Bisbee daily review., 1912-01-27
COUNTY SEAT AND ITS LOCATION.


 It was to be expected that the re. yival of the topic of county seat re. moval would arouse vehement protest from Tombstone. The topic can not be suppressed and insists upon atten- ton as often as here is a term of court held at the present seat oG county government It is only to be ex- pected that the people Of Tombstone will bitterly oppose a change Of loca- tion and it was only natural that some resident of the historic old camp should take up the cudgels for his home town. On Tuesday there ap- peared or the first page of The Pros pector a contributed article on this subject under the headirg or County Seat Removal Not Game or Check CTS" which takes the stand that the undertaking proposed is farcical and not 10 be considered seriously
 The subjec- of county seat removal is not pleasant one to approach, iJ IS taken up in all seriousness and in an charity to Tombstone, that historic old camp that has declined from ''s heydey of prosperity, that has so little left besides the county offices and court There are associations con nected with Tombstone which makes the task all the more unpleasant. It is not undertaken for personal motives but for the good of the many as against the few Whether ii shall be located in Bisbee, Lowell, Warren or Douglas remains io be decided but the inconvenience of the present b. cation. the unnecessary expense to which people who have business at the county seat are placed, are incontro- vertible facts.
 There is nothing pre-emiuently funny in the proposition 10 cony yenient ly locate new county seat. Doubt less the Carthagenians considered i, 'pre-eminently funny when the words 'Chartago est deIendam" were iterated and reiterated through the Roman Forum. Tboss-EoEds were oracular and So will -be. found the words The County Seat.UUst I,e removed"
 Admitting the beauties Of location oi Tombstone .sAd thai when it was made the ,couf,s capital it was the only location for the court house; admitting also it geographical centre, there are other things to be consid- cred. Once Tombstone was the centre Of population, and now it is not Tn the early days il was the largest cen tre. now it has been replaced b7 oth- CT communities as g leader Of Cochee county cities. While nearer the center of the county thar 3isbee or Douglas both of these two thriving cities are more conveniently located for rad- road and other means Of comuunicl. ton. Tombstone is now out Of the way
 It is urged ;n the Prospector that while mining and smelling have been the pro-enlinent industries tha; agri- culture is 10 take an important po- sition. Admitted But at the same time the Tombstone writer is illogical on this point. It is in the east end Of the county that tbe agricultural industry is coming most 10 the fore The Sul- phur Springs valley is settling up and Bisbee and Douglas are the natural centres To which those agric Ilturaiists look for market and a place of eS- change. The devclopmcn, of the coun- " will bring more railroads, as the writers ssys. bat there is nothing at Tombstone to attract those railrosds there. II is the rivals or Tombstone for tho county seat that viii be ben thtted by increased transportation facilities.
 It is from the centres of population that the nain county business comes. l. is from Elstee snl ppgslas lha.