The L'Anse sentinel., 1916-08-26
VOICE OF The PEOPLE
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eerm OF ONCE, because tue oilceo nave
,een combined, have been able to
harge less for recording than is
:harged in other counties. ! can prove
| am charging $1.25 for recording in
Atruments when registers in other
counties charge anywhere from $3.50
70 $l.75 for recording the same instru-
nent. And remember treat every
',ody alike in making my charges. And
,lso remember most registers (espec-
4 ally where one man holds the office
,lone) require all recording fees to be
oaid in advance. Have ! ever re-
luired anyone to pay their recording
'ees in advance? No. Will also ask if
ny deputy and myself have not always
Deen courteous to anyone who has ever
lad any business in my office?
As to the insinuation that put in bills
to the board of supervisors for stamps,
will state that ! have put in small
oil for u. S. revenue stamps which /
lad to use in the county's official bus
mess. AS to postage stamps, in pro-
portion to the work done and the mail,
egal notices, election supplies, etc.,
sent out of my office, / use less stamps
than any other county official. AS to
,lsing stamps for personal letters, many
people pay their recording fees in
stamps, and and my deputy use these
stamps and none other for our personal
letters.
He wants to know if as register of
leeds l do not draw down extra salary
or keeping lumber companies posted
IN different conveyances of real estate.
rhis is not true. / receive no extra
salaries from anyone, nor do | keep
,nyone posted on anything going on in
ny Office. He probably has reference
10 my making copies of instruments
recorded for a certain abstractor. /
Usually have to hire an extra girl to
make these copies, paying her S1.50
,,er day. 1t takes about three days
each month TO make these copies, for
which work l pay out $4.50 and receive
IN average of So per month, so after
rleducting what ! pay to have this work
lone, there isn't such a great profit in
this work for me. will say positive
iy the extra compensation derive from
this source does not average $500 per
month. Nevertheless this party tries
to make it appear l am getting hun
dreds of dollars year in extras.
He again refers to my deputy, ask
ing il unauthorized orders were not
irawn for his salary. Again say pos
itively No, No unauthorized orders
we're ever drawn or paid by me or any
one in my Office at any time, and the
records, vouchers and reports of the
expert accountant will prove this. If
that individual who signed "A Taxpay-
ar" had signed his name or had made
statement instead Of putting the
above in the form of an insinuating
question. l guarantee him he would
have good libel suit on his hands. l
will allow no man to attack my hon.
esty.
Now regarding the L'Anse Sentinel,
in which / have fifth interest and for
which have been receiving abuse at
the hands of my opponents in numer-
GUS newspaper articles. Wish to state
that the company was not recently re-
organized, as charged, but because Of
the death of stockholder his stock
was distributed, a small part of which
is now owned by Judge Mclean and a
small interest by August Paulson, SUI
pervisor from Arvon township. No
other county officer or supervisor owns
a share or interest in this paper. The
insinuations that the Sentinel bills are
padded or allowed for printing not re-
ceived or done Is false. Every bill is
itemized, every item o. X. d by the Of
ficer ordering the same and every bill
approved by the board before being
paid. All the bills allowed by the
board of supervisors and other county
boards are entered in the proceedings
and published.
Regarding the county printing, the
Baraga Journal and the L 'Anse Sentinel
are awarded the printing contracts,
each getting $3.50 per year for publish
ing proceedings of the county boards,
legal notices, etc., for county. They
also agree in their contract to furnish
job printing at exactly the same rates,
so that no matter which paper gets the
most job printing, the same rates are
charged and the taxpayers lose nothing
thereby. The claim has been made that
the Sentinel gets more of this job work
than the Journal, and my political
opponents have been trying to make II
Appear that have been unfair in the
matter, that It is through me the
Sentinel gets most of the job printing.
In an article written by Mr. Getsen,
publisher Of the Journal, touching thit
matter and appearing in his paper some
weeks ago, (you will remember II you
~..d xh. art;cla \ pnvuhare dOoa ho ar.