The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-03
GOV. BRADY SHOULD
LOOK into MATTER
HIS Attention Is Most Respect
iully Called to This Felony
In His State.

truth as l found them were verv de
pl1raole, and could be termed crimi
nl. such negligence on the mart n,
Ihe secretary of your district Would M,
De tolerated in any we'll Conducted en-
/ eerprise. He, above all others wa,
lully aware of the condition of the ac
counts and should have asked for as
slstance, II. at any time, he was unable
TO properly handle the accounts anG
records of the office.
In compiling the books which Won
now have, I labored at a yery great
alsadVantage: Much of the data per,
tanning to this large expenditure of
money was on slips Of paper. and that
winch was not to be found was oh.
famed from outside sources. While
there may be few accounts vet TO be
suJusted with contractors, owing to the
TACT that their estimates have not all
peen returned to the office, have pre-
pared the accounts as represented
herein, and they represent the true
condition of affairs of your district
hnmef should have gone further The
CONDITION was no doubt criminal. but il
was with felonious intent. with malice
aforcthoupht and pretense. Parkinson.
WIN ms experience of grating at the
University of Idaho, AT Moscow. and
other places. undoubtedly laid the fipst
INES Hart elaborated and befouled
even Parkinson S notions of thievery.
Parkinson and Hart Arrested.
Upon the disclosures Of Rumcl's re-
port, showing such villainous skulldug.
gerry. Parkinson and Hart were arrested
Tor mlsappropriations Of public funds.
On the first trial. the First National
Bank OF Logan, in whose hands most
az the money had been kept, having
been served with n subpoena upon II. l..
Croc ckctt assistant cashier, 10 produce
an books and papers pertaining to the
Onelda Irrigation district. refused TO ap-
pear, as directed, pleading that the
state OF Idaho could not force citizen
OF Itah 10 appear in the courts under
such subpoena
Before considering the law of the
matter. it would be well to remember
hat Thomas Smart is president of the
oank, while Joseph +. Smith and ". s.
McCornick are directors, and that is
'nongh to account for anv lodging.
whereby President George c. Parkinson
and Arthur w. Hart were protected,
One OF the sources Of great comfort |
% Parkinson aud Hart was the fact |
nat so FAR as any contractor may make |
roubIc for them for the robberics per. |
ormcd upon them. the only evidence |
avs IN the notebooks Of Engineer |
swan, who refused 10 produce them,
lalmlng that the district owes him
One $500 or more for services rendered |
{ Is noticeable that he has not sued /
he district for the money. nor has the
district sued him for the books; but
here is another day coming, when this
orm ct mutual dishonesty must end
What Records Disclose.
\ further transaction that on its
acc perhaps would not appear to be
ermane TO the affairs Of tho Oneida
'rigation district is brought TO light
\ the search of the records of mort
agces IN Oneida county kept in the
tflce of the county recorder. On page
lstrument from Marion Henderson and
llille a. Henderson, his wife, to Utah
lortgage and Loan company Of Logan.
tab, whereby certain lands in section
), township IA south of range 3S east.
Disc meridian. are mortgaged as Sc
lrity for loan Of TI00, and as addi-
onal security two shares III the Rush
,lle irrigation company arc pledged
has instrument bears date Of April |,
lOS, and is redecmablc April l.. 1913,
ith interest payable scmiannually at
arion Henderson and Mile A. Hen {
,rson, his wife, and is Witnessed in
Ie form by Adclbert Henderson and
s wife. Mary f.. Henderson, and Ger.
fed 10 by Adclbert Henderson as no. !
ry public. So far so good
Under date of January /, 1910, on !
,ge ass, book of mortgages, ap-
ears another and similar instrument {
hereby the same identical lands are "
,ain mortgagcd TO school district No. 7
by the same Marion Henderson and
S same wife, MilIie H. Henderson. |
is time in spite of the existence of ,
ortgage No. ]. The amount loaned /
greater, to-wit. $500, and again is q
C security diminished for the two