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

and some other things on the around
and picketed the horses on the slope.
and they we're IN the rig fi1Ine to
keep out the rain when they h6afd 1
roaring. He watched al around to
try to locate the disturbance and Tot
out on the ground to sfasten the side
curtains when . wave Of water struck
him at the knees and began to carry
things away. He grabbed what he
could OF the. grub boxes and chucked
them into the rig. A bandbox con-
tanning cat and some kittens which
they were taking to the. dry farm.
was; swept away, but lodged against
the brush at the edge cf The meadow
patch. and he waded IA and rescned
the cats, two Of them about drowned,
but having nine lives he let them do
the worrying while he fustled Z
horse to hitch on TO the end OF the
tongue and hauled the rig and the
folks out to place Of safety. They
were scared and excited, (Mr. Eng
Ian did not say whether he was
scared tool and after about three
hours the hood subsided and Ill, was
lovely among the npiands. The
women folks declared they were done
with the hills and the dry farm:
"But," he added, 1T was going up.
there again tomorrow Iwould not be
able to keep them away they like it
80 WELL"
~ Il Assessor's Bills
Il. While they were swapping yarns
about tornadoes and water spouts
and cats with nine lives (by the way,
those cats "came toy the editor ex-
amined the Murdoch voucher that he
was scolding about and declaring
that he would not re-write to please
the commissioners nor the editor
either, and found that 1t called for
seventeen days work assessing at IS
q day and for travelling BIG miles at
Is cents mile, total $132.40. The
editor never saw the bill before nor
ever said word about his other
bills excepting to print them Ii the
old newspaper, and to remark num-
Der OF times that Murdock's bills
looked like he was the most con-
scientious assessor serving the
county last year. He would use his
car where necessary and he would
get out and 60 afoot all around
where the houses were situated so
that he could reach them readily
afoot, and that looked good on the
vouchers-much assessment and lit
tie mileage charges. However, MI.
Murdoch is peeved and is going. to
lose that bill of $132.40 just because |
he felt that the board, and possibly |
the editor, doubted his integrity. |
Commissioner Williams assured him |
It was nothing of that kind-but and |
right there is where Murdoch bowed
his neck and said he wouldn't do 1t.
II the editor were elected to umpire
the split between Murdoch and the
board, he would rule that both
parties were too stubborn and that
he editor ought to pay for the ice
cream for them and the clerk.
The telephone rang and Clerk
Fisher listened to it and then told
somebody he had better Just come
over to the court house as the COM
were in session and could
ak to him about it,
Grass Seed Bills
The commissioners spent some
line examining vouchers. and Fisher
ang up Fred Seeger and told him
he bill for the grass seed had come
q and instead of being $50 it was ,
'12S. He asked Seeger how it hap
ened that the seed man had not .
ept within the original estimate of
so for one-fourth white clover and
hree-fourths blue grass seed at 80 :
ents and 40 cents pound. He said
here must be some mistake about it /.
r there had been more seed put in
han was ordered. They would have
stick to the budget on this work :
nd expense and-"well, all right If
gu will go and see about it and let
le know will hold up the bill till
hear from you" ls
Another Assessors Bill !,
The editor beckoned for one of the \
'uchers to be handed over to him to s
canine and it was made out in the 4
ame of John H. Leecing of Aber-
zen Tor assessing and it indicated