Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-08-06

rum Denocratlc ring.
In the ensuing January, 1903. the
new board of commissioners met and
organized by the election OF w. E..
wilson as chairman. The following
county officers qualified; Clerk
district court, A. G.. Smith; sheriff.
w, W. Fountain; assessor, James ".
Mondell; probate Judge, James a..
Nicholson; treasurer, r, p. AXE;
superintendent Of schools, Mrs. L. b.
Wertz; surveyor, S. G. Rhoades;
coroner, DR.. B. W. Mather; attorney,
2. Mclaughlin; commissioners, Geo.
Clark, M. l.. Davis and VIM. Il. Will
son.
Dir. B, p. Swan was appointed JUS
tice OF the peace for Mountain Home
precinct, and Albert Stein constable
at Clenns Ferry.
Dr, ]. w. Nieukirk was appointed
county physician and Mrs. S. Il. Reed
keeper OF the county hospital.
A petition signed by l.. r. Wilcox.
John Pence, w. ]. Turner, Il. G. Helf~
rich and several other heavy tax
payers, praying that the board award
the county printing to the lowest
bidder, was read and ordered filed.
O. M. Payne of the South Idaho
Herald had filed a big offering to
DO the county printing for $500 per
year, but the board refused to recog-
nize it, saying that the board had
not solicited bids for printing.
Judge X. /. Perky and A. M. Sin
mott appeared before the board In
behalf Of the petition to let the
county printing to the lowest bidder,
but were severely sat down by Com-
missioners Davis and Wilson. who i'm
formed these legal lights that WE
are the BOARD (Wilson and Davis)
and WE don't intend to be told how
to run the county machine and
then and there awarded the county
printing to the Gilmore Bulletin at
It's W unreasonable and high fig
ures, whereby the owners OF the Bull
letin In the year 1908, for county
printing, according to the records,
have skinned the taxpayers out or
~$1,420.41, thereby reimbursing
themselves for the purchase price OF
the Bulletin with several hundred
dollars to s%pare--all wrung from the
now oy~erbnrdened taxpayers of Ell
more county and solely for the benz
Eft Of a Mountain Home office seek
ers' ring,
This action of the board was bH-
terly condemned by taxpayers Of
both political parties, who considered
the act as using a public office for
a private graft.
Clerk Of the district court, Smith,
appointed j.. w. Ball as deputy;
Sheriff Fountain appointed ex-Sher-
lff c. M. Nicholson as ~undersheriff
and D. w, Htzwater as iailer; AS
SCISSOR Mundell appointed Miss Gertie
Wells as office deputy, ID. w. Fitz-
Water a few days afterward was ap-
pointedjanitor OF the county offices,
and j. NJ. Caldwell was appointed
taller.
Owing to increase Of legal busi-
ness throughout the state, Judge
Perky, to the deep regret OF d great
majority of our citizens, left Elmore
county ere the close Of the winter TO
hPcate In BolsefwDere he now com
4ucts an extensive law practice.
In the latter part OF the ensuing
April, on account OF continued fam
lily sickness, Judge A.. M. SinnOtt left
for the Pacific coast, with the i'm
tention, however, OF returning back
to Gilmore county later on.
In May, Il. p. Longfellow, who
had succeeded Harry J. Syms in the
elitorship OF the Gilmore Republican,
died In Mountain Home, leaving al
wife and four children well provided
for. His energetic and Intelligent
wife Immediately took control of the
editorial and business management
Of the Republican, and Is still con-
Quoting II successfully.
The matter Of appointing a success
sor to A. G. Smith, clerk Of the dis
court, was left 10 the Demo-
cratic county central cmomittee by
the commissioners who met TO name
the man. The committee divided on
three candidates at first. A. Pur-
ELL, w. II. Manlon and II. u. Stew
ens--but finally Purtill got the prize
with the understanding $50 report
ed that Pnrtill give the deputyship
to ManiOn, which he did.
VIM. j. Turner, the first resident
Of Mountain Home and whose his
tory since his arrival has been in
separately woven with the shiretown,
after four years satisfactory and ef-
service as postmaster, was
r%eappointed for another term to fill
The same office. Even a public splr-
ted man, one OF Mr.. Turner's great
est undertakings was tho erection
and completion of the Turner house.
4 hotel brick building that Is d
credit to the city and to the owner.
In the early development Of Moun-
ain Home associated with Mr.. Tur-
ner were the names of Justin, Rfke~
wine, Comes, Hager, Gibson, ire
Tutwiller, Mrs. DR.. Nearby,
Thompson, Brady and Johnson. OF NJ
Ill these w. j. Turner, John H..
Brady and Maroni Johnson are the
,nly ones still living in this county.
The reappointment of genial Bill
Turner as postmaster was a source
u satisfaction to nearly all OF IA
During the year John y. Wells, the
'irst master mechanic ofthe oregon NJ
Short Line at Glenns Ferry n ali
,erward justice sffthe peace, died.
lfter a long diness, and his loss was
Universally mourned IL the Riverside
own.
OF the industrial conditions in Eli
nore county during the year 1902