Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1914-04-03
COUNTY

venom down the street had another
eruption, and belched forth another
lot of rot relative to the extravaganza
of our board of county commissioners.
The Article was so warped and mis-
leading that any person who knows
anything about the facts would not
think Of believing it. The editor Of
the democratic daily' is peeved. He
is not only peeved, but he is warped,
he is biased, he is unfair. He could
not be- fair if he wanted to, as by
being fair he could not create the false
impression that he Is seeking to Gre
ate. He is not trying to help any
body or anything pertaining to the ex-
penses or the taxation of the county,
but his aim is to try and put our
board Of county commissioners and
county officials, who do not "toady'
to him, in u bad light. Then he
starts out in his article by saying ga
prominent Devils Lake citizen" But
why not mention the name of this
prominent citizen, so the people may
know who is doing the kicking; or
why does not "Mr. Prominent Citi-
zen" write his own ideas over his own
name, so the people may know who
he is; or is ga prominent citizen"
only a myth SO far as the democratic
daily' is concerned, and the term
used simply for effect or to misleadF
Now, any taxpayer knows that the
board of county commissioners simply
deabs with county matters, and have
nothing to say relative to school taxes
and taxes in villages and cities for
civic and other improvements. An in
vcstigation will show that the heavy
tax in the city Of Devils Lake is not
caused by the county levy, but by
our city schools and the running of the
city and the various improvements
that arc being made, and if there is
any fault to find about high takes,
put the blame where it belongs and
not try to shoulder it off onto the
board of county commissioners. Go to
the school board or the city commits
s%ioncrs and do your kicking. We dc
not wish to convey by this that our
city commissioners or our school board
are running things extraEagantly, as
We believe that they are doing the
very best for the city, but we do know
that we must have good schools, we
must have city improvements, and ne
city Of this size can be run on wind
and tho consequences are that i'll or
der TO maintain the good schools {
are maintaining and to run our city il
good shpae and make the necessary
improvements, which are bound t.
come in any good city the size Of
!. Devils Lake, it costs money, and thi:
. is the reason Tor our high taxes il
this and other cities Of this size. Ii
: the first place the "daily" howl:
:, about the salaries of the various de
putie>. but any fair minded MAJ
knows that the deputy county officer:
III this county are receiving only ;
reasonable salary, and q salary that ut
man with q family could live respect
ably for any les in Il city Ike Devil
Lake. AMI besides this &c most com
petent Kind ot heap has u Le en.p.uy
ed. The highest salary paid an,
deputy county official in this count,
is 500 per month. The man in charg,
ct The Journal is working severa
printers and knows something of wag
Is III this city. The cheapest skate
of a printer that he has from the from
end Of his Office to the back door h
pays at least $50 per month for
hours 4 day, and from that up to $ll'
per month, and yet he wants our coun
II officials to put in from 5 to !:
hours a day for less than he is payin!
bis printers. As a matter of Fact tn
average wages VI ltii'Hi2 |'
Is ahont 500 pei month, and yet tn
+4ofurmcr G.! on the "daiIy" want
our comfy commissioners to look fo
cheaper help, when the highest pal
d deputy at at the present time in tn
d county is only drawing 500 per mont
n lie is not honest in his assertion BIT
ii simply trying to create further d.:
q turbance. He is trying to imprcS
i The taxpayers with the fact THAT he
! the only "simon-pure'' and that if
r could get his nose into the trough
o would stop this great ''gra1t," bt
''Tr lit u .cll the taxpayers something
Ramsey county has been having goo
printing done, and having it tone jn'
rs cheap as is consistent with fal
and square dealing, and to show jul
u how much this printing is costing Il
to taxpayers Of the county W. have loo.