The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-11-03


ton Company, Ltd, and that on
person records between thirty ant
forty contracts per day, so that a
the price agreed on by the commits
sioners the county is still making
good money on these contracts.
We find that Cassia county as i
existed before Twin Falls count,
was created did exactly the SANE
thing as Lincoln county has done
except that instead of charging II
sents for recording the contracts
the recorder of Cassia county, by
order of the board of commissioners
only carged forty cents for record
ing te contracts between tie Twin
Falls Land and Water company and
its settlers.
We also find that Twin Falls
county has made a flat fee of one
dollar for recording the contracts OF
le Twin Falls Salmon River project
and also Canyon county has estab-
lished a flat fee of twenty cents for
,eeording the government contract
The Boise-P ayette Water Users as
ISOLATION in that county, acting for
the government, appeared in behalf
Of the settlers on this project and
requested flat fee of twenty cents
for recording their contract, which
vas granted by the board of com
missioners and complied with in
every respect by Mr.. o. V. Bailey,
Democratic Clerk of Canyon county
and who is now the Democratic nom
nee for secretary of state; it thus
iurther appears that the Democratic
Jerk of Canyon county has permit
ed the same act and complied with
he same order for which Mr. An
derson is being criticised. Thus what
aas been done in Lincoln county in
this respect has been gladly done in
three other counties of the state,
and no question has been raised or
criticism made of this procedure.
The people have viewed it as wise
md beneficial act, as such it was.
and perfectly within the law
Upon investigation it thus plainly
appears that this act on the part OF
the board of commissioners was for
The benefit of the farmers under
he Carey Act projects and to save
each of them the unnecessary ex-
penditure of money; that whatever
saving was effected by this order,
was a saving to the Carey Act farm
srs. If any one were benefited by
his order, it was these people--the
Carey Act farmers who came to Lin
oln county and reclaimed the des-
srt and created valuable homes and
.axable property where nothing had
existed for centuries before
The irrigation companies were not
he ones who were benefited by this
)rder.
1t thus further appears that Mr..
Anderson acted in purely clerical
and it was neither his priv
lege or his duty to question in any
manner the propriety or impropri-
,ty of this order, if there be those
Who think the order should not have
,een made.
We can find nothing that sayors
# trickery or graft in any of these
The county recorder
eceived his fee of rs cents for each
ontract recorded and turned it into
he county treasury.
We find, too, that the state ex-
miner, whose duty it is to examine
II. Anderson's office at stated in
ervals, has fully gone into this
natter and is of the opinion that it
5 regular. We cannot see whore
ny one was at fault in these mat
srs, consequently no blame attaches
We recommend that our findings
e made as public as possible SO
nat the people may understand the
acts, and Mr.. Anderson, together
18th the board of county commits
toner's, may not be censured for tina
or which they should be thanked.
Dated this 18th day Of October,
D. 1910.
~ O'CONNELL, Jerome, ID
FRANK ADAMS, Hepburn, Id. |
L. R. ADAMS, Rupert, Id.