The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-03-18
CHIEF REPORTS
But 1919 FOR
I EXTRA B0LlCE,
Chris A1artineson Explains How
Funds We're Spent and Why
During Last Year
COMPLETE RECORDS KEPT

because the conduct of his Office
has Deea brought into the public eye
through recall proceedings directed
at Police Commissioners Chris Bertsch,
dr., Chief OF Police Chris Martineson
today gave to the press complete
rcport Of the expenditures or his Of
flee from the beginning OF the fiscal
wear to date. This report shows that
the amount which may be actually
charged to special police during this
period is $979 During the term coy
cred 1890 soldiers We're stationed for
several months at Fort lincoln; be
tween 40 Oand 500 foreign laborers, i'll
Guiding negroes, Mexicans and Greeks,
we're employed in street work here.
and tn ecity's transient population and
its daily list OF arrivals and depart
ures probably was the greatest in Bis
marck's history. J., ..n.. y.
The largest single special police
item is $3.50 for mounted police. Two
officers, ], A. Moore and Thomas
OConnor, were installed at the re-
quest OF Col. J.. H. frame, C<nmand-
ing the First regiment, at Fort Lin
coin; Attorney General William 5.
LANCER, States Attorney +. H. Nc
Curdy Of Burleigh county and citl-
zens' committee Of Bismarck. The
mounted police operated as much to
protect the soldier boys from tin-horn
gamblers and women of the UNDER
world as to keep Oft the streets at
night immature girls whose parents
we're not aware of their whereabouts.
These mounted police, Chief MARITIME.
son reports, escorted home a number
OF young girls who but for this pro-
lection might have taken the first
stem in q downward path which would
have brought shame to their families.
No publicity was given any OF these
cases. During the whole SUMMER but
one instance in which girl was at
tackled was reported to the police.
Two regular police, l.. F. King and
James eJnsen, were paid out OF the
special police fund. Jensen succeeded
King as a regular night patrolman,
for whom appropriation of $1,000 is
made. This appropriation has not
bee Untouched, and $76S has been paid
out of the regular appropriation. Rob
ert jaeger, straffic policeman, was
paid $50; Carl Eliason, as sanitary
policeman, $7S. Both Of these items
had not been covered III the annual
budget for the police department, but
were paid out of the special police
fund. Neither were the mounted po'
lice anticipated when the budget was
made up. .,
The amount paid for the usual spe'
cial police services during the year.
services made necessary by the pres
ence of two big .circuses, which were
handled without a single report OF
robbery, swindling, thuggery or gam
bling, and by numerous other ceie'
brations which. Bismarck staged dur
ing the summer months, was Sl3l.
All of these amounts were paid by
Chief Martineson by check after the
men ha dsigned an official payroll.
and careful record was kept OF
every item. This plan was adopted at
the request of former Auditor
Thistlethwaite, who devoted little OF
his time to his municipal duties. and
who. objected to making out n large
number OF vouchers for small sums.
= 1.-The books of the police depart
nlent are always open to public in
spection."' said Police Magistrate
lleckreid this morning. "We invite
anyone who is interested in the adj
mintstration of this department 10
come in and look over the books"