The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-05

that Carl Bull down at the Farm
ers d Merchants State Bank labor
ed to get the contracts for; whom
John Schnitzler worked for, whom
all main street of Plentywood did
their best TO land the contract for,
in order, they said, to starve the
Producers News, the farmers paper
to death and get rid Of it, even at
an expense Of $1,000 at least to
the taxpayers.
Harry Polk, the raper of little
girls, and exploiter of school teach
ers, whose paper, the Plentywood
Herald, assures the taxpayers that
he will file only honest bills for
work performed. and not do, as he
says Joe Dolin did, file false
claims with the county and collect
thousands of illegal dollars from
the taxpayers by fraud. Those
who know Harry are not so sure
about his honesty as he seems TO
be.
Dolin's Claim
The Sheridan County Taxpayers
Association is checking Dolin's
claims and it is said that there will
be suits filed for the recovery of
money paid Dolin on padded
bills. 1t is said that Bowler APP
peared before a taxpayers meet
ing with a bunch of Dolin's bills
and disclosed the fact to them that
Dolin had collected lot of money
from the county by fraud as he
did when he had the contract back
in 1888 and 1920. The taxpay-
ers then started an investigation
with the assistance of Mr.. Bowler
who figured lot of Dolin's claims
for them.
Matter of Great Interest
The printing contract has been
the matter of major interest in
the county for the past month, as
the matter was coming up for dis
posal at the regular June meeting
Bowler and Polk and their main
street supporters committed Victor
Anker early by showing him what
a crook and degenerate Dolin was
and how he has robbed the county
in the past two years. They show
ed Anker what it had cost to do
the printing during the two years
the Peoples Publishing Company
had the contract, and how it has
only cost the county $14,500 during
the two year period that the Her
aid had the contract. Bowler and
Polk told Anker that Taylor had
also filed padded bills as well as
DOlin; that for the two year PERI
cd that the Producers News had
the printing contract that it had
cost the county $4,000 to $4,000
while Dolin had it to $14,5O0 while
they had it. They had cop
les made of all of Dolin's bills
and showed totals of the Producers
News claims.
Niels Madsen Helps
Niels Madsen, who was support
ing Dolin, prepared the totals OF
the Producers News claims. and
also at Polk and Bowler's reoues.
the copies Of Dolin's claims.
BY these arguments they com
mitted Anker against Dolin. Frank
French was for Dolin, naturally
and was standing pat for him. Car
Hansen was for the Producers
News. The matter was deadlock.
ed. Dolin visited Hansen and sem
others to him to persuade Hansen
to vote for him. Bowler called or
Hansen also and sent others to ses
him, and told Hansen how crook.
ed Dolin was and how he was rob.
bing the county. He told Hansen
that Com. French had offered t.
vote for the Herald for $1,000 but
that he did not want to buy the
contract for if he paid 81 900 thai
French wanted. he would have t.
pad his claims to get it back from
the taxpayers and he did not want
to do that; he would only file hon.
est claims. He told Hansen that
Dolin would pay that amunt but
If he, Hansen, would 60 with Ank
er, this vicious corruption on the
part of French could be defeated
When he left he assured Hansen
that tho he lost the contract, he
would not pay the $1,000 he saiC
French was holding out for.
II is understood that Bowler anC
Polk also told this story to Com
Anker.
Did Not Want Bids
Bowler and Polk also called
Hansen's attention to the S25, 900
it had cost TO have the printing
done when the Producers News
had the contract, and how much II
was costing during Dolin's con.
tract, over $4,000, and how chear
S14,50O, it had been done by the
Herald from July 1, 1927 to June
30, 1929 when Dolin got the con.
tract. But he told Hansen he die
not want the printing to be let OF
bids for he could not compete will
Dolin or the Producers News, who
would put in low contract and Their
pad claims, and he. Burley Bowler
and Harry Polk, Just would not dc
anything like that.
Farmers See Anker
A week ago last Sunday a mum.
Der Of the leading farmers of Sher.
idan county called upon Com. Ank.
er at his home in behalf of the
Producers News, asking him if he
had committed himself. Anker
said he had not yet committed him,
self to any one but that he had
committed himself against Dolin,
He would not go for Doliu. He was
convinced Dolin was a crook. But
his mind was open as far as the
other papers were concerned. He
thot the Redstone Review should
have the contract. He told the
farmers that il had cost the countv