The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-12

ing ballots Judge Conner handed down a
verdict against Dolin for more than $1,000.
Imagine claim for approximately $4,000
for printing ballots for one election. =
Dolin who charged $4,000 : was Civ
en- a contract = = by board of coun-
ty commissioners which declined to consid-
er or receive any other bids
"And Commissioners French and Iverson
would have you believe, if you please, that
they are honest officers trustworthy gent
lemen.
"Por old Sheridan County-gang ridden,
graft ridden! And it seems that time
makes improvement with its board of
commissioners"
There you have what Bowler had to
say about letting the printing contract
without bids. 1t was graft and corrup-
ton when Dolin got it without bids, but
it is the honest way now that the Herald
got it that way And the Producers
News and its editor are denounced.
"The Herald is a business house It's
publishers are business men. The Produc-
ers News is fraud, and a sham It's edi-
tor is notorious crook, abominable
Har and CRATER That's the difference
between the Pentywood Herald and the
Producers News and its publishers
That is an awful wallop at publishing
houses and business men, considering
Harry Polk and Burley Bowler and it
expresses Bowler honest opinion of the
farmers who own the Producers News
there is some difference.
Bowler says that he does not now own
any stock in the Herald, We inquire
whether he sold his stock to Dolin be-
fore the printing contract was let. He
says French is a CRATER We inquire
whether he paid French the ST 900 be-
fore French switched from the Wave,
and if that was the reason.
Under the title heading Facts to be
Remembered" Burley INDUCES in pro-
longed hysterical screed. For the most
part it is unadulterated falsehood. The
attack upon this writer is only one of
many similar attacks. 1t is general and
not specific. Bowler cannot name one
instance where the writer ever got a pen
ny by graft. He cannot name one crook
ed deal he has been connected with. He
cannot name libel the Producers News
has ever published He cannot point to
one instance of hijacking or blackmail-
ing or bulldozing by this writer. But on
the other hand he has been unrnasked
again and again in his lying, his thieving,
his Matchmaking and his hijacking.
Bowler is convicted as a wanton liar
by his own words and out of his own
mouth. The Producers News never col
lected fraudulently any dollars from
Sheridan County and everyone who has
examined the contracts and claims knows
that to be the facts. Its contract was Sc
cured by bids; it was for less than statu-
tory rates; the commissioners proceed
ings wer published for S. folio, and not
for 81 SO; it never filed padded claim
for any amount During the period it had
the contract from July |, 1925 to July !
1927, it collected as follows: for legal
publications 10; for printing So
249.6l, or total of $l5,2I6.ll, which
included the publication of the assess
ment returns. Deducting assessment re-
turns the Producers News received lit
tie more than $l3, 500 for the two year
period, about the same as the Herald did
for the period from 1927 to 1929. Be
sides the printing and publishing the
Producers News received $5,737.66 for
supplies and furniture and $l4S.54 for
stamped envelopes, totaling $2l ,l025l
for all purposes instead of SIS, 482.O8 as
stated by Bowler, lie of over $4,000.
During the time the Herald had the
contract it did not furnish the supplies
and Bowler lies when he says it did.
The Herald claims were for printing and
publishing alone, and were about the
same as those of the Producers News,
tho the Herald contract was lower for
that period than the contract of the Pro-
ducers News had been for the l925-27
period the result of bids.
And finally, the quantity of printing
and publishing done is not the same each