Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-07-26
QUESTIONS THAT DIVIDE PUB
LIC SENTIMENT n LOCAL
CONTEST IN PRIMARIES.

While there are only two tickets
in the field to be voted for next
Tuesday in the primaries, the Dem
Ocratic and the Republican tickets,
there are questions pressing for de-
cision that divide the candidates in
to several other groups. These
questions arise over the proposed
division of Lincoln County at this
time. all parties conceding that the
county is to be divided either into
two or three parts.
C. f. Borden heads The ticket OF
the three-county divisionist Repub-
licans as their candidate for State
Senator, while L. C. Jones is the
Democratic candidate for the same
office as a three county diyisionist.
L. R. Adams and E. Ralph Evans,
Republicans, standing with Borden
as candidates for Representatives
and K. G. Phelps, Democrat, with
L.C.Jones for one Of the Represen-
tatiyes.
James w. O'Connell, Republican,
is an out and out anti-diyisionist
for the Senate but has no Repre-
sentative at all running with him,
while Everett Noble, Democrat,
heads a non-partisan ticket, all
Democrats, however, pledged to di-
vide the county into two parts, by
cutting off the Minidoka tract.
The Democratic ticket, headed by
L. C. Jones. the Republican ticket
headed by Borden and the sO-called
non-partisan Noble ticket agree as
to the slicing off Of the Minidoka |
tract. For the purpose Of this di-
vision. it is understood that the
dividing line shall run north and
south from a point on the Blaine
county line to Kimama station on
the Oregon Short Line railroads and
then zig-zag on section lines south
westerly to the Snake river at a
point a little east of the Twin Falls
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on that stream.
The BorCen supporters and the
Jones SUPP rorters go further and
contend for still another county to
be erected to embrace the western
end of the present county and
bounded on the east by line run
ming north and south near Tunupa
Station. which is little over nine
miles west of Shoshone, with
county seal at Gooding This divi-
sion woud incOrporateWendel and
Hagerman in the new county WITH
Shoshone and Jerome in Lincoln
still.
The advocates of this division say I,
that TO carry it out would for
ever settle the whole question OF /
further county division, with three
counties not likely ever to be dis
turbed again in their metes and
bounds. while the same advocates
contend at the same time that the 1
.wo-county plan if carried out
would only be temporary makeshift
and later on there would be agita-
ion for another division, when ShO-
,hone would stand mighty good
chance of losing out entirely by o
he ambitions of Jerome and Good y
ng in seeking county seats for It
themselves. This is the view of d
ome of the most conservative citi- !,
ems of Shoshone and 1t is worthy b,
# careful consideration by all NJ
Toters. al
Here are the tickets: ce
In the alignment on the County if
ivision question the tickets and 81
arties may be said to be arranged nj
s follows: CT
For TwO-County Division ca
Democratic. Sc
For Senator-E Noble, of Sho- fl
hone. ta
For Representatives-W R. Hyatt tn
{ Rupert. w. F. Dickinson, of Ha- F5
erman. a
For Assessors. C. Bixler, of re
eyburn. co
For Sheriff-W. ]. Hollenbeck, of riN
eyburn. les
For Treasurer. A. Keefer, of
hoshone. of
For Superintendent Stella Cook, Tu
Shoshone. no
For Judge Probate Court-H. B. WI
.