The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-19
BY G. E. ARNEY.

Special to Tho Tribune.
SuOsHONE, Ida. Nov, Is" Oh,
YOU land oilicc,' This j. tEe present
prevailing appeal OF HALEY GoodIrG
and Shoshonc; three rival towns Tor
the valued prize Since July OF lHS1
more han n quarter Of ccnturN-
HALEY has had this location of thc Unit
ed States district baud Office, From
time TO time during the progress OF
the years. HALEY has been called upon
TO defend her tide 10 this important
al iunct. against her ambitious neigh
bors who looked upon the prize with
Jealous eyes.
MOI until four wears ago did the pres
sure become SO heavy that the Wood
River contingent sent Judge Sullivan
OF the Idaho supreme court 10 Washing
ton. who silcnced the opposition for the
time being.
Some months ago, however, special
agent of the department made a repor,
against It's remaining at Haley ana
recommended its removal southward.
closer TO the irrigated lands OF the
Minidoka reclamation tract, and the
various Carey act projects to the lmme-
ate west OF his body of land,
Then the guardians of the busy, BOOM
inc towns Of Twin Falls, Rupert. Bur
lev, Hevburn, Sloshonc and Gooding
got busy Before the campaign grew
very old most, II not all, the ambitious
applicants for the location We're cllmln-
ated. except Gooding and Shoshonc.
During the early period of the strug-
gle. somo four years ago, referred to
above. Shoshone claims TO have had Il
call on the location.
'' We could have procured the location
of the district land Office when Gar
field was secretary, said Shoshonitc.
TODAY - hut we were then III the midst
1 l.. .alg. NIL
Il. Gooding 20 the executive chair, and
the intense feeling of loyalty to him
overcame our ambition for the otllcc
then: for the removal would have ma
tcrially injured his political fortunes nj
HALEY SO we Welded for the time be-
ing, and now, as result, 6nd ourselves
in u dead hard struggle FOR the coveted
prize, which we still hope ultimately
TO win. -
..The Ballinger Pinchot episode Gu
icrs into this situation to no small de-
gree, said another Shoshone gentle
man today, Gin that through his at
tack Of the "inchot policy in Idaho
while govcrnor-FranE r. GoodiDg has
u warm friend in Secretary BalliEger.'
Continuing, this Shoshonc man dag
uoscd the situation substantially as
follows: Three weeks ago Gooding was
very close 90 winning this location.
chiefly through Governor Gooding S
power with the secretary Of the IN
terror, but the Hailcvites got busy
and went after Idaho s two senators
aud one congressman without gloves.
Hcvburn Immediately declined 10 take
sides: gracefully turning the fight over
80 Senator Borah Of Ada county and
Congressman Hamer OF Fremont comfy,
insisting that this was Il south Idaho
''scrap,' which should be settled by
these TWO SOlunS of the arid belt. This.
Of course. was embarrassing to Iiamcr.
who j. in the midst of a hard fight with
French. mis- predecessor, who aspires 10
defeat him; and 10 Borah. who has
plenty Of other things of Importance
10 command mis- attention. and who new
or goes out of his way 10 hunt u con-
tcniion where he must take a positive
stand with one side or the other.
HALEY, howcvcr-accordipg 10 the
man from Shoshopc-has succeeded in
blocking "ro-ress ~ least until the
December meeting of the congress and
probably until after the next state cam.
paign.
HALEY has i strong argument for
retaining the office They are deeply
rognizant Of the large farming interests
ni the lower country now; but point
back to ten wears ago. when this large
area was IN the same dormant state as
i now the large area OF mining country
in northern Blhiuc. Custer and south.
rrn Idaho counties: all of which may
blossom into activity in the next ten