Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-24
INSPECTOR PARKINSON MAKES
PUBLIC HIS INVESTIGATION
OF PRINTERS FUND.
$4,000 FOR RED BOOKS
Shows Gross Irregularities In friht'
ing Bills Passing Tlirou@h state
Auditors office,

Especial )-CndfBlnB lnot @@i'' ~ ~
was illegally paid by the state auditor
Leo Meyer. out of the state printers
appropriation between January ~
1912. without the claims first having
been approVed by the state BOARD OF
publlc affairs state Examiner ana
Inspector Fred Parkinson made pub
lie his report Monday of his inVes-
tlgation of the state printers tuhd'
which he instituted at the written re-
quest of Governor Lee Cruce'
In his report Of claims paid by
Auditor Meyer. without the approval
of the state board Of affairs Exam
iner Parkinson sets forth that $l5,-
429.39 was for alleged expenses con
nected with the publication or lhe
oklahoma Red Boob. The Red BOOK
is an historical work, In two volumes,
of Oklahoma, of which two thousand
were printed in paper binding ana
one thousand In cloth binding. War
rants for the unapproved claims in
connection with the publication of the
Red Book were as follows;
$500 at Tulsa.
: Expenses incurred by the state
printer and his assistants $sS9'S9;
Democratic Publishing Company,
Tulsa. Okla, $4,5O0.G0; Democratic
Publishing Company, Tulsa, OKLA
$4,000.
,rhe other unapproved warrants
were issued as follows;
Leo Meyer, publishing notices OF
meetings of state board of equallza-
tion. 1851: r j. Edwards, printing
public building bonds $94.45; Leader
Printing Company, Guthrie, Okla
for printing $500 constitutions,
legislative printing and treasurer's
reports, s5,555.95, total $21,790.5O.
OF the Democrat Printing Copany
claims, the report says $2,5OO worth
of claims cannot be found in the
files of the state auditors office. The
report sets forth that the total cost
of publishing the oklahoma lied
Book was s1S,1699S and Of that
amount $15.4S9.39 was paid by State
Auditor Leo Meyer, without the
claims having been first approved by
the board of public affairs.
A Rubber Stamp.
Referring to q claim of $2,1SO.6O
allowed the Leader Printing CO., tho
report saws: This claim appears to
have been approved by r j. Allen,
chairman state board OF public af-
fairs. however, the signature OF ap-
proval is attached to said claim with
n rubber stamp. The claim shows
to have been approved on the 9th
day of November, 1910; that 1t was
sworn to on the 18th day Of Novem-
Nv T., q Nih1npk'
At the time the claims purports
to have been approved by r. ]. AL
len. chairman of the board of public
affairs, Giles W. Farris was not the
state printer, and was not authorized
20 approve claims against the state
of Oklahoma prior to January y
1911.
No Requisition on File.
A warrant issued in favor of the
Leader company for which the report
alleges there is no requisition on file
in the office of the board of affairs
for goods furnished under the pur-
ported claim, is excepted to by En-
aminer Parkinson on the grounds that
the claim bears date Of June 0, 1910,
was sworn to October 3, 1910, and was
approved by Giles W. Farris, state
printer. subsequent to January ., 1911.
and shown to have been audited by
.he state auditor November II. 19ll.
Examiner Parkinson makes the com
ment. "The gross discrepancies In
the dates is evidence of the irregular
ity of the claim"
Unwarranted Claims.
A warrant allowed to Giles W. Far
rls. state printer. for expense incurred
by Seth X. Gordon, In compiling the
Red Book Is excepted to on the
grounds that Gordon should have
sworn to the claim and furnished re-
ceipts for office rent and stenopraph-
10 service, which the claim covered.
Parkinson says: II think tho claim
ant assumed unwarranted liability In
swearing to expense pretended to have
been incurred by another.
A warrant issued to Giles w. Far
ris for personal expense in compiling
The Oklahoma Red Book Is excepted
to by Parkinson on the grounds that
the claim Is not itemized, and no re-
ceipts furnished and on the further
grounds that It includes rent and re-
pairs on an Underwood typewriter.
put In at more than the cost of new
machine.
A warrant to Giles W. Farris, state
printer, covering expense in compiling
the Oklahoma Red Book during Aug
ust, 1911, Is excepted to on the
grounds that 1t included stenographic
work done by another who should
70 claim
Trip TO Tulsa Excessive.
A warrant issued to Giles W. Far
rIs. covering a trip to Tulsa. is ex-
cepted to on the grounds the claim
Is excessive.