The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1914-01-30

KENDR1CK GAZETTE SUPPLEMENT
for incidentals. 1t was brought out,
lat our last meeting that this increase
was made up of increases for pur-
poses approximately as follows:
SIate ................. 2,500|
County 3O5O0|
Roads sn0|
80. $500. ...''...... 4b,OOU
Cities and villages .......... 27,5OO|
At eur last meeting in discussing
these figures it was assumed that
these amounts were excuses over and
above the acutal need therefor; that
the amounts proposed to be raised in
1872 were sufficient for carrying on|
the government of the county. OBJ
Serving the figures you will note that
1.-THE amount raised for the several
funds for 1912 was much lower than
for the preceding year except for|
school purposes which was higher
for that year. Owing to the great diff
ference shown by these figures for thel
four years 1t is impossible to select
|any one as basis of comparison. Wei
believe that the average amounts tol
be raised for the years 1910, IL, and 12|
would give us more equitable basisI
|of comparison: The averages are ap-|
|proximately as follows:
Iotate ................$ 48,93Ol
ISounIy .'........ ll9,9O9|
looaus ......... ............. 32,338
loCHoolS ..'..... 0U,Z64
Cities and villages .......... 31,662
Comparing the amounts to be raised
for 1913 with these averages we have
the following increases:
lotate .................. 1896
county .............. 13,1S4
ooaus ................ IDOL
Cities and villages. ............ 28,374
lScnools $50. 6O,207
The question at once arises, why
these increases? AS the increases in
the amounts to be raised for state and
road purposes are negligible we will
pass them. In the county we note the
following increase in the revenue to-
be collected this year from taxes,
$4,000. At our last meeting resolu-
tion was passed asking the Commits
siOners to be present and explain the
increase raised for county purposes
lit appearing at that time that they
were raising some 100000 over and
above the actual amounts needed for
county government. We have taken it
upon ourselves to explain this matter.
We note that the Commissioners have
lhonored us by accepting our invitation
Ito be present. In the event that they
do not concur in the explanation made
lth Cd WI hot
lfit
| Returning to the excess raised
(which compared with 1912 is $4,000,
but which compared with an average
flor the past three years is $4,000, we
would state that we find that the Com
missioners were called upon to provide
for the following new sources of eX-
penditures, expenditures which had
mot been made during previous years:
|l) Widows pensions, $500. Our last
session of the Legislature passed a law
providing for such pensions. { p For
additional expenses in the adnlinistra-
lion of our new revenue law, $4,000.
lit is the opinion of the officers that
have to do with this law that it will
require some three to five thousand
more to carry out it's provisions than
that of the old law. We have placed it
lat $4,000. ca The Commissioners pro-
Ivided for the County Fair, $4,000. This
lyear was the first year that the Com
|missioners have seen fit to assist the
Fair Association to this extent in car
lrying on this commendable work.
'I(D For improvements and changes in
the County Court House, $1,000; for the
employment of Probation Officer
l$1000-a total of $500.
4 At the close of 1912 there was a
deficit of some $4,000 or an average
deficit of $1,000 per year for the three
Years averaged. The Commissioners
had to raise this amount, $4,000, in ad.
ldition to the average amount raised fol-
1.-THE three years mentioned to take care
Iof said deficit and $1,000 to prevent the
same deficit this year, giving Crane
,|total of $12,700. Thus the probable
additional expenditure for 1913 will
approximate the excess raised by the
Commissioners.
ii We will now consider the increase
shown for school purposes. In this
!, connection we would state that the