The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-12-18
Assessor Fox Moves.


county. James Fox. county assessor,
| is here to ask Attorney General IL,
! NJ. Kelly to take a hand Mr.. Kelly
is confined to his home today by ILL.,
ness and Mr. Fox will consult hiln
| tomorrow.
Fox was thrown out of the Vallps
county court house by the board ct
county commissioners and wants to
get back. The board gave AS a reaso,
the congested conditions prevailing
| there. Fox refused to vacate. l'iat-
board directed the sheriff to move
he assessors records and he did SO
Fox cIams the quarters i'm the Dig
nan block are entirely jnadequatp.
and points out the county records are.
now jeopardized inasmucIl as there is
no vault in which to store them.
Fox is a progressive and so are tie
county commissioners, but they are-
at outs more bitterly than If they hs,-
longed to different political parties.
No member. of the present Valley
county board was elected last fall.
Those who We're. resigned. and judge
Utter appointed others to succeed
them. Some of these appointees rr-
signed, the last resignation comi1se
| December 2, when Commissioner
/ Mclntire resigned Bert llalre of
Glasgow, WAS appointed tn succeed
him, and he. with Harry hutter of
/ Hinsdale and James Atwood of Sira-
ter, comprise the board at present.
he day following Eau2e' x appoint
ment. the board met and adopted "a
motion eNre||ng Fox from he court
house. According to his story, the
animus OF the board WAS aroused
when he permitted the Johnson 4Ah-
stract company of Glasgow, to uS-
his oIlicp when he himself WAS not
working, while making abstracts Of
the records for the newly created
county of Sheridan. Other Valley
county officers allowed the same co,n-
pany to nse their Offices also Accord
ing to FOX, but he WAS the only on-
singled out by the board
i Five board was further illsnired to-
take the actibn il did, according t.
i Fox. because of trouble he had with
j. W. Dale. clerk and recorder OF
I Valley county, and likewise n pro-
4 gressive.
Fox says he entered his office one
day to find DaIe's clerks occupyng.
it. They told him Dale had sent
them in. One day Fox. who had
some confidential business to transact
threw hem ont. Dale reproaci,ed
him for it later. and Fox chided Dale
for "pnssy-footing' it to the board to
first obtain permission to use
the assessors quarters, instead o,
first coming to Fox with the request.
Another time Dale ordered Fox from
his office and Fox invited Dale to-
step outside and settle ii man to man.
Fox accuses the county board OF
being fnrtive and nnderlanded. The
order for hm to move WAS made he
cember ), but lie WAS not served with
amy notice OF it, and only learned OF
1t through the columns Of a Glasgow
paper, December 5th. The following
day lhey had him on the carpet ant3
told him TO beat it. lie refused tc,
comply, SO December $, Il deputy
sheriff, acting under Instructions of
Live board, removed all the records of
!! the assessor $ office to quarters fitted
up i'm the Djgnan building.
Fox says the board is after h'n.
and hat his expulsion from the court
house, where he has been serving the
people of Valley county ten years as
assessor. is only the first step in the
effort Of the present board to force
him to resign.
He announces he is going to FIGHT.
and light hard at every turn,-lleleus
Record.
Now he has to make the fight alone
AS the attorney general has refused
to lend him amy aid. II Fox had the
interests Of the tax payers as much
at heart rs he would have them be
lieve he would abide by the decisions
OF the county commissioners whom
have the entire county back Of thpns
in the il actions. II the good people
Of Glasgow can endure this o!liciou9
gentleman until fail the people OF
Malta will help to rid the county
offices of this individual.