The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-02
THE DOLLAR CLASHES

In the last issue of the Republican,
Trego devotes column to us telling
Of our relation to certain county Off
GERS. the stand we have taken on some
of their actions and in the leading para
graph tells CT our needs in an expression
similar to one we coined in describing
him, showing his wonderful creative
ability as journalist and in scme 9TH
err lines
When it is said that Miss Beach did !
not ask for a raise of salary it is in
keeping with all statements made by /
the editor of the Republican. Miss
Beach filed request for raise. OF
salary at the same time she filed her
expense account for the ensuing year
and both were placed on the clerk S
desk by Miss Beach personally. she
calling the attention of the office force
that there was her expense account.
Further more, that lady asked Mr..
Stufflebcam to have her called from her
office when her expense account was
examined, that she might explain GER
tain things that probably the board
would not be familiar with and the
latter said he would be pleased to do
SO, but he never did.
Relative to the superintendent TAX
ing the business away frcm other print
ing houses and giving it to the Opt
;ck dr., oct ri
therefore the paper is noisy in advo-
eating raise of salary for her, etc,
the bleating, sniffle messed sheep puts
up the argument that "she was just as
deserving before The files of the
Optimist will show that long before the
Republican editor came out from under
cover in the last campaign, we were
supporting the lady, in fact we were as
run for the office as anyone. individual.
1t is the less of few jobs Of print
ing since the trustees meeting that
is hurting penurious Birdie Say is
call him Fido instead of Byrd. What
hit that would have made-Fido Tregt
net only euphonious but appropriate
You are right, little puppy, when you
We are and are proud of it. We never
grabbed pennies in our lives. We new
err laid awake at night trying to figure
out a way to- ip' some poor prospect
of oct
River widow out CT meal of v,tuals
We are guilty CT good many things
but we bought EN- and paid for EN-
we have never tried to slip it to scme
While Miss Beach has but four teach
ers yet to visit, school trustees in the
days of Miss Shaw have been known
to say that they never saw a county
superintendent at their schools ant
would like to know what one locked
like.
So far as our being a candidate fol
sheriff is concerned, we did feel ou1
the editor CT the Republican to see
whether he did in the least feel il
clined to support us, and for the frs
time since our acquaintance with him
he almost took decided stand en- al
issue, and said "N-e-o, l think not,
thereby greatly RELYING us, for supper
from him would be too great a knccl
for us to stand.
There is no place in the entire Re
n1 wi
fable explanation for the cutting O
the salaries. The statement of Com
missioner Bennett, copied in this pape
from the Shelley Pioneer few week!
ago to the effect that the state Law
compelled the commissioners to cut tn
salaries of county officials in counte;
of the classified kind is all rot. Com
missioners' salari are gCvcrred ty IT,
state laws, according to the population
of the counties, but there is no plac,
in the laws of the state, that do othe
than make it optional with the com
missioners to cut salaries of county CT
ficials and judging from the calihre o
the present board of county commissio
ers, it locks more like jealous play, be
cause there own salaries were cut b
law, or grand-stand play before the ia.
payers in an endeavor to secure publ
appreciation, and hide the trail of som
less creditable expenditures. This abol
all you get this time, pet.