The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-02

eral other people at same time
paid taxes with checks on same
bank, who did not get receipts, but
who later brought in the cash and
got the checks anil receipts: and
these officers know that Marion
did not get his receipt until they
gave it to him, contrary to every
law in the state-and they knew |
this when they returned it to him
and marked his taxes paid. When |
Niels Madsen told the farmers
this story, he knew the things he
said were not sO-and the rest of
the excuses are made of the same
material-for they must lie to JUS
tify themselves: the report is SO
rotten. Any burglar. caught has
excuses: he don't testify against
himself. 1t can't be expected. The
fact that these officers wantonly
lied about Dan Olson, lays the
foundation for the conclusion that
they are also lying about Examin-
er Risley.
Tax Receipts Save Money
HOLMAN says, present tax re-
ceipts saves his office about 5000,
and Madsen said it saved his Of
flee about $4,000. L. S. Olsen
said the expense of printing it was
about 500 less than the old style
receipts. However the saving
claimed has not shown up in eth
er of the offices. The law pro-
vides that all forms used by the
several counties must be prepared
by the public examiner and be
uniform in all counties. But in
spite of this Madsen stated that
next year they intended to use the
same receipt form, but would show
what the state, county, school dis
trlct taxes amounted to, each. Of
course, next year not being on
election year, the old receipt will
be resOrted to again. The new
tax receipt was concocted for a
purpose hide the county tax
levy and for no other reason. The
claim that the new receipt saves
money is pure bologna" and
Niels Madsen knows it. The new
receipts was used for the same
reason the examiners report was
suppressed, for the purpose of get
ting by the election and hoodwink-
ing the public about taxes and
graft and waste.
Niels Madsen says it would
hardly cost any more to show these
items, namely, the different tax
totals. He said, an old style re-
ceipt, everything was written Out
by hand and on new style every
thing was stamped by machine
} thus making few mistakes.
Blackwell Denies Order
The matter, turned to Blackwell
) and he again denied that he haC
received notice from the Examine
or the Attorney Generals office t.
! proceed against the County Com
missiOners. Nevertheless it il
! stated from authoritative sources
5 that he has received these instruc
r tons, and that he is in hot water
] now because he has refused to en-
! force the law against the Dolin
French Powers Medicine LAX
gang who are wreczing the coun
ty.
: Ed IversOn Steps Out
= While the farmers were discuss
ing Ed Iverson's illegal trip to tn
= County Commissioners annua
= spree, Ed walked out. Niels Mad
: sen explained that his trip wa
= legal, because the Commissioner
. had sent tim and Ed Iverson t
\ look over bookkeeping machine
: which they did, and then decide
i not to buy it as Iverson could no
! just "sabbey" how the thing work
:. ed: Of course they could have ex
q amined the one in the Plentywoo
+ bank if they had thot of it, bu
n the idea never occurred to them.
!. Sinking Fund Levies
% The Commissioners showed tn
! farmers how Sinking Fund levie
q were not made under the Farmer.
Observation-Disclosures they forgot
= explain that because of the prope
- investment of the Sinking Fun
~ money, the interest on the sam
i met the requirements of the Sinh
- ing fund without the levy-an
= that now the Sinking fund none
is deposited in the banks for 1a9
< and the interest goes to the u!
ID ury gangs in the county to bu
D. pork chops for them.
If the Sinking Fund money ha
If been properly invested, thel
n, would be no need of Sinking fur
ID levy-but when the County Con
IF missioners and Treasurer arrans
E. things so as to hand the banks j
c. to 10 thousand dollars per year G
rs a sort of broken banker bonus
Id pension, then a levy must be pa
it. to make up what has been donate
ne to the bankers.
We The Commissioners did not e.
to plain how it come that it cost ov,
* sol ,OOO. more TO run the county
s. 1929-30, than in the year 1882
III and more in 1928-oc9 than it did
if 1929. They let this matter slip
* French Gets Mad
+. But at the close, French, ms
i'd and excited, told the farmers the
e. did not understand, and didr
It want to understand, and that
as was useless TO talk to them. F
of was pretty sore and for once 10
nv control of himself.
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