The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-04-03
A COMMUNICATION


taxes you are paying. 1T does not &c
to your schools nor does it go to the
county roads in proportion to the
amount you pay. Then where does II
go? And, | hereby, make this charge
that it goes to paying salaries in oui
county offices, both to the principles
and to the deputies, far in excess OF
the service we are getting. In other
words, we can get the same efficiency
with less expense, have more for ou1
county schools and our county roads
and pay less taxes than we are now
paying Now, this is only good bust
ness and if have hurt the feelings OF
any man by this comparison, | am
very sorry for him, but it only still
proves the fact that it is only the gull
ty that will take offense.
Let us compare this great corporal
ton of which we are the stockholders
with another corporation right In our
own town, the Oregon Short Line To-
cal depot employs about forty men,
their average pay is less than 500 per
month. Let us give them the full
benefit of any question OF doubt let us
put their average wage at 500, There
would be a total cost of operating the
Oregon Short Lines local office of
$4,000 per month or $4,000 per year.
How does that compare with operating
Twin Falls county which has no great
er volume of business Of which the
business is no more technical and does
not require any greater experts
And still thy operate it for $4,000
as compared with $S7,9S7 the cost to
operate this county.
II this corporation was my private
business and | was making this COM
parison what do you think the result
of my Investigation would be?
would Immediately discharge every Of
ficer and deputy, every employee and
appoint new men to their positions
that could operate my business on at
least half the expense.
Let us carry our comparison little
further, the Auditors office of Twin
Falls county costs the tax payer S12,-
573 for one year. Kootenai county
costs $9,7SS Canyon county costs
$S.1S4 And Latah costs $S,154. Each
one of these in this office alone, was
operated for from three to four thou
sand dollars per year less than Twin
Falls county. Now, j have heard the
reason Of this was because Twin Falls
county had greater volume of bust
ness in that particular office than any
other county, and to meet that argu-
ment | am prepared to make that COM
parison also. have -elegraphed to
the recorder of each of the above NAM
ed counties and asked them to give me
the number of instruments recorded
in thir office for one year ending April
/, 1913 and here are their replies:
Have recorded 1868 instruments in
Kootenai county for the year ending
April /, 1918. Signed d. B. Dandy
The next telegram was from Homer g.
Estes the county auditors OF Latah
county, have recorded 3,441 instru-
ments for the year ending April i,
1919 The next telegram was from
George W. Stovel, Caldwell Idaho
from Canyon county; Have recorded
1901 instruments in canyon county
April / 1912 to April ] 1913" Now
what has Twin Falls done, I sent to
the office Of Twin Falls county and
asked for the number of instruments
recorded foe the year ending April /
1918 and find it was STA. They have
recorded 81 more instruments in
Twin Falls county than they have in
Kootenai county and to record those
81 instruments it cost us $4,000
Canyon county has recorded 7,001 in
struments, or, Twin Falls county has
recorded about 1173 more instruments
than Canyon and it cost us about $4,-
600 to record these extra instruments
l know Mr.. Finch personally and
believe he is absolutely efficient an6
I will also say that he is always on the
job ! have no personal criticism
against him whatever, but, If we car
get man that will operate this office
for from about three to four Thousand
dollars less per year than it is bein&
operated, it is business proposition
and not matter of sentiment.
Let us look to the sheriff's office
The sheriff's office costs in Twin Fall!
$12.496. Kootenai county which il
the hardest county in the state Il
serve papers in and very costly to ira
vel over parts Of it, cost only S10S3
to operate this office or over $2,4O
less than Twin Falls. That is actua
saving of 5000 per month. In Canyol
the Sheriff's office cost $7,S12 ]
should not cost one cent more to Oh
crate the Sheriff's office in Twin Fall
county than it does in Canyon count
and I understand the people in Canyon
county complain about the high cos
TO this office and still they are operat
ing it for almost S., 900 less than Twil
Falls county, or an actual saving o
over $500 per month
Latah's Sheriff's office is operate
for $3.50 or n saving of $4,000 ne
year or $500 per month in round fig
ures. What do you think about this
Mr.. Voter. if YOU hada a man workin
for YOU and he was charging YOU $40
per month more than you could get
: done for. what would you do about
Twin Falls is not a hard county t
serve naners in. but. I notice one thin
that it costs more to serve paners il
Twin Falls eonntv than it does t
serve them in the inaccessible count
OF Kootenai for the simple reason tia
our Sheriff rides in a hired automo
bile at 81 ner hour while the 200
Sheriff in Kootenai county rides h0rs
back. I even saw the Sheriff in Twill
Falls county, attempting TO lead hors