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for the creation of Logan and FL
more counties was introduced, de-
filming their boundaries and making
Shoshone the temporary county seat
of the former and Mountain Home
of the latter proposed county. Every
kind of influence was brought TO
bear by the HALEY gang to kill the
measure, and by their exertions the
bill failed to pass. Hon. u. @. Helf-
rich member of the council, used
his best efforts to ecure the pass
age of the bill, aided by his col
league in the house, Hon. John j..
Guheen. Judge Beatty, Hunter and
Coates voted against its passage, and
e. G. Burnett of the house was alb
sent at the time Of the voting on
the bill. The bill went down to de-
feat. but not the spirit OF the people
who had hoped for its passage. The
Range and Valley of Mountain Home
under the editorship of Frank Ma
son, said:
eve are still in fighting trim, and
we VOW that we will not indulge in
new clothes as long as we r in the
control of the HALEY ring. We will,
therefore. attend balls, church festi-
walls. religious services and coroner's
inouests in the same old hat, coat,
vest trousers and shoes until we are
cut loose from that crew, and in the
canning Elmore county-tand don't
Won forget it she will be the che
rub in the cradle two years hence
In August. 1887, the Range and
valley became the property Of G. M,
PAYNE. and the county division quias-
tion was discussed in its columns
thoroughly and advocated in every
Issue of the paper-but as to 1T
mower in bringing into existence
'Tittle Gilmore we refer to such old
timers now living here as w. G. Rey-
nolds. F. p. AXE, G. w. Fletcher, A.
@ smith. D. p. Keefer, w. ]. Turner
and others.
On the first day of June, 1888, Mr..
PAYNE killed the Range and Valley,
and issued in its stead 1.-THE Noun
fair Home Bulletin" a much larger
newspaper, and through its columns
kent M county division agitation un-
iii success crowned his efforts.
In 1883 the Alturas county Demo-
convention sat at Ketchum,
ana the Republican convention "a
held at Bellevue. The Democratic
convention declared against county
division, while the Republican on
ventjon was silent on the subject.
As the Democratic nominees were
silent on the subject, a new conyen-
lion was called at Pine Grove, which
met and nominated a legislative
ticket. known as the Division Leg
islativa Ticket" the nominees being
p. oliver, A. M. Hall, G. F. Ma
honey. John Van Schaick and ID. b.
Van Schaick was also a
nominee on the Republican ticket
the same position. Owing to a
misunderstanding az TO the area OF
the new county a spirit of opposition
to county division manifested itself
AT Glenns Ferry.
In the early part Of November the
election came off, resulting in the
election of c. H.. Pherson of Shoshone
and w. Y. Perkins of Camas Prai-
rie (Reps.) to the council, and H. II.
Clay of Bellevue, Ira Warning OF Cor
Fl. 2. Burkhart Of HALEY
fReps.) and John Van Schaick OF
Bar (Rep.- Division) to the
assembly. HALEY got away with all
county offices-sheriff. Patsy
kinney (Dem.); auditor, John M.
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a =" Y S[ J OF Rocky Bar, treasur-
D Anderson CDem.) OF HALEY.
cnool superintendent. Southwestern
A'turas' as usual, was not in II
AS soon az the legislature 90, o.
oeI tals election, a bill for the ere
@tion OF Butte county. with Noun
am home for the temporary conn
~ seat was introduced, but was IA
oied and remained so throughout the
entire session. w
In 1886 came the next olaction
IN the Territory. The manifestos
nau already gone out from the Hal
icy ollgarehy to both conventions.
each in its platform declaring lis
opposition to a division of the conn
~ This time, however. some of
lne oillces were kindly given to out
SlHers OF the HALEY pale. The re-
sult was the election of j. H. Realty
(Rep.) OF HALEY and f. c. Helfrich
lDemJ OF Shoshone to the upper
nouse and j. J. Guheen of Shoshone
ana q, w. Hunter of Bellyue
lReps') and f. G. Burnett and Lee
Coates (Dems,) of Camas Prairie to
the lower house; sheriff, Patsy Kin
ney (Dem.) OF Shoshone; assessor.
W w. Yeates (Dem.) of HALEY;
probate judge, E, B. Lemon tRep.) of
HALEY; auditor and recorder, ]. M.
Cannady (Dem) of HALEY; treas
urer' }. II. Hague (Dem.) Of Belle
yue; school superintendent, Mrs.
Frances Butler (Dem.) of HALEY;
district attorney, Geo. II. Roberts
(Rep,) of HALEY.
This time, as before, southwestern
Alturas was left out in the cold at
both conventions. Through some in
advertance the proxies for Alturas,
Mayfield and Rocky Bar were sent
to |. w, Garrett of HALEY, who, in
the Republican convention voted
them for the Haileyites, thereby de-
feating the nomination of A. G.
Smith of Mountain Home for the
council and A. M, Smith of Glenns
Ferry for representative.
On the organization of the new
legislature in December, 1886, a bill
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Payne,s History of Ezmore County
The Inside Political and Industrial History as Prepared By Geo NJ P@m

