Arizona republican., 1920-10-21
Kill Thi. Measure.

The county division bin which will appear upon the official ballot under the numbers -sO9 ought to be defeated and, doubt. win be. It is Iniquitous which proposes to lay the foun- dation for ruinous expense every county in the state. and if t shouldf become law there little doubt that within the years it would be cessfully invoked in nearly every county.
 Briefly it provides that any section of a county having assessed valuation of s2o.OoOOOO may with draw from tho original county. leaving to it sessed valuation of s2o0O000O The people Of the original county. outside the proposed county, would have voice against the secession of the posed new county matter of the greatest vital in- tercst to them.
 The board of supervisors. on a petition signed by % per of the voters. forced to call elec tion a proposition create the county, but only those residing within the proposed boundaries of the county may at such an election. Disas- trously as tho people living outside the boundary may be affected. they are bound to silence in this election. new county may be by the process formed of tho fragments of two or adjoining counties.
 This measure was drafted for the purpose of form ing the county of Miami of a and irregular "trip along the southwestern edge of Gia county. Tho proposed boundaries would include the great mines at Miami only miles from Globe, the county seat of Giia. and the rich mining territory about Superior and southeast or it emDraclng the camps of Hayden and winkelman.
 Tho assessed valuation of Gila is s1s2 100000. Of this valuation. s1sooOOOOO lies within the proposed county of Miami. leaving Gna only ss1OOooOo And what else would be left to Gnag
 There would be left 75 Der cent of the present school districts be supported: ss per of the present road mileage; 03 per cent of the present urea to be policed and governed all necessitatng increase cia county 300 per cent
 This is the best Illustration of the operation of such law that can think of. We will introduce another purely supposous. Illustration of the opera ton of this law we say suppositious because the people of Mesa are too wise to consider thing. Hut suppose that the people the popuous country about Mesa should desire county embracing the whole south side of the and the whole part of Maricopa north the river They could pro- pose boundaries which would include the unwilling towns of Tempe and Chandler. the communities about them and all the rich country along south side the river far west Laveen. The only limitation that might be placed upon the proposed boundaries would be the precaution against taking in many reluctant that the whole project would be fcated at election.
 The boundaries having been fixed. it would be easy to secure tho signatures 30 per cent of the voters to a petition demanding an election. and in this case it would be only slightly difficult 10 secure tho necessary per the election.  der the present of counties of Arizona lt would be possible with such county division law in effect to create twenty-sev counties NIari- copa could be made to furnish five Of them.
 The chief plea in behalf of this bin is the need of the development of Arizona. That is spacious and can appeal only the minimizing Can anyone inn agine that date the development of section has been the slightest degree by the lack o t county organization specifically for that commun ity? Certainly the town of Miami has thrven remark ably under the Gila county organization. Ajo ha prospered almost mracuously remote 1t is iron Tucson
 It is true that present county division lay is rigid and contradictory. But under 1t coun ties have always been formed when there a nee' Tor them. Never. believe, has county beei denied when there was a demand for it based an, other claim than sclfishness.
 Those who vote against this measure week fror next Tuesday by putting cross in the square oppo cite aNo sO9 No" win cast a vote against saddlin a ruinous expense upon many counties.