Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-01-20
THAT DECISION.

| The supreme court handed down de-
cision in the Blaine county case on the
18th inst. which settles the case forever,
So strong does the court put it that even
Bellevue man can understand it. The
same subject has been before that court
% often that the court was getting tired
of the same old story, and in former
case, the case of Blaine county VS.. Hurd
the court then indicated they were tir-
Ing of the numerous cases being brought
testing the validity of the law creating
Blame county, and they used very
strong language in their decision, which
they evidently supposed the denizens of
missouri Flat" would be able to under
stand. This is the language used in the
beginning of their opinion in the Hurd
case:
Notwithstanding this case in all its
salient points has been before US and
considered by us, in view of its import
ance we have again gone carefully over
the case as presented by briefs, and ar
guments of counsel, and are convinced
that the contention of the appellant can
not be sustained. and that the act of the
legislative assembly of Idaho Session
Laws, 1885 establishing Blaine county
and Lincoln county are valid and con-
stitutional laws"
No less than six cases brought with
view to reinstate Logan and Alturas
counties had been before the court be-
fore the Hurd case was brought, and Is
it any wonder that the supreme court
was getting tired of these cases? Hence
the strong language used by them as
quoted above. But the denizens of
missouri Flat" were not yet made to
understand their decision and they
again brought the case which was SO re-
Gently decided by the same court, who
show by their language used in that de-
cision that they are more and more irri-
tated by the continuous repetition of
bringing the same case before them. The
closing words of the court in this case
are worthy of repetition and are SIS fol-
lows:
"Whether that decision was right or
not, public policy and sound legal
principles demand that we now adhere
to it, and regard the question as sealed
book which is no longer open to public
scrutiny"
T. A.. -o.~oJot,,x, 81 ~ a d. fovr,o:foe
and as solace to their disgruntled and
blasted hopes we recommend the follow
ing practical stanza:
Twas ever thus: since childhood's hour.
I've seen my fondest hopes decry.
I never loved tree or flower,
But twas the first to fade away"
In 1892 Bellevue struggled for the
county seat honors of old Alturas county,
but failed of success. Later on, by the
most glazing fraud ever perpetrated, by
territorial officials and an aggregation
of boo6lers, pretended act was passed
by trump" legislature and created
Logan county. Later on county seat |
contest to take the county seat away |
from Shoshone came up and one half |
of the votes cast for Bellevue tor county |
seat were not legal votes. But Bellevue
get it, and now they have ''got itagain"
lin the neck this time. From this |
time on it is to be hoped that they Will
understand that the supreme court has
settled this question forever.
Arthur Brown has his franchise for 80
years to carry water by an open ditch
through the city OF Bellevue. The SUI
preme court has had enough monkey
work over this question leo they say).
The entire state is tired OF this old song,
and now it is forever at rest.
Now that the question is buried for
ever, let US not even mrrk the spot for
lear the lorthesome remains may emit
some unwholesome effiuvia, and there
We will let it remain forever.
Ta-ta Logan; good morning Blaine.