The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1913-01-02

investigating committee "Wednesday
morning, said it was his information
That several departments made reQui
sitions for their printing without 81
Ing to the state printer for It, wheI
asked about the printing contract h,
llet with Renlrow's Record at Alv,
for SiO7t worth OF printing, wnicl
bill was afterwards reduced TO $3.50
He had inquired at the corpora.
tion commission and was informed
they had their own printing done
also the school land office, the
Examiners office and the health de
lpartment. When ht made requlsi-
tion through the board of affairs for
the printing from Renfrow's Record
he thought he was not proceeding
contrary to the custom. The reason
why the departments were doing this
came from his impression of an
opinion from the attorney general
he was Informed had been given one
of the departments.
In regard to issuing the permit for
The board of agriculture to secure
some game specimens, and In which
was involved the killing of n doe
deer. Mr.. Doolin said that when he
granted the permit to the agrlcul
tural department he supposed he was
proceeding under the law. While the
permit was issued in November, 1911,
a copy supposed to be a carbon copy
of the permit he issued was dated in
1919. Some notations in the corner
of the paper which named E. G..
3edford d. X. Pope and w. r.
Calvert, these being the persons
elected to secure the game specj
nents, Doolin said he could not ac
ount for. The committee asked for
he original copy of the permit. and
Mr. Doolin stated It was In ihe hands
If the presidents OF the board OF agr
culture or In the department.
Three Were Arrested
After the killing Of the deer the
hree men were arrested but at tn
tearing later Pope and Calvert were
'eleased and Bedford fined $25 and
osts. Doolin as soon as he learned
hey had been arrested sent a tele
sram to the justice Of the peace ~
ne that the cases he dismissed l'hs
dstice of the peace refused 10 dc
his. The case was later appealed u
he county court and Bedford en-
cred plea of guilty
Mr.. Toolin stated that since he had
,eep in office funds amounting to
2l5,484,10 had come through the Z
anne warden's department. This
mount. with the exception of some
loney to the credit Of the game pro.
ection fund, had been turned over
. the state treasurer. Thtre is 500
52.55 to be turned over TO the treas
rer, which represents the amount for
be last quarter ending December 81,
912. The money belonging to the
ame protection fund is deposited in
everal banks without drawing inter
st. Questioned about this Mr..
oolin said that he did not feel he
lould require interest on it but that
he requested he could get It,
Relative to the statement OF Henry
[cGill Tuesday in regard to the
hitting Of the governors message
a dthe legislative suggestions, in
hicb McGill said the state printer II
I'd not been consulted in regard to
hitting, F. S. e. Amos, private sec
tary to the governor and who
'inted the pamphlets, testified.
NOS said that he made requisition
the state printer before the work
~ done, explaining the circum III
dHCtS unueT WHICH the governor III
lnted the message printed, ana that
TIL the agreement Of the state :!
inter he went ahead with the work
fore knowing what the price would
for the job. r
as Within the Law. II
Amos stated that there were sew II
al separate jobs included in the II
ork and that neither amounted to
ere than the 5000 for which under
Q law bids must be asked for. III :
e first place. only 1000 copies Of 4
e governors message had been Il
dered. but afterwards when 1t was Il
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