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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-09-18
EFFICIENCY VS.. sYSTEMATIZERs
IN PUBLIC OFFICE

A man may be an excellent man,
until some one comes along who can
improve on his methods, then he is
mo longer excellent A man may be
a good workmen until some one
comes along who can do better work
at less expense, then he is no longer
valuable. Following an old or estab-
lished custom is not efficiency. When
a man thinks that he has accom-
plished all that can be accomplished,
and that he is the acme of perfection,
and can learn nothing more. he
admits that he has reached the limit
of his usefulness, and that man
should be replaced with broader
and more competent man who can
progress, and can make further i'm
provements The business world de-
mands progress and Improvement.
No business can succeed when it gets
into rut, or cannot improve.
Nye county is in business-every
voter is a partner in the business
we might say a stakeholder in the
county. If | tell you, as an efficiency
engineer that your officers are in
efficient, and that by their incompe-
tency they are wasting a hundred
thousand dollars year, you naturally
sit up and take notice, because that
100000 comes from your pockets as
taxes If you owned factory that
had $10,O00,000 assets. would you pick
out for the management men who
would waste 100000 a year? They
may be honest--but you wouldn't
want them to run your business if
they couldn't save that 100000 for
you. You are paying the bill.
When you dump your tax money
into the hands of incompetent men
you can expect nothing but high ex-
penses. 1t is like trying to fill a |
barrel with water that is leaking
between every stave. If you run the
water in faster than 1t leaks away
you may get the barrel filed, but you
are putting in TWICE THE AMOUNT
that would be necessary when you
measure the amount against what
can be accomplished. EFFICIENCY
in office management can never be
accomplished by bookkeepers. fake
systematizers. and business doctors
These men may be honest-but they
are not efficiency engineers. They
can fill forms, write checks. and keep
books. ANY MAN CAN TELL HOW
MUCH 1T COSTS to run an Office
but they cannot tell you how much
more it is costing than it should cost.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-09-18

assessing. These deputy sheriffs do
the assessors work, and ARE PAID
BY THE COUNTY AS DEPUTY
SHERIFFS when they are in fact
deputy assessors" Thus the Sheriff's
office stands all the expense. and the
ASSESSOR gets the commission.
This may be lawful, but it is not
what was intended, The commission
was allowed by law, to carry the
expense of the assessing work.
want to ask the taxpayers and voters
this question: IF THE COUNTY
PAYS SALARIES for deputy Sheriffs
to do the work, what is the object of
the commission allowance, which is
greater than the Sherlff's salary?
There are many voters who think
they are not taxpayers, but 1t is the
working man that pays the taxes
Your grocer, butcher baker, mer-
chant, and tailor pay taxes; SO does
the farmer who raises the meat and
vegetables, and the price you pay for
living includes enough of your pay
check to pay his taxes, expenses, and
give him his regular profit. A tax
levy of $250,000, upon the county,
means that So out of every 800 you
earn goes for taxes, and is added
on to the prices you pay for what
you buy. A payroll of quarter of
a million dollars a month to workers
of the county means $4,000 month
eaten up by taxes. If the workers
were not here the merchants wouldn't
be here, hence it must come from
the workers pay checks. Every
worker who draws SIPS month loses
$50 year in taxes. An efficient
Sheriff and Assessor, with a good
board of county Commissioners, can
save you at least half of it.
| can save it for you, and will save
ii for you, if elected to that office
You, Mr., and Mrs. Voter, are paying
the bills, and it is up to you, whether
you want to pay 100000 to $25O,00O
a year In taxes or half the sum for
the same work.
(To be continued)
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-09-18
NEGLECT OF SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY

