Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-02-11
One Seeking information, Gives Some
lnforma ton.

information.
Having read that 1t Is more blesse
to give than to receive, l wish tC
lay claim to some blessedness, by Civ
ing a little information. During the
New Timers" last fit of COLLI
MOBILES, he delivered himself tC
the effect that the Board neglected
for matter OF, ten months TO dc
their duty In collecting dog taxes. y
By consulting the offtcial records
We find that the Board. duing the
said ten months, collected "a dog ID.
censes, also that since that time, and
during their activity OF which he COM
plains, they have only succeeded in
collecting 20 more licenses, up to
the tune OF his spasm, February B.
If the Board is open to censure for
', negligence m the first instance, it
surely is not open to censure for over
dCWVDty Wh uuc ScNOilu.
! In the throes of his second spasm,
he delivered himself to the effect
that "The Board got busy-Evidently
the city funds were getting low, ON
account of paying $1,000 per month
janitor fees to the Public Library
idiOtic statement one having
the intelligence OF hast years bird S
nest, knows that the reason for en-
forcing the Dog License was that the
town was overrm with dogs, and that
there was an insistent demand made
BY citizens to have the dog ordinance
es enforced. This meant the collect
ing of licenses and the killing of
stray and unclaimed dogs, adj of which
taken together, have in view the pur-
pose OF rdding the village of the dog
nuisance, and it has been found
Through years of experience, to be
successful wherever enforced.
The utter adherence that most
people have of paying a license ON
dog, leaves a town comparatively
free OF dogs, when the unclaimed
dogs are killed. BUT as it costs to
keep a pound and pound master to
dmpound, feed, kill and bury the dogs,
to which expense the killed dogs con-
tribute no part, ut is childish to claim
that the ordinances are enforced as
a matter of revenue.
Then in the third spasm and while
preparing himself for his great and
final extortionate act he emits the
following: You will note that the
men arrested were POOR men. There
are some TAT least one,) we'll to do
citizen whose name might have been
Included. Why was lit not done?
Why did our petite" Board of Trus-
tees refrain from issuing warrant
for r. p Chattin, for instance?"
There was, at least, one very good
reason why r. P. Chattin was not
arrested. He did not have amy dog
In the village, and suppose the
petite" could find NO law for pun
ishing him for not having one. much
as 1t may have disappointed the
New Timer" | ann informed that
Mr.. Chattin had stated that he had
no dog In town, which was evidently
satisfactory to the petite" Board
and that the morning after the New
Time article appeared, the assistant
marshal called at Mr.. Chattin's resi-
dence but did not find him at home.
Mrs. Chattin, however, invited him
to examine the premises for dogs,
stating that they had none, their dog
having died last year, and if that was
not satisfactory she would make am
affidavit to that effect. This of
course was not asked as the word
OF Mr.. or Mrs. Chattin would amply
satisfy the petite" Board or any
old timer. | suppose if it is not SAT-
isfactory to the NEW TIMER he will
have to throw another fit, as we are
unable to find that there are any
steps being taken to arrest R. p.
Chattin.
And now comes the final act. the
great SQUELCHlNG act, calculated
to forever cover business rival with !
such odium and ignominy that he must
quit the business and leave the fix
clear for the New Timer"
We quote: And why did Norell
take his dog out in the country in
stead of paying the tax like a MAN
would have done? But the dog came
back and our informant tells us No
rell refused to recognize him as his
AS matter of fact. No
rell did not have any dog. Mr.. Tyler
the tailor who lives out of the vii
lage and whose shop door opens off
the same entrance as that of Mr..
Norell's office, has bull dog that
has been I'm tho hAhit IF f~1to,,;,,,x t;,.A