The Parker post., 1915-06-05
SECESSION IS
PROCLAIMED
PROPOSES THE
MAKING UP OF NEW COUNTY,
TO BE CALLED "HASSAYAMPA,"
WITH THAT CITY AS CAPITAL.

The people OF W1ckenburg, headed
by the board of trade of that city,
have started a movement for county
| division and they are in dead earnest
about it. The proposed new county
is to be called "Hayssampa, and is
to be made up OF a piece taken from
the southeren part of Yavapai coun-
ty another chunk from the western
section OF Maricopa county and the
northern half of Yuma county-pro-
vided, however, that the people of
this part of Yuma are favorable to
the scheme-and Wickenburg is to
| be the county Nseat. Meetings it
would seem have been held in Wick
enburg by the board of trade and the
citizens of that locality and the mat
ter thoroughly discussed
They have a grievance, no doubt a
just one, and they propose that this
thing shall be settled forthwith or at
least during the present special ses-
sion of the Arizona legislature, so
| to that end delegation composed of
Charles T. Davis, j. H. Mulholland
and George B. Upton, representing
the Wickenburg board of trade and
| citizens of that section, came to Par
ker last Wednesday evening to see
how the people of this locality felt L.
in regard to secession and to ascer-
tain the sentiment relative to join
ing the proposed confederacy agree
able to the plans above stated.
An informal meeting was accord
ingly held on the sidewalk in front
OF MiskelPs place, during the evening,
which, for an impromptu affair, was
fairly we'll attended. Messrs. Mulhol-
land and Davis outlined their plan.
They declared that the people of
their section have no idea of seced-
ing from their present allegiance
simply for the fun of the thing or for
the novelty of an excitement, but
they have been forced to the serious
consideration of the question by the
i'll treatment. neglect and bad faith
Of the present counties in which they
pay their taxes. There would be
some toleration of these things were
it not for the fact that they have
been done openly, deliberately, and
with every disregard of the rights
of the citizens who pay their same
pro rata share of the taxes of the
state and county as do the denizens
Of the more favored and pampered
sections.
"The people who live in the nor
thern part of Yuma and Maricopa
counties, and in the southern part of
Yavapai, and those who have vested
interests in these scetiosn, every one
pay the same pro rata part of the
public assessment as those who are
located nearer to the county capitals,
but. with the single exception of the
bridge across the Hassayampa river
at Wickenburg, there cannot be point
ed out a single benefit that the deni-
zens of the territory mentioned have
received from the counties to which
they pay tribute.
The feeling among the promoters
Of the propaganda for the new coun-
ty is that, as they have had to pay
the county in which they lived the
pro rata tax, and, in addition, go
down in their pockets and pay for
the things that the county should
have done with the money it had re-
ceived from them, they might as we'll
Sc environ themselves as to get the
benefit of the public fund, and thus
relieve themselves of the double
strain.
The sentiment of the meeting, as
Tar as our people were concerned,
seemed to be that while We had a
full appreciation of the situation as
stated, and the moral support of this
section of Yuma county was extend
C to them in the promotion of their
cause, yet We did not favor entering
into the proposed confederation for
the simple reason that should the
time come when the division OF Yuma
county would be deemed expedient,
We feel that this section of Yuma is,
large enough and its resources and
taxable property amply sufficient
TO enable us to "stand on our own
bottom" and handle the proposition
alone.