Foster County’s Fat Cats: A Web of Greed Unraveled?

In a scathing petition filed with Governor George F. Shafer, five residents of Foster County, North Dakota, have come out swinging, accusing the county’s commissioners of misconduct, malfeasance, and gross incompetence. The bombshell complaint, signed by H.A. Rindy, Oscar Solberg, O.E. Dawalt, W.H. Swinton, and E.T., alleges a laundry list of misdeeds committed by Commissioners J.R. Rusk, Marcus Defts, and Christ Ericksen. At the heart of the controversy lies a dubious warrant for $35, drawn on May 14, 1928, to cover the commissioners’ railroad fares to Fargo and return. The complainants claim that this bill was a blatant attempt to cheat and defraud the county, a charge that, if true, would leave a stain on the reputations of the embattled commissioners.