The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-12-01
DOLN Is GETTING
HIS AT SCOBEY

Famous Sheridan County Printer Is
Showing Daniels County How 1t Is
Done-Has Aid of County Commits
sioners as Usual.
The following taken from the SEQ
hey Sentinel, farmers paper OF DAN
iels county, will give the readers OF
this paper another insight into the
workings of this printer who takes
advantage of jokers in contracts to
pull thousands of dollars out Of both
this county and Daniels county. Of
course this could have never happened
without the connivance of the county
comm; sSioners:
The bars are down; the lid has been
lifted from the county treasury ana
the grafters are doing their best to
empty it before they. are relegated to
the political dump on January End.
Wednesday and Thursday Of this
week, Commissioners Dodd and La
Roche once more took a couple of
thousand dollars Of the taxpayers
money and handed it over to Joe Do
lin of Plentywood III payment Of as
fraudulent a bunch Of claims as were
ever presented to any county III the
United States.
We make that statement without
fear of contradiction as the fraudulent
claims could not have been more glar-
ing if they had been labeled Rotten"
Aided in securing the contract by
the coarsest methods known TO politi-
cal tricksters, Dolin has now singled
out Daniels county as his special field
of operation in which he apparently
expects to fill his Golfers before the
reaction against this wholesale graft
has forever checked his pilfering
here. And if given G few months
more aid from the present officials
the now over-burdened taxpayer could
not replenish the treasury fast enough
to supply him alone, not mentioning
the other expenses Of administration.
JUST SAMPLES
The Sentinel has published sufficient
in former issues to give every taxpay-
er in the county some idea of what
may be expected and space forbids
our going into detail of the many
items for which Dolin is collecting
large amount fraudulently, but we
will here list few samples, picked at
random from his claims and which
are no more fraudulent than a host
of others.
Warrant No. 1851 in the sum of
$1,000 was given to Dolin for supply
ing what is alleged to be $50 financial
statements. Last year the county
didn't use any and two years ago the
Sentinel supplied the financial state
ments for $40.
Warrants No. 1850 includes $3.50
for SO sheets of carbon paper. Last
year the Sentinel supplied the same
size carbon at 5 cents per sheet, MAX
ing a total of $3.50 for the so sheets
just $1,000 saving on so sheets of
common, ordinary carbon paper.
Warrant No. 1853 In the sum of
$389.72 was given to Mr.. Dolin in
payment for a claim including 20
precinct ballot stamps at 1925 each,
making total of $500 On August
7th, 1922, the Sentinel furnished 20
precinct ballot stamps for the primary
election, containing just as many lines
and more words for s1.00 each, MAX
ing total Of $40. Do1in just de-
that. one little item. He couldn't do
Dodd and La Roche and the sublime
u gIiC SISIh anu hSCOIuEIs
Warrant No. 1854 is another dona-
ton to Mr.. Dolin of s65.8O. Dolin
claimed this amount for publishing a
proclanlaticn Of Governor Dixon's
eight times, The proclamation is al
legged to have been 20 inches long,
and it contained a whole lot of form
al procedure which did not concern
this county at all. Furthermore, who
ever heard of publishing the one no
hce eight times; and, to cap it all off,
the county never authorized Mr.. Do
lin to publish it at all. The Sentinel
published the Governors Proclama-
ton before the Primary Election and
did not try to collect one penny for
it, because we knew it was not pro-
per charge against the county.
Warrant No. 1852 issued to Mr.. Do
lin, among other amounts includes
$500 for 500 manila tax envelopes.
But what Is a little thing like $4,000
per thousand for envelopes when the
grafters are in charge!
Warrant No. 1749 issued to Dolin
is for $289.80. Mr.. Dolin was evident
ly getting heart failure by this time:
he only defrauded the county out of
$500 on this claim for ballots.
According to his own fraudulent con-
tracts he had only s232.84 coming; his
two commissioners gave him S289.80
But Dolin now gets the buckfever
when anyone mentions ballots. Yes,
he had to kick back with approximate
ly 100000 in cold cash to Sheridan
County on a fraudulent claim for bal
lots fonce. That was just nearing the
end 5of the good old days when Sunny
Jim" was county auditor of Sheridan
county. So we are not greatly sur
prised at Joe's trying to steal $56.96
We say trying" because he is go
ing to have to kick back with a nice
little sum to Daniels County in the
very near future, or we don't know
the taxpayers of Daniels county
We could fill this entire issue Of the
Sentinel with more facts and figures
regarding these fraudulent claims and
then not cover them all, but we be-
lieve the above is sufficient to show
the taxpayers how they are being
robbed every day by means of a fraud
ulent contract secured from Commits