The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-12-23

menu WORK should Dc tnq one TO throw
obstacles In the way Of progress, but
such is the case; and while as = mem
Der Of a bcardwhich has the best inter
ests Of the commonwealth at heart,
you may conclude from thorough IL.
vestigation that certain carefully out
lined policy is good business and it is
right, it is disccuraging to have to go
up against tho buzz saw of public
criticism for no other osfensa than
trying to serve the people"
The engineer does not believe in
government and state aid. and charac-
tcrizes them as pipe Dreams" and
favors the issuance of long time bonds.
He thinks that tax levies are poor
business and that little work can be &C
complished by that means.
The commissioners discussed road
building most Of the morning and told
of their individual experiences in their
own counties in road construction.
commissioners Demand Law Changes
: An amendment to the primary cleo
ton law requiring voters to declare
their party preference before receiv-
ing their ballots was among the leg
islative recommendations made by the
county commissioners Thursday. The
commissioners also asked that q tax
commission Of three persons be Gre
ated and given the power OF, examin-
ing corporation books. With the ex-
ception Of one or two paragraphs the
report Of the legislative committee
was adopted without change by the
convention.
At $50 O'Clock Thursday afternoon
the business session was adjourned
until the third Tuesday Of next De
cember. Boise was selected as the
meeting place. Twin Falls ran close
race with Boise fer the meeting place
but owing to Bosses location and
tho fact that state officials can ad-
dress meetings there on important sub
jects, the tide turned away from
Twin Falls. W.
Talk Of Road Work l
At the morning session little bust
ness was done. Engineer Arthur E.
Fox spoke on the subject Of road
building. He discussed general road
work, the amount Of money that
should be spent on this work and
ways for determining the amount. He
declared that if the money spent in
prosecuting farmers for running
waste waters into the highways was
used to properly drain these roads
there would be less trouble and bet
ter highways.
In the afternoon the report Of the
legislation committee, for which the
convention had been waiting, was
submitted and taken up section by
section. Aside from a short talk by
Rev. O. P. Christian of the Children &
Home Finding & Aid society. tho en-
tire time until adjournment was taken
up with consideration of this report
Tho committee was composed of w.
L. Aramson, Carey; c. H. Taylor,
Twin Falls; George McCombs. Priest
River, and H. A. Partridge, Nampa.
They had been at work on the report
since their appointment Tuesday.
Demand Law Changes
Their recommendations follow:
I'VE recommend that what is
known as the law to create highway
districts be SO amended that q terri.
tory OF less number Of sections than
at present. provided could be organized
as a highway district, providing /,
has a valuation of 100000 or more
exclusive Of cities and towns. Pro
viding also that petition calling TO,
the election for said highway distric,
would have to be approved by a ma
jority of the county commissioners
OF the county within which said high
way district was proposed to be ere
ated before said elections should be
called. We would also recommend
that the commissioners appointed O,
elected to serve said road distric,
should receive a compensation not t.
exceed ~ per day. actual service.
we would recommend that tn.
legislature pass an act submitting to {
vote OF the people of Idaho the cues
tlon' Snail the county commissioner.
De elected at the next election fol
terms OF two, four and six years, ant
at succeeding elections one commits
sioner be elected every two rsfo
term Of six years? Would alst
recommend that an act be passe.
Classifying the counties into first, sec
ond' third and fourth classes. An,
mat maximum salary for county at
torney be fixed at an amount not ey
ceeding $4,000 a year.
i Taxes on Real Estate