Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-11-01
ANOTHER LIE MAILED

EDITOR R-DEMocRAT, and
the voters of Cavalier County: In the
course of my canvass for Auditor in
the county, find that my opponent,
Mr.. Gjevre has made many false and
misleading statements. Many of these
are so false and absurd upon their face
that l do not consider they merit any
denial, but there is one in regard to the
new sectional map of Cavalier county:
to which feel called upon at this time
to emphatically deny and brand as a
falsehood manufactured out of whole
cloth. Mr.. Gjevre endeavors to show
the voters of this county that l have
robbed them in the sum of two humid
red dollars, that being the amount ap-
propriated by the board of county COM
missioners last winter for the purpose
of procuring sectional map Of this
county as provided by law.
Sec. 594 Political Code compiled stat
utes provides that the Board of county
commissioners must procure Il sec
tional map of the county. Mr.. Gjevre
may be ignorant of this fact and for his
benefit and the benefit of those whom
he may have misled in this matter, I
will quote the entire section, which
reads as follows:
"Said Board is authorized to procure
for their county a copy of the field
notes, as soon as practicable, of the
original survey of their county, by the
United States, and cause map Of the
county to be constructed therefrom on
scale Of not less than one inch to mile,
and laid off in congressional townships
and sections, to be kept open in the
Office Of the county clerk and the field
notes to be deposited in the same
office"
Mr.. Gjevre may not be aware of the
fact, (but he has certainly taken no
pains to learn the truth) that l have
not now nor ever had any proprietary
interest in this map, except copy
right interest to secure me from loss
for money advanced to Mr.. H. G.. Stor-
lie to carry on the work. Mr.. Storlie,
a practical surveyor, appeared before
the board of county commissioners at
the time this matter was before them
and made them the proposition that in
the event of the Board appropriating
the sum of 5000, he would take up the
work and complete the map, reserving
the copyright aud the privilege of SELL
ing as many of the printed copies as he
could secure subscribers therefor. 1t
might be we'll to state here that this
map took up eleven months of MI.
Storlie's time, and cost, completed,
$l543.00, the engraving and Autograph
ing alone costing $4,000. 1t will not
be out Of place eltherto state here that
the board of commissioners of Penn.
bina county, appropriated the sum of
$4,000, for the use of Mr.. Quinn to
procure for them a like map of that
county. Mr.. McGuinn .reserving the
same rights as those accorded Mr..
Storlie.
1t will thus be readily seen that in
stead of robbing the county, the board
Of county commissioners and Mr.. Stor-
lie saved $500 to the county, inasmuch
as the Board was compelled to procure
the map, and it is conceded by all who
have examined both maps that the
technical work of Mr.. Storlie is much
more accurate and the workmanship
much superior to that of the Pembina
county map.
I believe that this statement of the
facts is all that is necessary to effectu-
ally nail the lie put in circulation by
Mr.. Gjevre, as its truth or falsity may
be easily verified by calling upon any
one of the county board, or by looking
up the records of this Office. In con-
clusion 1 wish to thank the friends
who first called my attention to these
palpable untruths that I might have a
chance to deny them publicly, and will
take this opportunity to remind them
that any man who will stoop so low as
to maliciously attempt to injure. po-
litical opponent by a system of false
hood and Misrepresentation is neither
safe nor fit person to be the servant
of an intelligent people. Any man
who will 60 that far will not hesitate to
go further if the occasion require.
H. D. ALERT.
For Register Of Deeds.