The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-02-15
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:,The amount WAS not Swelled enough.
&Ta.ro!l said that as long rs 1t was done
"a quiet the people there would be no
sarm in it. On May - we had the
auditor charged with 5000 memo hea 8
ST $40. We changed the date to June
..r,s put them in again at $50. Inc
:.s;.a date we changed an order for 2O(D
: 60. 81, envelopes ut IS to 5000 No. 6l4
, t.c volopes at 800. We made five over
tie two as YOU can see on the job book.
p. Iris was also at CAROLS suggestion
.Wbat was done with the amended
at first Carroll wanted me to swear
It. but then be pinned it to the original
Oh"
Mr. Palmer admitted that the S::>S9.9O
which the Optic received for the court
calendars was not so much for the actual
value of the calendar as to pay for the
Optics support of those commissioners.
That is the understanding between him
self and those commissioners at that
time, he says.
Heiner. of course, was the shining
.;-ht in the Optic, and what he SAID had
- 60 Palmer blames Heiner for all this
,.s0oted ork. He knew however that
she county was being robbed. but had
bis hands tied. He says he did not feel
right over the matter and would not 90
;. again il given an opportunity. balmer
stated that had he had the money. he
,-ould have gladly reimbursed Ward
county.
g. d Colcord. Geo. W. Wilson and
Alex Scarlet. the latter being the ives
l. 4 .y,I I.'nr.
.1arald testified regarding the worth OF
.,us.:.. Jobs which had been done by the
~:y.s..c and for which they had been paid
,.t.cce or four times what they were
forth. Wilson. Colco,d and Scarlet
--aC.l considered that the 100 court
Calendars which tie Optic printed and
COR which they were paid s'Sa.iD. was
g,9rth less than xlW
a. Y. Swanson testified to the usual
hammer of auditing and allowing bills.
Slack, the chairman always sat at the
head OF the table while at his right sat
saIc!iardson and at his left Carroll.
Swanson and TorbeISon. the head OF
t...e table where Black sat was referred
60 Is the "busineSS end Of the table.
= rule there WAS no open vote taken
o,t.t.!..s bills. and in many cases bills were
CEASED without his knowledge of their
existence.
kltho he had introduced two rcSo-
$utso.is, neither ere allowed to appear
~, the minutes OF the meeting.
swanson stated that he had asked the
ot::ev commissioners to itenze their
.,ils, but they refused to do so.
>.'ounty Commissioner Black was
sworn Throughout the entire exami,
.-a$;un. ne told story which held to-
5ether well. and toe state was unable to
taaSie him in any particular. He ad-
.-litted to having signed the warrant for
So :o- D. A. Dinnie in payment for
discount or a warrant that had been
g;t-ar him by the county for contract
w3-k He said that he did not know at
tt,e time that he was going contrary to
taw. He told Of the grade contract with
fay w Wilson. south of Stanley. Black
sa,i IL had measu red the grade and
found il 10 be well done. He had re-
gufsted that the auditor make out a
va. raat before the bill had been allowed
is' Wilson said he needed the money,
Si0-.. &. pay off his men. Black dis
cnaiual any knowledge of the existence
Of th- famous contract until Friday
.con last. He said that he did not have
Any knowledge of the fact that the
CSCtc had charged excessively for the
oour. calendars. While Blacks ex-
plantations were not entirely satisfactory
he did rot contradict himself.
IN Winemans cross examination.
t3lack states that when he signed the
Optic :, Dill, he noticed the amount, but
did no. take the trouble to examine the
stems. This Of course according to his
own timony shows that he was guilty
OF gross careiessness. He testified that
i5wss customary for him to only glance
,t.he amounts, but not to consider the
items. A queer way to look after the
interests of the tax payers. Black said
saat.Ele had sold D. A. Dinnie horse
fcr 500 and that he had bought ma
tariaI for his elegant new residence from
Cianie. He stated that he had author
lied the famous Minneapolis trip taken
81 Carroll and Richardson and when
sLair bills were presented he had glanced
az them in the usual way and did not
scyutenize them closely. Richardson
pill for s7D1.45 was produced.
IL had charged for % days service 92
sad ise cents mile for 1911 miles or
s7a.7s, four days on the Board s16, two
daSs' committee work s8, and 13S miles
trayeling to and from the meeting $500
&fa did not forget to include an item OF
5rcants for telephone message from
Eowbeils to Minot. The county hadn't
given him enough withoutsthat item.
Elack swore that he thought that it
ives not an unusual amount OF mileage
fUt a commissioner to charge. lie
auproyea tho bill with full knowledge
OF che Facts concerning it.