The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-09-02

parcels for this purpose when they
are coming land in tlts whole rourse
OF the summer he does not getenough
to flag hand car. He gets discour-
aged, quits working and putting up
money and the club goes to pieces
and the farmers say 1t is dead town
and it is.
A good roads association is formed
to aid in getting the roads. improved
where 1t will bring the greatest bene-
fits to the public at large, work is
Planned, money is raised and expend-
ed and the fellows who carry on the
work and do all the coaxing and
planning and take all the rebuffs and
pay more than their share of the
cost, get discouraged and settle back
again to work for themselves.
Every fellow hustles for himself,
the spirit of helping one another is
crushed, the man with the least feel
ing and thesmost gall gets the most
money and nothing else brings him
any recognition or groceries.
AS we said in the beginning, 1t is
al unfortunate condition, and it may
easily grow worse instead of better
There is nobody so dead in spirit as
the man who has attempted to benefit
the public by personal effort and
personal sacrifice, and then had criti-
cisms or discouragements directed
against him until he turns away in
sad and gloomy thoughts to take up
the thread of his own neglected af-
fairs. The man who feels that way
and allows the poison of bitterness
to fermet in his bosom, has suffered
an injury which he can i'll afford to
allow to take possession of him, and
which the community can i'll afford
to have him sustain.
The man who goes out with sub
scription list to get help for somebody
in trouble is doing most commend
able act, but while it is his privilege
to ask, 1t is also other peoples privil-
ege to decline, and carrying the mat
ter to the extent of coercion or boy
cot is changing the spirit of the work
from one of benevolence to one of |
graft, and that principle will kill
itself and leave worthy persons in
want who ought to have relief and
who could have proper relief if peo-
pies confidence and generosity had
not been abused.
The man who belongs to the COM
mercial club but never goes to meet
lngs or helps plan and carry out the
work Is not measuring up to his duty.
The man who ought to belong and
leglects to join and to help with the
work is falling short of his duty
provided of course, that the purposes
Of the club are worthy-and If it is
not worthy it might be made SO if
he would lend it his influence.
II a man is doing club work or fair
work or road work or some other
public duty and is not doing it Just
The way you would have it done, be
Is generous as you can bring yourself
20 feel and say that perhaps you are
half wrong anyway, and that in any
event he must be sincere or he would
Tot be doing it at all.
Let us trim our rough corners a
rifle, and avoid some of the mistakes
We have been making, get little
closer together and pull for the COM
non good, and for better individual
'ision of our own duty. Blackfoot
AN boast of more unanimity and
more harmony than most towns, but
he fact that others are more divided
and more injured by cliques and
ticks, does not bring us to measure
Up to the standard and the advan-
ages we are privileged to.