The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1914-10-23
The Official
Division Ballot

In another column on this page of
the Press will be found an exact re-
production of one of the ballots
that the voters will be given at the
election one week from Tuesday.
When the voter enters the polling
place he will be given six ballots to
mark and to the voters of Stanley
county there is one ballot OF greater
Importance than all che others COM
bined. The ballot to which we refer
Is the County Division ballot and the
one appearing in another column.
We haye taken the liberty of placing
cross In the square to the right of
the word ''Yes'' and this is the man
ner in which the ballot should be
marked by all who wish to vote for
County Division, 1t will be noticed
that the proposition of both Haakon
and jackson appear on the same
ballot and ia order E, vote for divis-
ion both propositions should be
marked with cross in the square
before the WORK YES
The proposition tor County Divis-
ion should receive a yes vote from
every voter in the county and will
receive such vote from every per-
son who has given the matter care
full and unbiased study. From the
Official records of this and other
counties of the state, the figures
used in the Press earlier in the month
show that the three counties it is
proposed to create out of the present
big county OF Stanley, can and will
be conducted on less money than is
now required to conduct the one big
county We are in, and besides that
there will be the great conyiences
and advantages that are possible in
In . smaller county and that we can
not enjoy in this big county of Stan
Icy.
The only opposition there appears
TO be to the division proposition is
that the taxes will be higher with
three counties to conduct than with
the one. yet when the person making
such o statement is cornered up on it
ne find that his only reason for
doing so is that he "beheves
such will be the case" and vet at
the same time every instance
aud all figures taken from the Official
records shows conclusiyely that such
will not be true. and also that the
only hope we now have for lessening
of the taxes we are compelled to pay
into the Golfers of Stanley county is
to divide the county and create the
new Counties of Haakon and Jack
son. We have in previous issues
used the figures and also cited the
pages, etc.. of the records where
these figures could be found and al
the same time haye requested that
these figures be verified by everyone
OF the voters of the county before
voting on the division question on
November 3rd. The friends of the
county division movement ask moth
ing more than that the voters lay
aside personal opinions and biased
reasonings and look this matter up in
Q fair and open mined manner and
they are confident that every person
who does this will vote for Haakon
and Jackson counties.
There is every reason TO believe
that the taxes in the three counties
created by division will be lower
than the taxes in the present Stanley
county. and no reason whatever to
believe that taxes will be higher.
The records show that twenty-seven
counties of the state, of the same size
or smaller than jackson county, con-
duct their county offices on consider
able less than one-third of what it
now costs as I'm Stanley county. This
!. is but one of the many items of saw
ings that we might mention, but we
have quoted figures from the official
records In previous issue. and believe
that every voter in the county has
seen and read these figures and COM
parisons, and we feel at this time that
the only matter we wish to urge upon
che voters is the one of marking their
ballots In such manner as will in
sure correct vote for both jackson
and Haakon counties.
Every voter in the county has a
right TO vote upon both these propo-
siliona. and want to urge every voter
TO exefeise this right and see that his
County Division ballot is properly
marked. Do not think that because
you live in the Jackson county .erri-
tory that you have no right TO vote
on the Haakon county proposition, or
because you live in the Haakon coun-
w territory that you have no right
to vote on the Jackson county prop
osition. or because you live in the
east end Of the county that you have
no right to vote on either pr, ,position
for you have q right to vote on both
propositions. NO MATTER WHAT
PART OF THE PRESENT STAN
LEY COUNTY YOU LIVE IN YOU
HAVE TEE RIGHT-AND SHOULD
USE THAT RIGHT AND VOTE FOR
-@OTfT rFA AUnN AMI TAGKAnN