The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-02-20
QUEER GRAFT NEAR SODA SPRINGS


we have been speaking of for exahug the of the pub
lie treasury and of particular interest because of its being
home
In 1901, t. S. Williams operating at settle
ment Is miles northeast of Soda Springs 1daho and being de-
srous of securing postal service made application for himself
be appointed postmaster of Williamsburg The order went into
effect his salary depending upon the amount of business done by
him in the cancellation of stamps The rules of the postal depart
ment make permissible to have of mails
pensaon words of the of the post masters salary
and Mr. Williams being anxious the service in the City CD
named his honor employed 60 for the mail three times
week and for this he paid him $2 month"; the carrier of
doing such other business in the way of freight and express
he could pick up In due time the government called for bids for
carrying the mail Williamsburg and bids for $3.50 and
$500 respectively received Both bids pgeonholed
by the department and Mr. Williams paying the carrier
each month"; thinking the department would his
lief The matter dragged along for about year and half
before the arrangement terminated and Mr. Williams salary
as post master has amounted only $7o The due
the carrier Mr. Carter would be $46o but he had already been
paid 100000 by Mr. Williams Carter satisfied to
quit but Williams Mr. Williams applied to the depart
ment for the he would have been entitled the lowest
bid had been accepted but because the bid rejected they
would recognize his claim and the department offered
Mr.. Carter if he would put his claim that basis
That would do Williams much good and BESIDES Carter had
left the country. The department declined pay Williams
post master and then him again carrier Williams waited
Neu Congressman Gets Busy
Burton L. French then congress from Idaho and much
being said about his being merely hor boy for the Idaho
delegation at Washington Mr. Williams concluded that it was
hore boy he needed he laid his before Mr. French who
introduced bill the house of representatives to afford relief
Ito T. Williams and proceeded to push among the bills for
the relief of soldiers and Sailors widows and orphans and depend
ent relatives of soldiers etc., Of hard shedding
for French for there old fellows the house. who could
shoot his bill full of holes faster than Burton could plug thm
but there such good old western scouts
Monde of Wyoming, who got under the load and boosted it
along and reminded the house that where law and equity conflict
always the better part let equity prevail That it
something like $500 hour for the time of the house discuss
the and it would be better allow him 5000 and dismiss
the matter at once but the bill got anywhere.
French Defeated, but Comes Back
Other campaigns followed and French elected reelected
and defeated and Carter back Williamsburg About
every years French had made another effort at Mr. Will
Jams Chores but too hard game put through French
got back the house again after COL Hame had served his
term and he tried again get relief for Williams for he
getting old and business dull On the sixth of the present
month he got before the house committee of the whole on
the of the Union and the welfare of the Union demanded
that something bedone to relieve Mr. Williams The whole
question again and lot of nqutve had to
be convinced every detail There Mann and Miller and
Sherwood and Stafford Son and Lafery and Cox and LaF
ete and Mondel still alive taking hand the debate and boost
ing for the west The usual objections made that if This
claim paid there would be food of others put equally
deserving and there only way deal with such que
tons and that follow the law and plain business principles
After spending couple of hours the discussion costing nearly
thousand doors for the per diem of the members and this
being only of many such bouts engaged the claim the
house agreed upon $I5 the amount OF the claim for Will
Jams and by of IS laid aside for favorable
mendation
1t has thousands of dollars have the matter
discussed intervals these twelve years and the action of
last week merely got the far enough give fighting
chance may lnger along for years yet before is dis
posed of and in that will have few thousand more
for discussion
Mr. Williams discontinued the post office long ago. The
looks old and dapdated it being merely the crossing
of trails where sheep wagons pass intervals during the
and fall There about seventyfve families living away out
north of there but there four post Offices accommodate them
Gays Herman Wayan and Henry, and the government gets
very we'll down in Washington without Williamsburg, although
Williamsburg still needs the government Mr. Williams living
in Pocatelo and of his intimate friends call him
Tom Some towns experience revision downward fas
ter than a democratic tariff schedule.
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