The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-08-11
.LAW|lESSNESS AND
R. A. NESTOS


his paper with definite charges of law
lessness in Minot, which he lays at the
door Of States Attorney o. B. Her.
igstad and Of r. "A. Nestos, his prede-
cessor, and now acting during the
farmers absence. The farmers editor
says: %
"W. M. Smart, president of the city
commission; "A. F. scofield, sheriff Of
Ward County; Larry Byrne, chief of
police Of Minot; o. B. Herigstad,
states attorney and R. A. Nestos, as
sistant states attorney Of Ward coun-
ty, have all said that there is no vio-
lation Of law in Minot, or if there is
they know nothing about it.
'These gentlemen are either de-
ficient in most Of their senses or else
they are deliberately falsifying, for
the lawlessnesa Of Minot can be seen,
heard, smelled, touched and tasted.
Most Of those senses are useless in
proving that the sun shines or that
the rain falls or that the moon glim-
mers but all of them can be brought
into play to prove that Minot is rot
ten morally and according to the civ
il law. -.
Specific Assertions Made
"The Farmers Press now asserts
that: (
ION Minot's Main Street are dives
and pigs and gambling dens.
"That inside OF block from the
500 depot there are at least two
gambling dens, two bawdy houses and
three places where booze is being
sold. And all on Main street. s;
''That in a building almost touching
the police station loose women ply
their trade and booze is being sold.
:That within two blocks of the
postoffice are half dozen or more
vice resorts at all Of which booze can
be bought. And if you venture into
this district at night women will So
licit your patronage in the street.
Resorts Near G. N. Depot
That in the residence district Of
northwest Minot, not over three blocks
from the Great Northern depot, are
wide open vice and booze resorts.
That within block to the south
west Of the Great Northern depot are
vice resorts full Of women in the mar
ket together with booze and home
brew.
"That young girls are not safe on
the streets Of Minot at any hour in
the evening butsare subjects to the in
suits of mashers. =.
That boys and girls in their teens
may be found drunk and drinking in
all night restaurants after o'clock
in the morning.
That most of the law violators ar
rested in the LANCER raid of 1917,
and the federal officers raid of Sep
tember last year, are still here and
plying their trade.
That any public official who does
not know this must be blind and deaf
and dumb and an object Of pity to the
normal and competent.
Nestos Held Culpable
r. A. Nestos was elected states
attorney Of Ward county in 1912 and
took his Office in January of 1913. In
1914 he was again elected and served
until 1916 when he resigned to be-
come candidate for United States
senator. Immediately upon his defeat
he was appointed assistant states
attorney and has been in that position
continuously since that time and is
still there.
20. B. Herigstad was elected states
attorney in 1916, has served continu-
ously since that time and is still in
office.
20. B. Herigstad was states attor-
ney at the time Of the LANCER raid in
1917 and r. A. Nestos was his assist
ant. The pair had done nothing ef-
fective to end the rotten conditions
that the LANCER raid revealed.
soThe same pair was in the states
attorneys office in September Of 1917
when the federal officers made their
raid and revealed the same rotten
condition much to the surprise of the
doughty pair in the states attorneys
office.
ssThe record Of their inefficiency II
an open book. The law violators have
piled their trade in Minot for the
past 10 pears, unmolested until out.
side officers stepped in to enforce the
law. The same violators Of the law
are still here and in the light Of pas'
performance we can give the readers
| of the Farmers Press no assurance
that either Herigstad Or Nestos viii
| do anything to drive these men o1t
Of business. 81 33l
sAnd ia the face Of such perform.
ance r. "A. Nestos says he ought t.
be made governor because there arr
certain evils in our schools that ought
| "a be cleaned out. s
How far do you think such . per.
ron would redeem his promise il there
were any evils to clean out .
HARVEST AND THRESHING
HELP SECURED FROM CITIES
When the wages Tor men ont Of Nj
mot fook climb to loo Tor harves
tit WI thought best 70 find out wha'
could BE done il the Twin Cities.
III advised that men can be se
cured on advanced transportation fol
$500 "a $3.50 per day. Several hav'
been wired for. The man is sent b!
some employ yment agency who check