The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-07-01
STATE REfUTES
DOUBLE PAYING
HAIL BUREAU CORRECTED MIS-
TAKE BEFORE WARRANTS
WERE PAID

Bismarck, N. D. June 19,-Re-
ports circulated to the effect that hail
insurance claims to the extent of s14,-
900 have been paid twice is vigorous
ly denied by S. A. Olsness, commits
sioner of insurance, in a statement to
publications that have been foremost
IN spreading the Misrepresentation.
Mr.. Olsness points out that Kosit-
zky issued duplicate warrants to a
number of farmers, but that every
duplicate was returned before the
warrant was called for payment.
Commissioner Olsness' communica-
tlon which has been refused publica-
tlon by the periodicals making the
charges, is:
Hail Insurance Charges Cause Cap
itOl Rumpus.'
The above is the title of an article
which appeared in the Bismarck
Tribune recently. This article also
states, 'Olsness probably not to re-
ply
Kositzly Knew Facts
"At the time the Tribune reporter
interviewed me, I had not read the
charges referred to, and thought it
was only futile, and wasting of time
to devote attention to what | consid-
cred petty political propaganda stuff.
But, when l familiarized myself
with the nature Of the charges pub
lished in the Red Flame by it's pub
Usher or official contributor, Mr.. Ko-
sticky, though it my duty to set the
unwary public right in the matter.
"The state auditor wants to know
why his department should certify, az
correct, number of hail claims and
pay them twice.
'"Mr. Kositzky does not need this
information. He knows all about it,
He knows that it all came thru a mis-
take, that the error was corrected,
and that not a cent, or a single war
rant in the entire list has been paid
twice.
"But being that he still throws
broadcast the direct lie, that double
payment has been made to the extent
Of $14,518.78, thus hoping to create
distrust toward the present adminis-
tration of the hail fund, I must ex-
plain how it happened:
"While working on the list Of
claims to be certified for Cavalier
county, the clerk got a sheet contain
ing Foster county losses mixed in, and
although handled as belonging to Cav
alier county the warrants issued ma
turally were mailed to the address Of
the individual payee. Later, when the
list Of Foster county claims were dis
posed of these same claims came in
for their turn and were again cerd-
fled, and warrants issued by Kosit-
zky the second time, before the en-
ror was discovered. That is how It
happened. We had no desire to do this
mistake. IF Mr.. Kositzky is 50 infall-
ible, why did he not call our atten-
tion to this duplication when the Sec
ond batch came up to him, instead Of
going to the trouble Of issuing an
other set of warrants and cause all
the unnecessary worry and bother! !
presume for the same reason that our
department did it, he did not realize,
until too late, that a duplication had
occurred.
"But instead Of trying to cooperats
and have q correction made, he chose
to insinuate inefficiency or crooked
ness on the part Of the insurance de-
partment
@When these mistakes were Mscov-
cred the rescipients Of these warrants
were notified and they returned such
warrants in every single case.
sNot cent Of the List presented
ii the Tribune and the Red Flame has
been paid twice, and Kositxky knows
It, and knew It when be published the
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