The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-09-27
FEW MORE FACTS ABOUT COUNTY AFFAIRS s.!
Af@ All the Mhm Twisting and Turning the Editor the other Paper the Fact Still
Remains that when The Democrats Went Out Power the Warrant Indebtedness
A23B. and will ReAh Close to Twenty five thousand by January 1907

has continued To raise the levy until,
as everybody knows, IL Is nov $500
on the hundred. and II the present
board had done their duty In placing
the levy at a figure To meet the ex-
penses for next year they would have
still raised II above that 81. TO.
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Mr.. Abbott's conglomeration OF
figures, which he seems To try To
make his readers believe are true,
are taken from the records Of 1901 and
carried up to the present year We
will quote few figures taken from
the same periods, and ask the read
ers to carefully note. In that year,
or 1901, the rate of assessment for
the current funds was 20 cents on the
hundred dollars; bridge fund ~
cents: road fund 30 cents, or "A total
OF sl.20. Now note carefully; Levy
for 1905. current fund VI. 10 ON the
hundred dollars; road 10 cents; bridge
II cents or a total levy OF sl.sl. In
this one item alone there Is differ.
enee of fifty-one cents In favor OF
the democratic administration. The
assessor has been forced TO pinch the
I farmers, especially. They are not
even permitted To estimate tile value
OF their own land or the number Of
their assessable stock. While the
rate has been raised nearly forty pei
cent the taxable property has nearly
II not quite, kept pace. But In the
face OF this fact-with an increased
rate OF assessment and natural
growth lt has not counterbalanced
the necessities nf the probable ex'
pense for the next fiscal year,
-.
While the democrats were In power
the Salmon bridge and most count,
roads Of the county were built. Th,
present board CT county commission
ers sacrificed almost the entire
trade OF the Salmon valley failing I,
kept these roads In repair. Thou
sands OF dollars In trade have gon,
TO Custer county from almost ciimin
al neglect or these roads, while unde
republican misrule in the past thfe'
years. Mr.. Abbott ielicitates him
self, ana tries To make great dea
OF capital out OF an appropriation b.
the present board Of VI 900 toward
the construction OF the Shoup road
, II Mr.. Abbott does not know the his
tory OF this warrant he is not capahl
OF trying TO instruct his readers as 4
the financial condition OF this county
II Mr.. Abbott does know the histo'
OF this warrant, his own languae
brands him as preyaricatoI who evi
IDENTIFY desires TO willfnlly misiea
! the people. Mr.. Abbott says tn
, warrant was paid, which Is on lin
, with the most OF The rest Of his al
gument. IL was not paid, but tn
county lost interest Indirectly on
thousand dollars In warrants, which
should have heen paid while thos
warrants laid In the bank Of LanRs
dnlf 4 Co. Before he attempts [
instruct the readers upon matters
which he apparently knows nothin
= about. he should lind out the fact,
= If he will take the trouble, II he doc
not already know 1t. TO ascertain u
will lind that County Treasurer Ec
wards returned the amount To I'll
. bank, which the bank had paid O
" the warrants, aud the same was n
turned TO the county auditor. Audi
or Smith viii vouch that this Is a
correct statement Ia regard TO Il
. other paper building ~ portion I
the Shoup road.
The comparative policies Of q
two parties In this county are illu
trated by the levy OF taxes for u
current expenses. This Item shou
express t. the mind Of the unprelr
)" diced reader the economy ot the den
&c ocratic administration ia plain n
ures. As we stated above the dem
crats levied 20 cents on the hundr'
for all current demands not inclu
" ing the new roads aud bridges. III
y ,.u,,l,llc.pu laviEd q; 40 for euFfpl