timely call attention of the this county
has latent potenaes mining game that are
begging for the notice Of board
graspng the that in the awakening
county needs attention than has received
Down through the length Of the Amagosa Valley farms are
beginning to adom the landscape The alfalfa is
ngng the perspective and the presence atess
the fact that this little known section
day will make perfect garden Of Eden as rich as
that be found in the all
from the
devng Of increasing the spending the
in evidence and the only element missing presence flow
of water sufficient extend the irrigated The investment of
$1,000 drill capable of sinking depth Of 1000 feet
would bring ample returns requ the
the work For months the of well boring
advertising for sale first class drill the experiment
This equipment which the $780, Nye county
at less than so cent of its wholesale was
willing to in boring southern end
OF this county The commissioners well enough they lack
initiative and the determination do something
Their hesitation due desire other fellow do
something This vaciaon has lost the county rights
which being absorbed by tockmen whose creeping
from the south while the hardy pioneer have to
alone to maintain foohod present board
commissioners acted promptly they tapped the under
flow for the benefit of the through the intense
cultivation that bound follow the county
enriched to an extent scarcely dreamed Of
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-09-18

The tax rate in Nye county is
double what 1t should be- and as an
efficiency engineer make that state
ment. would take a contract to
handle every bit of county business,
pay all salaries and expenses. for one
half the tax levy, and put up bond
to do it.
II | tell you that the office of
SHERIFF AND ASSESSOR is the
Keystone of county efficiency, you
must realize the Importance of that
office. Making arrests of lawbreakers
takes but a few minutes time, four
or five times a month-and is the
least of the sheriff's duties.
That office needs an efficiency en-
gineer who can point out the needs
of the county, and keep such a
mathematical accounting of costs and
what it should cost that he can ad.
wise the County Commissioners and
Grand Jury competently upon the
subject, and thus reduce the tax levy.
The office of SHERIFF AND
ASSESSOR cost this county at vari-
GUS times from $4,000 to $4,000 a
year, in salaries of deputies, mileage,
automobile hire. travelling expenses
commissions and other perquisites of
the office, including office expense,
maintenance of the jail etc THIS
is TOO MUCH.
If any business that handled $780,
900 a year (tax collections) used one
fifth of its entire income in one office.
the stockholders would rebel.
| intend to point out some of the
leaks of county money that the
bookkeepers and systematizers are
allowing to continue.
The office of SHERIFF and ASSES
SOR is two offices held by one man.
The man draws salary as SHERIFF.
STROLLER
The man draws commission on
taxes collected as ASSESSOR.
1t has long been the custom in Nye
county for the SHERIFF to swear in
a few extra deputy sheriffs to do the
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-09-18

REAT BRITAIN rapidly alternating the United
NJ nsolen disregard of the rights others and pursuing
obstinate adherence policies that have been condemned repeatedly
by this country Like all other forms of protests much
attention paid the letter writing procvies of President
Wilson and his able amanuens Secretary of State Lansing There
apparently why notice should perennial
protests against the policy Of opening commercial private
official mail at the discretion of ackanapes gifted with
little brief authority The latest disclosure the fact that mail
plainly addressed the United States Navy department
violated with mpunty and effort has been made
PREPARATION for the outrage The British continues the
previously laid by the British
giving the slightest heed protests
Washington which probably find convenient Judgment
basket.
There longer any for this perdous
ment from nation that has constantly proessed the greatest
country has incurred the i'll will of Germany Congress
has given the administration the weapon embargo exercise
Congress mpont inject pepper enough the system
the president make the weapon effective.
make The bully busters and threatens finally yields
right way his opponent This
has shown mastery aptitude When England any
other nation stopping the mail addressed the navy any
department of this high time stop childish
system Of protesting and get down big guns
Unless ample apology rendered forthwith and the offender
intention of repeating the outrage
should hesitate every power its compel
respect
The eronery of opening mail cononed
by subterfug of the CENSOR and the
belief that the reported yesterday only coming
to the attention of the government The pres
dent through the Pooce department. United
States transports plying between Pacific ports
Philippines carry mail with express order they avoid
Canadian British ports nsinuaton that
Wilson had previous knowledge of the violation of government
and seeking pacate the rcumvenng
sacrifice of public pride and obsessed
with policy that he does believe invoking big guns
of the American navy then why does
form of retaliation by placing embargo
bring the msoent enemy of right teach other
beligerents that the United States be respected
certainly has to pretty pass when Italy, the bankrupt
and weakest nation of Europe hauns flag the
face Of Uncle Sam by openly declaring that going
the British blacklist with few additions own and that
any American firm shipping goods without securing license
from Rome will have bear the consequences not
only been Inundated with saps cheeks but he
has bueed mercessy than any
sapjack artist of the low comedy stage
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-09-18
FINED FOR Gel EBRATlNG
by Associated Press.)

