The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-10-30

unscrupuous All of the agitation on this subject the past
months has corrected the SYSTEM has the lesson of
ing changes mapped out at the primary impressed the board
the necessity for needing the voice of the people,
1t the rule of the board that all bills shall be filed with
the clerk later than Saturday preceding the day of the
ing of the meeting and this rule has been violated until they
received at all times Last meeting member of the board went
the telephone after nearly all of the bills disposed Of and
invited man in his district make his bill and send it in
The seemed Indifferent about doing and then the commits
sonr became soctous and urged him to attend Then
he reviewed the situation and for the fourth time asked him. ug
ngy coxng make out the bill and send in that day if
possible.
What conclusion could be drawn from such circumstance
except that the commissioner interested obligated
way? The man in passing upon printing bill that was
plainly in violation of written lying before them, said
No, don't how can" He did not say ~ opposed
paying the bill because the claimant entitled it," The
claimant there appealing them pay it, and any commits
doing his duty between people and claimant would have
taken the other view Of IF he entitled to it, let's pay it, but
he entitled don't pay it, and will
not In handling the business the board got good price
the beginning of their administration but forgot until the
last day of the last regular of their administration and
then they reversed their ogetters and remembered the prices and
conditions under which they might have been doing business they
had been alive to the interests of the county.
If the berality claimants exercised in handling
the road and bridge business where much of the county money
goes it little wonder that they sweled the expenditures as
high ten thousand dollars month"; and that the road
and those employed by them have been numbered among strong
OF reelection OF board 1t
wonder that the country precincts flooded with stories of men
working private property and being paid with county
charged to the road and bridge fund little wonder that the
have been active their efforts to retain the members
of the old machnce office many of them as they can
1t is little wonder that the who have been looking and
claiming foul are not very loyal to party and scarcely be
duced promise the ticket without making exceptions that
obnoxious to them The board have been working without
SYSTEM affected by every wind that blows and like ship without
rudder, cannot find way and time to itself right.
When the election is shall take up the matter of
system IN the county business and shall undertake apply it
many departments as years work county records has
made familiar with One of the first things we shall suggest
system for will be the handling of the public printing improve
the service and reduce the Whatwe shall suggest for the
new board will eliminate waste stop the graft improve the service
the public and operate harmonic the warning
interests he greatest advantage will be in the Improvement of
the service so that all the people of the county will appreciate
operative The board may not act upon any
OF the suggestions made they may permit anybody else to
but the suggestions good they will apply to and meet the
conditions of this county, will be up the administration to
formulate something else good before going with the
crude plan that fails in its mission