The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-08-24

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ing that period in the first figures
given.
Hatcher Expected Help.
A letter from Mr.. Hatcher to Stewart
Mcmillan, winner of the house and
lot, in which the former stated he
was not In position to look into the
details Of the matter just then and
also in which acknowledgment was
made of the failure of the contest from
q financial standpoint, was introduced
as an exhibit.
Mr.. Mcmillan was recalled to the
stand and testified that on about Aug.
z, he had discussed the adjustment of
the matter with Mr.. Hatcher in per-
son. He said on that occasion Mr..
Hatcher told him he was holding off
on the payment of the prizes in the
possibility Of getting the bondholders
or new purchasers to come through
with a part of the prizes.
The last two witnesses called were
Henry Amerland and M. L. Hibbard,
who were both judges of the votes
in the contest. Their testimony stat
ed they had counted all the ballots
which included some which had ar
rived by belated mails. All those, they
said, that were sent in from outside
points and were postmarked prior to
8 o'clock Saturday night, July 13, were
counted. Two posted after that hour
were discarded without being counted.
Figures Didn't Agree.
When the hearing was resumed
yesterday afternoon, Miss Jorgenson,
bookkeeper in The Courier News bus
mess office, was again called to the
stand to tell about certain features
of the business methods of the paper
HnriT1p fhN Shn cto
Mr.. Ashley, the manager Of the con-
test company, received everything In
the mail marked contest department,
that after he was through with the
communications they were turned
over to Mr.. Hull, manager of the sub
scription department, and lastly to
the bookkeeper. herself
Miss Jorgenson gave certain figures
of what the contest brought in from
day to day. She said she had no
means Of knowing from whom the
subscriptions came, as only the days
receipts reached her,
When asked what the contest com
pany had received as its part of the
remuneration for its work during the
contest, she stated it was $3,399.90.
After computing the figures shown
for the daily receipts of the contest,
she said the total receipts for the en-
tire contest had been $19, ,90S.16.
Mr.. Stambaugh. attorney for Mr..
Hatcher, asked Miss Jorgenson to go
over her figures again as he contend
ed she was about $4,000 off.
Sullivan Recalled.
D. r. Sullivan, manager Of the
Sundberg Jewelry Co., was recalled
to the stand in the afternoon and
gave the prices of the rings first laid
aside for Mr.. Hatcher. He said the
prices of the seven rings ranged from
$5S to STA, but some of these he sold
as Mr.. Hatcher did not come for them.
The next set of rings he said were
more expensive.
Mr.. Sullivan said he made an ar
rangement with Mr.. Hatcher to re-
ceive credit for $75 for advertising
which The Courier News had against
him and the rest in cash, together
with some extra advertising promised.
He said he received the extra adver-
ttsing promised. .,..
When asked if he had denied an
order Of The Courier News, issued to
one Of the successful contestants, he
admitted he had and that it was be-
cause he had not been paid in full
for the article which was to be taken
from his store. He stated he was paid
in full by Mr.. Hatcher on Aug. 13.
Story of Affair Check.
One of the important witnesses of
the afternoon was Walter e. Affair
of New Rockford, also an automobile
winner in the contest. Mr.. Affairs
story was an interesting one. He
said when he met Mr.. Ashley in The
Courier News Office. the latter invited
him out to dinner, but owing to an
other appointment he had to decline
the invitation. Mr.. Ashley, ne said,
then asked him to go to a saloon in
Moorhead and he met him there at 8
o'clock in the evening, where the con-
test manager told him if he wanted
to go after the automobile it would
cost him about $3.50, but that he
would be sure to get 1t at that price.
Mr.. Affair said he was agreeable to
putting in that much money into the
contest to get the car. Later in the
evening he said Ashley told him the
amount would have to be increased
to $500. He said he received a tele-
phone call from Ashley on Sunday
morning, July IA, the day after the
contest closed to mail check at
once. He said Ashley told him to
date the check July 13 and make it
out in an odd number either $501 or
$497. He sent check for $497 which
was introduced as an exhibit yester-
day. Mr.. Affair said he only turned
in about thirty-one actual Subscrip-
tions to the contest. @
Mr.. Affair said he was announced as
the winner and received the car a
week ago yesterday. He said he came
here and retained an attorney who
took the matter up with Mr.. Hatcher
and the latter telephoned to More
Bros. to deliver car to the witness.
When he first came to Fargo to. see
about the matter, he said, Mr.. Hatcher
was not in the city and he transacted
his business with Mr.. Baker.
Took Automobile Ride.
Another witness was Mr.. Ellis of the
Standard Oil Co., at Wahpeton, who
said when he came to Fargo that The
Courier News telephoned More Bros,
to send an automobile around in which
the contest manager took him for
drive over the city and showed him
the house that was being built. He
said at first he thought he would
compete for the automobile, but later
concluded not to do so, but went after
one of the diamond rings, which he
said he won and which his wife ex-
changed at the Sundberg store for
some silverware and cut glass by pay
ing an additional $5.70 and getting in
all $100.70 worth Of goods for the ring
valued at 800.
Another witness was Stewart Nc
MILAN, the winner of the house and
lot. Mr.. Mcmillan testified he only
turned in two subscriptions which he
had not really taken. w. L. Brown,
deputy register of deeds, showed the
records of foreclosure Of The Courier
News which showed the holders of all
bonds to be the Northern Savings
bank, Thomas F. Marshall and James
A. Buchanan, with Daniel B. Holt as
trustee.