The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1908-01-31
ANOTHER C\ZEITE LETTER
Writer Takes a Sensible View of
the Situation.
EtitOr ST. Maries Gazette.

terest, they would have US believ
they took. In the good town of st
Maries, when they virtually advis,
the people through the public press
to vote for Coeur d'AleHe being mad,
The county seat. Taxpayer" says ht
"never went into losing game with
his eyes open to the facts" and then
he goes on to explain what he con-
siders to be facts, such as giving
Occur d'Alene credit for building the
mud road from Santa to Enida, form.
the St. Joe Improvement company
solely for the benefit Of the business
men and people OF ST, Maries, and
then states how good the Occur d.
Alene Lumber company people have
been to the town in having their logs
sawed into lumber here. Then be
winds up with "song and dance"
peroration about how mucn he would
be willing to do for St. Maries, pro-
vided the movement was ''dead
open and shut" affair; finally closing
with an uncalled for fling at the
councilmen of the village regarding
the management Of local affairs,
which latter part or his communica
ton was about as pertinent to the
subject he was supposedly discussing,
as any other part of his letter. Tax
payer" has an sax to grind". Some
b 'dy has ''pull" with him, at the
would be county seat, which blinds
him to the Interests of his home to Un.
ID res "TaXpayer" think the people
| here will believe what he says about
the Occur d'Alene Lumber company
| cutting their logs here especially for
the benefit OF the people of St. Maries,
or that the St. Joe improvement
company was organized for their
benefit? Why should the people of
Occur d'Alene be offended at the
,, people OF St. Maries, for trying to
get the county seat? Are not the
p 'ople Of Occur d'Alene trying to
take 1t from the people of Rathdrum?
What Is "sauce for the goose," is
surely all right as "sauce for the
gander."
The people of St. Maries have No
ill-feelings towards The people of
Occur d'Alene because they are after
the county seat, and why should they
feel hurt or consign US to the dem
nition- bow-ows" because we are
"copying leaf" out of their book?
Then "Subscriber" chips 10 and
tells us how much nicer for us it
would be to let Occur d'Alene strip
the tree bare, and how we might have
a core or two to suck at il we were
good boys, and not reach out for any
of the fruit. 'St. Maries will come
into It's own" saws this "astute"
writer. "Let Us take care of the
present." he further urges. Now Mr.
Editor, did you ever hear such rot?
This matter of caring only for thu
present, has been the curse of this
country. People who think, look out
for the future, act for the future and
build for the future. 1t is the curse
Of the aye, this caring only for th.
present. 1t is the cause of untold
public evils, and waste OF public
funds. There are some people ia ST
Maries who look farther ahead than
do OF hers. There are those here who
look at St. Maries, not as it is TODAY,
hut as to what she will become when
this rich district is fully developed.
St Maries will become go0dly sized
town, located right 10 the center of "A
thickly populated and rich district.
She will have her tran>cnntinental
railroad and >ieamhnaL communica-
ilOn with the outside world, and the
dav is nos far distant when the popu-
lation of this town aud neg hborhuod
Will ouL-number the population of
Cueur d Alene and vicinity.
Why should not St MarieS enter
lie race? She has just as good a
ri4ht as Occur d'Alrne. The people
of Santa, ST. Joe and other burgs
adjacent To this place would fDd IL
much more convenient to do business
here than at Occur d'Alene or Ralh
drum. ST.. Maries should go after
the county seat, separately and with
out any strings to any other town.
ST. Maries should make no alliances
with either Rathdrum or Occur d.
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