The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-03-22
EXPENDITURES
HID AWAY FROM
THE TAXPAYERS
Snohomish County Officials Make
Dirty Attempt to Deceive
People
by c. E. Payne)

by G. E. Payne)
With the limited space the Worker
has, and the vast amount and import
ance Of the news that is to be had in
the court room at Seattle at present,
it will be necessary to cut the pres
ent reports from Everett to the short
est possible amount. But there are
a few things going on here all the
time that show that the beans are in
danger of being spilled by any one of
a hundred different forces.
The thing that is likely to make the
biggest stink in the county is the ex-
pense report for the Sheriff's office,
when it becomes known to the voters.
The Everett Herald few days ago
published what it called the Commits
sioners proceedings, wherein the bills
of the county, that had been allowed,
were supposed to be listed. An ex-
animation of the Auditors book shows
several items lacking in the published
statements.
Among those NOT listed in the
published reports are such items as
these: Shotguns bought by the Sher-
iff Of J. Harris & Bros. of Seattle,
$175.00; exhuming the body of JEFF
fersen Beard and the autopsy there
on in February, 5000; stenographers
for the I. w. WIS, $500; salary for
the Sheriff and twenty-one deputies,
$2,225.59; supplies and expenses for
the Jail, $1,S3532.
The above items look rather heavy
to the taxpayers. Their queerness is
shown better when the bills are ana
lyzed.
Some of the Everett merchants
have started campaign to compel
the people of the town to buy their
goods here, and the Tribune is taking
the part of those who wish to buy
where they please. Last week the
homegrown merchants went to the
Maize Cafe and made the proprietor
discharge hasher who had bought
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have the Sheriff discharged for buy
ing $175.00 worth of shot guns in Sc
attic? Not if he will use them on
the I. W. w.
"Stenographers for the I. W. WIS"
doesn't look so bad till it is connect
ed with the fact that Malcolm McLar-
en- & Co. BLACK is a junior partner
in the Company have been trying for
some time to get the men in the Jail
here to talk, and have used many dir
ty tricks in the attempt. There may
not be any photograph in the visitors
tank, but there is an excellent place
there to plant one, and $500 would
just about pay some cheap -stenograp-
er for taking conversations on eight
visiting days.
$2,22559 is rather heavy bill for
Sheriff and deputies for one month.
The deputies drew SIT each for Jan
uary, but during the month of Febru-
airy they were paid 500 each, and
there were more of them. Down in
the saw mills, the number of men is
reduced when wages are raised. Why
not in the Sheriff's posse? Does it
take higher class of laborers and
more of them to work Seattle shot
guns? One of the deputies is Peter
D. Kraby. His special function for
some months has been to look up
evidence" If he can use it, we'll and
good. If it is against the prosecution,
he will not hesitate to try to hush it
up, as is known he has tried to do in
at least one instance.
During February the cook drew
$53.57, and the scavenger $500;
$56.57 to feed nearly 100 men and
keep the Jail clean for one month, and
$22,259.59 to keep them there to en-
joy it. And the supplies and expenses
, for the Jail were $1,835.32, which in
cludes some heavy bills for. repairs
and hardware. The actual amount
expended for food and clothing for
the men was about 100000, which
would come close to $1,000 per man,
counting the other prisoners and the
jailers who take meals in the Jail.
That is not much for food at the
present prices.
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