Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-10-25

the state: their one weakness was. tha
they believed the Governor,
The charge has been made that ths
item OF Miscellaneous Expense" occur
ring in the printed report Of the count,
officers as shown BY the book issued BY
the lcounty auditor, is meant TO, cover q
multitude OF unfair charges The report
| is made on the form drawn up and or
dered by the state Examiner. a demo-
crat, a gentleman and an expert With
figures. He divides the various official
reports into these divisions: Salaries.
I deputies. office expenses tfor part Of
the officers). and Miscellaneous Ex-
| penses- In looking over some Of these
Miscellaneous Expenses items the
other day. several items were found Ike
this: Christian Hansen. Shoshone. black
smith work so many dollars. Mr.. Han
sen is an honest. capable blacksmith;
he has been prominent in the demo-
cratic party. and has been candidate for
various offices. including that Of COM
missioner Wasn't it an honest bill?
Wasn't it an honest way TO charge it
Not all the items We're charged against
Nh Hansen. ii is true: they covered
wide range of items. from digging
graves and burying paupers to buying
a paper of pins for the desk. II the law
specified the publication of ever item.
il would be the most monumental snap
the printer ever fell into. The bills are
all on file. and the innuedo that this
method of publishing an abbreviated re-
port Is meant to cover crookedness or In
competence. should be made as formal
complaint TO the prosecuting attorney
He is a good democrat: he is the ad-
wiser of the board Of county commission
ers in all things: surely re would fix
it, Ask him to call a grand jury and
investigate. With all this Miscellaneous
Expense. there should be a pretty story2
jump Chris Hansen for his blacksmith
ing. Jail the democratic drayman for
having hauled goods for the court housei
Pursue Bert Bowler. former democratic
county secretary Tor selling goods TO the
county. It's fertile field for investi-
CATION, if any honest man cares to take
il up.
Possibly you have heard it said that
the Republican Legislature is likely 10
throw Borah down for the senate; that
his worst enemies are in the Republi-
can party. Well Borden. Adams and
Evans. are pledged to him: they were
for him without a pledge, and only the
rawlings Of few scatter Drained agitat-
ors in the democratic party would have
led them to think of pledging to vote
for hirn--any more than you'd pledge
to eat your breakfast or TO sleep OF
nights or to love your wife and child
you'd do that without pledgei
Nevertheless, the Progressive party /
organizatio DID pledge to support Bor- !
den, Evans and Adams: pledged each 1
one by name.
Did you know that the county auditor /
and recorders office Of Lincoln county /
is one Of the few in the state that pays !
its own way. with a surplus Of several (
dollars every year above its
cost of operation? 1t does--you can find
the records.
In looking over the records Of the
sheriff's office for the past few years,
one cannot but be struck with the re-
narkable reduction in the cost of that
,ffice. as web as the increased efficiency
II the service. II would be interesting
o compare the present records with
hose of the last democratic sheriff.
most anyone can tell YOU who he was
nut the strange fact is. there are
Ompare, The good. ''We-view- with
larm'' democrat who believes the
'eopIe actually ought 60 get their ,
worth would be inexpressibly
aineld by looking over the records OF
he last democratic sheriff as compared F.,
nth those of the present. efficient
heriff Zug. The books such as they
re, covering that period--it wasn't so
cry long ago. either--are at the court :
ouse for any one to see. They are
are treat TO the trouble-hunterl
Did you know that. despite the fact
nat some have tried TO stuff the people Z
18th lot OF political dope about THE
ang'' and its operations in Lincoln =
ounty. the official salaries are the low :
st in the state for any county even
pproximating this IN size and popula- y
on? Not as low as any. but the low n
It. Most counties with one-third the -
Dpulation. one-third the weGith. and :,
le-third the work TO do. pay more !
oney- And this county has been under :
lie control OF republican officials for .
sars.
Clark. the republican nominee for II
'uRty treasurer. is not in the banking 1.
aSAHr~c- MS HttAAlAdNfti - atA tttc r.
III Of a Shoshone bdnk war. every u
INK in the county that could prove its II
ability. and put up its bond. would 2,
1 equal treatment Sometimes IL hl
cans q lot to community TO have C,
W thousand dollars Of county money al
deposit--it helps tide over many a "
agh road. Clark. too. would take up to
arrants as they are due. not having a gs
nix through which to loan the county in
oney If he wanted TO hold the IN
lrrants up. You would be surprised to Io
ow that the treasurer can save sever IN
thousand dollars to the county every r,
ar by doing this as the warrants co
me due. instead Of delaying II and n.
ming the county money instead III
Il would not be fair to start in at this re-
e date, to demand the personality 10
the opposing candidates. There are v
ne excellent men on the democratic We
ket; good friends, good peighbors 50