The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-06-01
Avs FROM STATE CAPITAL

neid Dy the state land board uouo4.
fore 1t has been claimed that nc e.'
az any time had known inst vvba+ o .,l
investments of the state land G Inc ene
La aluounteu TO. 1t is evident thot
dutnougn the amounts of such funds
couiu nave been determined at any
Iime at the expense of considerohio
trouble, the change that has no. No.
drought about through the worn %
the state treasurer, should he wo1
come TO the people of the state ".
Wen as TO the land board. What wonI5
formerly have taken at least "V t'ma
weeks work of several clerks con , wv
be read off from a single racord ~ ~
ten minutes time III
Inc state land board now has q
TOTAL investment in farm mortgacoS
district school bonds and certificetoS
or sale OF state lands of 81 4S5 1oo a.
This Is of date of May Is, 1915 Earn,
mortgages held aggregate 81 673 oos g. "a ~
school bonds, $2,349 326. go cert; &C.,
OF sale, $2,462, 855.98. = '0'
Ihese Investments are divided
among the various funds in the follow.
ing amounts:
General school fund, $4,732115.50.
normal school, $4S2, 1866 school Of
science, $330,349.S2; penitentiary S1sS .
ZoO.o2; university, $429, 1888: agr;-
cultural college, $452, III .O6: charita.
BILE institutions, $575, 3O5.54: insane
asylum, $243, 832.72; public buildings
$54, 436.35. 80
Under the system at present pur-
sued, this book, consisting of com.
pound journal and ledger is settled IN
at the close of each days business end
a tilai balance with cross balances are
struck every night The system as
developed Is so simplified that the
handling of the books of these various
accounts will take but very small
part OF the time of one person. not.
withstanding the enormity of the sums
involved and the large number of
original items included in the yari.
GUS investments.
Now that the Nugent- Pence Elder
forces have won the preliminary Skin.
mish-have captured Verdun as n
We're from the allied forces support
ing the Days in the north and other
favorite sons in other parts of the
state-the Democracy is preparing tc
settle down to business and beginning
to wonder what it was all about
They have all favored Wilson fol
president and Alexander for governor
and there are no other positions OF
an elective character that the Demo
Gratis OF Idaho have any idea of Sc
curing through the votes of the SOW
ereign people. OF course they are
keeping number of embryonic states
men on the tap in this state so tina
when Alexander shall have been trans
planted higher, or at least hence, Il
will not be necessary to leave thu
ticket entirely bare of names.
AS the Democrats look at it the plac
ing of Alexander at the head of tn,
delegation to the st. Louis convention
was intended In purely compliment
tary way A Democratic governor
from a far western state is not fire
quently seen of late. Besides the gov
ernor is himself native of Missouri
and spent his younger manhood II
business there, where he has RELATIVES
and friends. So it may be that some
thing more of compliment may conn
OF the honors that have been given hin
The fact that the delegation ha
been raised In number from eight Il
nineteen would seem to indicate tina
the collected Democracy was deter
mined that as nearly all the party ii
the state as possible should be giyel
an opportunity to attend the conven
tion. It is noticeable that although
Elder was elected national committee
man and J. 7. Pence one of the dele
gates to the convention, that John NJ
gent, undoubtedly the greatest individ
ual force in the states Democracy wa
not included. "Our Own Jim" Hawley