The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-02-15
DIVIDE IDAHO Or


This movement for the division
of Idaho IS simply the out-erop
ing Of that hberfy-loving spirit
which evolved the Declaration Of
Independence and freed the Unit
ed States from the narrow ar.
roganee which finally plunged
Europe into the he'll It now SUI
fers-
We Of the north, whether we
fully realize the nature of the NAL
ady or not, are tired of taxation
without representation. We are
tired Of seeing the development
Of our great natural resources re
tarded BY the inability to appre-
eiate cur position on the part Of
those Of the south end of the state
who control the laws and the ex-
penditures Of our tax monies
Recital Of details is not necessary
here.
In truth, though, this division
is not the best remedy. The state
as II is is none too large in area
and is far too small IN population
and while its people, their In
terests and feelings, have been
separated BY a natural barrier,
this barrier can be overcome And
in It's overcoming is the key to the
whole situation. If the people of
the south win see this and meet
the people of tn enOrth half way,
we can become the brotherhood
we should, working shoulder to
shoulder for the merited advance
ment of the whole commonwealth.
The job is a task for men-men
who are willing TO help them
selves by helping the other fell
low; men whose conduct is not
domineerer by personal gain or
self-aggrandizement. Idaho has
them.
The north and south highway
is a tangible move toward the
necessary amalgamation. 1t is
not for the north it is not
for the south, but for all the
state. It should be only the be-
ginning of things to make US one
state. 1t should have the I'M
limited support of all, even to the
exclusion of all other highway
projects if necessary, and this to
the end that its completion be
within the near future. BY it we
span the barrier and clasping
hands as brothers with common
purpose, the question of division
lapses into f0rgetfulness- Follow /
ing close upon its completion
should come the railroad, and !
these viii remove the obstacles ,
which cause our misunderstood
ing.
Even now, when the million dol I
ar road bond measure is before
he legislature providing for '
1875, 900 inadequate by half to /
lpply on the north and south
the south comes forth a
With demands for an equal sum to 2
'e expanded entirely in the south
IN end of the state: $4,000 II
or the completion of the state Il
highway extending from the Ida
o-Utah state line in Bear Lake b,
ounty through the counties Of I'll
ear Lake, Bannock, Power, Cas-
"a, Twin Falls, Gooding, Elmore, Al
.da, Canyon and Washington to Cd
ne IdahO-0regon state line; $685. b
DO for the completion Of the state
ighway extending from the Ida hs
O-Utah state line in Franklin, ar
annock, Bingham, Bonneville, lei
sfferson, Madison and Fremont
the Idaho-Montana state line to
EAR the boundary Of Yellowstone in
lrk; and $4,000 for the con- ne
ruction of the state highway ex-
nding from the town Of Mackay III
rough the counties Of Custer Ies
Id Lemhi to a point on the Ida ce
Montana state line in the yicin-
? of Gibbonsville. While the al,
nth is allotted, according to the Ia
opposed apportionment, only 70
1000.