Show 7 A slick alick attempt the county coin commissioners missioners ners li held eld their regular monthly session last tuesday and wednes dagand jasd upon many claims s mostly election expenses which always ani amounts to a large suni sum but one claim for pie re dented by the chronicle editor mr Dr dresser essex has the appearance of an all attempt to obtain money und under er false pretenses NV V e will lot let the facts mr dressers ers claim was for publication of the delinquent tax list tile the law provides that tile the county tro treasurer asprer prepare and cause to be published in the news paper having geneed circulation in the county on oil or before the first monday of dec a list of all delinquent keliik duent taxes at tho iq nov OV session the coin ordered 0 t that the delinquent list chis s year should be published in both the progress review and the chronicle and i the lal fec of 2 sac ac per item should he divid ed equally between the two l pub lis lishers liers acting on mi tile the principle that ilala a imar is belter than thal none 1 1 tle ile publisher of tin tilt progress re be view did his part and presen presented presentad tid his hii claim with proof of publication which was examined approved and allowed the chronicle editor had made out his claim for per item and presented it to mr kr cooper the county treasurer asking him to 0 K it t but mr cooper was not born yesterday and did not bite 71 but tile the chronicle edi tor wanted that blat money right or wrong so BO making his face look as honest as possible he presen ted fed his claim to the coin III 06 ers who taking hi his word sword allowed the claim after reducing it to 12 2 1 acts per item but bater when it wits was discovered that mr kr dresser had not published tile the list tit at till all his hia claim vas recon si dered and the slick attempt is up ill against it Is it not an attempt to obtain money under false prel pretenses tenses |