The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., February 20, 1913, page 1
NO DIVISION OF COUNTY
Arguments for and against the division of Klickitat County
were heard by the committee on county and county boundaries of the House
of representatives at Olympia one night last week. Twenty minutes were given
to the divisionists, thirty minutes to the anti-divisionists and ten minutes
to the divisionists again for rebuttal. Mr. A.R. Hayes an attorney and real
estate man of White Salmon and Judge McKinney of Kelso appealed for the
divisionists during the first twenty minutes and Mr. Hayes of White Salmon
and Mr. Coates of Trout Lake appeared for the same side in rebuttal. Other
representatives of the White Salmon interests were Mr. Colburn a hotel man,
Mr. Van Vorst, a real estate man, Mr. Spencer, all of White Salmon. Rev.
Mr. Tate an important minister of the gospel of Oregon, and Mr. McClintock
a real estate farmer of White Salmon.
Representing the anti-divisionists were nine farmers,
property owners and taxpayers from the new proposed county. The opposing
side represented a remarkable contrast. On the one side were the lawyers,
real estate men, bankers, the hotel men and office seekers, while on the
other side against county division with the nine farmers protesting against
the many bad features of division. The divisionists under the leadership
of Mr. Hayes handled the subject cleverly and whatever else may be said of
those who have taken a stand against us in this matter, we want to give them
credit for being a bunch of able fighters. Closing for the farmers of the
proposed new county who are opposing division, Hon. N.B. Brooks handled his
subject in a surprising form and endeared himself to the hearts of the
anti-divisionists present and showed himself to be many times worth the
compliment paid him when he a Democrat was elected to represent his county
by a people more than 80 percent republican. The telegrams which reached
our city, Monday afternoon, announcing that County Division had been killed
in the House, with the most conclusive evidence possible of the efficient
work of our representative.
Work of this kind will not be forgotten and Mr. Brooks
name will go down in the history of our locality as one of its most valuable
citizens.
[HOME]
© Jeffrey L. Elmer