Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-24
ERROR

h lPUlRAP hICAL ERRUk
Al COUPLE OF TYPOGRAPHICAL
ERRORS IN THE REPORT OF
TyNiNE PLANT.
THE FARGO sEARcHLlGH i TAKES
ADVANTAGE OF THEM TO
SCORE MANAGEMENT.
The last issue of the Fargo Search
Light, under the caption Some Facts
About the Penitentiary," proceeds to
give some information that is not
fact at all. Mr.. Cole, the editor, was
| in Bismarck the closing week Of the
Legislature and If he really wanted
facts regarding the purchase Of raw
material for the state Irvine plant he
could have had access to all the vouch-
ers and records on file in the state
auditors Office a couple of typo
graphical errors in the special twine
plant report may have n1isled the
author Of the criticism but he ought to
have reasoned that in the statement Of
sisal purchases where 1t read LOO
bales, $24, 1904 = and in the next par
agraph 800 bales. $14.7O2.s4, there
was something wrong that ought to be
Investigated before jumping at conclu-
sions before Jumping on to the war
den.'
The printed reported should have
read 81 900" bales instead Of s100''
bales simple typographical error.
To be precise the following is a state
ment of facts as to the purchase of
fiber covered by the warden's special
report during the year 1905, referred
to by the Search Light in its issue of
March 10th:
The vouchers and expense list upon
which payment was made, the same
being on file at the state auditors
| office and at the office of he North
Dakota penitentiary. show as follows:
The item mentioned in January
1906, amount $24,179.O 4, shows to have
been purchased from Henry w Pea.
body & Co, Of Boston, Mass, covered
one thousand bales of sisal weighing
352.530 pounds, less freight to Bis.
marck
The item mentioned in February
| 1906, amounting to $14,7O2.S4, covered
five hundred bales Of sisal, weighing
172,4S7 pounds, was purchased from
Milton Daily, Chicago, HI, agent for
o. Molina & O6., Progreso, Yucatan
and freight charges to Bismarck.
The item mentioned in March, 1905
amounting to $66,O01.s s, shows to have
been purchased from Henry w. Pea
body & Co.. Boston, Mass, coyerei
/ seven hundred and fifty bales Of fail
current manila, weighing 207 ,86t
pounds; 74S bales midway manila
weighing 207, 584 pounds, and $50 bales
OF good current manila, weighing 208,
1886 pounds. making a total Of ga, 7S(
pounds and freight charges on same
from Manila to Bismarck. Il
The item mentioned in June, 1905
amounting to s12,51s.25 shows to have
been purchased from Henry w. Pea
body & Co, Boston, Mass, covered
j 500 bales of sisal. weighing III ,294
pounds, less freight charges to Bis
i marck.
The item mentioned in July, 1906
amounting to $12,5 13.25 shows to have
been purchased from Henry W. Pea
body & Co, Boston, Mass. covered
500 bales Of sisal, weighing 173,3S7
pounds, including freight to Bismarck
The item mentioned in October
l19O5, amounting to $15, 998.21, shows
to have been purchased from Milton
Daily, Chicago, agent for Ovelino Mon.
ties, Progreso, Yucatan, covered 500
bales of sisal hemp. weighing 212, I'll
pounds. and freight paid to Bismarck
The vouchers show invoices from
the above mentioned parties to which
are attached bills of lading Showing
the number Of bales and pounds, both
! by steamship companies and railroads
Ito Bismarck. Consignors consigning
above shipments drew on the North
Dakota penitentiary through New
I York banks with invoice and bills OF
/ lading attached, together with official
Weighers returns. These drafts came
through the First National Bank Of
Bismarck in due course. which is the
only foundation for the Search Lights
charge that the First National Bank
acted as broker I,
The Search-L light does the manage.
ment Of this Institution a wrong in the
intimations and inuendoes based ~
an error In print. AS q matter Of fact,
outside the record, much Of this raw
material being under contract before
the rise in price. was worth much