Show POOR PUSS PLEA Altnras County Idaho Wants the Legislature To Aid Her In Her PovertyThe IHFcellug between Alturas Locan and El more Counties BELLEVUE Idaho Jan l0Special telegram tel-egram to THE HERALDTwo years ago Logan county was created by the legis lature I and Elmore county were cut off from the old empire of Alturas county Alturas had long been the largest and richest county in the territory yet notwithstanding its empire of territory it had regularly grown in indebtedness un tit its bonded indebtedness amounted to over 5300000 The tax rate had all this time been h old up to the top notch allowed L by Congress The last legislature carved out Logan and Elmore counties from Altu ras believing that small counties could be governed more economically than the old empire In the division a fair apportionment apportion-ment of the indebtedness of the old Altu ras was provided for giving Elmoro and Logan their pro rata according to property valuation Alturas defied the legislative act refused to appoint accountants to adjust ad-just the debt applied for a mandate impeding im-peding the organization of Elmoro and Logan Lo-gan and was defeated The county then took an appeal to the supreme court of the United States was defeated again and Logan Lo-gan and Elmore stood as counties approved ap-proved by the highest court of tbe land Notwithstanding discourteous discourte-ous treatment of them by Alturos county the Logan county commissioners paid their approximate share of Alturas countys indebtedness in-debtedness 125000 being paid to the in tercst fund Now comes Alturas county to the legislature wanting redress Sho claims poverty when she has resisted both Logan and Elmore counties in their honest endeavors to pay their just proportion of the debt Last year the assessment of Al turas county was made purposely low to show that Alturas was unable to support a county government By this means Altu ras pays less than its proportionate share of expenses to the state The other counties coun-ties are paying on fair assessments and it comes pleading poverty as an excuse for past extravagance The outcome of the legislation is watched with interest Altu ras county swears vengeance against Logan Elmore and Logan offshoots of Alturas are cool and collected |