The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-11-15

ana the united states senate and tf
that extent repudiated some of theil
} own acts relative to Democracy.
Bingham county has Democratic
administration at present, only be-
J cause the county was divided while
J Idaho had Democratic governor
and he appointed men of his party to
fill the vacancies. 1t has been four
teen years since Democracy held
sway in Idaho, and then they succeed
ed only by fusing with others and
they could not get reelected on their
record. This year they could not
fuse with anybody but they aided the
Bull Moose division of the Republi-
cans and still met with little success.
As soon as the election returns
showed Aberdeen that they had been
beaten at their own ill-advised course
! they proceeded to talk of seeding
going into another county because Of
the bad treatment they had received
at home, when in reality they had
not put themselves in position to
receive what they most wished for.
1t is common talk that they can
not get anything from Bingham coun-
ty, when as matter of fact their
greatest grievance is on road ques-
tons in which much of the blame at
taches to the local road supervisors
in not carrying out the orders made
by the board of commissioners.
There have been disastrous wash
outs caused by melting SHOWS in win
ter, and much loss and inconvenience
that emphasized the need of
grades and bridges, but the older set
Elements in the county have had the
same kind of troubles in their earlier
days and with less county treasury
to draw upon for materials.
The best of feeling has always ex-
listed in the county toward this, it's
most promising daughter, and when
there was talk of part of the set
Element going to new county, the
people over the county generally fav-
ored retaining it even though it was
known that they were planning to
draw heavily upon the public funds
for roads and bridges and at the same
time were maneuvering to keep from
paying taxes as long as possible.
In 1909 it was proposed to build
a railroad connecting Blackfoo! and
Aberdeen, and Blackfoot responded
to an invitation to put up sum of
money to aid in securing the right of
way for the road.
When Aberdeen asked for a speci-
al appropriation of county money for
its fair it was promptly given.
When it asked Blackfoot business
men for money to aid in establishing
the Demonstration Farm or Expert
ment Station they responded with the
coin, and the county commissioners
made a generous appropriation for it.
In the present effort to sell off all
the remaining lots in the townsite
and get a fine hotel in Aberdeen, peo-
pie scattered over the county have
invested literally, thus adding to the
common bond of fellowship, and CO.
operating in the very commendable
effort to create a fine country town |
with metropolitan things of which all
may be proud and in which all may
eventually find satisfactory returns.
1t will not advance the values of
in Aberdeen to go into a
new county with prospects of high
taxes. Men will not feel more en-
thusiastic about buying more or hold
ing fast to what they have even If it it
to be made the county seat, and that
is not charged UP against Aberdeen"
for it has come to be looked upon as
a charge" against town to show
to go into county seat
fight. That is almost as much blot
upon the reputation of town as it is
against a man to be dabbling in
mines, or fast horses.