The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1916-11-23
INJUNCTION MAY /.
4 HOLD Up NAMING
Of GRANT SEAT s |
lapers Already Drawn in Appli-
~ cation for Order Restraining
II County Auditor
gGovernor After Advisory Vote
Reserves Selection of Gov
ernment Seat
FINE CITIES TELL OF
GOOD POINTS FOR JOB

FINE CITIES TELL OF
GOOD POINTS FOR JOB
The capital Of new Grant county
may not be named this week or next.
Papers have been prepared in an ap.
plication for writ of injunction, re.
straining Lee Nichols, auditor of Nor
ton county, from certifying to the sec.
retary Of state the returns of the re-
cent election, when division was vot-
ed on. The election, so far as divi-
sion is concerned, was illegal, the
applicants claim, inasmuch as one
! township in the notice published in
the Carson Press, it is alleged, was
improperly described, the northwest
corner being used where the south
east corner should have been speci.
fed.
The application will be made this
week, it is anticipated, probably be-
fore Judge J. M. Hanley. 1t is rumor'
ed that back of this new development
is a community, or several commun-
tiles, who do not like the lines along
which Morton county was divided and
who are not satisfied with the trend
of the race for the county seatship
has taken. 1t is limited taht if an in
junction cannot be obtained in dis
trict court. the matter will be carried
to the supreme court.
New Liepsiz, Carson, Elgin, Bris-
bane and Leith are engaged IN q bat
tie to the finish for the county seat
Of the recently created Grant county
The decision rests with Governor L..
B. Hanna, who has to guide him the
first, second and third choice Of the
chairmen of the various delegations
as registered at the hearing held in
the house chamber yesterday after
noon. Governor Hanna will announce
his decision as soon as he is officially
advised that Grant county has been
formed. Late yesterday afternoon he
had not been so informed, and he did
not anticipate formal notification
from the Morton county board OF can
vassers until Friday. b, .."{aga, ~
Odd Procedure IN
The procedure adopted in determin-
ing the first county seat OF. Grant IS
rather confusing. Apparently. the
chief executive has no power beyond
the appointment of the commission
ers to serve the three, districts. into
N which Grant has been divided. The
governor, however, in. asking yester-
day afternoon for an advisory note
from the chairman of the. different del
\ egations, considered only the prefer
ence for the county seatship. 1nas-
l much as practically every delegation
expressed different choice for COM
u missioners, and since only One--Car-
4 son-named a full slate of three. it is
II rather difficult to determine just how
zsMr Hanna is to arrive at his con-
Ri clusiOn.
The Hearing
\ The house chamber was filled when
the governor called the hearing to or
der at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Mr. Hanna announced that everyone
would be recognized. whether advo-
eating the name of a'tOwn for county
seat or urging the appointment OF
y candidates for the commissionerships.
TO expedite matters, the towns were
heard alphabetically
Brisbane First t'i
Brisbane was heard first through
NJ. NJ. Hayden, who stated that his
community believed it was as we'll To-
Gated as any to command the favor OF
the new county, and that he proposed
for commissioner the name of Peter
Ferguson of Wade, whom he believed
acceptable not only to Brisbane, but
to the entire southeastern part. of the
county He was seconded by Mr.. Lu-
} beck of Freda, who felt that Brisbane
was the proper location for the coun-
ty seat, and, more particularly, that
Ferguson should be a member of the
I county commission. Mr.. Jensen of
Raleigh was more interested in the
commissionership than the county
seat, and he insisted that Ferguson
. should be named to represent his dis
trict. Mr.. Gross of Stebbins second
ed the nomination of Ferguson and al
so nominated Mr.. Wade.
Carson on the Job
Carson was represented by II. II
" Halenberg, who had prepared an ad-
I dress which he delivered effectively
Ii He called attention to the fact that
Carson was the Oldest postoffice in
# Grant county; that the Carson Press
y was the oldest and best established
newspaper in the new county; that
during the past year the Northern Pa
4 Cific had invested large amount in
y a permanent water supply system in
Carson; that Carson boasted of the
best water west of the Missouri; that
s good wagon roads led to Carson from
the most remote portions of the coun-
ty; that Carson is the only represent
ative North Dakota town seeking the
X county seat of Grant, town not af-
by any outside trade influences
but which buys its supplies and
spends its money in North Dakota
that awkward railroad facilities al
ready have cost the state many thou
sands of dollars, and that the new
seat of government should be acces-
i sible not only to every part of Grant
county, but to the state capital as
we'll
Mr.. Hallenberg closed with an en-
dorsement of John d. Thompson
Thomas E. Mcdowell and w. E.
Scripture for members Of the Grant
county commission.
Among others who spoke for, Car
son was Fred Leith, who settled in
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