The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-03-31
ANANIAS
He s Working Overtime on City
Affairs Just Now

Some of the opponents of May
or Bouck, and the present city
government are industriously
circulating ialshoods of the mos
extravagant and unwarrantec
character in efforts to prejudic,
and deceive the voters of the city
Ii there has been fraud, graft OF
official wrong doing of any kind
no one is more deeply interested
in roofing it out and in making
an example of the guilty. ones
than are the heavy tax payers OF
the city, whose money is being
expended, and who have to foot
the bills for foolish or dishonest
expenditures. If there has been
wrong doing by the mayor or city
council the people should know
1t and the fact should be blazoned
out. There cannot be too much
publicity. The very fact that
the opponents of the mayor and
the city council have not dared
to come out in the open and
make any charge of corruption
is good evidence that there is
none. But while not making
open charges some of these peo-
pie have been secretly and quiet
ly circulating falsehoods of the
most extravagant character in
attempts to make individuals
believe that the members of the
city government have been gull
ty of wrong doing in connection
with the extensive business
matters in which the city has
been engaged. One of these
stories is that the contract for
sinking the well was let to a
brother-in law or cousin of the
mayor, and that bids for sinking
the well for about half the price
for which it was awarded were
rejected. The Righteousness
of this story is SO plainly evident
that 1t should not need denial,
but there were voters who were
led to believe it. The truth is
the man who received the con
tract for boring the we'll was a
total stranger to the mayor and
every member of the city coun
cil--the only excuse for this re
latlonship story being the fac
that the mayor had the good for
tune number of years ago tC
marry a lady whose maiden name
was Mccarthy, but who was NJ
relative or even accquain tan ce
of the Mccarthy who sank the
city well. The story as circu
lated also stated that Morley &
Sty miest, the local we'll diggers
would have sunk the we'll for
half the contract price, but were
not given a chance This story
was being SO industriously cir.
culated that it was found neces-
sary to secure the following stat
ment from Messrs. Morley and
Stymiest, TO expose the false
hood:
Milbank, S. D. March, 81, 1905.
10 whom it may concern:
The report which we are informed,
is being circulated that the undersi ign
ed would have dug the city we'll for
$4,000 is untrue. We had notice of
the letting of the contract but made no
bid for the work and never fixed any
price for which we would have been
willing to do the same.
MORLEY & STYMIEsT
When the council deter mined
chat deep we'll had to be sunk
to secure the necessary water
for city purposes, they went at
the matter in d business like way
to secure a contract, advertising
for bids in the Improvement
Bulletin of Minneapolis and in
both of the local papers. Notice
was also sent to all the we'll con-
tractors in South Dakota and
Minnesota. With this advertis.
ing three sealed bids were re-
ceived, accompanied by the re-
quired 500 certified check
they were from Swany Swanson,
of Minneapolis, F. J. Peacock,
Of Wilmot, and J. F. Mccarthy,
iof Minneapolis. The Mccarthy
Did was S. per foot, the Swanson
bid 80, and the Peacock bid
IS per foot, but all of the bidders
refused to guarantee the we'll.
One of these bids had to be &C.
cepted or the work DELAYED
another year as water had to be
secured before the sewer work
could be com mmenced. The Nc
Carthy bid being m uch thelowest,
and the firm being a reliable one,
they were given the contract, no
money being paid until the well
was tested. The Mccarthy firm
rendered a bill for 81, 529. so and
the bill was allowed by the coun.