Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, November 3, 1922, Page 5

rd . REPUBLICANS WANT VOTES (Continued from page 1) have been kept down below what they were under Sheriff Eller, altho twice the work has been done. Agzin let us say: “Why should we displace him ?” Assessor, Calvin Hazelbaker has been assessor of Idaho county for two term He has made a good issessor. There have been very few complaints of unjust asses ment because he has many year" acquaintance with property val- ues in Idaho county. He is faith- ful to the duties of the office. He deserves to be re-elected. Probate Judge. know Judge Byrom. We all He has filled the office of pro-! bate judge for two years with satisfaction to everyone. He has been constantly on duty. He will stay on duty as long as the people want to have him there. He has been in Idaho county since the very early pioneer days, He will unquestionably be chosen to look after the interests of those who need protection. School Superintendent, Elmer L. Carpenter was an efficient County Superintendent in Idaho County many years ago. | No one doubts his efficiency or} his qualifications to fill the of-| fice, Presecuting Attorney. For the office of Prosecuting Attomey we again present the name of B. Auger. He has served the county well during the last | four years. He understands the law and its interpretations and is fearless in the prosecution of criminals. He is a Republican who has consistently lined up with the forces which mean pro- gress. The Republican party feels that it can points with pride to his record of efficiency during the last few years. Coroner, A. J. Maugg has filled satisfactor oner. Iie is well qualified for this place. He can without in- convenience get even to the re- motest parts of the county. This is a point well worth considering in the selection of this official. . When the votes are next Tu iy we are confident that it will be shown that the voters have reposed again in ihe Republican’ party and its candidates. tion of Sta! ism and Sen very sationalisn CALVIN HAZELBAKER County Assessor X Dear Friend: An “Xx” a vote for efficiency. indicated above is Does effi- the office of Cor- | counted | confidence | It is a ques- | y versus Radical- ja didate? Permit me to bring hefore you | cieney and experience count for | statemen‘: nything in your choice of a can-|sifies the which, he claims, fal- records of Idaho Eller county. The figures which Mr. a little history. I was first elect-|1efers to are as follows: | ed to the assessors office in 1917 |and during the years beginning | with 1917 and ending with 1922, | (The last three months of 1922 | estimated) the average cost of | operating the office has been $7,- 056.84 ver year. During the four years just previous,—-1913-14- 15.16,—the average cost year was $7,082.43. This is a matter of record and can be verified by anyone, but in justice to the as- sessor who filled the office most creditably from 13 'to’ 16, I wish to state that the average for his term was brough up appreciably | by reason of the fact that a com- plete set of plat and record books were installed which together with the services of a draught- man run the cost of these records up considerably. I would ask you to bear in mind this fact: That I have operated this office under war time conditions and prices, and , 1 believe the comparison on the | other side is worthy of consider- }able thought. For example: The county tax rolls have jumped from $179.50 in 1915 to $444.15 in 1921. Nine hundred automo- | biles are now licensed while prior to 1917 this item was merely The securing of farm data, a war time law, has been added to the work of the field deputies, thereby adding considerable time to the field work. Many other items could |be mentioned that go far to- | wards the increased cost of oper- ation. There is much said concerning high taxes at the present time. | 1 will agree with you, taxes are | excessive, this I know from ac- | tual experience, being a tax pay- }er myself. But when we consi- | der that of all the money passing | through the treasurer’s office }only 6 per cent is paid out in salaries, it is unreasonable to think that a reduction of tax can be accomplished simply by the exchange of officers, which is not only an exchange of officers, jbut an exchange of efficiency }and experience for inexperience. | I have this to promise if elect- jed: To conduct the office as carefully and with as little ex- | pense as it can be done by any- one. And let me assure you that I am as anxious to see the taxes lowered as you are. | I will appreciate your support to the extent of giving you a “square deal.” Sincerely yours, | CALVIN HAZELBAKER. | negligible. EIMERS REPLIES TO ELLER. | It appears from the tone of an | article furnished all newspaper's jof the county during the week of | October 19th by W. H. Eller that |I have caused to be printed in a | former issue of two papers a “Only the Best for me!” declares the woman who takes pride in the kind of food she sets before her family. She knows it doesn’t pay to waste her good efforts and her good flour, eggs and other materials by using anything but ROYAL—the best bak- ing powder made. It Contains No Alum Leaves