The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-02-16
TRIBUNEIN TROUBLE
EMPL0YE STOCKHOLDERS AND
DODD ARE AT OUTS.
Both Sides Have Attorneys Retained
and Services of the Sheriff
Have Been Called for.

The affairs of the Pendleton Tri-
bune, paper that has always been
strenuous" IN one way or another,
are being aired profusely, spontaneous
ly aud extemporaneously by divided
directorate. And to add spice and
jinger to the expose, Win S. Brown,
the foreman stockholder, and Mr..
Dodd. editor, manager stockholder, in
the dark precincts of the print shop,
then aud there did (perhaps with due
provocation) come to blows, with the
result that Mr.. Dodd wears decora-
tion athwart each optic.
The Tribune trouble, as reported to
the Portland Journal, by its Pendleton
correspondent, is as follows: Litiga-
tion has overtaken the management of
the Pendleton Tribune, daily paper
in this city, and an effort is being
made to oust E. P. Dodd, the majority
stockholder, and place the affairs in
the hands of @. W. Myers, the city
editor and newly elected secretary of
the company. This situation was
brought about at a meeting held Sat
urday evening.
One year ago the company was in
corporated with $3O,OOO capital stock
and one third of this stock was sold to
five employees of the paper at SO cents
on the dollar. All of this amount
was not paid in at the time and small
weekly payments have been made
from their salaries by most of the
men.
Among other things the employe
stockholders allege that Mr.. Dodd has
not made proper accounting to them
of the affairs of the company and has
not declared any dividend from the
profits of the past year. The most
serious allegation made is that they
were sold shares in the company with
misunderstanding that there was no
Indebtedness on the plant and declare
that they did not know of $4,000
mortgage said to be held by, Mr..
Steward, former partner of Mr..
Dodd.
At the regular annual meeting of
the stockholders the stock was all rep
resented excepting 40 shares and all
Of the stockholders present voted for
the election of D. @. Brown, E. P.
Dodd, A. o. Garden, w. S. Brown.
CIV. Myers and G. E. Baker for
directors. The same vote was cast
for e. P. Dodd as manager. The
meeting then adjourned until the next
day.
Immediately after the adjournment
of the stockholders meeting the board
of directors met to organize, electing
e. P. Dodd president, O. E. Baker
vice president and q. w. Myers Sec
retary. A request for a statement of
the business of the company was made
of Mr.. Dodd by the directors. after
which, by a majority vote of the di-
rectors, Attorney A. d. Stillman was
employed to act as attorney for the
corporation to advise the board of
directors.
Mr.. Dodd failed to make any state
ment of the condition Of business,
whereupon the directors instructed
Mr. Dodd to turn over to G. w. Myers,
the secretary, all books and accounts.
Then Dodd secured the legal services
of Judge Fee and John McCourt
and called another meeting of the
stockholders, at which another board
of directors was elected and certified
copy of the $4,000 chattel mortgage
on the Tribune plant was placed in
the hands of Sheriff Taylor with in
structions to foreclose. He at once
took possession of the plant aud put
Dodd in possession, Almost at once
a demand to vacate was made by A.
d. Stillman as attorney for the COM
pany and after a few moments con-
ference between the attorneys the
property was handed back to the di-
rectors.