The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-22

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fore the final auditing is completed.
Trusting that you will do me the honor
of placing this communication in your Of
fetal minutes. l beg 10 remain, very
respectfully,
GEORGE c. PARKINSON"
Only United States Currency.
I told by my attorney that the law
governing the work of the treasurer of an
irrigation district within the state of
Idaho makes it mandatory upon said
treasurer to accept nothing but United
States currency in the payment of taxes,
and we have the pitiful spectacle at pres
ent within this district of the Honorable
! George c. Parkinson handing over to his
successor bunch of personal promissory
notes taken in payment of taxes. And
! we have the further inconsistent and al
most beyond comprehensive fact of a
promissOry note given by S. c. Chadwick
! in the sum of $500 in settlement with Mr..
Parkinson for actual money that the said
S. c. Chadwick had collected from tax
payers and issued receipts of the COM
pany therefor This man, S. c. Chad
wick is a partner in business with A.
! w. Hart, and at one time was a member
or real estate company in which Mr..
Parkinson, Mr.. Hart and himself COM
posed the firm. QuOting from the
memoranda agreement for the year 1895,
the following appears, tO-wit:
For value received the first party does
hereby form a partnership with the sec
ond party IS. c. Chadwick and George
Q. Parkinson and the second party does
hereby form partnership with the first
party in general law business. in real
estate, loans, newspaper profits, in all
classes of legal work. in collections of all
kinds, and in all profits made by specula-
ton while working together"
For Personal Use.
These notes Mr.. Parkinson wants the
| irrigation district to take in settlement
! with him. He admits that this man Chad
wick received the money from the people;
he admits that he is aware that it is a
violation of the statutes. and still this
correspondent signing himself Traveller
declares that Mr.. Parkinson and others
are being dealt with unfairly, when the
fact of it is. he and his assistant. through
this act, If no other, have absolutely
taken public money to use for their own
personal accounts. This much we present
IN consideration of the work that has
been done in the auditing of the accounts.
and L desire to state that this is Just
merely an atom among the many that
could be produced.
In regard to Mr.. Hart, we will present
the following facts: Some little time
after the resignation of George c. Park
nson as treasurer of the district, Mr..
Rumel filed another communication with
the board of directors, requesting the res
ignatiOn of A ". Hart as secretary.
The request from Mr.. Rumel was pre-
sented to Mr.. Hart for his consideration,
and Mr. Stephen Callan, one of the direc-
tors of the board who has been a member
from the very beginning of the organiza-
ton OF the district up to the present time,
moved that Mr.. Hart resign, in accord
ance with, the request of Mr.. Rumel. Mr..
Hart entered DrOtestatiOn of his inno-
cence, and asked the privilege of con-
tinuing in office until the end of the year.
Director Peter Vaughan and Joshua
Adams, director-elect, requested Mr.. Hart
II he were sincere in his protestations or
innocence, to commence an action for
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bring the matter to an issue at once,
which he promised TO do and in compll-
ance with his promise Mr.. Hart sought
Joseph Davis prosecuting attorney for
Oneida county, and told his determine
ton, and asked if Mr.. Davis had any OBJ
Jections to him sending for Frank Neb-
eker, attorney at law in Logan, to con-
suit with him before bringing said ac-
ton. 1 am informed by Mr.. Davis that
he cheerfully acquiesced in the request of
Mr.. Hart but at the same time stated
that if Mr.. Hart were ready to vindcate
himself he would no longer restrain Mr..
Rumel from filing criminal proceedings
against Mr.. Hart and that Mr.. Rumel.
Immediately upon being informed of Mr..
Harris intentions. filed a criminal COM
plant charging Mr.. Hart with the crime
Of embezzlement After considering the
matter in all its phases it was deemed
advisable to withhold service Of the war
rant of arrest until special counsel could
be mad to represent the district.
Makes Strong Charges.
On the following Monday Frank Nebe-
ker came to Preston and after consulting
with his client MIR. Hart they came TO
the office of Joseph Davis with a paper,
upon which was written the words some
what as follows: I hereby declare that
Mir; Hart is a felon, thief, and a liar
and asked Mr. Rumel to sign it. The
gentleman replied that he was more than
pleased to have them commence the in
tended proceedings against him, and that
ne would answer them in court. And this
great display ended in a grand fiasco
This resignation was demanded on the
grounds that he had Incorporated $751;
600 of the districts money, and that this
was done in the purchase of what is
known as the Armstrong ranch tract
of land situated about ten miles north Of
Preston. Ida, and containing about 500
acres, and that the transportation was
done as follows:
On Feb 9, 1907, Mr. Hart drew a check
Oneida Irrigation district on the First
National bank OF Logan, Utah. in favor
of himself. and then deposited said check
to his personal credit in the same hank
tnd that afterwards, on the same date
he drew one check in favor of w F.
Armstrong for $500 and another bearing
the same date for $1,000 first pay
ment upon the option obtained on said
some time previous to this, and the re-
naming 5000 was loaned on the same
date to Junius C. Jensen, S. c. Chadwick
and a. w. Hart.
This is the first entering wedge. so far
as known at present, wherein employees
Of the Oneida Irrigation district used the
funds of the district for real estate spec
ulation, and which is clear viola ton of
the statutes of Idaho. to-Wit: Section
ass reads as follows:
Each officer of this state. or of any
county, city, town or district of this state
and every person charged with The re-
ceipt and safe keeping, transfer or dis
bursement of public money who either,
''First-Without authority If law ap-
propriates the same, or any portion there
other:
''Second-Loans the same or any por-
ton thereof. or having the possession or
control of any public money. makes
profit out of IT, or uses the same for any
nmrpose not authorized by law: