The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-10-01
GROSS MEASUREMENTS
State Auditor Iverson Certifies Under His
Hand and Official Seal as to the Actual
Records of the Office-Johnsons
Statements Proved t. Be
Preposterous Calumnies.
Below is given a statement certified as

being absolutely true ana coIfect' W
State Auditor S. G. Iverson. This state
ment includes every item mentioned in
the report of Public Examine1' johnson
relating to state timber and takes
them I'D seriatim. in the order in which
they are given ir, the public examiners
report. This statement has been maze
Of the State auditor, S. G. Iverson, who
has checked every item and statcmcne
and is absolutely correct. as shown by
the books and records of the state az
ditor's office. 1t shows, that the state e.
ments made by the public examiner are
false and untrue and that his assump-
tons and conclusions are un aSarv
particular. 1t also shows that tnS
public examiner is entirely Ignorant W
the timber business in general ana 'n ne
is shown by the false construction ne
places upon terms in common use IN the
lumber Industry. For instance ne pre-
public understand that the term new
cutting" commonly used by timber
cruisers to designate timber wmcn mas
never been cut, means that such t'm6er
has ben cut or partially cut. He also
pretends to believe and attempts to con-
vey the impression, that when a state
state timber land. reports cutting on
south and east" that this means that the
timber on the state land has been cut
on the east and south, when as dace'
such report means what 1t says. name
ly, that timber on the lands adjoining the
state lands on the east and south, hsid
been cut. 1t is stated by employees in the
state auditors Office that the meanings
of these terms were explained to the puo-
lie examiners assistants but that they
disregarded all information and eXplan;t-
ton.
Comparison Is Invited.
ANY citizen possessed of ordinary in
tellgence is invited to take the certified
statement of State Auditor S. G. 1verson.
printed below and compare it, item by
satisfy himself of the utter falsity of the
statements made by the public exam
liner.
For, the. benefit of citizens who have
not. the time to make Il complete com
parison as suggested. attention is drawn
to a few cases illustrative of the false
examiners report. The items can be
identified in the state audItors cer ;f,i
report by the description of the land
which precedes each item.
A Seventeen Thousand Dollar False
hood Shown.
Take the first item in the public ex-
aminer's report which says that ST. 25
for pine cut on section 16-55-22 was not
paid. State Auditor Iverson certities that
this money was paid into the state treas
ury on August 10. 1894 and that the pine
land invesigating, committee reported
legislature filing its report with the gov
ernor on Dec. q. 1894.
Sections ss-5s-19 and 3c-59::1e. the sec
ond t6e en- T1
auditors statement. is also cited to show
the falsity of the public examiners state
ments. He alleges that no effort was
made to collect the balance OF the money
due the state for timber cut from this
land. The state auditor certifi's that
the cutting was done before state auditor
Dunn assumed office. for the most part,
and that the timber had been shipped out
of the state. State Auditor Iverson also
certifes that Mr.. Dunn. placed the col
lection Of the money for this trespass
in the hands of the proper state officials,
namely, the state treasurer and the at
tOrney-general and that they followed
the. attorney general collected $500
which was turned into the treasury, but
was unable to collect any more as the
tnespasseG was Dahkfup1 nno n}E ooos-
Another Sample of Mfsrepresenta-
1855 The public examiner among
other misleading. and false statements
stys Cruiser Mckenzie reported that
and that no payment had been made be-
cause Of this cutting, State Auditor
Iverson certifies that Cruiser Mckenzie
on the lands adjoining this section of
state land and that there had not been
any cutting on the state land.
1922. Public examiner reports that
Cruiser Mckenzie made an estimate of
the timber On this land and reported that
there had been cutting done on this land
but that the records do not not, shoW VINO
cut. State Auditor lverson certities
that the exact. language of Cruiser Nc
Kenzie's report was this: New GU,
never been cut into and that no cutting
had been done. The cruiser does not
that anything Mns Gst on att 5hs
ment is an absolute falsehood.
s6-52-12 The public examiner makes
a similar false statement regarding this
shat there were new cuttings and that
Standing ST. <' at 100000" and he further
alleges that the {%dse s ne n3 as
and although the cruiser reported 1000
600 feet of timber, all the timber
on thiS l s7o W snd s %ah either u the
densest stupidity or malice the public
examiner asks: "The query is: what
Became of the 4ooo.oono feet?" State
Kenzie never made an estimate or report
that there was 100000 feet of timber on
this land, but that there is an estimate
fown' He also certifies as to what tim
her was sold, cut and paid for On this
land. - +.a ere+
The foregoing are d 10" VI Siio AAiS
cases in the public examiners report ana
it is not necessary to weary the puonIG
with citing any others as they are r az
alike throughout the entire list; Inc
above samples are not eXceptlonaI cases
but every item of Public Examiner Jonn,
sons report is shown by the ceItlAe ~
statement of State Auditor lVerson ~
be just as false and full OF gross ms.
representation, a fact Whlch can pe
proved by comparison. .:e.s
State Auditor S. G. VERSIONS cerlnieo
statement is printed in full below: :
State Auditor Iverson Cert1nes TO
This.
The following is a certified abstract OF
the stumpage and other records in the
state auditors Office by State Auditor
Samuel G. 1verson: ~.
Sec 16-55-22. The public examiner says
that there is no evidence that 1925, be-
longing to the school fund OF pine cut
from this section, was paid. -
On page 70, pine land investigation
committees report to the legislature, filed
with the governor Dec. 81, 1894, the COM
mittee report having collected $4,000.
Gov. Nelson on Aug. Is, 1894, paid into
the state treasury $17,342:4 on account
of collections made from Itasca Lumber
company for timber cut in this section,
deducting attorneys expenses from orig
Inal amount. (See state treasurer's re-
mort. pag e 81. 1880 2s2-
Sec. 3S-58-19 Sold in 1894 under an
estimate Of $4,000 feet for So per thou
sand, reported cut Aug. 81, 1895, 1920
feet, draft drawn for $1,49S.54.
Sec 36-59-19. Sold in 1894, estimate