The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1918-03-23
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The village of Clayton has spent one |
hundred aud ten thousand dollars.
Two years ago the gross inventory |
of the village totaled some s!Xty-six !
thousand dollars. The gross inven- ,
tory today totals one hundred and
eighty two thousand dollars.
For the one hundred and ten thousand
dollars MIR. Do'er. and the village ad-
ministration have given the village
an Inventory increase OF one hundred
and sixteen thousand dollars.
quite plain, isn't it,
In other words the taxpayers after
allowing the efficient village engineer
to spend one hundred and ten thousand
has been spent
That's about four dollars per capita.
Collect from Mr. Doer as you pass out
don't crowd, please. There's plenty Of
money. And if there isn't we will pass
another bond issue and raise some.
The News would like to ask Mr..
Do'er if hr got commission on the
one hundred and ten thousand that
was spent or the one hundred aud
sixteen thousand that we have. but
such things aren't done in the best
regulated villages you know. It's
fact Such things aren't. We have Mr..
+ Doors own word for it, There les no
need of newspapers asking questions.
/ Not at all Any citizen who wants to
know anything about the affairs of
! the village has only to hunt up Mr..
Do'er and be given all the infomration
! Mr. Do'er wants to give him.
Which was all Mr.. Do'er gave those
who braved the snow storm and at
tended his little party at the Mission
Theater Friday night.
There were two reels of comedy be
fore City Attorney Easterwood got up
to talk about the fine character of
men who were enlisted in the United
States army and spent some four. gaisi7
utes te1ling how he couldn't get Start
ed in four minutes. and closed at the
end of two and a half b. introducing
MIR. Do'er to the taxpayers of the viii
iaEe.
But we started on comedy. The two
Feels----even Fatty Arbuckle----
were not so funny az the explanation
of the sewer system or the appeal for
more money. Mr.. Do'er started in By
stating that he was not responsible
for the expenditure OF money. The
present town board il. He closed his
more or less enliEhtening address with
a plea for the people who we're not
satisfied with the expenditure to iire
MIN, but - return the board 1T the
coming election.
OF course being fired by the people
wouldn't prevent the board. or the men
who now compose the board. were they
reelected. from appointing MIR. Do'er.
Would it, Mr.. Do'er , Bat We forget.
II isn't the best newspaper form to
Nfr,Nts
that can't be answered without telling
the truth and letting the cat out OF the
bag Is IL Mr.. Do'er
So we will confne ourselves to facts
-FACTS------er. gentlemen and
ladies. er----facts---li why il
is the most feasible plan to build the
sewer terminal in Eklund's pasture,
why IL is necessary to have as esti-
mate made for four Imhoff disposal
tasks TO care for the effluent of a
village of fifteen hundred when two are
, sufficient to care for the effluent of the
, city of Trinitad, and one is sofhcient
to sare for the effldent of Littleton
Colorado. three for the cffluent OF a
, city of twenty five thousand at Wau-
kasha. Wisconsin, and one sufficient
for the effluent at Liberty. Missouri
just plain facts won't we Mr.. Doer.
no matter how badly we would like
TO ask \if that three and one half per-
cent of the ESTIMATED TOTAL COST
isn't partly responsible for the super
abundance of Imhoff tanks.
Just little simple facts Ell. Mr.. Do'er'
like why II is necessary TO vote
seventy fve thousand dollars worth OF
bonds 10 bonds to retire certihcates
of Indebtedness amounting to sixty
which do not mature this year instead
of meeting this indebtedness with q
slight additional tax levy TO form q
, sinking fund.
II is impertinent to ask questions 1,
is really reprehensible in any newspaper
1 even the Denver Post, TO question the
integrity of such an efficient engineer
as Mr.. Do'er has proven himeslf to b'
in handling the affairs OF Clayton II
T a manner to give us a gross inventory
4 Of six thousand dollars more than has
E been spent. We realize that How could
we not? Hasn't Mr.. Do'er said so him
self? We would like to ask Mr.. Do'ei
A but will not, of course-just who wal
responsible for the purchase of a useC
5 Ford from II. w. Burrage, cousin oi
z City Attorney Easterwood and book
keeper extraordinary or auditor plen.