Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-05-25

provides in that case that the bene6ci-
airy must pay its proportion of the cost.
Pray how is this proportion to be de-
termined? Unless all signs in such
cases fail any outlying district thus
benefited will pay what the Jerome
Highway District says it is worth when
the court orders them to come through.
Will it be permanent boost for Jer
ONE as is said? If other towns start
up will the farmer feel compelled to
drive through them and bring his pro-
duce and crops to jerome? And will
the share of that $500 note" paid by
the new towns offset the resulting loss
to Jerome? This is not put forth in a
selfish light at all for there is plenty of
room. 1t is mentioned simply to show
| the investment on such a scale is likely
not to prove paying one, especially
while we are under present conditions
financially. If our market place were
Salt Lake would we jump in without a
thought and mortgage our property
irrevocably by the tax system to build
$50 miles of good road for other places
to hitch to, and then scrap out our
rights in the premises? 1t looks like a
soft spot in the path.
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And speaking of Jerome it is also pro-
vided there will be no interference with
the powers of governing bodies in
towns, but 25 per cent. of taxes COL
lected by the Highway Directors there
in is to be spent within such incorpor-
ated limits. 1t is true that such is the
present county law, but with this diff
ference. Take the road poll tax; the
county is limited to maximum of 81. 90
per head. The amount of poll tax by
this bill is left entirely in the discreet
sion of the Highway Directors. There
fore, town board cannot be censured
if it levy another poll tax for the
towns use exclusive of what the dis
trict calls for. AS stated, the Highway
Board is not limited in the matter of
poll tax it may deem necessary to col
lect. and which ''shall not be payable
otherwise than in money" Under the
old Good Roads law there is, so we are
told, district in Twin Falls county
which was formed on the spur of the
moment. They simply jumped in head
first and their feet are sticking out tc
this day. And there they must remain,
legal foreigners, until given special re-
lief. Senate bill 120 provides no way OF
disbanding if the scheme is not feasible
"No defective parts are replaced anc
the machine cannot be taken back. y
Would it not be wise to look over the
old planter-it really is not very wei
understood anyway-and see if we can
not get at least another years worl
out of it? AS stated at the start thi.
article deals solely with the method Of
attainment, with gathering our force!
intelligently for the fray, and scanning
all of the many phases of the question
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At this season of the year, with al
election on for the decision OF so all al
important matter, everybody is busy
the farmer, the merchant, the PROBES
sional men. Such being the case arr
they prepared to give it the careful ana
lysis that such measure as Senate Bill
l20 requires? Great is the reason TO
calm consideration OF possible consequen
ces. Senate bill 120, if printed in thi
paper, would fill about % columns; i
contains 81 legally phrased, hazy, an,
ambiguous sections on which leading at
torneys have stated they would not voic
an opinion short of hard months dag
nosis and comparison. If, emanating il
a squabble between the Boise CONNER
cial Club and the Commissioners OF Adj
, County, and turned down nearly to
when hurried before the voters of tina
county, would not this warrant caution
on our part when brought before us il
). the same hurried, helter-skelter manner
Drawn by Shoshone attorney on re
5 quest it was taken to Boise by Senate
Gooding, being at that time Just half it
present length, where it was pounced up
J. on by nearly every lawyer in Boise. Il
L spite OF Senator Gooding's opposition t
{, such tactics the bill went before the sen
o ate and passed, together with any pei
sonal spleen it may have gathered on ii
> way. To be generous, is bill, passe
{ at white heat apparently, the thing to b
t accepted in the same way? Now, fo
:. further proof let us look at the record {
the Eleventh session of our legislature
II From January 9th to March 3rd, pei
e iod of SO days, 30 bills were passed
q From March 3rd to March 18th, perio
+ of days, 80 bills were passed. Senat
Bill 100 was one of these 80 bills passe
in days, being approved March Sth,
i days before adjournment. In CONVEX
!. sation held in Shoshone last week Cover
s nor Hawley, when asked regarding
# feature OF the measure, stated that h
a