The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-10-23
Co. Division Has
Taken New Aspect
With Different Plans On Foot
County Division Is Getting
Very Interesting.

County division is receiving
considerable attention through
out the county this year. Consid
cradle interest is being taken il
the matter this time not only by
the people in the part OF the
county which wishes to separate
itself, but the people in the
south end Of the county as
we'll seem to take quite al
interest in it for the reason
that they feel that county dlvi'
sion is going to come sooner OF
later and that it might as well
be now as anytime, if the county
can only be divided so as to give
both the new and the old coun'
ty an equal division and one
that will not work a hardship on
either in the yea1s to come.
The Hanna county proposition
which takes the north two tiers
Of townships and that part of
the Berthold reservation which
is now included in Mclean coun-
ty, would give the new county
of Hanna about 81 townships
and would leave old Mclean
county about the same number
of townships and would divide
the railroad property just about
equally there being about the
same number of miles of railroad
in each county. This division
would put practically the entire
new county within easy reach
Of the railroads and no matter
where the county seat would be
located it could be reached hand
lily from all parts of the county.
The Max people who have been
circulating the petition for this
division which is known as the
Hanna county proposition, have
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all parts Of the county. 1t is
the best proposition which ihe
people in the north end of the
county could ask for and it
leaves old Mclean county a
good compact county with plenty
Of territory to make a good
county.
We feel certain that practical
ly every voter in the territory
included in the Hanna county
proposition is in favor Of this
division and the people in the
south half Of the county are
bound to see the fairness of the
proposition and will, we believe
give it their support if it is put
to a vote this fall.-Max Enter
The county division question
has taken on new aspects since
Our last issue. The Max people
have circulated a petition divid-
the county east and west
leaving two rows Of townships in
the north, with Max as the ia
vored county seat town. Garri-
son is in old Mclean, as close
to the north boundary as they
could fix it without violating
text which says, ''Do unto others
as they would do unto you"
There / many who IRE ready
to quit at this frightful appari-
ton Of opposition from the north
crying, "lt has been fumbled-
all is lost. Wod unto us that
We should have thought to slip
anything over in a rush,
Bosh, Prunes. The very i-dec-
ar!
The sooner the people of the
north forget that county SCAT
.jargon and remember that colln-
ty division is a real necessity,
will come before long anyway
and might as well be taken into
consideration while there is a
of getting an equitable
divisions soon as Max, Gar
and the other northern
towns forget anything but the.
lasting enmity to the scheme
which the south part has al
ways had-the better.
The dittoiial' in The 'Washburn
placed. that paper with
The Independent on this issue.
We are for division, but we also
are i'll fav6ori of dividing it fairly,
and If 'ttherde't cAa2:hf be d meeting of
all parts of the county to de-
eide whers the; Lire shall be
drawn, H.; II u delay ought to be.
made In Il Unfolding that meeting.
Anyone who has studied the
question at ALL sounded the senti-
ment' Of the people of the ex-
tremes in the county, knows
that the northern part has
never had adequate represent.
and wants to get away
Washburn. Everyone also
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