The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-04-21
Occur d'AIene For
Two Counties
PLEDGES ITS SUPPORT TO PROPOSITION
Chamber of Commerce Endorses Compromise
Made at Meeting Here

merce to confer with representatives.
Of the south end of the county on
tins boundary lines for the proposed
county division WAS In this city Fri
dsy evening to oonfer with the st
Maries committee
This meeting WAS made necessary
by the action of Worley In asking to
be allowed to remain an the old
nnunty aud the consequent refusal
of the Coeur d'Alene chamber of
commerce TO ratify the lines agreed
upon at the previous meeting IN
Ooeur d'Alene. Plummer, Worley
and Harrison had been notified of the
proposed meeting but failed to send
representatives. The Occur d'A Alene
delegates we're unanimous Ia asking
for the retention of Worley precinct
= in the old county and urged that
oily by 30 doing could st Maries
receive the active oo-operstion of The
Occur d'Aiene chamber of commerce
iD the county division fight
The m after WAS discussed at lergth
aud compromise resolution WIS
fiuaIIy passed which makes the town
line between towns fortysix and forty
seven the boundary between that
norton of the two counties lying
west of the lake.
The motion for the compromise was
made by A. b. Annts of the st
MArIes delegation aud was support
ed ty the entire Coeur d'Aiene dele
CATION aud majority of the st.
MarIes delegation. II WIS opposed
nv william d. Keeion and W. O.
Guile ho,h of this 1ity. who voted
against II on its final passage
The compromise as agreed npon
very materially reduoes the valuation
nf the new proposed st. Joe county
from what was under the hOundari es
as they we're first agreed upou, as 1t
leaves a large section of the Plum
mer- Spokane ont off of the MilWau
kee railroad In Kootenai county,
which under the first agreement.
was Ia this. It also leaves quite p
section of the Washington Water
Power Oompany's power transmits
sion line In ,he old county, that
under the former agreement would
be In the new.
We have 9not the figures at hand
bnt have been informed that this re-
duntion In the valuation OF the
county will mean a difference of be
tween million and million and
a half.
BY the compromise. however, WI
secure the active oo-operatlon of tbs
Chamber % Commerce of Occur d
Alene II1Wns county division fight
The delegates from that body signed
an agreement TO the effect that the
Chamber OF Commerce would give
ms their active support in favor oi
the division into two counties on tn,
lines agreed upon and would do al
In Its power to secure favorable
vote on the proposition at the polls.
Both parties bound themselves
to oppose any attempt to di,i ide thI
county into three counties or on an'
different lines than those agreed NJ
on.
The members of the OoeuT d'Alen'
committee we're, }. o. White. J N
Gravelle. Geo. f. Steele, f. W
Reed and I. NJ Busby. who all wer'
present and signed the agreement
st Maries was represented by al
of The seven memb hers of the exeou
tive committee except A. Y. Brade
rick. whose place WAS filled b,
Charles r. SohuIre.
That the committee from the Ooeu
dHA lana fYhnuakan r.N A.
fnll authority to act aud that thei
action Ia pledRing the support o
that body to the two county division
proposition has boen accepted b,
Occur d'Alene In good faith is show
by the action taken bv that body a
their regular meeting yesterday
dispatch from Occur d'Alen
yesterday says; The division O
kootenai county Into two parts q
opposed to three counties and th
establishment OF the boundary lin
running directly east and west aoros
the mouth Of the St Joe river to th
Washington state line, received th
aunport OF the Coeur d'Alene Cham
ber of Commerce today at the weekl
lunchson.
The st. Mariss county divihio
promoters had hoped to have th
boundary line fixed 80 as TO inolud
large area In the southwester
part OF the county. but greed to fh
straight line east aud west on condl
tion the Occur d'Alene ohambe
would give this arrangement il
unqualified support.