The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-11-01

Central Location and Railroad,
Of Burley Gives County Much
Greater Advertising

Herald has the following to say about
the county seat question:
"As shown by the call of election on
another page of this issue the question
of removing the county seat from AL
bion to Burley is to be voted upon at
the November election next.
"Burley has circulated petition az.
cording to the law and the court has
granted same giving the people of the
county the privilege of saying whether
or not the county seat shall remain Of
Albion any longer.
with bias to none and fairness to all
this paper believes the question should
be viewed, not from the standpoint of
who wants it, or what they want bnt
what are the best intrests of the county
in this matter.
$50 far as towns are concerned, every
town in the county has the same ripbts
IN the matter if the basis of reasoning 10
going to be II WANT IT", lust be.
cause l want it.
That sounds too much like the rea-
son the old doctor gave when he was de.
lining democracy, thus; Democracy il
democracy, and why is democracyY Be-
cause it is democracy.
I'VE believe the question should be
decided wholly on the merits of the
case. |. e. at what place will it be most
convenient and serve the needs of the
greatest number of people, and the cost
OF placing it at such point
hurley offers these favorable propo-
sitions; railroads running on both sides
OF the mountain serving all the peo.
pie thereby, and Albion none. The
county needs court house at once. and
Burley offers one free for five wears.
with privilege of longer occupancy at
small rent # county prefers not to build
within that period; accessibility at all
seasons of the year very easy. as against
Aloion's almost inaccessibilty for all
the spring and winter months; a regis
'eratlon list which reached 1175 two
weeks ago. not counting Marshfield and
on the same project as against Abion's
bare 300.
Its central location and several
roads entering gives the county greater
advertisement and prestige, as against
no such chances tor Albion, with num-
erous minor Accommodations such as
hotel service etc., far in excess of the
smaller town.
30 lar as this paper is concerned we
have no enmity against any town nor
nave we any fight to make for one
against the other, We aim to stand
only for right as against wrong, as best
we see 1t,
From financial point of view we
believe that good school is better than
the county seat, and we are sure with
the former town will be morally bet
ter.
The broad unselfsh course it appears
is the only course to pursue in the mat
ter Each voter should decide which is
The broad course and which the narrow
selfish one and vote accordingly. If
petty iealousies are wrought up to a
high pitch and SIDES are taken stub
oorness manfests itself and nothing can
be done for years and little matter be-
comes big bugaboo.
I'VE accord peaceably to all men the
right of their conscience but we believe
The move is proper now, and though it
mas been intimated we have lost adver-
using because we express our honest
conviction. which thing we do not take
from other men because they express
their choice we can only state that we
are not in the "you tickle me and III
TICKLE you business, but business on
merit, and that In the end we will win
OUT and If our position is wrong we
VIII be frank enough to admit when IL
aDpeArs On to ne