The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-02-13
The TAXPAYERS
ASSN MEETING

ASSN MEETING
The meeting of the Sheridan
bounty Taxpayers Association held
h Antelope Wednesday was very
veil attended-around a hundred
MEMBERS being present. Business
people from Medicine Lake, Re
sGve and Antelope as well as
farmers from the south and east
psrt of the county were well rep
resented. There was practically
n representation from the north
aid west part of the county. The
city of PlentywoOd was represent
elby Jack Bennett, Niels Madsen
aid Hans Rasmussen.
Minutes and reports of the &C
tHities Of the association were
rad, stating that the state exam
ner's report had been explained by
tie commissioners, the county at
tjrney and clerk and recorder at
meeting held for that purpose
and in a manner which was salts
factory TO the association. The
minutes and report was accepted
without any remarks.
A surprise was sprung on the
crowd by announcing that nine di-
re6ors were to be elected at the
metting-something which had not
beef mentioned in the call for the
meeing, and something which
could very easily be construed az
some one wanting to slip some
thing over on somebody else.
The directors elected were al
follows:
Thomas Sundsted, Dagmar; Scr
en- Nielsen, Dagmar; Niels Miller
Medicine Lake; Edgar Syverud
Dagmar; o. B. Hoven, Antelope
Hans Iardersen, Archer; Johl
Schultz, Dooley; Nels Olson, Out
look and Jens Ibsen, Dooley.
Later Hans Hardersen was elect
I'd eresideat and Edgar Syveru
, secretary-treasurer.
! Legislative matters took up tn
biggest part of the meeting. A
armful of bills were read or mer
, toned, giving the crowd a fair
idea of what is happening in OF
lawmaking body at Helena the las
; few days of the session whel
y some four hundred bills are di
posed of in one way or anothe
| and where practically no OF
: knows whether they are votin
4 right or wrong, just voting aye,
1 matter if the motion is to kill
$ pass. Framing the motion is Il
most important trick in law ma
t ing and law killing. No doubt Il
t Legislature will benefit a gre
0 deal by the Antelope meeting.
}. County affairs were more of
); side issue and sparingly discusse
:; Someone moved that q letter of a
probation be sent to the coun
o superintendent showing the app
n citation of the association In t
stand she is taking by runnil
her office without a deputy a
thereby saving the taxpayers
a nice sum of money.
\ Someone asked if it would n
be possible to do without the 81
s vice of the county surveyor b
# Frank French satisfied the cro7
,e that the present surveyor was
ct very valuable man for the cour
at and well worth his pay.
s. The blame for the county slI
er ing fund being in a bad shape "
xt dated back good many years
le Frank French, something he b
is had nothing to do with the last
n years in which he as been
u county commissioner. There "
IN nothing to worry about, if
RS county could not meet its oblll
tons someone would have to w;
that was all there was to 1t, and
would only cost the taxpayers
little extra interest.
Road matters were discussed
NJ the banker from Reserve spoke
III favor of more road taxes, VIII
v did not take so well with the
crowd. The meeting was infol
n ed that the road fund was $62,'
s in the hole but the crowd was
tn sured by Frank French and NJ
ST Madsen that this small matter
is nothing to worry about and CO
It. easily be taken care OF and
ca went home happy.
IT. Nothing was mentioned ab
rs. the half or three quarter mill
dollars of state highway money
n be spent in the county, which 10
at like the taxpayers of this cou
Sc are not interested and would
Their see some outsider get av
RS. with it.