Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-04-05
COUNTY DIVISION PROBLEMS

We have noted with pleasure TN
editorial in the New Plymouth SENT
mel under date of March 10Th desig
mated as 'Facts-Not Figures, Thu
article is so absurdly ridiculous tina
our sides would be tempted to burs
with laughter, if it were not tol
our respect for the man who
supposed to have written it.
Now Brother Editor, il you canno
present your side of the County Di
vision question better than in the
above mentioned article we will be
tempted to ignore your articles ID
the future as not being worthy Oh
attention. or perhaps you need an
assistant. Don't lay down that way
If Won are really and truly asains'
County Division fight for what you
believe is right, don't try to prove
our side Of this question for us
You say you have dug up Madison
County which has valuation Oh
s5.611 .O23 but that you were not sur
prised to find that it cost the tax
nayers of Madison County Tor the
last year the sum of $96,9S5.oO to
RIM their county. Will you kindly
read little further down in the
same article and then answer TINS
question, did you not also say IN
the same article GAS a matter OF
fact Canyon County expended, ac-
cording to the last report, the sum
of s554,559.S6 and yet has the low
est levy. we understand, of any
county in the State? My gracious,
Brother Editor, how you do make
aus smile. Assuming that your state
ments are correct, how much money
would Madison County have had 10
pay if she had to pay one fourth OF
S554,5 SO? You must be dreaming to
advance such "Facts-Not Figures.
Ii would be s13S 1896 wouldn't it?
Or. according to your own figures,
last year it cost the proposed Fay
cite County. while in Canyon Coun-
ty. while in Canyon County with APP
proximately the same valuation as
Madison County, SAL ,654.96 more than
it did Madison County.
Now. Brother Editor, you must not
forget the fact, that you are writing
your editorials to be read by a CON-
munity composed on the average of
the best educated, most progressive
and up to date people in the world,
and we say this not by way of flat
terry, but as fact, because the re-
ports prove the above assertion. You
should not treat your readers as
tho they were bunch Of fools, al
tho you may think they are, for if /
You do, you certainly have another
long hard think a-coming.
You seough at the idea Of Payette
County only having to raise by tax
alton the sum of s90,oO0.o0 per year
for county purposes. You say the .
editor of the Enterprise figures out /
the proposed Payette County can
run on less than 100000 per year"
No, Brother Editor, we are not as
crazy as you may think We are, nor
are we trying to blind the voters by /
throwing sand in their eyes. You
know as well as we do that some of
the County officers earn more than
enough to pay all the expenses of
he office including the salaries of
The officer and his deputies. You
know that there is a large amount of
money raised from fines, penalties,
licenses, etc, which go into the
county funds, and that you only
have to raise by taxation the diff
erence between the total of these
and the total county ex-
,ense. Now be candid dear Editor,
lot?
Now, why do you try to lead your /
eaders astray by stating that "as a G
natter of fact Canyon County ex- t
'ended, according to the last report,
he sum OF 1854, 1886 and yet has
he lowest levy, we understand, Of !,
ny county in the State? Do you >
mean to tell your readers that Can I
on County expends $554,559.S6 per 4
ear and that all said amount is Il
aised by county levy which you ?
lain is the lowest in the state of
IDAHO? Certainly you don't think '
our readers are quite so dense. You
ay our county levy is SIC. on the y
and the entire valuation of ;,
'anyon County is approximately SOL y
00,000.00. Therefore, by taxation we /,
'ould only raise approximately SAL 81
OO.00 for county purposes and at C,
hat rate if there was no other "
loney coming in according to your a.
rgument Canyon County would be u
DING behind at the rate of $312,- p
1896 per year .
Do you mean to tell your readers :,