The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1900-10-06

the taxpayers to require any further
proof. That he made abstracts,
took acknowledgements as clerk OF
the district court, and made certi-
fed copies of the instruments on
file in his office, no sane man will
deny. Examine the volume OF
business transacted in his Office
during the year 1893 and point out,
if you can, where he ever accounted
for one dollar received for making
abstracts or taking acknowledge
ments, or for making certified copies
OF instruments on file in his Office.
Did he make any abstracts in
1898 or any other year during his
long incumbency in Officer Were
thousands of transfers of real estate
made in kootenai county prior to
1890 without requiring abstracts?
Perhaps the defenders of Robert
s. Bragaw's administration only
wished I'd challenge us to show
that abstracts were ever made in
the auditors office during Mr..
| Bragaw's regime?
Certainly the quality of business
transacted in 1898, or other years
previous, could not differ materially
from the quality of business trans
acted in 1899 or 1900. BY showing
that abstracts were made during
the past two years, is it not positive
proof that they were made in former
years, and in greater numbers,
when large sales of real estate in
the towns of Occur d'Alene, Post
Falls and Bonner's Ferry were
, being recorded? According to Mr..
Callahan's reports to the board Of
county commissioners, we find the
following amounts turned over tc
, the county treasurer for making
, abstracts, for taking acknowleg
r ments and making certified copie:
of instruments on file in his office
, other than court records:
: January, 1ooo--Abstracts, s7o. S
: acknowledgements and certified cop
l les of instruments, s17.45. April
. 1ooo-Abstracts, sSS.o5; acknowt
' edgments and certified copies o
instruments, S36.o5. July, 1900
abstracts, s2145o; acknowledge
y ments and certified copies of in
: Estruments, s42.Io. October, 1900
0 Abstracts, S27o go; acknowledg
t ments and certified copies of in
+ struments, $50 10. Total for alb
# stracts. S66I,6o Total for &C
e acknowledgements and certified copie
S of instruments, $1,000, making
/ grand total of s798. 80 collected TO
# making abstracts, taking acknowl
A edgments and making certifie
d copies of instruments other tina
e court records in one year.
j. Do the taxpayers want any NOR
d positive proof that Robert S. Bra
gaw pocketed sums equal or create
than this of the peoples none
every year during his incumbenc
n in office? But this is not all. Dul
ing the year 1898, Mr.. Braga'
received in fees and warrants draw
* in his favor, $4,000. Of thi
amount he turned over to tn
treasurer but sIo3.35, leaving
y balance retained by him {
70 S3,2I6 "a. AS the law above
him but So, 900, which was tn
u maximum salary, why did he nc
turn over to the county treasure
u the s2I6.14 in excess of thu
amount collected by him2 1t
70 for this amount that the board {
county commissioners have mad
n a demand of him and for which a
action should be brought agains
II him and his bondsmen at once
% it is not turned over.
1t is also shown in the abov
statement that he is charged wit
: thirty six declaration of intentio
8 papers at $500 each, the fec
allowed by law. That he charge
I IS. 90 in most cases is we'll know
A fact. Ask ]. c. Finsted of Prizes
S River, John Maloney of Standpoint
S VIM. Sharpley of Occur d'Alene
e Moses Corbeille of Hope, an
c r,opy ofher dictinOuicha5 cit,zop