Warren sheaf., 1890-09-25
A Worthless Document
THAT is WHAT THE ARGYLE
aSoNTRACI, WITH THE ST.
PAUL TRUST co. rs,

THE COUNTY is NOT TApARTYT(
TiI + CONTRACT. AND CAN
NOT COMPEL IT'S
ENFORCEMENT.
ll' lS a BLIND lO DECEIVE THE
TAXPAYERS. VOTERS
BEW4AREl
ile'e has been considerable in0ni
ny throughout the county regarding
The 5000 claimed to have been de
posted by Argyle for the building 3
a court house in ease the connt,
seat is changed, and some have still
the idea that there is 5000 in cash
deposited with County Treasure,
Holm Tor such purpose. Now it il
q net that there is not now, nor has
thereeyerbeen onecentof cash money
deposited with Mr. Holm. True, at
The beginning OF this campaign. when
u was necessary for Argyle TO hit up.
on some scheme to'induce people to
sign their petition, they PIT into i'll The
hands OF Mr.. Holm a drfsaiftsof Mr.
Mele,aard's on a st. Paul bank paya.
Die t!o.the county board upon certain
conditions. This draft may or may
not have been good, and doubtless
1T was issued with an understanding
with the st. Paul bank that it need
not be paid. No certificate OF deposit
WAS EVER ISSUED to Mr.. Holm for
this draft. But it had a purpose to
serve. When it was delivered to Mr..
Holm q receipt was taken for the
same, and this receipt the Argylites
made use OF when circulating their
petition to make people believe that
they had $4,000 in actual cash de-
posted with the County Treasurer,
when they didn't have a cent cash
there Many people signed that Pc
tition fully believing that the Argyle
people had gone downinto their own
pockets, and actually raised that
amountof money. What will these
voters say when they learn that Ar
gyie has practised trickery and de-
celt upon them to catch their sigma
lures and their votes, and that there
has never beena cent cash deposited
with the County Treasurer. AS soon
as this draft had servedit it's purpose,
namely to catch signers to the Ar
gyle petition, it was taken away
from Mr.. Holm, and where is it now?
What has become OF it? Who took
it? Is itpossible that Melgaard has
taken it back?
Next the Argylites claim that they
have $4,000 deposited in a bank in
st. Paul. This deposit is said to have
been made by the Farmers & Mer-
chants bank at Argyle, and the GER
tliicate OF deposit issued therefore
transferred to the st. Paul Trust Co
The contract between the Farmers 4
Merchants bank and the Trust com
pany was published in the Banner
Tor Aug. 9TH, and it does not REQUIRE
much OF a lawyer to see that the
county has no guarantee whatever
that this money will be paid. The
county is not a party to the con
tract and can not compel it's enforce
1nent. Ii Smith agrees with Jones
to pay Brown a certain sum OF money
at some future time, it is plain that
brown can not force the payment,
and Smith and Jones may at any
time annul their contract. Neither
can the county force Argyle or the
Trust Company to pay one cent 81
$4,000. The contract is simply an
agreement between the Argyle bank
ana sald company, and they may al
any time declare said contract void.
They may even if they choose divide
the $4,000 between themselves. in
case that money is there, and the
county would not have a word to
say. The contract is not worth the
paper on which it's written.
After SO many changes and differ:
ent tactics with their boasted SIS, ,OOC
lt.must be self evident to every nn.
preludieed voter. that Argyle is dc.
ludingg the people OF this county.
Argyle Posten" is the name 81, 4
little campaign sheet which has made
it's appearance in Argyle, published
IN the Norwegianlanguage. Though
ithas neither editor nor publisher Il
isunderstood that a certain banker
in the place oI it's birth .is { the .heae
n fJffnsc,