house to hear the proposition dis
cussed by ] T. Nelson and NJ
Tchhida, of Glen Ullin; Rev. r. j
O'Connor, Of Raleigh, and X. II,
Nicely, Of FLASHER. ..
Tho band vas out and the town was
decorated in holiday attire. A higl,
wind prevailed all day. with slight
sprinkle of rain, but tho severity OF
the weather did not deter the cnth,,.
siastic men and women, and there
was standing noom only when the pro
gram was concluded.
In s,pite Of the tact that the barbecue
feast could not be procured Flasher
was equal TO the occasion and two
beeves were cooked In an immense
roast in stoves set up in a vacant
building where q vast multitude was
fed There was not o hitch in tho
entire program and Flasher was
proud this morning Of the splendid
success.
There was, 10 speaking until after
dinner, and On account OF tho. severity
Of the weather the people filled the
opCrA house. There was very little
bitterness evinced toward Mandan,b by
any speaker. The editors and people
at Shields and Carson seemed to bear
the br,lnt Of the burning up. Mr..
Nelson and Mayor Tschida offered; In
evidence letters gathered from vari.
Gus new counties disputing the Man.
dan newspaper claim as to the cost
Of transcribing records. These mes
sages were from county officers OF
Mountrail, Sheridan, Dunn and other
counties, and Mayor 1schida insisted
that experience had demonstrated
that in proposed Clark county where
Flasher is situated, the taxes for
twenty years on each Quarter section
will he only thirty cents additional,
without considering the taxation of
towns aud villages In the proposed
county to provide for the payment Of
Il $4,000 court house and all expense
of transcribing the records.
J. T. Nelson called The attention to
better roads, in the proximity to Man.
dan, and that the highways grew
worse as one drove farther away from
from the county seat. He too dwelt
upon the small cost ok county govern.
ment and to the Increasing proper
tionate cost Of government In Morton
as the county was filled up with farm.
erS. F%
Rev. O'Connor issa Presbyterian
minister from the Nprth Of Ireland,
and is one of the lnDst forceful and
eloquent speakers IN the county. He
insisted that county division senti-
,nent could not diesAhat it was like
the aged dacotahan, who went to the
springs of health and was SO much
restored that when after many years
he came to die it took three days to
club his liver to death. He aroused
his hearers to a perfect frenzy of en-
thusiasm by his apt presentation.
Rev. O'C0nnor proposes to stump
the county after Monday, and will ad.
dress a Mandan audience. He says
nc understands that many Mandan
people recognize the merits OF county
division and will vote for 1t. Many
politicians Of the first and second and
third degrees were here.
Candidate for attorney general,
John r. Sullivan, was called away I'M
mediately by telephoned news Of the
death of a near relative, but Captain
Hanley, John r'oran, VIM. Martin, G.
!. SOlum, Charles Mcdonald, John
Royig, james r. Campbell, Everett
Conrad, Oscar Olson and others.
came from Mandan, but there was no
disorder. s
L. F. Tavis, the big man Of Morton
county democracy. is leading the fight
for county division, and was here pull
ing wires with that expert grace for
which he has long been noted. Last
might there was q grand ball at tho
opera house and little Mac" Of the
Hustler led the German, In fact he
led all the Germans.
1t was the biggest social in Flash
er's brilliant history. 1t was 4 o'clock
this morning, which by the way is S
iii Bismarck. when the party broke
up, and from now on It is grim war
in Morton.
The meeting Of yesterday helped
county division. It showed by the
long distance travelled how deeply
people Of this section feel about It.
It was the most orderly big crowd