Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-30

report of State Accountant Stewart
showed a shortage of 900 pounds OF
coffee on the date of the taking of
the inventory by A. E. McFatridge.
April 10, 1921. a check Of the figures
shown BY the requisition reports n
the emerge slips gave an actual sur
plus of 40 pounds.
Asked by Attorney OiConnor If the
McFatridge inventory showed any meat
in the cold storage plant the witness
replied that il did not cover such meat.
He said his impression was that this
ipven tory did not include any vegetables
in the cellar, any coal. or any supplies
in places where supplies were used but
that the inventory simply covered goods
in the prison store.
Questioned as to sources OF prison
income he said it consisted OF sale OF
commodities TO individuals and to other
state institutions and presented figures
showing sales in a 10 year period end
ing at the time Conley left the prison
as follows:
Presents Sales List
Sales of lumber S1.19S.45; book ac-
counts s 6.6oS.26; sales of mutton
S3.5l57S; hides and pelts S~19,92S.71:
beef to other than state institutions
S1443.O6: beef to other state Insti-
tutions S6S.264.S3: pork to other state
institutions S2,6J6.S7.
For the purpose of showing that the
s,m of $4,000 was asked by Coniey
of the last legislature to purchase the
Walton ranch and other properties.
Mr.. Lemert told of the passage IN
1919 of the budget act. of his prepara-
ton of the budget for submlsslon TO
the 1921 legislature, of the sending 10
various institutions and departments
of blanks to he filled showing their re-
ouiremcnts for the following two-year
period. and of the receipt from tonles
If one covering the state prison but
which was not In shape for sending to
the nrinter. with the result that he and
his assistant had a copy made for h a
Allowed $500 for Land
He said the blank filled by Conley
contained an item of $4,000, for pur-
chase and improvement of land. IN
which there was no punctuation such as
a decimal and they read 1t to mean
$4,000. They accordingly copied 1t to
read $500 and had it so printed IN the
budget. He said the appropriations
committee thought this q very small
item for purchase of land but 1t was
allowed in that small sum.
Following objections by Attorney
General Rankin. the witness was al
lowed TO give testimony relative TO the
cost and results of the running of a
dairy herd at the insane asylum. the
object being to show that it cost the
state more TO produce milk there n a
it was obtaining milk for from Conley
He told of assisting the bookkeepef
at the asylum to install a cost sys'
! tenn in January. 1921. and thai IN DE.
cember the bookkeeper sent him wore
he had worked nut the results. where'
upon the witness visited the asylum
checked the figures and verified thu
results He said he retained a copy
IF tbe report as to the cost OF mill
and hogs. covering IL months endinl
November 80, 1921. which he then reat
in court.
This showed a total cost of Sll.
i4oSS5 and with earnings of S24. $4,000
based upon whole milk at 30 cents
Gallon cream at 50 a gallon. skimmet
milk at Is cents a gallon, buttermill
nj 90 cents a gallon and butter at 81
cents n pound. or n net profit OF S14.
, 1880. Upon this expense basis /
had been figured that it cost 13A cent
a caluh to produce the milk. but no &C
count was taken of the interest upol
investment of S2S,503, which he salt
would amount to about S2.1OO per year
and no allowance was made for dcpre
citation.
Handled johnson Bills
Questioned as to his knowledge o
claims for pork in the name IF Ge0rs
johnson, Jr.. he said ne had audite'
bills for pork in Johnson's name cover
ing several years and that either h
had knowledge from the former &C
countant or had an impression tina
Iohncnn mnS acting az AGENT for Con