Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-03-01
CONTINUED from last week

The following Is the last puUllSned
report of the trustees OF this Dis
trict, showing the expenditure OF
$24526.61 for the last School Year.
They have reported 1t in 81 amounts
ranging from 100000 for Bond and
Interest to 1855 for Laundry. The
year before they spent $21504.21 or
$3022.40 less than last year, and re-
ported it to us in 173 different
amounts exclusive Of their recapitu-
lation) from Bond and Interest ST.
10000 to Song Books, 81 cents. but In
neither the "a amounts reporting the
expenditure of $24.526.61 nor the 173
amounts reporting the expenditure
OF $215O4.21 have they once slipped a
cog and given the taxpayers the in
formation desired The 1911 report
says, teachers salaries for nine
months and one week at Association,
Superintendent l. B. Warner $1541.-
80, Professor 0. F. Dye $500"
Some difference In their salaries for
the same identical work, but that Is
just what the report says. Read 1t
as 1t was republished last week.
The report published today, says:
"Supt. I. B. Warner, salary and at
tending institute $1S60.O0. We be-
lieve we are entitled to know how
much Supt. |. B. Warner was paid for
attending institute, beside his regu-
lar salary. He Is of course entitled
to his salary while attending insti-
tute, and Is possibly entitled to any
other amount the Board may choose
to pay him, but one thing is GER
tain: We taxpayers who furnish
the money are entitled to know
what that amount Ia. BY this
report, one lady gets $S93.OO Sal
airy and attending institute, an
other lady gets Salary $105.0O.
Evidently the latter did not at
tend the institute, and 1t Is equally
evident that the difference be-
tween $4,000 and $105.00 is not the
amount the former got for attending,
but what we want to know Is, what
did she get for attendance at insti-
tute outside of her regular Salary :?
Did she or any of the others listed
as salary and attending institute"
get a red cent excepting Professor
|. B. Warner and If so how much
did they get? The next in the re-
port Is amount paid for substitute
teachers during the year $168.5O'
Who were they? Last report gave
the name of one who got $500. The
balance was distributed through that
report as money advanced to l. B.
Warner to pay substitute teachers,
refreshments, Etc. In the following
report, not even one Is named-just
the bold statement, substitute teach
ers $16S.5O." Following down the
report, notice school repair $793.O1."
How much did any one of the thir-
teen persons mentioned get of the
total of $793.01Y Again take the
item School Supplies. How much
of that s676.43 did the New Time get +?
Next, Might work at Gymnasium,
Mr.. Curtis, Mr.. Colville, Supt. Warn
er, Prof. Hansen, s3OS.00. Did Warn
er get $4,000 and the other three
divide the $500? Did they do all
the work in one night, or did they
work every night? And while we
are asking we may as we'll ask, what
kind of work could that bunch per-
form at night in gymnasium, that
would justify the taxpayers of this
school district paying them $30S.0O ?
Next, Clerical services, Kitty 8.
Cowen, $4,000 That is good hon
est, statement, the specific item,
clerical services" the name of the
person performing those services,
and the amount $4,000. When l read
that plain fair honest statement OF
the amount received by the clerk Of
the Board, l thought l must be
seeing things" but l returned to
normal the moment my eye rested on
Extra Clerical Services. Thomas
Trathen, Kitty s. Cowen, James Pur-