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VOL. -XXVII NO. 61 OF ROSEfc ' ,fl' ,
ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW TUESDAY, JANUARY 27. 1925.
VOL, XII. NO. 272 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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PROHIBITION PROBE BECOMES A!SJTE!Iri
HEATED AND OFFICERS OF THE
STATECALLEDBUNCHO
Johnston of Lane County and Sheriff Roberts of Band
Give Red Hot Testimony at Probe Last
Night Chairman Has to Rap
for Order. x
(By Associated Press).
STATE HOUSE, Salem, Ore., Jan. 27 Sheriff S. E.
Koberts, Deschutes county, and
hreytHf h rnty ,'he principal witaesse, last
night before the legislative committee investigating the state
prohibition department. Johnston had armed himself by a thor-
ough perusal of George L. Cleaver's biennial reDort and ore.
sented an array of startling assertions. The Cleaver report, he
asserted, was "false, fraudulent and farcical."
It was necessary for Chairman Garland to rap Johnston!
down when the witness spoke of "Cleaver, the governor, Her-1
wig and other damn fools." Also he liked to refer to Herwigl
as "Earwig."
Some of Johnston's statements were denied by Cleaver la
ter in the session and Senator Staples was called to the stand to
defend Cleaver in the Reedsport affair. I
Sheriff Roberts branded asi -- ;
false the Cleaver report for 1924.1 ...... !
Jn the report Cleaver claimed derful work . he said, "better;
credit for seven liquor cases in 'Jan J"? two police departments:
Deschutes county, the rapture of , ,nat hlive Preceded then;." I
eleven stills and for $4,400 In! Roberts declared that he was
fines. Roberts said he did not1 thoroughly in sympathy with
know of any still taken by a trohibltlon and had tried to cn
Cleaver agent except one, and force the law ever since he took!
that by a state agent working
under tle sheriff's direction, and
yet, he said, state agents were1
pntd $1,984 by the county, and
one of them sizou lor auoui
three weeks work. I
Roberts quoted one of Clea-i
vers men as having quoted Clea-
ver as saying:
"We've got to get a sheriff or
two. We want our records to
show the conviction of some
sheriffs for violation of the pro-
hibition law.
"So they tried to get me," Ro-
berts went on. He told how l.a-
ronda Tierce was sent into Des-.
chutes county and added:
"1 understood he got afflda-,
vlts against me from a bunch of!
moonshiners I had arrested and'
convicted." Roberts said the
Federal authorities took a hand
and he was called before the
Kederal Grand Jury in Portland!
where he kept ten minutes and
men .u b "'
.on (r t'u-ua a hiir InllO "
cause ii vi a u.s !
Roberts told of a political
mass meeting held at liend at
which Cleaver ymd Her wig ap-;a man name(i Lowen toberts saill ,mcnt expenditures will be a gulrt
peared and whfch resulted In , an he undorstood ,hey na(, ,w , nne po,cv ot thc follr VPnrll of ad.
independent candidate for she- amdavts aKalnat nlm Andprson ministration upon which President
IrHC.-. ".0iH "I wa. efic?: he 8ald' wa B man t"t he arrest! Coolldge enters on March 4.
"And yet, he said, I wag elect rt , Klamath n. . . ..i.i . .
ed hv a bleeer majority eight'
.i . kf..-j
lluies over uiait wcw..
h oninlon oT the'
state prohibition department, Ro-, " "' he wont dare
bert s ?enl led touch me.- I got him so drunk the I
"I think it Is the bunk as far !her. nlgn,t that J bad to carry j
as co-operation with local offl-;nlm nome-
cers Is concerned, but with the' "No one on earth ever saw mo
right head and management,, 1 ; drunk, Roberts declared,
think it would be one of the Roberts said he "had kicked or
most efficient organizations in er Lowell four or five times. Ho
the field." is still around there doing busl-
lioberts later declared that hejness."
