The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-19
LIVELY THREE O2NERfD FIGHT ON
FOR IDAROS DISTRICT LAND OFFICE

vca.S in mining way. equal 10 the
developing valley below, at the present
| iimc They argue, with great earnest
ness. hat with the opening Of this mn.
prospcctod, rich mining belt, HALEY VIII
be nearer the center of AL the inter
cSts OF The land district, than either
ShoshuUc or GOoding.
Goodma argues her claim from point
of easy iumess agd cgTCsS, while Sh0
shonc occupies q middle ground. as "a--
IL accessible as Gooding and more
available to the land cn'rymcn OF thr
district than HailCy.
Tho rivalry TO-DAY is chiefly betwcer
Guodmg and Shoshonc. After spending
dav i'm each place we arc inchneu ~
the belief that either town would b,
better satisfied for the district lan'
office 10 remain mt HALEY than to be
located at the rival town. The sng
gcstion is made at Shoshonc that tn!
town of Gooding is using this land OF
flee rs stepping stone TO removal
of the county seat from Shoshone 10
Goodmg They argue that with tn,
added acreage coming under water an"
settlement. Lincoln county VIII soon p'
too large To maintain single county
Government: that the natural dividing
line will be from Jerome to Dietrich,
which Will leave Shoshonc IN the east
erlv boundary line of the west county
and Gooding iii or near the geographic
center and the probable center Of tu-
ture population, enabling them To re.
move the seat OF county government
TO Gooding by vote OF the people;
This mtcnsificS public feeling. Inc
court house is always valuable ad.
iunct. and IL is the consensus OF
opinion 10 towns which have both i
land office and n county scat that the
former is quite as much of an asset TO
the city rs the latter,
The HALEY land district extends from
southern Idaho county 10 the Utah
state line and from eastern E.lmorc
county 10 the Snake river. 1t en-
braces all of Cassia. Twin Falls, Lin,
coin. Blaine and Custer counties ana
portions Of Bingham, Fremont, Elmore
and Idaho counties.
This removal question does not con
stitutc the sum total OF agitation over
the HALEY district land office. Both
the register and receiver arc involved.
The register is satisfied and wishes
TO hold on TO his position, while the
receiver is dissatisfied and wishes 80
east off the official burden.
Fred c. Bradley of HALEY is the
register aud \. 7. Mcmahon Of Sbo-
Sboue is the receiver.
Register Bradley is said 10 he
charged bv au agent ot the department
with incompcteuCy. ana the present
chairman of the board of commissioners
Of Lincoln county. Mr.. Hart, of Rupert,
is a candidate for the position.
Receiver McMahou Seut III his reSlg-
nation in August last and, at the re-
quest of Washington ctficialdom, when
this removal turmoil began 10 seethe,
withdrew IL. II IS generally under
stood tha~ if the office remains at
HALEY, he will insist on being re
Ecvcd; it il goes TO Shoshone CHS
home), hc viii recall permanently his
resignation and serve out his term; but
il is not clear what attitude he Will
assume. should the office be removed
10 Gooding.
Should he resign and the office re.
main at HALEY, Presley Horne, a land
attorney ut HALEY and very compe.
tent Young man, Will probably apply
for the place.
Commissioner Dcnctt of the general
land office more than year ago,
promulgated Il rule to the effect that
as new appointments should be made in
vacancies of district land offices, al
least one Of tho officials designated
should be an attorney at law. The pres.
cnt officials at HALEY arc laymen, not
lawyers: hence, IN the event of 3 re-
moYal of Bradley or the resignation Of
McMahon, either Mr.. Horne or some
other attorney will be named for one
of the positions Each Of these offices
pay the maximum annual salary Of
$4,000. The work is heavy, chiefly ow-