Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-10-27
WHY WE WANT DIVISION.

Wood River. We are a community
of stockgrowers. ranohers and min !,
ers. The best mines in Idaho ere
within Elmore's boundaries--Pine
Grove, Rocky Bar and Atlanta
the other portion is rich in stock,
farms, orchards and Vineyards
While on Wood River (outside of
Bellevue and Broadford) they are
on corrupt rings and
county seat location.
In the next place, according to
population we pay more taxes IN
Western Alturas than all the rest OF
the county, and are allowed no rep I
resentation whatever-not even a
road supervisor, when one can be
imported. They ignore our right of
petition entirely and scott at our
pleadings for justice.
The present county seat is two
days travel by rail from any part
of Western Alturas. A witness or
juror summoned here to appear at
HALEY, at the lowest figure, will
cost the county $40 in fees and
mileage, to say nothing of the great
loss of time to the party summoned.
If a case go to HALEY from Rocky
Bar or Atlanta, the costs to the
county would not be less than
$4,000. And for this same reason
much money is lost in Western Al
turas, owing to cost of litigation
at the higher court. These things
would be different were the county
seat in reach of the poor as well as
the rich. Suits and appeals are
often abandoned owing to the enor-
nous expense attached to their
prosecution at far-oH seat of JUS
tice, as is HALEY.
The HALEY ring assert that the
people Of Western Alturas can not
support a new county; that salaries
Of officers and the cost of county
buildings will be more than we can
bear. The salaries of a fifth class
county-which Gilmore will be
would not, as whole, amount to
much more than the sheriff of AL
turas now receives, and as to the
county buildings, the people Of Ell
more think they can save enough
in fees and mileage in the next two
years, by not having to 60 to HALEY
} to erect good county buildings.
The HALEY ring also assert tina
the county can not be divided with
out the consent of the bondholders
Any sensible man knows that thi
is all rot" Our people are will
ing to take their chances after tn
coming Legislature creates Gilmore
The Haley ring is using its ut
most to create dissention in on
ranks by circulating false report
regarding the endeavors of the va
rious towns to secure the count
seat of Elmore. 1t will not work
gentlemen. That is not an issue i
this fight Division first, the count
seat afterwards. The people of e.
Q more don't care continental so tn
, county seat is located more CONVEX
g lent than is Haley.
Western Alturas is continuousl
gaining in permanent population
8 while the Wood River country
: losing. Rocky Bar will yet rivs
Butte City as mining center; A
, lanta is only awaiting the magi
hand of capital; Pine Grove is W
: young but surely awaits a great de-
tiny, while our own sagebrush plair
are being eagerly sought by tt
hardy tillers Of the soil.
Glenn's Ferry is a thriving raj
road town, on the banks of tt
sparkling Snake river, surrounde
by rich lands and magnificent stoc
r ranges, and with good placer gol
7 diggings almost within the tow
e limits. 1t contains about 400 il
/ dustrious, energetic people, WI
|. almost unanimously desire a ne
/ county.
Mountain Home, 'the hot-bed
i DIVISION" as the Haley ringste
n are pleased to call it, is railros
d town of about 600 inhabitants al
s. is the distributing point for Il
t. mining camps of Pine Grove, Rocl
t. Bar Atlanta on the east and t
<. rich agricultural sections of Br
ncau valley and Castle creek on t
< west. AS before remarked, it has
Of splendid agricultural country ST
IS rounding it and is the headquarte
"a for all the stock men of Westc
ar Alturas.
It. Our cause is just. Stand by yo
O. guns and keep the powder dry, a
at the going down of the sun on t
at 9th of November let the joyful
w frain 60 up from the roaring Sna
IN to the snow-capped Sawtooth II
as our down-trodden people of Weste
he Alturas are free and that the Lit
al Giant Elmore is assured Of an .
a trance to the constellation Of st.
he now forming the grand and gloriC
ed Territory of Idaho.
W SENATOR HUTCHINs.
rs T. Hutchins came in from Can
ire Thursday and silenced the infamo
Al n y