The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-05-01
REDUCING THE TAXES
Continued from page one
Commissioners Losing and Don't KnosO it

has official knowledge record OF and Suhclent time mas
elapsed show that attempt will be made to posses
sion In highly civilized and weorganzed community where
honesty of purpose conceded and honesty results demanded
and required charges of criminal negligence could be laid and s
tanned against number of officials but if this county highly
civilized and weoganzed the human instruments and individual
which depend for carrying organized effort into effect
are universally lame and weak that the whole population needs
to be educated higher level of efficiency Until that done
each one office will seek hmsef by saying did our
sheriff relative of the house and that he
is doing we'll his predecessors have done
People Demand Higher Standard
This being in his and in all Others lay down
rule that the standard of predecessors longer accept
ab that the Of today have opportunity and of doing
than those of yesterday and people demand that they
gres get out.
People as bad as Officials
In order show that the whole population or less
like the officials point conditions private life and then
make demand upon officials.
The average boy girl in school has scratch tablet for
doing miscellaneous work Both sides of the paper capable
of being used for this work. but anyone watching and studying
their methods will observe that they usually only side and
only part that Some of them begin the of the sheet
do little work and discard Tablets do not cost much
but by this they make the years tablet bill several times
much should be- and form soveny habits besides Lead
pencils wasted books marked and scrubbed and the
edges and the habit of marng and destroying cultivated
the average boy girl has coin that especially needed
squanded for something saved They 60 looking for
thing to spend it for.
No Thought of Being Thrifty
where rather easily, the Chld
the wetodo home If he made business OF saving what ne
could would accumulate quite of money in a year. In
few years would be enough little business
worthy investment that good way anything his father
doing Very few boys and girls training this line but
rather taught depe anything that of penny
squeezing though be the prudent saving of change that
needed for current demands
No System, Plans, Hopes
Many families have the habit of buying Unfortunately
the and having things charged the head of the house
Children going and from school buy candies for themselves and
their friends and have charged father who receives meagr
salary wage He behind knows when his bills
right wrong and through lack of SYSTEM becomes hopees
mixed up in his Many mother with foolish social
ambition and lack of regard for making good home
spends money for dresses if her husband had fixed
and pay day he able square There
xedness of purpose the home and definite working of
poses by all the family
Dont Appy What They Knou
In the schools there great hue and about manual
ing and the public demanding it. but the boy who receiving it
school isn't mendng the broken furniture home That is
right line with his lessons but 60 rack throughout the
school term and he does apply what he learns school, The
girl the sewing classes does usually hurry home and apply
her sewing lessons she leaves the practical end of the work for
her mother Things that need mendng negeed and
bought with money that is needed for other things
credit that long being redeemed The farmer buys
machinery and lets it stand out in the field after using
Like Cihsen Like Road OVerseer
The road buys key of spikes for bridge work and
has left He doesn't practice close economy for himself
and he does do it for the county They get dash of rain
Them they they could be returned the dealer and
he takes them home He needs few spikes occasionally and
time he them used He buys load of sacks for
bridge work and the sacks eped they thrown around
with little regard what becomes of them. They worth
piece the dealer and forty them worth So in
bate the bill the county In 1913 the county paid for 1900
sacks of cement and received credit for something like SIS for sacks
returned The other $4 worth wasted kept by the road
COMMISSIONERS Like the Overseers
The deemed worthy attention by the COM
different about such things when their chiefs
counting We could give interesting of where these
1850 sacks went but would be fair the make
this public until they have been invited by the commissioners
the people, the sacks and let the county take credit for
them The same lax methods being followed this year. few
minutes work by each the once would