The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-09-25
Many viii Favor
County Division
Only One Proposition Before the
People For Division Of Me-
Lean County

in the Bismarck Tribune and one
item in the minneapolis journal
relative to county division mat
ters in Mclean county. All the
articles were supposed to have
been sent in from Washburn and
all of them predicted a hot fight
this fall over county division.
One of them evidently sent
in before Mr.. Nelson decided
not to file the Robinson county
petition, predicted that Garri-
son and Max would have a
hot fight over division as each
was trying for the county
seat. The second one evidently
written after the night work
ers' had decided to quit pre-
dieting that there was going to
be legal tangle over the reser-
walton proposition.
This is along the same line
that certain individuals persued
during the spring primaries and
it would not be hard to guess
who the individuals are who in
dulge in that line of sport.
When any politician or gang Of
political tricksters become so
discredited that they cannot find
any one in their home locality
to champion their cause they
usually resort to this kind of
advertising and if it eases their
state of mind any, we hope they
continue it, for it certainly is
about as weak an attack as they
could possibly make.
10 the first place as we already
know, there is not going to be
two county division propositions
before the people this fall to
fight over as the Robinson coun-
ty,s affair finally simmered down
to a one man affair. As to the
reservation proposition, we think
that the anonymous correspond
ent for the Tribune will have.
to use some other means if he
thinks he can stir up the people
on the reservation 20 spend
good money on a legal fight for
a proposition which is opposed
by every thinking voter Oh the
reservation.
Two years ago when the propC-
sitdon of making a new county
out Of what formerly composed
the Berthold reservation was
first raised, it received the sup
port Of quite number of the
people on the reservation, but af-
ter they had made one contribu-
tion and had ran up against the
proposition that the question
which they were fighting had
been. decided adversely to them
several years ago. A good many
of them commenced to investi-
gate the matter On their own
hook and as result there is but
a very few who are still agitat-
ing the proposition for it looks
as though it is a forlorn hope.
Not only that, but if they were
able to get a favorable decision,
there is less than dozen town
ships from which any tax money
is collected, the balance being
Indian and coal land from which
no taxes are collected whatever,
and it can be plainly seen that
the taxes would be- so burden
some that it would be impossible
to maintain the organization.
But we have no quarrel with
the people on the reservation
and if they can have the courts
decide the reservation to be an
unorganized territory and no
part of the six counties which
now claim it, all we'll and good,
but we believe that large ma.
ority of the voters on the reser-
vhtion do not really favor the
division, even if they could get
it without a fight but believe
that it would be to their interest
to remain in the old county if,
the proposed Hanna county di-
vision goes through.-Max Enter
prise.
There is no question but that
Mclean county is going to be
divided at the coming election.
The new county will be COM
posed of the two north rows of
townships and the reservation.
This gives the old county 81
townships and the new county 33
townships. The new county is
to be called Hanna and contains
the villages of Dogden, Ruso.
Max and Benedict. Max will