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Two weeks ago the Farmers Advo-
cate or rather the Eddie Berg and
Jake Gorder Advocate reporting the
appo ointment by our County Commits
sioners of Martin Rothe as County
Judge states that Commissioners
Walker and Nichol were iii favor of
appointing Oscar Vinje, an ex-service
man. The appoint ntment Of Martin Ro-.
the took place on Friday evening at.
nine o'clock. That very same Friday
at high noon Commissioner Walker
was trying to convince one of the
Nonpartisan Commissioners that Ir-s
wing parkway should Be appointed.
Then when Commissioners Walker.
and Nichol saw that they could not
land their pet candidate, it dawned up-s
on them that they might gather a
few soldier votes in the coming cam
paign by appearing to favor an ex-
service man. Useless II: camouflage
which will never blind our World War
Veterans as to their real friends.
If Commissioners Walker and Nich-
oil are anxious to give positions to. ex-
service men, why did they forget the
soldiers when the postmaster position
was vacant at Maxbass, and when al
vacancy in the Federal Prohibition
squad was filled by the appointment
of l.. P. Sandstrom. Commissioners
Michel and Walker stand high in the
councils of the I. v. :A.'s, Mr.. Walker
being a member of the County Execu-
tive Committee, who dished out the
jobs. 1 Why did they not raise their
voices and boost for some service
man for these positions. / wonder
why? s.s4zzf ,s1.s4.s s~~eE .'5y~,n= .s,,.
Eight years ago when L. J. Glom-
seth was elected County Treasurer he
had no experience in bookkeeping and
yet he made one of the very best
treasurers Bottineau County ever had.
II have known L. J. Glomseth and
Martin Rothe for years. We gave
Glomseth a chance to make good and
were not disappointed. Now give Mar
tin Rothe chance. say give him not
twenty years like Irving Barkway has
but twenty weeks and Martin Rothe |
with his fairness and never questioned
honesty viii hand down decisions and
correct ones too, without having to I
pump everybody in the Court House
to find out how they feel about the
case. - ~. r.
: This is more than any I. v. A. ac-
euainted with conditions in the Court
Hous, a few years ago can say about |
Irving Barkway-the pet candidate of |
Commissioners Walker and Nichol. So |
much for camouflage, now, will un-
mask a Pharisee. - p. !
Last week the ever-sober editor of
Edd;., and Jakes Advocate, namely, w.
r. Lee, referring to Martin Rothe's
appointment as County Judge, writes,
aNo, we are not guilty of such crime
against the peace and dignity of peer
less Bottineau County, have lived
many years in Bottineau County and
have seen and heard lots of things in
the realm of politics to make me won
der, but the above statement written |
by Lee, is one of the things that re-,
minds me the most forcibly, that AL
mighty God made man out of mud
and not very good mud at that. Indeed
the germ that causes swell-head usu-
ally lodges in one that has empty
parking space. By the SON of Hiram,
what is the world coming to, when
Walter Lee has the triple-plated cheek
to sit in Judgment over Martin Rothe. |
There are various grades of gall
but the strongest brand is that which
leads a man like Walter Lee to look
down with lofty scorn upon a good
citizen like Judge Martin Rothe' VINO
thru suffering and disappo1ntments
that try mems souls and proclaim OF
what metal they are made has been
able to maintain his honesty and NOR
ality unquestioned, even by ms most
hitter political enemies. ,N -