The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-06-12
AROUND THE COURT HOUSE

District court is in session but there
is little to do and an adjournment
will be taken presently to the Novem-
Der term. There were only one or
two cases requiring jury and it is
not likely that jury will be called
as most of the attorneys think the
cases can be delayed without harm.
Following the order for the re-
duction of salaries of some of the
county officers, an appeal has been
made to the district court to set
aside the order or to modify it,
and that is likely to be heard any
day now.
A similar appeal was made from
the order of the board in Bonneville
county, and it is reported that the
officers have very convincing pres
entatiOn to make regarding the saw
ings they have made the county in
expenses due to the experience and
efficiency of the encumbents, and
they proposed asking the court to
consider whether or not officials
who had concentrated their energies
and studies on better service shall
be answered with cut in salary.
On the other hand it is said that
practically all business is suffering
from the slump and officials should
expect to share to some extent In
the sacrifices. The officials retort
that salaries were not raised much
during the boom days, and not rails
ed at all until officers had already
suffered much sacrifice by reason of
living expenses rising long before
the salaries did
The preliminary hearing of the
charge against Enos Fackrell was
held on Monday at the probate court
room Only one witness testified in
the case and the defense offered no
The witness presented
was a young woman just coming
and she told of the i'm
proper relations between herself and
The defendant on two occasions.
With that the prosecution rested its
case and asked that the defendant
De bound over for trial in the district
court which was granted and he was
required to give two bonds of two
thousand dollars each, his brothers
going on the bonds as sureties in
he total sum of four thousand dol
ars.
Marriage licenses were issued to
Milford Johnson and Edith Rowley |
ind Glen Pence and Eucla Perne.
The county has spent considerable |
ime and money developing the flow
RS and shrubs in the court yard to |
Five 1t an appearance of natural
beauty, and on Wednesday night a
OF of the peonies were stripped OF
heir bloom. Some of the finest
)lants just coming into bloom have
very beautiful setting Of from forty |
o sixty buds apiece, and the county
,fficial family are taking steps to-
Zee whether the bloom shall remain
o adorn the public property or shall
,e Topped off and destroyed. County |
Hamilton Wright says that
lowers are a part of the public pro-
,erty as much as the buildings or the
money in the treasury and should be
espected accordingly.
Judge Good has been out investi-
eating number of cases of widows
pension, with the result that he has
enough off them to make
total saving of about $50 a month.
The judge says he Is expecting to
make some further Investigations.
A CORRECTION
Our statement last week that case
against Adrian Parsons had been
dismissed should have read Adrian
There was lack of evil
Ience, and it carries no reflection
lpon either man mentioned.