Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-03-14
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Items or Interest and Comnents b
rOld Coaster.1
Boisr CIrr, March 10, 1893.

BolsE CIrY, March 10, 1898.
DEAR WoRLp:-Your regular cor
respondent here seems to find heap
Of fault with our Italian Boise oil
mate and kicks about the mud, while
We are congratularing ourselves on
having such beautiful open winter.
W. don't hesr Of any loss Of stock
and the thousands Of hay stacks TO
be seer in the valleys 60 to prove the
assertion. It's been little sloppy
at times, but not muddy. Your reg
ular cor. ought to travel by wagon in
Umpqua valley, southern Oregon,
where one can't 60 more than 300
yards with . wagon without using .
paddle to clean the black mud from
between the spokes in order to turn
. wheel, or back in Iowa or Wiscon-
sin when the frost comes out of the
ground in March. Farmers going
Eve miles to town travel al the way
on the slower road.n This il located
two or three feet under the summer
road, and that's what l call mud.
End by observation that there are
people in this world who are 80 fas.
tidious that they would find fault
with the Sheriff II they we're to be
hanged. He ought TO live out in
HALEY where they haven't seen the
tops Of their fences all winter. No
mud there.
Our Legislators have nearly all
svamoosed the ranch" and left a
splendid record behind them, espe-
ciaIly the hell-Pop- ulists as Jud calls
'em. Their record il rather savory--
Is badly tainted. 1t ought to settle
the hash OF that party forever IN Ida
no. The Populist members from AL
turas came TO the Legislature as OBJ
structionists, and the record shows
too we'll how they succeeded. Bal.
lantine had his vote mo" down pat.
Last Friday a call Of the House was
ordered BY tho Speaker. The Clerk
began calling the roll, as follows, and
here are the names and responses:
Anderson, "here;" Arlington, "here;"
Allison, "here;" Ballantine, "NOll!"
This caused litter OF the House and
lobby. They grinned all over their
faces.
THAT STATE WAGON ROAD.
The Governor signed the bill
correcting the error in the State wag-
on road bill, made by the Enrolling
Clerk, and it's my opinion that he
intended to sign it from the FRS. and
held it back, thinking it would assist
the passage Of the appropriation bill.
Your county was fortunate in secur-
ing the services Of a good Workman
in the Legislature, and you have our
permission to send him back two
years hence. Wish we could say a.
much for Ada, but we were greatly
disappointed in Mr.. Stewards calibre
as Legislator. We class him as a
feather weight. He worked direct
~ counter to and voted against your
State road bill. Why he, of all men,
should do this, was mystery to
many, especially when the fact is Ia
ken into consideration that the road
will prove more beneficial to Boise
than to any other town or city IN the
State. Ruick couldn't kill the bill,
but got in his deadly work later and
gave it almost fatal stab when he
accomplished the passage of his bill
IN relation to contracts all bonds
against the counties or State could
be paid in silver, stipulations to the
contrary notwithstanding. How's
that. with seven per cent bonds, when
in New York, where these bonds are
to be iloated, money lenders stipulate
IN their bids that bonds are PAYABLE
in New York City in U. S. Gold coin?
How are we going to get around that
IN floating seven per cent bonds?
"Where there's a will there's way"
Is an old adage, and presume there
IL way out Of it. What's the mat.
ter with floating them at homer Sill
yer 10 good enough to build the road
with and We have plenty of it. /, is
amusing to hear some of our people
argue the points of this State road.
Some contend the appropriation is on
ly for the purpose Of big steal for
some one to feather his nest. While
sm free to admit that government
appropriations are sometimes cons,d.
cred open for Legitimate stealings,"
there is no tangible reason why value
should not be received for all of the
APPROXIMATION In talkin1 tods,