The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1912-12-24

labor and quit trying 10 mako for
themselves. directly or indirectly. any
pront from county b usiness.
sisth--ws would recommend that
IN placing the levy for collection In
1918 that II should not call for more
than as much money as was raised
last year for county expenses. and
that the county expenses be held with
In that limit. They are easily twice
mn high M they should be. and the
Efforts OF the county court should DO
directed To reducing the indebtedness
Of the county. II possible. instead OF
increasing II at m alarming rate, ~
they have In the past two years.
n the warrants are cleaned up and
cut down to an actual vaiue-received
basis. and the county income and sx-
pense are made to meet for one year
the 20 per cent burden on the county.
the county will very soon be relieved.
n not, the 20 per cent handicap
placed on us BY the county court will
soon be a 40 per cent or 80 per cent
handicap. and we viii BE- hopelessiy
Involved.
Beyenth--lt may be argued that
our county is good for more debt than
the half million we have. but the facts
do not show Il. The test OF credit 10
cxperience. and We can no longer get
credit without paying too dearly for
Il. The money market and the mar
ket for warrants determine the limit
of our credit. and not the exasger-
ated ideas Of an unbusinessliks coun-
~ court.
This 10 all aside from the fact that
thcrs Ia no just or good reason for In
creasing our Indebtedness 1t all. or
for its having reached the point that
II has.
II We had . businesslike and COM
petent county court for the past two
years our debt would not have cx-
ceeded $500. 900. and we would still
have had as much for our money -
we have had.
Extravagance and love Of display
and . mere dsuire to spend . lot Of
other peoples money have put ~ In
q position which only years Of econ
omy can extricats us.
Last-we have added certain other
recommendation TO our report on
other features Of the county business
a. they are treated hereafter In this
report.
Cosasy Poor Hasn
The grand jury. according TO this
report. paid particular attention "a
the county poor farm. After IN ex'
amination Of the bills and sccounts,
tine jury found - follows:
cost Of maintsnancs. II
months ..vIO.S6O.s
Interest on plant and In
vestmsnt at 8 per cent. 3.sSs.t'
| Total cost running farm et3.330.s7
The average number Of inmates
has been seven. but at no time within
our knowledge has II been over eight
This would make the monthly cos'
OF maintaining each inmate. PEI
month. ei3i.s3. not counting the
products raised ON the farm itself.
During the same period the sun
OF et.3%7.3i has been paid for ~
sistancet paupers outside Of the In
urinary"
In conclusion the grand jury rec
ommends that every effort be made 4
reduce the cost OF providing for In
J mates to n sum below eSs per month
"Ths inmates could BE- boarded .
the White Pelican hotel" continue
the report. at . much smaller nsur'
than they are costing ~ now"
Roads and nSldges
"The roadwork has been manage'
without any system whatever. and tn
large sums expended have been large
ly wasted. and while some good worl
has been accomplished. we feel satis
lcd that one half Of the money. care
fully. economically and judiciousl.
: handled. would have done the sam
amount Of work." reads the report.
Tho grand Jury found that tn
prices paid by klamath county for IL
inch nestable culverts were In exces
, Of the prices paid BY Lake county
and arrived at this conclusion:
I'VE also have . shire d suspicio
. that the Coast Bridge company. froT
\ whom have been bought several thou
sand dollars worth Of bridges. an
: lalso the Northwest Steel COMPANY
B from whom the court house steel va
, bought. belong to the same bunch
: associated companies which enjoy
. - .~aot nm ovfaut the Datr0nnRo (