Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-25
,oLiricAL ADVERTISEMENT
, linens Of Gardiner
Friends.

self appointed Citizens, Com
-,,,tee" has seen fit, through the
ross and otherwise. to put before
'hc pubic some very interesting ca
,o,d,ng. thought it unnecessary
N make a reply TO anything so shall
inv and so disgusting as this must
fave been to you, Mr.. Voter. There
uas not one thing in any of the STUFF
,.rp,.d that any fairminded person
would say was not square and above
hoard Now that this so-called COM
m.ttce have seen fit for several days
N succession TO try to injure me and
nv reputation in order to attain their
avn fish ends. | felt it a duty 7
wed 10 myself and 10 you, Mr.. Voter.
90 make an explanation briefly in re-
.rd 20 som" OF the matters men
aaed
FIRST. tho hay When I took the
attn ol Office. Jan. /. 1916 at 10 A. NJ.
.n.," NaS not one pound Of hay in
,..,ty Stable. The horses had Ia
.s,e Ha. for dinner. ! went to Mr..
.all ii"lgKins, the purchasing agent.
stated tie case 10 him. His reply
..+ Nj Russ. if you know where
tnl 'in proc ~" some hay, get it. I
..o1 nothing about buying hay" AT
f1' TN" ard while it lasted T had
.ly .iun the city farm. Later. bav-
.lg SON" good hay of my own and
Hing % sell 10 the city at marko;
r.''. not thinking for a moment that
'a, DONG "n}thlng dishonest. but
'I.' htd re-fect right to do. had
t.. tI' Hai.ed ~. presented the bills
sHI 'h'r W"r" paid without any bes-
Taltpn W. question. If | was wronr
. ISL '"a why Mr.. Noyes. who had
Neen u "iiicc four years. did not the,
ana '1e'o say so and put me right
l.h'' than wait till this late day
Tt'f 'ay collected $40 for labor
3d.. voter, YOU think for a moment
! IN under "a salary. and Go YOU sum
f4sf would he so simple as to even
av'1ri II ! had such thought 70
&C. q bl!l by the Mayor and Mr.. Moves
Tor lab" for myself? Mr.. Voter. this
d, Too foolish, too weak, too absurd
nd know that any man with brains
enough to be called Il man. wo,,,d
kao" better. | say TO you. Mr.. vo,-
t' on my word and honor as a man.
i1at ! nave never received one cent
ron th' city Of Gardiner during NV
''rm OF office. FOR labor or anythino
csc, except what l was Justly ami
honestly entitled to.
Now in regard to the DISPUTED lun,-
Ter Dill Jordon and Mayberry have
r"'n DONG a lumber business on TIA.
Villains farm in Ward six. Alder a
nan Berry had purchased on sever.
~ occasions, lumber from this con.
Germ through me, for the city. Early
IN 1916, Jordan and Mayberry had a
lot OF lumber on this farm and asked
me- II could use it for the city. I
sald 10 them | saw no reason whv
NOT ana | made trade with them at
mat TIME to take the lumber, and
When 1t was all hauled to render q
OIL 10 The city for the same. This ia
Just exactly what | did. This hi,
was made out by myself in the name
u Jordan and Mayberry who were
~ owners OF the lumber, made out
on one Of the citys letter heads and
mol one act Of mine would or could
S'o" any desire or thought to cover
up anything. Mayor Lamb looked
me bill over and sioned the voueh.r
VI" payment. Alderman Noyes OBJ
Jec'ed 10 paying the bill and up-to-
cate 1t has not been paid.
Now Mr. Voter. just a compar ison
.aSlhs the last two years of Mai.
nerrSs administration with the first
Two years of my administration. r
'eier you to the city report of 1914
a"u 10. In 1914 Mr.. Berry used 10000
'eet Of lumber and in 1915 he DUR
.nased over 100, 900 feet making a total
''' TWO years Of over 100000 feet, and
We dont know how much over. The
actual lumber bills for 1916 was 52,149
ieet for 1917, 1927 feet, not includ-
ing The $1,000 feet in dispute, making
'o'ai OF l60.S76 feet. including the
JORDAN and Mayberry lot. purchased
ps me Tor two years. or approximate
"o'oVo feet less in my first two
YEARS than Mr.. Berry in his last two
!edfs You know. Mr.. Voter. that
''A' year In and year out that there
practically the same amount Of
WORK TO be done on walks, bridges.
,d'ser's, etc. Yet in two years 1
ooueht 10000 feet less. including
'"VVo feet in dispute than my prede-
cessor.
Fellow citizens, leave It to Won.
1''ns your own good judgment, to
say whether the city did have this
'inoer and it was used during 1915
ana q or was | trying to swindle the
Ivy IN barefaced way, out If
'ss225?
JAMES H. RUSS.
Alderman of Streets and Highways