Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-03-27
Should Commissioners
Build A Court House?
Sslfridgs Journal Fsars County Com.
missioners will Do their Duty and
Build New Court House

Inc SeltrldRe journal IN Its last
issue fears that the editor of the
Pioneer and Commissioner ]. A.
Stiles are going to frame some me-
thod to pull through plan for the
building of a court house at Fort
Yates.
The editor Of the Pioneer, as a
citizen and taxpayer Of the county,
is naturally interested in having a
court house that will house the Of
ficers and protect the records. As
a county commissioner it is the du-
ty of Mr.. stiles to have the build
ing of court house brought about.
At the January meeting Of the
county commissioners, a resolution
was passed instructing the auditor
to advertisefor plans and speci6ca-
tions for court house building.
This resolution was introduced by
Commissioner j. G. Leach Of Solen.
As the location of the county
seat has been voted on and deter.
mined in favor Of Fort Yates, it is
a foregone conclusion that the court
house will be built here. However,
should the contest instituted BY
certain Selfridge citizens finally be-
decided in favor Of Selfridge, the
court house would be built there. i,
However, it is a notorious fact
that this contest was not instigated
in good faith, but fled to hinder:
and delay the erection Of a court
house until after the next election.
This statement eau be proved by,
5.ths4facte that acerta1 Ia wsald- bezlead.,
ing citizens Of Selfridge were among
the trainers Of the bill passed at the
recent session Of the legislature pro.
vid1ng that in counties having a,
court house costing less than twen.!
ty-thousand dollars the matter Of
county seat removal can be voted on
at every general election and car
ried BY q majority vote.
An amendment to this bill, how
ever, excepts counties where the
question Of county seat removal was
votedon at the 1918 general elec.
ton. This will exempt Sioux coun.
ty from the provisions Of this law
and gives the county commissioners
four years in. which to build a court
house, and that will necessarily be
built at the county seat-Fort
Yates.
The Journal then CLEANS a ray
OF hope, and becomes quite. certain
that the new county auditor will be
a different type Of officer than the
present incumbent, lin language
that can be taken to mean that it
has hopes the new auditor will act
as its informer, or lin some other
servile capacity.
If this is the kind of an official
the Journal thinks Mr.. Olson will
make, 1t has another guess coming.
Mr.. Olson is man of recognized
ability who will make good on the
job and keep the records and work
of the county auditors office up to
the same high standard of efficiency
which has been maintained in this
office since the organization Of the
county. This will keep him too
busy to inform the Journal of the
happenings at our court house :"
and the Journal & Company ct. al,
will have to get their information
from the official proceedings and
public records the same as the rest
Of the citizens of the county.
In conclusion the writer will saw
that so far, as Chris Christensen and
Mr.. Stiles are concerned, both are
abundantly able to take care Of
themselves, and the Journal is at
liberty to keep wondering what
will happen next.
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