Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-16
WILL WORK FOR
THE DIVISION Of
CASS|A COUNTY
Residents Of Burley Will
Ask That New County Be
Created Out Of Minidoka
Tract Section.

"Cassia county will ask the next leg
islature for division" declared E. J.
Hunter, a prominent attorney of Bur-
ley, we'll known in the political world
of Idaho as at one time private Sec
rotary to Fred T. Dubois, ex-United
States senator, and two years ago
Democratic candidate for lieutenant
governor. Mr.. Hunter has been in the
city several days. He left this morn
ing for Burley.
I'VE believe we are entitled to new
county and will present our claims in
a clear way to the legislature II our
present plans go through. We have
not been saying very much about the
creation of the new county for the rea-
son that we have been busy with other
matters. l believe an investigation
will substantiate the statement that
great majority of the people in the ter
ritory proposed for the new county
favor the plan"
Divide 10 lneonvenient.
Albion is at the present time the
seat of government of Cassia county
1t Is in the north central portion but
is claimed to be so located as to be OF
great inconvenience to those who wish
to transact county business and re-
side farther north along the Snake
river This is due to the fact high
range Of mountains forms natural
division Of the north and south por-
lions of the county and in order TO
reach Albion from the north 1t is nee
essary to cross the divide at great in
convenience. expense and often danger
due to snow storms.
The proposal of the county division
lists is to include in the new county
that area of the old located on the
south shore Of the Snake river between
the river and the divide between Bur-
lev and Albion. The boundary lines
of the new county on the north would
be the Snake river, on the west the
present boundary line between Twin
falls and Cassia county, the south the
range OF mountains between Burley
and Albion paralleling which is the
range line to a point where this linz
intersects with the section line on the
west of Albion. Tie eastern boundary
follows the section line to the west
and north Of Albion and then turning
north following the section lice to the
Snake river.
Assessed Valuation Large.
The valuation Of the a3scssable
property In the AREA proposed fer the
new county is $2,24: 900 to which viii
be added close to 100000 more
when the big beet sugar factory Is
completed. It is said that 33 Ia per
cent Of the entire population in Cassia
county Is to be found in the proposed
territory Of the new county which is
claimed to pay AZ per cent of the pres
ent county's taxes. The proposed area
for the new county is the Mini1oka
tract section, which Is thickly settled
and in a stage OF rapid development.
Burley Is to be the county seat This
city is one Of the most progressive In
the southern part Of the state and has
a large number Of live-wirc boosters
as its residents and business men who
are going after the new county IN a
secure results.
Wants Relief for Settlers.
Mr.. Hunter will leave within short
time for Washington to confer with the
reclamation and other departments on
needed relief for the settlers on the
Minidoka project. He expects to be
able to show the officials at the head
OF this bureau that the government
can adopt no wiser policy than to be
lenient with the men and women who
have braved the trials of the desert
country to reclaim its land with gov
eminent water. 1t 10 Mr.. Hunters
firm belief that half the present cost
assessed by the government against the
settlers raising their water rights from
$50 to about $50 should be charged OF
by the government to the reclamation
experimental fund. thereby placing the
cost where 1t belongs and taking a
load from settlers who are already
having hard work to meet their grocery
bills while bearing the burden. Mr..
Hunter 10 armed with the facts and II