Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-10-22
Majority Of Votes There VIII
Not Favor -Four County
Split Up
Mandan Force viii Attempt
to Defeat Division at
This Election
BY Staff Correspondent.

MANDAN, Oct. 22.-Mandan Is not
In favor of county divis on, and a ma
jority of votes will be against that
proposition. Tho political and. bust
ness leaders of the city, rs q rule,
uon't like the -four county cut" They
say It isn't right.
One well known political leader said
to me last night that the Mahdan peo'
pie wOulu be able to defeat county di'
vision this election, and that they they
would send Tor the interested parties
in various portions of the county and
tell them what they can have. Il
feel pretty sure that by that time they
viii! be sensible ano @isi come to an
agreement readily. What ia wanted
Is a three county division" he added.
1"Iut what n they don't agree, but
act ...te the Ward county division.
sts?" | asked the old friend.
"These people will agree, and there
will be a harmonious division and ev.
erybody will be satisfied" he rep led
Did you ever sec a county divis or
| which satisfied everybody" | asked
him.
mo. I never did, but this will be
the exception was his reply.
They have faith of the hundred.
proof kind In Mandan. They do
things" too, and they propose to car.
ny out that program Of q later divis.
lon into three counties. 1t looks like
the division would he such, If Man.
dams idea prevails, that Flasher Won d
be the county seat Of n coutny, Ell.
gin Of another county and Mandan OF
the b gger county that stretches along
the main line OF the Northern Pacific.
1t Is probable that Flasher and Elgin
| would be glad to agree to this If they
| can't have the old pan OF division car.
ried out. but, on the other hand, Flash.
er' and Elgin will stick with Glen Ullin
on tho division planned at Flasher,
and they Will all work together til
after the polls are closed.
IL there Is a three county division
the plan mentioned VIII undoubtedly
be the one. In that event there VIII
be no more county division nights for
twenty-five years. 1t would be lmpos.
slb.e Tor any town to the west OF Man.
uan 10 secure anOlner ulvlsion IN Il
quarter OF a century and Glen Ul.in,
i1e Dron ana New SaIem would be
ABOUT equal al far as county seat Az.
MANAGES are concerned, except tina.
New salem would be the nearer.
The county division question is 30.
Ing Il make a big difference In the
po!iucs OF what now comprises Nor
ION county. There is nothing when
makes a man forget MS party ms. sHia
more n a Il real neaItny county DAVIS
ion scrap. Cd friendships are tol.
so.len. old attachments are sevelcu.
Ane county diVlslUn Germ IS one tina.
creates a FEVER or discomfort.
My predlGtion as that II county di.
vision fails that there will be tDi,tel
WARFARE from that time TIL there Is
real organization. 1t will be tight
alIsthes rlme..
Mandan IS going TO grow and -four
ish. . She Is possessed OF many advant,
ages, and the s.eeping sickness tina.
al n time seemed TO threaten hel
has entirely disappeared. She will
ploSpe' dLu grow ia spitc VI IuS CuI'
ing up OF Morton county, and in. many
ways she will show more to the good
than many cites OF North Dakota.
This county division fight Is n of ne.
cessity. 1t comes to every county,
or has come to most of them. With.
in just a little while Mandan will for.
get all about the "loss OF territory
that must always come, and get buster
than v e making the town more at
tractive and the business conditions
more advantageous. For Mandan is
some day going to be s. big city. She
has all that is needed to make a big
city. And her court house will he q
drop In the bucket"