The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-08-28
County Division
All The Talk
True State of Affairs Not Given
By Independent And Bene-
dict Banner

ing another campaign for diW
sion. 1t is but a short time ago
that the last county division
fight was ended but it has been
long enough to fit us for another.
The proposition as now offered
is a much better one than the
one over which we have just
finished, the long drawn out
fight. We believe that this pro-
position is going to be very ac-
ceptable to almost everyone, both
in the old and the new proposed
county.
We are strongly in favor Of
county division and always have
been and while some may raise
the hue and cry that we will
nave two sets of officers to pay
and that taxes will be higher, we
do not agree with them that
division is going to work any adj
ditional hardships on anyone.
For years we have paid our
takes into the treasury at Wash
burn as the county seat Of all
this territory and as Al matter Of
fact this part Of the county has
not received a dollar in return
for it. AS a proof Of this asser-
ton we call your attention to
the public highways from Dog
den to Max and then on to Gar
rison. There are numerous p1ac-
es along these roads that are
almost impossible and there is
not one half the distance where
roads follow the section lines.
On stretch of grading done on
the main road between here and
Max, it is impossible to drive and
this piece of road has been in
that condition for more than
three years. ALI this time the
rulers Of the county have put up
the cry Of "no money to build
roads" and at the same time
have spent thousands Of dollars
for law suits and county affairs.
The, roads are good in the south
ern part Of the county and of
course the opposition will claim
this is due to the fact that part
Of the county is older, more close
ly settled and has more taxes to
make roads. Well admit they
have more, but we should have
some, enough to plow a ditch
anyway. That is just where the
rub comes, the southern part Of
the county is too strong for us
at the polls and the northern
part Of the county gets no rep
resentation at the county seat, un-
less it's some "bone head" that
the southern part CT the county
knows they can work easier than
what they have got. ~
What are we getting for our
taxes? What are we getting for
supporting Washburn as the
county seat and holding Mclean
county as it isY Nothing, and
we will be getting the same re-
turns fifteen years hence. We
believe it to be to the benefit Of
every tax payer in Northern Nc
Lean to vote for this division.
While we are. we'll aware that it
is not to be expected that the
southern part Of the county is
going to vote for this, we are as
their subjects and when they
get the cream we are given the
whey.
To verify these statements one
has only to drive from here to
Washburn and compare the work
done on the roads in that part
Of the county to the roads and
the work done on them in this
part Of the county and the proof
lies before you.-Benedict Banner
County division will be the
chief issue up at the fall election.
The northern part Of the coun-
ty is ready to rise again and as
sert its rights to have representa-
ton at the county seat, and
since they have stood little chance
in the past to get it, they are 60
ing to withdraw and form coun-
ty Of their own to be known as
Robinson county, and get some
Of the money that has been spent
for roads in the southern part at
the expense Of the whole county.
Garrison Independent.
Governor Hanna was at Ry-