The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-05-16
SOME BRAIN LEAKS
"A few Ideas PerUI1te thrMgh the Brain
Of the Editor while in q S0mnamhu-
lStk State.

III the statements OF the Capital
New are dependable IL is foregone
conclusion that the school elections
held In April over the state are H.
legal. Consequently the members OF
the board OF school trustees elected at
that election are not legally elected,
nor would their official acts be Legal.
The Statesman comments upon this
subject as follows: 1.-The old Law
calling for June election, no April
elections were held: and indeed they
could not be so held, as the law was
not In effect In April, In time for the
elections to be ordered That leaves
the elections to be held In June,
though by law the June elections are
abolished. Ii is believed that the
only legal procedure will be for the
old directors to hold over until the
next election, passing by the election
this year altogether. The article
In the Statesman was suggested by a
decision OF the attorney general. If
this construction Of the law IS cor
rect, and we are inclined TO believe
It Is, The school election in this city
was Illegal, and Murd Mcpherson Is
Sill one OF the directors and should
continue to be so until year from
next June, or until such time as he
might resign. II this construction
OF the law Is correct DR.. Wright was
not legally elected director, nor would
his Official acts be legal This Is a
matter which should receive the
earnest consideration OF the superin-
tendent OF schools, as complications
might result which would be Of a
great injury.
Editor Abbott should be congratu-
lated upon the magnificent write
up" he had OF the commencement
and class day exercises. The patrons
OF the schools, the pupils and the
teachers no doubt greatly appreciate
the manv kindly things he had to say
of the progress OF the schools. To be
serious, however, we must conclude
that Mr.. Abbott either forgot this
important matter or else he does not
consider the school events worthy OF
his consideration. In all of our ex-
perience In the newspaper business
this Is the first time we have ever
seen such an important event as
graduation exercises completely ig-
nored by the l0cal paper. Mr.. Abb
bott has pretty good descriptive pow
ers when 1t comes to the abuse of a
contemporary, throwing boquets at
his friends or filling his sheet with
hot air relative to the acts of the
"blg three" or euloglzing the g. 0.
p. and its leaders. When it comes to
telling the people how he stands upon
the forest reserve proposition or CIV
ing a public function In which the
local people are interested, deserving
praise, he is too deeply conserved In
saving (?) the country, and abusing
those who do not absorb his dope in
allopathic d0ses. AS surprising as 1t
may be to the few who take his paper
neither the writer nor The Recorder
came In for word of abuse last
week. To the people the progress OF
our public schoclss are very impor-
tant matter with them, for all 1t
does not seem so to the other paper.
Many have already found 1t out, and
many more are doing so each week,
that II they want all the news all the
time, and wish to see matters OF gen.
eral interest discussed they will be
forced to take The Recorder. whether
they like its politics or not.
-.
1t seems TO be taken for granted
that Hearst thinks that the reforms
he is In favor OF can never be secured
through the democratic party. For
this reason IL Is announced that he
has left the party ard will contine
the influence of his papers towards
the formation OF an independent
league, which is national In its scope.
SprA ms Quickly Cured.