Show PROPOSED COUNTY SAVINGS I HOW THE SELECTMEN CAY ECONOMIZE ECON-OMIZE ON EXPENSES Possibility of Making S50 on One Advertising Contract Alone Something Regarding the County Physician Salary Recommended The county court in Its policy of reform re-form has overlooked certain matters where a saving might have been made which i is the pleasant duty of The Herald Her-ald to refer to as an advocate of retrenchment re-trenchment As is well known the selectmen will sell I the lands held by the county in order toT to-T n 1 HUt jiiuiie LL is uit uniy puiii icuicuu Ing The matter was brought up a few days ago at a regular meeting and the question of advertising was debated at some length All the selectmen were in favor of advertising this property In each of the three dally papers if it could be done at a reasonable figure Ir not notices were to be posted I was agreed that bids should be asked for and a rate procured pro-cured from each Wednesday a Herald man happened into the office of the selectmen a ala noted al-a memoranda advertise in Tribune only scrawled on the corjier of a memoranda mem-oranda tab Inquiry elicited a series of laughs on the part of these three watchdogs watch-dogs of the county warrant book But yesterday i appears that the words quoted quo-ted were not altogether meaningless The Tribune has been awarded the contract despite the fact that no bids have been invited and despite the further fact that I publishers of other papers and this does not include The Herald although Us manager man-ager was approached indirectly would have been pleased to submit bids The rate Is 3 per inch This price according to Inches makes a total of 900 In order that the selectmen may save the county 300 in one neat lump this paper will say that the publishers of another dally printed print-ed in Salt Lake offer to do it for 5400 Here is a golden opportunity for this trIo of economists to make a tenstrike Think of the plaudits which will be received re-ceived at the hands of a admiring public pub-lic Five Hundred Dollars all In one lump Why that sum would pay mileage for two months If the selectmen wish to go farther and I save more as no doubt they do for have they not reduced expenses in all places possible I Is even likely that i mileage was not provided by law that the court would not even charge it up much less collect it Now the law provides that these sales can be made after posting notices in five public places This can be done for 50 There is a saving of 350 all together This sum will keep the charity patients going for a long time There can be no possible excuse for taking such a course either Publicity enough can be obtained in this way to attract at-tract bidders Small notices can be cheap ly inserted in all papers calling attention to the place where these notices which would really be in book form could be found and there Is no question but what prospective bidders would flock to these points by the dozens and scores Another suggestion of economy Put the county physician on salary This Is the suggestion made by many citizens Dr Worthington drew 1703 for 1894 under the old and extravagant regime At the rate the present Incumbent makes his charges he will draw 3000 a year The salary of Dr Dalby who combines the offices of city physician and health commissioner Is only 51500 per annum Some economic measures might be introduced in-troduced In the Investigation being conducted con-ducted The few bills fed thus far show 13210 for witnesses and about 575 for the sheriff The costs of the court members Including mileage cannot be estimated at this time In lieu of so many continued sessions it is suggested that more witnesses nesses be subpoenaed at one time and reduce re-duce the per diem of the inquisitors |