|Rad Elephant and Hibernia, near the
size of HALEY, the Dollarhide, star OF
tho West. Carrie Leonard and Croe-
sus, ON the Smoky, and the ldahoan,
near the site of Bullion, were dlscov-
cred. all of them magnificent pro
dueers. In the summer OF 1882
there were over 10000 men at work
In the Wood River mines, and the
towns of HALEY, Ketchum, Bellevue,
Broadford, Bullion, Viena, Sawtooth
and Smoky sprang up like magic,
and everything went on in a rush.
This was the good old silver days
ere vicious financial legislation IN
Washington, ID. c., had crushed the
silver mining industry, and the roy
al white metal was the cause OF
happy, prosperous homes.
AS soon as the Wood River coun-
try became SO densely populated, the
question of a new county seat-hot
4 new county-became a subject OF
agitation. A crowd OF lawyers OF
ali degrees and a large horde OF po-
litical grafters seeing a new fertile
field of operations, flocked to Haley
from Boise, Kelton, Salt Lake and
Virginia City, and out of this poll
tico-legal aggregation evolved the fa-
nous (or otherwise) Haley ring,
whose object was to take the county
seat to HALEY by all means, foul or
fair, and to scoop up all the county
offices for themselyes-and we'll they
succeeded. They had a way of get
ting there. these fellows had, but
ais the Roman empire fell, so later
also fell the HALEY Romans, who had
already dubbed Alturas as the EN-
pire County of Idaho"
The general election of 1882 was
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EDITORS NOTE-The late Geo.
M. Payne was publisher of a news
paper in Mountain Home for about
fifteen years, during which time the
State was admitted to the Union, FL
more county was created, and the
county seat moved from Rocky Bar
to Mountain Home. He was active
in civic life, and during these years
he prepared a comprehensive and de-
tailed history of Elmore county, part
of which was published in The
South Idaho Herald about twenty
years ago. The Republican has Sc
cured this history, which ends with
the year 1908, and will publish it in
weekly installments. We believe it
to be one of the most interesting
things that has ever been published
in this paper.l
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an affair never to be forgotten by
those who participated in it. The
question of the location of the coun-
ty seat was the vital issue. HALEY,
Bellevue and Rocky Bar entered the
field for the honor.
In these days there was no regis
t~ration, and the election laws were
very loose and ambiguous, and the
HALEY coterie with its legal talent,
knew how to work the election ma
chinery for the town of HALEY. At
this time a large force of men, some
thousands, were at work grading,
laying track and %surfacing on the
Wood River branch railroad, other
large forces were similarly employed
at Shoshone, Bliss, Glenns Ferry and
Mountain Home, and the HALEY
ring had their %lieutenants and agents
among these men. The men employ
ed OF the railroad we're truly cos
mopolitan, being a conglomeration
Of American, Irish, Scandinavians,
Mexicans and Italians, and the great
majority of them not being consid-
cred citizens, not to speak of legal
voters. Most of these were voted,
and voted in favor of HALEY for the
county seat. IL vote often was
not the program in HALEY that day,
vote early" certainly was.
The night before the election a
meeting was held in Bellevue and a
committee, of twelve was chosen,
among whom was ]. M. Cowen, well
known in Mountain Home, whose pur-
pose was to vote in Bellevue as soon
as the polls were open and then pro
coed by special conveyance to HALEY
to watch the voting and to challenge
all doubtful votes. The polls OPP
ened in Bellevue at 1880 in the
morning, and the members of the
committee having voted Immediately
after the opening Of the polls, set
out for HALEY, where they landed
in an hours time. Imagine their
dismay to find that already about
HALEY. Shoshone, Bliss and all 9TH
er points dropped ballots thick as
snowflakes for HALEY, Mayfield, at
the extreme end of Elmore county,
cast as many votes for HALEY as
there were men, women. children,
cats, dogs and heads of livestock be
longing to the place. Fraud ana
triekery triumphed, and the county
seat was stolen from Rocky Bar.
The new course of events being de-
cidedly unsatisfactory to the people
of southwest Alturas county, ana
than they had bargained for, a
secession movement vas inaugural
ed Immediately after the election,
and at the meeting of the legislature
ensuing a bill for the organization
of a new county to be called Elm0re
passed by a small majority, but the
emissaries of the Wood River clique
were at the capital and the bill was
vetoed by Governor O'Neal. 30 per
ished the first attempt.
CHAPTER III
In 1884 came the next general
election, and the Haileyites scoopeu
in the county officers, electing c.
Furey (Rep.) of HALEY, sheriff
John M. Cannady (Dem.) OF Halley,
auditor and recorder; w. w. 1ates
(Dem.) of HALEY, assessor; b. .
True (Dem.) of HALEY, surveyor ~
M. Ruick (Dem.) of Bellevue, ois-
trict attorney; II. C. Street (DemJ
of HALEY, probate judge; > n.
Hague (Dem.) of Bellevue oVer John
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CHAPTER /

