Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1908-10-29

To the Voters Of Emmons County:
The county auditors expense state
ment for the year ending June 30,
1907, shows the cost Of running the
county superintendent's office to be
1890 for the year, while the cost Of
running the county treasurer's office
or the county auditors office VAS
but 81, 600.
You will see by this that 1t 10 fig
ured that the cost Of the superintend-
ent's office is $500 more than either Of
those offices. This extra expense
comes from hiring deputy. Mr.. Tax
payer, ace you going ito vote your
share of $3.50 out Of your pocket at the
coming election?
l believe sincerely that the county
superintendent's Office does not need
deputy. have pledged myself not
to put the county to the expense uf .
deputy, II elected. True, there are
times when there Is an abundance Of
work In this otfice. But, should l
ever need help in that Office, 1t shall
not be 1t the county's expense, but Ut
my own, according to my pledge, and
then l shall not import help from a.
other state.
The argument as to keeping the Of
fee open while visiting schools and
thereby needing deputy Is uncon.
vincing. BY having Saturday and
Monday for office days, people having
business can transact It then. The
taxpayers want to do business with
the superintendent and not with the
deputy, who does not need even to
hold certificate to obtain the job.
l have had . good deal OF insight
into the the workings Of superin-
tendent's office, and fail to see but
what all the correspondence of each
week can be attenned to easily In one
day. With system, oil Of the work Of
the county superintendent can be
easily accomplished by one person.
AS to visiting the schools, am con-
tident that I can visit every school in
Emmons county In two months time,
giving sufficient lime to each school
to get clear insight into the work
being done. The public knows that
not more than half the schools are in
session at any one time Of the year.
Where, then is the need Of deputy?
The deputy is not required to know
matters pertaining to school ques-
tions. 1t therefore takes more time
to instruct deputy into the
work Of the office than to do the
work yourself. believe in seeing the
people myself, and in keeping In touch
with what is going on In the different
school districts. lido not believe that
. deputy should be allowed TO deal
with the important school Affairs of
the county. That is the superintend-
ent's business.
l resigned my position as principal
Of tie Linton high school to run for
the office, at the urgent request Of q
majority Of the school officers Of the
county, Is 1t appeared that the pres
ent incumbent, being y married wo.
man, would no longer wish to retain
the office. l received the nomination
on the republican ticket ct the pri-
maries. Some time ago the lady de-
cided to make the run for the ONCE
again by sticker. leave it to the vo-
lers to decide whether or not IL Is
right TO support candidate who did
not make the run at the primary cleo
tion.
My opponent has cast reflections ur-
on my competency to run the Office.
/ am high-school graduate and
normal graduate, and have had
enough extra work to study y year At
home and then 90 to the university OF
any state and graduate. Ihave taught
In all grades from the first to the
twelfth. During the year l9O6-l9O7
taught In Mayville state normal
school.
! leave to you to judge Is to my COM
potency. The fact that l have been
placed upon the program Of the State
Educational Assosia tion, upon which
not more than one or two In five hum
dred are placed, will show you what
various educators Of the state think Of
me as y school man.
Mrs. Peterson says that the reason
she came out for the office is that the
teachers Of the county urged her to
l have direct proof that the petition
for her to run WAS drawn up in her
own rooms by q man who Is Y
resident of the state Of Indiana, and
who had no Interests In North Dakota
Whatever. He WAS merely teaching Z
short term OF school up in the Gayton
district during his summer vacation,
and is no longer 10 the state. but u
back In Indiana. Prof. Smith was
thus forced out OF running for the
office.
There are schools In Emmons county