Thomas County cat., 1889-08-22
y commissioners, the following bills

ty commissioners, the following bills
were allowed:
!. A. Kelley, blanks and stationery -. .sllleo
l. A. Kelley, 'Se desire to inform
our readers, m1ny of whom are not
aware OF his existence, is q pretended
republican who came to Colby little |
over q Year ago, and renting rooms
for printing Offices of Commissioner
Sen.er. $45.O0 of this work in this
bill at the time of its allowance was
unearned, the work not having been
completed nor delivered, and has not
yet been delivered. To get this bill
allowed, Kelley had to make oath that
it was due and unpaid. Question be-
ing raised to certain portions of the
bill, Mr.. Sen.er strenuously insisted
upon its allowance, saving that he
had seen the work in Kelley's office.
W. p. Sullivan. Co. supt., salary $4,000
postage e..........--...... 14.SS
Evidently our worthy county sup
erintendent is doing a large amount
Of letter writing and express business.
By the way, the statutes of the state
require bills of expense to be itemiz-
ed and the express and postage bill of
the county superintendent seems to be
very general. Another thing the stat
ute requires OF the county superinten-
dent is that he make regular report
and file same with the county clerk
before drawing his salary. The pres
ent officer has failed to do anything
of the kind, but then he is a partner
in the firm of Senter, Brant & Co.,
dealers in school furniture, supplies,
school bonds, ETC., and ought not to
be held strictly in such small matters
as statutory reports. But to return
to the bills allowed:
A. J. Senter, rent of rooms for Co. Supt..
this partner, w. p. Sullivan). $21.OO
This was rent for the office of Sen
ter, Brant & Co., and the offices of
the firm are in the building owned by
Commissioner Senter. Thus the great
economizer gets pay from the county
for his private Office, and right good
rent too.
SEVEN IN SIX.
In the April meeting of the board
of commissioners Senter charges the
county for four months Office rent.
Either the county is paying rent in
advance to Senter, or he is charging
the county for seven months rent
from January to July l. Probably
Kelley should show that Senter's |
April and July accounts sworn to as
due and owing him are in the interests
of economy.
J. E. Meglemre (the whole court house
used in the same time $455 for coal for
hve ofnces and the jaiD coal for county
Supt Observation-Disclosures. $s.40
Same used in Office of Senter, Brant
& Co., and thus Kelley's alleged econ
OmiZer warns his office at the cx-
pense of the county.
QUEER sENTER.
There are many queer things that
Senter has tried to engineer through
the board using his influence in every
possible instance to give himself, his
partners, his organ kelley and pets
a whack at the county funds. In a
special meeting in June he is found
making motion to employ his part
ner, Brant, as special counsel in GER ,
tain law suits 1t might be difficult
TO show any law empowering such en-
plOyment, as the county has an attOr-
ney on salary to attend to such mat !;
.ers, who don't draw any pay for Office
rent, but then it is economy for the
county to pay it's money into Senter,
Brant & Co., who do draw pay for Of $
ice rent
THE CATS BILL WHICH WAS NOT CUT. {
At the july meeting the economizer
undertook to urge the other commits q
,ioners to cut the county printing bill
If the Thomas County CAT, and thus q
Tiolate the contract entered into by
he county The editor of this paper t
vas given a hearing before the board,
md there stated that he had fulfilled c