By the last act of the last Terri
torial legislature of Idaho, Gilmore
county, in February, 1889, came in
to a legal existence in spite of a
determined opposition to the bill CREE
ating tin spite of all the legisla-
tive fillibustering and through a
stormy legislative passage Gilmore
county was allotted a space on the
map of Idaho.
In order to lay the foundation of
our county's history, it will be neces-
sary to go back to the primitive days
OF Idaho, when she was born fettered
with the cords of a territorial vas
salage. In the early part of 1862,
the untiring, n9ver-resting prospect
n had pushed his way along to the
banks of the Snake, Salmon, Boise,
Clearwater and Queens rivers and
their branches, as well as Red War
rior, Bear, Warren's, Moore's Grimes
and Whitebird creeks, finding their
banks literally lined with fine gold,
and later in the same year the pick
of the p~rospector tapped this gold
and silver bearing hills from the
Occur d'Alene to the Owyhee range,
exposing to the Eyes of man the i'm
mense treasures of gold and silver
hidden for untold ages in these
vaults of nature.
Until the advent of the prospector
and the fruits of his labor were
known to the world, Idaho was a
comparatively unknown region--a
kind of no mans land-of which the
outside world knew about as much as
is now known of the unexplored in
terror regions of Africa.
The new discoveries of gold and
silver, however, caused an immigra-
ttion from east and west OF sturdy
pioneers. full Of hope, energy and de-
termination. The mecca of the i'm
migrant was:
Way out in Idaho,
The coming Idaho,
We'll make our stake
Or else We'll break,
Away out in IDAHO"
At this time Idaho was claimed by
both Oregon and Washington, and
about the only laws administered
were writs from U. s. courts. The
legal status of the new land was i'm
a state of chaotic confusion.
In the early part Of 1863 it be-
came apparent in the national head
quarters at Washington, ID. c., that
the newly explored and settled re-
.gion so far away was to be a perma-
.nlent institution, with a future most
promising, and a bill creating the
Territory of Idaho was passed in
Congress and signed forthwith by
President Lincoln. Lewiston, So
called in honor of explorer Lewis,
was designated as the Territorial
pointed as governor. Governor Wal
lace, having taken the oath OF office
in Washington, ID. c., in September,
1863, arrived, and after dividing the
new territory into counties issued a
proclamation declaring the existence
of the Territory as subdivided into
the following counties: Nez Perez,
Boise, Shoshone, Fort Benton and
East Bannock district, and calling
for an election of a legislature. The
legislature was to consist of an up
per house or senate, and the lower
tor house of representatives. AS well
as being divided into counties, the
Territory was divided into three jul
diciai districts, from each of which
members Of the senate would be
elected.
In the following November was
held the first election, with this re-
suit:
Senators: First district, e. B..
Waterbury, Stafford Caps and Ly-
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The Last Word

