The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-06-06
THE IDAHO REPUBLICAN

sworn in, why did he spend that 32l
to have the rest Of his work any Diff
ferent. He did not have to drive to
Blackfoot to set the books. Ten
cents would pay the postage on them
to Aberdeen. @ A E
Bridges An Gone
The man who had telephoned to
the couney clerk and been asked to
come over to the court house arrived.
He was introduced as A. d. Hunter
OF Bone, In the Willow creek country
and he said. the recent floods had
washed out all the bridges and cul-
tyerts and he wanted 70 arrange if
he could Tor replacing some BE the
most necessary ones right away 80
traffic could go on. He wanted to
get to hauling as soon as possible. He
would donate some Of his work II
necessary and he beliveed others
would too. They were all injured by
the delay while the roads were Inn
passable for want d bridges. He
was gtyena time book and blank
vouchers and told to get some help
and do the most urgent work and ask
the men to donate part of their work
and to Me vouchers for the rest; the
Fcounty wanted to divide burdens and
make the funds. reach as far as they
could &as s.s'1.st 4 s..l.. S IN, NJ
-.- Mr.. Hunter said he would, and
when he was told the rate, for men
and for horses and sf0r, foreman In
charge, he said to forget about the
extra pay for foreman; n he was in
charge Of the work he did not want
anything extra. He was glad to take
the rate for laborer and to donate
part Of that. He asked what the
board was doing this year about that
transient stock from Bonneville
county that is. pouring into this
county for summer feed and escap-
ing taxation. Why not push assess-
ments carefully and get some Of that
tax money to use ourselves on our
own roads? t s ~ y \,
He was told that we have a deputy
assessor up there. this year to look
after that; that he was down yester-
day to report and to get authority to
push 1t as hard as seems necessary.
Mr.. Hunter replied that he had met
the gentleman; he had been at
Hunters place, and he, Hunter, had
gone with him to show him where to
ind one of,the transient fellows who
came In with ESQ cattle and claimed
to have no stock, but Hunter knew
just how many he had and, steered
the deputy right to him and identi-
fed him and got the assessment
fixed. A deputy up there IL he is a
stranger stands about as much
chance to assess those birds right as |
II he was blind. They will all declare
they have no stock or only two cows
or something Of that kind. They
stay around there three months or SO
and then move on and beat the tax
man right along. The country is
full OF them every summer. They
are coming in right now and now is
the time to be on the ground getting
them. The commissioners assured
him that they were going to get
them, that arrangements had been
made to carry it out, and Mr.. Hunter
went away happy. In the meantime
he noon whistle had walled its wall.
he girls had closed the vaults and
gone to dinner and now that the COM
nissioners found quitting place the
'arty broke up, talking roads and
Dad drags, the chairman informing
ne editor that they have ."these
,irds," pointing to the Jail, out on
he road working to pay the penal
les of their bootlegging and other
tunts. On being asked if it would
lot be a good plan to get up a rak-
ng bee and rake the loose gravel off
i the MISUNDERSTANDING road, he
eplied that he planned to have
these fellows" (the prisoners) do
hat as soon as they could get
to it.
OOudburst ON the Lake
After dinner there was a dreary
ession when nothing happened. w.
!. Thompson, the road man, came
! and 0. KID few vouchers and re-
orted that cloudburst west of
pringfield Tuesday had done much
amage at the big fill on the west
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