The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-09-07
North and South Idaho.

There is constantly going the
rounds a lot of talk, and some of
1t is traceable to the newspapers,
which tends all the time to draw
distinction and cause an alignment
between the people of the north and
south Idaho. This is the worst Of
nonsense and ought not to be coun-
tenanced. This state is Idaho and
we are all Idahoans. But there
seems to be persistent effort on the
part of some of the papers of the
south to draw invidious comparisons.
and seldom true ones at that, by
which that section of the state may
profit to the detriment of the north.
Indeed we were almost ready to yield
a reluctant credence to some of the
advertisements of their fabulous
growth and enterprise until we came
across those cold unsympathetic fig
ures which tell us of the states as
sessment by counties and we were at
tell us of the Panhandle" or north
ern counties must dig up 40 per cent
of the states revenues and when 1t
finally soaked into US what that real
ly means, we began to wonder What
they had been giving u.s." Six coun-
ties paying 40 per cent Of the public
revenue! When it comes to the en-
actment of laws for our government
and apportioning the members of leg
islature they claim seventeen sena-
tors down there and give us six or &c
per cent of the members of the state
senate but when it comes to paying
the bills we pay 40 per cent. These
same self constituted guardians never
ask what we have or want but quiet
ly tell US what we can have II we be
good. When you really come to
gathering the facts you will find that
the south and south Idaho politicians
(and both parties are about alike in
that) have absolutely dictated and
controlled in legislation, In admin
istrative affairs and politics alike and
the whsperings of its repetition can
even now be heard. They have a
majority ON every state board today
and 1t has been SO for ten years. We
recount this not because we care
from what section of the state any
officer comes for that should make
no difference but we give 1t simply
as an illustration of how systemati-
cally this thing is done and still
some of them want to keep rubbing
us the wrong way. It will at once
occur to the fair minded man that
we ought to have representation In
proportion to the revenue we are
called upon to pay and yet we don'i
begin to have anything like 1t. The
Commissioner Of Immigration recent
ly issued a statement az to the wealth
and resources of the north and the
. Boise Statesman after making some
observations that might as we'll have
been unsaid continued, "Some of the
people of that great northern section
still think they live in Washington
others have an idea they are in Mon
tana and there may be some, al
there are here. who do not know
whether they live or not" Now 1
we were in any mood to call re
minders or draw parallels we nigh
rise to remark that up north here
IL we should give any credence at al
to the columes of the Statesman o
q few years ago. We might infel
(Which we do not) that most of tn,
population and all the politicians o.
the south draw their inspiration from
the capital of Utah. The Standard
News don't take stock in this or any
other of the numerous and some
times weird lamentations that per
iodfcally come to us from that Oasis
down there and besides 1t thinks thai
some of our south Idaho critics have
ready faculty for finding mares
nests. We are frank to say that we
believe one great trouble down there
Is that they put in all their time at
politics and they don't seem to be gov
srned by the union hours at that. II
they will do as we do up north here