THE HAGUE, Sept. 18.-The Bel
$4,000 marks because, on the occa-
sion of the recent national fete, some
of its inhabitants had hoisted big
Belgian tricolor on the top of an
oak tree. In order to defend the tree
against German assaults they had
surrounded it with barbed wire.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-09-18
THE STROLLER
BY L. B. tLETsoN BALLlET)


Intended
II dner
politics
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-02-04
AUTO PARTS SENT
TO LARGE CITIES
Two Orders Within Past Week to
Johnson Auto Sales Co.. From Out
side State.

We have received orders within
the past week from two large western
cities, one of which contains 100000
inhabitants, for parts that could not
be found in any establishment in the
cities, and we were able to furnish
them" said Douglas A. Bucklcr, rep
resentative of the Johnson Auto Sales
company Tuesday evening to a Times
reporter. Mr.. Buckler added that his
company already has more than 100
orders for cars for the coming year.
The company has recently improved
the interior of its headquarters, parti-
tioning off an office and improving
the arrangement of its parts depart
ment to take care OF an increase in
stock
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-02-04

1t goes further
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-02-04
CLERK-CARRIER EXAMINATION.

The U. S. Civil Service commission
announces that a male clerk-carrier
examination will be held at Twin
Fills, Ida, on February g. 1916, to
establish an eligible register from
which selection may be made to fill
any existing vacancy in the position of
substitute carrier and future vacan-
cies as they may occur in the posi-
ton of clerk or carrier at the Twin
Falls, Idaho, postoffice. The age linn
its are IS to 45 years. Men only will
be admitted to this examination.
The entrance salary for clerk-car or
carrier, postoffice service, is $500 per
annum, with annual promotions up
TO $1,000 per annum, for efficient SER
vice.
Application blank and pamphlet OF
instructions may be secured from the
local secretary, board OF civil service
examiners, at the Twin Falls, Idaho,
pOstoffice, or from the secretary, Elev-
enth Civil Service district, 303 post
office building, Seattle, Washington.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-02-04

The authorities drew a Gordon of
police round his house but did not
risk entering and removing the In
dams. Next morning they covered up
their caDitulation by saying the In
dams had escaped-which nobody be-
neved. tho efficiency OF the Japanese
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-02-04
GENERAL ADVERTISING


To keep coffee fresh on
It's way from the roasting
plant through the grocery
store to J'0ur kitchen was
'ong an unsolved problem.
The alright tins in
which Schilling' s Best is
packed have solved it.
They keep all the flavor
IN; and all the odor out.
They make such fine cof-
fee practicablc-and &C
OnOmical.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-02-04

Aggressive use OF the CLASSIFIED col
umnes will rent good properties, In or
out OF seasons, and practically cut ous
losses from vacancies.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-02-04

M. Nicholas Riabouchinsky OF Mos
cow. now in America as the repre-
sentative of Russian capitalists who
are making extensive preparations to
build munition factories in the land
Of the car. Owing to the official pro-
hibition of the sale of vodka. the saw
ings banks in Russia now contain the
equivalent of $1.500.000.000 more
money than ever Lefore, and if Amer
lean business men would extend credit
to Russian business men. the people
of Russia would return tremendous
profits, says M. Riabouchinsk5
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-02-04

If you can't call and give us your
listings, mail them to us. C. E. Evans
and Co., 223 So. Shoshone St--Acv.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-02-04

A repetition OF your want al. In the
course OF yonr quest for a cook may
he good policy.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-02-04

List your property for sale with c.
h Evans and Company, 223 So. Sho-
shone St--Adv.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-02-04

q Times Want Ad. will all your want
Want Ads. are rem nv all
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-18
TO AID STUDENTS HERE.

