Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-07-04
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VIM Bissell. Phillipsburg, Kansas;
Der Sir:-Last summer we made a
ninber of cuts for l.. D, Bingham.
AMONG then. was one or your farm and
as we don't know Mr. Bingham's ad-
dress and thinking you may know what
paper these cuts we're going IN we write
vou. and you will Obige US very much
by sending Us name of paper. We are
Yours Truly,
PHoTo Eng. Co.
New York, June 25th, 1885.
J. F Morse. ESQ, PhillipsbUrg, Kan.
Dear Sir-Yours of goth inst. at hand
and would say that our agent in Chi
ca0O sent us an order from L. ID. Bing-
ham TO make ABOUT 20 cuts of farms
etc =, in your section saying he would
paw for Them as soon as finished, but as
we cannot ascertain where he IS, and as
the work was done about a year ago we
wrote you to find out what the cuts
were for thinking We might sell them
at a reduced price to- the paper or the
individual who they were made for.
We received q letter some time ago
from L. D. B. saying that the crops
were bad Your way and that was the
reason he could not get the money to
paw for the cuts, as we would not deliV
er up our work until we get our money
money from him, but it seems from
your letter that he collected the
before hand but cannot understand why
we should have got an order to make
cuts if he didn't intend to publish book.
The cuts we made in your place are as
follows:
View of farm. of j. F. Morse.
View of farm Of VIM. Bisseu.
View of Court House.
View of farm John Hannenkratt.
View of farm A. Z. Laphan, M d.
But most of cuts were for KirwiR and
Logan, towns in your county we sup
pose. We charged Bingham for them
by the quantity SO each, and so we are
out some $500 or 5000 on this jOb, so
can sympathiZe with you in your loss
and wish we could find some one to
take them off our hands. We are
Yours Respectfully,
PHOIO Eng. Co.
In May, 1884, the man referred to in
the above letters, L. D, Bingham, ac-
companied by his satellites worked"
this county ''tor al there was in it, -
that is, they succeeded in getting from
s., 900 to 81 300 in cash, with which to
pay for cuts and advertising in hand
book of the county, which the said
Bingham was TO hay e published and de-
liVered in Jnly following. Summer
ripened into fall, fall dropped shiYaring
into the lap of winter, winter melted
into spring, and spring merged into that
halcyOn season ''when the roses come
again" But all those diversified sea-
sons brought no Phillips county hand
book. Bingham has been wri ten to
by several parties at different times,
but has always put them off with some
dilatory plea. It seems by the above
letter to J. F. Morse, that he also put
the Photo Engraving Co., off with the
Ii e, that, on account Of poor crops, he
could not collect his money from this
county. 1t also seems by the above
facts that the said Bingham & Co., are
not only swindlers and thieves, but
liars as well. The people Of this county
are not the only ones sWindled. The
Photo Engraving Co., of New York,
and the publishers we understand, also
are sufferers. while if we are correctly
informed, Osborne, Smith, and MITCH
ell counties have been likewise victim
lied. Would it not be well for all the
swindled parties in these different
counties to form themselves into a
society for the purpose of having these
rasoals arrested and brought to justice
Some steps should be taken in the mat
ter at once, We trust that the press
will copy so much of the above as will
warn the people of the state against
those sw indling knaves.