The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-11-07

| for the information of the people of
my county and for 14O editors in the
state to whom l would send copies
of my paper for what help it might
be to them to have one of their num-
Der telling them what he finds.
| stated too, that this is task that
no publisher has ever been willing to
undertake, altho men have urged the
need of it for years and have said
that is was task that nobody could
do unless it were the press, and all
| admit that no member of the press
can afford to do it unless it is one
of the big papers at the capital, and
they won't. There is one publication
at the capital that publishes one side
of these things and exaggerates that
side, and is unfair and untrue so far
as it goes Its work is destructive
rather than constructive, and no
paper deserves to be read or con-
sidered unless it can point out the
remedy for ills as well as to point
out the ills themselves. And no
PAPER is worthy of consideration I'M
less it sticks to the absolute truth
and is fair about it. Its efforts
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to build up and improve the govern
ment, or it might better remain
silent.
At the outbreak of the Revolu-
tionary war 1T was the purpose of
the colonies to correct some evils and
obtain the right to help plan and
operate their own government. After
the treaty of peace, they found they
had destroyed one government with
out building another in it's place, and
things went from bad to worse till
they rose and acted in constructive
work by forming the union of states.
Men had fought and died for the
privilege of helping to govern, and
Immediately society tried to shirk the
task. We have that privilege now,
and Bolshevism is trying to do it for
us. It begins by getting us to fight,
ing among ourselves, and all because
we do not understand each other and |
the common interests of all and the |
common duties of all. You knew all |
of these things yourself, but l tell it |
to you so we shall look at our state
government from the same stand
point. Farther on am going to tell |
you lot of things that you were not
aware Of, and that was not aware
of till left my work and investi-
gated. When you doubt my state
ments you can go and look for your
self, or write to someone who lives
near there, and in that way you can
satisfy yourself. When we all reach
agreement as to present conditions
and what is needed to improve them,
it will be a pleasure to pull together
to better our condition.
State is Big Corporation
Not many people are we'll enough
acquainted with the different depart
ments of the state government and its
institutions, to have a good under
standing of It's operations or to know
what is reasonable and what is not.
Therefore the people who talk un-
reasonable things have more infiu-
ence than the true citizens who talk
sense. Before we can appreciate the
situation that may be offered by the
press, want to give you a list Of the
names and locations Of the different
state institutions and their managers
or heads. The following list may
look long and uninteresting, but l
suggest that you keep it for refer
ence so you can look 1t over when
things are mentioned later on that
put interest into 1t:
Institutions and Department Register
Governors department, d. w.
Davis, second floor Capitol, Boise.
Department of agriculture, Miles
Cannon, first floor Aloha, Boise.
Department Of Commerce and Ind,