Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-12-17
is CROW A LAR OR FOOLISH?

Perhaps the bonehead editor of the
Orofino Tribune can tell the public
why Pat and Jim Blake's five acre
tract in the center Of Orofino, assessed
this year at $500 per acre, was, under
the benificent rule of the Tribune
gang, valued at but small fraction
of its fair valuation? And perhaps /.
R. Grow can tell why bridge plans,
under gang rule, cost So, 500 in Clear
water county, and nothing in any
other county in the state. Perhaps
Mr.. Crow would not have much to
crow about if he would explain why,
with so able and wonderful states
man., scholar and eminent citizen as
/. R. Crow for secretary, our county
fair should have become a disgusting
mass of disgraceful blunders that
wrecked it. And the Tribune did all
the printing, and paid itself some SSl,
illegally, while the farmers We're,
generally, skinned out Of their prem
iums.
In the last issue of the Orofino
Tribune appears the following:
1T certainly must be matter of
great consolation to the property own
ers of Clearwater county to hear SO
much about the big saving on printing
bills when they take glance at their
stax statements for 1915. If saving
of over so per cent. in printing, as
claimed, makes taxes from 50 to 100
per cent. higher, what would the far
mer have to pay in taxes if the print
ing was done for nothing?'
A very fair sample of the kind of
nonsense the Orofno Tribune feeds the
public, and MIR. Grow either takes the
people for consummate idiots, or he
doesn't know much. For, seriously,
what has the Tribune said? If the rec
ord shows that printing, at whateve!
price, is responsible for an indebted
ness of $l26, 0C0, to pay which the re
publicans were compelled by law t.
levy 8 mills, and repudiate s44, 00(
more, then the taxpayer might "glanct
at his tax statement for 1915, ant
hold the republicans responsible, as
sured that the county was beint
gouged for printing. But, as mat
ter of fact, printing, i. e., commits
sioners proceedings, for which tn
Orofino Tribune charged TEN CENTS
PER LINE, does not cost so per cent
as much as l. R. Crow was paid TO
the same identical service.
Therefore, if the taxpayer will
"glance at his 1915 tax statement, ;
he will not charge the increase to print
ing, but will see IS mills for war
rant redemption, which means one
third of the entire 1915 taxes are 70
Indebtedness saddled on the Clearwat
er taxpayers by l. R. Grow and tn
Orofino Tribune gang.
Instead of treating the subject 0
high taxes with some degree of com
mon sense, and talking to the taxpay
ers as tho they had some little degre
of intelligence, Mr.. Grow insults hi
| ICduCIS Wy inACIIiliS luCy dAC q SCt Y
fools.
In all seriousness, Mr.. Taxpayer
what do you think Of paper ths
will, in view of the facts and the off
cial county records, attempt to explai
high taxes by offering such an IDIOT
explanation as
IF saving of over so per cent
in printing, ss claimed, makes take
from SO to 100 per cent. higher, whs
would the farmer have to pay in ia,
es if the printing was done for moth
, ing?"
f With as much sense might we e,
plain high taxes by asking:
: IF l. r. Crow was short 500 Z
] probate judge. how much is seventee
r pounds of pork sausage WORTH" Ar
e we might insist that '.glance at one
: 1915 tax receipt proved that l. +
I Crow is a liars,