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

must buy new supply, because the
kind of books had changed. He did
not see the use in throwing away
perfectly good books to buy some
other good books just because they
wanted change. He wanted to
know If there wasn't some graft con-
nected with it that might as well be
avoided and County Superintendent
Faulconer said that the only change
that had been made lately was his
tory. A much better history had
been offered and it was considered
better to lose some money by the ex-
change of books than to go on using
the old history that was not so good.
I That Mileage Question
In discussing the subject of
deputies for the assessor, consider
able time was taken up. He wanted
/ one office man and one field man at
1928 a month each and we wanted
one field man at 81 day and other
field men at IS day. He said there
was on deputy who had been work.
ing for him number of years dur
ing assessing or field work, learned
his part of the county SO we'll and
was such good hustler that he was
as cheap at 81 day as the others
were at IS day. In other words,
the work was accomplished as
cheaply by him working on the 81
basis as the other men working on
the IS basis because he accomplished
SO much more in day. That
brought up discussion of how the
work was done and it developed that
the deputy assessor received mile
age. This brought out inquiries as
to how they managed their travelling
and their mileage accounts They
were informed that the deputies re-
ceived 20 cent mile for all the
miles they travelled and that they
were supposed to plan their work
SO as to travel as few miles as posi-
Bile to find everybody. For instance,
Mr.. Hines of Aberdeen, assessed the
lower end of the county and he Is
supposed to start out in the morn
ing and travel in such a way as to
see as many people during the day
as is possible and then be around
near home at night. When he
worked the Pingree country, he
worked out from there in the same
way and so on up to Blackfoot. He
stated that Mr.. Hines is a great
hustler and that he assesses the
people in the dry farm country at a
time when he could not do anything
else and that knowing the country
as he does and the people, he works
to good effect all the time. Cues
lions were asked as to how the
others managed their mileage and
where they make their headquarters
when they are working. lnforma-
ton was given by Mr. Malcolm that
they usually work out Of Blackfoot
and that they drive back home every
night. They leave in the morning
and go out assessing along the way
as much as they can and then re-
turn at night. Asked whether they
charged all this mileage after they
1nit work. Mr.. Malcolm replied that
certainly they did, how else could
they do it,
Mr.. Trego asked how it would be
me- mayed II man were assessing in
the country above Firth or in the
district around Shelley, where none
of his work was closer than, say,
fifteen miles from BlackfOot Would
he come home at night, driving
Sfteen miles after he quit work and
then driving back fifteen miles in
the morning to where he commenced
work and charge that thirty miles
'o"r' and back to the county at 20
cents per mile? Mr.. Malcolm replied
certainly he would, would he be ex-
pected to travel 1t for nothing and
attend to the upkeep of his car and
nse up his own gasoline without any
recompense. Mr.. Trego suggested
that he might stay over night in
that country, where he was working,
but Mr.. Malcolm said 1t would cost
him SO or 81 to stay over night at
q hotel and he would have to go to
the nearest hotel even to do that
and that 1t was probably cheaper for
him to drive home. Mr. Malcolm adj
dressed the question as to which
way he would do 1t or have it done
II man was working for him. Trego
showed some temper and said he
wouldn't let him do either. he would
fre the man II he would not stay
over night in the territory where he
was working. Trego said he had
lone considerable of that kind of
work in the newspaper business and
hat he usually stayed over night at
some farm house when it was time
% quit work and started from there
n the morning without having
lriven any distance to where he
started his work. He did not see
Why the person working for the
county should not economic his time
md keep down expenses in the same
way. He said it would not be nee
ssary to pay SO or 81 to stay over
light, that the farmer usually
harged dollar or two and was
atisfied.
But Mr.. Malcolm said that the field
ian had plenty of time to drive in
fter he quit work and that he had
lenty Of time to drive out in the
forming before working time. He
Lid that when he was assessing he
sually got out by or 7.3O in the
orning and had plenty of time to
rive out to his place Of beginning
= the time the working hour COM
enced. Asked IL he charged mile