Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-03-15
Continued from last week.

Continued from last week.
Since last weeks communication
have been informed that the school
Board are prepared to make p com
plete and satisfactory statement to
the taxpayers, and are only prevent
I'd from doing SO by my continued
articles. Whether this Information
is correct or not l am not In a po-
sition to know. but realizing their
extreme delicacy In the matter, and
not wishing to be the cause Of their
longer continuing their What are
you going to do about IT." policy,
provided they wish to do otherwise,)
have decided to give them an op-
portunity to speak, without. as they
seem to fear, interrupting me. and
will close with this article for that
purpose, which will only allow me
to touch on a very few OF the later
matters and records. In the first
place, would like to have them ex-
plain to US II there Is kept a Sc
cret fund OF which the taxpa. e s
are not permitted to know anything?
| am not saying there 10, nor GO !
want this question to be construed
by any one as intimating that there
lis. ask the question for believe
1T to be one that for the reputation
OF the school and the good OF the
children attending the school, the
board should answer. have had nu-
merous persons ask me why their
children were asked to pay for Ger
tain school supplies, (erasers, etc.
and no report made OF the money TAX
EN- in, these persons being Of the
opinion that these articles were pur-
chased by the district. At least one
party told me that he sometimes
gave his child what he said his teach
or asked for, and sometimes, instead,
he told him to tell the teacher that
his father paid taxes for those things,
and that the child got them just the
same. Now this may be all mis-
take. Those children may have
spent their nickles or dimes for
candy and they may not have been
asked to bring any money to school;
but this kind Of talk has been going
on for year or more, and the Board
should take cognizance OF 1t In their
statement. They are the only ones
who can deny 1t or explain 1t and
repeat it should be done for the
sake of the school children II moth
ing else. And another little matter
on this same line that the board
should not overlook in their forthcom-l
ing statement, Ia an explanation OF
the supposed typewriter deal between
his school District and the County
Commissioners. In the New Time OF
April 10, 1912, you will find in the
Commissioners published proceedings,
If claims allowed to individuals, cor
,orations and officers, among others
he following, "Kityt s. Cowen, as
iisting school examination, $4,000;
Kitty s. Cowen, clerk, typewriter for
county Treasurer, $780," Then If
,ou will examine the files and re-
'ords OF the Auditors office, you
viii find that claim No. "a, Kitty
J. Cowen Clerk. filed April 6. 1912.-
typewriter (Oliver) for County
Treasurer. $500, and warrant No.
IS for $500 delivered to Kitty s.
owen, Clerk. April II, 1912.
The published report for the year
which includes April 1912 only gives
IS the following information.
by appOrtiOnment, $19O69 AZ I
by tax. -. :. :. 1888 SO [
deceived by license. :. :. 1857 so
The statutes provide that the re-
ort shall show the amount Of mon {
y received and from what source, {
ut the average taxpayer is unable
, tell in which Of the three amounts I
lven the second hand typewriter 6
Did by this district to the County
reported. II there was one so
I'D land from the county records q
nd files 1t surely looks as though i
lere was,) this also can probably y
. satisfactorily explained, and 1t Il