Picking. April 1S.-Upon the recom- mendat1On of Dr. Wellington Koo, the Chinese Minister to the United States, Yen En-chiu, a professor in the Gov ernment University at Peking, has been appointed by the ministry of education to act as superintendent of Chinese students studying in America. MT. Yen has left for America and will establish his office at Washing ton. The minister of education has issued a mandate providing that he is to have $4o0. Mexican for his month Iy salary and $500, NGMexican, a month for, office expenditures. Under this mandate each student is to have a monthly allowance of $50 gold in addition to an initial allowance Tor wardrobe and travelling expenses. mandate provides that the students shall return to China within two
 months after their graduation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-18
THE DARWINS.

The first of the Darwins to make a name for himself in the scientific world was pr. Erasmus Darwin, who died at Derby 114 years ago today, April IS. 1902. His. son, Dr. Robert Darwin, was a man of brilliant intel 1ect, and his grandson, Charles Oar win, the world-famous author of f'The Origin of Species and the father of that interpretation of the mechanism of the universe since called Darwin esm-' Dr. Erasmus Darwin's most famous work was "zoonomia,'' which contains a treatise on generation in which the author, according to his immortal grandson. anticipated the views and erroneous grounds of opin- ions of Lamarck.', Dr. Erasmus Oar win was more of poet than a scien- tist, and was the author of tsThe Bo- tanic Garden in two books, one of which personifes t"The Loves of the Plants In one of his verses he pre- dicted the coming triumph of steam in these words, certainly prophetic: 'Soon shall thy arm, unconquered
 steam! afar
 Drag the slow barge, or drive the
 rapid car.''
 Dr. Erasmus was also noted for his frequent and bitter condemnations of bachelors and spinsters who avoided the married state for insufficient req sons
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-18
AGE OF PASSOVER.

The Jewish Passover. which is be- ing celebrated by Hebrews today, ranks among the most ancient an cient of religious festivals Recent discoveries of archaelogists prove thai the observance of the Passover goes back as far as 450 B. C.. The ancient inscribed relics of that period indicate that the observance was much the same as it is today, especially as re- gards the use of un1eayened bread. The ancient references to the Pass over were found among the relics of the Jewish community at E1ephantino, Egypt. These ancient scribes take the celebration as matter of course, indicating that it is of much greater antiquity. One papyrus dating from the fifth century B. c. calls upon the Jewish garrison of Elephantine to re 7igious1y observe the customs of the Passover Beer ye shall not drink reads the translation of the document, land whatsovere ye 1eavened ye shall not eat.'' The higher critics have alleged that the Passover is a modern festival, in its general observance by Jews, but these ancient documents seem to conc1usive1y, prove the con- frary.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-18
HAIGs ROMANCE.

Sir Douglas Haig, the British com raander in France. is said to be the most devoted of husbands, and well he may be. for Lady Haig is a, beau tifuI and accomplished woman. While the general is in control of the forces across the channel, Lady Haig has been toiling continuously in the inter est of the various movements for help ing the wounded and disabled Tom mics and caring for their loved ones. The marriage of Sir Douglas and Lady Haig was quite romantic. In 1905 Lady Haig, then the Honorable Dor otfly Vivian, was a maid of honor to Queen Alexandria. During the sum rner she met one of the most promis- Ing officers of the British army. He was Ma5or-General Douglas Haig. then inspector-general of cavalry in sight with the soldier and the maid of set eyes on each other they were en- gagged, which indicates that General Haig was no Iaggard in love- although he was A years old when he met the right woman," and was considered by his fellow officers to be a chronic and incufable bachelor Their mar riage followed swiftly upon the en- gagemenf, and within a month after their first meeting the Honorable Dorothy Vivian was Mrs. Douglas Haig. In 1909 the general was knight ed, and his wife became Lady Haig. She is the daughter of the third Lord Vivian an the sister of the present Baron, who divorced his wife, the mother of his two children, in 1908, after five years of welded life.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-18
THE YELLOW MILL BRIDGE

