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The people of Boise should be taken into the confidence of the committee that is preparing a new charter for the city of Boise and the proposed changes in the government of the city should be most freely discussed. Whether the charter needs changing or not, there is a growing desire for a more economical city government. ‘Taxes in Boise are higher than they should be, or at least they fall with great, heaviness upon the people. It seems that all permanent improve ments must be paid for by special levies and still the regular taxes are high. Just who or what is to blame is one of the questions the people would like to have answered and being an important issue, of course, is overlooked by the daily press. ‘There is a growing sentiment that something will be doing at the next city election and that mere partisan politics will cut but a sorry figure in the result. The people of Boise are loyal to the city and purpose that the government be free from graft and shall be in the intest of citizens. ‘The importance of due consideration of the proposed new charter is therefore a matter that cannot be overstated. By all means let the charter be first presented in the public press before being considered in the legislature. As to a single one of Idaho's products the Coeur d'Alene Sun says: The Coeur d’Alenes aloo produce as much lead annually as the en tire country of Australia, more than all of Mexico, three and a half times as much as England, five times as much as Italy, four half times as much as France, and more than twice as much as Greece, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Canada, Japan, Sweden, Russia, South America and Africa combined. Only two foreign countries surpass our output: Spain doubles it and Germany goes us about 50,000 tons better. ‘These computations are made from the output of the world for 1905. It may be a vain hope that the Coeur d’Alenes alone will excel all foreign countries in the production of lead in five years, but with a railroad to Murray, and branch lines up Beaver and Eagle creeks it is among the possibilities, for the new districts with rail transportation will speedily add a large yield. It will be a proud day for the coeur d'Alenes when it shall achieve such a triumph. It all depends on early railroad construction.
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Boise Citizen
Boise, Idaho, US
Fri, Jan 04, 1907
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