The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-07-11
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TEXT FOR THE NEXT MONTH.
The Weiser World has several time
of late dilated upon the necessity o
road Improvement and became so es
peclally urgent upon the Mineral roat
that it was verging upon actual crit
icism OF the boards attitude, blu
Commissioner McCune came back il
time to change the face of things
and, in mutual agitation over some
stray paragraphs In the Signal, mag
nlfied much IN the eyes of the World
and McCune, everything In thai
quarter became harmonious and when
the long and unlawfully absent COM
missioner rushed into the World
sanctnm, they snapped spit and
waved their ears in defiance of the
universe, and especially of editor
Lockwood" While the outpourings
of these two sgitated sotfis do not
call for any responsive spasms on our
part, still, the Acknowledgement of
the invitation to chew the rag Is per
haps a matter of courtesy, and a
few words may amuse the public,
which ever likes to see something
doing.
The World assumes that the Sig
nal has been slurring Commissioner
McCune and gives what it alleges to
be samples of our unregenerated Gus
sedness, among which is a friendly
reference to subscriptions for the
Snake bridge, and we are charged
with knowingly belittling Mac in the
face of his subscription of 800. We
are much grieved over our error
We had thought, until now, that
McCune's subscription was made
sometime subsequent to the remark
quoted from the Signal And 800.
is most liberal donation from Mac.
who cannot have over $40 to Editor
Lockwood's" $1-and editor Lock
wood only promised to give $3.50 and
only has to part with certain
amount Of vital force to earn il
while McCune is forced to appro-
pirate his donation from the profits
or specially protected industry and
give up that much of the benefit re-
celved by him from class legislation.
But that was ever the way here in
Weiser-the poor devils get in and
dig and give up their earnings to
boost and bnlld, while the successful
financiers, whose ability to compile
means from the toll of others fit
them for the offices that carry the
counties financial strings with them.
lay back and reap the benefit. while
)nce in while heaving in penny
With blare of trumpets.
And if the Signal ever made a
mistake on the gentlemans senti-
nents relative to Weiser's CONNER
'ial interests, we are again sorry
md if Writ Campbell buncoed our
on that proposition, wellI
ever speak to him again.
Simmered down, our neighbours /,
emarks seem to intimate that the
Ignal had NO business to criticize
lcCune or any state of affairs. and it
ANTS the Signal to ''give facts. y
nat facts. Bad roads and danger.
us bridges speak for themselves
hey are facts enough.
to the ideas of the Signal. !.
county commissioner is simply a
ired man. And what is he hired
or IL not to exercise the executive
over Of the county for the safety
the people and to see that roads
nd bridges are properly kept; if not
essonaiiy, at least through agents
rovided by law. There's some :,
'etbod of havingt things safe, and
bile one sage may rub noses with !,
mother curiosity from some out of =
lie way gulch and grsvely decide that :,
thing "basn't been accepted by the-
'unty, it does not relieve the sit.
alton in the least, and, according to =
'e World of yesterday, Commits
oner McCune has ordered the !,