"Ma." roared the so-called head
of the house, where in the demni-
tion bow-wows is my hiatt? It's a
shame the way things disappear
around this house. / would just like
TO know where that hat is"
80 would l." replied friendly
wife, very frig1dly. "You didn't
have 1t on when you came home last
night"
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Continued Next Week.
Evening star., 1921-12-16
COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK. December 16.-The
cotton market showed renewed hesi-
tation early today. Sentiment here
still showed the influence Of the bet
ter spot demand reported late yes
terday. Liverpool made steady
showing and reports from the goods
trade were a little more optimistic.
The German news, with reference to
reparations. made rather an unfavora-
Bile Impression, however, while there
was scattered realizing or liquidation
and after opening / point higher to
1 point lower, the market soon sold
about to 8 points below last nights
closing. This carried January of to
17.42. or about 20 points from the high
level of yesterday.
Futures opened steady; December.
1880: January. 1850: March, 1850:
May, 1870; July, 1886.
NEW ORLEANS. December 16.-De-
clines of to 8 points under scattered
selling were made on the opening Of
cotton today, but the market soon ran
into rumors Of q private bureau re-
port Of 100000 bales ginned to the
18th Of December, pointing to produc-
tion for tho period Of only 16O, 900
bales, against 365. 900 during the pre-
ceding period. A buying movement
set in and at the end Of the first half
hour of trading prices were 16 to 20
points higher than the close Of yes
ferday. January first fell to 1854 and
then rose to 1857.
Futures opened quiet; December.
1862; January, 1857; March. 1850;
May, 1910; July, 1887.
Evening star., 1921-12-16
and Live Stock
LOCAL WHoLEsALE MARKEI

LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET.
Esgs-Strictly fresh. per dozen. IS:
average receipts. 55: southern. s..
Live poultry-Roosters, per lb., IS;
turkeys. per lb., Hats: chickens. spring,
per h.. 22a23; hens, per h., %; keats,
young. each, 60a70.
Dressed poultry - Fresh killed
spring chickens. per lb.. 25a26: hens.
per h.. 23a24: ROSTERS. per h.. 20: tur-
keys, per h.. 4sa5o; keats. young. eaoh'
Pork-Dressed, small, per lb., 10al1.
Live stock-Calves, choice, per lb.,
II; lambs, choice, per lb., 8h; live hogs.
Green fruits-Apples. per bbl.. e.ooa
1850: per bu. basket. 2.50a3.25 j:
western. per box. 3.00a4.50. Califor-
mia lemons. per box. 3.00a3.60; Cali
fornia oranges, per crate, 6.50a7b0.
Grapefruit, 3.75a4.5O. Florida oranges,
4.50a5.50. Tangerines. 4.00a5.00.
vegetables-Potatoes. No. 1; per
sweet potatoes. per bbl.. 3.50a4.00.
Lettuce, nearby, per crate, LOCALS 30:
southern, per crate. 1.00a2.50. Gel
cry, per doz., 50a1.00. Romaine let
tuce, 1.25a2.00. Cymblings, per crate.
3.00a4.50. Spinach, per bbl.. 1.50a2. 90.
Onions. per 100-lb. sack. 6.75a6.00.
Cabbage. 2.75a3.25 per bbl Cucum-
bers, 3.00a6.00. Elephants. per crate.
4.00a5.00. California tomatoes, per box.
4.O0a4.50. Florida, 5.0Oa7.00. Beans.
5.00a7O0 per basket. Sprouts. 1sa?5 per
quart. Peppers. per crate, 3.5oa4.5o.
Evening star., 1921-12-16
Grain, Produce
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
BALTIMORE. December 1s tspecia

