The Snowflake herald., 1918-11-01
County Attorney Larson, Candidate for Re-
Election, Goes After Gangsters,
Crooks and Slackers

V1OuSly EcpOUtSU W JuuSS OoPP AA
sulting conduct by Etoch toward
soldiers in uniform, but the judge
said that had nothing to do with the
charge against Etoch. l suggested
that leniency is not usually extend
ed to men of that type.
j. w. MCGOWAN was given sus-
pended sentence for bigamy after ]
had refused to recommend leniency.
HIS disappeared three days after
sentence and wrote a threatening
letter to the complaining witness a
month or so later
In February, 1918, Mrs. Braam,
having resigned as Court Reporter,
one G. C. Hall was appointed at an
increase in salary of $50 per month,
with the express understanding that
he would be required to do steno-
graphic work for the County AttOr-
ney, in addition to his other duties.
AS soon as the increase in salary was
well started Hall took employment
from the Merchants & Stock Grow
ers' Bank as Stenographer at salr
ary of $50 per month and discon-
tinued the work for the County At
torney. This is another case of mis-
placed criticism.
In December, 1917, Byron Yount
and VIM. H. Adkins, after trial by
jury, costing the county neat sum,
were fined $25 each. Elsewhere the
penalty is two years in Jail and $500
fine.
The platform put out by the
Teeple candidate for County Attor-
ney was rehash of the criticisms
of me by Teeple and others. The
candidate says in his platform that
he will not make life a burden to
the taxpayers if elected. This, no
doubt, is an innuendo at my activity
in collecting delinquent taxes which
had remained unpaid to the amount
of $4,000, and was my duty to col
lect. Another platform pledge is
that the County Attorneys office
will be in the Courthouse if success
comes to the Teeple candidate.
However, no lawyer of any con-
sequence has ever rendered an
opinion that the County Attorneys
office must be in the Courthouse.
Yavapai, Coconino, Maricopa coun-
ties have County Attorneys offices
elsewhere than in the Courthouse.
The Teeple-Burbage candidate also
announced that he would hire only
resident attorneys to assist him.
This, in view of the fact that the
County Attorney has no authority
to hire any assistance for himself,
have hired attorneys in two in
stances over my objection, which is
probably the innuendo intended by
this. plank in the platform.
i have incurred the enmity of the
criminal-slacker element in Navajo
county by doing my duty, and ] am
proud of it.
The controlling factor in the re-
cent primary was the activity of
Reynolds roofing to his customers
to whom the bank was creditor
against myself as a candidate for
denomination as County Attorney.
Reynolds was classified by the
Local Board in Class A, on the claim
by him of various dependents on
him for support. This action was
reversed by the District Board upon
an appeal and Reynolds was put in
Class /, after which he made num-
erous requests of me to interest
myself in having himself classified
as in Class A, he offering to pay my
expenses to Phoenix for that pur-
pose, and also offering to make any
loans of money / might require.
These offers were, of course, re-
jected, and it appears that he then
succeeded in getting a member of
the Local Board to approach the
District Board with influence or
argument in his behalf, but no
change was made. After this SO
men drawn from Navajo county
were entrained, but not Reynolds,
he being a lOoker-on when the boys
left. This action, when there were
orders for the entrainment of all
Class / men, was illegal, but Mr..
Reynolds, being the leader of the
social set, a financial magnate of
uO HAedu uOCOElSIyS anu CuC grass O1
fashion for the whole Of swelldom,
naturally the law was a little elias
tic. OfficialdOm was not so bold
as that villainous County Attorney,
who could see no difference be-
tween such a plutocrat and the
boys who labor on farm, or range,
or in workshop, and kept him awhile
in Class /. Then the Local Board
gathered together it's courage and
overruled the District Board by
placing Mr.. Reynolds in Glass 4.
The County Attorney then raised
the point that such action was IL
legal and void, which was upheld by
higher authority.
Ladies and gentlemen, you moth
ers and fathers of sons who have
taken up gage of battle offered by
the Hun, how do you like this? Do
you want to give the strength of
your ballot to defeat the man who
stood for honesty in the draft, who
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