Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-09-30

be oOscured by a small body of men
who are constantly hammering from
the religious side They are engag-
ed in this cause and can see but one
side Of the question, and they aim
to convince that their path is the only
right one to travel The voter must
admit that the question at stake is a
very broad one. and should bear in
mind that the men who are opposing
local option are just as able as those
who advocate it; that they have reas-
ons equal if not superior, to those
of the local optionists. for consider
ing prohibition a failure. and that
they are willing to openly proclaim
these reasons to those who are as
yet undecided how they will vote on
October 9th
Let us look into conditions in our
locality There has been hnan-
cial depression for the past two years
and not one of us has escaped its con-
sequences. Every person has been
affected in some maner, either direct
ly or INDIRECTLY This depression
cannot all be charged to the fnan-
oial panic The old perplexing and
yexing problem the water question
must answer for its share AS you
meet your neighbor now and talk oy-
er local conditions. it is agreed that
much money has been spent in ar
ranging for the proper handling Of
water for next year and that this
agitation for Local Option. and
merely the fear that it might prevail
has caused a timidity in business cir
cles which is only an augury of what
may be expected if the measure is
enacted No one can deny that the
enactment of local option i'm Gilmore
county viii deter the people from go
ing ahead with Improvements until
the practical working out Of the law
has been tested This viii require
time. Other towns have had this ex-
lperience. and it win be the same here.
Furthermore, the conditions have
brought together the solid business
men and taxpayers Of this town. and
have induced them to take a hand in
opposing a change. They have gone
this matter from bushes standpoint
Ewith a view not only to protect their
own interests, but the interests Of
every man, woman and child in the
county. They have examined the fl
nancial condition of the School Dis
trict and find that the legal limit
under which the school trustees levy
their tax has been reached. Should
the unexpired portion of the saloon IL
cense money have to be returned
from the school fund, there will be a
deficit of about 100000. This will
necessitate a reduction of the school
term, or will compel parents to pay
for books the pupil is required to
have, and which in each case a.
mounts to about $500 per pupil an
nuany How many parents desire
to have this additional expense added
to their present high cost Of living 3?
So parents will be placing an addi-
ticnal burden upon th4ir own homes
IL they do not vote NO.
The Village Trustees Of Mountain
Home find its treasury in equally
Lad condition and are worrying them
selves over the situation. and there is
but one way to meet the expense of
the city. The tax levy cannot be in
creased as it is already at top notch.
If it should be necessary to return
the saloon license money for the ball
ance Of the fiscal year, the only rem
edy is to take the money out of the
street fund. This will mean thar all
of the street lights now burning in
Mountainhome, with the exception of
the seven original provided for in the
franchise and which must be main
tain according to contract, will be cut
off, and citizens will be compelled to
; 90 TO their homes, or any place off the
two main streets, in darkness. Is this
not a pretty condition with which ia
be confronted ?Citizens should not act
= Hnwisely on election day; as afte- re.
gre will be unavailable should local
option carry
Many other reasons could be cited
e but these two alone should be suffi
b Gent to make everyone who has the
real interests Of the community al
q heart mark an (X) under the NO OIL
the ballot.
A carload of beer is shipped eacl
k month from the Nampa brewery tc
e La Grande, Oregon which is a pro
r hibition town. There are ten Joint,