Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1886-08-13
ADA COUNTY,S sCHEME.

neA'u VI the "boise City Ring"
Every nan in Akuras county knows
that there Is nothing of the nature of
Politicil fraud and theft which that
"ring would refuse to undertake
Its past history is known. All of us
know what it has done. The TrMrs
proposes to-day to warn the people of
what that ring, If it has opportunity,
will do.
For years Ada county has been
looking with highwayman's gaze on
Aituras. 1t is a little county com.
pared with Alturas, and has been.
ana Is yet, cursed with a set of dis
honest ringsters-poiitical robbers and
hyenas-who, having exhausted or
nearly exhausted the ma terial whereon
to feast and revel in robbing at home,
are anxiously looking about for fresh
field and new pasture for their dis.
honest practices.
The spies and cappers OF that ring
tand let it be understood that the
numbers of that ring are practically
Ada county,, have been to Alturas
this summer and "fxed their pins" or
portion of them. The slime of
their snake-like trail, like the blood
OF the murdered, on the assassin's
hand, Is monumental witness of
their infamy and their crime. Pre-.
tending to be anxious about the cleo
ton to Congress Of a certain man
twho contemns and despises their
characters and conduct), these spies
were slyly careful to lay the wires ia
such way as would secure Gin their
opinien), the election of their chosen
ones to the Legislature. The "se.
iectsd" ones are spotted by the true
voters OF Alturas, and when their
heads are lifted to ask for public sup
port they will hear a warning given
that will "cook the goose" of their
proposed legislative festival.
Ada County's purpose is to get
"big slice" of Alturas county cut off
and given to Ada county. That slice
will be valuable to Ada county be. |
cause it will give it a long line of
railroad for taxation. The taxes thus
gathered will ell the gaps made by
the thieves of the Boise City ring
and the railroad company will pay
the bill on the greater portion of it.
To this program the TINES calls at.
tention. 1t calls it earnestly and sd
dresses itself to Democrats aud Re.
publicans. Alturas county should op-
pose this scheme to ravish her, be.
cause she needs her entire territory as
her capital stock and is under no
obligation to fill the treasury of a
neighboring robber- band.
The railroad cannot desire this. be.
cause the instant Ada county gets a
portion of the railroad line within its
power, it will shut its eyes, as it were,
and raise the rate of taxation so high
that the railroad people will think
they are encircled by a cinch! If it
Is true. as it doubtless is, that the rail.
road company wishes to secure the
formation OF new county whose
capital city shall be their railroad
town OF Shoshone, surely they will
use every effort to head off Ada
county in her scheme OF getting rail-
road property within her taxing grasp.
Whether in the future when Altu-
ras is better situated and settled the
formation OF new county will be de-
sirable and just, is not a matter need.
cd to be considered here now; but
granting that an effort to secure a
new county will be made by citizens
OF Alturas aud the railroad people,
either next session or at a future ses
sion OF the Legislature, it is to the in
terest of the railroad and all citizens
OF Alturas who propose to so try for
new county hereafter, to oppose
this grab-game of Ada county, plan
ned and to be pushed by the Boise
City ring. :
For these reasons, which are all liv.
ing, active reasons, the TINES warns
every true i'izen of Alturas to select
Tor Legislators only those who are true ,