The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-12-29

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sentees as the case may be. she get
20 cents q mile for the use of bel
car and expenses while on the road
It will be noted that q great deal OF
travelling has been done looking afteI
these children. The bills fled by the
probation officer show just who she
has gone out to see at the different
dates and how much It has cost the
county to see them, not counting the
salary OF the probation officer which
OF course would be distributed over
the whole string Of names included
in the items. The sheriff receives
30 cents q mile for driving out to
serve the warrant of arrest and bring
IN the offending parents, so 1t costs
40 cents q mile to, deal with them.
'Ye SditOr has an extended
acquaintance with the families and
children over the county ana It Is q
source Of much surprise and disap-
p0intment to see the names that en-
ter into this list Of young folks whom
the probation. officer had to go out
and deal withsto get them to obey
the law in the matter Of getting an
education. The pr0bGtion officer in
forms US that some Of them stayed
out Of school to work, some Of them
stayed out on account of illness and
some of them stayed out to putter
around or to 60 visiting. It was her
business to get them informed as to
what their duties were under the law
and to get them to obeying the law.
We do no find any particular COM
munity immune from these COM
plants !, excepting Woodville and
Taber. There does not seem to be
any charge for visiting those COM
munities. There are very large ex-
pense bills due to visiting many Of
the other communities and our read
ers, who are acquainted with the
pupils will probably be surprised to
see which families and which child
rem have caused all these seemingly
needless expenses. It will be mo-
ticed that good many ofSthe fam
lilies In this list are families that have
had a great deal to say against the
high taxes and some OF them have
complained rather bitterly against
the county officials receiving too
much pay or not working hard
enough. As we have already stated
in other articles. such complaints as
that have not been we'll founded and
persons In q position to know have
stoutly denied that the charges were
true. The list Of expenses made by
some OF these children and families
for going out to see them to get them
to operate in accordance with law
relative to school matters, is quite
q reproach upon their conduct or
their management. II they have not
been at fault 1t is up to them to show
why they were visited so. Ger
tainly somebody Is responsible for all
these expenses paid for out OF the
county treasury by all Of the tax
payers. The items In the first
voucher listed are by George Hall
who was probation officer for while
and he was followed by Grace M.
Stevens as indicated by the succeed
ing vouchers. People in the different |
communities are invited to study the |
lists and see who it is in their COM
munity that are increasing the |
county taxes for this seemingly un-
necessary expense of getting people |
to avail themselves Of the golden OPP
portunities of getting an education
free, or rather at the expense of the
people at large.