The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-10-22
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SYNOPSIS


that many persons do not reaIiXc
either what that development has
been or the extent to which IL adds
to the business Of county officers,
aud tile responsibility OF county com
missIoners.
As an illustration - wears ago the
vote in Lemhi was about 800, today
the registration is over $50. In The
same period the acreage of patented
land has increased four fold, the as
.essed valuation uf al! property al
lowing for the difference In assessing
its value-0ver three fold; there are
nearly three times as many school
districts; the district court is In ses.
sion in this county nearly four times
as long, and the expense of litigation
and court costs pToportionally In
creased.
In addition To the increase OF work
and responsibility thus naturally fall
ing on the officers, each recurring
Legislature has seen fit TO add 10
those duties still other additional
tasks incident TO the greater COM
plexity OF government, and t.lose
called for by the addition OF ne~ req.
ulaations. On the Office OF Clerk and
Auditor these additional require.
ments have principally fallen. Com-
parative statements and financial re.
ports are now prepared and publish
ed by that officer, or filed with the
state Auditor or Secretary OF State,
: not prepared In the simpler days Of
: county and state government. As an
illustration, the new revenue law de.
wolves duties on the Auditor, not
previously required OF his office.
which alone takes ia the aggregate
fully two months Of his time OF that
OF his deputy. Fully as Much tin e
is consumed In attending to the re-
sponsible duties Of county registrar;
attending 10 the registration Of cleo
tors and their transfers, sending out
election supplies, and in preparing
ch ,cklng, and sending to election
judges the three sets Of poll books re
quired for each precinct. Deeds and
mortgages, which require indexing
and recording are more numerous
than ever before, while his other
duties, in his three-fold capacity OF
! clerk of the District court and oi
auditor aud recorder, both new and
old, add immensely to the work and
) responsibility. In addition, aa clerk
e he Is the mainstay Of the board oI
county commissioners, and the Officer
on whose cou nsel and advice thu
board has most reason to rely, when
ever IL needs advice in matters Of
iecllng the interest Of the county OF
ang part Of It's people.
Ii Is cold matter OF fact business
proposition for the tax Xpayer snd cit
iLens TO consider. DO you want 10
retain In this Office one who 10 tie
most efficient auditor and clerk Lem
hi county has ever had one who hal
KEEP. his every department up tc
the minute, and accurate To dot
similarly the democratic eandI
date for AssessoT, Treasurer, Schoo
Superintendent and sheriff have
proven their efficiency in their re
spective oriice, and are asking fo
y reelection to the RESPONSIBLE pO-i
n tions Mr. E1rd has been most con
% scientiuus and efficient in classifying
\ and assessing all property Of thi
Y county for purposes OF taxation, an'
also he has at all times heen careful
t. TO zee that Lemhi is not discrimina
D. ted against ia favor Of other coun
N ties whenever the State Board equal
N Ives the valuations OF different classe
10 OF property throughout the ST.
le In the case of Geo. Meitzlef, candi
D. date for treasurer, the wisdom Of tn
A. people has been proved in electoing L
that Office one ~ neither an officer O
or or connected with any banking 10
C. stitnion In the county. 1t Is best I
=. have a treasurer Hho Is thus free an
a impartial, 80 tbat the deposit o
le county funds with the various hAnk
u which have offered to pay lDteres
O. on such deposits mar be fair NJ b.
is tween al such institutions. and 70
is the further and most important res
il 500, that he il less likely % endange
r. county funds by depOsiiing them !
l. an unsound bank, or Ia ans bAn
ln ~itho.t adequate protection.
n, Some criticism bas very improp"ri
r. been directed At the cost Of school
to in this comfy In the first place n
citiren should b. dissatisfied beesus
tie schools are getting a anger ptG
th portion Of the reVsn0e oi the Goa
y, muuIty 1, IL the one department {
20, goyernm eni Ia which 10 good citiEs
- bezradges advantages 90 toe eomin
oil generation. TaK-paYsns should kn"
IN also tnat the county saperiuisnde'
ed has no control over the expenditure
"A contracted 10 ths IBiepsndsnt bH
n trict in this county: that Is und'
al control Of tie Salmon Independet
~ School Board, and the portion ~ Il
or rsxenses of the county distribute
be 70 4, In the year 1913 9As nezI