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Newspaper
The Blackfoot Optimist
Location
Blackfoot, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1913
Page
4
Governor Haines vows to study and reduce taxes through full state and local government accountability. He urges voters to examine tax receipts, insists no shift of responsibility, and calls for comprehensive inquiry into state indebtedness and taxation.
Washington dispatch reports Postmaster General Burleson urging government ownership of telephone and telegraph lines. He states the postal service is now self supporting for the first time since 1883 and indicates the government may take over telegraph lines and possibly telephone lines.
J W Brose Ada County Taxpayers League president urges Idaho lawmakers to adopt an income tax to shift the burden onto those most able to pay. He argues taxes should target income and could eliminate double taxation. Judge W C Dunbar speaks on juvenile court work during a joint session banquet at the Owyhee hotel.
During Eagle Rock lodge No. 19 A F and M Idaho Falla regular meeting last Thursday night the annual election chose Otto McCutcheon Worshipful Master John Crowley Junior Warden Henry Gabbe Junior Warden Jay R Mason Treasurer W A Bradbury Secretary. Work followed in the F C degree and installation for the new officers is set for next Monday.
The Republican national committee in Washington decisively voted 35 to 14 against calling a special convention to revise party machinery. Idaho Senator Borah led the push for reforms within existing rules, aiming to align the party with progressive sentiment and potentially avoid a 1914 convention.
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