The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-08-04
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Z WAS A FORGED CIRCULAR.
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3 OPPOSES HIM
Minot, N. D.. July -2s, 1910.
- the Editor of the Independent:
Now that the primary election h
over, and there being sufficient time
for investigation by the taxpayers
and voters, I have thought this an
'opportune time to expose the bastard
n attempt to deceive the voters of
this county made = few Days before
the last primary election. Many Of
your readers doubtless will recall !
certain printed circular headed:
ward County Tax League" to wkich
was appended the name of Ed. Kan
srud - secretary, that was circulated
tn4 many parts oe the county . tew
aavs before juno %. 1910. It b e
thb circular that I desire to say that
10 notorious Major" Murphy, Louis
~ Larson, county aauditor, John
Lynch, candidate tor clerk Of district
court, and William Murray, candidate
for county Judge, are presumably Te-
sponsible for the circulation OF this
false and forged circular among the
voters, at least it circulated In the in
terest Of these three candidates, and
It was deliberate and dast&rdly at
tempt by those circulating ct TO de-
ceive and mslead the taxpayers and
voters OF this county, and to induce
them to vote for and elevate into Of
ice this gang of Murphydtes, who
were repndiated by the voters in 1904.
This forged circular starts out with
! dslibsu u1tie tfalaehood by ayt!ng:
'aThis league was organized to call
your atteEtion to q few proven facts.
It was qusstly organized some weeks
90, an1 1urtther. s y fund alf $500 ~:
~ subsEibed by .dfty men paying
Q6.Oo eacA" y And Spes on 0nrtlert ITO
staks: IN executive ;comzn1 n1ttee was
appointed with instructious 10 make
: fall and fair Ainveaigaaon and
comparison, and ascertain. Il posi-
ble, the source of,leaks and the why's
and vherefpress In other words. why
the taxes are $50 high. ana what =
lie remedy. a predininary report
has been made by the eonmittee.
and the officers are authorized and
>, directed to send a list Of the hrst re-
port tthere Will be other reports from
time to times to every TAXPAYER in
Ward county"
Each and every statement Of the
above quoted portion of the circular
Is as false as the acoundrels wno con-
oedved. prepared and circulated It.
This purported report, Of the purport-
cd committee Of purported Tax
League. commends the present board
of county commissioners, Louis A..
Larson, county auditor, John Lynch,
. candidate for clerk of district court,
and William Murray, candidate for
county Judge. and condemns Knute T.
Hagen, the present clerk Of district
coust. and myself, ,as county Judge.
Bear in mind that Larson, Lynch and
Murray were Ill kicked out Of Office
- the voters, at the election in 1904,
ak the time when the control Of the
county was taken out of the hands
Of the boss boobies Major" Murphy.
who has since been convicted Of for
gerry, alleged to have been practised
BY him during the time when these
same candidates held county Offices.
This circular was dated June Is. 1910,
but for obvious reasons was not cir
culated until June "a and June Is,
and then In only remote parts OF the
county. The fact that such circular
had been sent out came to my atten.
ton on Saturday, June 15th. i'm
mediately took steps to. get poss-s-
sion Of one. and tslsphoned to Dom
nybrook and othef places, and finally
Obtained one on Sunday, June 2eth.
from . man coming from Carpdo. Up
on reading the circular. / knew Il was
false, for the reason that knew tnAt
th0 figures and statements made
aboat the once Of county judge were
untrue. and also knew that no one
had been in tho once Of the county
Judge examining Or inspecting the
records. kne9 Ed. Kamerud, whose
name was appended to the circular.
and knew that had he been at The 1
court house making an investigation,
would have known It. l believed |