Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-22

the economy argument, just where
Wolf Point leaves off, Wolf Point
seems to have just one argument why
Wolf Point should be made the county
seat, and that argument is prejudice.
And prejudice as an argument is
mighty poor material. Wolf Point is
depending on the idea, that the i'll
will of the taxpayers against the old
grating gang of Roosevelt county. who
looted the county and put it bankrupt,
can be now directed against Poplar, be
cause that city has been the temporary
county seat and the home of some of
the grafters, and that it can capitalize
the good will it made among the tax
payers in the fight against the gang
in August to its benefit in November.
But IL is not likely that Wolf Point
can do that, for cold reason will dis
close the naked truth that Wolf Points
fight against the grafters is not and
never was sincere, but is only strategy
made use of in its fight for county
seat, and which will never be heard OF
more after the seventh day of Novem-
Der.
THE gang in Roosevelt county does
not reside at Poplar-it resides al
over that benighted county, it resides
all over Valley county. it resides al
over Daniels county and a big portion
resides all I'VE Sheridan cour y. and
a big chunk of it resides in Wolf Point
itself, so the effort TO make Poplar q
member of the gang is mostly pure
piffle-the flies gather around the
honey and when the honey is at Wolf
Point. there the flies will be.
Wolf Point or Poplar does not
mean a thing to any reasoning farmer
outside Of its effect upon his pocket
book and its convenience to him.
The prejudice engendered because
Of the political situation of the past
few years will Don wear away and be
forgotten, but the county seat. once
located, will remain in the same place
There is such a thing as cutting
off ones nose TO spite his face.
Mondak a Bad Mistake
Wolf Point does not have an argu-
ment TO present to any person of the
east end of any weight whatever tina
can be possibly considered for q
moment
Poplar has every argument as ia,
as the east end farmer or taxpayer is
concerned.
No taxpayer. talking of economy
can afford to ignore these facts.
There Is no more excuse for the
making of Wolf Point county seat thar
making Mondak county seat.
Besides, the county seat is already
OF Poplar; thousands of dollars hav'
been invested in vaults and a jai
there. The people of Poplar have giver
| much better than the court house a.
Plentywood, that there is no com
p~arison. If the court house is movet
all of this will be lost.
Plenty was wasted in having thG
temporary county seat at Mondak. Il
would be insanity to repeat this ex.
perience.
"All of the people of Poplar have
not been in sympathy with all of the
things that have been done at Poplar
and all of the people of Wolf Point
have not been opposed to all of ths
doings at Poplar.
prejudice and piffle will no sup.
plant facts or take the place O
reason.
wolf Point would have the voters
! of the East end of Roosevelt county
to cut off their noses to spite theii
faces. because this self mutilatioI
would be profitable to Wolf Point anC
for no other reason.
Let the taxpayers clean up Roose
welt county. Let them elect honest met
TO office. Let them finish the goot
work they have started-which ha'
nothing to do with the location of tn
courthouse. whatsoever, and let then
at the same time use sense and reason
in the location of their county seat.
And thereupon rests the great figh
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