Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1914-07-10


Jury will consider them of sufficient
weight TO result in their resigna.
tons being called for. In Mr..
Nagel's case the Alpine Orchard
company at Clarksfork, of which
Mr.. Nagel was stockholder, put
in bill to the county amounting
to sos 90 for work, labor and sup
plies used on a highway running
by the company's land. The labor
and material, according to the bill
passed upon, was furnished be-
tween July and July Fl of last
year.
In Commissioner McColl's case
the accusation recites that during
the months of September and DC
tober, 1913, Joe Hudon was en-
ployed to act as foreman and over
seer for the construction of what
was known as the Addie- Passport
road and that Commissioner Nc
Coll, on September 20 and 27, sold
him two bills of goods from his
store at Moravia aggregating about
$685.. 1t is also recited that on
April IL, 1913, and on May %,
1913, Ole Laselle, overseer of road
district No. 12, bought bills of
goods at the commissioner S store.
The charge against both commits
sioners had been made basis for
former similar civil action.
Following is it's complete report as
rendered to Judge Flynn:
We. the grand jury of Bonner coun-
ty, state of Idaho, impanelled as sucl
by your honor beg herewith to report
upon the completion of our session as
follows, to-wit:
That upon the beginning of our ses-
sion we proceeded to elect a clerk for
the guidance of our Investigations.
We have examined sc witnesses.
We have returned II true bills and II
untrue bills.
We beg further to report that we
have made careful Investigations and
examinations as to whether any per-
son charged with public offenses were
held upon preliminary examinations
and report that there were none.
We beg further to report that we
have made careful examination and
investigation of the Bonner county
jail and found it to be in good sani-
tary condition and kept in perfect or
der in all manner and respects.
We beg further TO report that we
have during our sessions visited and
examined into the county poor farm
and would recommend that the old
wooden buildings at the farm oc-
cupied as sleeping quarters for the
men, be removed and new buildings
erected in its place with sufficient
baths, closets, etc, Said building
to be of brick construction. Also that
two more cows be purchased for use
of the inmates. We would recommend
that the chicken house at present
situated close to the general kitchen
be removed at least 200 feet from the
living quarters.
We would further recommend that a
Ford automobile be purchased for the
exclusive use OF the sheriff's office,
thereby saving the county the excess
sive hire of liveries and automobiles.
We further recommend that there
be two toilets, ladies' and gents,
placed on each floor at the county
to be left to the best Judgment of the
county commissioners.
We, the jury. found that the Peter
son contract on the Kootenai- Cabinet
road extending from station $40 to 63S,
cost $500, and has been accepted by
the Kootenai-Cabinetr road commission,
but in our opinion this work was done
in very unworkmanlike manner.
We also find that the Brown and
Hurd contract from station 36S to $50
cost $1,000. This was also very
poor piece of road making, and should
not have been accepted by the road
commission. We find that Dietrich,
Williams and Slavens who had a con-
tract from station 63S to $50, had done
their work so poorly that the county
surveyor took the job from them and
feel that he was justified in doing
so.
We find that the Pickett & Ames
contract from station IL to 100,
amounting to $1,000 was a well
| finished piece of road building and the
| contract from station 1870 to 27S has
not been finished. But che work is
we'll done as far as they have gone.
1t comes to our notice that the road
overseers in some of the districts
have In the past been in the habit of
doing work for outside individuals and
corporations with the county road
graders and making a charge for the
use of the graders and have not re-
mitted the money so received to the
county. This is a very bad practice
and we recommend to the county COM
missioners that steps be taken look
ing to the stopping Of this practice.
We find that the county commits
sioners have utter disregard for the
principles of sound business in the
purchase of supplies for the county
and the letting of contracts for roaC
| work
We recommend that in the buying o
supplies, machinery and all tooli
needed by the county that they b,
bought within the limits of Bonne
county If the same can be secured o
said county, as cheaply as elsewhere
The grand jury also censures b.
! unanimous vote the buying of machfn