Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-03-24
THE RING AGAIN.

In article Number ono Of the He.
raid four days after our city cleo.
ton, the editor made q persons. at
tack on me without cause, az We
had always been on the best Of
terms, l having been a patron and
subscriber, and purchased a fair
share Of his manufactured goods"
paying his own price for the same.
The reason he assigns is that he
wants to ''stir p-the animals" He
accuses me Of having valued John
Norton's goods at %, 900 and in his
next issue says Is, 900 without any
apology for his base falsehood. That
he sent broadcast amoag his 200
paid up subscribers" one half of
which will never see the reply. The
sditer places his campaign rooster
standing upon the decomposed re
mains Of "Plutarch" above the
obituary notice Of the alderman
from the Atm ward. While he uses
the equally appropriate illustration
Of stuft of hair encircled with seve.
raj disconnected joints Of ~"artesian
we'll tubing" to call the attention Of
his readers to the demise of the late
mayor and city assessor, which be-
ing interpreted, 9 that 1--WE
have two scalps dangling to u
editorial circingle."
/ never said that the Roller Mill
came under the head of . "beneso.
lent institution" but when asked
by one of the new ring why it was
not taxed higher, l replied that the
board Of review (who fixed the valued
perhaps considered it came under
the head of a benevolent institution.
l considered the slur of the editor
as a weak attempt to be witty and
replied accordingly. In explana.
ton / wish to rsy that 1t has been
the policy Of the board of aupervi-
sors to encourage any public enter
PRISE for the upbuilding of the
town and have always recommended
that they have fair treatment. Mr..
Kelly, why do you accuse me Of
malice" when in your statement
of your property in block Is you
say Mr.. Norton's property is only
assessed $425, when the books say
s525. Did you intend to publish a
fslsehood or we're you misled BY
some Of your pretended friends who
use yeu for = ''cats paw" to pull
their "chestnuts out Of the fire. and
use you al q willing tool to crafty
their malice. As | know that you
and ! have no personal quarrel, lfail
to understand by the article in the
Herald, whether the editor Intends
to say shat Mr.. Norton is guilty OF
making u false statement, or whet-
her the assessor was guilty Of favor
itelsm-if he means the latter can
assure him that Mr.. Norton OPP
posed me in the caucus the first two
years / uas elected assessor, and had
the manhood to tell me so, and
have no assurance from any source
that he has ever supported me for
that position. OF one thing | am
certsin-thst Mr.. Norton pays more
cash iuto the county treasury on
real and personal tax every year than
the whole Herald plant Is worth &C
cordins to the valuation Of the
editor.
| have an apology to offer to Mr..
Bartlett in regard to his valuation
like a gentleman and an honest
man, he told me the true value OF
his goods on hand, and although |
did not enter them on the list for
near the value named by HIM, |
promised him that after listing all
the goods on Main street, if his
proved to be higher than. other
stores Of about the same class, |
would have his reduced, but OH the
day the board acted on the personal
property Of the village | was called
away and failed to make good nv
promise, and | suggested the matter
to a member Of the County Board
to have n r~efunding order issued.
Now Mr. Kelly, You know ]
spoke about your legal blanks the
day | took the list Of your other
property, and You claimed you had
none worth listing-although ]
heard a month later that you said
they we're worth 1000 dollars. OF
course | did not insist as y plant Of
this kind would add to the ''pros.
perity of the town." and if | read
pnblic sentimen. Alright, your pros
perity depends more on your look
ing after your large pay roll than in
your efforts to defsme and blacken
the character Of the pioneers and
Founders Of our beautiful town.
W. q. TURNER.
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