Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-04-19
CUT THE COMEDY,
BROTHER
EDITOR OF NEW PLYMOUTH
SENTINEL RUN OUT OF
ARGUMENTS ON COUNTY
DIVISION.


1t is with feelings Of regret tina
We note that the Editor o. the NV
Plymouth Sentinel has run out o
data against County Division. Ht
now desires to rehash in debate tha
which he has already fed his read
ers In his newspaper. He entered In
to this newspaper discussion Ilreel!
and voluntarily we presume but o.
course he can quit at any time he
runs out of dope The Eiitor o this
paper is not Preacher, Orator, AHt
tkagTilr, Lawyer, nor even a Fa is
but }iimply Editor of this humble pa
per In this woe-begone two-bit town
as he calls us. So, how can he ex-
pect us to meet him in public de-
bate? With all his many qualt lea
tions. certainly supposed he could
present his ideas in print. we ieei
sorry for him He is floundering
around in a Slough o., Despond, :,
trying to kick up a dust to draw
attention from the real facts o. the
case. Does not he know that he
cannot kick up much dust in
slough? This slough is a torch OF
his own melancholy into which he
has so mired that it is impossible
I for him to make progress. No Won
der everything looks dark and
gloomy to him. He puts us in nina
de a bic peeved kid who has just
had a seance with Dad in the WOOD
shed otherwise he would never have
mentioned Gooding County, Will n
from his own figures clearly proves
that County Division would be gooo
thing ifor us. Why, the dear Editor
says, Gooding County has valuation
of $7,O0O,OOO and that it cost the
taxpayers of Gooding County s99,S91
to run their county. Now, in his
issue c. the New Plymouth Sentinel
ST March 29th, 1917, he also made
the following statement "As mat
ter ef fact, Canyon County expend-
ed, according to the last report the
sum of $500 1896 and yet has the
lowest levy, we understand, to any
county in the state" We all know
the valuation Of Canyon County is
approximately s21 500, 100000. There
fore, ,Gooding County has approximate
ly one third o. cur valuation. Sup
pose Gooding County valuation had
been in Canyon County. What would
it have paid toward running Canyon
County according to his own state
'ments? Tell us, what is one third
of 1854 ,559.S6. Are you surprised?
Be not deceived by his ridicule,
Friends, because although ridicule
may be effective for some purposes,
it does not prove anything nor does
u relieve you from the burden of
taxation. The answer is it would be
the sum ca s1S4,S5S2S. In other
words, if Gooding County had been
in Canyon County instead of paying
1891 it would have paid $1S4,S53.-
% according to his own figures.
therefore, the :ueople o. Gooding
county lass-. r saved themselves
sum of $S4,962.2S. you cannot
fUa all the people all the time"
We have asked him questions, not
in spirit OF levity but in spirit
Of absolute sincerely He has replied
in platitudes and generalities. He
has evaded the questions. He now
desires to change his occupation from
an Editor to a debator. We wonder
how long before he will be tired of
being a debator. We know the rea-
son he answers thus, he has prac-
tically thrown up the sponge. He
has surrendered. He never has put
forth an argument. He has no real
arguments against County Division.
He is simply trying to sir up per-
sonal enmities. Come out like man.
Fight the battle square. Don't try
to stir up personal pre- judices. What
ever you do, don't be a pettiiogger.
He says the Enterprise reminds
him of Lydia Pinkham's Ad. What
do you suppose his paper reminds us
of. 1t reminds us of three rolls for
a quarter, no, paper has raised, only /
two rolls for a two-bit piece now.