Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-05-27
AN OUTRAGE on THE TAXPAYERS.
That Is What the Ex,ravagane Altu.
ras Officials arr Guilty OH.

ras Ohlcials arr Guilty VI.
The extravaganza of our county
commissioners is having its natural
. fleet on the outside by leading
people to believe that all the charges
OF dishonesty that have been pre-
ferred against US are true.
Here it what it says:
The salaries allowed BY the COM
missioners Of Alturas are all out OF
proportion to those allowed in Logan.
f3v u glance at the TINES. the deputy
sheriff is allowed 1925 per month; the
deputy recorder the same; deputy
clerk the same. And, BY the way, i,
not the deputy clerk and deputy re.
cor,ler about one and the same thing.
and the two deputies allowed under
different names where there should
be but orr? II Al'uras expects to
pay her debts and live within her in
come the salaries of her officials should
be fixed by her commissioners in &C.
cordance with her financial status.
ECONOMY" should be her motto in
the future.
In Logan county the salaries Fixed
by the commi sion-rs for the same
officials are t62 81 and US Der
month. The recorder aud clerk is
allow. d but one deputy, at salary of
only $62.5O per mouth. There would
appear 10 be = differ encr, therefore,
i" the recorders and sheriffs' Offices
Of the two counties OF $237.5O per
mouth, for about the same service.
aud possibly ln"r- work to be done
i" the Logan Office than in the AL.
turas.
Perhaps Alturas can better afford
to pay high salaries than Lega". If
so, It Is surely bad grace for her to be
making u perpetual howl of poverty,
and inability to pay her ind-bt- dness.
1t is an undisput-d fact that if people
do not live within their income, the
sheriff will eventually be found at
their heels. As with individuals, 81
it is with counties. If there is not
careful management of the public
funds, aud the expenses nicely al.
listed to correspond with the esti
revenues, there must b. . de-
ticiency in the yearly outcome, aud
that d. 6ciency is added to the ex-
listing debt. In this manner the debt
of old Aituras Was increased from
year to year, until some Of her people
became exasp-rsted aud appealed to
the legislature for division act, bv
which she might be cut off into other
and thus try to emancipat-
tn" mselves from condition of af
fairs which was we'll nigh hopeless,
and growing worse each succeeding
year. This rebellion of the people
was inaueurated because OF indivna-
ton and disgust at the ex,ravnpxnce
IT high salaries, ex,ortionate bills of
every character, and general reck-
essness and disregard Of rules of
1t would seem that the
essson taught by past experience
should serve as salutary restrsint in
he future management OF Alturas
finances, but the present Board of
Commissioners appear to be fully as
liberal in discussing funds as their
Predecessors. They appear to have
hut their ewes to the changed condi-
ion of affairs, and are still running
n the high-pressure principle which
ronght the old county to grief. The .
Expenses of county must be re. :
uced to level which will be covered
y her revenues, and the ignoring Of {
his fact bv the commissioners OF anv
ountv is cul pablo and criminal and
n outrage on honest taxpayers.
Logan county's revenue does not q
Ill much short of 100000 per annum,
lille that of Alturas will hardly
Zach $4,000, or oxE-rHlRD of that
mount. Hence according to sound .
usiness principles, Alturas's expenses r
,ould be two>thirds less than those
Logan.