The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1913-09-19
PLACE TELLS OF
BOISE HANDICAP

lin its issue OF September 5, The
Tribune had an article on the situa-
ton in Boise in regard to the Win
nemucca Northern railroad, under the
caption, Boise Welches as Usual in
the Past" The article was shown
to Col. E. R. Place by the Winnie
mucca Silver State. After carefully
reading the article Col. Place paid his
compliments to the Boise "handi-
cappers" in an interview in the Silver
State. In reply to the question,
What's the matter with Boise" Col.
Place said:
Nothing. She is all right, pos
sesses bunch of boosters that would
go after the north pole and move it to
Boise if they thought there was
show on earth to get it there But,
unfortunately, they are hampefeI by
few handicappers whom the boosting
element tie up to and allow the self
benefit bunch the debating of the
course to be pursued in matters of
the utmost Importance to the whole
citizenship of Boise. The first move
the Handicapped makes is to find out
personally without putting up cent.
meet to consider some proposition
that has been put up to them wherein
it may require the expanding of thous-
ands of dollars to bring about last
ing benefit to the community in gen
eral. The Handicapped is present, and
is forced to acquiesce in the general
movement agreed upon, then he sees
that the citizens plan is going to oot
him few hundred dDllar5 personally
and the benefit to e derived IS not
all going to him, SO he sets himself
the task of picking flaws in the plan
adopted and substitute one o: his own,
which relieves him of the payment OF
any coin for the general good and
provides for himself the benefit to &C
crue from the other fellows money.
lie don't come out openly and oppose
but goes to the busy business man,
who thought the matter in question
settled, and who hasn't time to attend
every meeting that is called and tells
him some cock and bull story to
bolster up his plan, shows him the
flaws in the other and alter long
harangue about how he wants the |
thing done right and at the start-how
he wants to protect the ordinary lay
man whom he states does not under
stand these matters, the business man
says Go ahead and fix the deal up.
I'm ready with my money any time.
| haven't the time to give my atten-
ton to all these matters
"Mr. Handicapped hastens to the
next one and says. l have just had
talk with Brown, who thinks we ought
to do SO and So Here and there he
has made Brown the father of his
scheme and the rest is easy. Then
if his plans won't work he has killed
the original well-meant intentions of
the citizens in general and cry goes
up that Boise didn't do this or Boise
didn't do that the outside commun-
ties and newspapers go after them
and they are partly justified because
they see the results that non-action
brings and they blame Boise as a
whole. Let the city fathers of Boise
frame an ordinance empowering the
dog catcher to mpound a few of these
all-self and to-hell-withthe other
fellow bunch, and if he keeps them
there until they are called for Boise
will be rid of its blood sucking crew
of barnacles' and then nothing on
earth can keep them from forging
ahead SO rapidly that the people there
will wonder why they didn't kill EN-
off long ago.
you We never been there, Ell? Well,
it would pay you to make the trip, if
for nothing more than to see what
Idaho is doing with its sage brush
lands. 1t might waken you up here
in Nevada. Boise is beautiful city
of 10000 people; has a capital build
ing costing $2,0OOOOO; will cost more
before it is entirely complete; best
hotels in the northwest; largest first
class daily newspapers; largest saw
mill in the west; interurban lines to
all the surrounding country; paved
streets from A to Z; natural hot water
piped to residences and business
houses, which furnishes both heat
and water. Within Is miles other
splendid cities, Nampa and Caldwell,
each with 5000 inhabitants, both sur
rounded by farms and orchards that
can't be beat anywhere, and the big
government dam impounding and wa
.ering thousands upon thousands o.
acres OF as productive land as there
Ire on earth. Honestly its wonder
ul country, inhabited by wonderful
people barring the small colony of
pickpockets and porch
limbers that the honest citizen hasn't
IS vet caught in the act -