The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-10-02
ARMSTRONG LETTER
Tells Power League Results Of His
Audit

Audit
Oklahoma City, Okla, Sept. 26-Tc
Members People Power league. AT a
call meeting OF the Peoples Power lea.
Igue, which met in this city Sept. IL,
| was elected as one of the commit
tee of two to investigate the books
land records of the agricultural board,
and report results of said investiga-
tion.
In the dischargt of this duty,
have with the assistance of the state
examiners office examined the books
and records of both the agricultural
board and state auditor, and submit
| lthe following in answer to questions
|propounded by the committee repre-.
lsenting the league:
Expenses of O. Al Brewer charged
when visiting the Grant county farm
ers institute last fall which he at
tended solely for thep urpose of Sc
curing the election of a satisfactory
delegate?" The expenses of o. A.
Brewer while visiting the county
farmers institute last fall in Grant
county were paid out of the Farmers
Institute fund, and the records in the
office OF the state examiner does not
show for what purpose Mr.. Brewer
was attending the institute. but the
records in the boards office show
that Mr.. Brewer and other members
of the board were authorized by a
resolution introduced by Ewefs
White, member OF the board, requir-
ing members of the board to attend
the farmers institute in the several
composing the disdct IN
which the different members reside.
ITO what fund was charged the
;164.00 automobile "trip from Guymon,
Okla, to New Mexico, occupied by
board member, employe and friend?")
The records of the auditors office
loes not show, or give any account oil
,164.00 automobile trip from Guymon,
Jkla, to New Mexico, but the inves-
igation shows both in the office OF
he auditor and on the books of the
BOARD of agriculture that instead OF
,164.00 charge there is claim OF
47.31, for which a warrant was IS
ued covering the trip referred to in |
he inquiry by the league. This trip, |
overing a distance of more than 600
niles was made by the Dope Well
ommttee, who visited the location
ion of each we'll to bed rilled, also
citing logs of artesian wells in
.ansas, Colorado and Texas.
I'VE ask that your report show the
ost of the legislative lobby main
aimed at the Lee-Huckins hotel last
inter, and from what fund same
as pai I'd" There is no account to
e found where legislative lobby II
as ever paid one cent out OF the
ates funds for hotel bill at the Lee
uckins during the recent session ot
Ie legislature. Members of the
>ard have to pay their own motel
IL, they are not paid by the state,
'To what funds were the salary
ii expenses OF one Hardy Dial, who
sing as a cotton lecturer, spent his
ne taking care of the boys?' The
larv and expenses of Hardy Dial
no was employed as special cotton
,turer' by ]. p Cononrs during his
rm of office as president OF the
ard. was paid out of the Farmers
stltute fund for giving lectures at
. institutes, and out of the Demon
alton Farm fund while giving farm
lectures at the lnstl-
.es by order of the board
find further in visiti, the office l.
state examiner and inspector that =
~ are making an investigation or
, records and books of the board ,
agriculture by request of President
T. Bryan, the authority having
IN vested in him by the board at
,ir meeting on August IL, l9ll
urs truly, j. X Armstrong, secre-
y-treasurer Peoples Power League.