The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1922-04-14
GOOSE NECK WANTS
OPERATION AGAIN
KENSIARE TO SAVE GOOSE THAT
LAID GOLDEN EGG BY CUT
TING OFF IT'S NECK.
Kenmare may want the county

kenmare may want the county
seat again.
Ward county may want to
straighten out her deformities.
And Renville county may want
TO enter into matter-o-money with
Burke county for well known rea-
| sons.
And so the goose that laid the
golden egg is to be placed on the
! operating table and it's life saved
by amputating its neck right down
close to the body. The funny part
of it is that the neck is eager to be
cut off, knowing that if that can
be brought about, it will Immediate
ly be- limned onto another good
body, which will treat it as real
neck and head, instead of being
treated as now--like a rump and
tail.
Renville county has kept a mod
est silence, as behooves a poor re-
lation-but when the proper time
comes, it will be expected to assist
with the operation and afterwards
stand as a groom in the wedding
that will follow, offering its title,
county seat and debts in exchange
for Miss Burke County's well pre-
served Inheritance.
It's a fine little frame-up-but
the nice laid plans OF men and mice
gang aft aglee.
AS we understand it, it will re-
quire unanimous consent to bring
about the denouement--but there
amt any such thing. Put Burke,
Ward and Renville counties togeth-
er in bag, or hang them over the
clothesiine of politics, and we will
behold the same brand of Kilkenny
| unanimity that we had in these
parts ten years ago, wnen the queer
fowl with the famous goose neck
was hatched, in the midst of fight
ing and flying feathers. No won
der the poor little thing that was
hatched at that time was a mon
strosity-and it seems rather too
late now to make the rehabilitation
unless the politicians who were
! in the old deal could be herded to-
f! gether by Billy Sunday and con-
ceive, a miracle.
! On Wednesday. April 5th, the Mi
not Daily News printed the follow
Ing editorial relating to the pro-
posal, and we understand lot Of
that day, presumably as a feeler:
Residents to the north of Minot
are again discussing the project of
combining Burke and Renville coun-
ties with the "gooseneck" section
of Ward to form a new county
Lake--with Kenmare as the coun-
! ty seat. 1t is understood that
steps will be taken to bring the
matter to a decision this coming
summer.
1.-The new county project has
been discussed for a long time. A
dozen or more years ago 1t was
voted on favorably but, owing to
failure in one place to comply with
the strict form of law. a consider
able number of votes were invalid
ated and the project failed to carry.
Friends of the new county plan
point out various arguments in its
behalf. One is that by the COM
bination OF the two small and not
overly wealthy counties Of Burke
and Renville a substantial saving
| to the taxpayers could be effected
! thru the elimination of one entire
set of county officers and one extra
! county seat. It is argued that ken-
mare is the logical county seat be-
! ing near the center of the proposed
new county, equipped with hotel
service for all needs and reached by
railroads more effectively than eth
er Bowbells or Mohall---considering
the proposed new county as estat-
Tshed.
"The new arrangement would
give Lake county fairly regular
! rectangular form and would deliMit
| Ward county in much the same
| manner. The "gooseneck" is point
ed out as a geographical monstro-
| sity. not founded in reason ana
merely the product of political ger
| rymandering that was later regret
! ted.
zone argument the Lake county
| advocates have to meet Is that OF
| the loss of public revenue to Ward
| county which would result from the
new division. They point out,
| however, that the plan, il the new
! county is formed, is to return to
Ward county the six townships ly-
| ing along the southern side OF Rem
vile county and which extend be"
tween Ward and Bottineau counties
! to form something OF another
"gooseneck" for Renville. BY this
arrangement Ward would lose sew
eral townships and the city of Ken
mare besides the villages of Ken
aston, Niobe and Baden. 1t would
gain six townships with the village
| OF Glenburn. The Lake county
supporters declare that this Offset
would prevent Ward county from
losing any great total OF taxable
property and public support. It Is
expected the matter VIII be studied
4 carefully and threshed out in de-
/ tail before any decisive action is
taken regarding it."
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