The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-04-03
AS TO THOSE RAKE-0FFS
Auditor Winters Starts in 10 Play a
Gim] of GET Even.
CUTTING RIGHT AND LEFT
Excellent Opening for Advice From
Some Ouarter-County school
Superintendent Not Over
looked.

BUTTE, April at makes all the differ,
ence in the world whose rakeoff is
stopped. When County Auditor Winters
disallowed the sheriff's 500 a month
travelling expense bill, he received credit
for economy, but when yesterday the COM
missioners chopped off his own Si5 a
month allowance for Expenses" there
was raised such a noise that the end of it
will not be heard for n long time.
Mr.. Winters has already started to play
even and in long and remarkably writ
ten notice 10 the commissioners he recited
cases of alleged illegal salaries drawn
from tho county and disallowed the TO-
lowing claims of extra deputies: f. l..
Holmes, deputy assessor, $50 on a salary
of $50; f. 5. Booth, assistant county at
torney, SIPS; Charles Mattison, assistant
county attorney, SIPS; Charles Little,
stenographer. So; w. NJ. Bowen, road SUI
pervisor, additional salary and horse hire,
Sl75; John Creech, unknown services, 500 /:
j. Is. Glover, abstract clerk, 500; Alfred
Seadorf. treasurer's clerk, S125: ID. H.
Hastings, treasurer's clerk, Sl25. The
commissioners disallowed the bills and
they will probably be presented TO one of
the district judges to be ordered paid.
The auditor disallowed them because
there is no express provision in tho law
FOR tho employment of extra clerk hire.
Tie also gave il as his opinion that each of
the commissioners drew about 500 a
month more than the law allowed aud
tnat the road department cost the county
5000 a month illegally. If the auditor is
right, his charges are proper matters for
investigation by the grand jury, and if he
is wrong somebody should give him some
kindly advice. Mr.. Winters has also
given notice that as, in his opinion, the
commissioners were not in regular or le-
gal session yesterday he would pay no at
tention to orders made and the rules laid
down for him.
The commissioners state that the whole
trouble with the auditor started from the
fact that they refused TO endorse a set of
resolutions he had drawn up few weeks
ago and intending TO give him full and
absolute control of the county poor and
poor farm and take everything pertain
ing to them from the board. He also
wanted an assistant auditor to be paid
500. The commissioners say that to have
approved his resolutions would have
made HIM purchasing agent for all sup
plies for the poor and discussing agent
Tor large sums of money, and auditor of
his accounts was something they could
not approve of.
The grand jury, il is said, will inyesti-
the county commissioners and determine
IL there is any merit in il.
1t IS also announced that an action
would be brought against Mr.. Winters to
oust him from the Office on the ground
that he had not been elected to the Office
and had not qualified. Ii is claimed that
when he ran for the office and failed of
election he could not claim TO hold over
when the man elected failed to qualify.
Inc commissioners think that the office
was vacant when the court decided that
Boardman was disqualified and that the
office should be filled by appointment.
In the general stoppage of rakeoifs the
county superintendent of schools was not
overlooked to-day. He has been getting
10 month for travelling expenses, but
an order was made to-day that hereafter
he would have to present vouchers for
actual and necessary travelling expenses
incurred in the discharge of his official
duties.
County Doctors Wells and McCrimmon
to-day filed their report for March, show |
ing that p patients had been admitted TO |
ihe poor house during the month and 20 |
we're discharged. There are still So there
and three of them. Dan Kane, Jennie |
Clifford and Mary Keho, are proper per- |
sons Tor the insane asylum and should be |
there as soon as possible. The |
commissioners instructed the doctors TO |
lie complaints against the three persons |
The doctors also reported that during
March one county patient was admitted /
20 Wells hospital and two died there,
eavlng one still in that institution No |
contagious diseases were reported during /
he month. The doctors made 10 visits to |
he poor house, made 80 outside calls, and /
lad SO oflicc consultations with county /
patients.