Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-03-18

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have help, unless he made S0nefata Mr.
outsidesof bis 90 per month, Is
Now Is an abstrscter q bsneflt orr
damage TO the county, &c people
myself have found in the records,
be but one answer to that question. I
thought they owned farms In this
they did not own them at all. i have
notified them Of the mistakes, and
they have had new deeds made and
now the records show that they own
the land. These were mistakes made
In, the deeds before theywerer recorded
There are hundreds or cases on the
books where men have mortgaged and.
decided other peoples land from the
beginning OF the county. This Ii done
by mistakes In the description Of the
land, in the deeds or mortgages, but
they don't do it now, because / 70 over
every instrument carefully before t Is,
recorded, andif there are any mistakes.
the parties interested are notified.
and have a chance to reotify their mis-
takes before the instruments are.
recorded. Il is very aggravating for a
person to find that some one else has
mortgaged or decided his land, and
still more aggravating for d man who
has loaned money on land, and who
supposes he has q mortgage on 1t, to-
lind that he has no mortgage on the
land, and that the mortgage ison some
other land. Right here J. want to give
the people Of this county aSlittle good
advice, that will not cost them any
thing, but 1t Is liable to cost them 1
good deal II they do not heed It. The
advice is, when you want q deed,
mortgage or contract made or any
thing OF that kindSdone 70 to q person
who knows how TODD 1t, who will not
get the wrong land into it, and who
will write it so It can be read.
Nov, ] have said my say, and all the
newspapers can fire away at me all
they please: i am not afraid Of the
truth, and lies do not hurt much. II.
they did / should have been done up
long ago. TIC. SAUNDERS.
Our friend Mr.. Saunders is greatly
mistaken in one thing. He sees no
reason why people should take any
interest in q private deal as
he terms it, between himself and
Mr.. LaRue. That is where he
is in error. If Mr.. LaRue; by taking
advantage Of the official position to.
which he has been elected by the
people OF Ramsey county, compells Mr..
Saunders to pay him $50 every year
that is a matter In which all the people
are interested. 1t is not a private
matter in any sense Of the word. MI.
LaRue has virtually admitted that he
has done this very thing. Mr..
Saunders does not deny that he paid
the money. Was Mr.. LaRue elected
to attend to the duties of the registers
office, or was he eleoted for the pur-
pose of putting him in a position where
he could e~xtricate from the pocket of
another county official the sum Of $50
o.JVAs VI 0nNuUoIS VOLUNTARILY
give Mr.. LaRue $3.50 a year out Of his
meagre earnings, OF is he forced to
pay it. Is this blackmail. or open
robbery, or charity, OF what
is it. II LaRne forces Nj.
Saunders to give up his hard
earned money, could he also force him
to say that he was asatisfed' and
happy and that it was nobody,s bust
ness. Did he dictate this communica.
ton. II LaRue is permitted to aholds
up Mr.. Saunders In this manner how
long will it be before he is using his
official position, given him BY the
people of Ramsey county, to ahold up"
others who have business relations
with the registers office. What right
has LaRue to that $50 a year which
Mr.. Saunders is paying him. Is it q
part Of the fees Of his office or is it a
private perquisite. II the former it
should be turned into the county
treasury, to help reduce the taxes
which the farmers and business men
are paying. If the latter, does the law
contemplate that any county official
shall have private snaps of this
character.