The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-11-01
!, OPEN LETTER FROM
COUNTY AUDITOR

X The Caldwell Tribune,
4 Caldwell, Idaho.
X Gentlemen:
K May l be permitted to use the !
X columns of your valuable paper J
X to convey a word of warning to !
X to voters of Canyon county, in
x not being mislead by publishing
X articles, as the same has been
X published in the Caldwell News. !
X Sometime ago a representative !
X of the Tax Payers League came
X to my office and spent about
X day in going through the books =,
X and files. Several days later !
X there appeared an article in the :
X Caldwell News, addressed to the !
X Canyon County Taxpayers Com :
X mittee, publishing the results of :
= the one day investigation made !
X by. the representative of the :
X Taxpayers League.
X Among the items he publish
X ed was a supposed bill of 5000
= paid to the Nampa Leader-Herald
4 for publishing 2,773 lines of Com ,
x missioners proceedings, publica-
X ton. being made February Fl, "a,
X % and March 3. :,
X | want to say to the voters of :
X that this item as published is :
X false and was published to mis- ,
X lead the voters.
X The records of my Office show
X the bill of the Nampa Leader ,
X Herald to be for $4l5.95 for pub
X fishing the above mentioned pro- :
X ceedings, making a difference of :
X over $4,000 between the publish
X ed report and what the records
X show. ,
X This same representative spoke
\ at Middleton last Friday evening
X and l went to hear him for the
\ purpose of finding out if he would
x make the same statement, as
X appears in the Caldwell News, he
x did and others that were far from
X the truth.
X He was asked where he got his
= information and he said from the
X Auditors Office from a one days
X investigation, he was asked to
\ read the original bill to the people
X present, which he did, and after he
x was through reading the bill, he
4 had to admit he had made a mis-
\ take and Immediately left the hall.
X Personally, am in favor of
X these investigations, as the tax
x payers have right to know all
x that is going on and how and in
+ what way their money is spent,
X and think they would result in
X much good to the county,
X why not have them more often
X provided they are made for the
X betterment OF all and not to mis-
X lead the voters.
4 believe that a majority of the
x members of the Taxpayers league
4 think as do, they want the truth
4 published. The days of dirty poll
X tics are over.
think if these investigations
x were made with the object of put
+ ting before the taxpayers of Can
+ yon county the truth, it would
X lead to suggestions and in very
+ short time be the means of chang
X ing some of our laws.
= Everything I have looked into
X of the supposed graft as publish
\ ed in the Caldwell News is false
= and misleading, and published
4 with that knowledge.
X The laws require the proceed
\ ings of the Board of County
4 Commissioners published and
x during all this time of the
X graft" in publishing the pro-
= ceedings, the Caldwell News
: owned by Mr.. Lemon, with other
x papers in Canyon county, pub
4 lished said minutes.
X The Caldwell News is not at
= the present time publishing the
x Commissioners proceedings,
= hence the reason for all this
= graft story.
In closing | want to say | be-
= lieve it should be made a crime
= to publish false statements of the
= public records for any purpose.
Respectfully yours,
GEO. w. STOVEL,
Auditor Canyon County, Idaho.
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