Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-05-29
A FARMER KICKS AGAINST
REMOVAL OF HITCHING POSTS
He Intimates the Order was Made IN the Interest
Of Auto Owners Says Some Farmers will
Withdraw Trade from Montpelier.

In an article which appears else
where in this issue, an Ovid farmer
expresses his disapproval Of the ac-
tion of the council in removing the
hitching posts from Main street.
To some extent the Examiner CO.
incides with the views of our farmer
friend, but we believe that he has
over-drawn the picture as regards
the difficulties to be encountered un-
der the new order of things. 1t will
not be necessary, as he says, for the
farmers to tie their teams around
the edge Of town and carry their
produce to the stores and then car
ry their goods out" Instead of do
ing this, they can drive up to the.
stores, unload their produce, go and
hitch their teams in the places pro-
vided, do their trading and when
they get ready to go home they can
drive up to the stores and the mer-
chants will certainly assist in bring
ing their goods out to the wagon.
We agree with the writer when
he says that it will be very incon-
venient for the ladies who come to
town alone to trade, as they do a
great deal in the busy season.
Many of them come to town for
only a short time. They bring in
their butter, eggs and and other
produce and as soon as they pur-
chase few groceries and possibly
a few articles at the dry goods
stores; they are ready to go home.
For these ladies to be compelled to
take their teams to an out of the
way place to hitch them is certainly
inconvenient, to say the least.
What the writer says as regards to
hitching by weights, is true so far
as high spirited horses are con-
cerned.
From sanitary standpoint there
is no question but what the remov.
al of the hitching posts is good
thing. But no improvement will bt
made in this respect, unless the al
leys and hitching places are KEEP
as clean as Main street. There il
certainly not much to be gained
from sanitary standpoint, if yol
simply clean up your front yard
and let your back yard remain ful
Of manure and other disease breed
ing filth. There is today numerou
piles Of manure and rubbish in tn
alleys, which should be removed
If it is solely with desire to max
the town cleaner and more healtE
full that the hitching posts were r
moved, then the health committe
of the council should not rest uni
every alley in the town is mac
practically as clean as Main stree
We believe the writer is mistake
int his assumption that the hitchir
posts were removed from Ma
street in order that autos mig
have clear sailing" While t
council has not made any order
that effect, the sentiment express
during the discussion Of the hitchil
ordinance, was that autos would r
be permitted to stand on Ms
street for an unlimited time.
The writer calls attention to Q
undisputabIe fact-if it wasn't
the farmers and their teams, th'
would be no stores in Montpel
and the merchants would not
able to now own autos.
In order to have prosper
town the farmers and mercha
should cooperate as far as possil
A town like Montpelier needs
farmers and the farmers need
town, and 1t is the duty of the n
chants and citizens generally to
all within their power to att
business to town.
Now the farmers Of Bear |
county should bear this in m
Montpelier is not the first town
establish hitching places of
main business streets for the f
ers' teams. This custom prevail
many of the towns thruout the ]
But when town establishes SUD
custom. it is the duty of the Off
OF that town and the business
- .--oxyszs, ax1ay-v convenience