El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-09
COMMISSIONERS
DISCUSS MONEY
Question of Expenses Occu-
pies Serious Attention OF
County Fathers.

With about S15O.0OU representing the
sum which has already been borrowed
by the county. with but about $lz'oo'
in the general fund, and with monthiy
current expenses running to nearly the
S20,G mark. the county commissioners
are busily engaged in trying 20 soiNe
1be problem Of continuing their Work
without getting very much deeper INTO
debt
Ii has been figured out. too. ma
when the new court house IS flnls s.l.
and occupied, the running eApsH -.
will jump TO about Sl6uvvv- anu -
this reason. some new borrow ill5 -
is being looked into by the SO'ii''''
No Normal school
The comm issioners' court aS 4 ec4 =
refused Nondav to indorSe the plan
which has been proposed 10 IT. 70 "a 1
established in this county d $50 no -
NAL school, although the chailil1el %
commerce has already ludorStu me
Milan The members of the court, lnul-
VfduaIly told Miss Ayra " MIXER,
county school superintendent, who was
the EX-SENATOR of the plan, that they
were in favor of it, but salu tI4t -
a court, they did not feel that II ShouiU
20 on record as indorsing the ide2-
Mural paintings depicting ire carry
7,i-fo+- ~ III PaSo. together with deco
Tatfve paintings and other designs VIII
adorn The panels and walls OF me new
court house. according 10 decision
reached by the commissioners DIaN
ings and sketches from several flrmS
Of interior decorators were gone over
Monday and the contract was awarded
TO Mitchell and Halbaeh, OF Sh l.5a
H. with a contract price OF Sl5.voU-
To Have Private Switchboard
The new court house VIII also nave
installed = private switchboard Whlch
will look after the > telephones to be
installed in the buildinE- y room has
already been prepared for the switch
board. and the only thing necessary
10 get a number in the court mouse
will be 10 call the proper number and
the operator on duty there VIII ma ke
the proper connections
Judge Adrian Pool. former county
Judge. appeared before the court with
Two appeals. one that the county vote
TO repay commissioner J. NJ NaulnS
the amount which he has expended
since holding office out OF his own per-
sonal funds The commissioners are
allowed s. per meeting but as commits
sioner Walliug is obliged to come 10
II Paso from Sierra Blanca he Is
obliged to pay railroad fare, hotel eN-
penses and food expenses every time
the commissioners meet, and II was
pointed out by judge Pool that holding
the office was q losing proposition for
commissioner WallinE- All of the mem
bers Of the court were heartily IN Ia
vor of having the commissioner relm-
bursed and the matter was referred
10 county attorney W II. Fryer FOR d
legal opiHiOn-
Judge Pools oJaer request was that
the commissioners vote TO have the
salary Of the county judge paid month
" instead of yearly. He said that the
salary of $4,000 per year possibly not
needed monthly by judge E b. Nc
ClintOck. might be needed ny some
other Judge who viii come laEer, and
said that il was only fair that the
salary be paid more frequently IN
smaller amounts-
1t is something should have looked
after myself while in office" stated
nudge Pool, but ! did not get around
10 il and I am appealing TO you gen
1lemen to make IL right" This matter
was also referred 10 the county at
torncy-