The Caldwell tribune., 1920-04-02
City Election.

City Election.
The issue is license or no license.
The issue in the municipal election
next Monday appears to have resolved
itself into the question as to the prop
er method OF raising necessary reven-
ne for maintaining town government
The Board of Trustees at their last
meeting passed an ordinance requir-
ing saloons to pay license of $50 per
quarter. This amount will raise $1,000
from the saloons now doing business
in Caldwell The question is not one
in which the question Of prohibition
can enter. Under the law, one half OF
the sum raised will 60 to the schools
Of this district. Idaho is a license
state. The law allows town license
in addition to the county license. The
question to be decided Monday is:
Shall the license impoed by the Board
of Trustees be maintained?
Henry Dorman returned last Sat.
urday from Los Angeles, the land OF
sun and flowers. He is very enthus
iastic over southern California and
says that the height of his ambition
is to own an orange grove.
There is no room for sensitiveness
in the composition of the newspaper
man. He is held responsible for ev-
erything from dull times to the be-
havior of the weather clerk and is ex-
pectcd to regulate the universe to the
satisfaction of everybody. When any
body has grievance, it makes no
difference what it is or who caused it.
the injured party makes a rush to the
printing office and withdraws his pat
ronage from the paper.
To illustrate: The Odd Fellows had
occasion to put down new sidewalk
one day last week and on account Of
the lumber trust then existing il,
Caldwell, they sent to Emmett for the
lumber, thus saving about $3.50 per
thousand feet. Result-Both yards
withdrew their patronage from The
Tribune. We sincerely trust the Odd
Fellows will be more cautious in the
future and consult The Tribune re-
r1sor A1nsr fs,Avrn u.&sNc.
Last Monday the council passed a
license law and before Thursday night
half dozen men had withdrawn their
patronage from The Tribune because
OF 1t. This was very serious blum
der on the part of the council and we
hope that they too will consult The
Tribune before they pass any more
ordinances.
Are we to blame for ita OF course
we are. Does not The Tribune mold
public opinion? Does it not regulate
the entire solar system and have ab.
solute dominion over everything that
crawls the earth or flies the air3 1t
holds the destiny of the empire IN ITS
hand and from its decision there Is no
appeal. If your COW goes dry, you:
clock doesn't run. your hens won't lay
or the mail is late, if your dog gets
licked or your wife elopes, il you gel
kicked by mule, If your crops don't
grow or anything else on earth should
happen, don't stand there like chump
and curse your luck. but make bee
line for The Tribune. 1t and it alone
is the cause of your grief. II there is
anything we are not responsible for,
we should be pleased to find it out
The Tribune is in receipt of an obit.
uary poem and we trust that the wri-
ter will excuse publication. for the rea-
son that we published the same thing
two weeks ago. the names only being
different. When the springs of sor.
row are touched and relief can only
be found in giving vent to a poem
The Tribune has not the heart to re-
fuse it space, Nor do we care wheth
er it is copied. for in that case it us
ually has more merit than an original
effort. But we must insist upon the
supposed authors making different
selections. OF course. it would save
us a lot of work to leave the poem
standing and merely change the name
of the author and the deceased but
The Tribune prides itself on the
freshness of its columns and does no.