The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-04-10
Agreement Reached
On Division Line
IN MEETING HELD AT COEUR D'ALENE
Meeting Was Harmonious. South End Gets More
Territory Than In Old Bill

A meeting was held In Occur d.
Alene Tuesday of the parties chosen
from the different sections OF the
county To discuss the boundaries Of
the new county whirh It l. proposed
to create out OF the soathe,n end Of
Kootenai county.
The best of f,e ng prevail ed a q e
meeting The matter WAS thoroughly
discussed and the boundary line be-
tween the two counties decided upon
The line, as agreed upon at the
conference, between the two counties
starts on the boundary line between
Shoshone and kootenai counties on
the center line of township AZ north
theu ue west on said uenter line To the
section corner of sections o IA -
aud %, township AZ, Range 3 thence
south on the section line to the seq
tlon corner between sections p 26
"a aud 30 thence west along the sec
tiOD tine TO the range line between
ranges and 4 west, thence east
along same section line TO the SEQ
tion corner between olions 27-28
33 and "a township AZ. anRe q,
thence north along the sentiUn line
to the section corner between SEC
tions 1913 aud l6 In town a..
range 4, thence west along the SEQ
tion line to the range line between
town AZ range 4 aud town Al range
., thence north along said range line
to township line heteen townships Al
aud 48 north. thence west along the
said township limo to the boundary
line between Idaho and Washington
The eastern part OF the line fol
lows the divide between the st Joe
and Occur d'Alene rivers until with
In about a mile OF so OF the lake.
when It drops south two miles GROSS
ing the upper end Of the lake just
south of the sorting gaps Il contin-
ues west on the same line for about
mile. then north then west and
then north to the town line. lesv lnR
the territory along the lake In Koot-
enRi county
The line ls about three miles south
of Harrison making the greater part
Of the settlement on Harrison Flats
IN this county as is Worisy and that
part OF the Plummer Spokane cutoff
on the Milwaukee road that is 10
this state
The line is considerable more
favorable to the south end than WAS
the line a. fixed Ia the Old st. Joe
county bill.
The towns represented at the meet
lug we're Occur d'Aler st. Maries.
Sc. Joe. sau a Fernwood, Emida
and Sanders Neithe, Plnmmsr nor
Harrison we're represented. nor any
Of the towns north Of Coeur d'Alsne.
Occur d'Alene Was represented by
the committee appointed by their
uham ber Of commerce, composed Of
}. o. White, &. r. Steel. ]. M Bus
ny. N Gravelle and f.. W. Reed, ST
Marles by the executive committee
Of the county division with the ex.
ception OF Secretary VIM ID. keeton
and A V Braderiok. who we're busy
aud could not get away. W. e Breb-
ner represented st sJoe; O A Walk
er. Santa; Chas. Leaf. spernwood
Chas. E. Wells, Emida; and q. "
Bunnell. Sanders.
The next move now that the bound
ary has been decided upon will be Il
yet out a petition asking for an cleo
lion, and circulate 1t In the territory
20 be cut off
Although the entire county will
vote on the question the petition
only have to be calculated Ia ths
part of the territory which will form
he new county and have to have th'
slgnsturen equal to one half the vot
cast 10 that territory at the last gen
sral election
The committee will start oirculst
Ing these petitions very s)on not
aud think that 1t will be very iittl
trouble to secure the required mum
/ her of aiOnaturea