The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-20
THE SOFTEST THING OUT
Fat Fees That Are Picked Up by tho
Deer Lodge Sheriff.
a Round salary to which sheriff Moore
Adds Fees That Have ls-en Declared
111egHl-An Omce That Threat-
ems To Eat the County up.

T~ax-paycrs who nave been looking into
the subject are surprised To find that,
under the present administration, the
cost of maintaining the sheriir's outfit i'm
Deer Lodge county IL running up into
figures that ar, simply magnificent i'm
their proportions. Viic subject has come
mp for inquiry since the time
when "a grand jury passed
severe criticisms on the management of
the Jail at Deer Lodge. 1t turns out that
the office of sheriff il tlsc fattest thing in
the land. Under the administration Of
Sheriff Moore. fees Illegally paid have
gone into the shcriif's pocket. i'm addition
tn the handsome advance i'm salary voted
by the republican legislature last winter.
The STANDARD has the best of authority
r Tor saying that ~ the sheridr'n Siiics will
OOO for the current year, which is an adj
vance of at least 10 per cent, as compared
their September session the county conn
m~issioncrs audited the sheriff's ac-
counts ;S., rhnn'ng up !" sii.GoO' and
was no session Of the district court.
nearly $1,000. Under Sheriff Moore, the
crpases expenses out of all reason, and
makes the department an outrageous
Il e true that Deer Ledge county Inns
years, but i cannot b. shown that the
a rate which ought to have add
%aintain aie The sheriff NE and f' Gis .ubo q.
provision for the sheriff. To begin with,
that officer has u salary of u 800 a year.
1t used to he $50, but last winters leRisla-
stances the fees are ridiculous: For ex-
ample. an officer the trip from
a Anas for dinner TO n sss k ks.aS s6 se f. sa ns;sn %ils-
OF course, the sheriff's office is entitled
TO all n lazy allows and in
has been brought into service during the
past two years. Not satisfied with this,
Sheriff Moore has presented claims for
prisinR feature Of the case is that, in the
board of commissioners. the republican
members have allowed them, in the face of
me,nher, and this in spite Of the
ruling of the county attorney who, when
asked to pass on the quastion, pronounced
the claims i'm question illegal.
..'attcndancs at court" They amount to
hundreds of dollar. a year. Twice within
declared illegal by the county attorney, i'm
the hearing Of the commissioners and the
sheriff; but ~ both instances they have
hers of the hoard, Mr.. Walker, the demo-
cratic member from this city, voting In
iT 40 cents a day for the boarl Of pris-
oners, which is fully three times more
than il paid for the board Of convicts i'm
Sheriff Moore's term. however, u grand
jury has been compelled To citicise the
quality of the food furnished tO prisoners,
and since that gentlemen was renomin-
ats-d Il prisoner from this city has been
forced to solicit loans Of money
from Anaconda friends, who have lately
provided the money on his statement
that the food furnished by the sheriff was
absolutely unfit to eat.
The most sensational feature i'm Sheriff
Moor.'s career il developed i'm his own
declaration lately made, to- the effect that
il lac is not neglected, he will sue Deer
Lodge county for a years salary, on the
ground that he was elected for u term of
two years. This argument has been
freely used thus far in the campaign
among taxpayers who may he silly enough
10 accept tire idea that Sheriff Moore must
he kept i'm Office or the people will have tn
pay for a law suit. Or course, 10 intelli-
been r.garsied as ''good enough talk till
after election"