The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-12-14
Notice to Subscribers.
CURRENT COMMENT.

II lHt ntNl itk
a good turn for the people of ldah'
il will enact the Torrens land trans
fer law which is in successful opera
ton in many states. The present
system of transfers is not only cum
bersome and inadequate, but 1t IS out
rageously expensive. Those states
which have adopted the Torrens sys'
tenn are loud in their praise of 1t. IL
has resulted in an annual saving oil
from half a million to million dol
lars in many states. Under the Tor
rens system the land owner is not
obliged to come under the new system
until he makes a transfer of his land.
Then he could perfect his title If there
were any flaws in it at cost no
greater than the present cost OF pass
ing title. That would end it. After
that land titles would be as safe, sure
and as easy to pass title to as
government bond. Under the present
system the man making the transfer
has to dig up an average of about S34
at each transfer At any rate, that
is what Eastern states has found to
be the average cost and it will not
vary much in Idaho. OF course, IN
some cases the amount is less and IN
others much more, but the average
for all transfers will likely be not
far from the foregoing amount. Ideas
differ slightly as to what the cost VIII
be under the Torrens act; 1t depends
an the actual law enacted But the
average cost of passing a clear title
under the Torrens act should not
much exceed SO; under the present
system the cost is 10 times that.
Many a promising young man has
been ruined by accepting a govern
ment Job or by taking public office.
The atmosphere is not right for de-
veloping the best in young man and
while many are looking for the chance
to get as much as possible and give
as little service as possible there is
not much encouragement for honest
ambition. In our lifetime we have
known scores of young men who have
been ruined by going into office-we
do not remember one who has been
benefited.
The militia boys are coming home.
They should be given royal well
come. They have proved themselves
real men who have done their duty
At a great sacrifice of all manner OF
personal interests. Some fine day IT
s qoing to occur to Americans that
universal military training is the only
democratic system. The job down on
he Mexican frontier-whatever that
OBJ was-was the Nations job. 1t
certainly wasn't the job of compare
lively few young men who had en-
listed in the militia and who were UNI
taken away from their
,usiness or their studies and sent to
10 police duty on the Rio Grande.
snt it good common sense that
very young man who grows into
itizenship in this great Republic /,
hould have training so that he can
elp defend his country if that should
yer become necessary?
1t is easy for the man in town to :
ell a farmer how to farm. 1t may be
gainst farmer ethics to care for
Machinery. But The Index contends v
( it parked linotype, two job presses a
cylinder press and a paper cutter
n the back yard through the winters
ain and snow, the gent who runs Y
he BOBBY hatch would call early to- v
morrow morning with his muzzle!
Why is a coroner's inquest? Well,
is like this: The record is made at Y
hat time of the testimony of wit
esses for the purpose of proving at
he trial that they are all liars. For
tne fecoru Ut tne coioiei
inquest shows that the witness under
ath says he same upon the scene of
he alleged crime at l0:45 at night. +
It the trial he testifies that when he
anne to the place it was "a quarter to !;
1"-and right there the opposing
awyer proves he's liar because he !;
wore differently at the coroner's in
uest, and he has the record to prove
The answer to the merry specula- P
Drs who proclaim that the war is
good thing" for the United States is
obtained in the mass of embargo leg S
Station which has flooded Congress, c
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