Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-06-14

.u.1 "a r~v,aia errors and inaccursciss 10
RI o,ig,n.I eoruputatiop and thereupon am
amt. before the close Of said case, In opes
court. called the attention OF the presiding
Judge to the fact that In some respects saiu
computation was not correct.
That since said time aft'lnt has examih"
INTO said matter NOR. carefully ana mas
made use OF all available statistics ana re-
PORTS as to the amount of wheat received
shipped anil made into -Four between seP'.
l. 1902 and Sept. l. l:a2- AZ the p"r' W
Duluth h Superior, and nov Knows mat tne
original computation made 10y ar'aht, anu
hereto attached marked "EAnihlt A. Was
not a true or correct statement as 10 'ne
facts in many respects. though At The time
that aftant made said statements sh""'
believed them 70 he true.
That afiant now Knows that in his original
computation. marked Exhibit A, hereto
attached, afiant failed 10 take INTO &C
count the following items relating 10 such
receipts and shipments OF grain 10 WIZ
a. A clerical error In the original compu
tation increasing the apparent rNcess OF
shipments over receipts hy l,ooV'oU pusn'
els; "a the stock of wheat in store In tle
vstors on sent l. 80 amounting TO l.
t54 900 bushels: cll he sock OF wheat In
store S~lt :. r., .Iaosn'4ng 10 3t3Wo
bushels; ~ the a. at "EtRt receiVeu
by elevators On u - .I.ofo harbor ana
subsequently saipp, 'r - 81" elevators
TO nour mills locatt. "a J,!.in ana supe
rior. between Sept !, y ant sept. 4,
1875. amounting IL "tfNtti' bGsheis, top
the amount Of cc~rt" .sF nat shouid ne
made in the NUM- ,r ~. 'ESayls of wheat
ueed in the proauc;!uE OF -four In said
period OF time ON account of the use In said
original statement "Exhia't A OF calendar
wears Instead OF crop years. amounting 70
POS. OOO bushels; 49, the amount ~ allow
snce that should I've made In said "ENhihit
A." but not therein taken into account
for tare on account Of dirt foul seed. etc.
on a24 .z16UOo bushels of wheat reported
as having been received ny the Minnesota
state weighing department as gross bush
sls amounting TO 4.67t 900 bushels; IN the
amount Of allowance that should he made
In said statement fer transfers OF grain
between elevators Of the same syrttm.
That atfiant has prepared a statement,
which IL hereto attached, and marked "Ex-
hibit H." which shows correctly In bush
els tho account being made Of fractions OF
a thousand bushels In the final computa-
tom the allowance that should be made In
said original statement Exhibit A" on ac-
count of the various items hereinaboye
enumerated. which were not taken into ac-
count in said original statement exhibit
A." and has tabulated said items In the
form of debit and credit statement, for
the purpose of striking a balance upon
said statement as supplement 10 the
original statement Exhibit A, hereto at
tached. aud for the purpose Of explaining
the apparent discrepancy Of about 26,OOO,-
600 bushels. shown by said Exhibit A."
That after a careful and psinstaking eI-
aminstio which afIlant has made OF said
matter. sniant is new convinced that, dur
ing the period from Sept. 1, 1897 TO Sept.
l. 1909, there was NO excess Of shipments Of
grain FROM the elevators At the head OF
Lake Superior. over receipts Of grain by
said elevators uuclsding stocks In storage
at the commencement and end OF said Pc
Rod, ~ charged by afnant before said leg
tslature. and In the testimony In said case
Of Gregory. Cook 3 Co. W. Wisconsin
Grain Commission, aud In private converse
items aud cerrsspondsnce, and that In all
such statements and correspondence ANA Mt
now hads that he was nisibformed, and
makes this afidavit for the Hlrpese Of cor
rscting such nlisstatements and Of showing
DE true facts
(Aigned) FRANK n. CRUMPToN.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
1Dth day of May, A. d. 1906.
ID. W. STOCKING,
Notary Public, st. Louis County. MINI.