The searchlight., 1912-05-03
SHERIDAN COUNTY
PETITION FILED
Monday. May 18TH, Il the Day
Fixed for the Hearing by the
County Commissioners

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on Thursday the County Ccmmis-
sioners met in special session to
consider same.
They found that the petition was
signed by the necessary hfty per
cent and over Of the qualified elec-
tors and fixed Monday, May 18th,
as the day to hear any objections
to the petition and to consider any
petitions of any part of the county
that desires to remain in old Valley
county. If there is no section
that petitions to be left out Of
the proposed new county cont,gu-
Gus to the dividing line the petition
will probably be considered valid
and day appointed for a special
election.
AT this election the county officers
will he elected, but more impor-
tant than that the voters will elect
which town shall be the county
seat. If any town receives 81 per
cent of the votes cast it is thereby
elected the permanent county seat,
bu, ii three or more towns are can
didates for couRty seat and neither
one receives majority OF the votes
cast, the one receiving the greatest
number shall be temporary county
seat. At the next general election
another vote must be taken and
the two towns receiving the most
votes at the special election will be
candidates at the general election,
and the one receiving a majority
shall be the permanent county seat.
| From all indications, there will
be at least four towns that will be
candidates for county seat at the
special election as follows: Cul.
bertson, Bainville, Medicine Lake
and Plentvwood.
| 1t is conceded that under these
conditions no one of these towns
can get the necessary 81 per cent
at the special election to make it
the permanent county seat. Gull
bertson expects to get enough votes
at the trst or special election to be
made the temporary county seat,
with Plentywood a close second,
Bainville third and Medicine Lake
fourth.
| In talk with John Lundqulst
yesterday he admitted that Balm
vile did not expect to get enough
votes at the first election to be
made the temporary county seat,
but said they expected to be Sec
ond in the race, and that a majori.
ty OF the voters were expected to
unite on Bainville at the general
election which would make it the
permanent county Seat.
Plentywood, like Culbertson. ex-
poets first to be made the tempoE-
airy county seat and at the general
election she expects to be made
the permanent county seat. Plen-
tywood, at the present time, has
the largest list Of registered voters
OF any precinct in the proposed
new county. but being located as
she is at the extreme north end Of
said county the Searchlight has it
sized up that the voters will unite
on Culbertson for the permanent
county seat at the general election.
Medicine Lake is keeping pretty
quiet as to what her expectations
are at the special aud general cleo
tions which vote on the county seat
question but she is liable to wake
up when election time comes along
and be in both races. Ii is entire
ly problematical. as far as the writ
er can see which Of three towns,
Bainville, Medicine Lake or Plen-
tywood will be Culbertson's CON-
petitor for permanent county seat.
with chances 10 favor Of Plenty
wood. OF course we will admi,
that Culbertsou will win in both