The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-06-27
REASONS FOR CALLING
!. THE BOND ELECTION

election in Latah county for the pur-
pose of determining whether or not
we shall have new Court House,
we wish to give to the public few
unbiased facts and reasons for call
ing same.
The records of our county are of
inestimable value to all and must be
protected. Our court house has one
small vault in connection with the
Auditors office, which would, be-
yond doubt, melt down like wax in
case the building should be destroy
ed by fire, and should we be obliged
to replace our records from avail
able sources it would cost us more
than the price of a new court house.
Only the records of the offices of
Auditor and Recorder have any pro-
lection, as the small vault is made
'quate to hold even all of these.
These might be saved in case of
small fire, but there are the records
of the Probate Judge, Assessor, Tax
Collector, Treasurer, County Super
intendent and all the other offices
which have absolutely no protection
at all from fire, and would suffer a
great loss in case of small blaze.
Our Jail cannot be used at all for
keeping prisoners. For some time
we have been compelled to send our
prisoners to Lewiston or Wallace,
thus incurring a tremendous expense
in boarding and transporting the
prisoners as we'll as in mileage for
the officers travelling to and from the
jail to which our prisoners are sent.
The County Attorney and Sur
veyor have no offices in the court
house and we are compelled to rent
offices down town, thereby causing
great inconvenience and additional
expense not only in office rent but
also in heating and lighting the
offices.
The new Revenue Law has i'm
posed additional work upon prac-
tically all of the officers and the
present Accommodations in the offices
are entirely too meager to meet the
demands. The Treasurer has been
made Tax Collector and there is not
a place in the court house where she
can take the records for the purpose
of collecting ia xes.
There is no jury room to which a
jury can retire, except a portion of
the woodshed. This is either an
imposition upon the dignity of the
District Court or it lends a great
dignity to the woodshed.
The Commissioners have no place
to meet for deliberation except as
they can find a vacancy in some
office or court room.
The matter of remodeling the old
building has been carefully consider
ed and has been deemed, by most
conservative people, out OF reason.
1t is generally conceded that any
money expended upon the old
building would eventually be thrown
away.
We want to call attention to the
fact that the resolution calls for the
amount of $4,000 for the purpose
of erecting and equipping Court
House and Jail and not one dollar
of this amount will or can be ex.
pended on site for building.
We also positively guarantee thai
the cost of new building will no
exceed the amount voted for in the
election.
The act of the last session of the
State Legislature makes it permiss.
able to pay off all the bonds after {
period of five years. This law ha:
been taken advantage of in the reso
luton calling the bond election anc
the bonds may be taken care o.
within the five years if the people o.
the county so desire.
This is your county, your building
to be erected, your records to bt
protected. The matter does not be-
long to any town or any community