Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-10-04
Friday. Oct. d. 1912.
A WORD ABOUT COUNTY DIVISION.


There seems to be a disposition
on the part Of those prominently
identified with the campaign of Is
abel for county seat to inject into
the county seat question the ques-
ton of future county division.
Over at Dupree we find evidence
OF an alliance to cut things up one
way; down south OF the Moreau a
definite proposition was made some
time ago looking for division
another way and over at Trail City
subtle suggestion has been made
bearing upon the question of coun-
~ division which is hard to har-
monte with either of the other
two programs.
In view OF this situation we
would like to suggest that the
question Of permanent location of
the county seat is one that now
confronts lis and which will be
settled on November 5th. The
question of county division is ore
that can not possibly be presented
under the law until the following
general election, or two years hence
1t is very easy matter for dele
cation of citizens representing Isa-
bel to go into town or conmun-
ity and make the proposition that
if that town or community will
support Isabel for permanent coun-
ty seat, they in turn will favor
county division in a manner that
will be beneficial to the particular
town or community to whom the
proposition is made. This is an
easy proposition for Isabel manag-
ers to make for the reason that the
people to whom the proposal is
made perform their part of the
contract on November 5.Io12, and
Isabel. can wait until two years
thereafter to fulfill their part OF the
covenant.
A situation can change a lot in
two years. In two years it might
easily transpire that the people
who made the promises were not
authorized to say what views the
people OF their community might
hold on a question that was to
arise two years hence; having got
ten what they were after their en-
tEusiasm might diminish; their zeal
become lessened and the party of
the second part would be forcibly
reminded that it is poor policy to
pay for an article two years before
delivery is to be made.
We believe that this section is as
favorable to county division as any
section in the county when it can
be accomplished in legal man
ner and when it is the opinion of
those in other parts of the county
that there is sufficient taxable
property to support two county
governments where one was SUP
ported before. But the matter
cannot be disposed of for two years
to come and is only being pressed
forward at this time because it is a
thing for Isabel SUP
porters to make promises about in
return for votes. The county can
be divided in the way Isabel adj
[lerents are representing that they
want it, with Timber Lake the
county seat just as we'll as it can
with Isabel the permanent seat of
county government. If they were
sincere they would divide
he county first and settle the mat
.er OF county seats thereafter.
The New York Herald, which is
opposed to Roosevelt, con-
,edes his election in November.
This statement is based upon a
nationwide poll that paper has
aiken. The Herald predicts that
Roosevelt will carry New York, $
Pennsylvania, Connecticut and In G
llama. The poll shows Taft run d
ling third in every state except =
wyoming and Ohio.