Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-05-22


the course above outlined, and in con.
sequence OF his opposition no decis.
ion was reached. But he was imme,
diat-l, SET upon, "puIlrd down" and
compelled to retraet by the same
parties who BETRAYED TIE people OF
Alruras--yes, "betra>ed" is the word
and misn,anagrd the whole county
Il ht from b. ginning IN 1885,, the
present time. The next morning he
ven intimxted that he never told the
TINES man what he published in his
paper the previous evening, although
anyone with y particle of sense must
have known that the newspaper man
could not, within half an hour Of the
adj .urnment of the SECRET meeting,
have published an accurate report OF
It's proceedings uni, S. he had been
posted from TIE inside.
A. f. Montmndon, whose ability
and standing as al honorable attorney
is SECOND to none, who is u much
heavier taxpayer than the mtst Of
them, and who is positively lNcoR
RuPTlBLE, also demonstrated with the
comm,ssi, ners. tie made q written
offer 70 take the case, either alone or
with other members Of the bar, free
of charge if lost, and it it was won
to be paid what the commissioners
saw lit 10 allow.
Us. Waters, ex district attorney,
made q similar uff-r, also in writing.
These offers should be, and probahl,
are, on file in the Office Of the clerk
Of the Board OF county commissioners
They were ignored, or treated with
contempt. Yes, with contempt.
den. this who will.
A few days later the public learned
nv an item IN the Bellevue Herald
that Lyt'l, ton Price, George NJ
Parsons, Texas Angel and N. N
R"irk w.ra the attorneys Tor Alt,
and Lincoln counties. and, few day
later, it was learned that the attor
neys on both sides had ent-r-d int
u stipulation to have but one case
The result is we'll known.
The TIMES reporter called at tn.
court house as often MS twice dx,
to see thu minutes 1T the proceeding
of the Is ard Of county commissioners
Not word appeared referring to thu
employment of attorneys. Mes-r~
Florence and Akin were spoken to
Mr.. Florence finally confessed, in tn.
most supercilous manner possible
that the Board had already retained
its attorneys, that it was done IN
BOISE, ".ome time ago." that is, even
before the adjournment Of the Legis
aturr!
Last Monday the TINES reporter
saw the following for the first time
in the minutes Of the Board:
Ordered, That Hons. Lyttl. ton
Price and Geo. NJ. Parsons be re.
Ia n: d MS counsel for Alta aud L,n>
coin counties in any lawsuits winch
may lie brought IN the Distric,
or Supreme Cou,t OF Idaho, to
test the validity OF the bill
known rs "Senatr Bill No 49," (the
ac, creating Alta AID Lincoln counters,
for o"- Thousand dollars each, pay.
able in thu warrants Of Alta county
ut par. Also, that said Price ano
Parsons be and are hereby authorized
and empowered to engage such AL
d,t,onal legal aid as they may dem
proper ut an additional expense Of no
to exceed one Thousand dollars, to b,
paid in like county warrants
This was passed q few dav. ate
Messrs. Montanaon and Water
offered their services as above stated
also f.w days after MIR Angel and
TINES reporter had demonstrated, y
sbove stated.
As the minu.es of that day wer
not signed the TINES reporter jocosel
called Mr.. Fior-nce's attention to tina
fact. The old gentleman thereupo
affixed his name to them. This wa
last Monday, thu 18th Instant, Ut pre-
cisely II minutes to IL o'clock, moor
This is the usual experience. Whe
the TINES reporter protests priva,el,
his language and actions are misrt
presented aud perverted, aud even h
intentions are attacked in thu mo,
Infamous manner, aud to the know