Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (City of Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1853-1857, 1856-02-12

rant,) within Tie HI ysartnding sl.t d |
1856, Allowing % assrags Of over ROY 4
TWO entries per day end beng sivs slxs +
, many entries - it was necessary for IND
make, in ordas to sacare my maximum
centags. The article in the Chronot
would lead person uuacqnainted With
{ business Of my osice to believe that d
transacted business enough to secure
! maximum commission. while the reed
show that have transacted five timed "
much business ~ was necessary for that \
pose.
. The writer Of the article In the Chronot
knew at the time he wrote the article VI
. the records would show, and in writing
. article which conveyed q different Idea,
, which was calculated to mislead the pull
, he In just as much Of falsiier as il he III
, written an absolute and unqualified I'd y
!. hood.
| am not bound 10 employ any cl 8;
am only required to do what can do "
self; if | employ clerks employ them al BY
own expense. But, in order Is get q eg
with the business of the office and to acokn-
modate ACTUAL SETTLERS have smplded
the past year from two 10 four clerks ~ OF
the time, at an expense OF over twentv-ionr
hundred dollars, to which may be added the
office rent, light, fuel, &c, Sc, amounting
L ~ oil - hsrb
. must be deducted from the 5000, thqsalary
and commission of "a fat Office" Hut one
} Of the knowing ones ~ says "Ths berqui-
sites of the office, i. e., pats sold al pre-
emptions, would pay YOU we'll if yol expend
your eutire salary and commissioner c,erk
hire" To hin. reply that the ehGre per-
quistes of the Office, since came mo olice,
will not pay the salary Of the chief c.rk FIR
the same period,
Now in conclusion will say that lace
have been in Office, | havs not been gvern.
ei entirely BY what considered my o "A IN
terest, nor have been influenced in u1' OIL
cial duties by what Land AGENTS might say
or think about me and my official eoure.
have endeavored 10 do my duty. "~lhout
fear. affection or hope Of reward" The
Lanl Agents, take them all together, ire a
tolerable clever set If fellows. AID | uonld
tebaply 70 see them prosper il The fGIr-
MATE pursuit Of their Own business, buI |
canno. consent to sacrifice all Of my hard
earnings for the last twenty Yeas, fot their
especial benefit. hope that the citizens Of
this Land District will read aud treasure up
in their memory tie following almis-
sion made BY Tue Land Agent. ia his
article headed 'Land O1ioe.' Sons good
will result from this delay of business 1t the
Land Office 1t affords fine opnortun ty
for actual settlers to make pre- cmriOus.'
As an officer make no distinction between
the actual settler and the speculaior, la6 -
citizen Of Iowa DO want tie land t@be
entered by the actual settler. Ii IS the set
Element AID Improvement of the country
which makes the land valuable and the pto-
PIE happy. If would employ clerks enough
10 10 al the business which would be pre-
sentei to this office, there would no. be an
acre Of land worth entering, unenterei IN
ono year from this date. Ii would all be
taken M by the SPECTATOR be and the
Land Agent,would be made rich at the ex-
pense of the prosperity of the country, and
much TO the injury Of the settlers already
here. mean no dsrespect to the Land
Agents: the business they are engaged n is
honorable; but do hope that when one of
tnem desires to strike blow AZ me, that he
will strike an honorable blow--that he will
tell the WHOLE truth-that he will gay, 'the
Register having spent his salary and commits
sion in Clerk hire and other expenses about
the Office, by doing TIVE TINES the business
which he was required TO do, during the first
SIX months Of the present year, commencing
July lst 1859 he has retrenched considera.
bly,, and is only doing about rwicx as muoh
business now as would be necessary to Sc.
cure bis salary and commission, provided he
had not earned il four months ago. Upon
such statement, which would be true,
would be willing to stand. The statements
which have made relative to the business
Of my office are also applicable to the Receiv-
er'S Office. This statement is made entirely
upon my own responsibility, and without
consulting the Receiver, who is competent to
defend himself, and may be influenced in his
official action by otheE motives than those
which influence myself: lam willing to take
the ground boldly and stand upon it, that
having earned my maximum commission for
whole years service, near THREE TINES
within the last six months, | am under no
legal or moral obligation to do any more
business during the present year.