The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-04-24
ATTACK ON HAYD0N IS
ASCRIBED TO POLITICS
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It is an open secret that In years
past many people have made money
by taking advantage Of the depreciat.
ed warrants Of the county. but 1t has
been one Of the principal efforts Of
the present county court to put a stop
to any further possibility of the county
being defrauded. by placing It on a
solid business foundation and building
its warrants valuation up SO that they
would be worth 100 cents on the dollar
anywhere. This is the condition now.
after less than a years work. although
II Is the first time in q good many
years that Klamath's warrants have
brought their face value.
The information fled by NehaRey
is in part as follows:
To the Honorable County Court,
Klamath County. Oregon:
Gentlemen: ! regard 1t my duty
to submit to you the following infor.
nation:
On March 5th. 1916. ! received .
letter from J. J. Maehl. dated Mus.
kogee. Oklahoma. March I'd, 1916. in
which he makes this statement:
my taxes will soon come due.
want you to pay them for me. and
you can take a. much out Of It on
warrants - you can. but ! win not
send money to the treasurer again.
Last September sent . draft for
about $250.00. and I see by my 10.
ceipt he turned In all the warrants
It would stand. think that IL graft
when done by the treasurer himself.
hammering down county warrants to
buy them cheap. then turn them In
in place Of cash sent in by outside
parties"
I paid but little attention to this
statement until about three weeks
later. when heard . farmer remark
that he had reason to believe that
our county treasurer u crooked. This
remark brought to my mind the charge
of graft in the J. J. Maehl letter and
I concluded to investigate It. asked
Mr.. Maehl II he had sent the tax
money to Mr.. Geo. Hayden or II he
sent It to Geo. Hayden. county treas.
urer. He answered by sending me
the cancelled draft which shows 1t
was made payable to Geo. Hayden,
treasurer. and when Mr.. Hayden 70
ceived the cash on the draft he en-.
dorsed it-Geo. A. Hayden. county
treasurer. and 1t was then in his pos.
session a. county money. then went
to the county tax record and found
that 1914 tar receipt No. 4.717 was is-
sued to J. J. Maehl and was paid by
Geo. A. Hayden, and that $7s.49 in
county warrants was applied in pay.
ment Of the tax. instead Of the cash
sent In by Mr.. Maehl. In looking up
the Maehl receipt noticed a large
number Of other tax receipts which
appeared to have been handled by Mr..
Hayden In the same way that he hand.
led that Of Mr.. Maehl. which would in.
dicate that he had been doing an OK.
tensive business along that line. I
happened to know the postofice I'd.
dress Of three OF these parties. and !
wrote to each Of the three ~ follows:
Complaint Ia made by . non.resi.
dent that money sent to the county
treasurer last year for the payment Of
taxes was used by him TO purchase
county warrants at Q discount, and
that he turned said warrants in at
their face value in payment Of the
taxes. thereby making personal profit
In the transaction and dspiving the
county Of that amount Of cash. Your
tax receipt No. ............ shows warrants
used by him in part payment Of your
tar. WIN you kindly advise II you
authorized him 70 purchase warrants
for your account 70 b used In pay.
mont Of your tayee."
They answered - - follows: