The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-10-17
COUNTY DIVISION BILLS
WILL Be NUMEROUS
At COMING SESSION
OTHER CAMPAIGN ISSUES ARE
FORGOTTEN IN MANY OF
THE COUNTIES.
Party Policies and National Questions
sidetracked--Ther Is Even Talk Of
Dividing Ada and Oneida, Making
Five Of Two.

BOISE, Oct 1G.--If the hopes OF the
county livisionists In Idaho are real
ICED this state will be sub-divided into
many smaller units than It is now
composed OF. Democrats will elect leg
islatiye tickets where republicans
should and vice versa, measures Of i'm
\ portance during the next session Of the
4 legislature will be jeopardized and
there will be the bitterest county di-
vision controversy staged In the his
tory Of the state In addition other
counties are face to face with the re-
moval Of county seats, party lines In
these counties have been eliminated
and most unusual condition exists.
Judge Charles r. Mccarthy Of the
Third judicial district for Ada county
has just rendered a decision that adds
interest to the county split situation,
having ruled that in Boise county, one
OF the largest in area and smallest IN
population in the western part of the
state, residents may have choice OF
casting their votes for either Montour
Of Waverly as the permanent seats OF
government for that county. Both
towns wanted the exclusive right to the
government seat. Montour, new
town on the Idaho Northern railroad,
first made application. It's opponents
objected and petitioned to premit the
electors to vote on the town of Wav-
erly. Judge Mccarthy held that both
petitions were legal and the electors
could at the general election take their
choice. Idaho City, once one of the
greatest gold camps In the west, now
but small mining town, Is the pres
emit county seat of Boise county and
apparently has been lost In the race.
Fight in Lincoln County.
The most bitter county division fight
has been waged in Lincoln county
There three factions are busily at work
to split the county into three parts
one to retain the present county seat
at Shoshone, the second to name Good
ing as county seat and the third to
so designate the town of jerome. In
that county at the recent primary cleo
ton, over 900 republicans voted the
demoractic ticket to elect the candi-
dates who stood for county division.
Party issues were relegated into OBJ
livion and the issues became division
and anti-division. Irrespective of whe-
Their the democratic or the republican
legislative tickets are elected, both are
pledged to county division and will en-
deavor to divide Lincoln county.
Would Remove County Seat
Cassia county of which Albion Is
now the county seat, is threatened with
a removal county seat fight, for petit
lions were circulated to vote on the
question of removing it from Albion to
Burley and were granted by the courts.
Albion is making hard fight to hold
the seat Of government. Burley. pro-
gressive little city In that county. Is
Just as determined to be designated as
the county seat.
During the last regular session of the
legislature Fremont county asked to be
segregated into triplets for the creation
re ttn "a
but the legislature could not see 1t that
way and the big county is still Ere
mont But there is division move
ment on again there and the Fremont
triplets are expected to ask to be bap-
tised by the next session of the legis-
lature. The previous session did d.
vide Bingham. county, creating Bonne-
Vile with Idaho Falls as the county
seat 1t also divided washington coun-
ty to create Adams, but showed partic-
ular parental interest to north Idaho,
dividing Nez Perez county into three
parts, leaving old Nez Perez in one
and Clearwater and Lewis as the two
new ones. The north will probably not
ask Tor a. DIVISION at the heAl sesSioi''
Even Ada Is Attacked.
Ada county, of which Boise is the
center, is to be made the center of at
tack on division for the south end OF
the county wants a segregation from
the north end which is principally
Boise. and will carry division fight to
the legislature. Meridian is slated. as
the seat Of the new county. The seq
regation is asked for to permit the
south section to make its improve
ments In easier stages and not at as
rapid q rate as Boise wishes.
The division fight in Oneida county
calls for the creation Of Power and
4 third county on the east side with
Preston as the county seat. The re-
publican and democratic legislative
tickets are fighting out the issue and
regardless Of which win seats In the
legislature, Oneida county will parti-
cipate ii, lively county division fight
III the next session.