, 1907-06-05

quality of the coal delivered was often
not up to the quality contracted for
Boomerang Barred Out.
When reference was made to the uni
versity printing, Mr.. Morton stated
that he had no knowledge that any
unjust or illegal charges were made
by the company doing the printing;
that he had no direct evidence tina,
anything was incorrect, but that he
could point to evidence which could
be investigated, referring to the state
ment of the Boomerang manager that
no opportunity was given anyone to
bid on the printing.
Mr.. Henderson again brought up the
question of Miss Hebard's power with
the trustees, but again Prof. Morton
declined to answer any questions con
corning her.
Morton On Free List.
Mr.. Morton was asked concerning
the perquisites which he enjoyed at
the farm, and whether or not the
board members knew that he enjoyed
such perquisites. He replied hat up
on his coming to the university, Prof
Buffum said that the board had given
him the right of these perquisites,
| urhinh included tha rcn IF tho hnrcn
a horse, vegetables and milk. He also
stated that Mr.. Gramm on one occa.
sion valued the perquisites at $500
and that he therefore must have known
about them, and that any other mem.
Der of the board who interested him.
self in the affairs of the station could
have known about them.
The Trouble With Secretary.
MI. Henderson referred to a CONVEX
satiun between himself and Mr.. Nor
ton last week, in which the examiner
asked if Miss Hebard and Mr.. Nor
ton had had some trouble, and to
which Mr.. Morton replied, II guess
SO; she said | was the first man she
had had any trouble with in seven
teen years, 81 l guess you would call
it trouble" Mr.. Morton stated that
since that conversation last week Miss
Hebard had apologized for seeming
to imply something that she did not
intend to imply, and had explained her
meaning of remarks made on the occa-
sion referred to, and that, therefore
he had no further fault to find con,
corning their trouble"
Funds Misused.
The examiner, referring to the open
| letter published some weeks ago in
| the Boomerang, asked what funds Mr..
| Morton considered has been misused'
No explained ,thht the secretary and
librarian of the college, the secretary
Of the board of trustees, a sal
ary from the Hatch fund as secretary
and librarian of the station; that he
had looked up the amount of that sal
airy in the experiment station books
| and found 1t amounted to $1,120 for
the year 19o546, out of q total salary
paid her Of $1,000 a year; but that the
| station library work was not done by
| the secretary of the board-and official
librarian of the station-but by the
| stenographer of the agricultural de-
partment. 81 claim that the payment
of a salary for services which are not
rendered is a misuse of funds" said
| Mr.. Morton.
HysIop's Salary Irregular.
Another salary which he claimed
would bear investigation was the sal
airy of the agronomist, Mr.. Hyslop, a
portion of which was paid from the
Adams fund. He held that only Ger.
tain definite lines of work could, &C.
cording to the regulations of the de,
partment at Washington, be undertak,
en- under that fund, and that Mr..
Hyslop's work was not one of those
lines. Mr.. Morton also spoke of the
salary of Mr.. Novel;, saying that he
/ heard an arrangement entered into by
the president and director that all of
Mr.. Nowells salary should be paid
from the Adams fund, although Mr..
NOVEL; was teaching in the short
course, and that it vas provided that
no part of that fund should under any
| conditions go for teaching.
Salary as Associate Professor.
Mr.. Henderson asked if Mr.. Morton
had not said that Miss Hebard was
paid for work as associate professor
of political economy and was doing no
such work. Mr.. Morton replied that
he had understood Mr.. Henderson last
week to say that she did get a salary
as associate professor of political
economy and that he (Morton) had
said if that was the case it was a mis-
use of the funds because she Is not
doing the work.
Morning Session.
The morning session of Mr.. Hender'
sons examination Of Mr.. Morton
opened in the lecture room of science