The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-06-02

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VOTING ROAD DISTRICT BOND
81 was opposed to bonds of an
kind, and especially to highway dis
trict bonds" said a wealthy farme
near Moscow, recently. "But l con
WINGED myself that it is economy t
vote for the bonds and | supporte'
the bond issue in Moscow highwa.
district.
81 wanted to know what | had pait
out for poll tax and road work il
the past 20 years, SO I went back ovel
nv poll tax and road work receipt:
and | discovered that / had paid out
more in 20 years than l will pay as
my share of the road bonds and inter
est in the next 20 years, and we had
no roads either. Every year we did
over again the work we had done the
previous year, Yet we never had
good roads.
al got to thinking the matter over
and / decided it is better to vote bonds
and have good roads which will not
cost so much for up-keep and will
ceaily be good roads, than to go on
repairing dirt Foads every year and
= never have any really geed reads at
any season.
There is a lot of good, hard sense in
that statement, We do not know the
facts about the amounts paid out iii
past years, but we are willing to
het that man knows and that his state
.nent is absolute truth. We do know,
however, that in the district where
he has lived for 80 years there are
no roads worthy of the name and that
work has been done on them the last
two years and will have to be done
over again this year to make the roads
barely passable next fall. -
! Our road system, which we are
about to discard in favor of modern
methods has been like the method OF
the man who cut his dogs tail off,
taking off an inch every few days
$50 it would not hurt so badly" as if
the entire tail had been removed at
one operation.
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THE WAGONS AT THE DOOR
Walt Mason: In the past I've beg
ped the boozer to get on the cart and
ride; | have cried: "Oh, picked
snoozer, have some decency and Pride!
Why forever have jag on, why be
souzed for evermore? Come and
mount the wagon l beseech and i'm
plorel" Now l need no longer wor-
nv Ger their folly and disgrace; they |
must ride on that old surry, for it is
a grounding case. Soon the Rum
Holes will be closing, and no sot may
saunter in, there to spend the long
hours dosing his old works with Hol-
land gin Soon all barkeepers must
be cutters and no more shall thirsty
jakes help themselves to birthstone
bitters till they count their private
snakes. So | don't denounce the
dragon till the week.-mrs. out of plumb,
for all men must ride the wagon in the
with fry preaching, pointing out the
drunkard's doom, done with begging
and beseeching when a friend has
nose abloom. | don't roast the brim-
ming flagon roast the wicker demi-
John, for all men must ride the wagon,
and the time for talk is gone There
is no such thing as choosing, tho the
soak be hot and sore; there has come
an end to BOOKING, and the wagons
1T the door.
LET US HAVE HITCH RACKS
s'Do the people of Moscow expect
Is farmers to stop our teams out in
he country and lug our produce to
heir stores by hand?" asked farm
RS wife of the editor. The latter
vas unable to reply and the woman
ontinued:
'Why don't you ask the commercial
ulb and the business men to pro-
ide hitching racks and place where
,agons and buggies can stop when
he farmers come to town? There
re a number of vacant lots that are
asily accessible and could be COW
red with hitch racks for farmers |
cams" Will the commercial club |
Ike this up tomorrow?
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