The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1905-01-13
|6OUNTYpV|SON QUESTION
Untrue Statements Made By
Divisionists.
.RATHDRUM OPPOSES SCHEME
Reasons Why County Should
s Not Be Divided.

The CGur d'Alene Journal, in ITS
last issue, makes frantic appeal to
the good people Of CHur d'Alenc to
rally around the cause Of county div
lsion and tG aid the Standpoint real
estate boomers in their selfish scheme
To dismember Kootenai county. The
| Journal says that State Senator Tay-
lor has telegraphed to the CDur d.
Alene committee that CEur d.
Alenc did not help Standpoint, Sand
point would look elsewhere for sup
port, and the Journal says that foxy
Rathdrum has been making over.
lures to Standpoint. As far as Rath-
drum Is concerned, it has made no
overtures to Standpoint, and 1t will
make none. Rathdrum is unalterably
opposed to county division on any
lines. There are those who may
doubt the statement; but with the
patriotic citizens OF Rathdrum, 1t is
not SO mucha county seat PROPOSE
tion, as 1t Is a Kootenai county pro-
position. We desire to see the grand
| old county remain intact for q num-
Der of years to come. Taxes are high
and we have large county indebted
ness. To divide the county ut this
time on any lines would be to per-
| haps double our taxes and perhaps
double the Indebtedness. Two coun-
ties would require two sets OF county
buildings and two sets OF county off,
GERS. 1t Is safe to say that county
division would increase the burden of
Indebtedness by at least 100000.
We do not believe the taxpayers and
voters Of the county are Ia any mood
to increase this burden merely to
crafty the selfish ends of few real
! estate boomers and few individuals
who want county offices, and who
stand but little show of getting them
while the county remains intact. It
has been asserted that Standpoint has
raised several thousands of dollars 10
order to bring about county division.
Will the advocates Of county division
please advise the public 10 what
manner this sum of money Is to
be spent? 1t cannot be honestly
spent. A few hundred dollars will
cover the expenses Of the men who
may go to Boise for the purpose Of
presenting the claims Of the county
diyisionists. One thing is sure, any
attempt to corrupt the Legislature
! will not work. And we warn those
who may attempt it that the temper
OF the public will not stanu any at
tempt at corruption. II there is
merit in the claims Of those who fav.
or county division, let them rely
upon the merit of their claims and
not upon corruption fund. 1t is
reported that one OF the Standpoint
real estate boomers advised that nc
attention be paid to obtaining petit
tions signed by tax payers and voters,
but that a large corruption fund be
raised. This Is u fair sample OF the
motives which prompt those who ar,
clamoring for county division. III
this connection an amusing incident
is related as to the manner in which
, the subscription list In Sandpoin,
r was obtained. For long time, nc
, body would head the list. 1t wat
, passed back aad forth between tht
, principal real estate boomers, bu
3 none Of them would head it. Final.
Q one Of them, a little shrewder thar
the others, headed the list with $500
/; but with the secret undcrstandin.
that he was to pay only $3.50, Will,
: all others who subscribed were to b
/; required to pay up the full amount o
( their subscriptions. This, il true
is u great joke upon those who vii
pay up in fnll. Our advises iron
0 different parts Of the county arc t
o the effect that the majority Of tn
q voters and tax payers are bitterly op
e posed to county division, and II vii
i require more money and more franti
r efforts on the part OF the town 10
9 speculators and the tenderfeet VIII
want To run thugs, to bring abou
o county division. The old timers, lib
pioneers, the Biz tax payers, in short
the men who have made the count.