The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-30

To The Salt Lake Herald:
The correspondence signed by Joshua
Adams, in reference to affairs of the
Oneida irrigation district, and published
in your issue of January %, calls for d
brief reply from Traveller whose arti-
Gle in the Intermountain Republican is
used as the pretext for The Herald let
ter OF course, Mr. Adams did not COM
pose the correspondence signed by him.
self. That is indicated by the bouquets
thrown to the special auditor. The spe-
cial auditor continues posing as the hero
of the affair, and Mr.. Adams lends his
name to cast descredit upon the First Ma
tional bank of Logan, Utah; Frank X
Nebeker, one of the leading young law
yers of the state, and the retiring Of
ficers of the district. When 1T is known
that the district handled more than half
and sale of bonds for the construction OF
the mammoth canal; that during several
years of construction there was no funds
in the treasury, and that the personal
credit of the officers was used for long
periods of time to carry the district; that
in the desire to ecOnOmize insufficient
clerical help was provided; ii is no sur
prise that the latest banking house meth
DDS were not used by these farmers But
good results were obtained for the dis
trict and not one dollar of the COM
pany's money remained unaccounted for.
1t is not true that the special auditor.
Mr.. Rumel. met opposition from the COM
mencement." The facts are that he had
every paper called for by him and has
not been interrupted in any way by any
one. On the contrary, the officers gen.
erously turned over to him their per-
sonal private papers and aided in every
way full investigation.
Mr.. Adams would convict George c.
Parkinson before the public by stating
that Mr.. Parkinson had placed into the
treasury two checks amounting to $500
without stating that Heretofore the dis
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pay commission for the sale of its
bonds to the amount of 10 per cent and
had ordered the sale of $4,000 of bonds
on the same TERMS, and with this under
standing Mr.. Parkinson sold said bonds
and retained the commission in the same
amount as paid others. When II was
finally determined that an officer of the
company could not charge commission
for such service. the amount Of the
commission was charged to Mr. Parkin-
son ana paid by him. There was no GRIM
inal intent in this. as all the officers of
the district we'll understood but il is nut
broadcast with the inference that $500
were embezZled. but that through the Wig
lance of the newspaper. street-corner aud
itor the funds We're recovered. Likewise
Mr.. Parkinson's letter addressed to the
board of directors under date of Novem-
Der y. 1907 for apparent purpose of Sc
curing just and fair examination of
his accounts. is made to convey a diff
ferent meaning from that intended
In reference to the statement that Mr.
Parkinson charged the district railroad
fare and expenses, while at the same
time working for the Utah Sugar COM
pany at monthly salary and expenses.
the fact is that the employment with
the sugar company was in 1905 while the
expenses for the district CHARGED for were
incurred in 1905. but the auditor mistak-
enlv or wilfulIv assumed this bill to
have been for 1905. and when his atten-
ton was called TO the error he was MAX
ing. he was not fair enough to correct
the same
sens9tionai charge was filed against
A. w. Hart alleging the emhezzlement
II s5nH0n when il was known that eva-v
dollar Of II was acrourted for TO the dis
trict- After using the filing Of the charge
@S nrete~t for sensational nawspa mar
article tise charge was at once dis
missed without hearing. OF course If any