Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-10-23

The above statement conclusively proves the fact that the actual ex-
penses of the County Attorneys Office since have been in Office, are lower
than any of the previous years since 1921; the years of 1929 and 1890 being
the two lowest years out of the nine included in the above statement.
The records in the County Clerk and Recorders office will Indicate
that practically all Of the special attorney fees, paid outs since have been
County Attorney, during the years of 1923 and 1880, as indicated by the
happened, and the special attorneys hired, long before l ever took office. No,
one penny of the special attorney fees. appearing O. the above statement for
BEFORE l TOOK OFFICE AND PAID BY THE COUNTY COMMISSION
ERS AFTER l WENT INTO OFFICE. We will all remember that the Coun-
ty Robbery happened in the fall of 1926, and two special attorneys were
hired at once, but the case against the Surety Company va not finally de-
termined and settled, and the special attorneys paid, until the spring and
summer of 1929, which caused that expense to appear o the above state
ment in the fiscal years of 1929 and 1880. No matter what any paper may
say, or any voter think, the records are open to the public to prove the fact
that not o penny of the special attorneys fees on the above statement was
contracted for after took ofce-LOOK UP THE RECORDS AND BE CON-
WINGED.
Since the closing of the fiscal yea, IN June aOth, 1890, four hundred
fifty (s45oOO) dollars, wa paid to Attorney T. W. Greer, for assisting in
the Hass murder trial, and that is the only special attorney hired n con-
traced for by my Office, during the entire two years that l have held the
position of County Attorney. Take notice how that small amount of s45OOO
for 'wo years compares with the enormous sums incurred by Mr.. Erickson
each year since 1921, while he held the Office of County Attorney; n o wonder
say tina. the above statement, made by Niels Madsen, County Clerk and Re-
,cordcr, or any statement made in this article, is false and untrue or made
lie will prove every word ! have said, LOOK UP THE RECORDS FOR YOUR
SELF AND BE CONVINCED.
The Producers News expects to come out with some publication be-
for election, 20 doubt in the last issue, or in some other last minute propa-
Iganda so there will be no chance to answe the same, to the effect that this
office has been more expensive than any other county attorneys office in
the State OF Montana, Will retere to the jun Bulletin, published by the
Montana Taxpayers Association, in which it is indicated that the county
attorneys Office of Sheridan County, cost s126 per capita, according to the
population. am admitting this is true, according to the Bulletin, but
the reason for this is very evident; if you will refer to the above statement
and notice the enormous attorneys fees paid for special attorneys in the
County Robbery Case during the years of 1929 and 1880, and which we're
charged to the County Attorneys Office, but contracted before l took office,
it is n o wonder that the county attorneys Office of Sheridan County, has
cost nor per capita than any other county attorneys office in the State of
Montana AS said before, l am not responsible for the special attorneys
fee paid in the County Robbery Case, and if the former County Attorney
had cooperated with the Attorney Generals Office, as he should have done,
and as all other county attorneys dc, that "a could have been handled IS
successfully with the assistance of the Attorney General, without paying one
penny for special attorneys.
notice that simple Hans has already published a letter in the last
issue of he Producers News, referring to the bulletin published by the
Montana Taxpayers Association, but he failed to state how it happened that
1.-THE expenses for the county attorneys Office weres so high for the years 1929
and 1880; he failed to tell you that 28,775O3, paid out during those years,
was paid to special attorneys contracted for by A. C. Erickson before took
office.
You will notice by the above statement that it vas customary for my
predecessor to spend large sum of money each year for special attorneys
ranging al the way from $4,000 to $40 100000 a year-NO WONDER OUR
TAKES ARE HIGH.
GRANT BLACKWELL
County Attorney