Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-06-24
Glenns Ferry, June 81, 1911.

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Dear sin: Taking it for grant 4
that you viii allow q taxpayer and
subscriber to express his views thru
your paper. ! viii make bold to say
that as citizens Of Gilmore County
at large and not being taxpayers i'm
| the Village of Mountain Home we are
only Indirectly interested in Mountai
Home but are vitality interested i'm
what pertains to the county as a
whole. In your paper of June 10,
| 1911. you say that the New Time
was allowed $500 or more ON the
small bill of $13400 above the cur
rent prices for stationery furnished
Blniore County. | also notice that
the New Time replying under date
of June 16 after Calling you punk
heads and your office a junk shop,
says that Spokane prices are general
ly lower than those charged in PRIN'
ING offices, seemingly admitting that
your statements were correct but
justifying his charge On the assjump-
ton that he was 1nn1aimg a PRINT
ING office while the other offices i'm
the county are mere junk shops. From
his point Of view he is doubtless cor
tct, lu' from the viewpoint Of The
over-burdened taxpayer, we believe
that the current p.iaes charged Il,
Gilmore county to the people of Elmor
county for the same work is all that
should be paid by the County Com
mlSsloners for the same material for
the use of county officers. The
money for paying for them dis not
furnished by Spokane taxpayers. II
1T were, We would not object to Spo-
kane prices, whether they are higher
or lower than Gilmore County prices
The county existed many years be-
fore the New Time blew i'm here,
lily SouHty OiiltIttnS WeHE odllSlN6u
with Gilmore county votes to elect |
them to offices, Elmore county print |
Ing of their stationery and Elmore
county prices. Prior to the New
Times coming we did not hear of |
punk heads and junk shops, and if
the New Time wants Spokane prices,
he better go to Spokane where the |
Spokane taxpayers have to foot the
bill, and If there are any county of
Ulcers i'm Gilmore county who are not |
satisfied with Elmore county station
cry at the same price that our mer-
chants are paying, llet us know who
they are and we will give them a
chance no go to Spokane next election
And another thing, Mr.. Editor, last
fall we were asked to elect q county
attorney and dad so, who advertised
his ambition to be a Square Deal"
attorney, what was HE doing when
We We're paying Spokane prices for
Mountain Home Work? Looks Like
here was a fine opportunity for him
20 make good the advertisement by
on Gilmore county prices for
Gilmore county taxpayers. regardless
If the New Times high priced labor
,r his Spokane prices. And if it would
hn 4nsn,, L. Il ! .
lsk you for the names of the offices
md officers who got each of the
trticles mentioned, at Spokane prices,
etter heads, Memos; gum labels etc.
There may be some mistake about
hese prices being higher than the
est of us pay for our work. If SO,
We would be glad to know DIT. but it
vill take something more of an ex-
'lanation than Punk Heads, -" junk
hops" Spokane prices, etc We
lant hard facts with the frills left
fl, for there are no frills on the
axes we will have to pay this fall.
UulS very uUiy,
A Taxpayer.
The county attorneys attention
lay not have been called to thel
pokane prices i'm Talbott's bill prior
, its allow ance, i'm which case he
ould not be held responsible for it's
llowance. Now that he has noticed
@ confidently expect his veto ON
ny hike bill i'm the future. The
lme is probably true also of the
GARD of County Commissioners.
ack of time prevents us from fur r
shimg the hist of officers called for {
this issue.-Ed.