The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-02-29
Farmerine Printing Graft
Charges are Debated
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the work was done. After hurried
gong over all of the claims filed b
me Peoples Publishing Company an
hrlng BCrley Bowler of Scobev.
noted knight of the green table {
mat place, to go over them, the
otorkan and March, not KNOWN
enough about printing to read
pruning claim, the outfit rushed int
PRINT, calling people hijackers an
nlypocrltes and thieves, and now fin
themselves IN the sad plight of bein
proven malicious liars after the frs
round OF exposure that was to shak
the world. '--''iA
Last week the business managerO
the PRODUCERS News answered ever
one OF these charges in detail
IN further answer to these charges
evidence that destroys nearly half q
the alleged $4,000 over-charge. tn,
PRODUCERS News prints an affidavit b,
Carl Peterson, Clerk of the Distric
Court and Purchasing Agent. in ref
erence to the 10x15 heavy manil,
ming envelopes, who made the
IoHoWlng certified statesment:
CERTIFIED STATEMENT
State of Montana
County of Sheridan
Il, T. Il. Peterson, clerk of court
OF the Twentieth Judicial Dis
LIict, In and for the county of
sheridan, hereby certify that on
or about Che 10Th day of Deem
per, 1923, |, as County Purchas-
ing Agent for Sheridan County.
issued County Order No. 1925 to
the PRODUCERS News, which is the
O1IclaI county newspaper for
sheridan County and which is the
COuntY Printer, for 1000 Heavy
Manila Envelopes. Skis as Der
sample presented for the Clerk
OF COURTS Office. And that prior
70 the issuance Of the said order.
| received quotations On the said
Heavy Manila Envelopes from
the said Producers News, and the
sa!d Producers News quoted me a
price of z cents apiece for the
SAID envelopes, or a price of $40
Tor the 1000 envelopes; that The
SAID order was placed with full
knowledge Of the price 10 be maid
by the said county for the said
envelopes and that the said nrica
OF $1,000 for the 1000 FnvelODes
WAS LESS than the QUO atoms
WIhch 1 myself was able to Sc
@Ife from eastern wholesalers.
witness my hand and seal this
zoth day OF February, A. d. 1924.
{. B. PETERSON,
Clerk OF Court for Sheridan
County and County Purchasing
Agent.
The envelopes furnished above does
lot come under the pervue of The
contract at all: the purcbas-
ng agent bought them where he cot
he best price.
The traducers of the Producers
Jews here loses S47.5O of the sian
LEGGED OVercharge. Another aIle0ed
Vercharge was for a blank furnished
. County Treasurer Olsen. Before
ms blank was printed Mr.. Moe. for
ne PRODUCERS News appeared before
ne Board IN session, called attention
the Board of the kind OF a iob
and its purpose, inform
4 them that there was nc similar.
ing IN the contract, that the COM .
Osltlon was rule and figure work
nd as provided for in the Contract
ade a special agreement to do the
10 for $40, which was ordered en-
red into The minutes. The work
as furnished and billed as per con-
act. John G. O'Grady was clerkinp
e board and this is what his rec
DIS show: t
Meeting Nov. 5th, 1928 s
commissioners Journal p. 49,
"On motion the Producers
News was authorized to print G.
Rule 4 Figure work on one or. p
der from treasurer's Office as ner \
contract" d
Mr.. OGrady forgot to put down Il
e amount of $50 allowed for the W
D, whether Intentionally or not. is n
t known, but the Producers News S
quite sure that all members of the
ard will testify as to- $40 BEING Inc
reed price. In this item another
{ OF overcharge fades away. This
'poses OF $64 on these two items
me.
On the remaining items alleged ov- &
there is no merit wha,so- OIL
er land simply show how far set to
people themselves practicing coun-
fc9blng as livelihood, will 90 oil
their efforts to discredit a paner m
zen has by 'publicity hampered their "
'fession.