VXZ HEN YELLOW MILL bridge was constructed, it w generally thought the work had been poorly done the amounted the time almost toE scandal.
 During anosta the bridge" has given froube United States refuses
 ground bridge not constructed according to the original plans. s
 appears that the foundation supported on too few piles the piers appears be disintegraing The additional expenditures and nconvenlences bsides those the city has already endured
 It politicians to bungle public work but not at
 taxpayers the price of the bungng
 citizens have suffered in small by the East ashngton bridge, they will feelin larger when heyaAe pavernen which they have perm1tted the expendItEe of so much money.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-18
FILM LOCAL BABIES
 FOR MOTION PICTURE

Brtdgeport's babies are to be inn mortalized in the films.
 Every mother is invited to have her baby made part of a big photodrama that is to be made in Bridgeport, ac- cordtng to an announcement today from Poli's theatre. The babies are to play a part in the big production, "A Twentieth Century Courtship," to be filmed in this city by one of the biggest of the countrys motion picture films.
 The babies will be photograp phed at Polls theatre at 10 o'clock Friday morning. Arrangements have been made to give the utmost att@ntton ta
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-18
PAYING THE PRICE

HE PEOPLE New England paying the price for 1 neglect of public business They look without railroad lines bled whte and have protest while trains collide burned to death service is suspended
 Bradford with all it's horrors is
 which affcts New frailroads in all their parts. 4i 4..l.s
 There will usual accounting for the catastrophe by the facts that immediately surrounded Lit old railroad everything done hurry with of the factor of safety which ought to exist and does not
 Private ownership of railroads has broken down in New New England business begin the naturalization of these lines the better England will maintain its place in the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-18
BIRTHDAY OF THE
 NEW SAN FRANCISCO

Phoenix, the sacred bird of the Egyptians, was burned to ashes on the altar one day, returned to life the next, and on the third day, with pinions full-grown, saluted the priest and scared away. San F'rancisco's rebirth was not quite speedy as that of the fab1ed Phoenix, but today, the tenth anniversary of the great f1re'' which mortified the whole world. finds the city by the Golden Gate f1ouishing as never fbefore. Although the war some what dimmed the glory of the exposi- tion which San Francisco held to com n1emorate the completion of the Pan anna gateway between the Pacific and Atlantic, it was all the more tri- uInphant achievement for a city which was reduced to ruins only a decade ago.
 Except to those who mourn the loss of loved ones in that great disaster, the 18th of April, 1906, has become a date commemorative of the rebirth of the new San Francisco, rather than the death of the old city, which was shaken to it's foundations by earth qua.keS and almost consumed by fire. While lacking some of the picturesque and distinctive features of the old San Fl ape1sco, the new city is in most re- spects great improvement on it's predecessor. It has been cleansed by ire or many of the old evils which had fastened themselves upon the mu- nicinpAlity in the free and easy pioneer days.
 San F'rancisco's proud position as metropolis of the Pacific Coast is now threatened by Los Angeles. The south ern Californian municipality had only about 10000 fewer people than San Francisco according to the census es- timate of last year, which gave the population of, San Francisco as 448,- 502, and that of it's rival at 438,419. The City of Angels now claims to have autsuipped the Golden Gate city, and to be the metropolis of the West It is to be pointed out, however, that while Los Angeles has incorporated within it's limits many outlying towns and Villages and even rural communities, the dream of a t'Greater San Fran cisco,s' to include Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley and other cities lining the shores of the upper end of San Fran cisco Bay, is yet unrealized- The an nexation of these municipalities by San Francisco would make city of about three-quarters of million, and
 would reduce Los Angeles to what the San Franciscan considers its proper position in the scheme of things.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-18
HASN'T FOUND IT

lr1 HAT THERE should abou purchasabe 1 drug store, which the power to dsntegrate that its available for driving motor dscoEerer of this invention that easpoonful of bis material placed in tank of the tank full. would be merely cafaytic taking part ensuing but paving the for it to continue containing 20 gallons would make The greater part of the weight would oxygen chemical capable of combining with all this ofo oxygen teaspoon. that the old gentleman at Farningdale, L.
 
 Tor a more, per gallon F >ss