The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-17
New County Com
nissioners Convene
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discussion as to whether or not
the two kinds of work were the
same. Mr.. Trego was asked if these
superintendent did not just get out
and drive from one town to another
on the best roads in the country
making long drives and not many
stops. Mr.. Malcolm suggested that
the assessor had to go out over the
good roads and the bad roads alike,
the back country lanes and the coun-
try roads where there are poor
bridges and poor culverts and bad
crossings over bitches and making
frequent stops at the houses. He
said it takes more gasoline when a
man stops every little ways than
when he gets out under full said and
keeps right on going. Mr.. Trego
said he had found that out and he
found too, that it exhausted the bat
teries much faster where man was
stopping at every house. He said
he did not know what the field men
for the creameries do, he supposed
they visited good many of the
farmers, soliciting business. Mr..
Malcolm did NOT think SO, he thought
they were going from one town to
another most of the time. County
Clerk Fisher telephoned to Mr.,
Thatcher and received a confirmation
of the statement. He said that most
of their work was driving from one
cream station to another, tho they
had to visit some of the farmers.
For the most part their work was
driving on the best roads from town
to town and not making the stops
at frequent intervals like the asses
scr does when he is assessing people.
More Mileage Matters
While the board examined bond
matters, Mr.. Trego hunted up the
1920 vouchers for the mileage of
Assessor Malcolm, to see how much
he lacked of charging all the mile
age for the four days he was assess
ing in Shelley and found three
charges of thirty-six miles and one
charge of fifty-four miles for assess
ing Shelley. 1t is eighteen miles to
Shelley and he evidently drove to
Shelley and worked the suburbs one
day in his car, making tifty-four
miles for the day, and the other
three days he charged full mileage
going and coming, but canvassed the
town afoot. This did not indicate
that he left out any of the car mile
age, but when Mr.. Malcolm is heard
on the subject he will probably be
able to explain it. The board ex-
amined the daily mileage slips and
withheld judgment. There was a
slip "for assessing Lewis Robbins"
miles and one for assessing
at Woodville fourty-two miles.
Another slip was for lightweight
miles $3.50 for trip to Aberdeen,
"to get a deputy" Then there was
another trip to Aberdeen, eighty
eight miles, "to see Moser and
Hines" Each of those trips cost
$3.50 for mileage. Another trip to
Thomas, twenty miles, "to instruct
MURDOCH" Mr.. Murdoch being en-
ployed to do assessing.
For assessing, 81 north 81" here
tofore mentioned done in four days
by Mr.. Malcolm in 1916 with horse
and buggy and in thirteen days by
A. L. Yorgesen with a car in 1917,
Mr.. Malcolm did in 1920 in four and
q half days, charging each day from
to fifty-eight miles or a
total of 800 miles, $50 for assessing
II north 81"
Board Fixes Mileage
The board made an order that for |
the next three months the allowance
for mileage shall be twenty cents a
mile. In the meantime they will be
seeking information.
On Thursday morning the commits
sioners sat down to try to settle the
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