The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-08-29

The Five Important Offices
1.-THE Three Commissioners

just offices county of supreme
portance to the Latat county voter this year.
The aMirror has said that if the does his full duty by
these he will be for Laah county valuable and honorable citizen
The Mirror has desire minimize the great intrinsic
Importance of national and state Offices
But this year in Latah county of relative not in
trinsc Importance
The important offices those
the assessor and the attorney
practically routine clerical
in their
So far the peoples pocket books peoples comfort and
the peoples satisfaction concerned the administrative work
by the important of all and the attorneys
office and the assessors office closely related them by
Consider the Importance of the commissioners.
Perhaps the commissioners job great deal bigger JOB than
you had any idea Of
1t is bigger job than many bank presidents have.
bigger job than that of of the business you know
Commissioners handle and invest money than do many heads
OF banks manufacturing plants of colleges of mercantile
establishments
you commissioners county
handling valued about Fl million dollars?
It takes of pretty big business cabre handle
fully investment of over 20 millions
Did you realize the spend about quarter
of million dollars of every year?
When you commissioners this Tuesday, you will
choosing actually passing through
during the years half million dollars
takes pretty hard headed and shwd business expcnd
100000 dollars wisely.
single of spent without
the OF these three
something of a responsibility
conscience.
Consider what departments of the county affairs
must be familiar with in order to FAY this money nelgeny
They know the school districts and their needs No vs
be made without approval of the county commissioners.
So that very real sense the kind of school you have your
district depends these three powerful
The familiar detail with the
system of the direct
road overseers.
So that the kind of roads you travel directly
work of these three powerful
1t interesting consider the channels into which the
of Of
These three officers buy all the sand all the gravel and all the
other road material that goes of public highway through
this entire county. That o huge
They buy of machinery that put the roads These
machinery bills handsome figure And expert
to know what machinery buy for all the various districts with their
varying conditions
They hire the labor goes
does not for in ten what these
dsburse in year. payroll 1t of
great power is great responsibility because the requires
that these three shall that right
the bills for it right
Then multitude Of other directions
send the county money.
They determine how much shall be spent for charity and whom
it shall be extended
They the for poor farm and buy supplies
They buy every single goes any county
equipment
They buy wood light, and water for the house.
They carry all the election business including the appoint
nent of election officials and the paying of them
They that's the
ne the repairs the building.
They buy lumber for bridges
They bridges and decide whether the people
lave them.
They buy cuve and decide whether the citizens shall
hole all the road properly drained by cuer
You commissioners have just about everything with
comfort your prosperity
your child shall kind road
OH have to haul your grain and other produce
If commissioner he make you ride rough .
angerous roads :
If commissioner he practically the schooling
your child
There practically limit the the county commissioners
every resident of Latah county
With this analysis the kind of job commissioners
is wonder that the Star Mirror claims that politics have
ohng whatever with and should allowed any
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