Evening capital news., 1914-06-19
Use OF COUNTY'S
APPROPRIATION
IS CONSIDERED
Complaint Of the Ada Coun-
ty Grange Taken UP by
the Commissioners and
Hearing Begun.

r. A. Allen, J. q. Petrie and ". G..
Scholtz, constituting q committee Of
the Ada County Grange, and Eugene
Looney, president OF the Inter- Noun
tain Fair association and William Krull,
its secretary, appeared before the board
OF county commissioners this after
noon to thresh out the complaint of
the state grange that much of the
$4,000 appropriated by, the county COM
missioners for the payment of r-e-
miums at the fair last fall, was ex-
pended for other purposes with tbs re-
suit that many OF the premiums remain
unpaid.
The Ada County Grange demands
that the commissioners investigate and
begin action to recover the money ex-
pended for purposes not authorized by
them.
| The commissioners appropriated
$4,000 last fall for the state fair under
the following order. as It appears upon
the minute books of the association:
"In the matter Of the Inter- Mountain
Fair association: In this matter the
board appropriated the sum of $4,000
| to the Idaho Inter- Mountain Fair as
ISOLATION for the purpose of paying ,e-
miuns on agricultural. horticultural,
livestock, ETC., awarded exhibitors from
Ada county only. The same to be
paid to the Pacific National bank Of
Boise City, as agent for said fair as
ISOLATION, to be paid TO said exhibitors
on presentation Of award certificates,
said fair association and bank to rem
der an itemized statement of all pre-
miums awarded and paid"
+ Claim Order Was Disregarded.
1t is claimed by the grange that this
order was disregarded and the money
| paid for any other purpose than that
! for which 1t was appropriated. while
/ the purposes for which it was appro- :
| priated were almost wholly ignored
In sustaining their contention they
present vouchers showing that there
was paid from this fund to six entry
clerks as follows: A. ]. Moritz, SEQ;
Martha Hansen, $50; Lester Campbell
$24; c. f. Baker. s24; Dale Kerr sis
Mrs. C. c. Fisher, $50 In addition, the
following individuals were also paid
from this fund, not as exhibitors OF
products as indicated by the board In
making it's appropriation: A. c. Car
son, $50; Mrs. William Krull, $40;
Hazel Morrow. $40; Louise johnson
$50; B. Cornell, $3.50: Charles Rich
ardson, SIS; Nellie Cornell, s5.25: H. c
Perkins. $27.5o; Mrs. w. c. Griffiths
$14.75; May ]. Bradbury $50: William
Bradbury. $36; Emily Simpson. $3.50
Moreover, payment Of such items a:
the following are objected to as no
complying with the purpose for which
the appropriation was made:
Con. w. Hesse, Ada County Troph.
shoot; $50: Boise Gun club, Ada count,
trophy shoot, $50: Miller Purvis, judg
ing poultry show, s7b: C. c. Vincent
Judging exhibits, fare and expenses
s74.5o; e. J. Iddings. judging stock ex
hibits. s76; Mothers congress, for bet
ter babies contest, $500.
It is claimed by the grange that tn,
funds for the baby show we're raiset
by special methods and they deman,
to know why 1t was paid out Of thi
county fund.
Besides these objections, It Is claimed
that one item of 500 was paid to al
official of the state whose service
consisted merely in assisting in col
I lecting an exhibit, but who was pal,
for exhibit and display" and that tn
same exhibitor, was paid $152.25 70
"sweepstakes," which even II It ha
been legitimate, should have been 50
as per the premium list. but the grang
denies the legitimacy of such a pay
ment to a state official, acting in his Of
fieial capacity, who Is not a produce
of products at ALL
The different persons interested wer
still being heard at a late hour toda
and no action had been taken.