Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1888-03-22

atulliuB DiluScS CS.Sos anu uS all, StttS
II, $3.50 looking bridge sites.' l find
that was called March 81, 'S7 to look
after Jacob Rees of 1856, put In my bill
for 80 and got it April Z, l also looked
after bridges on Turkey Ridge creek
and got my pay April Z, S7. May l3
and IA, trip to Centreville to examine
bridges, also examining location, April
Is, for bridge near Stoddard's and
De Vriez', 3 days per diem 50, mileage
to Centreville and location of bridges
$3.50, mileage to Stoddard's 81, (Which
is too cheap. should be at least Sl.7O),
total $3.50. You was correct Gran
ger(?) BY the way, think if serve
this year I'll make full charges, and
think if the county board publishes an
explanation to everything and the
why's and wherefores, the official papers
in the course OF a couple of years can
build Il young railroad from Sioux Falls
to Yankton, and Granger(?) would
then have some reason to kick. Gran
ger( p says, 81 wonder why out of
list Of II names l have before me of
parties whose assessment was stricken
from the tax list of which no record
appears In the proceedings of the
county commissioners for 1887; 5 of
them. taxes on personal property, Ssnd
IL of them taxes on real estate and
with only 3 or exceptions (mind right
here he says with the names before him
he cannot tell how many, whether it is
3, or 4, or more; is this wllful igno-
rance?), no reason is assigned for strik-
ing these from the list, and the books
show entries opposite, stricken OUT
and no reason given, in other cases
merely long mark drawn through
the name." Now the explanation of
this is. those names crossed off and
no entry, were entered upon the
books by the assessor by mistake
and simply crossed off, and you
will probably find these names
entered in the right place, for
instance if j. X. Gamble has been
entered among the "B's" and crossed off
you no doubt will find it where it
belongs among the "G's;" at least this
is the explanation of one of Mr. Espie's
best deputies, and one who helped him
do some of the booking. Andrew
Peterson only owned 2 eighty acre
tracts-w. q S. W. a sec. and W. 4
II. W. d sec. II 97-54-and was crossed
off at my request, she being widow
woman with 4 small children and no
means Of support except the rent of
about 30 acres of plowing and what she
can earn.
You say, "you believe that the coun-
ty board is required to publish all such
moves as this at the time it was done
and the reason for doing So" admit
that if the tax payers want it all ex-
planned out that they pay for it and are
entitled to it; but can you find law
compelling or even authorizing the
county board to pay for an unnecessary
outlay of this kind? it you can just
quote it for the benefit of the rest of us
grangers in 1854.
You wanted to know "why, if the
county board done all their work In
days, they charged for E, on January
last?" Because the law gave 1T to us
The law says the board shall meet on
the first Monday of January; then the
law says again that no business shall
be transacted on legal holiday. Mon
day, January 2. 1888, was set apart tol
IA legal holiday, and we met and ad
| journed, to fulfill the law. You ask
how dispose of the S2,50O road poll
Every boy of ten years of age knows
or ought to know, that that belongs tt
the several road districts, and canno
belong to any of the county funds, no
can it be used for other than road dis
trcts to which 1t belongs.
| You ask what the county has to SHOW
for all this money expended. Among
the long list of county property w
have 10 combination bridges that rep
resent about $4,000, Is wooden trus
bridges S4,5O0, to say nothing of tn
many small bridges from to IL fee
wide that the county has paid for, an,
the miles of graded road that have bee
paid for out of the county fund, count
safes, records and documents, etc, ett
Then, granger(!) p. comes your count
officials that you have been instrl
mental in electing (and believe yo
claim the honor of having helped elec
myself, your humble servant), then W
have the record of those officers wh
served from term to term during all Q
the years since our beautiful count
was organized. o! yes; among tn
rest we have the fond recollection G
those too numerous bridges that wer
put up at a big expense to our count
only to 1all down before they were on
year old, and that never-to-be-forgotte
county courthouse that cost as SOM
where between $500 and $1,000. Ye
we have a $4,000 bonded indebtedness
| now to show. That put a stop to ia
payers being obliged to sell their count
warrants for 80 and s. cents on til
dollar, and brought those same wa
rants up to par,-and money in tt
treasury-and many other things tc
? numerous to mention, some good an
: some bad of course.
) And, now, Granger(g 9S-54(D, if
> have omitted anything you wanted
know or ever should want to kno,
| just mention it and I'll try and accon
!, modate you. have no doubt yo
!. would have been glad if had kept sti
: and let you and Jenny abuse me. :
5 then, like the little bantam, you cou
r say: You knew you deserved it all
1 But upon the whole, 1 am glad TIL
l you have discussed this matter, for
1 think that the tax payers have game
/. some light. 1t is very probable that
: "should never have displayed such {