The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-09-10

roar over it's roads today. 1t will
have meeting and thrash it out
tomorrow. That will be good for
the county. Whenever 1t is in an up-
roar over anything, when it's men
are differing in opinions, when it's
people differ in their views and
wishes, they ought to get together
and thrash it out. In tomorrow's
meeting R. G. Bills, the present
county commissioner will be the
storm center. J. H. Hale of Grove
land, a prospective candidate for
county commissioner for the same
district will be in the position Of
the backstop. Mr.. Bills has been
serving as county commissioner and
there is objection to some things he
has done. The objectors propose to
elect J. H. Hale, and when he has
served, granting that he is elected,
his administration will be up for con-
sideration and probably his work will
be questioned and somebody else will
be called as backstop.
Where the Trouble Lies
= The objectors are dissatisfied with
Mr.. Bills on account Of the road mat
ters. 1t is reported that while he
was commissioner the county bought
100000 or $4,000 worth of road
machinery of the Bills Auto company.
The objectors think the county
should have bought it from some
body else. Some of the objectors
make a different statement. They
say the county bought 100000 or
$4,000 worth of road machinery
from the Bingham Motor company,
a stock company Of which Oren Bills,
q brother Of R. G. Bills the commits
sioner, is manager. They think the
county should not have bought any
road machinery of any one who is
q relative of r. G. Bills, commits
sioner. ...
The County Didn't Do 1t
This goes back to the transactions
Of June, 1919, which this paper in
vestigated thoroly and reported upon
early in July, 1919. The fact is that
The county did not buy road ma
,hinery of the Bills Auto company
nor the Bingham Motor company.
they gave their order to the Bing-
1am Motor company for some trac-
;ors and then Cancelled the order be-
cause there was some objection to
/ brother of the commissioner sell
ng the goods even tho he sold them
It the same price the county would
lave to pay to anybody else. When
he order to the Bingham Motor COM
,any had been cancelled, the COM
nissioners appointed Colonel Fugate,
commissioner from Aberdeen, to buy
he tractors of whatsoever kind he
hose, and to buy them wherever he
those. The order was placed with
| Salt Lake firm and the Salt Lake
irm made the commission. Then the
Salt Lakers shipped the tractors to
3lackfoot and engaged the Bingham
Motor company to unload them and
,ut them in operation, and the Salt
lake firm paid the Bingham Motor
company for doing the work. How
much they paid them we do not
Inow nor care. The Salt Lake firm
made the regular commission on the
and Bingham county lost
What Salt Lake gained. Therefore
he statement that the county bought
DAD machinery of Bills Auto COM
ANY or Bingham Motor company is
lot correct. The county did buy re-
airs for road machinery and county
ars from both of those firms, but it |
vas all small orders and the county |
fought the repairs of these people
ecause these people had the handI-
ng of them. If Neil F. Boyle had
een the commissioner and the |
ounty wanted to buy hardware and
Boyle had the hardware they wanted
here would probably have been no
bjection to the county buying of
boyle even tho he was commissioner.
When man accepts a county office
! should not be obligatory upon him
o go out of business for fear the
ounty would want to buy some of
is goods. If that plan were fol-
owed no man in business could af-
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