The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-04
Extreme Care Must
Be Exercised in
Choosing Officials

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Notice is published elsewhere In
this edition setting Thursday evening
as the date for nominating city Of.
| ficials.
This paper, in its last issue went
on record as being in favor of re.
electing the present mayor and coun-
Gil or at least re-electing the strong.
est men and asking them to serve re.
gardless of their own wishes. We
base this on the belief that the pro-
jects now in hand, the paving and
the water system are familiar to the
present mayor and council, have
caused a great deal of study, would
cause a new mayor and council a
great deal of duplicate study and it
must necessarily follow that the city
would be handicapped and doing
business at disadvantage with new
men. We take the view that this is
no time to be changing horses be-
cause we are figuratively crossing the
stream. We take the view that IF
any changes are to be made in the
council, they should be made with ex-
IRENE care.
We wish to remind. the public that
the Judgment and advice of the Idaho
Republican on matters of public in
tereSt is generally good We have
proof of it in the report Of the tax
commission reported last Saturday,
saying that they had checked up and
found we were right on a long series
Of statements we had made about
matters which the public was not
well informed on.
We wish to remind the public that,
having studied the municipal situa-
ton rather carefully, we advise that
most of the men who are advocating
q change in personnel of the city gov
eminent, have no good reason to as
sign as an excuse for the change.
They use such expressions as well,
they have been IN long enough to
have a change" or they have said,
Turn them out and give somebody
else chance" Acting on such ad-
wise as that would be the height of
folly. Too much of our political work
is done on that plan. The foolish
ness of it is made palmer when we
suggest that some dry goods clerks
be taken out of the stores in Black
foot to operate the farms in the
country and that some farmer boys
be brought in from the country to
buy and sell dry goods 1t would be
no more foolish to recommend that
the editor of one of the newspapers
be put in charge of the power plant
and the editor of another newspaper
be put in charge of telephone sys-
tenn and that the men who have been
managing the power plant and the
telephone system should be put ii.
the newspaper Offices on the theory
that, They have been there long
enough and it is time for change"
1t would be no more absurd If we
should take the electrician and en-
gineer OF the power house at the
asylum and put him in charge OF the
public schools as superintendent and
take the superintendent of the city
schools and put him in charge Of the
power house at the asylum. What
kind of crop would you expect to
raise If you took Joe Taylor, the DO
tato king and put him in charge of |
George Lines big alfalfa seed farm |
at Sterling and put George Line in
charge of Taylor's big potato farm
in the upper end of the county, both |
Of them good farmers, but neither
Of them experts in the others line of |
products. You might think that just
anybody could go out and manage a
Grimm alfalfa meadow and get seed
The moisture on a Grimm alfalfa |
meadow is one of the most delicate
>ieces OF management that can be
ound. Anybody can grow the plant,
tut to get the seed in quantity it
axes thoro understanding of the
situation and experience and watch
ul waiting.
Anybody can build a water sys-
EN-; anybody can get paving con-
racts completed. but if ever there
vas time when the town of Black
DOT needed experienced men to man
lge it's business affairs, it is the
ears 1921 and 1922. This is no
ime to be putting sailors in charge
# the children's nursery and vice
ersa; we advise careful study of
he municipal situation within the
text few days and intelligent action
t the meeting Thursday evening.
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