Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-03-02

Dividing the the western line of DlciGE lhMohfe
Sutsman Eddy Foster and Benson and owner counties lind
the counties of this line increased population from SS4o'
in 1900 S ISL in 1915 20 per for the pero0
the counties of this line have increased in population from
2307H 1870 3lS53l 1915, 80 per If this ratio
of increase until 1880 these counties will haze
population of 46537 againsts 43954s in tn" eastern conn
ties.
AS these counties have of 4299 square miles
against 1864 of the counties 81 of the total
Of the who will doubt that in five ''sr western
counties will have changed the balance in POPULATION of thrtwo
in favor of the counties in 1915 very large balance
favor Of the counties.
The western counties had majority one joint ballot
in the 1915 legislative assembly. +
They had assessed valuation in 1914 of S44S32a3 as
against $l6S.433635 in the eastern counties.
Since statehood there has been paid into the treasury
for the support of the from direct taxation S
SS33 Of this amount the western counties paid Sl6'4l ana
counties S471S 462 During the period the state
paid for the support of institutions, including tn" state cap
to S2Oo55 S4 OF this $3.50 400 paid for the sup
port the counties while $139ls9 36 was
paid support of institutions in COMMITTEES.
Since statehood the counties have equal
all the income lands and endowmen's paid to the
support of institutions the counties In addition all OF
raised in the and 81 s4+ from the
paid by the counties TO the institutions
the other hand the counties have paid for the
support of their institutions in direct and donated 81 SOL
S44 from their direct the support Of the institutions tn"
eastern counties A~
In the of these facts is fair The capital to
spend per all the expenditures
of the for institutions these countless AS IS
have send children the border of the state
to be ducated unonnateS be sent there for the care
for which pay: also there transact bus
the of and before the supreme
court?
Would be public policy the state capital on
If moved each and every nstitu-
ton the In five years these counties will have
majority of the Of the and of the legislature Is
force the issue of the against the west and teach
these counties their and how state n-
tuos If New Rockford of 62 people, the
capital from Bismarck city Of 6,}44 people, the fourth
city of the state will the University the Agricultural college,
the Valley City Normal the Wapeon School of Science, the
Mayve Normal the Bathgate School for the Blind the Grafton
School for the Feeble Minded be safe from the ambition of west
towns Would the removal of the capital to New Rock
ford series of contests institutions which might
generation and the millions Of dol
lasretad the growth of the institutions sectional bit
the affairs of the through the mire of prac
teal politics. be part avoid this
danger by refusing to sign petition which had for its object
the removal of state institution?
Every citizen should crtinze his bill in this connection
There has been added this 1913 for
and child what paid in 1914 1t has reached the
comfortable figure of S256 capita Remove the capital and
will add less than $500 each bill result And
there is an excellent chance Of adding much
BY 1929 there will be available than 100000 for
the building of state capital conservative estimate places
the of removing the Of building capitol
and executive and improving grounds not less than
So 100000 already bonded $4,000 in of
the constitutional limit. The constitutional four mill levy for
purposes does furnish sufficient funds state
There but metIodan the
1t will take Of S5OO0OOWO
sed valuation during the this amount
100000
body and local opportunity all OF their
it. BY this method you might each tax bill
$1,000 $1,000 per capita.
According Mr.. J. w. Bliss state engineer Bismarck is
eighteen miles the geographical than New Rock
the United States the Of
hysx miles snotheast Of New Rockford
fifteen years according the authority, it has moved
miles, from Mcenry Foster county
msield Wells If it continues its westward
fifteen will land somewhere
Washbum in Mclean county, actually west OF Bismarck
analysis there legitimate argument favor OF
Rockford? We said that it would be
the individual citizen of the state who has bus
capitol New Rockford accessible Invest
this In the connections at Leeds and
the loss of would than offset advant
ages obtained those Of the which
map accessible by rail New Rockford than Bis
marc