Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-01-26
The LOGAN RING.

from Bliss over the signature of
&c rowler," part of which will be
found good reading here. It is as
follows:
The report that Camas Prairie
wa t. to he set off in a new county.
they being disgusted with the state of
affairs III Logan county aud the pro.>
poet of an increased rate OF taxation,
10 enough to scare the Oldest. The
part OF Logan county in Townships 6
and 5 and IL f., are talking that
in case tho county seat is permanently
located i" Bellevue, Of petite ming the
Legislature to annex those townships
to Gilmore county, as Mountain Home
Is much easier to get to than Bellevue,
as they can get to that place aid back
in day, while going to Bellevue will
take three days. Talk about the old
HALEY ring that was the great buza-
hoo III the division of Alturas county,
they ought to reorganize and take
lessons Of the Logan county ring that
discounts the Haley ring so to l. In
the HALEY ring the ring VAS made out
to embrace good part Of the resi-.
dents Of Haley and a eoodly number
scattered over the rest Of the county {;
hut as far Is the Logan county ring is
known it embraces but two, both of
them County Commissioners on the
organization of the county, for 70
search the records you will not fird
any matters passed ~ them that
either one or other is interested il,
and the Shoshone member OF the
board was regularly ignored, and whrr
petitions from the south part of the
county were presented, no action was
taken on them.
In a petition for a bridge across
the mouth Of the Malsd, they violated
che law in refusing to appoint viewers
to 60 aud examine the site. Again,
see the amount allowed for moving
the records from Shoshone tn Belle.
vue-Horton & kcefrr, of Sho.hone,
$50; Burns, Of Bellevue, for the same
work, $50
What will it cost the taxpayers to
repay what it cost to send parties at
the late election to all the polling
places in the county to pay for the
whi>key used in buying votes and the
other expenses Of the election? Look
out for some more bills to he SNUG
gled through like those shown B,
warrants on the county treasury Nos.
II, l4S, l74-5 IS, PA, 2s4, and
others. Then one Of the Commits
sioners is no more resident Of Logan
county, but Of Haley, living there
five nights Of the week and two in
Bellevue.
With these things before US is it to
be wondered at that the residents Of
the county are sick of the present
arrange mrnts and want to form other
county arrangements so that they will
get out of reach Of those vultures that
are now proving OH the vitals Of the
community?
To add to the present Indebtedness
o! Logan county, in addition to its
share Of the old Alturas debt, $4,000
for courthouse in any part of the
county will make the debt so heavy
that it cannot be paid, and will be
the ruin Of this part Of the State, ms
capital will be driven out, for it will
not seek investment where the taxes
are more than the legal interest in
many Of the Eastern States.
The above is we'll enough, and
possibly fair enough. But the refer
-nce to the alleged old Haley ring
should not be allowed to go uncon>
troverted. As the TINES has repeat
eddy stated, during the past eight
years, there never was HALEY ring.
The reason for this may possibly be
that the people of Haley would no,
have p rmitted the continued exist
ence of one; but certain it is that
there was not. Any reference, there.
fore, to the "Hailey ring" is an injus
tice to community whose public
splriteiness and liberality, passed into
Il proverb, have set a very beneficial
example in this yeung commonwealth
an example whose fruits will be
seen to the end of time, in the
unusually large number of public
spirited citizens which will be found
within her boundaries.
The many official incompeten,s and
embezzlers cane from what is nov
known as Logan county. "Sany"
Parsons, who was appointed Treasurer
to succeed John Winkleback, was a
Bellevue ssloon-keeper. He turned
up missing one morning. How much
he did get away with will never be
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