Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1893-02-03
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To the EditOr of GRIGGS COURIER:
Will YOU kindly inform the readers
of the Courier what you mean by say
Ing in your issue of the 18th inst. that
s'tllere has been too much unnecessary
waste in supplies" and "paying out
money for useless supplies or new
tangled inventiens." As we are not
aware that the old board of commis-
sieners allowed any bills that could
come under any of the above heads, we
are unable to understand to what you
-allude. You are casting a reflection,
not only on us, but also on the old
boaa d of commissioners, conveying to
your readers the impression that we, as
officers, have been reckless by extrava-
rance and that the cid board has failed
70 restrain lis.
PETER z. NELSON, County Judge.
RoLLEF BERG, Register Of Deeds.
OSCAR D. PURINToN, Register of
Deeds.
n. A. IvERsoN, Deputy Treasurer.
FnITHIoF GREENLAND, Sheriff.
THEODORE F. KERR, County Supt.
and Coroner.
WILL II. CARLETON, OK States Atty
II. AREsrAD, Auditor.
Cooperstown, N. D., Jan. Both, 1893.
Tie obnoxious article:
The COURIER is pleased to notice
that our board of county commits
sioners are starting up business on
the line Of retrenchment. This is
Just what is needed and our board
Is taking step that will meet with
the approval Of the taxpayers.
Taxes in Griggs county are already
pretty high-in fact too high, and
It is about time that economy was
practiced in the administration of
our county affairs. There is NO
sense in paying out any money and
increasing taxation for useless sup
plies or new-fangled inventions fer
county officials, but the board
should allow everything that is need
full in the county offices for the care
full and prompt dispatch of public
business. There has been too much
unnecessary waste in supplies in the
past and it is time the taxpayers got
q rest. As we stated before, the
board, at its last meeting, put its Of
fetal foot down hard on useless ex-
penditures, and have started cut the
new year on the right line. Let
them keep it up and we shall see
quite lessening of expenses at the
end of the year. The board is O. K.
Tie COURIER did not intend to
cast any reflection upon any individ-
ual officer, nor does the editorial in
question. If our county officers see
it that way, they must either have
read it through smoked glass or else
the shoe pinches, and if it does pinch
they will have to wear it anyhow, as
we have no retraction to make. We
simply reiterate our previous opinion
that there has Leen a reckless expen-
diture in the past, and the csuntyoffic-
ers can lily afford to take up the role
Of injured innocence because the tax
payers are aware of the fact as we'll
as the COURIER. Just a few articles
We will mention in answer to the ag-
Rrieyed officers. We think it was a
waste of money when the courthouse
was flooded with lot Of lithograph
letter heads at So per thousand, when
the COURIER offered to provide the
same at 81, at the same time those
were ordered, We had h csntract to
print this class Of work. There is
quite pile of these letter heads left
yet, that are incorrect, inasmuch as
they have printed thereon the wrong
names Of the county sficers. We
can furnish letter heads, plenty good
enough, for IS per M. Under the
circumstances it looks as though
somebody had received rake-off.
Extravagant prices have been paid
snside parties for stationery, when
itcsuldsbe got cheaper right here.
We allnde to bIstting paper, scratch