The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-03-02
An Open Letter
for M. A. Kige,
Dear Mr.. Kiger:

Dear MT. Niger.
Harrison, Idaho
| have observed your announcement
and your declarations concerning
your aspirations to become governor
of Idaho and | am Interested. | do
not know much about how to con-
duct the state government, but | am
sufficiently interested to study the
subject carefully.
| am especially impressed with
your expression, Believing that the
people of Idaho are entitled to know
something of the attitude that l will
take on different things affecting the
development of the state, l desire to
say"
have read what you said in the
interview and l wish some explana-
lions so | may pass them on to the
readers of my paper You say you
will strive to overcome the car
shortage?
You want emergency hospitals.
Where would you establish emerg-
ency hospitals and how would you
finance them? How would you pay
the operating expense and who would
be eligible to enter and receive
treatment?
You favor the conservation of fish
and game. Kindly explain what plan
you would follow-whether you
would take the time-wOrn, present
obsolete and damaging system as OPP
Grated by the sportsmen for the
amusement of spOrtsmen or would
you cooperate with the Idaho Game
Breeders association or some one
with similar constructive plan?
You are for the conservation of
natural resources of the state. Will
you kindly explain what you mean
by that and just how you would &C
complish some of these things? A few
years ago we had a candidate for
governor who said he would do it by
gathering up the waste logs and poles
in the tall timber and have them
worked up into cord wood. My
readers would like to know whether
you mean something like that, or
whether you have different plan.
You favor furnishing explosives
for clearing land lat cost to the
farmers. Kindly explain why the
farmers should have something at
cost when other industries pay the
market price. How would you deter
mine the overhead and know when
you were delivering them at cost and
whether you were using any Of the
peoples tax money for the overhead
charges. You probably are aware
that 100 merchants figuring the cost
of merchandise will arrive at 100
different results. What fund will
you draw from when you buy, ship,
store and deliver explosives to
farmers?
| am sometimes spoken of as the
guardian of the nut college" at
Blackfoot and have some rather pro-
nounced convictions of how the in
stitution should be managed. Will
you kindly state for my information
and the information of the people of
terested in trying as hard to cure the
inmates of the asylum as the present
and past administrations have been
to secure additional buildings to
house the unfortunates while they
are detained? Would you be willing
to use the influence of your office to
secure the privilege of admitting
osteopaths, chiropractors and Christ
ian Scientists into the wards of the
building to treat patients upon the
special request of friends relatives
or guardians? Or would you use the
influence of your office to maintain
the monopoly of the medical doctors
as it is now operated in that respect,
creating the time-worn slogan, "If al
patient can't be cured by medical
treatment, there is nothing under
heaven that can be done for him."
/ hope your intention to give the
people "clean administration" 1t
seems to me we have heard that ex-
preston before. Did you purposely |
omit or did you forget to put in the |
rest of the expression that has al
ways gone with that, land use my |
best endeavors to secure the north |
and south railroad?"
You say you are in favor of push
ing the work of highway construction
provided it does not raise the taxes.
Since nobody builds highways unless
somebody pays for it, why do you
put in the proviso regarding the
raising of the taxes. Will you kindly
explain whether you know of any
place or any method by which high
ways are constructed without incur
red expenses for somebody to pay?
l am very glad we are to have
for the gubernational Of
flee who wants to tell the people all
about how he will operate if elected.
am anxious to pass your informa-
ton on to the people.
Very truly yours,