The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-11-14


~hired hands and yoa are q part ol
the county and have a legal right TO
know what your hired help IS doing
a. al times
You kno~ that Ne are payins en-
tlreiy too much taxes tor the service
xe are gst,iag There Is 10 doubt
whatever but ~hat taxes can be re-
daced one-thirt and service improved
that much in q very short persod of
tine. L We vii only 20 after il r.
The .igat way When say the rxAt
way. mean JUS, that. cont mean
BY any radical or rude way am
opposed 10 mob rule or violence il
can bs done in business way. opea
and above board We should pAy
more attention 10 our county affairs
We should kuox something Ahnat
~hat our money IS being spent tar.
and Why Some of our "airsd help
Nlll not l.ke 70 have Us ~batiing In.
and ~'u acf Ike they owned the De-
pariment n which they are gnsaioy.e.
hat they dony-it bslones 10 son
UlT 7F-ITlF monIEIF nay -o.l for
the county attorneys office is ses9;
sis0 o. tor county and sl0e 90 Tor his
stenographer Are yog. settins sa'le
reeelves from your $3.50 90 expended
each and every month 10 you tini
him ia his office when yoa are IN
need y his services Does = sfeno-
grApher. or some one sitsins 10 his
office benefit you dimes worth
after you have driven from Marshall.
Meridian OF Coyie, X steno-
srapher can serve when you desirs
legal sdglca. 10 flie complaint OF
phen YOU need protection. Why em-
pioy county p;;orney az any pr' -er
Just before the close of last quail
season jim Po,ee, Adolph Pierman
ant Dinwlddie ven. qasu hanting
aud thar time Diawsidie vas out 70
his office t~o or three days, aul N
the mean time eoioret man by the
name q Holmes. who lives soa,hues,
% Crescent had 10 make two trips %
Guthrie before he could tile 4 murder
charge and get a warrant tor arrest
issued
Are you paying a NJ nlnw eddie
$3.50 % per month 20 auat. run the
she-itrs office or 10 act as your
county attorney
We now have a sheriff. an under
sheriff, a field deputy a special suari
and isilor whose somblnet salaries
to,ai ss5a0e per month am one
taxpayer At least nha believes tAAt
the sherifgs office can ge, along
without the help - tae cou-ty a.
ioraey acting the role o, man hunter.
ana alec. without ihs sis - his
detective who drew the aarraa, 'ar
special services
Bas il they will get "a. the rsai ae,-
ors. such as auto thieves house
breakers. high -iackers. cotton thieves
chicken stealers. et,.. ~e Wi.i not
SicS IL the county Jail board bin do
reach $4,000 per month. as il dM n
The month ol August. s274oa in Sen
,enber or $40 80 in October
A few weeks ago we noticed in The
'eadeF that col0sed fellow Nas ar
rested for being drunk. and the fine
and costs in the case amounted 70
something Ike ,hlrty dollars. belnz
unable 10 pay his t,ne he would have
to l4y in iali for thirty days Another
one vas sentenced to ten days in jail
for striking woman I thought a;
the time that there should have been
a -vag .ncladst in the list 10 make
Il complete surely such cases
helcng 70 the city where they have
streets and aileys 10 repair AMI clean
u7 and where they worS the prison
ers and make them pas their board.
az ieas. "a tat county 3Ag they
hase nothing 20 do but slt around.
shoot craps. ani eat up The tax
payers money a; the rate of 75c per
day Z. we are going 10 teal Niih
tha, class o. prisoners. Why not star,
q road camp and matc shsr earn
their board.
Let's have better service and some
q that promised economy in tie
county attorneys office You are
paying FOR first class service. Nhy
not demand it, You are not su7-
posed 70 sii around ani va.t antl
the county attorney returns from
hunting or playiny sheriff There is
little doubt but what that So % you
pad for Dinwiitle's extra help FOR
the month ot August zas to have
some one sit II the Office and tell YOU
that the county attorney Vas on,
can any Of you fellows. who are not
lawyers. imagine wherein you wou'd
be worth . cent to the public oy sit
ting around II the county attorneys