was tor me repeni ui i t. ,
Itoueris uwciuicu mtn. iruin.
agenti had never offered to co-;
operate with him, but had lgnor-,
ed hftn entirely. asKea one
nf them, ne snia. to go aiier n
certain st... and the agent
."he next dav w th the report that he had bn b"ate in the primary
1."",. 'hiCnf in ''"lection because of his activity in
The "old man" he presumed was "." "T" ""'"X commis-
Cleaver. In reply to a question J'"1"?"' h. to show
by Lonergan. Roberts said, he ha' -had ben extremely ac
would have no difficulty lo en-: " ' fem'n'f the prohlbi
forcing the prohibition law if al-'!lon ,aw ""J1"8."1 he "' m"n
lowed sufficient funds. Irom the sheriffs office and his
c . lmj. .,.,iino,i rin- own men to get evidence. The on-
berts at some length about his
relations with the dry element.
"Wasn't there a pretty strong
sentiment of the dry people
against you " asked Eddy.
There mlrht have been." Ro-
berts replied, "but the election woman who made considerable
did not show It. Many of the history In Lane county.
Church people were for me. The "This woman," said Johnston,
Methodist minister particularly ;"came Into my office one day, ex
supported me right up to the hiblted a state badge and wanted
dot." i' S to work. I refused to take
Concerning Roy Farnham, who her on, but told her the county
was appointed prosecutor by was open to all enforcement of-I meeting, assured the president
Governor Pierce, Iieberts said fleers and if she wanted to she Itlmt the n-rpssary reduction of
Farnham had a reputation as a could go to lt. It happened that ! $c,2,frfn ooft feoin the original bud
prohibltlonist. but did nothing to night the sheriff had planned to !g.'t estimates could be accompllsh-
enforce the law.
"Did he back you In your et-
forts to enforce the law?" I
"He never mentioned It to
mo", Roberts answered.
Questioned almut some 31 ar-
reis Cleavers men made In the
city of Bend. Roberts said he
had nothing to do with policing
the city unless called upon by
the city officers. He credited the
Hend police with doing good
worn. mey are uuins a wuu-
F
FOOLS
Clyde N. Johnston, former Dis
office. "I have captured over
100 stills," he said, "since ihel
manufacture of mooshlne began". . ' . '
and he declared this was-a bet-; Lowering Ot Expenditures
i recora man naa been maiief
In half a dozen other counties!
together that he named. He said!
he had even taken stills outside
his own county. Asked if he
employed stool pigeons, he ans-l
werea that there were men in his
county wno ror a little money
would get him the information
! he wanted. Roberts favored
division of money resulting from1
fines In the proportion of 60
percent to the sheriffs, 25 per-
cent to District Attorneys and 25
percent to the county general
fund.
Cleaver was allowed to Interrupt
by asking Roberts how many men
he caught while capturing 100
gtlns. Roberts answered about 60
Eddy asked Robert8 lt he knew
wno made the eomplan(g agllnat
,,,,, Ina caused mm to be sum-
i ...... 1
moned by the federal cranH 4nr
.), v,.ri ,7j
Bame. ot irrv If a,iot -.i
. -""
i"1 iiiDunsiiiiiinK aiier Anuerson
Anderson
""I ,h?t h it on
"Can't yoo catch
hlm?" Eddy
asked. -
! "I haven't recently," Roberts
,., .
,M
"I came darn near getting
, . -,,
-.
pro--tri'iT, S."..
em ne naa anyming to
ldo h ald. was a woman he
ot Cleaver to send him and who
worked a month with no results.
Johnston then told the story of
Minnie ' Cadden Larkin, . another
:ram a certain place and I went
along. Wblle we were waiting at
this place, up drives a big car
loaded with booze. On the frant
seat with the driver, a man named
Barker, sat Minnie Cadden I-srk-
(n. Notwithstanding her state
badge I told the boys to srrest
her and take her to Jail. While
she was In Jail the county commls-
sioners took her out and sent her
to the poor farm to work. Shees-!the
iionunuea oo page til)
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4 (Arvjlod rrtm Ufd WlrO
SALEM. Ore.. Jan. 27.