No Bitter Taste Eller’s expenses for boarding prisoners during the year 1920, $571.00. My expenses for board- ing prisoners during 1921, $458,- -19. My automobile hire for 1921, $990.55; Mr. Eller’s auto hire for 1920, $1,249.40. Fees collected by Eller in 1920, $1,- 204.99. Fees I collected in 1921, $1,872.97. The number of cases handled by my office in 1921 was more than twice the number handled by Mr. Eller in the pre- ceding year, being the last year of his term, or 1920. This in- cluded both civil and criminal cases. Referring to these figures, Mr. Eller says: “In truth and fact wholly contrary to the records which anyone can examine and see for himself. Mr. Eller fur- ther states: “To go into details would take too long and be too voluminous.” If Mr. Eller had gone into de- tails he woud have found my fig- ures correct, and since the re- cords seem too voluminous to Mr. Eller, I am willing for him to hire an accountant and go over these records. And as a special inducement to Mr. Eller I will place in the bank a certified check for $500 to be paid to him if he can prove | that I have falsified the records, as Cuoted above, and if he can prove any falsification of the above figures to the amount of one dollar in dollar and cents he may have the check. There are no strings to this proposition. Mr. Eller has made the statement that my figures are false. He can make $500.00 by simply proving his statement true. Mr. Eller makes reference to the item of auto hire and sub- stantially admits that my fig- ures are correct, but he says I furnished my own_ transporta- tion at a cost less than he could hire jitneys. I agree with Mr. Eller that some of the jitney hire was exhorbitant. In one in- stance, particularly , when he paid $100 for an auto to trans- port him to a 4th of July cele- bration to administer to drunks who had already been taken into custody by Mr. Eller’: special deputy on duty at the celebration. Upon Mr. Eller’s arrival at the celebration the cul- prits had been released. No fines were imposed and nobody out a cent—excepting the bill of $100 for 50 miles auto hire which Idaho county paid. This expen- diture Mr. Eller attributes to “High Cost of Living During War Times.” Mr. Eller speaks of the high prices he was compelled to pay for board of prisoners. I find that he paid 85 cents per meal for prisoners’ food during 1920. If I resorted to the same method to feed prisoners that he did I could not procure the meals for any less at this time. With some pride and more sarcasm Mr. Eller concludes his published article by stating. “I do not know the exact number of arrests made by myself or Mr. Eimers during said period, but they fail to state how many con- victions he secured out of the great number of arrests.” Replying to this I want to say that the sheriff nor any other one official cannot be held res- ponsible for lack of convictions. Frequently, however, one lone citizen does throw himself in the way of the prosecution. If other citizens had rallied to the sup- port of defendants in Idaho county courts during my term as | sheriff as freely as Mr. Eller did in criminal cases I doubt if we would have had a single convic- tion, except in a case where a bootlegger pleaded guilty and Mr Eller was on his bond. I presume, Mr. Eller, that the Tailors make clothes sell merchandise. Because they know how Clothes they make are perfect in fit and are tailored individually for you. clothes are made of pure . Weare tailors. to please their customers. wool fabrics and so guaranteed. Blacksmiths shoe horses. Why does everyone come to Richards and Son for their clothes? Clothes Make The M Merchants Our Prices ave reasonable, representing full value for your money, RICHARDS & SON, The Cottonwood Tailors two} | | Whai Did Alexander | Ever Do For Idaho? | Did he ever advance land development or irrigation projects? Did he ever encourabe resources or immigration? Did he ever practice economy in administration? Did he ever assist the livestock industry? Did he ever help the mining resources? Did he ever try to improve the tax situation? Did he every promote any public interest? | | Did he ever increase the price of your butter, eggs, or wheat? Did he ever give the farmer a lift? Did he ever prove an aid to the schools? Did he ever safeguard state property? | Did he ever conserve state funds? Did he ever show sympathy with agri -ultura] problems? The detailed items are astounding. Did he ever benefit commerce, labor or other public affairs? The Taxpayer Knows Where He Failed The Republican government not only has paid the obligations of the spendthrift Alexander administration, but has placed the state business on its feet. Records show it. Recerds prove the waste of the Alexander regime. gloomy page in Idaho history. Republicans have a constructive policy. ter and eggs, and to cripple the market and the producer, as well as the consumer. WHAT DID ALEXANDER EVER DO FOR IDAHO?