Year: 1867

xhE COCNxK SEA AHSA~


The time is drawing near for the i'm
portant election on the location Of the
County Seat to come of: and It is time
that eli persons were deciding what course
to pursue. We have preferred White
Cloud as the point for location. and
should have continued to advocate her
claims, If there WAS the remotsst chance
for success. But the developments Of the
psst fsw days have shown conclusively
that that the vote of Iowa Township can
BE- united neither upon White Cloud nor
any other town in this Township. When
We consider that the central. the eastern.
and the southern par, of the County each
have . competing point, and that the
vote Of the northern part cannot be unit
cd upon northern point, we shall only
repder ourselves ridiculous BY making the
race. If we look closely, we shall see
thst the only persons in other parts Of
TIE Couaty who encourage us to run, are
those who would not otherwise expect as
to vote for them. and therefore desire to
see Us waste our vote, rather than to
throw it for some one of their rivals
Much as we would have liked to secure
the location here. We cannot say that it
would have been just to the whole Coun-
ty; and as we cannot secure it at the
place most convenient to ourselves, it is
our duty to do the next best thing. by
assisting to locate it at the best available
point for ourselves, and all other parts of
the County. We should not persist in
frittering away our influence, until we
reach point where our vote will have
no weight, and will become a matter of
indifference to all parties. We should,
then, endeavor to unite our vote up
on some one point. and decide the ques-
tion at the first election. thus avoiding the
heavy expense Of second one. We can
not see the propriety of the policy pro.
posed BY some. of stsving the decision
OF to a second election. when the insl
result must be the selection Of some other
town than our own. with double ex-
pense to the people.


Entertaining the foregoing views of
the question, we have determined upon
our course, individually, and mean to
give our reasons therefor and we think
we can convince all reasonable men, (if
they are not already of the same mind, J
that our course is the best one. We in
tend to vote, and do what we can to in
dnce others to vote. to locate the County
Scat permanently at Troy, where it row
Is. We. in common with many others.
have had our objections to Troy but the
location ct any of the rival towns would
create CRATER ones. The matter of Taxes
is what will have the greatest influence
on the votes; and in pecuniary point Of
view let Us consider it.


The only pecuuiary advantage to be
secured by removal. that we have yet
heard Of. has been urged by w athena. which
is the leading rival of Troy for the locs-
tion. and which commenced the agitation





of the question. That is the item Of fire-
wood !! They claim that wood costs. at
Troy. not less than 81 per cord, while at
Wsthena. the best can be had for 90 !;
and that on this item alone. the County
would in few years save the cost of new
County buildings. We venture to ssy
that fewer cords of good wood are sold
ct Wstheua for 50 per cord. than there
are for S.; for it hardly looks reasonable,
that under the very shadow Of St. Joseph,
where wood sells st $40 and upward, it
can be had for 50. Admitting that wood
costs 81 at Troy, and SO At Wathsna.
and that the County consumes 100 cords
per pear. which is very high estimate
perhaps more than double the usual
amount. Here. then. we hsve saving
of S4oo to the County, BY removing the
County Seat to Wathena-and it is the
only solitary item on which reduction
OF expenses 10 proposed.


Now, let Us take the other side. We
will apply it only to lows Township.
but the same will apply to al the balance
Of the County. except to those parts 10
the immediate nsighborhood Of wathena
We Of the northern part of the County
have heretofore objected to Troy ss the
County Seat. almost wholly upon the
ground that il was so far distant. If we
objected to travelling from fifteen to TWEEN.
y miles to the County Seat, would We
not bs acting like lunsties in sndeavor.
ing to remedy the matter BY removing
The County Seat eight or ten miles fur.
ther away? We, Of this part of the
County. can now manage, with due en-.
ergys to 60 to Troy. transact our little
County business. and return home the
same day. By going to Wathena. this
could not possibly bs done. It would be
necessary to remain over night; and then