American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-02-11
|UNTY BILL
| PASSES HOUSE
! Rests in Hands Of the
Senate Committee.
nse Passes Power County Bill by
Vote of 35 to o, With Is Men,
bers Absent.-New County
Bill Follows.

Vote of 30 to D, With 10 Menu
H bers Absent.-New County
1l Bill Follows.
The Power county bill passed the
nse on Monday by vote of 80
0/~with Is members absent and
|& voting. The bill was opposed
the floor of the house by the re-
from Blaine county,
thur and Friend who made talks
ainst the bill before the vote was
Zen. The bill came up for final
usage shortly after the house had
& <Aveniened and Representative Bur
the father of the bill, opened
y argument by giving the body an
VI of what proposed county was
contain in the way of population,
luation and area. Calling attention
| the revenue part Of the county,
mparing the estimated taxes of
Dwer county with those of Oneida
lngham and Blaine His talk on
<ese lines was instructive to those
mo were soon to vote upon the bill
md had much to do with the final
suit. Several questions were aske
&ncerning the population of the
hools of the new county, which
III. Burrell answered to the salts
gtfon of the questioner
|} Representative Friend, of Blaine
ounty, followed Mr.. Burrell and
46ked the house to kill the bill. He
|<ook only a few minutes of the time
~ the house in his remarks against
8 passage. The principle argument
gainst the bill was made by repre-
entative Arthur, also of Blaine.
Ze talked for some length, giving
0asons why the people of his county
IMPOSED the bill. The new county
likes from that county stripe of
md across the river, and in this is
included the Oregon Short Line rail-
bad, a source of great revenue to
laine county. The argument ad-
4anced here was the same as was
Xsed in their fight against the bill
&Wo years ago.
81 Representative Davis, of Malad
md one of the brainiest men in the
6Ouse, answered the argument made
~ Representative Arthur in a few
skords. He said the people of his
,6art of the county was in favor of
he division of the county because
hey felt that it was just to the
Northern part of Oneida county TO
lave a county and seat of govern
hent within reach. He called at
ention to the fact that the people
living in the northern part of the
Ounty of Oneida and those living in
hat portion of Blaine which is i
Xluded in the bill, had to travel clos
% two hundred miles to go to their
Eat of government, and trip tha
vould take three and four days to
make. He believed the time was
fipe to grant to the people within
he boundries of the proposed new
tounry the relief tney asked, and
hat the greater number of people
would be benefited by it's creation.
II Upon roll call the bill passed by
The vote of 35 to 8, 5 not voting.
The bill is now in the committee OF
he senate, and when action will b
3Rken by that body can not be said
II this writing, although it is the
|ppinion that action will be taken
|ur: ng the coming week.
n The wording of the bill fr the
urea tion of the county of Power is
rs follows:
n To create and organize the county
of Power; to define the boundrles
Ahereof, and to designate and fix the
}eounty seat of Power county; to
dpa ovide for the transcription OF all
u eC ords of Oneida county, Bingham
5co1nty, Blaine county and Cassla
county relative to property and per-
IONS within the boundries of Power
Bounty; and to constitute the county
I<ot Power a part of the fifth judicial
&district of the state of Idaho and a
*part of the nineteenth senatorial dis
frict of theState ofldaho until other
wise apportioned by law; and for al
{pc crtioning the property, moneys ano
Indebtedness of Oneida county, Bin
{gham county, Blaine county and Gas
Ria county as between SAID countles
fespectively, and Power county; ano
Ter other purposes incident TO the
Organization of new county; ano
Erepealing all acts and parts OF acts
mot consistent with this act; anc
an emergency whereby thl
&aot shall be in force and effect from
&and after its passage and approVai
j Be it enacted by the legislature
lot the state of Idaho:
i Section /. That there is hereby
Ecreated and formed out of a por
&tion of the existing counties of Onei
Fda, Bingham. Blaine and Cassia, II
&the State of Idaho, new count.
Ito be named Power county, to b'
*organized and governed as herell
provided:
Section 2. That all that portion
fof the state of Idaho within th'
boundries described as follows. to
&wit: Beginning at the conjunctlt
Eof Bingham, Bannock and Oneld'
Ecounties, at the mouth of the Por
ENeuf river, running thence easterl'
land southeasterly along the boundr
line between Oneida and Bannocl
ron Mites RI tho DOint Of intersection