Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-08
PLAN TO DIVIDE
ADA COUNTY TOBE
ACITATED AGAIN
Understood That the Boise
Business Men Who Put
Legislative Ticket in the
Field Favor Plan.

While other counties in the state are
openly out for county division, includ-
Ing Kootenai, Idaho and Blaine, 1t is
learned on reliable information an I'M
dercover fight will be made before the
next legislature for the division of
Ada county. This issue was brought
up before the last legislature during
the latter days of the session, the
movement having gained some mo
mentum in and around Meridian. Ada
county's delegation in the legislature
was not confronted with the issue in
the campaign and the eleventh hour
movement was frowned upon. A bill
to divide the county, however, was
finally introduced by Representative
Wright of Bear Lake county. 1t was
later indefinitely postponed.
Origin of Movement.
The movement now said to be under
way for the division Of this county or
iginates in Boise and while none of
the plans have been given out it is
generally understood in political cir
cles that it had its origin with the or
ganizatton of business men who in
dorsed Republican and Democratic
ASSAoie1NANC Ndllh4QdlCS Ill lllSlI HBOL TO
secure Boise's old charter back and
relegate the commission form of gov
eminent under which Boise is now
operating, or the Black law. The pro-
posed boundary lines for the county, it
is claimed, will confine Boise to its
present territory and attach to 1t the
nearby country precincts to the east
while to- the north part Of Boise county
will be added
The movement has been discussed
and already opposition has developed
to it within Boise, the claim being
made there is no immediate demand
for division either on the part Of Boise
proper or of the country precincts
which make Boise the center of trade
Now County for KootenaI.
Up in Kootenai county one of the
most interesting of the several county
set fights is being waged. There the
towns OF Plummer and st. Maries hope
to be selected as the county seats of
the new county and a sharp conflict
exists.
The petition filed for the creation of
Occur d'Alene with Plummer as the
county seat and asking that a prefer
entail vote be taken to guide the leg
islature in creating it, says that the
1913 tax valuation in the territory
proposed for a new county was So
558,635; that the area comprises 409, 80
square miles, and that one-half or over
of the total number of qualified cleo
tors in the area have their signatures
on the petition.
The area of the proposed new
county, roughly stated, is all that por-
ton of Kootenai county bordering on
the north and east Of Latah county,
Idaho, and Spokane and Whitman
counties, Washington, south Of line
running east from the northwest cor
ner of section Sc. township 40 north
range G west to northeast corner Of
section SO, township 10 north, range 5
west, thence south to the center of
Windy bay, thence southeasterly to
the mouth of the St Joe river, thence
easterly along the St. Joe to a point
between sections II and IL, township
46 north, range west; thence south
by a series of sectional joys to the
Latah boundary. Harrison is not in
cluded. Hepburn park is within the
new area
In view of the overlapping of the
proposed new counties, in event the
petitions are granted by the county
commissioners, it is probable that the
propositions will appear on the ballot
to be voted on favorable to both, If the
voters prefer. or for only one of the
counties or against any division Of the
present county.
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