The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-05-08
THE TAXES
Chapter Tsventy-fom

Chapter Twentyfom
When an individual is conducting his business for himself he
guided largely by the light of experience and when many
dvduas conducting their business in company
poraon they usually require the manager keep and
compile records and make the board OF directors
can open the big book and things and make ompa
sons Corporations doing business through years and decades
have their reports guide them the place of memory the
individual and the summary the totals of the various things
studied much and oten and when coupled with the careful OBJ
servatos and reasoning of the managers and directors branch
department of the business need be eopadzed by entg
into the unknown
County is Big Company
The business of the county should be conducted the
way and the records especially valuable to boards of commits
sone by of the fact that entirely of
be elected each time and they have little guide them
cept the records great deal has been said campaigns
about getting down to business government matters and giving
the people business administration This urged very dill
gently behalf of the present board by the newspaper which laid
claim being he only republican newspaper the county, and
although the Idaho Republican busy advocating things which
its editor understood to be republican principles and still s we
did not share the that the candidates that time would
could give very able Administrations and the best could say
for them that they all good and they
Big Company Going Broke
When the present board into office they pressed by
popular camor reduce the taxes but all their deliberations
puzzng questions that pressed upon them seldom
them consult the big book of totals the benefit
of past experience great of work has been done
keep these totals carried out each administration and they stand
department for salaries and for supplies given in detail and
quarterly and annual totals and if Bingham county
corporation under the management of its board of directors and
the board were intent upon having the corporation continue
business and maintain credtabe financial showing, the
bers would have the big book spread for study great deal
of time
Created a Ne7o Job
In 1909 the legislature created position by authorizing
county board to employ competent stenographer
exceed $50 month"; take testimony in preliminary examna-
tons The law amended 1913 read mot exceed
$Ioo month"; and the duties of such county stenographer
"o take testimony and rnscr certifying its
and attend such other work the office of the county
oney he may direct he may direct her do relation
to other county work.
Raised Expenses 25o Per Gent
In January 1873 the board asked appoint the
shers daughter Miss Mabe JONES' county stenographer and
the acted upon fixing her salary $40 month If
the board had gone the big book in which expenses had been
carried and looked the totals red ink they would have
observed that this than had been costing when they
followed the old method of hiring done by the day and by th
too If they had taken average of FIVE years they would
have found that the average cost per year for such work
$1S7 Preceding administrations office had handed down o
them this information for their if they needed it, and if they
consulted the record difficult understand why they acted
the application for the appointment of Miss Jones $3.50
year, or two and onehaf times much they had been paying
Nev Appointee has Little to do
The writer has tried account for their action upon the
theory that they expected have of that kind of work than
they had had before that possibly they launching on
VI everything VelyDouy ud
all right and would need enographer great deal of the
but observations of year do show that the county
grapher is engaged very much of the time.
County attorney Overvorked
The county attorney does avail himself of her services
the work of his Office though he has great of
typewrtng do and physical disadvantage perform
ing this work by his efforts Only few weeks ago the board
employed assistant attorney because the chief the office was
unable to handle all the work. and sincere criticism of the con-
duct of the county business could consistently overlook the
unhappy spectacle of the county nographer idle Of her
time and willing suppose work. the county attorney labor
ousy handling all his heavy books and doing his pewriting