Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-03-29
Taxpayers Should Not Overlook Opportunity To Vote
for Water and Light Bonds at Special Election
To Be Held April 6---City Also Badly
in Need of City Hall Building
Development of Moyie Site Feasible
Means Cheap Power for Bonners Ferry All Time
---Municipally Owned Systems in Other Towns Are
Without Exception Paying Propositions.

Ferry will decide by their votes whether or not they ap-
prove of municipality owned water and light system;
they will declare by their votes whether not they
prefer to keep paying out their good money for the
benefit of private individuals who are even residents
OF our city, rather than to put their money into their
pockets
The people of Bonners Ferry cannot lose by voting
Yes at the bond election April and thereby au-
thorzng the town board to issue bonds for the
OF acquiring light and water system The of
municipality owned light and water plants has been
demonstrated in towns and cities everywhere. Ask the
citizen of any town that its water and light
plant You will be told that the systems are money
makers for the town. That municipality owned plants
reduce taxes, they pay for themselves in few years.
the citizens get better servicehe best service When
you vote bonds for the purpose of purchasing water
and light system you not burdenng yourself with
taXes you are nsurng yourself of less taxation in years
to come You acquiring revenue producing prop
erty You are acquiring property that the taxpayers
are helping to purchase You buying asset; you
will always be able to have voice in the management
of the system; you will be assured of lights and water
when you need them; you will be assured of fair rates
you Will know that your nelghbOr is getting the
service and paying just the for it as you pay
When you vote bonds for street improvements,
pavements, Sidewalks etc, you get the value of your
money and III way these improvements pay for them
selves But they do not pay for themselves in actual
cash and at the same time improve in value has been
demonstrated in the of municipality owned water
and light systems. When BonnerS Ferry owns its own
hight and water systems every newcomer every new
citizen VIII pay share OF the cost of the system in rent
ais The profits OF the system will go to the town until
the plants are paid for and then either sell water
light and power at cost or add profit and the profit
for general governmental purposes and cut down the tax
levy.
Thousands hundreds of thousands of towns in the
United States own their water and light systems.
They make it pay. We do not know of single instance
OF failure. Municipality owned plants bound to
pay. They certain to reduce taxes in the long run
and what is being done in other towns can and should
be done in Bonners Ferry The sooner we break away
from privately owned water and light system the bet
ter off our town will be. We should have made the
move ten or twenty years ago. 1t is not too late now
The initial step must be taken and we will never have a
better chance than right now We will never be able to
buy cheaper than Conditions were never more
favorable than at the present time and it is hardly pos
sbe that they will be favorable at some future
time