BALTIMORE, December 16 (Special).
Potatoes. new. 150 pounds, 2.75a3.25;
No. 2, 1.50a1.75; 100 pounds, 1.60a2.00;
No. 2. 7ba1.00; sweets and yams, bar
rel, 3.00a3.50; No. 2, 1.75a2.00; bushel,
1.ooa1.25; No. 2. 5oa60. Beans, hamper.
2.5oa4.50. Beets, bushel, 6oa76. Bro
coli, bushel. 3oa35. Brussels sprouts, qt,
15a20. Cabbage. ton. 50.00a60.00. Car
rots. bushsl; LOO. caulifowsr. barrel.
bers. crate. 5.o0as.oo. Eggplants. crate.
2.00aa.00. Horse raddish, bushel, 3.00a
$50. Kale, barrel, 75a1.25.
Lettuce, basket, 1.00a3.0o. Onions,
100 pounds. 2:ooa5;75. Oyster plants.
Peas, hamper. 4:ooa5.oo. Peppers. crate.
cabbage. bushel soa40. Spinach. barrel,
2.00a250. Squash, crate. 3.50a4.00. To-
matoes. crate. 4.00a7.00. Turnips,
basket. s5a40
ls. 4.ooa5.oo: loose. 100 pounds. 2.ooa
ESQ; box apples. 2.00a3.75. Cranber-
ries. barrel. 2o.ooa2s.0o. Grapefruit,
box. 2.50a4.00. Oranges, box, 3.50a4.50.
Tangerines. strap. 7.o0a9.00.
Selling Prices at Noon.
Wheat-No. 1 red winter, spot, no
quotations; No. red winter, spot,
1.1S1s: No. red winter. garlicky,
spot. 1.14b: December. l.14h; Janu-
ary, no quotation.
Corn-Cob corn. old. yellow. quoted
at go per barrel; contract corn, spot,
57s; track corn, yellow, No. old,
domestic, Sc.
Oats White. No. Q, IS per bushel
asked; No. 3: 42a43 asked per bushel.
No. western export. spot. s5N nom
inal, per bushel; No. 8, no quotations
Hay-Receipts. 70 tons; range from
l6.0Oa21.00 per ton, with a fair de-
mand for fair to good quality Of tim
othy and mixed hay.
No. straight rye. nominal; No. /
wheat, 1900: No. l oat, 14.50a15.0O.
CHICAGO. December 16.-wheat
averaged lower in price today during
the early dealings, the market being
bearishly affected by news of some
rain in Kansas and Oklahoma and by
general rain in other parts of the
sas state report added $4,000, 900
bushels to the yield as estimated in
the August report. Bearish crop fig
ures from Argentina were also given
notice. Opening quotations. which
varied from the same as yesterdays
finish to y cent lower. were followed
by moderate general setback and
then by rallies which. however, failed
to hold.
Corn and oats were relatively firm.
Influenced more or less by prospec-
tive Russian relief demand After
opening Is cent of to u cent higher.
May 53h to 53A, the corn market
hardened a little all around.
Oats started unchanged to Il high
er. May S7A to 377s. and then scored
slight general gains.
Provisions were easier, In line with
hogs.
Subsequently the wheat market
fuctuated often. but within a narrow
range. Bulls made capital of the
smallness of Kansas farm reserves as
compared with a year ago. The finish
was unsettled, v net lower to Z
advance. with May 1.12Z to 1.12N and
July 1.02A to 1.02A.
Slowness of call tended later to
check corn buying. The close was
unsettled. Y of to !. advance. with
Nav "a to 531x
Evening star., 1921-12-16
DAIRY MARKETS.

BALTIMORE, December Is (Spe-
ciaD.-Live poultry-Turkeys, lb.. 46
a4S: old toms. As: poor and crook ed
breasts. IS; young chickens. 22a23;
poor and white Leghorns. 1sa21; old
hens. 2Oa23: small and white Leg
horns. 1Sa1S: old roosters, 14a15.
Ducks. 20a27. Geese. 24a30. Pigeons.
pair, 20a25. Guinea fowl, each, 3Oa75.
Dressed poultry, turkeys. lb., 47a50;
old toms, 45a46: poorly dressed and
thin, 3Sa40. Chickens, 23a25; old
ROSTERS. 16a17. Ducks, 25a30. Geese.
26a32.
Eggs Qoss of)-Native and near
by. f1rsts. doz., 56: southern, SO.
Butter-Creamery. fancy. lb.. Ala
IS: prints. 4Sa50; nearby creamery,
43a44; ladies. 30a32; rolls, 2Sa3O:
store-packed, 26a27; dairy prints, 2Sa
80; process butter 35a36.
Evening star., 1921-12-16

BAR SILVER QUOTATIONS. ~
NEW YORK, December 16.-Foreign
bar silver, G5x Mexican dollars, 4yH.
Evening star., 1921-12-16
RECORD OIL PRODUCTION,

NEW YORK, December ia new
record in daily average oil production
in this country was established in the
week ended December 10, when the
average was 1851 900 barrels a day
compared with q previous high mark
Of 1,34l,120 established in the week
ended June II, according to official figs
ures. The. California production In
the same week was 10000 barrels
above the previous week. California's
output in November averaged 2s3,325
barrels q day, compared with 227,957
barrels daily in October. The increase,
1t was said, reflects the settlement Of
the strike Of oil field labor. 5Tt'
Evening star., 1921-12-16
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.

CHICAGO, December 18 Omitted
States bureau Of markets)-Cattle-
Receipts. 1000 head: market dull;
beef steers and fat she stock weak to
rs lower; bulk beef steers, 6.50a750:
veal calves. Gamers and cutters weak /;
bulls, stockers and feeders steady.
Hogs-Receipts, 1900 head; lights
and light butchers Is to 20 lower;
others 10 to is lower; top; top. 7.30 for
hight lights; bulk, $50 pounds and up,
6.65a7.00; pigs, 10 to is lower; bulk, do
sirable, 7.25a7.35. i
sheep-Receipts, 5000 head; fat
lambs steady to Is lower; sheep and
feeders about steady; best fat lambs
to packers, early, 10.o0a10.25; some
held higher; good light yearlings,
$50; choice light ewes, up to 500;
heavieS, 3.O0a3.25.