Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-07-28

A TERRITORY,
rels of Pork 1t four hundred and fifty
(45O) lbs per barrel. / respectfully cal
your attention to it, inprobability and
absurd,ty; ~ will sppesr from the fol-
lowing:
FIRST. Pork barrels DO not. and can
not be made to hold four hundrl and
nifty pounds Of pork, any more than q
beef steer would weigh 1000 pounds.
SECOND. Fifty seven (57) barrels Of
pork. would not be worth under my con-
tract more than $4,000. It is not reason
able to suppose that I would Offer to pay
onc-haIf of the value Of the pork to have
it passed, because had already furnished
the full amount of my contract, and could
not increase the quantity to fhdre than
had on hand,
THIRD. This pork was packed BY thu
firm of Martin s Myers, of B@eman,
Montana, and the barrels being Of irreg
u'ar Size, it was agreed that they should
receive pay for the quantity inspected
and received at the Agency. Conse.
quently had / offered to pay said Ball for
AN increase of weight, the amount so paid
would have been q total loss to me
in my settlement with said firm of Martin
s. Myers.
Neither has it been my understanding
that the action of an Inspecting Officer
was final as to the receipt Of supplies at
the Agency, provided such surplics COM
piled with the terms of the contract.
wish here to state that the pork de
livered at the Crow AGENCY, was packed
in my absence, and that had not ex-
amlned any portion Of 1t, up to the 10th
day of February last, and then only 10
company with Capt. Ball, when he made
The inspection. did not ask him to pass
the pork, but said to him that I would
nave it rebacked ard take out such por-
tions as did not comply with the terms OF
the contract.
well knew his ill;witl toward me and
that he took FREQUENT occasions to express
it. / was warned by different parties, al
different times that Ball intended to give
me trouble.
Knowing full well his intentions and
disposition towards me. 1t would have
been the height of folly for me to havt
made him specific Offer of money fol
nefa1ons purposes. even if bod hAea SC
disposed.
For reasons not necessary to state here
but well-known in Montana. this man
has been obnoxious to me, and 1 have sc
expressed myself on different occasions
hence his animosity towards me.
I stated before and after the 10th OF
February, that I did not care for Capt
Balls inspection. and that the agencies
were not entirely sabservient to the Mill
,aty Inspector.
] have heard of his threats before, tf
make me leave the Crow Agency, and te
break up thy business there. had also
sail that if my supplies complied withtht
contract the Government would pay mt
for them.
l further positively deny. that l said t.
Capt. Ball on the 9th day Of February, o.
at any other time. that there wefe abou
800. 600 pounds of -four to be deli 9ered OF
the Kiskadden contract, or that there wer'
$75, 900 of Crow money on hand. Sacl
were not the facts, and could haYe NJ
object in misrepsenting them. posi-
lively deny that I proposed to him tha
this amount, or portion of it should b
terrified to- or that I said any word
that could be construed to that effect.
| positively deny sEas At any time l sal
lor iptimated In Any way that the Agent
Dexter E. Clapp would conHlve st, or b
lprivy to any fraud or any false inspecs'o
of supplies.
I positively deny that I SAID to Cap
Bali that there were then ct the Agenc
2. .OOO SACKS of -four for inspection.
| I did have st that time about 2 600 sach
! Of flour for inspection, 12l7at the Agenc
LAID the rttnMnder in my warehouse
IBozemsn, l did not know the exa'
number that had been transported fro'
|EBbzetdan, q had not been present whe
lIany OF it was shipped. and h4d not settle
with the freighters; besides l could ha,
! no object In misstating the quantity.
:. The inspected -four ives in the san
tkwarehouse ss the uninspected, but q
eltirely seperato and ricked in tier by l
! self on one side, with no mixture wht
lever.
] f.ay here that sccotiing to tie q
counts OF the freigh.er, and of the Agen'
! lKeceiying Clerk. that Capt. Ball mi
lcounted 30 sacks. and deffauded me
THAT amount in his certificate Of inspt
ltion.
j. As for the heartfelt sppeal 6f this m
!, Bsil for the poor Indiana Subsistence.
would simply say that his statement
that respect is . myth OF his own mali
lous concoctiOn.
As regards the charge that fraud n
'' ATTEMPTED BY the means Of double sacki
flour, l would say that the contract
Eaour calls for double sacks that ell
flour made by me, l ordered the mills
double sack - provided BY contract; b
that the -four I purchased in the mark
ALREADY put mp had but . single sack, =
Il shipped them in thst Condition, for