Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-09-24

claimed to be shown by the fac that
used for speculative purposes is
the land was purchased and decided
over to what was known as the Boise
Investment company, of which the |
state treasurer was president. and |
who. with Fred Coleman and c. l.. |
Swormstedt. both state employees.
The former prior TO his resignation as |
deputy state treasurer and the latter
employed in the secretary of states
department.. composed the company
The payment yesterday of the loan
and interest is taken to indicate that
the state treasurer will not resign as
a candidate to succeed himself for a
third term. having been nominated
at the primary election Sept. l. II is
claimed pressure is still being
brought TO bear upon him to resign,
but close advisers are said to have
made the statement that no such ac-
tion is necessary for. having been
nominated. he has every right to CON
linue as a candidate TO succeed him
self and proposes to do so.
The charge made by Van Deusen
against the state treasurer and the
land board is substantially as fol-
! lows:
In 1912 Lewis w. Ensign OF this
city who wrote Aliens official bond
as we'll as other bonds of state Off
cials and George b. Wood also OF this
city made application and borrowed
from the public school funds of the
state two loans of S45OO and s3500
respectively They made sworn aff-
davits they were then owners of the
land constituting $40 acres in Blaine
and Elmore counties which they val.
ued at S29,7 and wanted the mon
ey to improve it. They are the al
legged dummies" and had made ar
rangements to buy the same land
for $3.50 an acre and later did buy
ii for that price. or $4,000 for the 64(
acres. They did not own the lane
when they made the sworn statemen
they did. il is alleged. The stat,
appraised the same land for whicl
they paid S12.50 as worth $40 al
here.
In 1913 the present land boar,
hpaid the money over to Ensign ant
Woods. taking their notes. and ol
Irhe same day the money was paid
they decided the property to the Bois
Investment Co., of which State Treas
urer Allen was president and his deI
uty. Fred Coleman. and c. l.. SWORN
stedt of the secretary of states de
partment. were the other member:
Under date of Dec. Is. 1913. Registe
Jenness of the state laid board ser
!, interest notices to State Treasure
Allen as president of the Boise Ii
vestment Co, calling on him to pa
the accrued interest on the Ensig
and Wood notes amounting up
date to SS31.97, not a cent of viii,
has been paid although long overdu
'rhe land on which the money W,
borrowed for improvements and
which besides the notes the sta
took a mortgage, became delinque
-. in taxes so that in order to redeem
the state must pay the taxes and 1
:. attached penalties. Van Deusen fu
=. ther charged that A. ID. Watkins
- Hill City was one of the appraisers
-. the land and that Coleman had tri
- to get him to appraise the land at $
- an acre but he refused. Later he a
:, praised 1t at $40 per acre The Ia
-. permits a loan on land to only on
- third of the value but the transacti
-, shows Allen sucured a loan of $50
from the public school funds for [
~ full amount paid by the alleged du
mics for the land. Van Deusen f,
- ther charged that Watkins was In I
. saloon business in partnership w
=, Coleman and Swormstedt, both st;
-, employees at Hill City.-Capital Ne'