The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-13

to accept them. The board came and
looked the situation over and they
refused to accept them. Your former
commissioner here, Jim Christensen,
happened to be in town and he went
over and looked at them and said
that was too much for him, he didn't
want any of that kind of culverts
buried in Bingham county. You can
ring up Frank Jordan and ask him
about that and he will confirm it.
II you care to do this want to pay
for the telephone charges. Speaking
of good goods and their value as
compared with imitation goods, you
have good help here in the office.
Here is Fisher for instance, he's been
here for SO many years that he knows
all about the affairs of the Office and
the business Of the county and can
tell you anything you ask for in a
moments notice. He's worth more
to you than two or three men who
don't know so much about the work:
that's why you keep him on the Job;
that's why our customers who know
our goods and how enduring they
are, like to keep on buying our
goods as compared with the others
of the kind that the rivets fall out
OF or that cave in when load comes
on them. Our goods are as good as
gold wheat or as good as Fisher
here" and he slapped Fisher on the
shoulder and he said, "How's that
for boost, Fisher?" Down at
McCammon the commissioners
bought some sixteen gage galvanized
iron culverts and when they were
delivered they were sixteen at one
end, but only eighteen at the other,
a little thinner at one end than the
other, what do you think of that?
in there one day and the
clerk and l went out and looked it
over and had my gage in my
pocket" and he drew a gage out of
his pocket" and wherever we put
the gage on it was sixteen at one
end and eighteen at the other, but in
this case the money had already been
paid for the culverts and when it
was put up to the salesman he re-
fused to take it back. They had
their money" Talking culverts a
little further, the salesman, Mr.. Will
liams, put his hand on his stomach
and said, ''The bells are ringing i
begin to feel already that it is ap-
the hour of IL o'clock
and he looked at his watch and found
it was twenty minutes yet. He said
he had an errand or two in other
offices that he wanted to look after
and that he wanted the board to eat
dinner with him at noon. He would
come back in fifteen or twenty min
ues, would try to be there exactly
at IL o'clock and the four would go
out to dinner together. If he was
five minutes late he hoped they
would not 60 and leave him, he
would agree not to be more than five
late and without waiting for
hem to accept or make excuses he !
bowed himself out of the office and
disappeared but was back again |
promptly at 1859.
Hiring County Stenographer
Getting back again to the hiring |
If county stengrapher, legal
opinion on the subject stated that |
he applicant is not relative of any |
of the board, and the read
ng of the law of repotism only |
orbids employing relatives. If the
BOARD wants to employ somebody to
70 and help somebody who is a rela-
i've by blood or by marriage of the
person she works with, it is not
technically any violation of the law.
Since the applicant is person Of
much experience in the particular
lind of shorthand work (court re-
,orting) that is needed by the
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