The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1912-03-08
EVERYONE IS AFTER
OFFICE IN BEN
NETT COUNTY

Cody, Neb., March 4.-The publica-
tion of the proclamation ordering the
special election for the organization
of Bennett county, South Dakota,
which lies but three miles from this
railroad town, has already stirred the
finest kind of hornets nest. From
on one being interested heretofore,
everyone now seems to want some
office, even to our venerable friend,
George Slower, who was at one time
Judge of horse race, and since then
has been called by courtesy, Judge
Slower There are candidates galore
for every office and it can be accur-
ately foretold that there will be many
broken hearts as well as possibly some
broken heads before the election is
oyer.
There are two townsites located in
the county, Lacreek, and Martin; also
two government townsites which so
far are undeveloped not having been
surveyed into lots. 1t is understood
that both Lacreek and Martin are as
pirants for the county seat honors
with possible entry of Osmaka, one
of the government townsites. Atpres-
ent Lacreek seems to be in the lead
over Martin. Each is being doomed
by companies, the one owning La
creek being the Lacreek Townsite and
Realty Co., with NJ. w. Jencks, the
theatrical magnate of Sioux City and
Sioux Falls, as secretary and treas
urer, and w. G. Lusk, the Yankton
editor, as president The Martin
townsite is owned in chunks, among
the owners of forty acre patches be-
ing the L. ID. Bailey Land Co. of
Oelrichs, S. D., the present head of
which, Mr., Bailey. has been under
Indictment in Fall River county for
some time, and has been once convict
ed of being too good a mixer while
away from home. Among the other
owners are G. w. Allen of Gamble,
s.. d.. George Slower of the same
place, with another small piece each.
The rivals are situated about eight
or nine miles apart, Lacreek being in
the center of the county east and
west, and about five miles due south
of the exact center; Martin being
about seven or eight miles west of
the center, eighteen miles from the
Af hn ~
seven from the east end. This throws
Lacreek twenty miles from the farth-
est side of the county and Martin
twenty-seven miles from the side
farthest from it. At Lacreek, there
is postoffice, store, a telephone
line to Merriman, Neb., and the dis ]
tance from the G. & N. w. railway is
fifteen miles. There is also an excel !,
lent site for city water reservoir, and
Lake creek, stream fed entirely by
springs, can at slight expense be car
ried by ditch to the reservoir whicLiI
is but twenty feet below the crest ola
the site. Cedar creek, distant onen
mile, also furnishes power enough for
electric light works which it is pro-
posed to erect.
Among the ludicrous happenings so
far in the contest, was the statement
of one party who has been at one
time lay reader in the church, that
he was candidate for county clerk,
not learning that there is no such Of
flee in South Dakota until he had com
menced his canvass for votes. That
there will be more incidents of this
sort goes without saying, but it is
hoped that the mistakes will be found
out before it is too late to remedy
them and give the parties chanceto
run for the Office they coVet.