The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-11-01
THE COUNTY SEAT
Analysis of the Situation.
What it Means to the Voter who Does not Live
the Minidoka Project.

Tho most important question which confronts the
voter of Cassa county this fall whether the county
shall remain at Albion which has the county
government since the county off from Owyhee
county in 1898 years At that time Cassia county
embraced all Of what is Twin Falls and Casea coun.
ties The settlement of the Twin Falls tract built up in
the west end of the county community which inter
ests entirely different from the east end there was
opposition to the division of the county permit the
Twin Falls tract to govern itself At the time the
Minidoka tract being settled. This resulted in
the formation of community with interests differ
ent from those Of the rest of the county had the
with the Twin Falls tract Cassa county is unfor-
tunate in that long has it's boundary thore
must bo two communities with wildly different interests
ultimately of this account the Mindoka tract
at least the south side of will be off into county
by itself and it will be rich county, probably most
popuous for the number OF square miles any county
in the state
The residents Of the territory now embraced in Cassa
county will always be tributary to Burey their
mercal center but of s difference of interests
its residents will always have different points from
those of tho Mnidoka tract The within
the future Cassa county will DO divided with Burey
the county seat of the section composed of the MINI
doka tract, with Oakley Albion Malta the county
seat OF the remaining section possibly the county may
be divided into three countless with the county
Burnley another with the county Oakley the
third with the county seat at Malta Albion.
The county is now in it's tormnlatlve period and
one knows what the future will bring forth Buriey,
which all must admit is very progressive city is in
that period Of its existence where trying grasp
everything in sight, and the instrests Of people
living tho tract in order to accomplish it's purpose In
spite of the fact that engaged in the greatest
of history and that of the world that every
that Cassia county has to spend should be put I'll
hands of the national government and that questions
that would bitter anmosties should brought
up Burley soud not content herself until
but has insisted in thrusting this comparatively
unimportant but most dangerous question into the
ground of public interest This is evidence of
lack Of patriotism the part of the Burey leaders, but
we do believe it is an evidence of sefshness
Such petty questions as the moving of the ceunty
should be left until the boys reach Berlin and the
boche has been taught his lesson However Bueley
fit to force the issue and it be met To the
causal observer the objections the county are
First it would saddle debt upon the entire county
which the entire county would be responsible for and
which the taxpayers outside the Nnidako would
share pro rata with the residents the Midoka tract
though they should be cut off and placed another
county.
1t is true Barley has offered Cassia county use of
ITS hall county building for five years but
where in the contract does it specify that it will furnish
the county officers all the needed The facts are
Burey needs practically all of the in its building
use and the result must bo that the county will
put up with quarters wded than it has
Albion orthat it would have to
portions of the city, which of would entail
big expense.