The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1914-10-09
Want A new COUNTY
Formed out Of Southern Part
Of KOOtenai.
PEOPLE GIVE REASONS
Why Proposed Ceur d'Alene
County Should Be Created.
BY DIVISION COMMITTEE,

BY DIVISION COMMITTEE,
The people IN the new proposed
county OF Occur d'Alene, as outlined
on the map herewith shown are ask
Ing the voters OF Kootenai county to
vote for the proposed county of Coenr
d'Alene.
When people ask for a new division
OF any territory Or government they
should state their reasons therefor
These reasons to be OF weight and Of
value should not be pretended,
specious or based on technical rights,
but, to be entitled to consideration,
they should be given In good faith
aud be reasonable, sound and SUBJ
stantial. The people OF the proposed
county of Occur d'Alene are honest,
and are deeply In earnest in this
proposition, and they contend that
Coeur d'Alene county should be
created for:
l. Necessity Demands 1t.
The people in the proposed county
of Occur d'Alene are at present too
far from the seat OF government. To
reach the county seat by going one
route, II they start in the morning,
they can reach the county seat by six
o'clock in the evening. BY going
this route they have to wait the
greater part of one day at Harrison.
BY going the other route, by way of
Spokane, they can reach the county
seat sooner, but by going into another
state and travelling seventy five miles.
Even by this route they cannot trans
act any extensive business in the
county seat and return the same day.
Hence it can be seen that the people
In this section of KDotenai county
can only transact their business at
the county seat with great loss of
time and at great expense.
In an ordinary civil action that is
brought in the Probate or District
court the costs are liable to amount to
two or three hundred dollars If there
are few witnesses on both sides.
Law Is rule of action. 1t is
meant that 1t should make people
secure Ia their life, liberty and
property everywhere, and this with.
out discrimination. 1t can be readily
seen, however, that by having your
seat of government too far away from
the people, that they can enforce
these rights only at great trouble and
expense. This expense is not only
forced on the individual directly, but
on the state and county as well,
This expense must be paid by direct
taxation. For instance, man is
accused OF having committed some
crime. The sheriff's office must ar
rest him, and he aud witnesses are
brought great distance for prelimin'
ary hearing to the county seat.
Possibly the man Is discharged with
40 expense to the county OF several
hundred dollars. II it developes that
the man is found guilty, as charged,
bis conviction costs the county
Rleat deal Of money! great deal
more than 1t should. This is one OF
the chief reasons why large counties
must be maintained at so much more
expense proportionally than small
counties.
II. Taxes are Less in Small
Counties.
Hence 1t follows that taxes are less
In small county than 10 large one.
The report Of the Idaho Tax Com
mission fJr the year 1918 on page ~
shows that the total tax on one
thousand dollars at Occur d'Alene,
Idaho for that year was S37 40. Dur
Ing the same period of time, however,
the total taxes on one thousand dol
lars 10 the small and less pOpulous
county. Of Adams was $3.50, IN
Power county It was but $20.5O, IN
Boise county SIC 90. or course II
can be said that the report Of the Tax
Commission cannot be taken as 40
argument absolutely because special
conditions might exist 10 the various