Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1913-01-30

POINTER pAiEk VI me OOCNI
The Record is entered al Linton fostomce
as second-ciass matter
The minutes of the first January
meeting of the commissioners are
publisbed in this week s issue OF the
Record as prepared by Couhy Aud
itor John Snyder and approved by
Chairman X. M. Volk of the COM
missioners. 1t has been generally
known for long time past that any
person who did not bear the proper
brand under his coat-tails was likely
to be afforded little consideration
at the hands Of the majority OF that
board or their clerk. The Record
has happened 70 be one OF those not
bearing sand brand. The mix-up
some months ago over the printing
of the combined report of the audit
or and treasurer was a result. Inc
county auditor, pretending to be
favorlnp the Record because of its
admittedly more general circulation
throughout the various parts of the
county, was pleased to explain to US
that Naramore had slipped one
over on him in ordering the work
done in the Ilazelton paper. and
ordered the same printed in the Rec
ord. also. AT the meeting OF the
board. the matter was brought to
the attention OF that august body in
the presence of the writer At that
time we heard Commissioner Nc
Conville state that the HaZelton pa
per did not circulate generally his
district and that if his people were
to know what was going I'm Oftlclal
circles it must be printed in the
Record as we'll. Volk had stated
practically the same thing. Brant
was absent. Imagine the surprise
of the writer when finding in the
officil minutes Of the board no men,
ton of the stand thus taken by
those commissioners but instead, q
passage to the effect that The coun-
ty treasurer had been unanimously
upheld i'm his designation of the Ha-
zelton Republican as the official
organ in which to print such state
ment. and the disallowing of the
Records bill for the same claim Tor
work ordered by the county auditor.
The best proof of the Records
claim that the work was ordered by
the auditor lies i'm the fact that, at
ter some sharp words between Mr.
Snyder and the senior member OF
the Record firm, the auditor wrote
q personal check to cover the
amount. Instead of putting the
matter fairly before the people in
the minutes of the meeting, his &C.
tion was to get a letter from each
of the commissioners except Brant,
to the effect that he had properly
quoted the commissioners in his rec.
ord. OF course he did as far as he
went Nevertheless, he had left the
matter in such a form as to be mis-
leading to the public.
Now comes a case which shows uL
still further the auditor desire not
to give all persons a fair deal in his
reporting of the commissioners ac-
tions. During the past quarter the
Record has printed for the county
the election ballots used at the re.
cent general election, the tax list
and the usual legal and job work.
The price for printing tax list is set
by law and the basis for the Records
figures on charges for ballots are
token from the prices paid by Kid
der county less express which the
county was saved. The other work
is mostly covered by law and totals
closely with that done by the other
two county papers. The printing
of election ballots amounted to
Sl5S.50. tax list Sl9l AS and the other
work S3S0.22. The Hazelton Re-
publican was paid Ss6S. n and the
Braddock News S33339. IL. In order
that the public would understand
just what the Record was getting
paid for and not give them the i'm
preston that we were charging
twice as much as the other papers
statements for the different classes
III work were rendered in separate
bills. with the character of work
done. For instance. one bill as il
was allowed by the commissioners
read To ID. X. Streeter 4 Son, fol
printing election ballots. $l58. So
Another read TO y. II. Streeter &
Son. for printing tax-list. $l9l AS.
The third, To u. H. Streeter & Son
for printing and publishing
$3.50. % Z These were the claims
allowed by the commissioners and
these are the claims which should
have appeared in the minutes. But
they don't. Instead, the auditor
has covered all claims simply by call
ing them bills for printing and pub
fishing How he has any right Il
change the wording of bill al
lowed by the commissioners, we fai
to see. They allowed bills for Ger