The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-27

special dispatches herein are also re-
served
MUST BUILD PERMANENT ROADS.
The absolute necessity of building
permanent roads in northern Idaho is
becoming more apparent every day
Other sections are far in advance Of
northern Idaho, but the Panhandle"
will overtake them if some petty econ
omist does not throw a monkey
wrench into the machinery" The plans
as now outlined and for which bonds
were voted call for permanently built
roads, with solid foundations. We can
never have permanent roads without
the foundation being laid first.
There has been some agitation for
dispensing with the regulation solid
foundation roads and to grade the
roads a little and cover them with
sand. This is, at best, a makeshift
method of road building and it has
been shown that it cannot and does
not last. We have voted enough bonds
to build good roads and the bonds
were voted with the distinct under
standing that the roads were to be
permanent and built under the latest
and most modern specifications for
building roads that will be permanent.
Latah county has been very FORUM
ate in securing the services of an ex-
cellent engineer Sergeant Monahan
is a road builder. He is not a polite
ian in any sense of the word. He was
employed to select good locations and
build good roads and if permitted to
do so will deliver the goods" for
which the people have paid and are
willing to pay.
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The suggestion Of George w. Dough-
erty that Moscow hold sale of live
stock here next summer is good. We |
ought to have such sales once or twice
a year. Moscow is the center of big |
district in which the raising of pure
bred livestock is becoming an import
ant industry. Sales every spring and
fall would bring livestock men from
all over the Inland Empire here to
buy or to sell purebred livestock. The
sales could include hogs, cattle, sheep
and horses of the many breeds Of each
and the city, the chamber OF con-
merce and the ad. club can well af-
ford to get behind the enterprise and
push it to success Let us begin
making arrangements now to have
such a sale here about the middle of
May 1t will help the town, the coun-
ty, surrounding counties and the live
stock industry.
1t is time to make out your iHcome
tax returns. The government must
have the money to pay the interest on
the Liberty bonds you bought to help /
finance the war. There is no way to .
escape paying income tax, if your {
income is sufficient to put you in that !
envied class, and it is unsafe to try 7
to dodge it. Two men, in New York, +
have just settled with the government \
by paying $1,600000 income tax, pen {,
alties and costs after spending 20 r
months in Jail for trying to defraud
the government After you have
paid your sewer - and your personal q
and real property tax and bought your h
automobile license (Which is a taxi | +
you can settle with Uncle Sam for the h
privilege of having an income, but you t
must do this before March Is. Q
Premier Clemenceau has been de- O
feated for president of France, al G
thong he was the idol of the French
people and did more to win the war
than any other F'renchman Premier f.
of Italy, was deposed in the a
midst of the peace negotiations. Pres II
dent Wilson was discredited after his n
return from Paris and Premier Lloyd is
George is having hard time to hold h,
lis prestage in England. 1t looks like r
hese four great men of the greatest
,eace conference the world has ever
Inown will have to await for the his h;
orian to give them credit for the OF
,reat work they accomplished fl
"a OF
Herbert Hoover probably never will al
e president and there is strong doubt
hat he is capable of measuring up to
he standard the people ought to re- fl
uire for that most important position. nc