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Ml AH" lies emitruded ouriug the war. people of Ids county care to gallant service 'or the country, one opportunity. .T»X$ Mr. Brihett has never received a for re-election to office, he is no longer peaision, vet he was three times wound- m:partial and ought to go out. Mr. il, hid some of Ins te^th knocked ourjBlnom, Mr. Crosby and Mr. (Jhadwiek hv'si rebel saluv. suffered for uiouthsjhuve ail done tins. Good Republicans in a rebel prison, and is still suffering as they claim themselves to be, they irnin asMiuiatio and rheumatic ditlic-ni-jhuveaJi used their otlicial positions to THAT BO* i^* I~E I'ttrsons Settles jiloom—lloto Peter Thompson runs the Board, Crosby. Bloom it Co., alius Beta' Thompson &• ('o. EDITOR ADVANCE:—The would-be Auditor of Nobles County comes to thelarities front in hist week's Journal and makes a reply to my letter as published in the date nominated through its i"nuence.! I has caused division and strife among j„ our people when we ought to be and nulling together for the good of the peonleand partial. 'ncomDrtemJ If thejfavor a leading Deinoera: and they rewardjshould be rejected by the people at the11881, here isjpulis. TllOS. H. PARSONS. Irosbv* & Co. were r.ixoring Thompson The facts are, that the state examiner •iml had been for wo years or more, was satisfied that the county had been Tii'ey were putting off the issue of the bonds unnecissanly by send 11 to Chi cago forjblanks and in other ways and I knew that the only chance for me to get any of the bonds was through a bar gain with Thompson. Mr Thompson had the advantage over me through the favoriteisin of t!ie board and it would make no different |,ow lUUe.b he paid for the bonds, in would still nuiKe money out of them. The board could return him the ovei plus "i amount above what they weie worth in the shape *»r' a contract tu su|.ei intend Ihe construction of a road or abridge and by appointing his part ner Mr. Crnsov. to the same duties.by The boaid could connive with the pub lisher of the Journal and have him bid to do the county printing for nothing in oiiler to beat the ADVANCE, and at the same session raise his salary as County Superintendent »»f Schools e* nough to pay him a good price for thestatement, printing, when over half of the school houses in the county were vacant and the districts were not visited and Mr. Ogle's salary oimht to have been re duced instead of laised. They could the same thi. with Mr. Thompson against'me. There was no clianee for fair competition ami I knew it. lie calls me "the would-be boss of Nobles county" (a position which he aspires to himself.) I denv that I ever attempted i.i any wav. shape or manner to boss the people"of Nobl county that I ever asked or intimated to any county officer ih»t I wished hi to avor me ovei any Til A LA RUE SHOUT A O'E. II. I). IIuiuistou, candidate for clerk of the district court, says in last week's Journal: "Why has Miller. Mills & Co. kept this matter hushed op. andand made themselves parties to the crime (if crime has been committed) if they were personally knowing to the irregu of the county treasurer, board of audit and county commissioners?" Now, the fads are. Mills' term of office as county commissioner had ex- ADVANCE about the bond transaction Toe reply is characteristic of the man i.he )l.-,i day of December, 1877, and evades the most important char* sjprior to the expiration of lion is ton's made against himself and Mr. Ci'osny ju-rm or oilice. Lionel Snore took ids viz-tiieir l'avoriteism to fete* hti.up-.place as county commissioner on the sun lie tries to cover upanJ smooth hist of Juuuuiy. 187rf, and was a mem over the iacts widch he cannot ueny.jber ot me hoaid at the time the famous lie savs Hie bonds were ao\ei ifvO and »r«h Was made to make forced false solo "on a fixed u.»\" out hoes not telll^utries on the uooks in order to balance the ueopb* thai tne "Uxed nay" Wi.enjtu«* accounts. Mills was then on the they were sold to Mr. L\.ouip.-.on wusi»ef7re list, at the instance of liumis was more loan a mouth beime Petei|«Jb Thompson & Co., and had no 'l.M.ulKsou panl acei.t on I hem. Nm-jChance of knowing anything about it, dors hi-Vivo reasons tor or dei.v uiak-!«»d was not in any way responsible lor rug me pav the. cash into the treasury*1'* crime. The Iacts are, that if the tue ve»\ day Old in tne §-j.«iU0issue!treasurer had made sucii entry at his of homU tiie ear belore, and why hejown option, he would have been guilty Uid'not reunite Pe'-er Thompson to do of a state prison offense the order to, tne same wh-n tnr- $ :.000 issue was make such eniry shifts the responsibil-jthe sVriick off to him last .»ilui.\ Nor does by to the county board, and though the he deny that alter uiv telling nuu tlMtipeualty on them may not i»e so severe, Thompson bad not paid a cent ...» the ho norniity of the crime is not less bonds a week alter they were sold, «fj*,,,I"1- ,. momisiug me that if 1 would keep still! !