The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-17
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he was glad to refer them to their
customers. Their record in the gov
eminent analysis of metals shows
their culverts are pure iron analyz-
ing 1915 per cent. They have
many railroads accessible to their
plant at Minneapolis and can get
prompt delivery During 1920 they
filled orders in Montana and Idaho
in fifteen days notice and never kept
a contractor waiting. II the board
would keep the address of his firm
and inform them Of any date when
they wanted bids on culverts he
would be glad to meet them and all
competitors in the competition for
business. The board promised him
hearing when the time comes.
A County Repair Shop
w. C. Thompson, the man who has
for long time been in charge of
, the work of building county culverts
and bridges, told the board that he
/ thought there was a remedy for the
/ big expense of keeping the county
cars in repair. At the county ware
! house on North Main street they
have a workshop with electric drills
and valve grinder, and partly
equipped work shop. If they had
a power line extended to 1t they
could put a good mechanic at rs
cents an hour in charge and repair
the county cars and trucks. The
county once appropriated $4,000 to
buy tools for all cars and trucks, an
inventory was taken, and now the
tools have nearly all vanished. An
investigation is under way to find
out where these tools are and to
fasten the responsibility for them.
County Clerk Fisher some time
ago sent out QUESTIONABLE to all
county clerks in the state asking
how they manage about the county
cars, the repairs, storage, etc., what
rate of mileage do they pay?
Nearly all of the counties report
ing on the QUESTIONABLE were in the
same trouble as we are and they
want information from us as to how
we handle it.
Lose on Litigation
When the sheriff goes out on the
road to serve summons, or other
papers connected with civil cases,
the law authorizes the officer to
charge 20 cents a mile one way, but
the officer collects 20 cents a mile
each way and that makes the public
lose 20 cents mile and the officer
salary all the while he is attending
to civil (private collections) bust
ness. The firm bringing the suit
. ought to pay the whole cost instead
of making the public pay over half
! of the costs of serving the papers
During the past six months the
, deputy sheriff was occupied for days
and weeks at time serving such
, papers in attachments and other col
!, lection cases in which the taxpayers
were losing upwards of 10 cents for
, every mile driven by the officer. The
i legislature will be asked to amend
the law so the officer can charge the
full cost to the litigants.
The County hospital
A contract was let for caring for
the INDECENT sick at the residence
of Mrs. Sewell, the price being 1925
day. The contract was made to
cover the year 1921.
Auditors Expenses
A convention of county clerks has
been called to meet at Boise January
"a to 80 and Clerk Fisher asked the
board to advise him as to attending
the convention, and if he is to go,
would they advance public money
for his expenses for the trip. The
The railroad fare is $2256 sleeper
$4.05 each way and about $35 for
meals and lodging. The board
authorized him to take SIS and to
return with receipts for whatever
he expended.
Board Asks Question
The board wanted to know of Mr.
Malcolm whether he thought it was
right to charge the people for driv-
ing to and from his work, for in
stance when he is assessing in the
Shelley country, whether it was right
for him to drive home every night
and charge the people the mileage
for coming in and driving back the
next morning. Mr.. Malcolm said,
well, l could go up to Shelley on
the train and come back on the aft
ernoOn train, but if | did that
would lose a good deal of time be-
cause the afternoon train comes too
early, leaving there at $40, but |
want to be at home every night, the
older l get the more l appreciate
being in my own home at nights.
Last year when assessed the town
of Shelley, it took me three days and
a half and l drove up and back every
day. When l was assessing the
country around Shelley l did the
same thing and, of course, l do not
think it was right to charge all of
my mileage going and coming home
to the expense account and I did not
charge all of it. I left off some.
When I was assessing over in the
Woodville country l didn't have
much time left to work by the time
I drove out there and then drove
back, but it doesn't take long to as
sess Woodville. Now, for instance,
there is one north thirty-seven that
assessed with buggy in 1915 and
it took me three and half days. In
1915 it took me four days with a
horse and buggy. In 1917 had a
deputy, A. s. Yorgesen, assessing
and he went out with car and 1t
took him thirteen days and he was
acquainted with the country too. One
north thirty-six, I assessed in one