The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-03-15
AROUND THE COURT HOUSE

Orval Ingram and Margaret Evan
were married by Judge Good at thu
Court House on Thursday afternoon
March and B. L. Lovejoy and Ceci
Cass of Caldwell and Pocatello were
married by him later.
Edna Larson had some trouble
with children in the neighbOrhoOG
and was complained against for dis
turbing the peace and fined $25.
James Duckworth, who has been
for a couple of months in the asses
sor's office as deputy, quit Saturday
evening because he could not stand
| the nervous strain of concentrating
on desk work and columns of figures.
1t will be remembered that he had a
major surgical operatio last fall and
was not yet strong enough to do very
active, outside work, and thought he
could handle this desk work. Orson
Davis, son of Nofear Davis, is being
given a try-out on the job and Mr..
Manwaring says he takes to it very
readily. He just returned last
month from a mission of two and a
half years in Chicago and year of
that time was devoted to office work
at the mission headquarters.
On Tuesday Deputy U. S. Marshall
Sutherland came up from Pocatello
to subpoena a number of witnesses
for case in the federal court to de-
termine a charge of fraud against
some promoters who bought a tract
of land in the southern part Of
Blackfoot and sold it out in town
lots, took notes for deferred pay
ments on the lots, sold the notes,
and, it is said, got into such circum-
stances that when people paid their
notes they could not get the deeds to
their lots. In the meantime they in
some manner forfeited their contract
with the man they bought the land
of and he returned and took possess
sion of it to protect his interest.
Auditor C. B. Moon has completed
his report and handed it to the com
Thursday afternoon. 1t
shows the county in good condition
excepting for the delinquent taxes.
The Offices of clerk, sheriff, treas
urer and probate judge, where
moneys and fees are handled are in
excellent condition as to records and
we'll kept accounts. Some OF the
school districts are too heavily in
debt, but most of them are paying
out as compared with few years
ago.
The fair was shown to have cost
in 1921 an expenditure of 1895. sc
and in 1922 it rose to s29,971.66.
The farm bureau cost in 1921,
s6666.O2 and in 1922, sS72O.O1.
The cost of conducting the county
in 1922 was little less
in most departments than in 1921,
altho we spent $6537.61 for the cleo
ion in 1922.
The personal taxes delinquent
rom 1919 and still unpaid are
For 1920, $3644.5O, for
1921, $8513.20 and for 1922,
making a total OF $751;
1926 which the assessor is sup
POSED to collect when assessments
re made or take security for it. Mr..
Noon says the failure to do this
makes the assessor liable on his
,onds for the amount. The law also
[irects the assessor to make annual
with the board in Decem-
,er of each year, and the present
'oard has demanded such settle
pread out before them for such set ,
lement they were not accompanied
" the money for the personal taxes
nd each time they refused to ac-
ept his report until the money was
aid, and demanded that it be
rought. This difference between !
that the board considers proper /
rocedure and what has actually
cen done is still pending.
The delinquent taxes on the real
state rolls for the year 1920 were
4 per cent of the whole tax. For
921 it rose to 80 per cent, and for
ne first payment of 1922 it was 25 {
er cent.
OF these amounts that went delin-
uent since 1920, So per cent has 7
cen paid in; of the 1921 delinquent, 1
7 per cent has been paid in.