The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-10-17
THUESON UNDER
ATTORNEY
CALL" CORNELL
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Challenge e; Flags
County Road Super
visor in Statement.


Canyon County Progressive
Central Committee.
Mr.. A. Cornell. Secretary,
Middleton. Idaho.
Gentlemen:
| am in receipt OF your very kind
invitation. published in The Free
Press. Sunday. October II, in which
writer in a speech delivered at Middle
dleton for the purpose OF presenting
proof of certain charges made by the
writer in speech deliver at Middle
ton on the evening OF October 7.
Inasmuch As il is deemed inadvis-
able by the county central committee
to have another meeting at Middleton
at once ! am writing you this letter
Tor the purpose OF giving you the
facts that you desire. A copy OF this
letter will be handed to the press and
request that you print IT in tnll in
your paper. This you will do u
YOU desire to be fair in the matter.
FIRST of all | will take up the
charges made by me concerning the
activities of the county road super
visor
| stated that he is employed by thc
county commissioners at salary OF
$4,000 per month. That is correct
and will be found in the minutes OF
the commissioners proceedings.
| stated that during his term of
Office as county road supervisor he
has been actively engaged in selling
life insurance That is correct and
the following are the figures for the
years 1923 and 1924 up until the pre-
sen, time. For the year 1923 Mr..
Thueson (your road supervisory re-
ccived in commissions for the sale OF
life insurance the sum of Sil9ZZ and
for the Year 1924 he has received the
sum of $3.50 in commissions. Six
of the people sold were residents OF
Caldwell, one a resident of Notus,
one a resident OF Melba, one a resident
OF Meridian. (Ada county, and one
resident OF Nampa The above
figures may be verified by going to
the books OF Mr.. Thuesons company,
and represent commissions Tor insur-
ance actually sold while he was act
ing as road supervisor. | will leave
il to you to guess how many he
must have solicited in order to sell
that many policies. | have the name
OF a man who state that for eighteen
months after he was appointed road
supervisor, Mr. Thueson solicited
great number OF people and attempted
to sell them life insurance. That Mr..
Thueson has made a business OF sell
ing life insurance while in office, there
is no doubt.
| stated that Mr. Thucson has been
engaged in selling life insurance in
southern and eastern Idaho. Insofar
as my statement accused him OF
selling in southeastern Idaho 1t is
not correct to the best OF my knowl-
edge. The parties upon whom
| relied for proof OF the allegations
that he worked southeastern Idaho as
an insurance field, have failed to pro-
duce that evidence. | do not intend.
nor did | intend to make statements
that are untrue.
Since you have branded me as a
mischevious garbler OF true facts and
conditions and have so Indignantly
denied misconduct OF bad faith on
the part OF your road supervisor |
will rccitc herein, for your beneht and
for the information OF the public,
few more facts concerning his record
while a servant OF the people.
4 resident OF Canyon county re-
questcd Mr.. Thueson to repair the
road between his place and town.
The condition OF the road warranted
the request. for | have travelled II.
Mr.. Thueson refused 10 do the work
on the road for the reason that the
party making the request had not
voted the Progressive ticket at the
previous general election. Mr. Fhue-
son so stated to the party mentioned
that the above were his reasons.
MFR. Thueson has on many different
occasions had his own private car
repaired at county expense and hlled
his tank with county gasoline. The
county furnishes the road supervisor
with a car for road purposes but also
has been Obliged TO provide for the