The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-10-30
OPPOSITION FalSchoodS Can
Be Broken Down Completely
The Many Statements Given Out Against Hanna
County Have All Been Proven Untrue
AS Stated Here

When the petition for county
division was presented to the
people of Benedict for signature
one or two men refused to sign
it giving the following as a
reason: IF you would get that
division through and Max should
become the county seat 1T
would hurt Benedict. l have
business property here and [
have; farm property. If you will
buy my business property in
Benedict and let me keep my
farm l would sign the petition
for l realize that it will be a
big benefit to the farmers but L
am afraid that It will hurt the
business in Benedict if Max
should become the county seat.
They all admitted, that it
would be a benefit to- the coun-
try and said they would g gladly
sign it if they were sure that
the county seat would not be so
close to them, so it was purely a
selfish motive that kept them
from signing the petition.
Last Saturday night we are
informed q few of the business
> men in Benedict held SO call
ed commercial club meeting at
which q few Of the knockers de-
cided to fight division for fear
it would hurt their town, and
a resolution was presented and
adopted which resolution shows
plainly the work of certain po-
litical trickstees of Garrison. 1t
was decides we understand to
have the resolution published in
the papers and a copy of 1T
sent to every voter. We hope
they do for if the voters of this
county ever get sight of that
resolution it will get solid
vote for the Hanna County pro-
position.
They further state that the
division will give Mclean county
$4,OOO,OOO.OO valuation and leave
Hanna county only $4,000 10000
valuation.
The fact is the valuation OF
the proposed Hanna county is
$500, 10000 and that next year
they will have The whole reser-
vation to assess, even the In
.dians will go on +he assessment
as they have taken their allot-
ment and been full citizens for
twenty-five years, SO there is no
question but there will be plenty
Of revenue to run the county in
fine shape. Without doubt the
assessment will be larger than in
any other new county set aside
by the state. Besides, as you wil
see by consulting the map, the
Great Northern has made all ar
rangements to build next year,
and they have given the people
Of New Rockford a guarantee
that the road will be completed
to the river next year. This will
be another great revenue to swell
the taxation of both the old ana
and the new county.
Another falsehood in the resolu
tion is that they state the old
Mclean county will have "a
townships and the proposed coun
ty of Hanna only 20. Amy voter
would simply have to look at
the map to see this is another
/ false statement.
They next state the Indians
will not be taxable for % years.
These Is years have expired SO
they are now the same as the
rest of the settlers on the reser-
walton, they will all have to pay
taxes. We refer the readers to
the supreme court decision in
another column in this issue for
proof.
They further state that the pre-
posed county Of Hanna will be
80 miles long along the north
side of the county. Don't the
poor rubes know that it is ~
miles long at the present time
and that county division cannot
possibly shorten the distance
from Dogden to Raub on the re-
servation.
Amy person who would try to
cheat the people out Of somethln
which he knows would benefit
them would cheat them out OF
their money, It requires the same
caliber Of a man in either case.
We don't believe that the two
or three agitators over there who
are fighting county division are
.a4 .,oru for thew are