Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-03-04
Let us Rejoice

Forgive them Lord they
know not what they do"
Let US all rej)ice and join in
q love feast since the ballots are
all counted at last for the new
High School, and it took SO few
moments to count those few
against them too.
Let's invite the whole COM
munity to our feast, and be as
generous as the sleepy urchin
in his CHOW / Lay Me-" too tired
to individualize in closing his
petition when he said, "God
Bless the whole town."
Let us forgive all those Of
the same notion as the back
" ,c dsm an who had never seen
a locomotive, upon his first in
spection thereof despondently
exclaimed, "Jtt'll never go, no
never go" then when the throt-
tie was opened and it went off
with a whoop, cried out in dis
appointment and surprise, "1t'll
never stop, no never stop"
With our new Cold Storage,
sewerage, curbing, guttering,
electroliers. paving, advances in
prices paid for homes all within
the last two or three years, the
throttle has been opened, and
verify l say unto you, emo. VAL
ley will never stop until it be-
comes one of the very best
towns of the great Mo. Valley
and of this great state of Iowa
In our triumphal rejoicing
we should forgive every sinner,
even her who pays no tax and
has no progeny but hoped some
time to nave q poodle and fear
ed the tax might be raised
thereon.
And him who had no kids and
no tax and said, "Oh, | don't
care what is DONE" And the
knocker who said the voters of
our town would never support
a general tax for a new school
even though we had united on
paving, only because a few had
to stand the cost in paving he
claimed, brother awaken and
breathe some of this new ozone
in our atmosphere.
And those who have several
offspring who should enjoy this
school, but pay no taxes and yet
too Indifferent to vote either way
And the fellow who said the
town was already speeding up
the hill too fast so he wanted
to back up while until he could
catch his breath.
|. And the fellow who was agin
a tax which would boost the
town andvalues so he could not
afford the tax on his duck pond
lots, forcing him to sell to some
booster who was willing to fill
them up; improve and pave
them:
8 Then a, prayer for those who
pose as public benefactors and
boosters, and claim to be maxi
ling theirllives one of service,
which seems to be mostly labial
and lingua', when they will balk
at a raise in their taxes which
will not amount 10 a postage
stamp a day to most of them.
With this benediction and pray
er of forgiveness, let's stand
with our hats off to those others
whose virtue is their reward.
Including those struggling
along with short hours, short
pay, large or small family,
heavy sewerage, curbing and
even paving tax, and yet many
of them will struggle harder
and boost stronger for the bene-
fit of all and not be classed as a
knocke,. but a booster, when
they deserve a world of praise
when it means a sacrifice so
great to many Of them.
Pin a rose on all those who
said they paid heavy taxes to
improve the town but wanted
it still better, even if they had
no children to educate, they
were willing to help if the other
fellow would feed the kids, he
would help educate them.
1t is most gratifying to an
nounce our supply of roses is
insufficient to supply all the
boosters our town now supports
as too many buds were saved
to place upon the graves of the
knockers.
With one more song of praise
for those who were we'll JUST.
fled in Directing to additional
taxes for many good individual
reasons but vet who were too