The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09

doubt, believing him to be abso- 4,
lutely honest and inspired by the
very best of intention. But Victor
Anker's vote in making Frank |
French chairman of the board a.
gain, knowing what Frank French
is, can hardly be explained or ex-
cused on any of the former
grounds, and people hesitate to
place any further hopes in Com
missioner Ankers good intentions.
Hansen In Difficult Position
This development puts Carl Han
sen in a very difficult situation on
the board as it appears that Anker
and French will be the majority
and this majority is being ably as
sisted by Niels Madsen, whom it
i is reported has promised the ma
chine of French that he will deliv-
er Hansen. Niels, Madsen will fall
down on this contract, but it puts
Hansen in a position of one against
three, who are set to discredit him
any way that they can, Commits
sloner Hansen is next to the game
and he is able to take care of him
self and carry on until the voters
can put another man on the board
to help him redeem the county
from its present "deplorable" con-
dition.
HOLMAN Wants Budget Raise
The next thing of Importance
coming before tn aboard was the
petition of Albert holman, coun-
ty treasurer, to have his budget
raised five hundred dollars under
the emergency clause of the bud
get law. HOLMAN related that in
the making up of his budget,
(which had been cut to the BONE"
he had forgotten to include the
item for his official bonds; that
he had had to buy them in the
early part of December and now
his budget would be short and that
he just could not get by. Hansen
objected bu tKollman said that he
could not operate his office with
out the extra money. So the pre-
liminary resolution was put upon
the minutes. However, after ad-
journment Wednesday evening,
Hansen took the budget law home
with him and read it over and
studied it and found that the ne
glect or mistake of Mr.. HOLMAN
did not constitute an emergency
: in the view of the law, so Thurs
day morning early he drove in and
advised HOLMAN that he was go
: ing to vote against the raise at
the final hearing, where a unani-
nous vote is required and that he
had come in to advise him immed-
lately so he could govern himself
accordingly: that he did not think
it just right for man to make a
campaign on his record for econo-
my and then come in after election
for a raise in the budget to cor
rect what he forgot.
HOLMAN was quite worked uu
= over the matter but he will have
: to just struggle along somehow.
7 There will be no more phoney bud
S get raises for it takes a unanimous
' vote to alter the budget and Carl
: Hansen can be depended upon to
Y oppose such notions.
: Another thing of Importance
t came before the board. At the reg
E ular December meeting the board
D composed of Iverson and French
: as result of the criticism of the
I campaign, increased the interest
d on the county money deposited in
+ the banks from one-half per cent
g to two per cent A delegation OF
= bankers headed by Carl Bull an
:. peared before the board and pro.
5 tested that they could not afford
< to pay this sum and wanted a new
: arrangement - and submitted !
e prcpcSition TO pay two per cent on
S the first $4,000 and have the bal
d ance free. AnkeT and French want.
y ed to accommodate the bankers but