Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-07-28
COMMISSIONERS TELL THE
TAX PAYERS THE FACTS
Men Who Know the Truth Concerning the Expenditure of
County Funds Make Plain Statement to the
Citizens of Lincoln County

show that the cost of the County
Poor and INDECENT from April ist,
1910. to April lst, 1914, Is 81, $4,000.
II the writer of the article in ques-
non had desired to state facts, or
TO be fair, the county records were
open to his inspection at any time.
Fhe actual difference between his
statement, or inference and actual
FACTS. is only a little matter of
81. 1890. AS TO the animus of the
divergence from actual facts, the
public must be its own Judge
The article referring to W. NJ
Massey County Treasurer, was more
nearly true. It has been The Gus
tom in Lincoln County for the
County Treasurer to maintain his
office at his place of business in
ShOshone, because his salary is too
small to pay any man for the
responsibility = attaching TO The Of
lice. or for the treasurer to devote
his entire time to the little work
that the office requires. In order
to maintain the treasurer's office
mi the County Court House, we de-
cided to give Glenn Massey, the
deputy treasurer, additional work
and additional pay. The Probate
Judge. as Clerk of The Probate
Court, is not able to keep up The
records Of the office, owing to
the rapidly increasing business that
comes to him So We decided to
allow Mr.. Massey to preform the
iiH'rs Of Deputy Clerk OF The Pro-
bate Court and allow him "a salary
therefor in the sum of $500 per
office was caught up. From that
Time on he received but $500 per
month as deputy clerk of the Pro-
bate Court, and the change to
the smaller salary was made some |
time since. As a matter of fact |
Mr. Massey devOtes his time to the |
treasury books after business hours /
excepting what time is necessary |
to wait on actual customers. The /
regular business hours of the day |
he devotes to the duties of deputy I
clerk of the Probate Court.
We claim that maintaining the (
treasurer's office iii the Court /
House saves the county large eX-
pense by cutting off the interest /
on County Warrants as soon as
the funds are provided with which (
to pay them: and that it is largely |
70 the interest of all parties who |
have any business to transact with |
the County Treasurer to find him /
in his office in the Court House .
during business hours Of every day
in The week II might be further
stated that there are no legal or
business reasons why the County
Treasurer might not also act as
deputy clerk OF the Probate Cour
The Herald insinuated in another
article .that clerks i'll The employ
of the County had devoted some OF
their time 10 private abstract books
We are informed by officials of the
county that this is absolutely fase.
No person IN The employ Of Lib
coin county has ever had anything
tu do with workings on private
books al the county's expense The
county does not pay for any alb
directly or Indirectly,
HAT is ordered by individuals or
for their own business .
purposes. Abstracts are a business.
necessity and the county records
are open to absiractOrs at any
time during business hours. and
there is now provided a room in !
The Court House for the use Of {
these private abstractors, but as ;
a matter of necessity the clerks in {
Inc employ Of the county some {
lines have to DO their work in {
.uls same room but 1t is county :
work and has nothing whatever to :
to with abstracts There are often /
from two to siX persons in this 8
room devoted III the main TO the +
Use OF private abstractors {
As to the business affairs of eX-
C. w. Wernicke, the
county has nothing whatever TO do
with them. Mr.. Wernicke's ac-
counts as treasurer OF Lincoln {
county were correct and we have
nothing whatever to do with his 4