Daily picayune., 1921-05-26
COUNTY CLERK REPLIES
 TO THE NEVADA NEWS

l1Idt tllt iiot "pui' iot bN published in but one paper and not be in the paper with the largest circula- ton. nor the one that has stood for the betterment of Nevada County. in every way.
 If Il paper stands for the betterment of it's county (and all papers should the people know it. and it isn't neces sary for the editor to be wracking and worrying his brain in every issue en- deavoring to convince the people of this fact-the people know # if such exists
 We are very much surprised. to know that Jack is so interested in the fax navers of Nevada county, that he is willing to make competitive bids for the delinauent list He would have been the last person on earth we would nave suspected of making this proposition In fact we would have felt sense or humiliation to have approached him in the matter. as he took such flrm stand a few years ago when MT. Franks was County clerk. MT. Franks says that when it came time to let the con | tract for printing under the Publicity | Act. he saw chance, under competi- tive bids. to save the tax payers few dollars and through equal courtesy to Mr. Johnson and MT Andrews. he ask cd each to submit bid for the print ing Mir Johnson replied that II ne couldn't get what the law allowed, ne didn't want anything. This printing was to have been paid for by the same tax payers that he would now have you helieye he k so much in sympathy with.
 Also. later. when the Quorum Court absolutely refused to make any appro nriation for the printing under the Publicity Act. Jack logged after the County Clerk six long months. for the work and the Clerk repeatedly told him that the Quorum Court made no appropriation and that the County .Jndge would not pay for it. He mat ly succeeded in getting the printing from the Clerk. and ne took 1t with the full knowledge that there was no appropria ton He filed his claim ana the County Court disallowed it on the ground that there was no appropriation and the case was appealed to the su- preme Court. and the Court said the County Court had no authority to pay The claim without an appropriation. This is what he had reference to when he said. We have q suit pending now. for the last work we did for Nevada. And. this work, also. would be paid by the tax payers whom his heart is now running out in sympathy for, with such leaps and bounds Is his present position consistent with the former? Perhaps he has reformed or has been converted We hope it one or the other, or both
 Now. he tries to make you believe that he would have printed the list for fhe cost of composition or putting in type. and wanted nothing for running through the press. h he sincere Let's see: He can get the type from Mir Andrews and run if through h.s paper and if will accommodate his readers and furnish them the same information that if would have. had ne put il in type. himself. He Wouid haye you be Iieve that all he wanted Was pay for putting t in type, and he would be relieved of this work under Jhe plan have above suggested If he is sin not appearing in his paper.
 cere, there is no excuse for the list
 When Jack wrote Ills offering Go take the list for 10 cents per tract, we had already told Mir Burdine that we had given it to Mir. Andrews. He says, We do not think that the copy of the list had at that time been given to any one This is a very nice statement for an editor to make through the columns or his paper, isn't it? Do you believe that Jack would have offered to publish the list at 10 cents per tract if he thought there was any chance to get it at 9 cents per tract? Don't speak iu audi | ble tones.
 As to my efficiency as an official that matter is all up to the people, and not what Jack thinks about it. What he nigh say either way, will not change the sentiment of the people.
 Respectfully,
 ALICIA DILLARD,