The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-02-14

department. Rockefeller Is being
permitted to 90 around with his bare
head exposed alike TO the elements
and the blue vaults OF heaven willie
Uncle Sam refuses TO give up doiiar
wig because the duty Is not paid. Is
1t to be supposed for minute that
Rockefeller does not know that ne
only paid the Paris wig maker nVe
franc for making the wig when he
was I'm "Paree" last summer is III
not an outrage that the custom de-
partinenL should demand duty ON
valuation Of 300 just for an insig-
nihcant wig? Does not Uncle Jobn
know, on the other hand, that six
bit wig made In Paris Is worth at
least 800 In this country after the
duties are paid? Does II not look as
IL this government would have a
damage suit on Its hands II our
Uncle John should catch his death OF
cold by going around wigless? To
look at the matter In another light,
what does Uncle John want a wig Tor
at any rate? Everybody knows that
his head is as bare as billiard bali,
and that 1t has been a skating rink
for flies and June bugs for 10, these
many years? In fact II Is well
known that his head Is as lacking OIL
hair as his conscience has been de-
void of honor. II Uncle John Is not
rich enough to pay duty on wig
at a valuation Of 800 the government
should admit this necessity free, and
not thus impose hardships upon one
of our most respected ~ citizens.
~.
Since we have been resident o.
Salmon we have noted but one In
stance wherein the board Of village
; trustees seemed to have considered
politics In the performance OF thei
. duties. That was In the selection o
} the other paper as the official orgal
In the publication of the sewe
, notices. The Recorder has not II
the past nor does 1T feel dispose
! now to criticise the board for thu
exercising their preference. We re
T alize that four out OF five members c
the board are republicans, but we be
lleve they have all worked for wha
! they considered for the best interest
. OF the city. In commencing the act
4 of Chairman Atkins In not voting Q
J their last meeting to suspend tn
e rules so that franchise could
r granted, Is not because he is a dem'
t crat, but because he considered l.
r was doing his duty by the peopl
$ and because his opinions on this ma
ter conceded with those CT the wri
$ err. II 1t had been an urgent cast
u the comfort of the people impeTile
S In any manner, then we should hay
lat once. said hs~Sas doing -au- j
Justice. The people had not bee
: consulted as to whether they desire
d the board to give away their properl
e or not, and 1t Is no more than rigl
! that their wishes should be consi
J. cred In this matter.
y ~
. Until this electric light franchi
> was presented In the council chamb
. we very much doubt II there was
. half dozen taxpayers in the munit
: pality who were aware of the ia
u that such concession was to
J asked for. The fact that 1t was th
- kept In the dark, and insisted by t
~ applicant that the board suspe
u their rules and pass the ordinan
W forthwith without even discussto
Is n uch less ascertaining the wishes
g the people In regard to the questic
} occurs to us that there was go
- sized Ethiopian concealed somewht
~ In the proverbial woodpile. We nj
Nv have an electric light system, whiG
10 so far as we are able to learn, Is g
10 ing reasonable satisfaction, and W
20 the was such a rush to railroad
u franchise through Is best known
w the applicant. 1t would be just
- reasonable proposition for
~ MORTGAGE to sell property, on VIII
eS the time limit had not expir
'.s without consulting the mortgager
NC 1t would for this board to give av
10 that which belongs to the PEG
~ without consulting the owners. A
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