Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-07-15
The following Is copied verbatim
from The NewTime of June 16,
"ANOTHER REPuBL LIE.n

men. Norell, the little cherlb il
superintendent of Sunday schoo
and both Norell and Jacobson ar,
prohibition (ittle, moral prohibition
ists). In spite of their moral pre-
tentions and all the other lies told by
them In last weeks issue, and To
which we have called attention, here
is another Of their brazem affronter-
les: NI
In commenting upon the new e
aectric light franchise, The New
Time I'm its last Issue states AN
emergency existing lin the mind of
Clerk Norell, whose paper is liable
to lose the village printing after the
next meeting), the new ordinance
was passed under suspension of the
rules.
Both the lying saints" know that
the reference was made, not to 1.-The
new electric hight franchise" but to
the ordinance relative to stock run.
ming at large and being hobbled in
THE public streets.
They know they lie, and 1T is only
necessary for the reader to scan the
ARTICLE referred to i'm the last weeks
issue of this paper, to also know that
they lie.
1t lis impossible for them to hurt
us I'm the least, but men" In the
newspaper business, who will stoop
to the telling of such lies to the
public are unsafe citizens, i'm that
they cannot be relied upon to tell the,
public the truth regarding matters
OF importance to the people.
A liar is worse than a thief, a
Thousand times, and the most detHi-
mental factor i'm American life, today
Is the lying press.
God save the people from lying
hypocrites, and especially those, who
hide behind the cloak of the church"
I'm June "a, we quoted from let
ter received by Mr.. Norell from the
attorney for the Electric Light Com
pany as follows:
Il notice I'm the Mountain Home
paper this morning that you came in
for a little roast i'm connection with
the granting of the franchise. AS II
remember it, you were more conserv-
alive about this franchise being grant.
ed than any one else, and great
many OF the features which are extra
favorable to the town can be directly
traced to your own suggestions"
And said that were we In error
IN supposing that the contemplate
Thing at Norell referred to the cleo
uric light franchise, so also was the
attorney for the Electric Light Com
>any, or he would not have written
Is above to Mr.. Norell and called
attention to the fact that the ordin-
lnce against stock running at Target
vas not passed until June S, som.
or 5 days after May 80. which was
ne session referred to by the New
Time, in his article published June !
!. We also commented on the alb
urdity of Talbot trying to make DIT
ppear that the clerk of board has
ne power of suspending the rules.
md passing ordinances when suspend
d. In his next issue he delivers
imsef as follows:
To George Jacobson, Editor Re. l
|
In the New Time of June 2, occurs
ne following: .
chairman Ticknor called the meet. :
~ to order and the first business
roved to be the reading of an ondi-
ance regulating the license tax on
loving picture houses. Heretofore
lis tax has been $40 per month
Mich, DIM view of the limited patron
&c to draw from and the tax on lik V
lterests in other Idaho villages, was II
eemed excessive. The new or Il
nance cut the license in half n
AN emergency existing Din the a.
lind OF Clerk Norell, whose paper b
liable to lose the village printing O
tier the next meeting,) the new or b
nance was passed under slspen- n
on Of rules." tt
In two issues of your paper you
I've lyingly stated that this referred o.
the franchise granted the Great La
loshone Electric company. On this s
? have no other comment to make. d,
Ut Is plain to the people as to you, 10
at you neither respect the truth,
9 public or yourself and, in conse-
ence. you ase beneath the notice Id
respectable people" III
Comment Is hardly necessary, Ii he HI
right now he was wrong June 16, of