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Show BB I After careful Bcrutiny of the atti- BH f , tndo of the special session, (lovernor BH Hnwley is unahlo to note any dlmlnu- BB i vtlon in the vlalblo supply of devils and BB J deep seaa. l'ocatello Tribune. m ana BB Anyway, tho llawley boom for ro- BB nomination will never Riirvlvo the BB rigors of a chilly special session. BB , l'ocatello Tribune. m a a a BH I OH, WHAT A GALL bbI BB 'u "clshbor HaV8 'f tho Hoptlbll- BB can "lives long enough to do the BB community boosting and building that BB the Journal has it will reach a very Bfl respectable old age." Heaven snvo BB the mark! Do you mean tho boosting BB and building when the street railway BB became a reality? About all you did BB then was to knock until it was as- BB sured, then you attempted to rob the BB Commercial club of tho honor, and BB steal it for your dinky democratic nd- BB ministration. Your nerve and gifll bo- BB came so nauseating tlmt Presidents BB Dacon and Harris called you on tha BB carpet, and sought redress through BB tho columns of. this paper. Or do you BB mean the continual wear on your lit- BB tie hammer? B D a BB ; WHAT'S MY GENDER? BB (Dedicated to Klla Kings Young) BB In fancy I am toted back BB ' To happy childhood's day; BB ' I think of hlm'cr, ach, alack, BB 'J And how we used to play BB ( At hopscotch in tho old back yard, H , When ho'er said to me, H "You don't call tlmt fair, do you pard? BB "-'s my t,ll'"i don't you sco; BB The last time you hopped twice and BB BH Now my turn comes again." H Ah, yes, we uuairelod and then we BB kissed. BB I well remember when BB We'd grown up through our happy Bfl H llemcmbcrl Well, I guess, H ,1 When ono of us said, "Will you dear?" BB Tho other answered, "yes." BB ' Now hls'er arms around me twine, BBT Oh. ho'er loves mo truo; BH Wo llvo together all tho tltno BB, , , Causo 1 love him'er too. H a a a BM BETTER TELL THE TRUTH H BB Our contemporary in Its last 'issu( B writes of acquiring "tho habit of bo B lug truthful." What a fiod send to B 0l,r iiclehbor, nnd tho eotumtinity Pt B larK lf lt cou'd on'y "nc(lulro tno BH, habit" and then put it to uso. Its re- H Vent wholesalo' misrepresentation, in BHh, other words Its lying nbont tho rep- B resentatives of tho I.opan Tlnpld BK Transit company is detestable. Not B tll!lt 1OBO Individuals arc hurt In B lno 1,!nat for llicy nro Ilot Of','"l'ori, BB nnd still go forth us peers of any- B thing that hangs mound our uclgh- B ,,orB' office- Ugh! Comparison Is B odlout. Tho hurt of such things ts BB tho mlsroprcsontntlou and poisoning B o( tlln lni'fl of tho lM!Pl .which B m,rtB 0llr community. Thoso men3' B homes and interests are here. They B nro hnest. Thoy are communttyl BB; builders nnd want to seo thn county BB, grow nnd advance On the other hand. BY, It seems to he the rolo of Oio "little BV gentleman of age and discretion" on BBT our contemporary to "sit on his crac- BB ker box, and warm himself before BBB another man's Btovo," and mlsrepre- B Bont nna heratn them. The tragedy B ,s wll0tl fiucl1 nn Individual is placed In n position where ho can do so BBJ much harm to n community. Hotter B ,p" t,le tnltl1 neighbor. a a a BJ PRODUCING PROPERTY SHOULD B BEAR BURDEN OF GOVERNMENT. H Governor Ilawlcy's plan to placo the burden of government upon pro- BBB 'duelng property should meet tho ap- BBB proval of tho people of Idaho. If he BBB Is able to get the Iegipature of that BE stato to agree to an exemption upon K homes, fixing tho amount at the BBB; J2.G00 ho suggr-sts, he will have done BBB: much to further tho dovo'.opment of BBk fBBpSW that state. When tax laws are so ro- BBBBBBBBBB to tho homo owner BBBBJBBBBBBBB. from much of the load which he must HBBBBBBflEB ' carry, each citizen Idaho will be verting the possible transient into a pormnneiit fixture whose Intel est In good government and in tho common-wealth's common-wealth's development becomes active rather than passive nnd merely potential. po-tential. lt Is a part of the Idaho governor's plnu that tho puubllc service corporations corpor-ations shall do their sharo towards maintaining the government which gives them their rights nnd privileges which placed in their possession franchises fran-chises that aro of value and which form the basis of their capitalization, Ho believes that when these water companies, electric light, power nnd railway companies, gas companies, railroad companies, pay what they should towards tho expense of main-Mining main-Mining the state, county and city governments. gov-ernments. It wlJJ be possiblo to exempt ex-empt homos from taxation up to $2,300 each and thus encourage their building . , Tlmt city, county or state Is In bad case, indeed, whose citizens feci that It is cheaper to live in rented property proper-ty than to own their own places ; of residence; this unfortunate condition fosters communities of transients who take but academic interest in the affairs' of government, development nnd progress, for they oxcuso their lack of activity to themselves by the plea that when tho situation becomes' be-comes' Insupportable they can go elsowhcrc. It Is this class of residents that elects undesirable citizens to public office, that refuses assistance when movements of promise to tho community nro suggested, and that Ignores tho claims of fellow members of tho commonwealth. J. Tho home owner Is u fixture. Ho has his roots In tho soil, and transplanting trans-planting Is a matter of much pain. Ho is alert to whatever will promote the advancement of his community for he shares in tho common good, and retrogression spells personal In- ' Jury to lilin. His pocket norvo is extremely ex-tremely Kcnsltlvo; ho requires no booster to teach him his duty, be- ' cau.su tho i'ugrcsslve Instinct is sharpened by hlsowu hopa of gain. Ho must of necessity bo a good cltl- . JLen. The Idaho governor's idea of exempting ex-empting home property tip to a certain cer-tain amount and placing tho tax load 'upon producing property proporty that Is held for Income purposes, or hi which investment was made with the end In view, should be ndoptcd by tho people of that state, for It gives them a ruro opportunity for ndvance-iypnt. ndvance-iypnt. It will encourage tho building at homes, it will convert transient, temporary residents Into permanent fixtures, each and every ono of them n booster. Herald Republican. |