The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1908-06-12
been misquoted and would have
the matter corrected.
The Spokane paper on Sunday
contained the following:

The Spokane paper on Sunday
contained the following:
STANDPOINT, Idaho, June 6.-As
an aftermath of the statement OF
Judge Woods that he has found the
county records kept 10 woodshed at
Rathdrum comes the following
correction 10 the district court of
Bonner county Friday afternoon, June
Is:
Mr.. Edwin McBee: II your honor
please, noticed 10 The Spokesman
Review an article which gives some
account Of court proceedings yester-
day and remark made by the court
concerning the records at Rathdrum,
which. as made to appear In that
newspaper report, would convey the
idea that your honor made criticism
of the officers at Rathdrum. the coun-
ty officers. do not think your honor
meant at that time to make any
criticism of the clerk and recorder,
hence l call your honor's attention to
1t. Has your honor read it?
The court-Yes, have read 1T,
Judge McBee. l did not direct Mr..
Libby to so and search the woodshed,
or any place, or intend to criticize the
lawyers or any county officer, or any
thing Of the kind. By saying that
some OF the county records were kept
10 the woodshed to my personal
knowledge, referred to some of the
records of the assessors office, and did
not have reference to any county
officer or the manner In which the
records are kept n Kootenai county.
They are well and accurately kept.
| only had reference to the court
house at Rathdrum, where they have
not room to store their records.
They have not sufficient vault room.
Only the clerk, auditor and recorder
and clerk of the board of county
commissioners have vaults. The
other county officers are of necessity
forced TO accommodate themselves
with safe, and they have no room
Ia 1t to store all their records. The
records are we'll kept, and the officers
are faithful and painstaking. wish
that to appear in the record.
| While it is evident that Judge
Woods attempts some sort of q
denial, yet he admits that he ere.
ferred to some of the records of this
assessors Office" as being kept in 9
woodshed. He also says he "only
had reference to the courthouse al
: Rathdrum, where they have moi
room to store their records"
The charge has never beer
directly made that Judge Woods
has been so solicitous for the we'll
fare of Coeur d'Alene that he
deemed that the time had come
when Coeur d'Alene needed some
help from him in the county sea-
fight and that it was necessary fol
him to lend himself to misrepre.
J sentation and compromise tht
dignity of his high Office in E;
despicable manner to influence ;
course of action, but it is known
that he has been very friendl,
toward toward Coeur d'Alene, ant
his friends in Rathdrum, Will,
they never expected his suppor
in the county seat fight, are keen
ly disappointed that he shoul'
have thought it necessary to ente
: the fight at all. 1t was naturall
presumed that the dignity G
t his position would have kept hir
above such action, to say nothin
I of making statement abou
records being kept in woodshed
a statement which with all du
q respect to Judge Woods) is nc
: found to be borne out by the fact:
|
4 The "records" kept in a she
consist of old assessors field note
= and duplicate assessors receipts {
= date prior to 1906. These are nc
!. records, but merely trash, havin
passed their usefulness, and coul
. be destroyed without doing an
\ harm. No records are kept in
woodshed in Rathdrum, nor ev.
have been. To say they are is r
~ argument for county seat remova
. but is false charge which bring
into question the efficiency and il