Show BATTLE FOR COUNTY SEAT St Anthony Ida Thinks She Is En Entitled Entitled Entitled titled to fo Be Preferred Be Before Before Before fore Rexburg Special to The Herald St Anthony Ida Nov 3 Marked by Its aggressiveness and fierceness Fre Fremont Fremont Fremont mont county Is witnessing the hardest campaign struggle gle within its short his history history hIstory tory For the third time Rexburg is turning the county over to try to wrest the county seat from St Anthony Anthon After the opening of the fight in the early part of the season with Sugar City and Rex Rexburg Rexburg Rexburg burg both entering the race and Rex burgs final selfish action regarding Sugar City causing the latter after see seeing seeing seeing ing the formers underlying motives to withdraw from the race citi citizens citizens zens zeus thought that the bitter struggle was over as Rexburg had obtained what she said she desired the annihilation of Sugar chances to ever get the county seat All at once however after stating that no fight would be made politicians called a meeting and decided to throw plenty of money into the field and make a most desperate effort to gain the sad dream of her life Emissaries were at once dispatched to every part of the county with long rolls roUs of green and all an kinds of promises One section of the county is given one kind of a promise and another section is given one in exact con contradiction contradiction ot or the other The promise has been made to the north and eastern part that if they the should support the removal it would mean a new county for that part and in the tho western part of the county the promise Is made that they shall be aided in getting a new county Rexburg Is cry crying crying crying ing aloud the tha giving of a bonus if the county seat scat Is removed This has not been done No county official has been apprised of ot the fact as yet et St Anthony has kept still until the last fight came up and she is now up as one man and every issue has been met and when Rex Rexburg Rexburg Rexburg burg shows that she has as a abo bo ho honus bonus nus for a a new court house St Anthony can show Nearly every business businessman man woman and child has come forward liberally and the campaign is being waged with ith the time utmost energy St Anthonys natural location with her great water power that divides the town Its most central location geographically geographically and center of population make it the natural place for the county seat Again Its fine roads the best in the county make it the th favorite for tho farm farmer farmer er in comparison with Rexburg whose streets when wet wot are ar of the clay elay forma forms formation formation tion and most miserable for all kinds of travel Reports from all aU sections indicate e that a very heavy vote will be cast and that St Anthony will win with even greater majorities than she has done at atthe atthe atthe the other contests Much money is offered by St Anthony people on the result but with no takers so far St Anthony peo people pie took nearly 2000 to Rexburg Monday night to tc wager but could not get up a dollar doUar The battle will wax still warmer till election day when many surprises are in store All hope that this will end the vexed question |