The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-02-20
DAMNING IT'S DICTATOR.

though in wet" county, is con-
tinued so dry" it is reported,
that it threatens to crack. Yet
leading paper, the Advance, rep
resents that the people of that
moral burg are loath to part with
their race track. The Advance
sets up that there is no rowdyism
that the crowds are we'll handled,
that there has been no increase in
crime and that the farmers are
doing well selling produce to the
owners of horses.
In this connection the Advance
declares that the backbone of the
agitation to prohibit racing there
Is the Spokane Spokesman-Review
and the agitation is clearly shown
to have had it's birth /" = in
jealousy and selfishness.
An attempt to prove the sweep
ing Indictment is made by refer
ring to the "sins of commission
and omission right at it's own door"
in Spokane. The nightly revels
at the "Silver Thrill" (Grill) are
pointed out and there is reference
to "similar permitted rendezvous
of iniquity" that leave in their
wake "a much larger train of cor
ruption in the space of one year
than does the operation Of the
races within the same space of
time" w
The editor assumes, therefore,
that " if this race track were To-
Gated at Spokane, this self-styled
mouthpiece Of Mortified Spokane
would be less orthodox and assume
a silent attitude as to its iniquity
and would hunt some other issue
for its excuse in meddling with
the policies of a sister state"
The Advance goes on to relate
that "the people of Post Falls are
very generally in favor of con-
tinuation of the races" and while
it is admitted there is room for i'm
provement in relation to book
makers, etc., there is no demand
for wholesale destruction" any
more than there would be for
abolition of the circus because OF
disreputable hangers-on.
The Occur d'Alene Press de-
clares as false the statement OF
the Spokane paper that the track
is"the rendezvous for pickpockets,
hold-up men. thieves and murder
ers, prostitutes and all classes Of
undesirable citizens" and it com
pares conditions there with thost
in Spokane, observing:
During the 60 days of rae
ing at Alan last spring the Of
ficers did not have one case
of robbery or pocket picking
reported at the track or on
the grounds and there were
no arrests for disorderly con-
duct, not even for drunken
row. The best of order pre-
vailed.
tha fxun xxyaalZc Of
the Spokane fair over so eases
of robbery and pocket pick
ing were reported, horlots
boldly piled their trade on
the streets of that city in So
Letting and robbing, and peo-
pie were held up and robbed
as they stepped from street
ears on Riverside avenue, ac-
cording to reports.
These facts prove that there
is something beside the NOR
al issue back of the fight
against the Alan race track
and every person in this part
of Idaho knows that it is the
Spokane spirit to get and keep
all the dollars that can be
raked into that city.
The Press resents the arbitrar
interference of the Spokesman-R
view in Idaho affairs. 1t charge
that "Spokane wishes to kill IL
Occur d'Alene Fair and Racing
ISOLATION because she sees in it
live rival Of her interstate fair,
eand urges legislators to thin
twice before killing an Institute
With $1OO OO0 nlant Uof ore,