Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-04-11
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE TAXPAYERS
OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 6.

NOP'cu, tHe TWO DOdTu meIu DeTS teSLl'
s flying that they turned the sub-teachel
t matter over to him entirely. paying
3 the money to him, and Prof. Warner
r corroborated their statements.
y Why not tell us In few simple
words who got $l47.75 for sub-teach.
ers in 1913? We have been reliably
informed that Prof. Warner has
said 1t was because he would not be
dictated to; said that he drew the
money and when his name appears
; showing that he got it, that Is suf
ticient. Right there is where we diff
fer. We don't want any man s
honesty forced down our throat; We
, don't have to say, intimate, or claim
| that the Board or any of their EN-.
, ployees are dishonest. We have not
done 1t nor are we going t.. The
statutes make II their duty to show
us that they are honest by telling us
who gets our money and what they
get 1t for, and not that they let some
one else draw it out for a certain
purpose and stop there. We don't
care what Warner drew our money
out of the treasury for, we want
know what he did with it, and 1t /.
the duty of the Board to tell us
but when they try 10 evade that duty
by throwing it onto Warner, and Wal.
ner accepts, then it Is his moral duty
to tell us, and not assist the Board
In Withholding information which is
ours by right.
We have spent time AMI money TO
find out If the accounting Is honest
to find out how much was drawn
from the treasury to pay substitute
teachers, and how much of thai
amount was paid them. They have
not only not given us the informa-
ton sought but with the meagre in
formation given in the report taken
in connection with what We can gain |
from the vouchers on file and Other !
sources at our command, we are still |
unable to tell.
This item of sub-teaching was 80
systematically handled In the former
reports that 1t throus no light on
the subject. The first report of
1913 says - Substitute teachers,
$14775." The second on says
Substitute teaching, $147.75." The
third report for 1913 gives different
amounts at different times, as prof.
Warner, substitute teachers >" and
the summary says, Paid for sub.
stitute teaching, $147.75."
The wording in each report varies
but the amount the Board
would have us believe 1t cost the
district Is the same in each report,
land there are three,) but the war
rants on file, so far as we can ascer-
taln, do not show the same amount.
The bills filed by Mr.. Warner whel
he drew the money out of the treas
ury should show, but we have been
unable to gain the information from
them. We have spent more time and
more money than it is right or fair
for any taxpayers to spend to find
out how much money was spent for
substitute teachers, and still We do
not know.
We now ask Prof. Warner to for.
get for a few minutes, Tor acouple
Of hours, at most) that he Is so ex
tremely honest that there Is no moral .
obligation on his part to tell US
where he spent our money, and tell a
Us how much money he drew out of /
he treasury for subs itute teachers,
Ind how much of 1t he paid them.
giving names and amounts IL he /
shows us that he drew $147.75 and il
'aid $l47.75 to Substitute teachers
or 1913, we will be very much and
'ery agreeably surprised, and will ad. Il
'ertise the fact to the fullest of our 8
lbiHty, which would go far to change
ne feeling in the community of which 4
hr. Perky so vigorously complained. \
We are not in position to say
hat he did not draw out$147.75, oil
hat he did not pay out to teachers V
hat amount, or that he drew that
mount but did not pay it all out I
We could not be certain of such N
tatement as we might find out later d
hat 1t was paid from some secret or
pecial fund that we have not yet un- s
arthed and know nothing about, so Il
'e will only say, 1t is up to Mr.. War.
er to show his honesty or to make d
ne Board do it. We did not draw
ne money, We did not spend it, nor 81
ave We been given a sufficiently d,
lear account of it that we are even h
Bile to state positively the amount,
It alone where it was spent. al
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