*'. H" uistnii, further says that the mv half of the bonds smmid be uated^tate examiner had examined his ac-per iv paid Tiiompson for them, .'counts, and was satisfied that there was The tact is I saw plainly that Hloom,|»» enure for complaint. swindled, and he so expressed himself after looking over the commissioners' •'ecord. He said, in reference to the false entry of §819, that it was a queer proceeding, but as it was charged up to the county revenue account, the state was no loser by it. If the co'unty com missioners Wf re satisfii with that way •f balancing accounts, and the peoph were satisfied with them, ambwifcl their way of doing business, it was no affair of his. As this had transpired prior to his appointment, and piioi to the creation of his otlice, he did not feel like going through an examination of the accounts, unless requested to do so the county authorities. Even then, he had but little time to spare for that kind of business. Robert Shore was on the county hoard :it tiie lime the order was made to cover up the shortage, and he and Fred Bloom he! ed to make up the annual which was so made as to show correct balances, without showing in any way that any part of the funds hadbeeu abstracted and they certified that the report-was correct. This was seriously doubted, and ex phiuations were called for through the ADVANCE, but they were not made. Shore. Bloom, Thompson & Co. were undoubtedly knowing to these ti ansae lions, and The records show that sucl. was the fact and yet Hiimiston savs Miller, Mills & (Jo. are guilty of a crime for keeping it hushed up. It was pub lished .in the A A N CE in the otlicial proceedings, has been frequently com \M. It is the boss system in poll-men ted on, and the boat and Ilumis tics which I despise and hate: that sys tern which sends politicians through a county packing primaries and conven tions in their own interests that sys tem which caused the would-be Audi tor to send out his own son with a pe tit ion in his own favor f«»r office that .system which killed Garfield, and which is fast mining the Republican party: that, svstem whieh almost bankrupted the great city of New York IIIKVM- old democrat ie bosses that same system is »st ruining ouv own county. is one of inv chief reasons for opposing the election of Fred Bloom or any candi- ton have been called on to explain the matter, but have never dime so. HOW Ml. HUMJSTOy DOES BUSTMKSS ASA JUSTICE Since we began collating the records, the following has been handed us foi publication, it is only one more in the long list of items showing the most in competent- business methods, or the most positive dishonesty: From Justice's Docket, page 83: State of Minnesota vs. John Fay, Joint Grace. Joseph Murphy. Thus S|JM It has caused division and strife among „,.,-•.G( .H our people, when we ought to lie nn Th„s. Ceelan and oth- 8 ,. 9 whole. Faithful, honest and Pf-„f flve dollars, and costs amounting to tent men should be sustained by tne MMICII 19th. 1881. Thos. Geelan. Qf a a |M4id fine a|M M, And intriguing politicians S charged. V'hw a county oflieer begins to use His Mllms«tnn official position to further his chances Maich 21t, 1881, II. D. Humiston gn-ioo dollars, total $17.20, said Geelan was thereupon dis HINGTON ADVANCE—Supplement. Attest: F. S. MILLS. Co. Auditor. F. BLOOM. Chairman. STATE OK MINNESOTA, I O COUNTY OK NOBLES. paid into the county treasury five dnl-The stringers, not having any loads to lars as fine of Tlios. Geelan. and has carry, did break, and the bridge must never paid the balance of $12.20 into Ve he drew the same from the county treasury. Will the county board at some future time order a false entry made on the books to square up this $12.20, or can Mr. Shore come forward and swear iliac the records are wrong that humiston has paid it. Herewith appears the affidavit of the county tteasurer that only the §5.00 has been paid. State of Minnesota, Nobles county— ss. H. C. Shepard, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that he is county treasurer of Nobles county, Minnesota and that 11. D. Humiston has never paid more than five dollars into the county treasury on account of the line and costs in the case of the state of Minnesota vs. Thos. Geelan. Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public for the county of Nobles. State of Minnesota C. T. Pope.' to me well known, and up on oath says that he is a resident of Worthiugton in aforesaid county and that he has carefully compared the fore going with the entry in the County Commissioners Record, pace 291, per taining to the Liudermu!i Bridge, and that the same is a correct and complete copy thereof and that the-ecord is cleai and shows no marks of erasures or changes, and furthermoie he does this without the knowledge or consent of E. S. Mills, Countv Auditor.' h"}\1 ., ,. „,., .. Jack Creek was built under the super the county treasury. On May 24lh. the vision of Mr. Bloom, commissioner, at commissioners allowed him his bill of the pl^ce of Nelson Gordon, although justice fees of $29.60, and on July 9th,|t,K'»e was abridge leading across the H. C. SHEPARD, Co. Treasurer. