The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1914-10-30
ALL VOTES SHOULD
BE FOR COUNTY
DIVISION

That County Division will carry at
the election next Tuesday there is
not the slightest doubt and the only
question seems to be is how large the
majority will be for County Division.
About the only votes there will be
against county division will bs by
those who let personal and biased
reasons stano in their way. From
careful reasoning of the matter there
should not be vote in Stanley coun-
ty against county division, as the
success of this movement will mean
great conveniences and savings of
taxes to every resident of the entire
big county of the present Stanley.
At the beginning of the campaign
we stated that this division question
was the most important TO be con-
sidered this fall and we still believe
that it is, for this matter directly eff
fecGs the pocketbook of ever resi-
dent of Stanley County and by the
success of this division and the
creating of the new counties of Jack
son and Haakon it will be possible for
a lowering of the taxes and the addi-
tion of greater conveniences for the
residents OF each of the three smaller
counties which will be created. The
methods of sayings in the taxes are
80 numerous and the ways that ex-
penses OF the county can be reduced
are beyond number. In previous is-
sues we have mentioned several of
them but have by no means been able
to mention all of thom.
The territory to be sell off as Jack
son county win be the smallest of the
three counties TO be created out of
the present county Of stanley, and
yet jackson county will not by any
means be snywhere near the smallest
county in the state, for it will be as
large or larger than thirty-seyen out
of the sixty seven counties of the
state of South Dakota, and there are
IN, ho afaf nf
having an area greater than the pro-
posed Jackson county.
From an economical standpoint it
will be much cheaper to conduct the
offices of the three new counties than
it is to conduct the offices of the pres
ent big Stanley county. On pages 20
and 81 of the State Auditors report
for the year ending June 30th, 1918,
it is found that other counties OF the
state conduct their offices and pay
their officials salary on great deal
less than one third of what it costs in
Stanley county. For this purpose we
are paying IN Stanley county $32, ,sO6.-
80; while it cost Bennett county &c.
279. .23 for this same purpose, Buffalo
county 4,7S2.60. Jerauld county S9,-
914.94, Mellette county $s,2S7.24, Min
er county $9,7s0.27, and we could
name numerous other counties, but
believe these counties make q fair
comparison and are taken from all
parts of the state. Look these figures
over and consider them well for it
shows that the cost OF conduc ting our
county offices is from four to seven
times greater than the costs in the
smaller counties above referred too.
This is not our statement but is from
the official records of these counties
as shown in the state auditors report.
The court costs of this county is
where another great savings will be
made. In Stanley county the costs
of this item is s6. .5Ss go. while twenty
seven Of the smaller counties of the
state range from $1.500.O0 in Douglas
county down to SOTO in Mellette
county. Think of it. Mr. Voter. in
Stanley county our court sessions
costs over four times what 1t does in
these twenty-seven counties, and oy-
er seven times the average cost OF
these twenty-seven counties. Does
It not appear to you that there is q
chance by county division to save
morey in this instance alsof The
cause of the excessive coats in Stan
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