Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1912-03-07

ton Land Company upon the payment
Of SS,92l. which was sb0u, 6a per
cent of the amount due the county,
or q total loss to the county of about
50 800. Roynton Immediately made
the payment of that amount to the
county treasurer
Now, at this time. the taxes for
the YEAR 1901 were standing against
all of that land so bought by Boyn-
ton. and, without any authority of
law, or any authority from the com
missioners, or right of any kind,
Auditor Herolz and the then treasur-
Ell turned over to the tax-list and
marked the taxes of 1901 Paid ip
Full ON all of the land bought hy
the Hackney -Boynton Land Com
pany, without ever receiving into
the county treasusury any money
whatever. And the taXes on this
and, amounting TO about 5000, have
neven been paid, the officers above
named having simply marked the
taxes paid without receiving one
cent Bciseker. who bought at the
same time and paid everything that
was due the county had to pay i'm ad-
ldition to his bid the taxes for 1901
shall have occasion to refer to this
| later ON.
Now, lleroIz drafted and sent the
|'leed to the Hackney Boynton Land
| Company on the Dist day of Novem-
her, 1901 (I shall refer TO this date
agalnl, and i'm the same envelope
sent an application to purchase a
quarter-section Of land, and also in
closed letter to the company, men
tioning the inclosure of the deed, but
not making any mention Of the APP
plicatlon that was inclosed. have
a copy of that letter before me, also
MIR. Herolz's sworn admission of
these facts. On Nov. 25th the Hack
-Boynton Land Company acknowl-
edged receipt of the letter and the
| deed inclosed, but did not mention
the lnclosure of the application.
This is significant, as you will sec
later on. On Dec. 9th the Hack.
ney- -Boynton Land Company, by ITS
secretary. wrote a letter to Mr.
fierolz, for the first time mentioning
the application, and, as the letter is
very interesting and self-explana
tory. will set out a copy of the
same in full:
Dec. q, 1901.
Mr.. q. A Heroz, Linton, N. ID.
Dear Sir: We are now prepared
to answer your favor of the 2lst re
garding application of Herman Her
lolz, covering S. w. of Section IL
1921, Emmons county, for which he
|offers So. II = per acre. or tota
consideration of 100000. The price
ON this land is $500 per acre, or {
total consideration of Sl.l2O.OO
Herein you are getting a cut Of
S62O.OO. We realize that you have
sbeen very liberal with us. and We
appreciate what you have done, and
wishing to merit your good will ir
the future and your assistance ir
matters that may come up at any
time, we have decided to accept the
application if your brother will pay
taxes for 1901. Please advise
promptly and contract will be
Issued Yours truly,
Hackney Boynton Land Company
Per Joseph NJ Hackney, Sec.
| The above letter was found storec
lin the vaults of the Hackney Boyn
1 ton Land Company in st. Paul. anG
in the private letter-impression-booL
used by the company at that date
and later read to Mr. Herolz from
1.-The said book, who. while under
| oath, during a lawsuit i'm Bismarck
/ admitted that he had received
the letter. In the same book and or
4 the following page was also found I
copy of letter addressed TO coun,
! ty official at that time, which reac
as follows, except the address. which
is withheld for good reasons:
I Dear Sir. We hand you herewith
cashier check for SlQO 90. Please
accept our thanks for kindness
| shown and services rendered.
Yours truly.
Hackney Boynton Land Company
/ Per Joseph M. Hackney, Sec.
Referring to the Herolz letter
i will say that, while the letter is very
clear as to its meaning, yet ] desire
TO make all the lnuendoes plain t.
the honest farmer tax payer who Is
not accustomed to read between the
i lines Every line and every sentence
/ of this letter mas a meaning all its
own You will notice that it is ad-
4 dressed to Iierolz Individually. moi
as auditor They We're careful that
! no deputy or clerk should open that
letter.
"We are now prepared to answe,
/ your favor Of the 2lst" has an ex
4 planation that this offer was below
the list price that the writer Of the
letter, Joseph NJ Hackney, was
authorizd to sell at, and that he hac
I to wait for authority from the boarc
of directors of his company, who
met in December, before he could
close the sale.
Herein you are getting cut Of
ScD0 QfiD hog a vpoapipp that iS cip.