Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-10-07
TO DISCUSS
COUNTY MATTERS
GOVERNOR BRADY TO CALL CON
VIlNTION NEXT No
NEMBER.
County Commissioners win BE Cal
led into Meeting to Discuss Mat
ters Pertaining to Management Of
County Affairs.

Governor James II. Brady has am
nounced his intention of calling
convention Of the various boards Of
county commissioners Of the state
to meet in Boise during the month of
November or December for the pur-
pose Of discussion of matters pertain
ing to the management Of county af-
fairs and county government. Gov
ernor Brady has received suggestions
from several boards suggesting such
meeting and in response to inquiry
as to the advisibility of issuing call
officials in other counties uniformal-
ally favored the plan
The Kootenai county board of
commissioners in a letter addressed
to the chief executive states: "The
benefits derived by annual meetings
of conferences of executive and other
officers in this state are shown by
the results of such meetings held ~
the auditors. wherv uniformity ia
system and simplified methods Of
performing the various duties of
those officers have been decided upon
and adopted.
Among the main questions that
could be discussed with much profit
for the public interests, would be the
subjects of uniform taxation and
equalization of property assessments,
the opening up and improvement of
public highways and other problems
requiring solution falling within the
lines of the duties Of county commits
sioners."
Il am expecting great things from
this convention of county commits
sioners." Governor Brady stated.
1T will be called sometime in the lat
ter part of November or the early
part of December. There is no ques-
tion but that the meeting of the
members and the exchange of ideas
will be productive of much benefit to
the interests of the taxpayers of the
state.
Some time ago this matter was
brought up and / signed my will
lingness to call the convention, and
l have written to the clerk of the
board of shoshone county. Mr.. Fair
weather, and to the members Of the
Kootenai board reiterating my in
tention to call the commissioners TO-
gether about the first OF December. =
''In this connection / wish to say
that Hon. John w. Eagleson of Boise
has been appointed a delegate to the
international tax conference, now be-
ing held in Louisville, and composed
of delegates from every y university
and state and providence of the Do
minion of Canada. the United States
and foreign countries and in all prob
ability he will be called before the
convention and will enlighten us as
to the methods OF county and state
taxation in use in other states and
countries.
''It is quite possible that some of
the delegates to the National Good
Roads association will appear before
the commissioners when the subject
of good roads is up for discussion"
In his letter to Mr.. Fairweather
Governor Brady stated in part as fol-
lows:
There are many questions to be
considered. believe the question
Of assessment and taxation come first
in Importance. And second. perhaps.
system Of country roads. / am Civ
the betterment Of our present road
and believe the county commission
ing some attention to this subject
ers are. perhaps, better qualified to
deal with this question than any Of
US.
"In relative degree Of importance
are the questions Of the care Of the
INDECENT and sick, especially feeble
minded children, provision for tho
care Of whom is not specifically made
by our state laws; the effect Of a
vote for or against the constitutional
amendments enacted by the last leg
islature in reference to deputy coun-
ty assessors. allowing sherins to sue
ceed themselves, and allowing asses
sors to succeed themselves. The peo-
pie Of the state viii be enabled to
vote more intelligently upon these
questions after receiving the benefit