The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1921-11-11

..,n0ed "hot time II eau = oe saw
slal'n ~ nanv people were very happy
%, 'sr the l results, unless it be Clerk Of
|s'a,t ssl Carl Peterson, who succeeded
'@s Lifting his wife's salary claim al
~ IN spite of the protest OF Coun-
osea ssean,n,;ssioner ~ Jens lbsen-for the
Con .ahIe has taken place: the salary
aes,sa1l shs clerks and deputies have been
q tsu,od me and the said deputies and
nIlH'ff feel as happy as the railroad
gen. ors s But no doubt they will be
Folas FoulaSe;1pd to their lot in a day or
no entire Board of Commissioners
..a ,a' nresent, viz, Chairman Il. g.
Es1sr sls rJens Ibsen and Jud Matkins.
!Is.' Ma Roard of County Commits
.nsrs ,s started the ball rolling by
lo,,s,. ansnc with Public Examiner Lyn-
sd = and the Beard of County Com
s;ss;oners lane Of D.niels county COM
ss,V assd of Chairman Esval and Com
ssa .;ss;oners Dodd and La Roche Tor
u'',, - settlement of financial matters
y stvsen the counties. Last spring in
ss' ss settlement between the. counties,
meridian county took a warrant in
S,' u sum sum of $4,000, from Daniels
aanty Daniels county hoped to sell
onds and pay the warrant but it
sems @ that that county has been un-
ble to float a bond issue to take up
i, warrant and Daniels county has
onosed to Sheridan county that it
urender the big warrant and take
nstead several smaller warrants fall
ng due at different times, in order
st Daniels county may pay the same
taxes are collected until such a
lime as itlcan economically sell an is
he Of bonds. It was also agreed that
Daniels county would turn over to
Sheridan county all monies collected,
bat had been loaned out to the farm
rs during the different seed grain
oans, viz, 1918 and 1920, which this
ounty needs to meet the bond issue
Ehen it comes due. The 1913 seed
ond issue will be due in 1923. 9th
h small matters were taken up which
ill be disclosed in the minutes Of
he board. which will appear in this
PAPER next week.
SALARY CLAIMS
The next matter taken up was the
alary claim Of Mrs. Carl Peterson
those appointment as a clerk in the
h1ce Of her husband, Clerk of Court
arl Peterson had previously been
Sapproved, and her claims were al
pwed and warrants ordered drawn.
ommissioners Matkins and Tyler,
otng, aye, and Commissioner Ibsen
ohng, nay AT this point, Mrs. B. K.
Grady appeared before the board
hd asked that the salary claims of
G daughter, Miss O'Grady, whose
ppointment had also been disap-
pved, be allowed and. passed, the
oard to reconsider their former ac-
on in disallowing the same, but the
ut the board refused to do this, as
ommissioner Matkins stood with
ormissioner Ibsen on Miss o.
aadys claim, Com. Ibsen, sticking to
: policy against the employment of
Natives Of the officers in the differ
i Offices and Com. Matkins voting
Banst the claim as a matter of spite
salast the O'Gradys. County Attor-
Erickson also asked the board to
eW the claim Of his wife for a part
months pay, but the board also
ased to consider the proposition.
matters now stand, relatives en-
sed IN the Office of County Sur
yor Link and Clerk of Court Peter
!, nave their appointments approx
Md salaries paid, but those in the
ees OF Clerk & Recorder O'Grady,
,Sapt. Moe and County Attorney
,eason are not paid. In other
M those favored by Com. Matkins
PAD and those not in his favor,
not paid. Thus it seems that the
s1y is run along the lines of spite
not nc with any idea of fairness.
mA seems that Jud Matkins is still
.a!ng the Board of County Com
sIeners. 1t appears to observers
me board should do one thing
a1er: aaO.ner: either allow relatives to
snaployed or not to do so-and cut
vic morse play and petty spite.
r. WAGES CUT
tns az. next matter taken up, was the
a,es a Of clerks and deputies, and
NJ useputles We're cut from $3.50 rer
wi 70 Sl37.50 per month and stem
spners and typists were cut from
y esa per month to $100 and clerks
eus from s100 per month to 500
m 4ea.n' e.sn The undersheriff was cut
NH SaIo ~ per month to $3.50 per
ha. m ana the extra deputy sheriff
aasa aized by the board of commits
ID ID "a lev weeks aga, was abol-
jso alo Robt. Robke who has l.crn
osd.a M az deputy sheriff will be done
ii naay NY night and there will be no
IL, "aecn !. hereafter at the Jail.
ts, a,e commissioners took up the
ntv q the deputy in the office Of
on,;oaa assessor Ole Aspelund, and a
danuta dut was adopted discharging
ira pt1y ~ IN. that Office until further
ne,;a.e, 5 me resolution to be effective
of of1h.;sly. h; thus depriving L. S. Oh
rasa ns Job, if the resolution can
i @ W., 70 stick, which is doubtful,
cos sslhs that in counties in the
eos:as asS, the assessor is entitled to
ms ny ny law. or so the assessor
Com nus i action is also the work
'ao Matkins, who is sore at