—NOT A THING! Vote for C. C. Moore and a Straight Republican Ticket. MORE FOR IDAHO WITH IDAHO FOR MOORE Republican State Central Committee | | ease you have in mind in which we failed to secure a conviction was the bootlegging case of Tom | Lindsey. You were in the dis- | trict courtroom when this case | was tried. During a recess you | went to a table in the courtroom and tasted the contents of a bot- | tle which had been introduced as levidence. Later you conveyed ‘through the defendant to his at- torney the annoucement that in |your opinion the evidence was |not moonshine whiskey but in- stead was bonded goods. 3 | Is this the kind of co-operation the citizens of Idaho county have a right to expect from a former |sheriff? Were you assiting the \officials of Idaho county in the enforcements of the prohibition laws when you did this? | The records wil! show that |/not all the persons you arrested as sheriff were convicted. Asa private citizen, too, you have | been woefully weak as a convic- ter. You were the complaining | | witness in the case of the State | |vs. Burgund, and despite your | | prowess and experience as an ex- | sheriff, a jury in the district | court after a fair trial declined to | jconvict Mr. Burgund. Recently | this case was dismissed upon mo- | tion of the state. | These are facts as the records jat the court house will prove. | And the people of the county are entitled to know the truth. strip- ed of all political and personal | phases. | (Signed) J. G. EIMERS. THOUGH? BROTHER DEAD. Samuel Stockham, a resident of Wallace since 1888 anda brother, William Stockham of Oconto, Neb., met at Murray Monday for the first time in 45 years. William, who is a rancher |of Oconto received a letter dur- | ing the past summer telling him, jof his brother, Samuel from whom he had not heard for many years, and on the receipt of the letter decided to make a trip to the Coeur d’Alenes. He wanted to visit this brother who had been given up as dead for | years. | Have those squeaky wheels on | your automobile reset. Cotton- | wood Garage. 30-tf }ence” sitting on the table in the | least I heard he did but that was Giving Idaho a Clean Slate TEST. “gl In an article appearing in several county papers, fathered |and signed by J. G. Eimers, our present sheriff, again repeating’ and publishing the same figures | that appeared before, all doctor-| ed up to fit the occasion, at the twelfth hour, when it appeared there would be no chance for me to refute. Now, Jake, What’s the use?, If the people wouldn’t believe} your figures before, it won't do | any good to shoot them out again. Your figures are all right as far as they go, but! they don’t go far enough; you} only give the figures where)! yours are low and mine are high, | instead of giving them all as I} did. Auditor Telcher gave them | to me, taken from the records— | and Henry Telcher won't lie. Now Jake, you want to gamble} with me—want to put up $500, which is not right, as I am not a gambling man, and besides you as sheriff should try to prohibit gambling instead of encourag- ing it. You spoke of me spending $100 for auto hire, going to a Fourth of July celebration. You certainly have had a swivel-chair pipe dream, for that is not true, and the records do not show it. . You also accuse me of tasting the booze in the Lindsey case, which is not true, but will say this, that you and your deputies went away and left the “evid- court room, with no one watch- ing and no doubt Tom Lindsey did switch bottles on you—at carelessness on your part, and ne fault of mine. And another blunder you tried to unload on me, is the Burgund | horse stealing case. In that case I simply made the complaint at the suggestion of Mr. Auger, and you and your deputies, in- stead of helping me get the evi- dence, had to stay in town and keep your chairs warm, so the state lost the case. And in the notorious Page case It cost the taxpayers a great amount, Alexan der cannot explain the shortcomings of that The increase in the price of wool, butter and all kinds of farm produce has demonstrated the benefit of the Republican tariff. exander would have free trade and a policy that would enable him to give away your but- Elect a Governor Capabale of where you now censure me for signing his bond; on your recom- mendation, and upon the insist- ency of yourself and Mr. Hatta- ame Al- |WON’T STAND VOL3TEAD'S baugh, the attorney for Mr. Page, I finally consented to sign the bond and while doing this, I helped to persuade Page to plead guilty to the charge, and save the county the expense of a trial. Now Jake, you have several months yet to serve as sheriff, so why don’t you loosen upa little and do something? If I were you, I would go over to Cottonwood and serve that war- rant that has been lying there for six weeks in Judge Huss- man’s office, signed by one of our best citizens. (Signed) W. H. ELLER. TAXES. Personal property taxes must be paid before the 4th Monday of this month. Don’t overlook this. Return your notice with check. 45-2 COUNTY ASSBSOR. AGAINST TOBACCO BILL. Seth Jones authorizes us to make the statement that he vot- ed agains the tobacco bill and if elected he will introduce a bill in the state legislature repealing the present law. J. A. BRADBURY Candidate for county treasurer is very confident of winning at the coming election. He expects, from reports to carry Grange- ville, Cottonwood, Keuterville, Greenereek, Winona, Fairview, Whitebird, Stites and many of the other smaller precincts,