Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1920-11-11
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FOR IDAHO CO.
One Thousand Eighty Square
Miles of Mountain Territory
Rejects Going in Valley
Vote in Warren Is 26 to s
Against Provisions of Mea-
sure Passed by Legislature

Southern part of Idaho county will
ritory will not be detached and annex
ed to Valley county This was deter
mined by a plebiscite held in Warren
and Warm Springs precincts, in con-
nection with the general election,
November 2.
Returns from the special election
have just been received at the coun-
ty auditors office from Warren pre-
cinct and show that 26 voters in the
territory were in favor of remaining
in Idaho county, while eight preferred
that the territory in question be
annexed to the county to the south.
Returns from Warm Springs precinct
had not been received at the county
auditor s office up to Wednesday night
However, it was anticipated that not
more than six votes were cast in that
precinct, and if all were in favor of
annexation to Valley county the re-
suit of the election would not be
changed.
PETITION LEGISLATURE
People of the Warren country petit
toned the state legislature, in Janu-
airy, 1918, for annexation to Valley
county, and the legislature passed a
bill in conformity with the petition,
leaving the matter of annexation to
the vote of the people in the territory
concerned.
That territory which It was planned
to add to Valley county comprised
practically all of Idaho county south
of the main Salmon river, and is des
cribed particularly as follows;
Commencing at the southwest corner
of Township % North, Range 4 east
of the Boise meridian; thence north
to the center of the Salmon river
to a point where said Salmon river
intersects the westerly boundary
line of Lemhi county; thence south
along the west boundary line of Lem 3
hi county to a point where said
line intersects the fifth standard par
allel north; thence west along said
fifth standard parallel north to the
place of beginning.
30 TOWNSHIPS INVOLVED
The area comprises approximately
thirty townships, or about 1880 square
miles, mostly mountainous. Only two
of the townships have been surveyed.
Inhabitants of the territory reside
principally in the mining camp of
Warren, the only town in that part
of the country. and are about nine
ty miles removed from Grangeville.
The country, because of Typographical
conditions, is all tributary to Nc
Call, the railroad terminal TO the
south, from which point all freight
is hauled overland to Warren. A few
scattered homesteaders reside in the
area. Grangeville is reached only with
difficulty. During most Of the year
it is necessary, in travelling from
Warren to the county seat, to go to
Mccall, Nampa, and thence to Grange
vile by way of Pendleton, Ore, Wal
la Walla, Wn., and Lewiston.
However, despite the difficulties of
communication with Grangeville the
people of Warren, by an overwhelm-
ming majority, have decided that their
territory shall remain in Idaho coun-
ay. No objection was raised in Grange
Vile to the proposed change,
as it was felt that the people should
be permitted to express their choice
at the polls No effort was made to
defeat the bill authorizing the spe-
eial election, at the last session Of
the state legislature.