Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-04-24

The men who have served on the
city council for the past two years
and the men who were appointed
to act as commissioners of Boomers
Ferry Sewerage Improvement Dis
trict No. / are citizens in whom the
public may repose the greatest of
trust. They are leading business
men of Boomers Ferry who have car
ried for years regulations for square
dealing and honesty. They have all
been rated as successful in the ham
ding of their private business af-
fairs. They are men who have sac
rificed their private interests and
have given their time toward hand
ling the affairs of the municipality.
They are men who have neglected
their business to work night after
night, we'll into the midnight hours,
upon problems which affected the
general welfare of the community.
They have spent hour after hour of
their business time in looking after
the affairs of the city and the sewer
system in which they are no more
interested or at least should be no
more interested than their fellow
citizens. The men who composed
the town council received no recon-
pense of any kind for their work ex-
cept perhaps the satisfaction of
knowing that they have labored
faithfully upon the duties of their
office. The members of the sewer
commission. were allowed by law a
certain small financial recompense
for their time. But any member
of the Bonners Ferry Sewer Com
mission, in private business, is cap
able of earning at least three times
the salary they were allowed as SER
wants of the city.
Take the members of the sewer
commission. Messrs. DeWolf and
Baxter for years have been con-
nected with the two banks of Bon
ners Ferry where hundreds have en-
trusted to their care the savings
of years. Mr. Voshmik has held
position of trust and honor with the
Boomers Ferry Lumber company ever
since he has been in Bonners Ferry.
. Every month he handles and directs
the spending of more money in a
month than the town of Bonners
Ferry spends in year.
Take the members of the town
board George r. Gray was trust
ed business man of Bonners Ferry
for over 20 years. He enjoys rep
utation for honesty and square deal
ing as do w. H. Richardson, j. W..
Reid and Frank Zimmerman, three
other merchants on the board who
deal with the citizens of the town
and county in their daily wants and
needs. Mr.. Parks was formerly a
minister of the Gospel and is now
in the contracting business. To these
a reputation for being honest, fair
and square is a precious thing.
Considering then their reputation
of years for ability and honesty it
is truly remarkable that, regardless
of actuation, the insinuation should
be put in print that the town board
and sewer commission have neglected
their duties and have perhaps Jug
gled some of the funds entrusted IN
their. care.
Such an insinuation has been cast.
There is not a reader of this article
but can CLEAN the reflection cast in
the following paragraphs published
in the Kootenai Valley Times of
last Friday:
as it politics to spend 500, 900
of the peoples money without know
ing whether there has been value
received for it? Is it politics to
keep the information that the sewer
is in proper and disable condition
from the knowledge of the citizens
and force them into building cess
pools if the sewer is in proper con-
dition?
cat least two cesspools have been
constructed in this city within the
sewer district in the past month, be-
cause the owners profess to believe
that the sewer is not capable of ia
king care of the sewage of the city
Has the city council ever inspected
the sewer to learn whether it is in
condition? Have they ever had II
inspected by competent engineer
Answer these questions and the query
of "A Newcomer in this paper last
week will be answered"
Is the writer of the above para
b graphs negligently or wilfully ignor-
ant of that fact that the doings Of
the town board and the sewer com
mission are and always have beer
public and that the records are oper
to the public at all times in the office
of the clerk?
Is there a reader of either the
Times or the Herald who will be
lieve that the Editor of the Time:
did not know why the sewer com
mission had not published a repor-
of its proceedings when it completed
its work? And if he did not know
is there any excuse for his no
having found out?
Did not the Editor of the Times
know on Tuesday night of last week
two days before he published hi
paper, that the town board of trus
tees could not lawfully pass an or
dinance (which they did and tn,
substance of it is published in tn,
Times) which regulates the buildinI