The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-12-30
Letter BLOW
OR THE FRUITS OF GANG POLITICS
(From the Producers News)

Sheridan county is broke fiat broke.
Warrants that are issued in payment of legal OBLIGATIONS Of the county
cannot be cashed for any 3 price e; no ol bank n rr mfteh h axT % u ts5e s snem that all
warrants now being issued are illegal by reason of being beyond the legal
nsa1 + i, 4 5sFs is is any s,s ess ste . a}so4 9f glf Interested ysrs1q its . sonsv fa1 p 4sseored IN
the thst e 5ena fe AND wat the fG IS 5mge 05 a9 e eashed in %p spme way or or other. -
Last week we had a splendid example {. nsth how much mc ~ law VT th nnsaN Us m
and illegal acts in Sheridan county rnts, Montana sb in the yea annO Ot in m t 10 sum I91 Of Of
$1,000 and Mrs o'Gfady secured information sufficient fisit1e o f0aaged her ir that that
contract in direct violation of the law and 50 informed the County Attorney
~ Barnes Barnes Immediately mandamussd Mrs; o,Grady to az audit the same rs.
o'e sss5f fF S#o5 6jSs d @n ssaaT bss at grs Ss s Sc s sre 5ss 5aass Of fq the fact that
nest p fSo e haye ad ddq p%y b no while 'F he et aH Fhe %p re f1sedf to 5q do his as duty and
@pps It was planned by Gunther that the mandamus should be entered: Mrs
o. fadg f APP pseae sd a Gaeb For to 6m appear eo 4 fUr her Which he eV DID is a his us psf
The mandamus a ordered and Mrs. o'Grady was required BY the the
f fGor 1,t% to audit ~dti W within ddU5 "a hours OF sa and Gds ssfa eastf 96 th sSd fa disa tps ysS t ts els aht
f6nf he 7@ and Paul BabcoeS got together and arranged to have Barnes
5 5e6 9R ad io tna t n v would i0 get f9 judge Gomez Conner to ca" cali a 4 special term Of court
IN and ca Dhng gut the IS sls se F Fo tf fan and bsfopt ' G6anfy A t sS Err Rfe 5e@n gof R no
proving g that Commissioner Matkin was interested in the road claim against
~ But The jury was waived; Mrs. oGrady was prevented from proving
Judge Conner did not need to try the Barnes case until January # he
3 1a D soi n has o 2 s1sd4 s ssn f9F Two t ? 'f 195 5 zs. T't f5as sBf P ssyi9R sa protect
t toan mtsf bat day "a 5by thSpa 5eeing ' the ta * Pws 8 r sSB d. seeing ses Pb peoples co Ss
i i6asee a ne by BSs w wsteb w9 f fhs Criminal i a1I %6rf sof f19s M Helpless 5es o To- p = it,
while those VI should ad protect the peoples interest have seemingly actually
Things are fixed, W charge: things are fixed.
Cod has lots Of time and the mills Of God grind slowly but they grind
There is plenty Of money taxpsyers, money, to hire Lawyers st to go oyer
into Canada to see whether a poor wretch stole a calf in the British realm;
there is five hundred dollars apiece for broken down lawyers, % try tic con-
Wet a man for stealing a calf that he could not have given away on the
Chicago markets, but there is not a cent Tor a bit of sympathy for forcing
a gang of county looters to blow back with what has been stolen from this
county.
The people have pettioned for a grand jury, and that petition got as
much consideration is a dish of hot soup is a cat kennel
What the people pehtoned for cuts no ice whatever we all know, be-
fore w e spoke.
A grand jury might embarass a bunch of grahers.
But if one had been called, the county might not now be running the
risk of losing a couple of hundred thousand dollars
Just put the blame right where it belongs.
The Producers News has fought in vain for law and order, far the pro
hbiion of graft and thievery for the past four years.
Now to the harvest
Just What was sSwn-t the only rsgrsttaDl s. thing is that those hose. guilt,
cannot be forced to pay every damned en- that innocent people have been
caused to loose.
But letter blowi
There is no law in Sheridan County; there is n 10 justice for the big
crooks; why should anybody get excited.
There is nothing more to steal-everythng loose that cal be carried
away is already stolen.
If these is anything left it will be spent for special attorneys TO proce-
cute petty larcney ofenses committed yer in Canada.
A bunch of lawyers are getting hungry-they will be looked after
So letter blow, letter blow!
after u.s. you know, the deuge!"
The county is fiat broke, but W e don't care and M ne else does.
Letter blow, letter blow.
And what's law between friends and what's a county treasury for.
So letter blow.