Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-07-18
BADLY ENMESHED In TANGLEP00T.
The Ex-Govemors Ambassador at Ru-
pert Short Circuits the Bosss
Intentions.
DAMPER FOR ONE DAMPIER

the whole show from ossified man to
sawdust. But for some reason his arti-
Gle in the Hepburn Review fails to bear
his signature. At least it is not back
ed up by any editorial comment, favor
able or unfavorable. The reason for
Joe Dewitt of the Pioneer-Record and
T. J. Murphy of the Hepburn Review
have been in the thick of fight Incl
dent to settling new county; no men |
know more what it means. On what is |
known as the North Side tract the peo-
pie have undergone like hardships, and
when in their wrath they rise to fight a
pirate of the ex- governors s ilk, if these
editors could speak as they feel they
would be one with us. With us it is a
question OF self defence against a rob-
ber baron who recognizes no allegiance
pr obligation to the party that once put
him in state wide power, so long as his
| grasping, selfish, personal greed is sat
lated. With Elk Governor Gooding the
/ light on this question must first filter
through his pocketbook. And when
such fiaring injustice as this three
county division is attemped to be forced
on an unwilling people their sense of
fair play can but withhold undue COM
ment favorable to its consummation of
such men as Dewitt and Murphy.
OF one thing the county at large may
rest assured II we are beaten we will
80 down fighting; we will not hug and
hold Oh to avoid punishment. Nor will
We quit. On the other hand, this fel-
low Dampier, insults the manhood of
the Minidoka tract with peurile whine
like this.
ITO divide Lincoln County by sever
ing the Minidoka County from Lincoln
County looks good, but can it be done?
Goodng village would fight it. Sho-
shone, Richfield, Hagerman, and Diet
rich would fight it, Frank ane Fred
Gooding would fight it. What chance
would jerome alone and a handful of
people in Rupert have against that
alignment? Frank and Fred Goodng
would fight it hard. Saturday, June
29 Fred GOoding made the statement
openly that he would work harder anc
r spend more money to kill two county
division than he had to defeat county
=, division two years ago. 1t is needless
to say Frank Gooding would back hin
in the fight. What chance would w
X. Hyatt have pitted against the ex
perence, prestige, and ability (thest
-, terms convey lot of fulsome flattery)
.. of the Goodings? He would be as I
=. baby
One could almost be led to believ,
! that this Dampier was being paid Il
give voice to such utterances. Such al
appeal is not to MEN, but is intende,
X 10 overawe and whip boot-lickers int
Is line. How else would a man who lay
e. claim to the least spark of manhoo
s. have the hardihood to parade his woe
is full lack of every adjunct that goes int
~ the making of a MAN?
"a Bissen, Stevenson, Dampier, and $
s- on al nauseum studiously refrain fror
ST mentioning Wendell. That town is LEI
a to be approached by the velvet foot c
4. the ex-governor with the promise of
,d FOURTH county, only to be hastil
as withdrawn when he thought the VOL
m ERS of Minidoka would get wis,
T. Just as they are liable to get wise
the rumor that Burley is liable to be
as factor this year and not two yea
n hence as Mr.. Dampier inadvertently il
~. slip. The idea of Shoshone, Richfieli
a. and Hagerman fighting the two count
nr movement is laughable, that is, in ca:
or the ex-governor puts down his foo
"i As TO Burley being possible Afric'
81, in the woodpile it might not be tin
lie lost for the Minidoka VOTERS
Is study out why the ex-governor WI
ere foxy enough to have the senator
.gc each party chosen by himself, his ov
ias men who stand ready tied to his bi
MI ding. men of his own bailiwick. II
'ht ex-governor, politician though he styl
= himself, cannot stand defeat, or {
or least indication of it, He is fast losil
nS' his head as he sees the hopeless sns
rr- his henchmen have made of his ear
oi fully arranged threads, and he stan
rY ready to sacrifice his own party in l
'v. turn for personal gain. In this the
is. is a ghmmer of hope just as there W
de- two years ago.
FRY Will this man Dampier please sta
.,,t corrected in one instance? The talk
oi the patented lands about Hagerman
10y ing forced to stand the brunt of
WI burden was circulated by the Heybu
,ch paper in its clarion call to its people
"Quit while the quittin's good. The