The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-07-07
AUDITORS OFFICE
MAKES GOOD.
Whitman Gains Along With
Other Counties.
Cost of Running Office In / 81 0 Was
Sis, SAG. 81 Fees Show Decided
Gain Over Those of Previous
Year.

Olympia, July 5-The profit or loss
in running the office of county auditor
in each county, the amount Of fees col
lected and the cost of operating the
office, are shown by statistics compiled
by the state bureau OF inspection from
reports from the various counties
Hunters licenses are not included in the
list OF lees. According TO these statis-
tics the auditors made a much better
y showing in 1910 than in 1909, as "a
counties showed Losses in 1909, while in
1910 only sixteen counties operated the
auditors Office at loss. IN but one
instance did a county go back into the
loss column which showed a profit in
1909. Whitman county made q better
showing in 1910 than it did in 1909,
but losses are shown in both years In
1909 the fees collected amounted to
$1669.2O and the cost OF running the
office amounted to $14 SS4 so or almost
twice as much as the fees collected, show
ing a loss of $7215. 80. 10 1910 there
was collected in fees the sum OF $97I9.65
and it cost SIS, ,643.S 81 to run the Office,
showing a loss OF $5924lG. King
county in 1909 had a profs OF but
$296S while in 1910 the profit was
$S469, which was the greatest gain in
any county. In Spokane county the
profit in the auditors Ctfice went from
$12, 485 II in 1909 to ST. G43 in 1910.
In Pierce county the loss in the office
was much more in 1910 than in 1909,
it being buts$52 "a in 1903 while in 1910
the loss was $2729 IS
Little Damage BY Fire.
Very little merchantable timber has
thus far been damaged by FIRE in this
state, according to reports fled with the
state fire warden, which show that thus
far the green timber has escaped although
several thousand acres Of logged of
lands have been burned over.
~ Boat Owners Must Explain.
On July 7th a dozen owners OF small
boats and 81 other boat owners and 81
wharf companies will be represented in
Olympia before the public service com
mission. The small boat owners will ex-
plain why they should not fle tariffs
showing the rates charged for carrying
passengers and freight, as they have pc
tltiOned to be relieved of that duty,
claiming that they have no regular des-
tinatiOns aud no regular charges The
other boatmen and wharf companies are
cited TO appear to make clear to the
commission why they should have the
right TO charge for freight either by
weight or measurement as suits their
convenience. The commission says that
this does not appear reasonable.
Leg Bothers Lawrence.
J. {. Lawrence OF the public service
commission has gone to Spokane where
he will have his leg which has been both
ering him for some time examined, and
if necessary he will undergo an operation.
Conditions at Training School.
With Governor Hay has been filed a
report of a special committee named by
a Seattle club to investigate conditions
at the State Training School The COM
mittee report highly commends the work
OF Superintendent Aspinwall and says
that most of the reforms they suggest
rest with the legislature rather than the
administration. The report covers much
the same ground as did the special COM
mittee which investigated the institution
during the legislative session.
State Offers Reward.
With the proclamation bv Governor
Hay TO the effect that the state would
give $500 for the capture OF the MUIR