Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-03-08
CONTINUED from last week.


CONTINUED from last week.
The report fepublished last week,
was the third and last report Of the
School Board of this district. The
three cover the expenditure OF $6S..
805.97.
We are informed that when Sena-
tor Fields was urging the repeal Of
the law making It obligatory Tor the
School Boards Of the state to pub
lish an annual report Of expendi-
lures, giving the specific item,
amount and name to whom paid, a
member Of the Eastern Idaho Press
Club stated when the matter was un-
der discussion, In that body. that the
publishing Of the report in his Dis
trict had caused the unearthing Of
$4,000 Incorporated and the cor
recting OF the same. Now | want to
ask In all candor, what could one
trace, find out or discover, from the
studying Of any Of these three re-
ports, except p studied purpose to
convey as little information as pos
stble. Take for instance, in the last
report, Periodicals and commence
ment supplies. $1O6.OO.' Why couple
the two togetheri Why not tell us
where these supplies or refreshments
were bought, and how much they
cost without the periodicals. Why
withhold the name? The School
Board seems imbued with the idea
that 1t Is no concern OF the taxpay-
err what the money 10 spent Tor. 1t
is the taxpayers privilege to furnish
II, and the boards privilege to spend
it, with no questions asked; and
they have become deeply inc0nsed,
whenever there has been an appeal
made for fair, clear, honest &C.
count. But am happy to say that
the Legislature Ia not Of their mind
and realizing the fact. today admitted
by all. that publicity is the greatest
known preventive OF extravaganza
they have killed the bill to do away
with annual statements by School
Districts.
But, "Supt |. B. Warner. money ad
vanced for printing, stamps, refresh
ments for patrons day, bought at Bin
der's and the Spot, $3.50" Is not
publicity by any means, Binders
is a Bakery. the Spot Grocery
store.) But before Analysing the re-
port further, want to give you q
list OF some Of the orders for war
rants on file at the auditors office.
Don't get the notion that l am try
ing to harmonize these orders with
the published reports. That is the
other fellows job. The board, on
Jan. II, 1910 issued order for war
rant No. So to Ed Wilson for $67.35
coal. The next day, January IL,
they issued order No. 81 to N. G..
Whitney for $28.22, coal. Three
days later January 2lst they issued
order No. So to "Mr. d. F. Densel,
for $83.S8, coal.,' Mr.. d. F. Den
sci was cashier Of the Stockgrowers
State Bank, is not known to have
been in the coal business, and one
of the questions that the taxpayers
have been asking each other since
the agitation for q grand jury start
ed is, DID THE DISTRICT RECEIVE
ANY COAL FROM Mr.. D. F. Dem
sci, and II so. how much? And II
they did not receive any coal from
Mr.. Densel does the $83.88 paid to
the cashier. Mr.. D. F. Densel repre-
sent the difference between the
$685. and the $2S.22 paid for the
coal bought on the 18th and 18th,
and the amount that would have had
to be paid for that amount Of coal
from regular coal dealer Of the
town, and If the $s3.SS was the diff
ference, who got the money? And
why we're not the orders made out
direct to them, him or 1T
There 10 no reflection intended on
The Board or any Of the gentlemen
but 1t was our money that
was spent, and we feel that we are
sntitled to understand the transact