Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-02-14
LARGEST TAXPAYERS ARE
FAVORNC COUNTY DIVISION
FITZPATRICK BROTHERS VIGOROUSLY DENOUNCE OPPOSITION TO
DIVISION OF BONNER COUNTY-DISLIKE ATTITUDE
OF The STANDPOINT NEWSPAPERS
Claim Standpoint Not Playing FsirPpers Would Mlead the Public
People of this Section Unanimously Favor County Division
Would Not Increase Anyone's Taxes

During the past week the people
Of northern Bonner County |
have been stirred by misleading
articles published in the Northern
Idaho News which would tend to
create the impression that there
was widespread opposition to the
county division in the northern
part of the county. The News
has taken particular delight in
featuring articles purported to
have been written by Denver p.
Dayton and William B. Roberts,
both of Naples, against county
division. 1t has come to such
pass that people of Porthill, Cope
land, Snyder, PASSPORT, Addie,
Boomers Ferry, Moravia and other
communities have begun to wonder
among themselves who is penning
the articles bearing the signatures
of d. P. Dayton and who is putting
up the silver for his expenses in
touring the county in his efforts
against county division. The
Boomers Ferry Herald is anxious
to be fair in the matter of county
division and is positive of its
position when it states that the
greater majority of the taxpayers
of Bonner county are indifferent to
the matter of division and that the
majority of those taking sides in
the matter are in favor of division.
The following communication is
a fair sample of the opinion of the
majority in northern Bonner county
on the question of county division
and is all the more important in
view of the fact that it comes from
the largest of the property owners
in this section of the county:
Editor of the Boomers Ferry Her
aid:
The editorials and comments
made through the Standpoint
papers concerning the proposed
division of Bonner County, while
not of a dangerous nature, are
noticeable especially for the pitiable
attempt made to keep their readers
on the dark side concerning the
facts in the case, and in their fail
ure to prevent them from reading
between the lines that the people
of the proposed new county are
fully justified in the movement,
and that despite the determined
efforts of the Standpoint Bunch
the Legislature will enact a law in
compliance with the wishes of the
people.
This will be another striking
example of the fast disappearance
of the power in the hands of a
few used to thwart the will of the
people in behalf of selfish interest.
Standpoint cannot get over the
, fact that the matter has never
been referred to the people, not
withstanding the fact that practi-
cally every voter in the proposed
new county has petitioned its Leg
islature, asking for division, and
dozens of kilograms have been SEN
from prominent and professional
= business men of Standpoint anC
many other towns all over tn,
county urging the passage of the
County division bill. They, o
d course, would rather see the mat
d ter submitted to vote of the who'll
h county with the hope that the,
y would be able TO hold the balanc
z. of power in Standpoint. Bette
# still with their high sense of RICH