The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-02-14
ACTION OF BUSINESS BODY
is SOUGHT TO BE IJNDONE

The LemM business Mems associa-
tion backed up AZ Wednesday
nights meeting as TO the welcome
heretofore given by the same body
for The Pahs.maroi portion of Custer
county to come into this county. The
attendance numbered l. and the vote
was : for and 10 against. Those who
stood for the welcome were G. +.
Quarles, A. G. Cherry, Fred l.. Viel,
Frank II. Havemann, j. c. Middle
kauff, Arthur Greene and j. II
Wright. Against welcome-MuTd Nc
Pherson, Z. X. Abbott, c. G. Math-
ewson, Tommy Atkins, W. c. Doeb-
Ter, f. c. Frazier, l.. E. Glennon, ".
H. Shoup. T. H. Burbridge and Ralph
Irwin
Mr.. Havemann demanded n record
of the vote as cast whereupon the
members showed their colors as
above
The same proposition was support
ed by the previous meeting about lG
to 3. For this reversal special efforts
were put forth. and il is credited TO
desire TO support Senator Whit
comb, who is known to be averse to
allowing the petition now before the
legislature involving the matter
1T is said that the senator would
not give his consent no matter what
happened at home so there was no
effort at all TO prevent the Squidicum
Squees from swallowing them
selves" remarked one OF the mem
bers present in the meeting
A wire came to The Recorder be-
fore the time of the Salmon meet
ing on Wednesday evening saying it
was all off in Boise so far as any
hope of getting favorable action
through the Legislature. II was well
known that Senator Whitcomb stood
in the way of allowing the people of
the Pahsimaroi any self-determina-
ton in the matter to settle their own
allegiance as between Lemhi and
Custer counties. The message re-
ceived by this newspaper follows:
j. F. Melvin. Salmon, Idaho
Bill for the annexation of the
|, Custer county portion of the Pah.
Simaroi valley, in accordance
with the petition of the people
affected, will not be introduced
at this session. Senator Whitcomb
refuses TO act saying the people
of the valley are not considered
and have no redress. To take all
the valley, he says, would be
stealing territory to which Len
hi county has no right
Senator Whitcofb wrote to numer-
Gus Salmon people explaining his po-
sition before the date OF the receipt
of the wire as above so that anneXa-
tion became hopeless, even after the
first business mems meeting so
strongly favored it. One of the letters
was addressed to this office,
lows. 1t is published in justice to the
Lemhi county representative
Idaho Recorder, Salmon. Ida.
no, Dear Sir: Roy B. Herndon
and Valentine Maelzer are here
from the Pahsimaro in the in
terest of passing an enabling act
for the purpose of annexing the
Custer side of the Pahsimaroi riy-
er to Lemhi county. | personal
ly am not in favor of the hill or
any such bill. However, should
il be the unanimous wish CT the
people or the representative peo-
pie of Lemhi county that sucn IN
enabling act be presented and
passed, of course | would feel il
my duty to back the measure
| am inclined to believe that
some people are inclined TO get
off on the wrong foot for the rea-
son that they do not consider
and measure OF otner peoples
selfishn'ess