Show I 1 AARM armstrongs STRONGS how Hs he worked it in former days LOSE ANY fil MONEY 0 N EY 0 in his time the county ers era raid paid other men extravagant salaries to do the Wor know performed by the commissioners M themselves allein s elves bought lumber tor for the county from his own firm claims raid paid without being acin itemized or sworn to local democratic orators and organs art arc dally harping upon tile the alleged inefficient effi clent and extravagant manner in velch the affairs ot of salt lake county have love be been an administered during the past two yeats coupled with the admonition vote for armstrong rawlins and hall so ar as kaklins and hall are arc concerned they are arc untried in ili tile iho administration or of public affairs but it 1 a different fill mr Arnis tiong mr at ai ril strong ties has a record aich N lie made as a 0 member of oc the county cobit houi I 1 of stilt salt lake county between november 2 issa and ami december Dece sl 31 ho bly wishes that lie he have it as it la Is hardly the kind of record if eliat I 1 at AI mr r armstrong or cor ills 1113 would point to in with rildo but the tact fact that lie he lias has it still re remains maing under conditions the county transact all ot of tile the county bw buil ness thill that Is they have a general of county broadi and bridges and all other improvements which are necessitated from time to in thile lime they owl approve ampro riv e every claim that la Is plesent ed against agat s t the county in ili the event that tile the claim li 14 morn to an ani ami I in ili many other WEI ways Ys they look after the most minute details la or of county aff affairs alra IN til 13 OLT OLD DAYS rut put were different in the gond old das dabs when armstrong Ar wan IVIN alic t 0 ifill of the county court to o JS 13 lillman anil and jesse AV Y fox jr his colleagues AS shown by the court record the ilia selectmen instead of f doing the work themselves as la s now done by tile the gentlemen who fill 1111 these se important positions sit ions employed deputies to to do the IV work ork for thern them on pro february 3 jesse AV fox sr so was appointed general rond road super at a salary of tier per annum r and later ahas A smith was a appoint pointed superintendent of county affairs at ft a salary of 2500 which was art afterward erward increased to per year this Is now none done by tile the commissioners ners themselves at ft A saving to ft the 10 OO 00 county to 11 I 1 y of ar iano per year the lecorps alao show that during one year while mr armstron was a member of the county court the coun tv iv purchased from tile the firm of if gomney blomn OY armstrong Arniat rons co of A w aich mr armstrong Annat rons wax was a member lumber to the amount of although tho the records do cl not disclose tile the fact it at 14 considered reasonably F certain that mr armstrong did not los boac 0 anything in ill tills this deal theme thee matters however are trivial as emil compared pared with the loose manner in which public moneys money were diverted from tho the county tica sury and paid pa I 1 d in satisfaction of claims which were neither signed nor sworn to SOME SPECIMEN CLAIMS amoni tit ahr claims the hie following taken from tile iho county rec records ito aio given in order to show the ni ethoda holcli pre while mr Arnis liong was a member of tile the county court salt like ike bounty to H holmon air I 1 to detective on oil liquor ym the claim la Is neither itemized nor sworn to another claim filed by mr holman 1101 man who was ft a member of tile court roads reads to appropriations on account for detec services liquor butchers and mer e chunta too I 1 is PO M the claim was not sworn to to other similar bills to tile the amount of 30 were also filed hy by mr ll Il olman anti and ere paid without a mr fr did not liddo a anon monopoly 0 poly on dele detective Etive work however ns is an andrew drew hurt burt Sh shariff OrIff was uns paid on account of if criminal oapl expense inse between september 6 1886 and march S 6 issa TO ARMSTRONG AND OTHERS there are arc also other claims il not ot sworn to left throw additional likht 1 it u upon 1161 mr armstrongs business in mith 1 I oda I 1 rare are arc a 1 few Deer niber a 3 ma salt lake co county baty to A F cummings opel of tile county infirmary for expenses march 1 to 11 I 1 irol tolman roan thirty one 01 labor on roads at XI 3 per day tm in 5 J june 1 ta R E holman 1101 man thirty days day labor on roal roads no bo Tol leaga IM 30 march IS I 1 lillis A smith for money 10 advanced to mrs ira a pauper october 1 1 1895 lato to alex burt detective tees suo none of these thene claims were itemized or sworn to but nil all were allowed then comes another bill which should interest taxpayers it la is as follows april 4 liW sall Salt lake county to ellas elias A smith a dr r to r 0 c rot of f T 5 A smith an and d francis A r ong to last cast on jail b busl us I 1 ness MSS an fn the claim Is neither itemized nor sworn to but was pat paid according nor to t the he usual custom it Is also worthy of mention that in the year that tile the greater portion of 0 these the a expenditures were being anad made 0 tho the road account jumped up to fil 11 GG I 1 |