The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1922-11-03

and coming. AS to why no ROAD Wori
done last year: When the presen
board of commissioners assumed OF
flee on January 1st, 1921 they fount
there was $7,844.S8 In the road funt
Tin the bridge fund was only S363 10
but the road claims contracted by the
old board, including $4,000 for snow
plows, kept coming in in January
February, March and April, 1921, to
tallng in all $3,188.96, which finally
left only balance of $4,655.92 in the
road fund. Now then that was a very
large amount to start road construc
tion with in the summer of 1921
wasn't it? 1t is well known fact that
during the fall of 1920 the old board
put on a very extensive road building
program, that is after the primaries
Yes, quite an extensive road build
ing campaign well say, to the extent
OF $40, ,812.63 and of this was S17, ,006.6 .6S
in registered warrants on the road
fund which were taken up when the
tax money came in in the fall OF 1920,
which consequently left the road fund
pretty low. Talk about milking the
COW dry? Oh boyi
Now then last lau wnen the 1921
taxes came in about S2O,0OO.00 was
that money the board is using this
year. The committee accuses the pres
ent board with playing politics by not
having any road work done until this
summer and fall, just before election
can you beat that? Terrible, isn't it?
Well every one knows that road work
commenced just as soon as it was
possible to get any one that had time
to do the work-after spring work
and now because the board has ac-
tually spent something like $17, 100000
in road work, the Democratic commit
tee says "the sum is of such stagger-
ing and tremendous proportions and
show such wasteful extravaganza and
criminal recklessness that it's time
to call halt" We call this mighty un~
just to pull stuff like this, just to fur
ther the Democratic candidates
chance of election, trying to throw
reflection on the present board. 1t
is to be regretted that the present
board should be criticized in this man
ner, after giving McCone county such
a splendid administration as they
have.
And now comes the big sensation
of the dope sheet" They hand the
Banner editor nice little package on
county printing. Heavens, what next.
The committee takes pains to publish
the amounts of thirteen warrants, we
have received, giving the sum of
S5,953.22 received the past thirteen
Why these particular thir-
teen months? We presume this is all
Velvet" But then this is no news.
The amounts of these warrants for
including every other claim
paid by the county, have appeared
regularly every month in the Banner
title lie. They say these figures do
lot include the cost of legal blanks,
they are bought outside the
county. That's news to US, because
10 far we have furnished all legal
blanks and they are included in the
tbove warrants. But the best part is
he insinuation that we are actively
the present incumbsnts'
campaign because otherwise it may
effect our county printing contract.
Nothing is farther from the truth, but
If course our stand in this campaign
las made the Democrats mighty sore,
md since they resort to these tactics,
hey certainly would not overlook
,iving the printer a "wallop." We
lave nothing to conceal on our county
printing contract and we are here to
INFORM you that McCone county is
lot paying the highest rate of any
ounty in the state for its printing
ither, as the Democratic committee
tates, even though the Banner is the
My paper in this county at present.
he truth Is this, that it matters not
0 US who the board of commission
rs are as far as our printing con-
ract in concerned, the law compels
he board to have the work done in
he county. AS to US publicly boasting
t being able to publish commissioners
roceedings free, this is more propa-
anda. Investigation will reveal that
re are giving McCone county very
air deal in this matter, and the Dem
cratic committee, if they would be
air, know it. But of course an accu-
alton Of this kind is splendid prop
ganda to get votes-they think
Dr. their candidates if they can get
way with it. If the Banner had sup
orted the Democrats in this cam
align not one word would have been |
aid about the writer or printing. Are
e right?
The Banner is under no obligations |
any one, and we hope we have a
ght to express our opinions as we
se them.
In the issue of August 18th we
lade comparative statement be-
veen the old administration and the |