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Show CHANGE OF COUNTY SEAT IS PROPOSED P'OGATELLO, Idaho. ct. 4. Ii ether Ln ris i- to remain the county seat of Bear Lake county or whether it will be removed to Montpelier, will be decided November 7, by voters of i he county. a petition carrying th- signatures of three-fifths of the qualified voters of the Bear Lake county was presented to District Judge J . Bailej Lee and the court Issued thuonli r calling for the election Ti.e i.Ttitioii was presented by John A Bagby, A B. Gough, und i C. Kun. attorneys rep,r sentlhg the pel r loners. The matter of the removal of the county seat from the older town of Parle at the end of a branch line to what is termed a more centrally located lo-cated city on the main line of the Oregon Ore-gon Short Line lias been considered for years, but this is the first time the voters have had an dpportuntt) to pass on the matter. nn |