Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-03-31

the same year. He might explain
who it was of his gang reduced a
certain timber companys valuations
on the county rolls some million dol
lars, the while accusing the repub!i-
cans of being timber tools. We are
now taking county records, and |. r.
Grow can find the facts and make the
thing plain if he dares. And we are /
frank TO tell our readers that the Oro- 4
fino Tribune dare not stir this mess. {
1t dare not expose its friends. The (
Republican has tried to be decent for .
little while; we have preferred to /
let county politics drop for a time, I
but the Tribune has kept hurting in
situations at the republicans; it has
nsnuated that Assessor Hinckley is
favoring timber companies. The Re-
publican has no apologies to make for
Assessor Hinckley Were it not that
continued silence on our part might be
construed as an admission of guilt,
and in some quarters be taken as evil
dence that the Republican cannot meet
the Orofino Tribune charges, we would
not now pay any attention to the
matter.
The Orofino Tribune and its crowd
have never tired of bowling timber
tool" at people opposed to gang rule;
they have cried "stop thief, to con-
ceal their own corrupt methods, and
have deliberately lied to the people.
During the last campaign, in ad
dition to the Orofino Tribune, the gang
erected bulletin board on promi-
nent corner of jackson avenue and
lded, in large letters, the most
startling statements showing how AS
SCISSOR P. H. Blake, with the Nease
cruise as basis, was standing by the
people. For instance, the northwest
quarter of section Is, township 80,
range 6, was shown. Assessor Blake
had assessed this $50 acres of timber,
belonging to George Rubadew, at $40,
8S9. The cruise bid it, and the
gang had given the dear beloved tax
payers of Clearwater county the
, cruise. 1t was the work of that be-
nign influence of which the Orofino
Tribune was the mouthpiece, guarding
public interests. And this 100 acres
of timber was assessed at $40, $3.50.
But what is revealed by the records
) Taking the Nease cruise, just as it
{ was turned over to Assessor P. H.
Blake, and on which he assessed, and
+ we find:
/ White pine 2,SO5, 900.
= White fir 315, 600.
\ Red fir 35, 900.
t Tamarack 10000.
r Spruce $4,000
e Cedar 345, 600.
9 Again quoting records, Assessor
t Blake used the following values fol
v assessment purposes
e White pine So per thousand.
t Cedar 81 per thousand feet.
e Mixed so cents per thousand feet.
!, Land $500 per acre
f Now do your own figuring. Tel
S us, you who are ranting and ravin,
e and gnashfng teeth; tell the people
!. Orofno Tribune, how you arrived a
e $40, S59!
). What are the facts? By Assessor
Blake own records the value of thi
,e quarter should have been Sc, 953, an
d the facts in the case are that for cam
1T paign purposes, to deceive the people
lie about $4, 900 of fictitious value wa
: added.
A To be plain they lied, and the Orc
I'd fino Tribune was party to this dea
$ of rank deception on one hand, an
is rank robbery of a timber owner on tn
a other. For there is no doubl
10 standard of honesty. Stealing an
r robbery is stealing and robbery, and
e highwayman, holding up his victim
tie in the back alley, is a gentleman be
S. side a public Official who robs his vic
ic Tins under the guise of law. "
is the Oronfio Tribune defended this rot
IN berry and appladed this deception {
s. the people.
a Nor is this all. County Treasur,
Blair Hoar was sent by the Clea
water county board, of which Frar
t Zelenka was chairman, to Boise whel
al he appeared before the state board
,ir equalization in behalf of Clearwat,
in county. Now mark. Before tt
ne state board of equalization Bla
lg Hoar, pretended friend of the peopl
Il endorsed and supported by the Orofir
v Tribune, admitted that the Blake a
ks sessment of Clearwater county timb
he was excessive; that it was unfair al
in unjust, and agreed to and accepted
o. reduction of TWENTY PER CEN
ng BY their own official acts, the
f. the Orofino Tribune and the dem
ty cratic county administration place
the assessed value of this $40, s.
quarter section of timber, their Graz