Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-02-18

Tlynn's Reply TO Jake.
COUNTY TREAsuRER's OFFICE !

ton Of collecting delinquent taxes and
perhaps satisfied a few that | have no
| option as to my duties, ! have come to
&c. Jake" the Folsom malcontert.
The LambkinS are bleating, ba! ba! ba!
Taxpayers cntreatin@, hd! ha, ha'
And family the p~laintiye piping Of Jake,
Is heard far OF IN the Guinbo brake.
For during your stay in our fertile county,
The National debt might be paid from your
bounty:
Your enormous tax is eleven round dollars,
And yet poor Jake KICKS, fumes ald hoiloWs.
Jake's communication Of pith and
moment as he terms it, is eloquent to
the end Of time, soft and pithy without
one fibre 10 hold its delicate parts to-
gether; not one iota of truth Is en-
bodied within its folds, in fact a discern
ing eve fails to discover the remote3t
attempt at veracity. His introduction,
assertions, and recommendations to the
public might lay and rot IN the cess-pool
| of oblivion, unanswered by me, had he
not made me a personal target for his
blank cartridges, ia his presumptive
efforts to define my duty. BY all means
divide the county, and if that object
cannot be reached at once, why not
create some new office for Jake. he has
Dttl toIltlIlUIllN tlo Nph, Vlsi
ANYTHING in the county and gift OF the
people. in fact a chronic office seeker
and defeated candidate, foot-sore and
weary, exhausted and emariated in
grasping for that which is beyond his
reach and comprehension, viz: Il county
office.
When the devil was sick, the deyil a saint
would he.
But when the devil got wen again, the devil a
saint was 1t.
How beautiful the above lines on his
Satanic Majesty portray the symptoms
of Jake's disease. Breathes there a man
with soul so dead, who would conceal
| his manhood and wear petticoats rather
than pay poll taxes? answer yes, that
man is Jake. Man born Of woman, has
but a short time to live, Therefore pay
your poll-taxes and If a surplus is leIt
after fixing your roads, and educating
your offspring. it Will be recorded To
your credit in those sacred pages above,
and pave the way over the rough passes
of Jordan. Jake will think the Squaw
creek road Il Nicholson pavement com
pared with the chequered life he has
yet to endure before making his exit
fl ON this world.
Jake holds it the duty ofthe treasurer
to call in person, or by letter notliy tax
payers Of the amount of taxes, when de-
linquent &c. The statutes fully refute
that absurd opinion. The trcasnrer's
place is ut his office, and no notice l.
necessary. The county autocrat Dem.
ocrat Of the e~Xchequer Will extend any
courtesy within bis power to taxpayers
will descend from his exalted pede.ta
and courteously welcome all taxpayers
but will swoop down like a bird Of prey
and make delinquents step up ald pay
n is not necessary for any taxpayer ii
Ibis county to travel to my office for tn
purpose ofpaying taxes. | have answer
oil over three hundred inquiries regard
ing taxes, and the amounts due durin.
the past two months. Send in you
taxes, your receipt will be sent you, am
if you doubt my honesty rs to tn
amount, write TO the county clerk wh'
holds the original tax list. Again tn
execution of law is not confined t
Flynn, hut FLYNN is positively c%onfne,
to the execution Of the law. The law /
uniform, and Flynn in undrcss uniform
"a sworn to comply with It's require
ments. am not allowed TO Judge b
the equity thereof; therefore | hay
donned my fatigue Jacket, and vii
continue foraging and finding delil
quents. | will not spend further time i
, currying my Jack" and will enter int
a more important subject TO taxpayer
f and perhaps explain more wildly tn
sitna, ion, and after reading the averdg
r mind may know the cause Of high take
{ and finally determine the true way
reduce them is by collection. A larg
t levy does not help the county if unco
lected a smaller levy if collected wi
: produce better results. The presel
delinquent taxes of Custer count
amounts as follows:
:, Delinquent taxes for 1856 and prior therto
: including 1883 III
Delinq't taxes for 1857, personal ,"sl9.0l5
: realty 1902
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