Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-08-25
Hears Testimony IN Printing
Case and Orders Attorn-
eys to File Briefs by Satur-
day August II

In i court fam well filled win
interested Rectators. the case Of
Gias. Chant, a. %intervenor, yersus
Frank French, Carl Hansen. com
missiner for Sheridan county, was
argued before Judge steng Of Bill
ling sitting for Ju9ge s. E. Paul.
Attorneys Babcoek and Greer.
erpfsese a tHiifgge the & mmissienef and
Jee Doiin, hid filed a motion 10
quash the temporary injunction IS
sued by Judge Paul. Attorney How
an NJ. Lewis, representing Ghas.
Grant and the taxpayers Of Sheris
dan county, cited several supreme
court decisions showing that the In.
junction wa in order and served as
a means af protecting the taxpayers
against illegal action by the COM
l4 nars. E-haock and Greer cited
Il dsef ions to the contrary.
Judge Sting II ance denied the
notion Il qlash and ordered the
hearing to proceed.
Facts in the Case
The action wa brought to re-
sIlain the Beard from entering into
4 contract for county printing with
Il In af Medicine Lake and the
Fl 5dueefs New, the complaint al
leging that Il legal contract to do
said printing exir ted with the Plen-
syWoo Herald and that the c m.
mis-. neis had no legal right to
cancel ueh contract.
The csmmiss ners Iela that tho
Herald contract could b. and was
cancelled because of the adngatted
fact that the Herald had had some
county printing done at Willist0n.
Witne ses Called
me fist witness called BY Mr..
j Lewis MA mmissi0ner Ankar,
who ~ titled that thu Herald work
rad been very satisfactory, that
wen the Herald wac i~nterfogated
regarding wsrk cong at Willisten
the fact vas admittt7 and the Her.
ala fffeiad to Pfoanee its books, re
cords. invoices To snow what york
n1d leen done at Niliaton. that
there WAS no attempt to conceal any
ef the ffaetts
Clerk and Recorder Niels Madsen
wa the next witness called. His
testimony was practically the same
as Mr. Anker's. He stated that there
were many rush orders for work and
that the county had always been
accamadated by the Herald on all
sub orders; that he had procured
the invoice from the Herald but
neither FrenaA Of Hansen had asked
To ZEE them.
Attorneys Quoted
Grant Blackwell, county 4. torney
had advised the Beard that the Her
aid contract could not be legally
cancelled H al procured an opin-
i'm fr1m the All rroy General Of
the state and the Attorney General
had al b 10 advised. These opinions
aere entere III evidence and pres
ented to the court FIR the record.
Stolen Invoices
Babcack and Greer then took up
the case fir French, Hansen and
Dolin.
They called Harry II. Polk a. their
first witness. Mr.. Folks testimony
was much the same as Mr.. Anker's
and MI. Madsen's. He said that
me rush orders were done at vii
@liston, me Of them with Montana
labor; that the warehouse for the
III Dix e several newspapers was
located at Will ton because If the
very fay5rable freight rate To hat
point am Tor that reason it wa a
aving II the taxpayers as we'll as
II the county printer to have some
Of the ru h orders done there; hat
~ soan a. the commissioners OBJ
jected Il this he told them no more
work would be done at Will ten for
the county ana Chat no more had
been dsne since that time.
Rabcock and Greer then called l..
s. Oh EN-, formerly employed by the
Herald and who, upon being dis
charged from the position because
Incompetence and dishonesty, had
len invoices and letters from the
Herald files and turned them over
to French and Hansen or their at
terneys.
These invoices. no doubt because
they were stolen. were not used as
evidence. olsen had informed Bah
cock and Greer that he could prove