Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-04-27
From The Magazine Press.
Excerpts OF Opinion from the Leading Writers of Today
A.
Rev. John A. Peake.

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objects as the purposes of the Blu
reau:
/. TO promote efficient and e.
economical government.
2. 10 promote the adoption OF
scientific methods of accounting
and reporting the details OF mu-
nicipal business, with a view to
facilitating the work of public Of
flcials.
3. To secure constructive pub
ilcity in matters pertaining to mu-
nicipal problems.
4. To collect, to classify, to ar
alyze, to correlate, to interpret
and to publish facts as to the adj
ministration Of municipal govern
ment.
In six years New Yori, citizens
have given convincing evidence .
Gheir interest In the promotion OF
efficient city government by con-
tributing upward Of $4o0, 0W< to
support the New York 1ity work
of the Bureau of Municipal Re-
search in promoting progressive
and efficient administration of
public business.
Results obtained in New York,
where the work has been longest
in progress are typical of those
achieved in other cities. Most far
reaching among progressive steps
taken has been the Qualification of
the city's budget and its CONVEX
sion from an instrument giving
license to official extravaganza
and waste into an instrument eX-
pressing city programme of ser
vice and placing upon officials
the obligation Of demonstrating
results for money expended in ac
eordance with precise and unequi-
vocal terms of appropriation.
"The Bishop of the Arctic is
the title of another very interest
ing article in The World s Work.
The charge of a bishopric con
tanning six hundred thousand
square miles, no small part. Of
which lies above the Arctic Circle
the yearly visitation Of a chain of
missions long enough to reach a.
round the globe; the consequent
, exposure to all the perils of an
!. unknown, Rebound land, travel
!. ling, In season and out, by steam
boat, canoe, reindeer, dogs and
snoWshoes- all these burdens are
contemplated with equal cheerful
ness by the Bishop of Alaska,
even in this ease loving twentieth
century when few apply to tend
the homely, sighted shepherd S
trade. "
A few items from the Bishop 5
diary will tell a story:
After a sleepless night we were
up before daybreak 1t was still
blowing a gale. Had some break
fast tried to hitch dogs, but they
would not face the storm, so | re-
signed myself to the situation and
remained in camp. 1t was my
birthday, too. | kept busy chop
ping wood for the fire. In carry
ing heavy log down the side of
the mountain, tripped, fell many
feet, and injured shoulder slightly
After another cold and SILVER
ling night we found the wind so.e
what abated and without break
fast hitched up the dogs, packed
sled, and were travelling before il
was very light.
i Reached Rampant in time for
evening service, after days
tramp of thirty-two miles. We
had service, and preached to
very large congregation.
Made my preparations for hit
ting trail again. Had to provide
for twenty days journey. This
meant ESQ lbs. of dried fish for
the dogs alone obliged to get
more dogs-nine in all.
Arrived Stevens Village. Run
ners sent out to inform far away
hunters. Froze my fingers in I'M
snarling dogs.
Arrived Fort Yukon three hun
dred Indians in camp. All night
the wolves howled nearby and we
had to keep our dogs near the
fire, to prevent their being killed
Bitter iron cold shackeled the
northland. By night the fire
roared defiance to frost which
it could not subdue, while dog
and man crouched near it for pro-
lection from Its awful power.