The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-03-26
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ANOTHER LETTER

Hoages Report-The Number of Bush
els Of Grain Not Accounted For
the Mandamous Suit-the Court De-
cisiOn.
The shortage of the seed grain
fund, the part played therein by the
Montana & Dakota Elevator Compa-
nv, and the Board OF County Com
|missioners of Sheridan county, 1s de-
welcoming into more and more OF
mystery.
It seems that the taxpayers cant
untanple the mess, and the recent
mandanaus decision seems to be tax
ing on more and more o. political
aspect.
The decision in the mantlamus case
came like thunderholt out of Il clear
sky. Everybody is asking WAY:
Everybody wants to know how it
came that Norris & Hurd we're en-:
pfoved to defend the Board Of Coun-
tv Commissioners. Everybody wants
to know why the Board OF County
Commissioners even n1fed an altor-
ney, and how it came that Mess,s.
NIatkins and Tinnlons Gid not ne the
final settlement which NJ. Matklns
and Mr.. Redmond and Mr.. Ene1y
made with Mike Dunn Of the Montana
& Dakota elevator IN Minneapolis last
spring, when they went to Mlnneapo-
lis for the purpose OF making a set
tlenent.
fsettlement?" everybody asks. why
does the old gang hire big LAWYERS 70
prevent the people finding out waat
was done with the twenty -thousanmd'! m
ii"What is the reason for Hu.d! why
was Howard M. Lewis dropped by
the "gang" as the lawyer" And then
questions and more questions as the
mystery deepens. =. ),
| Ah, the last stand Of the : Old
lgang,'' which met its first, crushing
idefeat at the time of the electlor
istealing last fall and the ;eloncus al
Iteration of the election returns end:
ling in the O'Grady-Redmond contes-.
lease! ..,
fstink to high heaven. Thousands OF
dollars of the peoples money has been
| Illegally squandered and lafge
amounts of it has seemingly been
stolen. Charge after charge has ap,
peared in the Producers News ana ye'
there has been no results. Every ct
fort looking towards the prosecution
| of grafters has flashed in the t'an.
Why ?-the mystery deepens!
Can it be that the long Shiny hant
of corruption is reaching out from TIT
very home of the Beast at Helena O.
the Hennessy block at Butte, and Il
nrotecting knaves, scoundrels ant
thieves in Sheridan county!
Now. the wise ones ask, What i
the reason that Mr.. Hurd was brough
Iup to Plentywood to keep Messrs
Matkins, Timmons and Weinrich from
filing report of the administrator
of funds which are short on the re
cords and of making a final settlen1en
: that every one knows that the peopl
: are absolutely entitled to have and
, final settlement that there is no hon
est reason under the sun for not II
ing.
A few days before the mandarin
case was tried, the county commits
sioners of Roosevelt county, Of whic
4 Mr.. Weinrich is chairman, hired MOI
ris & Hurd at the fablous sum {
: $4,000 to prosecute Burshia for til
t murder of Art Williams.
+ The wise ones are asking il til
q fee in that case does not also lncluo
= the fee for the defense of the "ol
e gang'' at any time necessary in tt
l. near future in Sheridan county.
/ Messrs. Timmons and Matkins he
a a resolution spread upon the recor1
= before the mandamus trial, authori
S ing the county to hire Hurd and No
ris to defend them against the eIfor
= Iof the County Attorney to md q!
= what became of the money 1rom I!
d seed grain fund: It may cost MESSY
- Hurd and Norris some effort to cole
the money, but as things now stm
!, or seem to stand, there is no. dou
y but that the law firm will eventual
e get the dough, although there IS
q warrant of law for the payment
4 the same, but what is the law b
- tween friends" .
e. When Mr.. Hurd arrived to defer
the mandamus action he immediate
IS filed his answer. The County Alto
:, ney asked for time until the ne
: morning to study the answer Of N
, Hurd for the County COMMISSIONS
i After a lot of arguing, Mr.. Gunth
finally got until eight p. m. or thr
- hours to study the answer. T
" courts reluctance to give the coun
re attorney any time whatsoever to pl
3e pare for the trial was evident to e
n eryone.
ii The evidence produced by Mr.. Maj
lc and Mrs. Moviops proved conclusive
)n that no final settlement had been I'll
4 by Mr.. Matkins although he had be
authorized by a resolution on T