Las Vegas times. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1906, 1905-09-09

who come into the dlstriet and are
there during the month Of May. OF
course. the census marshal shcnid
take all the law SLOWS. but no more.
II they move away after. the census
will stand. Yours truly.
oRyEs RING
To De Lemar School Trustees:
This is a true copy OF the letter. I
have sent the notice you sent me to
the state ofSicers, and have asked
them 10 submit 1t to the attorney
general. I have also stated the facts
fully to him, hence. look for an
opinion from them. as they are rs
deeply interested as We are. There
was a fun board OF school trustees at
Las Vegas at the time those census
were taken. and the Law as It now
stands. makes them the sole supervis-
ors Of the taking OF the census The
marshal has to report to them. and
they pass upon his or her work. There
Is no doubt but what the people were
there at the time the census were TAX
en-. AS 1t has been reported to me.
they were sworn. and they testified
that they were residing. or residents
OF the district, and 1t was their inten-
Ition TO remain there. that their chill
|dren would attend school at its next
term. There is no question but what
the trustees can support this report
with that kind of testimony Condi-
tons have changed. the hot weather
came, the people left with their fam
|ilies--many will return; because they
have vested interests there.
The stuffed census In De Lamar
few years ago was different There
and then. the people were not there.
They had left, intending never to re-
turn, and the census marshal knew 1t.
yet he swore 20 the afldavit. knowing
at the time he was taking false oath
And. notwithstanding that. under the
advice of the district attorney. the sn-
marshars report. aad went back q
year later. just because there were 244
children that year. and only 100 ac-
cording to the marshal's report; but,
in fact, under the order Of the supreme
court, we had the census retaken, and
there was Just 96. That was an abso-
lutte fraud on It's face, and the parties
must have known It at the time. all
the facts In that case tends to show
that they knew they we're acting
fraudulently. This Is different. In
this case the people were there. and
they swore to the marshal that IT was
their intention TO remain with their
families.
To Mr. Richard Gorden. County com~
missioner:
BY the way. Mr. Roder our county
assessor. has returned from Las We .
gas Mr.. ]. A. Nesbitt says he has
assessed about s50,o0e worth Of prop
erty there. II he has assessed that
property as he has Bambergers at
De Lamar. 1t is safe to say there was
100000 worth OF property there
which he had overlooked. The true
fact is then, by reason of the district
attorneys strict attention to county
AFFAIRS. he has caused our assessor TO
place In our county treasury si.5oo
more money than would have been
In. had ne winked at It as district at
torneys usually do In such cases, He
should be congratulated. instead OF
criminally libeled as he is,gby those
gentlemen.
see those gentlemen are publish.
ing some tasty articles about me.
have hit them hard somewhere.
have other things In store which wfll
make them sqairm Won't they adj
Ivertise me. They are doing some
good electioneering for me. | thank
them very much. Every one | meet
asks what have found out nov.
What Is making those kicksrs and
lgrafters kick 20 hard.
Yours very truly.
BENZ. SANDERS