Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1910-12-29
.,.n Wants to be County,
seat Of New Counfy
PAN LOOKS FEASIBLE
commercial Club of That Town
working Hard for Creation.

The proposed county, as talked over
a. the last meeting Of the Commercial
as,h taken on a definite form last
saturday night, when committees on
, vays and means were appointed also
executive committees.
Representatives citizens from Wood
land Harrisburg and Caribel were
nresent, and while not speaking for
their community as whole, they
expressed themselves as heartily in
syor Of a county with lines as follows:
BEGINNING two miles west of Greer
on Township line between 2 and 3;
hence south on that line to Lawyers
Creek; thence south to Red Rock can
Won in Idaho county; thence down
said canyon to Cottonwood creek
thence down said creek near Sites;
thence southerly to Salley Ann gulch;
thence directly east to the Montana
line; thence down the Lolo creek to
the place of beginning these lines are
sure to be changed, were the senti-
ments expressed by most Of those pre-
sent as the west boundary does not
extend far enough to the west.
With these boundaries new coun-
ty would have about $2,000,0OO.00
Of taxable property and would be
among the largest counties in the
state, while a diversity Of farming
and the timber industry would insure
the proposed county lasting prosperity.
NJ. r. Rawson and L. d. Doty,
while in Lewiston last Saturday, had
occasion to converse with some pro-
minent parties from Grangeville who
said that determined fight was being
waged by Cottonwood for the proposed
new County of Randall, and that
Grangeville people were bitterly op-
posed to the move, as it is cutting out
the best part Of the agricultural por-
ton of Idaho county. A committee
has been appointed by Grangeville
who will use every endeavor to defeat
any move toward cutting into theil
county from any source whatever
Cottonwood and vicinity on the Other
hand has been planning this proposed
move some time and had playe6
politics with fine Italian hand il
selecting candidates for the coming
legislature.
The fight that is being made b,
Orofno, Nezperce, Vollmer and Cot
tonwood is complicating the situation
terribly and no one can even CUES
what the outcome will be. One thin!
is sure, there will be two countie
cut Oft in this part of the state, bu
where the boundaries will be has pu
the politicians to guessing. Lewis
ton will consent for the territor
north Of the Clearwater and east c
North Fork rivers to 60 into cour
y and are willing on account Of tn
local option election held last Marc
TO let this part Of the country go, i
order to get their saloons back tw
years hence. Nezperce has at dife
ent times made efforts to cut loos
nom Its parent county, but woul
never consent unless it could hay
tne county seat although it lool
now, as the lines are drawn, that hi
long sought for wish would be a
talned, as she now stands in bett,
position than ever before, having Il
STATE senator and possibly all Il
representatives promise to help her.
There is another factor in the ca
mat will have to be aired before al
county can be made in the nor
part OF the state, that is this, Il
southern part Of the state has alwa
peen jealous of the marvellous growt
pelng made by the northern part at
aas used every endeavor to keep
balance Of power in the south. He
well she has done this, is being SHOW
~ ner ability to get almost anythil
sue wants in political way, and
.ne coming legislature she will ha
/" ee reckoned with, for if it can
made clear to those people in
south that their political supremacy
not IN danger by these new countl
iaen our people can begin to work.
Aamiah Progress.