The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-17
WOMAN SUFFERING
NEAR BLACKF0OT
Red Tape of County
Government DELAYS
Relief

Mr.. and Mrs. r. R. Tice settled or
q dry farm in "a. south, 80 which
is In the northeast corner of Bing.
ham county, about four miles west
ward from the post office called
Bone. A year or more ago Mr.. Tice
got into some bootlesging trouble
and abandoned his wife and daugh-
ter. He was very much in debt and
they have lost track Of him. There
was q certain interest charge that
Mrs. Tice had to pay to keep from
losing their property and she has
worked at anything she could do in
that country to make money for a
living and to keep that interest paid.
Last winter the neighbors helped
them so that they got thru the win
ter. They had some hay down on
the creek some distance from their
homestead and there was one horse
and a COW at the Tice home. Mrs.
Tice rugged up sled and with this
one horse she hauled hay up from
the stack mile or two or perhaps
further away and provided feed for
the horse and the COW. A week or
ten days ago, she wrote to the county
clerk and stated her case, saying that
they were about at the end of their
resources and asked If they could get
some county aid. Mr.. Fisher wrote
back and asked her just what she
had and whether her husband were
living or dead, told her that the
proper channel thru which to get
county aid, If she were a widow was
thru the probate judges office and II
she were not widow, If she has a
living husband, then she would have
to get her aid thru the source that
is called INDECENT aid and she would
need to make application either in
writing or in person to the county
commissioners and they would want
proof that she was deserving
person and it would be advisable for
her to go to the justice of the peace
in their precinct and get a statement
from him as to her circumstances.
Mrs. Tice then wrote to the pro-
bate court, giving further informa-
tion saying that she was just about
out of feed for the coy, that they
were very thinly clad, that they
would accept old clothes or anything
to keep them warm, that she had to
rustic the wood and that she had no
Overshoes and the snow was very
deep. AS many people do in such
cases, she neglected to tell the size
of her shoes or clothing or to give
the age or size of her little daughter.
The probate court turned the letter
over to the commissioners and the
commissioners after discussing the
matter somewhat, turned it over to
County Clerk Fisher. In the mean
time she is up there in the snow not
knowing whether she will get aid or
not. Probate Judge Good said that
such a call should go to the Red
Cross department, but that the Red !
Cross has no one to keep their office
open now, that it is closed and they |
are looking for somebody to attend to
the work of the office and that they |
cannot get anybody unless they pay
$50 month. Whether he was jok-
ing in this statement or not we are
not prepared to say, but judging
from the number of applications we
have for jobs at The Republican Of
flee and various other places about
town, we think there are plenty of
people who would jump at much less
than $3.50 month. With all the
machinery Of government in the
county clerks office and the probate
judges office and the probation de-
partment, we think there ought to be
some immediate relief for this
woman If she is deserving.
Look Up Her Record
Former commissioner, James
Christensen SENS to know everybody
in the Willow creek country, where
Mrs Tice lives and we suggested that
a telephone call to Mr. Christensen
might throw considerable light on
the subject. In the meantime we
consulted the household of James
Hunter, who also has property and
spends much of his time up in that
country, and Mr.. and Mrs. Turner,
and daughter of the Hunt
ers, gave the following information:
Mrs. Tice is respectable woman,
a good citizen, good worker and
reliable. They did not think that she
would ask for anything more than
was necessary to get her thru her
The neighbors helped
her last winter and she worked hard
and did her best at all times so far
as they knew. They came down
from the Hunter dry farm early in
with an automobile and
had a hard time getting out Mr..
Huntnr camn mt with four horse
team. The mail goes in three times q
had difficulty getting out with the
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