Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-23
JURY Jury HEARS
IN. SPOONHElM !
TESTIMONY
Morning Session Taken Up
With Examination of
Plaintiff.

e. X. Spoonheim, plaintiff in the
10000 SANDER case now before the
district court, against o. T. Peterson,
took the witness stand n occupied
Il during the entire mornings session.
The examination by the counsel for
the plaintiff took up the entire time,
and was continued during the after
noon.
Relative to his educational qualifi-
cations and official positions held dur
Ing the years previous to the institu-
ton Of the suit against DR.. Peterson
tons against his character, Mr..
Spoonheim testified that after COM
plotting his education he held the de-
grees of bachelor Of science and
bachelor of arts. had been superin-
tendent of the city schools at Hatton
and had held the position of county
superintendent of schools in Grand
bore out the testimony previously
presented in court to the effect that
he had been state senator of the Fifth
legislative district for a term of four
years and that following this period
he had been appointed by Governor
Burke a regent of h state university.
a position he had held for a term of
four years. Mr.. Spoonheim further
said that he had been an alderman
and q member of the board of educa-
ton in Northwood.
President of Mill and Light Company.
In regard to his interest in the
Northwood Mill and Light company,
MIR. Spoonheim testified that he had
been president of the corporation
from 1912 to July, 1916, when the
oncer was declared bankrupt by the
said that when the N~orthwood Mill
and Light company afterwards organ
lied under the name of the North
wood Grain company, capitalized at
100000, he was elected secretary of
the new company, and was also a
stockholder n director of the COM
pany. all of which positions he held
at the present time.
The testimony of the. plaintiff in re-
gard to the profits of the N%orthwood
Mill and Light company under it's
various arrangements. tailed with
that presented yesterday by Mr.. My
rand, who had been manager just pre-
vious to the failure of the company.
MIR. Spoonheim said that although
the company had fallen behind in it's
profits during the incumbency of the
first two managers, during the years
of 1913 and 1914, the company's losses
were in part made up under the man.
agement of Myrand. Relative to the
taking up of the elevator business Of
lily SCtlpdlIS, NhI. 0pOOIlIlSlIIl lcSlllACu
that he first knew of his signature
tc the document authorizing this
change in 1918 after settlement had
been made to the John. Miller COM
pany, and the document vas returned
from the office of Mr.. Murphy. The
counsel for the plaintiff brought to
the attention of the jury the fact that
the document, which was produced
in court, showed clearly that it was
signed 1912.
Witness Was Not Needed.
The witness said that in January,
1915. the bookkeeper of the North
wood Mill and Light company was
removed contrary to his wishes or
consent, and that he stopped making
his active visits to the mill from that
time until June, 1915, when he be-
sustaining losses. The witness reiter-
ated the testimony of Mr.. Myrand to
the effect that the losses were caused
on account of failure to hedge suffi-
GENTLY on the future sale of flour.
In regard to the notes which the
defendant testified Mr.. Spoonheim
a delivered to the John Miller com
pany as payment of accounts against
the Northwood Mill and Light COM
pany contrary to the instructions of
the defendant, Mr.. %Spoonheim testi-
fled hat there was nc understanding
between them that the notes should
not be delivered until they contained
the signatures Of Mr.. Glaserud and
Mr.. Lowe, and that at that time DR..
Peterson said he had warned the
plaintiff not to take them without the
signatures. neither DR.. Peterson or
he. the witness, knew that Mr.. Lowe
and Mr.. Glaserud had not signed
them. Mr.. Spoonheim further testi-
fled that he delivered them to the
manager of the John Miller company
in Minneapolis, with the explanation
that they were not signed in accord
C with the agreement of the board,
and that the manager said: Money