American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-10-15

SOtGot hoo0o
EXPOSING 9TH OLD REPUBLICAN RING"
Our contemporary is doing the people of the county
a great service by discovering for them that there ex-
lists in this county IAN old Republican ring that has been
In power so long that its leaders are using the offices
for their own financial interests and are prOiting from
the expense of the people in general who pay the greater
part OF the taxes" The people might have gone on for
years with this monster knawing at their vitals had it
not been for the fortunate and timely discovery of the
sleuth who brought the varmint to light.
Now let us see! Power County is almost twenty-One
months old and its officers have been in office about a
year and a half. Now this "old Republican ring must
have gotten awfuDy busy, and must have had a mush-
room growth. Before the county was divided no one
ever heard of this part Of the old county having any,
thing more than a commissioner, when we could get
one, and a member of one branch of the legislature
during three sessions. Yet it "has been in power so long"
that 1t has grown avaricious and its leaders are using
the offices for their own personal interests" We con-
tend that our contemporary should be given due credit
for its great discovery, but it should not have been so
er-mode as to have refrained from particularizing
Some respectable citizen is liable to meet a member of this
bold bad ring at any time, and lay himself liable to sus-
plclon by engaging in conversation with him. The peo-
pie are entitled to know the members of this cold Re-
publican ring who have been in power so long" in this
new county that they have been able to take from the
people nearly all their rights, in order that they may
know whom their enemies are. After a great deal of
shopping around and the exercise of all our detective
skill we have been able to learn the identity of the leading
ringmasters of the community, and give the information
to the public as an original discovery.
-
Inasmuch as "you are well aware that the present conn
ty officials were appointed and not elected by the popular
vote OF the people" and may have received their appoint
ment through "a certain element of politicians whose am
billions are for personal benefits and greed" the ring
leader OF the ring must be Senator ID. w. Davis, who can
be more closely connected with the appointment of the
present county officials than any other man. Now let
us see what kind of a man this man Davis is, and ex-.
pose some of his selfish actions to the public. Mr. Davis
is a pink haired gentleman who came here a little more
than seven years ago and started a bank, which met
with general approval. He found no people between
here and Aberdeen and but few houses between here and
Rockland, This man Davis took a very prominent part
I'm settling the country, by contributing toward an adver-
tising fund, and contributing of his time and energies
freely. ny and rbby" the people began to come. And when
they came, strange to relate, many of them did not bring
along enough money to buy implements and horses and
necessary, supplies. This man Davis then did one of his
characteristic tricks, He saidto business men who wanted
more than temporary accommodations, make arrange.
ments elsewhere. The people who are struggling to make
homes on these '~sagebrush lands need all the money |
can furnish them" And any man, who was industrious
and appeared honestg could get money for, horses. i'm
plements, seed OF, other necessities, and by adopting
this policy he has helped more men to pull through and get
"a start than any other two or three men in the county.
And And ne stayed with the men needing help, loaning up
to the capacity of his bank, and even went out and got
money elsewhere to help thern.aHe realized that the farm
ers needed better than the scrub cows that were here.
IN order 70 help them with their living expenses and to
introduce better blood, and he went out and bought sew
eral carloads, and sold them on, a years time to farmers
at about what they cost him. He shipped in horses the
same way, thus enabling a number Of needy farmers to
get teams who could get them no other way. Next, he
encouraged formers to engage in the raising of hogs and
made it possible for them to do So He has developed
three farms, and in every way proven himself to be an
upright and worthy citizen, one whom the average cit
zen is pleased to honor with his confidence. 10 .
F." Aa'~Nt lsN'Ts p =" a q d A-- H1suA) sd
~ Then he broke into politics. The people. of this part
OF the state wanted q new county, Business interests
the development OF the country, and the convenience of the
Fftbic demanded It he spent his money, freely, gave
ALL hiss dme that was necessarysdand worked like a -tro-