Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-09-13

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PAID ADVERTISEMENT
(This advertisement, amounting to
$7.45 per issue, is authorized and paid
for by Frank Armstrong, Little Falls,
MIMI
TO the Voters and Taxpayers Of Nor
rison County.
Nv opponent, Frank x. Heroux, IS
going through the county and making
Statements that my expense account
for the month of May, 1912, was excess
sive, and misrepresenting by implica-
ton that such monthly expense IS an
average of the expense Of my office,
which is untrue and known to him to
be untrue. On the 18th of May, l9l2,
murder was committed in Rail Prai'
RE town in this county which is fresh
in the minds of the voters, and the to-.
lowing is a literal copy of my bill
which was approved by the county at
torney and duly audited and allowed by
the county commissioners, and Walcn
includes all my expenses incurred IN
connection with said murder together
with livery hire which was used by the
county attorney and coroner along Win
myself in running down and ferretlng
out the perpetrater Of one OF the foul
est murders ever committed in the
county.
May IA, to telephone service in
attempting to apprehend An
ton Schiter, wanted for MUIR
der committed in said county.$ 4.o5
Nav Is, to telephone service and
telegraph service from Pine
River in attempting to arrest ~
said murderer ........... 300
May Is, to telephone from Cros-
by in above matter ........ 10
May Is, to telephone from Deer
wood in above matter l.2o
May Is, to telephone at Ironton
in above matter .......... 1.2o
May II, to hotel fare at Brain
erd for self and aid ....... LOU
May ii, to bed and breakfast at
Pine River for self and aid >. $50
May IA, to railroad fare for self
and aid from Pequot to Pine
River .......'... Nv
May IS, to railroad fare from
Pine River to Brainerd for self
and aid in above matter go. 1.S2
May Is, to hotel fare for self
and aids .................. l.5O
May IS, to expenses of aids in
going from Brainerd and re-
turn in above matter ...... 200
May IS, to railroad fare from
Brainerd to Deerwood for self
and aids .. .............. l.26
May Is, to supper at Deerwood
for self and aids ...- 100
May Is, to livery hire in above
matter from Deerwood to Iron
ton, Crosby and Guyana and
return ........... lU.OU
May IS, to railroad fare for self
and aids from Deerwood to
Little Falls in above matter 5.64
May II, to breakfast for self
and 2 aids at Staples. ..... 100
May II, to buss fare from depot
to county Jail for self, prison
or and aid :. ............ rs
May Is, to money paid F. j.
Prosser as sheriff aid in
above matter =. .......... 10. 10
May 10, IA and Is. to auto livery
in above matter paid to Oliver
Bastien as per attached vouch-
er .......... 4V.VV
May Is, to money paid to S aids
at Ironton III attempting to
run down and capture said
murderer IL. 81
May IA and Is, to money paid
to Mack Rail as aid to sheriff
in arresting above prisoner 2
days and 20 miles ....... 700
May 10, to livery from Little
Falls to Platte, Pierz and
Buchanan collecting delin-
Quent taxes :. .......... 800
May Is and 10, to hotel at Pierz
and feed for team ........ $50
May 20, to livery to Belle Prai-
RE serving criminal subpoen-
aes re State V. Grenier 49,. 200
May 80, dinner at Lincoln and
horse feed, collecting delin-
quent taxes .. ............ 10
May so, to supper at Randall
and horse feed ............ so
May %, to railroad fare from.
Little Fails to Tcyalton PC.
supper at Royalton 35c and
railroad fare return 22c 80. 20
May IA, to livery from Ft. Rip
ley to Rail Prairie and return
in attempting to apprehend
said murderer ............ 500
May II, to postage for public
, business ................ l.To
Total ................. 1882. II
May 13, II and Is, to money to
sheriff's aid in attempting to
apprehend said murderer 3
days at So per day, 5000 and
24O miles at Sc per mile $12:
paid to Luther Snow at Rail
Prairie where the murder was
,committed) 49,. ........... 21.00
:. Grand total .$153 II
I am wiling to leave it to the tax
payers and voters whether have done
my duty and whether my expenses
were exorbitant I did not get one
cent of fees or profit to myself, but
paid all Of said charges in cash out Of
my own pocket and had to wait for
over month to have it repaid. Every
month of my expenses is on file and can
be seen in the county auditors office
and can be seen by any taxpayer Of
Morrienn oountv Nv livery hire in