The Portland daily press., 1901-02-28

and MIR McKeen. The witness said that
while member of the executive COM
mittee he hau talked over institute mat
ters with Mr. MCKeen at the annual meet
ings The committee always met ct
the State fair and talked over the fall
works II it came so that ths members
met, they talked over the work. Ihev
always knew from she rewfpapsrs what
was going on. They were consulted as
to the SPEAKERS at the various meetings,
but not as to money matters
Assed by Mr.. Spear # he hal ever
heard MIR Mokeen called headstrong
official. MIR. Moody said he did not re-
m en- Der that be had He regarded MIR.
McKeen work as very effective. There
was no one who had come into the state
to lecture who could come up to Mcheen
as an alI-round lecturer.
Questioned particularly about the Blue
Hill cAse, he said that the investigation
was certainly lrs flied, but 1t was not She
business OF the board to conduct the
same. Nevertb eless, he thought that In
the end It was a good thing Inc scare
WAS all over the state that family had
oil ed of tuberculosis and that the COW
which caused 1t had been buried.
Concerning his trip 20 the Farmers
National Congress, he said that he spent
$40 on his trip MIR. Mckeen had asked
him to go and had told him that he
thought he might be able to squeeze out
a part of his expenses With that aHsur-
ance he went ahead. lie spent Sli0. A
real prudent man might have done 1t for
SlO0 No man, even II be was "a temDer-
ante man, could have done 1t for 500
''Wss $40 enough for rumr' asked MIR
Heselton.
NO. was the reply, "but you could
get along with 1t
Continuing witness said that he told
the executive Committee how much he
aFKn Inc Aof hnw
thought was right he would accept They
said $50, and he took 1t
ASKED II It was true that the cattle
com mission made 8oout the same lnVesti-
CATION at Blue HIN for SO that Mokeen
spsnt $3.50 for, witness said ne could not
saysas he had not looked up the matter.
DIR. George Ii. Bailey OF Portland was
called He said that he was the first man
appointed on the cattle commission and
ssrVet eighteen years. He was "a member
of the commission during the Blue Hin
case He said that the commissions in
ves5igation cost less than $50 he said
that he knew OF N. j. Bachelor who
was secret iry OF the New Hampshire
board OF agriculture. He was in Augusta
the day Bachsider leotured in the hall of
the House He thought that there was
heaxlng in the Senate chamber on the
com mission that day.
Asked Rartic1larly If Banhelder in his
dUtAGkSu luo NuTh Vi llb hhlnG
cattle 90 q nmission witness said he did.
SamueIW, Dyer, a farmer OF Cumber-
land. brseder Of Jersey stock and mem
ber Of tie Dairymen's association, was
the mex wit ness. He had an exhibit at
the Portland meeting and it was tbs ex-
hibit which lead to the celsDrated S25 In
cident. lie assisted MIR. Nc Keen and
paid out s.. He gave Mr.. MoKeen bill
OF $40 which was settled in a few weeks.
Later he learned that S25 had been
charged by MIR. Mckeen. Recently Mr..
Mokeen asked him what the bill was and
seemed surprised when hs learned that
1t was only $40. He said he would look
it up and did so. Afterwards he asked
MIR. Dyer If ne would accept SIS and MIR.
Dyer declined. MIR. McKeen asked him
later to endorse a check for SIS to pay
for q set Of dishes given as special
premium. In p letter dated September
22, 1900, MIR. Mckeen said that ne had
found that the books showed that Mr.
dyer had been paid $40 while SO was
charged. Mr.. MoKeen in this let ter said
that it was a Misunderstanding and he
was sorry that the matter had so long
escaped his attention. The $40 check was
endorsed by MIR. Dyer aud used to pay
debt to the A. l.. Gohs company con-
tracted by Mr.. Mckeen.
MIR. Dyer was asked about the charge
for hotel bill at Cumberland. He said
there was no hotel there, but that MIR.
McKeen had explained the matter in
way which seemed satisfactory. MIR.
Mckeen had told him that he made such
charges because W hen entertained he al
ways reoiprooAted the entertainment at
his own expense. MIR. Dyer had himself
been given dinners by Mr.. Mckeen. On
cross.examination, he said MIR. Mckeen's
Institute and dairy work was satisfactory.
q. Ii. Brett, former treasurer OF the
Goss company, told OF the receipt OF the
Sl5 check TO pay for the dishes. The debt
was one Mr MeKesn agreed to pay. MIR.
Brett, who travels q good deal among the
farmers said that they spoke highly of
MIR. MoKeen's work.
The report OF Mr.. John o. Rioe was
then read by Mr.. Heseltine.
SEhe report showed the accounts OF Mr..
MoKeen to balance. The unpaid bills OF
1900 were $165. "a, and OF 1901, Sl46.59
MIR. Rice says; The omission or keeping
q cash book makes IL impossible for me
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