Arizona republican., 1913-02-10
HUNT COUNTY
 FIGHT WARM
Delegation of Prominent Citizens of Coconino Are On Deck, Opposing Pro posed New Political Di- vision.

There is decided sentiment m certain parts of COconinO county against the county division at this time. and many of the prominent residents of the county are in the city this week with no other idea in view than to present their views on county division to the committees on county and county affairs of the house and senate in such a way as to if possible cause those committees 10 report unfaVOrably upon the Mad dock Hunt county bill which is now before the committee of the house.
 On Saturday a delegation reach ad Phoenix composed of Judge J. | Jones. George Babbitt. and Bert Came ron armed with figures and argu- ments hacking up the protest petition received by the house of representa- tiNeS on Saturday. As soon as p1ssi- ble d date will be made for the ap- pearlnce of the delegation before the committee It is generally understood that the support Of the cOrn,y divisiCn bill as lar as Cocoaino county is con- cerned rcmes from that section around Williams in the western par; of the county.
 According to the opponents of the l county 'iVision. the greater part of 1 the county is against the division. n support of that statement they state 1 the following: The taxable wealth 1 of the entire county according to the | books as kept at Flagstaff is $6,9o0, 70 1f nets $194,0O0 in taxes iE the county ! The voting strength of the county is | SIS of which 314 live in that section l sought to Le cut off from CJcOuin, 1 while 564 live in the other portion 1 An investigation of the petitioners ir ! tl.o county in the section sought tC i be cut off and made into the coun- l ty of Hunt is said to contain nc l more than 1nree thousand dollars o 1 taxes, while a list of those aedins ! the civision in the sanja section con ] ia,.s taxpayers whose contribution tC 1 tie county income is &25 00D
 1 However these statements may be 1 they will be brought out in the hear ] ing, the date of which will be some. | time this week. It is understood tha l those in favor of the division alsC have some good arguments for thei siGe of the question which will b. sprung in due time. Those agains the arbitrary organization of a count! | ny legislative enactment are in favo of the bill introduced by Wood O l Maricopa which makes the boards o county supervisors the Organizin: 1 commissioners for the new county
 and provides that counties may b. 1 organized after an election brough
 about by petition signed by fifteel per cent of the voters in the county
 and in which seventy per cent of tn, people living in the section desire,
 to be cut off are in favor of such
 division and thirty per cent of thos l :n the other part of the county.
 There are movements for division i, l Yuma county. in COchise. and in Mar l icopa, making four propositions in al likely to be brought to the attention
 of the legislature before the end o the session. It is however though
 that if the Wood bill passes ther
 will be no further reason for legisla
 tive action in the mater, as the Whol
 thing will then be put up to tn
 people in the several sections of whicl
 it is proposed to make counties.