The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1908-10-01

"A party or Twin Falls people went |
to Buhl last Saturday to visit with the
Buhlites and talk over the court house
proposition
On arriving at Buhl the party went |
at once to the opera house, and the |
meeting was called to order by DR.. |
Albee, who announced that owing to a
meeting later of the trustees, no time
should be wasted, but that the opinions
of the different ones present should
be expressed in order that the views
of all might be known. Mr.. West was
called upon. There was quite a dem
onstration when he came forward to
| speak. He said:
| MIR. Chairman: The committee call
ed on me a couple of days ago to make
some figures from the records in the
auditors office. The records in the
auditors and assessors Offices were
used in preparing this statement, and
give the figures of the comparative as
sessments and the amounts contribut-
ed by the different localities. The
committee red-penciled the article
pretty heavily, but | told them that |
thought that the whole should be pre-
sented. They met me with the state
ment that the figures show that Buhl
is receiving funds. greatly out of pro-
portion to the amount contributed to
the support of the co1nty The figures
show that the county east of Twin
Falls is contributing the largest
amount of money, which is expended
in your part of the county Chat is, the
largest amount in excess of what you
taxpayers contribute to the support Of
the county, on roads and bridges, and
that this money east End money! is
: sent to the West Eend, and that you
spend it. l make this explanation so
that there may be no misunderstand-
ing. We have no objections to make.
We built our roads and bridges, and
we paid for them out of our own pOck-
cts. You could not help us, because
r your property was not assessable
That condition was natural, and we
have nothing to say But we have
been spending our money out here
and now why should you object to
spending a few dollars of your money
: when you will get the benefits in pro-
portion to the amount you contribute
Now the part of the statement
3 which l prepared and which was red
' penciled, / am going to give to you
= because this will show you better than
could off-hand. The levy as fixed
t for the coming year is $2.10; that is,
$210 on every $4,000 of valuation !;
l but only 60c on every hundred dollars
of assessed valuation is for the general
expenses of the county, which includes
l all salaries of officers, and clerk hire,
all court expenses, including jurors
and witness fees, and mileage, and the
maintenance Of the county poor, which
item alone is between two and three
thousand dollars.
r 81 want you to know where the
| county's money is going, so | will tell
: you that the commissioners in fixing
, the levy for 1908, used the following
{ figures as basis:
| Amount necessary for cur
rent expenses $50, 100. 90
Twin Falls Co.'s proportion
) of the state tax. X........... 23,93793
To be expended on roads and
bridges ................. 15,000.0O
(This item was figured low because
the county now has on hand some
: 1000 worth of lumber and steel cul-
vert pipe which has been paid for out
! of the resources of 1907, but is avail
able for use in connection with the
levy of 1908, making the total estimat-
r ed expenditure for roads and bridges
during the coming year, $22,0OO)
"The statutes require the commits
| SlOIeIS u MAKE d SCllOUl lcNy Vi i've
mills, or more; and the minimum
amount was levied for that purpose
, which will raise for our schools $21,-
! 675. Two and one-half mills were
! levied to raise funds to take up out
r standing warrants, which outstanding
+ warrants represent the cost of setting
up the county in housekeeping, or the
unusual expenses in organizing the
county such as Office fixtures and fur
niture, record books to the amount OF
I $4,000, etc. The amount raised by this
levy for warrant redemption Is $4,000
! making a total to be raised for all pur-
poses Of $99,362.93, of which amounts
, only $25,750 is for the conduct of the
: county business and all of the county
offices, salaries and expenses, the court
expenses, and the maintenance of the
, county poor. These figures will show
f how small the increase by reason Of
this bond issue will be; that is, thai
: allowing for the rent now paid for the
! county offices, only $4,150 additional
would have to be raised on account O1
, the interest on the bonds. which would
he about one mill levy in addition tt
the levy found necessary this year, OF
Z in other words, II the bonds were now
! issued, and we were paying interest or
Y Lnom, IL WOulu nave Oeen necessary u
make the levy $2.11 instead OF $2.10, OF
an increase taxation Of less than one
half of one per cent.
4 "This is proposition in which ever,
F locality should be equally interested
, Ind equally willing to bear their pro.
portion of the expense. There seemi
. | % be a sentiment prevailing in thu
West End Of the county that the votinf
II the bonds would be . direct benefl1
Twin Falls and vicinity, In which
Give an equal share. This IL m or
,enefit the West End would not re