New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-08-10
PUTTING HIS. FOOT In 70 II.
Or. Stricken makes a Bold Bluff with
Fifty Ina ginary Dollars TO Back it.
He says the Review Lied But Mr.. Fried
man Calls him to time
He also Professed Ignorance Of the Lot
Question and yet Signed Deeds Dis
Dosing of them.
Toget her with Mr. silverson he Paws Con-
siderable Unnecessary attention to
man Named Johnson.

| the school board session. Everybody
expected something and yet nobody.
knew just what was coming. The great
| secret for which there had been such a
bitter struggle was about to be- unfold
| ed.
Clerk Koch paved the way for the in
| PRODUCTION of the new dispensation by
refusing to sell any more lots until the
board had made different arrangements
and then Mr.. Silverson introduced a re-
solution which was seconded by Mr..
Stricken providing that hereafter all lots
should be sold by the board and that a
revised list of those owned by the board
should, be prepared. The resolution was
supported by its proposer in beautiful
and self-denying attacks at the REVIEW,
all intended to impress upon the editor
who was present, his unreliability and
faculties for falsifying and misrepresen-
tation. He was told that never until
| the REVIEW was issued had there been
any talk about lots by those accused of
| doing so. He was also informed that
his statement to the effect that Fried
mann had been opposed was a lie and
that twenty five dollars would be given
to anyone who would prove that Silver
son had ever said q word against Nh.
friedman. DR.. Stricken, with the robes
Of dignity and self-assumed truthfulness
wrapped about him, also said that the
REVIEW had lied and offered to double
the reward if proofs were furnished.
How stately and peculiarly confident he
looked at that moment; statue-like and
supremely unapproachable; a power
that was intended to work for righteous
ness the .stortoise Truth that beats the
| rabbit Lie" And yet when confronted
with an open charge of attacking Mr..
Friedman how quick it all did vanish
| The picture of awe and gloom did fade
away like thinnest vapor.
Koch, friedman, Burg and Scherer
all took a hand in showing up the utter
innecessity Of so much excitement over a
little matter. They had no objection to
allowing the board to sell the lots if any
member preferred it, but they couldn't
see why SO much fault should be found
Just now as long as both Mr.. Silverson
and Stricken had served on the board
for some length of time without ever
raising objections to the methods in
vogue. To the listener it looked as if
the reformers were anxious to cloth them
selves in cloak of business virtue mere
" for.effect.
~
After Mr. Silverson had relieved him
self of his ideas on the lot question, Mr..
Stricken also had an explanation to Of
fer. He stated that a third party had
come to Nh. Sjlverson and asked him
| what there was to this lot business that
i there must be so much commotion and
! he received the answer that he did not
know. Silyerson then went to Stricken
/ and inquired of him for information, but
4 that individual also denied any know
ledge Of the whole matter, saying that
he didn't know where the lots were or
what they were. When it was suggest
. ed that Stricken was clerk pro TEN. dur
ing Koch's absence in Germany, and
{ might have sold some of the lots, he
very quickly denied this also and stated
that he never sold any lots. SO much
for his side of the case. Now for the
facts.
Under standing resolution of the
1 board, no lots can be sold without the
/ SIGNATURE of the clerk attached to the
i deeds. Whoever therefore signs his name
s to a deed as clerk Of the Board of Edu-
4 cation assists in selling the transferred
property, and yet DR.. Stricken says thai
he "never did anything Of the kind'' not
| withstanding his name is attached, along
with that of F. Burg as president ano
clerk pro tenn, to at least twelve deeds
six of which are on record in the offic,
Of the register Of deeds. And since the.
have threatened to publish the names 0
the purchasers in case the Review shout,
bring this information, we will save then
the trouble and at least give a list 0
) those already recorded. On August got
t for instance they sold one to JOS. Eek
] stein, and on September 5th Of last yea
J they made out deeds to Sophia Epple
) VIM. Pfaender. Alfred Mueller, VIM
q Bischof and Carl Schroech. Now j
there is anything wrong in this matter Q
i 40 ~, - now +boro woe at tho FIR,