The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-03-02
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For Clerk of Courts
(Second term

(Second term
To the Voters of Bookings County:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In conformity with the precedent al
ready established in this and adjoining
counties, that a capable officer who is
making good is entitled to a second
term, and in keeping with the splen-
did endorsement given me by the Hon
orable Board of County commissioners
through appointment to the office Of
Clerk of Courts to fill the unexpired
term ending January /, 1923, l hereby
myself as a candidate for
the republican nomination and cleo
ton to the next regular term of said
office following my appointment, sub
ject to the will of the Republican vot-
ers at the March 2S, 1922, primaries.
Having been engaged i'm educational
work for nor than Is years of my
life, In both the capacities of teacher
and county superintendent, coupled
with my present experience in the Of
ings county do not question the fact
but that | am well qualified to render
them efficient and satisfactory serv-
ice.
In accordance with the general pro-
gram Of retrenchment being empha-
sized on every hand. owing to the pres
ent depressing financial condition tx
~perienced in practically every line of
activity, and feeling hat the taxpay-
ers in general are interested in lessen
ing the burden of local taxation by cur
failing public expenditures, on every
hand, consistent with efficiency,
! herewith sabmit my candidacy to
the taxpayers Of Brookings county
based upon the principles of Eff
cheney and Economy"
Therefore, II | am nominated and
elected to the next term Of office, l
will continue to conduct the affairs Of
said office In a capable and business
like manner without the additional ex-
pense Of deputy hire, which will mean
a clean-cut saving of Two Thousand
Forty ($2,040.00) Dollars to the tax
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nc "camouflage" as l have proven to
the general satisfaction of the public
at large, that l am making good my
pledge by actually doing the work.
When this reduction, In taxation,
can readily be made, without lessening
the efficiency of the work in the Of
flee as has been clearly demonstrated
to the voters of the county, by the
manner in which the work is being
conducted in the office a. the present
time, do you not think that the prin-
ciple involved is worthy of the most
careful consideration of each and
every taxpayer in the county?
With the business proposition"
which I have made to the voters Of
the county awaiting their decision at
the polls, on March 2Sth, the ques-
ton naturally arises: why pay two
salaries to run the office Of the Clerk
OF Courts when you can get the work
done just as efficiently by paying only
one salary?
Too, who will question the fact but
that this saving, of deputy-hire, for
the next two years. is not a substantial
reduction to make In the lowering Of
local taxes. and is 1t not a step in the
right direction toward normally?
However, II l am nominated and
elected I wish to assure you that /
shall conduct the affairs of the office
ii the most economical name pos
sfble consistent with the best inter-
of the citizens Of the county. and
that l will continue to follow the pre-.
cedsnt which ! have established. dur
ing the January term Of court. that OF
the office In charge Of COM
potent help during al sessions Of the
Court. cor the accommodation Of the
gonoraI public, II my own expense