The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-13
NORTH DAKOTA
OBJECT TO METHOD
OF PAYING BILLS.
MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE SCORE
UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT.
Charges Of Usurping Functions Of the
Treasurer Are Made, but Friends Of
Official Declare It Was Necessary or
Vital Matters Would Have Been
Ignored,
Special to The journal.

Special to The Journal.
Fargo, N. D., Oct. 1S-President E. p. Rob-
ertson's methods of paying bills of the Red
River Valley university promise to become an
issue before the North Dakota Methodist con-
ference. He is roundly scored in a report by the
committee appointed by the 1908 conference to
audit the accounts of the university. The COM
mittee charges the president with paying bills
without having been audited and Of usurping
the official functions of the treasurer. It is
also claimed that the president and secretary, of
the board have been ignored. The report says in
one instance: s
honorable body to the fact that the only way
we have Of checking up large part of E.. P.
Robertsons collections and disbursements are
from. his private memoranda, submitted to the
the treasurer from time to time, a thing which
the. board Of trustees should never have per-
mitted.,' -''- >,z ~
Elsewhere the report says: 1.-THE committee
feels that such unwarrantable methods cannot
be too severely scored -.
There Is an array Of figures and statistics in
the reports showing number Of vouchers and
transactions. -.. -r ~-E'-
To offset the damaging charges Of the report
1t is reported that the men making it, E. Fl.
Carter and w. A. Baker Of the committee We're
appointed at the 1903 conference and should
have reported at the conference of the past
year. It is claimed that the committee has no
standing before the present conference and that
a committee, appointed last year, will also sub
nit report. Friends of DR.. Robertson insist
Of the other officials, or vital matters would
have been ignored. He admits the collection
and disbursement Of large funds but states that
from the official position he held he was COM
PEELED to act he did. = .,s-Ts. ~ -,sss
It is the methods and not the results that
are scored by the committee. .. z
The complete confidence Of the conference in
President Robertson shown when he was
called on in the conference to state the condi.
ton of the university. He was frequently ap-
plauded fet,'
The school board row of Fargo was venti-
lated in the court before Judge Allen, who had
been called in by Judge Pollock to hear the case
Of II. R. Turner vs.. II. Harrington. After de-
feat at the last springs election and at the last
was removing from the city, rendered his resig-
nation. The old borrd elected 81. r. Turner to
| fill the vacancy. On the reorganization of the
new board the position was taken, that the old
board had no power to transact new business at
Its last meeting and the appointment of Turnss
was ignored. a. Harrington was selected to
fill the place and has since acted y Mr.. Turner
| then began an action to GUST Harrington. The
court took the case under adviseInent. r..
Judge Pollock is engaged in hearing the case
Of tie city of Fargo VS.. the treasurer Of Cass
| county. The last legislature enacted measure
providing that cities should have a share of
the penalties and interest on delinquent taxes.
The matter had been long demanded by Fargo
and Grand Forks.
The first collections of licenses from the brew
ing companies having agents in this state was
made by the internal revenue department at
East Grand Forks full list Of all the beer
agents in North Dakota will be secured and the
brewers will be compelled to take out govern
ment licenses for each. ..,,..5...
| An employee of Fargo laundry, Miss Rachel
| Sandie thrown from streetcar in Moor
| head and suffered slight concusson of the
brain. She went from her seat to- the rear Of
! the cor in readiness to get off at the next cor
! ner and thrown to the pavement when the
car suddenly turned the curve. - =:
| Deputy marshals have taken J. A. Erickson OF
| the Minot National bank to Sioux Falls to be.
| gin his five-year sentence. Mrs, Erickson came
| from Mnot and saw her husband. H. r.,