Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-03-19
Somewhat Personal.
Green Prairie, March i 7 1886

soiIs Sat PERSONAL. .
Green Prairie, March 4 /, 1886.
Editor Of the Transcript: 8
Permit me to reply to anartic1e pub-
iished in the Little Falls Sun Of the.
1lth inst, signed observer st tho
Polls" Now Twill proceed to STATE 4
few Of the reasons why NE want a
change in town officers In our town. r
will commence by stating that F.. D.
Hall was our town treasurer three
years ago, and when Mr.. J. Denny
succeeded him in Office F. D. Hall was
a defaalter>in the sum Of $12l.9O, and
bad nothing to pay it, with, but said
that if he was elected town assessor he
would turn over the money received
by him for his services as assessor to
help pay the amount he owed the
town. He was elected on those condi-
tons, and the town received S4O.81.
Since then no part Of the balance has
been paid, and he stands a defaulter
IN the sum Of SSl.09, but has been
holding the Office Of town clerk for the
past year, and now comes boldly for
ward and loudly states that If the town
clerks book shows that he, F. D. Hall,
owes the town of Green Prairie one
dollar he will pay it. This is one of
she reasons why we Want a change in
town clerk. Now in regard to our town
treasurer, will 90 ON TO state a few
facts in Lis case, and will commence
by stating that A. K. Hall is. our town
treasurer and school treasurer also,
and has held the office of school treas
urer for the past eight years. Last fall
when Mr.. j. Denny called for an ex-
animation of our school affairs, there
was great excitement, and A. K.
Hall had the school house closed
against Mr.. Denny, who WAS holding
Sabbath school there, and called him
everything but gentleman for inte r.
fering with his business. Well, the
result of the examination was a very
bad state of our school affairs. We
find district No. II charged with things
never received. Among other things.
500 for improving the grounds, which
was false, for there WAS nothing Of the
kind ever performed. Then we find a
great part of our school money raid
out for sundries-these are things
which we are not supposed to under
stand-but we all know one thing, that
we paid s. very heavy school tax and
never have han more than three or
four months of school per year, and
all know that $50 is too much for the
district to ray for q broom and water
pail. Rutsuch are the facts, and ifanv
one doubts what say, letthem call at
J. Taylor's Office in Little Falls. Now
what we want is more school and less
sundries at the above figures. It can
plainly be seen that the Office Of school
treasurer Of district No. 10 is worth
more than one key Of beer, for that
was the amount paid by A. X. Hall to
be elected, The public will ask Why
elect such q man to the Office Of school
treasurer? For the simple reason
that not one out Of ten Of the people
here knew Of tho school meeting until
IT was over,>the tine of the annual
school meeting being changed, and A.
X. Hall got & few Of the beer drinkers
together and pro missed them a kec of
beer if they elected him school treas
ureI which promise he fulfilled, for
the next day he got the beer and GOT
his crowd together in the evening and
made the night hideous with their
bowls.
Let me say a few words about our
town-election. In the first place T. D.
Hall'and a.. K, Hall were not elected
by the votes Of the old settlers of
Green Prairie, but by the new corners
who did not know weo they were sup
porting. Even their own brothers
Frank aud George, did not vote for
them; they said that they would not
vote for men who wunld fear ont leaves
from the town books and is: NJ, things
to suit themselves. As for touring
Martin Hall for constable on onr ticket
| think the office too good for him or
any father who will uphold his sons in
doing as they have done, for lt: sai! Il
few days before election that he would
rather pay IS more tax OIL his property
than to have f. ID. and 4. X. fall
loose their offices. WAS taught when
young to respect gray hair, and | am
sure that do, bat still think it = duty
that we owe to society to discriminate
between the heads that wear it. As
for our supervisors, let the public
draw their own conjectures, for thew
saw their intelligence displayed d. the
last term of court.
\ TAX PAYAn.