American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-01-23
POWER COUNTY
4 PROSPECTS BRIGHT
INDICATIONS ARE THAT BILL
WILL BECOME A LAW
IN A FEW DAYS
DESCRIPTION OF BOUNDS
Together with explanation Of the ad-
vantages in the way OF economy
IL and convenience.

ana convenience.
The bill for the creation OF the
new county of Power has been
progressing this week by leaps and
bounds. Already it has passed the
second reading in the senate, and
shrewd political observers are sure
that it's passing is the utmost form
ality. Senator Davis has prosecut-
al ed this work with great zeal and
ability, and that the fruition of his
labor will be passing of the bill, all
tRafe positive.
The bill now pending is not the
4irst introduced, although it retains
stts title as Senate bill No. / Mr.
Davis secured permission to put
the present measure in as a sub
s Gtitute, because he desired to change
the boundry line in one or two in
Dtances.
Following is "a comprehensive
Inscription and analysis of the
new county. it's lines, resources and
advantages:
Beginning at point one mile
north of the southwest corner OF
Bingham county. running thence cas-
~ the west channel of the Snake
river, thence up Snake river to the
upper end of Horse Island, thence
DOWN the east branch of Snake river
~ the mouth of the Portnuef, theme
M the POrtnuef to the point of the
mountain, thence in southerly di-
pection following the boundry line
between Bannock and Oneida count
les to where said line intersects the
line dividing 10 and II
south, thence west to the northeast
corner of township 11-33, thence
south six miles, thence west six
miles, thence south six miles to the
aoutheast corner of township IL,
range 80, thence west eighteen miles
~ the boundry line between Oneida
nd Cassia counties, thence north
&ighteen miles to the southeast cor
)a&r of township 9-29, thence west
nine miles, thence north three miles
~ the Snake river, thence west
3hree miles to the range line be-
tWeen ranges 81 and 2S, thence
nprth three miles, thence west three
miles, thence north six miles, thence
vest three miles, thence north "a
niles, thence east IL miles to the
Boundry line dividing Blaine and
Blngham counties, thence south Z
niles to the point of beginning, en-
15faces the territory embraced in
The amended Power county bill
Introduced in the seante Tuesday.
aS The territory embraced is 1444
&quare miles which is three and
6ne-half times larger than the min
mum demanded by the constitution
"a OFT
rolith is 81 miles, and the greatest |
meath is about As miles. From /
The extreme northwest corner of
The county to the extreme coutheast
the distance is about rs miles.
The new county includes about 40
or slightly less than a
million acres of land The county
bill as presented two years ago com
prised about so townships
The valuation in the proposed
county amounts to s4,492,000 ex-
cluding any part of Bingham or
Cassia Including the portions of
Bingham and Cassia taken, to-
yether with the increased valuation
pf the power plant at American
rails. the new county will have
Dver five million in valuation and
Y population between five and six
lou sand. One of the factors which
V1l result in the reduction of TAX
Mon is the comparatively small
ynmber of school children within
|Ae county, compared with the
her counties from which Power
4nnty will be created. From
Zelda county, Power county will
X one and half million of rail
Id valuation and from Blaine moe
In a million, which will give the i
v county the benefit of the rev
lie arising from two and half
slion dollars of taxable property
hout entailing any expense what ,
>r. Rail roads have no children :
educate nor is it necessary to
ke road expenditures for their
eefit or convenience. Neither will i
county be put to any expense
assessing their property, nor in
frustrating them. I
he school tax in Oneida county |
punts to Ali of the total levy, |
has resulted in the taking of a
BE sum annually from the Amer s
d Falls school district, and scat {
ing it among the so odd dis
is of the county on per capita |
Is. There will not be to exceed [
districts in the new county and {
same amount of money raised /
tributed among twenty districts '
mean two and a half times as {
9ch for each district, as is now t
e1ved from the county school S
ID without any increase in taxa '
whatever. c
rhe territory included in the {
county is only little more ex- C
esive than the commissioners dis |
et represented by Comm issioner '
v and the expenditures for roads q