Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-09-30
COUNTY SEAT
REMOVAL MEET
Big Rally at Post Falls Attracts
Crowd.


had by speakers from this city, and
also from the village OF Rathdrum.
A special train was used for the oc-
cassion for the purpose of conveying
people living in the neighboring
towns to Post Falls, and after the
meeting they were returned to their
respective towns nearest their place
of residence. A large delegation
attended from this city. and when
the meeting convened the hall was
filled to overlooking with enthusiasts
for Occur d'Alene.
Hon. H. M. Strathern OF Post
Falls acted as chairman of the meet
ing and after briefly stating its pur-
pose he called upon Senator McClear
for an address.
Senator McClear delivered one of
his characteristic forceful addresses
in behalf of the removal of the coun-
ty seat to this city He pointed out
all the advantages of Occur d'Alene
over any other town in the county,
and maintained that it was the logi-
cal place for the location Of the
county seat. 1t would operate, he
commended, beneficially to all the peo-
pie of the county, afford a safe place
for the records, and give better ac-
commodations to every one having
county business to transact. He re-
viewed the work in a general way
that had been done by the county
seat removal committee, and express
ed the confidence that the voters
would be able to see the many bene-
fits to be derived by a removal of
the county seat, and cast their ballot
in favor of it on election day.
Senator McClear was followed by
G. F. Clough of Rathdrum. In his
address, Mr.. Clough used map of
the county, and he sought to show
that the expense of travelling to the
present county seat was equally as
cheap as it would be were 1t located
at Occur d'Alene and that the court
could be conducted with equally as
little expense. Another argument
presented by him was that the pres
ent ground upon which the court
house stood was donated to the coun-
ty on condition that 1t should belong
to it as long as the property was
used for court house purposes, and
that when 1t ceased to be so used
it would revert to the donor by rea-
son of a reversion clause in the deed
to that effect. He then made an
appeal for the little town of Rath-
drum, an appeal to the voters to
vote against the removal Of the eoun-
ty seat, and then sat down.
Mcfarland was the next speaker
of the evening. He prefaced his adj
dress of the evening with the re-
mark that he understood that Mr.
Clough was a good undertaker-that
he was now engaged in that bust
ness-that his arguments of the even
ing in favor of Rathdrum were as
dead as the town itself, and concluded
ii with the advice that he perform
the customary funeral rites over
them, and bury them. and then he
launched out on a reply to the few
arguments advanced by Clough. He
Eeontended that to advocate the idea
that it would be cheaper for the
majority of those having county
seat business to transact to go to
Rathdrum was absurd, and would
not appeal to an intelligent audience:
and that the records would show
that the deed to the county. of the
present site of the court house, con-
tanned no reversion clause. He then
dwelt upon the ideal central location
of Occur d'Alene. its commercial and
Industrial advantages, its railroad ia
eilities, and the accommodations that
would be afforded the county officers
In the new city hall; and contended
that the records would be there kept
in a place of safety against fire.
| NuSFSas HON tneg we're malnlalheu
in a hre-trap. and apt to be con-
sumed by fire at any moment. He
ended with a strong appeal to the
voters to look to their interests and
, the advantages to be derived from
, voting for 8 removal OF the county
} seat. and expressed himself satisfied
that after they had given the sub