The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-02-23
CO
Edith

The play-boys up in Helena
should broadcast their daily
doings-it would make great
comedy. They've spent a month
and a half concoctin' between
four and five hundred bills in
the House and God knows how
many in the Senate and they'll
spend the rest of the time and
about two hundred thousand
dollars playin' horse. Anyhow
they'll probably kill seventy
five percent of those bills Cor
Should) before they come or go
home and in this connection it
occurs to us that it would be d
dern good idea if they would kill
off the legislators and send the
bills home.
Ho Hum. We snuck into the
side door of the new county
Palladium the other day think
in mebbe we'd pick UP a bit
of atmosphere or somethin',
that'd be useful. There didn't
seem to be any life down stairs
so we tstrolled on up into the
lobby. There was quite a little
atmosphere sittin' and standin'
around up there, all right, and
after carefully pickin' our way
through this we cautiously OPP
ened a door and found ourself
in the inner Sanctum Of the
County Papas.
My, my, but the responsible
tiles those poor boys have on
their shoulders-its really pitt
ful-well, anyhow they were
so deep in the throes Of heavy
thinkin' that we didn't have
the heart to wake 'em up and
anyhow, there didn't seem to
he any atmosphere in there so
we tiptOed out and went over
to a door marked Treasurer"
Now, we don't know whether
you know it or not, but the
treaSurer--tile County treaSur.
er-is the official county Frisk-
er. He's the guy that knows all,
sees all and takes all. He's the
guy that puts the double o
seive in the economic fannin'
mill and when you come out of
there, boy, you're clean. He sells
auto license tags and drivers
license tags and such novelties
in his spare moments.
Remembering what the Rose
bud Rambler person said about
us havin' so many cars and
trucks and so forth We thought
it would DE a good idea for us
to do a little dickerin' for a
license plate or two by the
way, Rosebud, we wano to thank
you fer your complimentary let
ter, or was it: Just r.. same,
re are glad TO heat fl IN you
an We know that the Editor Is,
cause he doesn't have to write
s. r.uch copy an h *::.s morc
time to-but anyway, Rosebud,
We quite agree with you when
you say that You don't know
aav'hing alb out the :u'a- pc.
business,'-You don't. But get
tin back to our license plate
negOtiatiOnS-We were told that
we would have to pay our taxes
on said car before We could get
a license plate and this treas
urer person sent us over to his
accomplish the AsSeSsOr--they
both bein' in on the same lack
ct. Well, after a great deal Of
search and research, this asses
SOr fellow up and tells US what
our Car g WORKMAN e. r"ver
even seen it. Well we took this
Information back to n guy i'll
the death. house an he give US
his decision.
It was carefully explained to
us that everybody had to pay
their tax before they could buy
a license-that is, everybody, of
course, but the Indians. It seems
as though the Indian doesn't
have to pay taxes 'cause-well
just because. Oh yes, sure. he
has the right to vote an help
make the tax laws that nick
the taxpayer and in this respect
he is q citizen of the State but
from a tax point of view he is
a ward of the government lis
that clear to you? Yeah? We
thought it would be.
An another thing, Rosebud,
before we leave this Rambliu'
subject. we thought we detected
a slight curdle in your remarks
about these hy-bred farmers
you know, such as doctor an
lawyer an hardware merchant
an banker-sort of hyphenated
farmers, as you might say. You
said that they were what is
the matter with the farmer.
Tut, tut, my dear Rosebud, is
there anything the matter with
the Farmer? Aren't you eNag-
eratin' just a teensy weensy
bit? We understood you to say
but anyhow Rosebud, you
wouldn't want to deprive those
poor fellows of the opportunity
to improve themselves mentally