Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-11
STILL D0DGING.

In attempting to square Itself and
the county attorney for engaging in
the very small trick of trying to deprive
others of what is justly due them, the
Cresset publishes the law under which
the recent county land foreclosures
were brought. So much the worse is
the publication of the law for them.
They admit that the law itself says
that the sheriff's sales shall be publish.
ed In the official paper, and, that being
true, it is reasonable to believe that
the intent of the law, if there were not
other provisions elsewhere in the stat
ute books, (which there are), is that
the publication summons should be
made IN the same paper.
But we do not rely on this alone for
claiming what belongs to us. The law
requires that the commissioners shall
designate the official paper. The duty
of that paper is to do ALL the county
printing. That means ali the printing
that the commissioners cause to have
done. If the county attorneys and the
Cresset's contention were correct we
could only print and be paid for print
ing such matter as is specifically pro-
vided by statute shall be published in
the official paper" This would de.
prive us of probably half of the print
ing. The clerk has as much right to
withhold road notices and county ex-
penditures and other notices coming
from his Office as the county attorney
has to take these publication notices
from US. And the county attorney has
gone so far as to say to us personally
that the commissioners contract with
us is worthless-that the county Off
GERS may take all their printing to
the Cresset if they SO choose and We
cannot help ourselves. Of course this
construction Of the law is unreasonable,
but it is a fair sample of what the In
dex has had to contend against for
years.
They haye another flimsy excuse that
won't go. They claim now that they
would be more apt to reach the parties
against whom suit is brought by pub
fishing in the Cresset. That is auoth-
er falsehood. The notices are just as
apt to reach the parties when they are
published IN the Index. They know
that it is the practice of publishers to
forward copies to parties when request
ed to do so, and we will cheerfully send
marked copies to any of these parties If
the county attorney requests 1t and fur
nishes addresses. But even if that were
true, we would still be entitled to this
work. All the qualifications that are
required of paper to print legal no.
tees are that it must be of general cir
culation in the county and must have
been published one year previous to
the time the notice was inserted.
These qualifications the Index has. and
nobody knows it better than OTIS Lor-
ton and Sam Griffin.
We reiterate again that these publ.
cation notices are strictly county print.
ing. No matter if this land is redeem
ed and the parties sued pay the costs.
it is still county printing. Parties who
redeem land sold for delinquent taxes.
always pay the costs but the tax list is
county printing all the same.
Perhaps we owe an apology to our
readers tor consuming so much space
over this hold-up, but our patience is
exhausted. This is the kind of compe.
tition we have been up against for a
long time. We have had to face all
kinds OF law suits, threats, bluffs and
steals for no other reason than that we
advocate honesty, economy and compe.
tence In pubic affairs, and In self pro.
lection we have at last decided that II
is necessary to contend with our full
strength for the dollars and cents that
belong to us aud our families. We be-
lieve that we and ours have as much
right to live, for season at least. on
this earth as others.