Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-11-01
The Truth About the Journal

The Truth About the Journal
The Devils Lake Journal the management Of it's
editor and publisher Bloom for the past two
seen Of the fact that it the outside
far political prestige concerned pose reformer
We advisedy because there is nothing the
Of it's stockholders it's editor publisher would
suggest honest The loudest it's
cries of "stop the thief"
Possessing all the elements Of successful finished
CRATER and public service the editor the Journal
through and personal spite has fit attack
vianous and INSCRIPTIONS all those who through
political belief public policy have been his opponents at
Journal have been especially bitter and acrimonious They
have contained articles which believe ibeous
stainly at least, rank fasehoods
Curiosity than desire to inure the Journal has
prompted go through the county files bills
for payment to the board of county commissioners and this
lis what found:
# July 1908 we find that the man then coroner gave
the Journal ah order for dozen coroners verdcs
and he put in bill for forty dozen, enough
in the ordinary of events last about fifty For
this the vrtuous Journal presented bill for printing Of
$3100 This bill by the county commissioners to
1870, and Mr. Bloom took the $42O.
On January 49, 1909 the Journal given order
two thousand verified and for this work
bill amounting to $2075 By actual count only 935 of
these verified delivered to the county, Mr.
Blooms bill cut to $1O3s and he accepted the $1035
October s. 19O9 the Journal without any authority
from the county officials stole copy Of the Auditors and
Treasurer annual from the Devils Lake nterOcean
published presented therefor
1880 This bill dsallowed by County
the ground that the publication made
without any authority authorization.
On January 1910 the Journal presented bill for print
ing and publishing in the of $12135, which allow
ed at $47.S5
On January Is, 1910 the Journal presented bill for
$1227 The County Commissioners after looking the
facts allowed this bill $5377 Talk about your reform
April 5, 1870 the, Journal presented bill print
ing and publishing amounting to $s547 This bill al
lowed $780, and the Journal took the money and said
nothing
May s. 191o this same radical Journal present
ed bill for printing and publishing amounting to $15525
This bill allowed at reform Honesty
in the Public service
July s. 1870 this self vruous Journal presented
bill in the of $16692 This bill allowed a
s1537s.
On August 49, 1910, Journal which by this was
getting used to having its bills cut in half presented bill
for publishing and printing amounting to $122S. The
commissioners concluded that $5375 would be about right
and accordingly allowed the bill at that figure.
December 1870 the Journal presented bill for pub
fishing Certificates Nomination in the amount of $120S
This attempt at graft outrageous that the tax
payers living in different parts of the county noticed it and
up the echoes Of which yet died
After attempting to budoze the Board of County Com
by threatening suit the Journal concluded
to accept for such publishing the of $685.
There has been in the history of the county such
harant attempt to extract from the county treasury the
Lake Journal through the medium of this bill
Dear Reader don't think that the mantle of reform
sits well the shoulders Of the editor of the Devils Lake
Journal? Do you think he is honest in his present critic
ism of the county officials do think that his articles
the whine Of the CRATER separated from his graft?
November 16, 1870 the Devils Lake Journal presented
bill for printing and publishing in the of $685. This
bill allowed at $4272, and the Journal evidently
glad the for they have sued for the bal
On December TO- 1909 the Devils Lake Journal presented
bill for $3.50 which absolutely disallowed
On April g. 1909 the Devils Lake Journal awarded
contract for furnishing certain portion Of the
supplies The contract amounted the of $11150
This contract did include bound books and the list
of supplies awarded the Journal could have been furnished
by reputable publishing house for about half the
amount which paid the Journal This deal
neered for the Journal by of it's Democratic Commits
friends The journal received pay for this contract
and the county still has than eight hundred tax
ceps coming which furnished by the Journal
In 1908 the Journal furnished the election supplies On
the day before they to be handed to the sheriff the