The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-11-04

OF the same character and quality
owned by other companies and by
other individuals, and took the mat
ter into court, and the case was heard
before Judge Morgan. Witnesses
were introduced in behalf of the
Humbird company and in behalf of
the county, and after all the evidence
was in. Judge Morgan decided that
the Humbrd Lumber company had
been taxed too high on this land and
reduced the assessed valuation of this
seven dollar land to three dollars and
fifteen cents per acre. The case was
appealed from the district court to
the supreme court and was there dis
missed on technicality, on the
ground that no appeal would lie from
the board OF county commissioners,
sitting as board of equalization.
This year Assessor Thompson assessed
this same land at SIS per acre instead
OF 81 per acre, and there is no land
owner in the county who is paying
over So per acre assessed valuation.
He unblushlngly states that the
assessed valuation Of Kontenai county
this year is 500, 900 less than it was
last year, and he says that this re-
,duction has been made upon timber
and corporation lands. We have
direct from the assessors record the
following statement which shows the
assessed valuation of kootenai county
for 1903 was So, 277.34l; assessed val
uation Of kuotenai county for 1904
is So, 205, 592. showing that the
assessed valuation for property in
Kootenai County for 1901 is greater
by $72S, $50 than it was in 1908.
When newspaper makes such false
statements as this, it is not worthy
Of credence on any proposition.
Mr.. Logue should read up on the
political history Of the county He
fails to tell the voters that in 1892, a
democratic board Of county commits
sioners fastened upon this county
bonded indebtedness of SIS, 900,
issued without submitting the ques-
tioL as to whether these bonds should
or should not be issued TOT vote of
the people as provided by the constr
tuition OF this state aud as decided by
the supreme court Of this state. He
fails to tell the voters that when
these bonds were sold and when they
were offered to be bought at a prem
ium, they sold them to prominent
democrat Of Shoshonc county at
discount of $1,000. He does not tell
you that when a republican legislat-
ure enacted law authorizing county
commissioners to issue bonds in order
to put the counties upon cash pay
ing basis. that IA republican board of
county commissioners In 1895 issued
$40, 900 in bonds to take up outstand.
ing warrants; but that before these
bonds were issued. the question as to
whether they should be or should not
be issued was submitted to vote of
the people, and the people, in Angus,
1895, voted IN favor of this bond
issue.
lie does not tell you that when this
republican board of commissioners
sold those bonds, they were sold at a
premium, and that no middle man
got commission or bonus for selling
them.
lie does not tell you that there are
now pending in the courts of this
state three separate actions against
three cx-democratic county commits
sioners, in which they are charged
with having taken from the county
treasury over $4,000 of pu lie MONEY.
to which they were not entitled.
Can he point to any instance where
any republican commissioner or any
republican official, since the organi-
cation of the county, has been charged
with acts Of this kind He does not
tell you that within the past six
years, a democratic sheriff 1efaulted
to the amount OF about $1,000, viii, h
his bondsmen had to pay, and that
this democratic sheriff is now, and
h IS been for years, a fugitive from
the county residing somewhere in
South America. Can Mr.. Logue
point TO any instance where republ-
can officials in this county have been
guilty Of such conduct, or where they
have ever been charged with illegal
appropriation Of public money?
While Mr.. Loeue is harping so
loudly about the settlement of these
Tx cases by the county commissioners
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