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31st day of October, 1881. [L. S Titos. II. PARSONS, Notary Public. THE LIN DERMA® Mil DUE. Fred Bloom having had the meanness to attempt to throw the resposibilityot the Ciiidcnuaii bridge on Auditor Mills, we publish the following from records fixing the responsibility on Bloom: In the Comity Commissioners Record on uage 291 is the following: Auditor's Office, Sept. 21,1881. The County Commissioners met su adjournment. All the members present. Records of last meeting read and ap proved. The petition of R. B. Lindermau and others was received asking for a bridge across Jack Creek in the town of Sew ard mi the south line id' section 24. Grantee'. Commissioner Bloom was directed to furnish plans and specifica tions also to inspect and approve the work when complete and report there on to the county Auditor. The county Auditor was directed to advertise for proposals and to contract for the builuing of said bridge to the lowest responsible bidder also to draw on the road and bridge fund for the a iliount due on the receipt of the report of Commissioner Bloom that the work dn properly corttpb ted according to con tract. $ Minutes read-and approved by order of the County Board of Commissioners. Jan. 4. 1881. C. T. POPE. Sworn and subscribed to before me. this 29th day of Oct. 1881. [L. S.] GEO. O. MOORE, Notarv Public. ASOTHERttttlDGE. HERSEY, Minn., Oct. ?5.1881. EDITOR ADVANCE:—Hearing so much praise of the Honoral ]e C: ndi rlates for County Offices, and especially of the pr sent county 1 oard, it seems to me as a taxpayer, that the |ieople of this county should not take this all as fullv granted. Let us se a how ecouom ically the Hon. Board did build bridges in my vicinity. Three y*aisago there was abridge built by aid of the county across Elk Creek, near me. I. at the time of construction, complained that stringers were not strong enough, which p:e«uu ion now proves true. Another bridge across same stream, only one mile below, at the place of Mr. Hesselroth. A the time the bridge was built, the Hessel roth bridge had been taken away by high water. The pla.:iks and most of the timbers were saved by Mr. Hessel roth. Mr. Bloom might have saved money to the people by using the lum ber (if building the new bridge' at all) of the old bridge, about $100 to $150. but failed to do so. The bridge was built of new material and the people did pay for the same. But it is not a saving. It is a loss of the whole a mount. They should have replaced the Hesselroth bridge, which is on the county road from Graham Lakes to Hersey, as well as on the main traveled road from Graham Lakes to Worthiug ton, and only one mile east of the new bridge, which is on a private road, only laid out to the section corners of 21, 22, 27 and 28 in the town of. Hersey, and obstructed there by Elk Creek. The road was laid out but never opened. The Board of Supervisors of Hersey are wiser. They did not grant to build a bridge across the creek until the road was opened and needed. Was then the building of the bridge at Jack Creek really necessary? I say no, because, if so, tiie bridge was built over a year ago and not a team past over it yet, and the A-orst of all is the bridge is set out of its place, by high water, and is not pass ible. Now does any one hold that any economy was exercised by the Hon". Board as this one instance shows, not speaking of more. A TAXPAYER. THA CLE UK HI HE. Below we publish an extract from the law in relation to allowance to" the county Auditor for clerk hire, page 143, sec. 142, Statutes of Minnesota: "In all counties where the valuation of tax able property exceeds one million dol lars, the County Auditor shall be al lowed for clerk hire one-fifth, of one mill on each dollar of the amount of taxable property." We were in error in our statement in the supplement of last week that the percentage only applied to the excess over a million. Our readers will see by the above extract from the laws that it ipplies to each dollar's valuation of taxable property, which for the year 1879. as made up by James Walker, Co Auditor, amounts to one million and twenty-one thousand and seventy-four liars. Mills' salary for .1880" was based on the valuation of the proceed ing year. His allowance for clerk hire amounted to $202.22. This latter amount is rot payable to him. It can only be drawn by persons who have actually seived asi lei k,earn ing the amount claimed, and on their sworn affidavit that they have done so. In the case of Walker's shortage, the hoard allowed $285 to Walker and not to any clerk, to offset the amount he had overdrawn. WHERE.DID THE MONEY GO* EDITOR A A N E Since the organ ization of Nobles county, taxes have been levied every year sufficient to meet the expenses. They have generally been puid, and the penalty on delinquent taxes added foots up to quite an amount. Allow $1,000 per year for unpaid and rebated taxes, and we have $10,000. The bonded indebtedness is $S7.175. What was done with the $17,175? Al low $7,175 to pay for liquor prosecu tions, and there is still $10,000 to lie accoin ted f» Where has if gone? Has il uiuistou or Thompson got it? or has it tteen squandered to buv votes? honestly believe an expert at the books would uncover a shortage of fully $10. 000, and perhaps more. There is som thing for the people to look into and investigate. Some men are very slick with the pen and at figures, and exjyeit at covering up steals, so that people are fooled into the belief that they ate «x tra good and honest hookkeei»eis. It would pay Nobles county to hire an ex pert to come here and examine the books of the county, just to find out how much money has been stolen and who are the thieves. INDEPENDENT.