Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-02-17
WEDNESDAY, February II, 1897.
Masons meet tonight.
Al Stednap's lilfla GIRL 10 n,

IA masOns meet Tonight.
AL Stedman's little girl is quite sick.
Robert Chattin visited Boise on Sun
day.
Mrs. j. M. Neil is on the sick list
this week.
Sheriff Ben Gray of HALEY spent
Sunday in this place, visiting with his
sister, Mrs. Glenn.
n C. f. Boyer came down FIR ON Pine
4 Grove Saturday to visit with his fam lily.
y He reports everything quiet but the
people confident at the Grove City.
60 Parties having live stock of
any kind to sell, will do well to write
to Sweetser, Burroughs & Sparks, Po-
catello, Idaho. They will send you Il
reliable buyer.
The pupils of the high school have
organized a WebsterClay debating
society and will meet every two weeks
for practice. The subject for discus
sion last Friday being Resolved, that
our race is iegenerating. The decision
was rendered in favor Of the negative.
The meeting held in the auditorium
last Saturday night for the pur pose of
discussing the Independent school
district idea was small and so far as
We can learn the oppositionlsts failed
20 bring out any reason why we
should not go ahead and organize dis
trict No. as an Independent district.
The Rebekahs of Guiding Star
Lodge, No A, assisted by the subordi-
nate lodge, entertained about hun
bred invited quests Friday evening at
the l. 0. o. f. hall, at pound social
The main feature of the evening was
the weighing of each lady present at
IL ct. apound. The gentlemen having
drawn ENVELOPES at ten cents a piece,
with a ladies' name enclosed, which en-.
titled him to a delicious lunch after
weighing his lady and paying the re-
quired sum. Supper was the next in
order, each gallant having captured a
fair lady and basket of good things.
Games were played during the even
ing. About $40 was realized which
will be used in procuring an organ for
the Rebekah lodge.
Verify the mountains are in an
guish and ridiculous mouse is
born" Those individuals who would
sacrifice their all in order to vent
their spleen or petty party spite
upon someone, have discovered that
school board of six resident free
holders might possibly increase the
tax two mills, for we are taxed
eight mills now, and ten mills is the
limit whether independent or de-
pendent district. There is not a
cents difference in the world in the
cost of maintaining an Independent
district or one that is dependent.
II will cost less next year than it
has the past year, for the reason
that there were some debts to pay
that will not have to be incurred
next year, and to suppose that these
six representative men and FREE
HOLDERS are going to levy more
than is absolutely necessary to
maintain the school, is not the part
of an intelligent being, and is the
vilest rot. Just think of it-these
men levying a tax, without any oc-
casion whatever, and simply for the
sake of helping to pay it themselves.
The Independent districts of Idaho
are reproduction of the model OF
other states and we might as well
argue that an Independent district
is a dependent one, or that demo,
crat is a republican, as to argue thai
an Independent district can be
divided, for such has never been done
in the history OF Independent districts
It is plainly apparent that our
district is TO be divided unless we take
steps to protect our interests, and the
moral of all this is plain unless we ex'
pect the bats to occupy our magniii
cent school house and the spider tc
spin webs undisturbed, we must vote
for an Independent school district lor
Mountain Home.