The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-24
RECORD BASED ON
BORROWED CREDIT.
FIGURES ON DUNN SETTLEMENTS
ARE PADDED.
Large Sums Which He Claims to
Have Secured for the State Were
Brought In Thru No Action of His
Public Examiners Original Re-
port Corroborated.

The Journal had occasion on
the 22d to correct Mr.. Molander's
statement with regard to section l6,
town 141, range 81, and prove him
wrong by certified copy of the rec
ords in the auditors office. 1t seems
to be necessary to introduce compe-
tent testimony of this kind again.
: Ever since the second installment
of Mr.. Johnson's report with regard
to the auditors office appeared, at
tempts have been made by Mr.. Dunn's
friends to show that he had collected.
a much larger amount of money in
the way of settlements made by him
for trespasses than was credited to
him by the examiners report. 1t has
been claimed that he has realized for
the state on such settlements nearly
$500, 900, whereas the examiners re-
collected $146,633.20 because of such
settlements made by him.
The j o u n has before 1t a
certified copy of a certificate issued
by the state auditor June FL, with re-
gard to this matter, Which Will be or
Interest in this connection. The GER
tificate is as follows -.
State Of Minnesota, Auditor OF State.
ST. Paul. Mimi, June II, 19O4.-l, sam
Euel G.. Iverson, state land commissioner,
In whose custody is kept all books and
RECORDS pertaining 10 SlitlS ueiluS, Nv
hereby certify that the Record of Tress-
pass Collections shows the following
amounts collected for timber trespass on
state lands from January 7th, 1895, UP to
and including December 18th, 1902: 34,-
62S679 feet of pine, scaled, for which the
fBum of sos, II was collected. Also the
sum Of $44, 021.15 was collected for pine
cut or settlements made, the number of
feet not stated, of which amount the
sum Of SIT 300 90 was from settlements Of
suits arising from the examinations OF
the pine land Investigating committee;
also the sum of $13, 3436S was collected
for tamarack, cedar and spruce made into
ties posts poles and pulpWood. d.
The total amount thus shown to have
been collected and paid into the state
treasury being the. sum Of $163, 2S5.54.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the official seal of
my office this 21st day of June, A. D. 1904.
st Samuel G. Iverson,
Auditor of State and Commissioner of
State Lands.
(Seal.)
hereby certify that the above is a true
and correct copy of the original.
T., A. w. Thompson,
T.. Deputy State Auditor.
It will be noticed that in this Ger
tif1cate Mr.. Dunn collected $105, 920.71
for pine scaled, $44,021.15 for pine
cut or settlements made, the number
Of feet not stated, and $13, 343.6S from
the sale of tamarack, cedar and spruce
made into ties, poles, posts and pulp
wood This aggregates $163, 1854,
but the auditor, as the certificate
shows, indicates that Of this amount
! $17,250 was received from settlement
of suits arising from examinations
by the pine lard investigating COM
mittee and not from settlements by
the auditor. SuYbtracting this $17,25O
from the $3.50, 2i35.54, there remains
$146, 035.54, which is about 5000 less
to Mr.. Dunn's CT edit than Mr.. Johnson
allowed him. $40 it is seen that the
public examiner is, for all practical
purposes, fully !eorroborated by the
state auditor, Samuel G. Iverson, in
this certificate, dated June FL.
Attention lis called to the date OF
this certificasteN from the state auditor
because copies of a certificate from
the same soIhrte, dated June 20, are
understood to be in circulation. That
certificate, however, fails to subtract
the $780,, which was not collected
by the auditor on settlements effected
by himself, but ON settlements the re-
suit Of "suits arising from the exam.
nations of the pine lands investigating
committee as appears from the
later affidavit Of the state auditor
quoted above.
This distinction is important, as i
shows that the state auditor more thar
substantiates the public examiner a.
to this matter.