| Summary: | follows: New Salem civil township lots — $6,635; personal — $27,635; lands - $18,400; for a total of $52,670. 1885 Shall the county be divided? This was the question of '85. A.V. Schallern and Dr. Goeschell were very strongly in favor of division, and JJ. Lueck and Orville Brown and others were against. Several meetings were held by both sides, which finally came to a head on February 13 in Bismarck, where the council committee on counties held a meeting to hear arguments for and against the division of Morton County. The divisionists were represented by Schallern and Dr. Goeschell of New Salem. It was demonstrated pretty conclusively in the arguments, that the high taxation which Sims had made so much fuss about was not the result of county expenses, but the direct result of her extravagance in the building of an expensive school house and the issuance of bonds thereof. When this tax matter was shown up, it proved rather damaging to the divisionists. It was the general opinion that the division bill would die in the committee. The county commissioner from the New Salem area was Orville Brown. The work on the livery stable was progressing, and Mr. Kaufman, the proprietor, was to arrive from St. Louis about the 20th of March. In March, there was talk of starting a newspaper if the right man could be secured, and by April 16, William Borgen had put out his first edition of the New Salem Advocate. On March 14, Herman Kroeger of New Salem, was appointed Justice of the Peace for that district by the commissioners. March 24,1885, at the commissioners meeting, township 139 range 84, and township 140 range 84 & 85 were added to township 139-85, already organized as a civil township under the name of New Salem. The officers elected for the new organizations were as follows: board of supervisors — A.V. Schallern, chairman; John Bloodgood, and D.M. Lorin; town clerk — A.D. Lorin; treasurer — Fred Wessling; assessor — Fred Wiegmann; Justice of the Peace — Daniel Stiebl Sr.; and constable — FJ. Stieble. JJ. Lueck, land agent, was working hard to secure more settlers for the New Salem area. One of the leading attractions of the West River country of which he had taken advantage in his eastern and overseas advertising, was the coal that was available on much of the cheap land. The Lueder Residence — One of New Salem's first homes ®tji* gtttenturi* i,ujj-.^ Ju,i^ ,,, Year of Our Lord BtgbMcn Hundred ami Klghty.V/.*.?^.^ between duly incorporated imdor ttio laws of the Btaie ok-TllinoU, Mid nolooUed In Dnkotn Territory, parly of the flm. put, and %JL£dUUL {/.$.2.L!.:t.L.t_^. „, *%uu&J&a£*& a***,* f).L[/.tt:x.ljt-.~: Ol (lie aecond part. .lSlsxZ/.* .l/v ''MjiAaC^. f.r.l.uii'i puny WMtmawfe, That the mild pimy of Oollan ., f.r«ml Ii. cwwi&Mrtlon of lira HUB. el '.^-.L.':.Lk11 tfltto, Mil, and convey unic ■ill (hut certain parcel of tai *.™^jDoHa!*, twit, tor tlw rum l«*ruwjl tin* wamwl pm.itu i>y thane itrwwiHt.Bwnt, .„,,- ./:L.a.i/i./ij.i. //X)2 <:£,L:L. e li theTowfi of NEW 9AI.BH, Uiihihn duilSTV, Tunii hun TO ilAXK^NU TO HOIJ. tin ttlwwa grajj*^ tint. d*$r>lwd | l<k IN WJTNESfl WHEItKUK. 1 lia TEHKITOKT OK. IMlOTA ' BOUNTY W MORTON ( VIA, j^&Jle/? ^N (,n I'll" ''»* "< V. I>. One Tunu.and. K*K„r llundrnd anil K.brlny.6. Huron. n,u, .:.^. .' , Notary Pulillo in nod for Urn County of Morton, [nnionnlly ep- noaredv .,,.v.-.i V '* - **' known Ui nn; i„ b. toe T run toe .of tint Coipont- lion ih«t*«*o'aioitlM, wlUnn inurnment, and nr.Lnowleduud in mo Umi -noi, ,mjiomtion eieimted the unt In "(tneVt *Vfoof, I have hereunto Ml my lin.nl .on! nulled my nlnclal eenl. al mv , ind scar ili.thl* f^flinceta-um above written. « tiiuiiiy of Morton (be day .Votary Public. First schoolhouse 1885 Warranty Deed On the 25th of March, Mr. Kaufmann of St. Louis landed at New Salem, and opened a livery and sale stable. Just eight days from the day of his arrival, he had sold eight teams. He had a large stable, about twenty-five head of horses and mules, and plenty of wagons and light carriages. The Fargo Argus Newspaper reported in April that 125 emigrants passed through their city — New Salem being their destination. By April 17, farmers were busy with their spring seeding. A good many acres had already been put into wheat and oats, and the dealers in plows and harrows had considerable demand for their goods. Several drills had been shipped to New Salem, and one gentleman expected to put a steam plow into operation. 11 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited in Multi-page TIFF Editor.
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