Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-04
''EXPERI]vIENT'
UNDER HACAN
Was COSTLY
Audit Report Made Under
Difficulties on Account of
Missing Records.
LIEDERBACH WAS
PAID A SALARY
No Data Found on Any Elk
perimentation Made at
Werner Plant.
lHerald Special service.)

(Herald Special Service.)
Bismarck, N. D., March 4.-The
Werner experimental creamery OPP
Grated BY former Commissioner of
Agriculture John N. Hagan suffered
. total loss of $15,2S7.S9 in the COM
paratively short time it was operated.
according to a report on examination
and audit submitted today by Bishop,
Brissman and company. This is the
firstA public statement ever made OF
the detailed operations of the expert
mental creamery.
The report of the auditors covers a
period from June J., 1920, to Decem-
ber 81, 1921. The creamery was op-
Grated from about June 1, 1920, and
was closed in January, 1921, a period
OF about seven months, the report OF
Bishop, Brissman and company states.
Among the expenses listed in the
mass OF figures upon the creamery,
showing it's operations, are four
checks aggregating $509.90 issued to
State Senator A. A. 5Liederbach and
entered on the creamery books under
the head of organization. Two checks
to Senator Liederbach, amounting to
$70.48 were issued to Liederbach and
charged under the heading "office
supplies, Another check of 1886 to
Liederbach was not entered on the
expense distribution sheet.
Iicticrbach Drew Salary.
Senator Liederbach was a member
Of the legislature which, created the
experimental creamery fund. Accord
ing to information given the auditors
he was employed for about three and
one-half months at a salary OF $2Os
a month engaged in organizing cream
routes and the additional checks is.
sued to him were for expenses.
Atcream station at Dunn. Center was
leased from club over which Mrs
Liederbach was president and checks
we're issued TO .hsr Tar: re- nj. z. Il siettal
from. 1T gHasie forrner manager
or the creamery said, in explanation
Of two checks for SIS each issued tt
Mrs. Liederbach.
Auto Truck Burned.
Among the losses of the creamery
is a $500 auto truck. which burned
in garage in Bismarck and was not
insured.
The letter from former Manager
Haselrud, included in the audit re.
port, says: 1--WE bought a Ford truck
and body at the approximate cost o1
5000. The chassis and body were pur'
chased at two separate firms. WheI
the creamery closed the truck was put
in storage at Mr.. Liederbach's farm
There was no insurance OF any klnc
on the car"
Considerable difficulty was encoun
tered in the examination, owing tt
the lack of records and supporting
data, the report says, mentioning thai
in addition to the records submitted
at the creamery a search was made
in the Office of the commissioner o.
agriculture and labor in the capito
for additional records, and that "a
quantity of cancelled checks were
found in a box in the carpenter shoI
room in the capitol building"
Records Missing.
mo records were found Of Casl
Receipts, Disbursements, Sales ant
Shipments, Production. and Daily Re
ceipts of Butter Fat" the audit repor
SAYS. 4.
from cancelled checks and bank debi
slips, In total amount OF $57,O63.6l,' ;
says the report, land items appearing
on expense sheets with no cancelled
checks were in the amount of $73.56
The account with the Merchant Stat
bank. Werner, N. D., was closed will
the receipt of $s7.79 from the stat
treasurer to balance the account. tn
above summary reflects apparen
bank Withdrawals with no cancelled
checks or check stubs filled out t
cover, in the amount OF $638.27
E"In most cases the check stubs wer
not filled out.
The bank statements shown II
many cases the daily Withdrawals II
.one total, SO that the cancelled check
on hand could not be compared Will
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