Show ELECTION TO DIVIDE COUNTY IS 13 ORDERED wasatch commissioners have sot set july as election Elect lou day PETITIONS ARE FILED the line of division seems seeing to be the only obstacle to favorable vote the commissioners of wasatch county have ordered an election for the day of july to determine whether wasatch county shall be divided this year into two counties petitions from the east end of the county and f from rom the west end were presented to the commissioners at their last meeting it was found that the petition had more than the required 26 25 per cent of the qualified voters names attached so under the law the commissioners had to older the election the question of the division has been discussed in great detail the past two months so that the voters of wasatch are pretty well acquainted with the issues to be voted upon the real stumbling block to a favorable vote upon this question has been the division line the west end people have insisted upon a line that will include in the old county most of the grazing land in the fault lund land as well as the coal lands of that section while the reservation people have stood with the people of fruit land who destier to cast their lot with the proposed new county at the election held one year ago the in the west end of the county voted the proposition down with tin an overwhelming vote it is said that since that time have had their eyes opened to the fact that it would only be a matter of a few years at most until the voters of the east end would have a big majority of the vote of the county and would have the county seat placed where it would be more convenient to the majority this fact together with has apparently changed the sentiment in the west end in faaoi of the division if the reservation people aie united the chances are that they will win the july election |