The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-01-15
Installing the New Officers

Installing the new OIHCere
The retiring county clerk, j. T.
Carruth, administered the oath of Of
flee to the commissioners, and they
Immediately organized by electing
Garfield Bond chairman. Mr.. Bond
then administered the oath of office
to the other principals in office, and
their official bonds were laid before
County Attorney R. W. Adair to be
examined.
The Question of Deputies
The question of deputies was then
taken up, and Attorney George F.
Gagon acting on behalf of citizens
who were interested like himself,
stated that it would be in order to
make an inquiry as to the need of
deputies, and to take testimony to
show such need if it existed, and al
SO to take testimony to establish the
standard of compensation to be fixed
for them. The suggestion was acted
upon, and County Auditor G. H. Hol-
brook presented his application for
two deputies. Retiring auditor ]. T.
Carruth was called and sworn, and
he stated that the principal and two
deputies would be able to handle the
business most of the time; that there
had been two occasions during the
past year when there was extra work
which had to be done by additional
help. That it arose from there be-
ing offered for record, some twelve
hundred deeds from Aberdeen at one
time, and it was impossible to record
them without extra help and yet keep
up with the regular work Then
again during the campaign it was
necessary to compile a complete list
of all the voters in the county, their
ages, place of birth, etc., and arrange
the names alphabetically, and that
had been done by extra help. With
those exceptions three persons had
been able to handle the work.
w. H. Stuffebeam, manager of the
Bingham Abstract office said that
other large budgets of deeds from
other new townsites in the county
might be rendered for record and it
would be advisable to provide way
to take. care of them without delay
ing the regular work. That when
people negotiate loans and the money
is set apart for their use, they have
to have some instruments recorded
and their abstracts brought down to
date before the money is available
for them, and that it is important
that the work of recording be kept
right up to date. That it sometimes
delays people~in securing the use of
their loans for weeks If there is a
congested condition of the documents
offered for record. He stated that
Bonneville county has two deputies,
one at 500 and the other at $50, and
they have about rs per cent less re-
oording to do than in this county.
He said he had observed that Miss
Lloyd, the chief deputy in this county,
had often worked evenings, holidays,
and Sundays or parts of Sundays to
keep the work up, and he hoped the
mmissioners would not overlook the
ir Eortance of keeping it right up to
date at all times, regardless of the
sary to do it.
A. H. Simmons, the sheriff, asked
for one deputy at 500 and one at
$50, and proposed dispensing with
the deputies on half pay at Aberdeen
and Shelley He said the first deputy
was subject to call at any time in
the day or night, and never had any
time he could call his own, and ad-
vised paying the salaries named.
Former sheriff, w. r. Jones, was
sworn and he said the first deputy
should receive at least 1925 a month
as he had to face much danger When
asked how many deputies were need.
ed to conduct the office properly, he
said there should be two all the time
and there were times when it required
seven or eight. Asked what occasions
would require seven or eight, he said
at fair times and when there was q
c.. ebration. When asked why he had
special deputies at half pay at Shell
ley and Aberdeen, he said the consta'
bles at those places were not compel