The fast Ashland high school
basketball team defeated the
Salem high school five on
the local floor last night by a
score of SO to 25. The game
was fast throughout. In the
first few minutes of plav
?nlem "coreu four Poln, b,lt
Mnrnke came bark and made
6 points giving them the lead
which they held.
In the last half Salem made
a desperate rally and at one
time came within four pointa
of tying the score. The lo-
cals missed several cinch
shots which would have given
them the game. Butterfield,
! Ashland, was one of the best
! players seen on the local
'Zry fast not t
work and were able to pene-
trate the Salem defense
while the Ashland guarding
was almost perfect.
TAX REDUCTION
WILL BE All OF
PRES. COOLIE
Guiding ' Policy of
Administration.
MAKES FINE ADDRESS
Plans to Get Out More
Work With Fewer Work
ers and Cut Expense
to Taxpayers.
(AancUtrd PnM LpQaM Wire )
WASHINGTON. Jnn. 27. Fur
ther reduction in the taxpayer's
iburden through reduced govern
e regular semmn-
!nnil mpptfn? nf ifta avn,itiVA n n,i
administrative offlrtel, of the gov-
ernment. the president last night
placed upon them and congress
the responsibility for so measuring
disbursements that a further step
,n this program may be taken next
fall
Only the closest attention by
congress to the current budget rec
ommendations the president mark
ed would make possible a realiza
tion of the $373,000,000 surplus
now expected in the fiscal venr
1 192fi, and which he believes would
be a warrantable basis for pro-
posing further tax reduction at
that time.
Laying down a government pol-
!"r of Wftln,
h fewer v
g more work done
workers, the president
whose address was radiocast
through a wide chain of stations
warned that prospective Increases
in revenue due to business pros
perity were not to be looked upon
as license for "unwarranted" In
creases In government rtpendl-
' " kiu " "-
i tlon some increase In cost of gov-
lernment to be expected, he said,
I although the government was now
! occupying fields that should be
'abandoned.
As the current fiscal year, Mr.
Coolldge reiterated his desire to
bring expenditures within three
billion dollars, exclusive of those
for the public debt. Brigadier
general H. M. Lord, director of the
budget, who also addressed the
ed to realize this goal.
CKTH HIS RKWAItD.
(km
Iml Win.)
1 WASHINGTON January 27
Charles Waterman of Denver
, w'-o was President Coolidge's
' manager in Colorado during the
, pre-ranvent Ion rampalgn. has
! been named general counsel to
nPW j.deral oil conservation
board,
STATION
IS
Human Voice Crosses Con
tinent and Pacific in a
Startling Test.
TESTS ARE CONTINUED
Amateurs in Melbourne
Pick Up Messages Cable
gram Tells Success of
New Experiment. .
(AaMoUted Prm bud Wlr-.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 27. A
human voice rode the air across
the continent today, crossed the
Pacific and delivered Its message
to hundreds of thousands ot per
sons in Australia, more than
9.000 miles away. Officials of
the Westlnghouse company,
through whose station KDKA, at
Pittsburgh, the test was made
declaring the achievement to be
the greatest in radio history.
A cablegram received here,
several hours after the broad
casting reluted that the voice had
been distinctly heard by radio
Ret owners who had tuned in at
Sydney, Australia and at Rabaul,
the capital ot llritisb New tiul
nea. Two amateurs reported hav
ing picked the words winged
nine thousand miles at Mel
bourne, although the main sta
tions there failed to receive them
because of atmospheric Interfer
ence. ...
The messages put on the air
for the Australians wera from
Krank B. Noyes, president of the
Associated Press: J. A. M. Elder,
Australian commissioner to the
I'nlted States: Herbert Hayard
Swope. ' executive 'editor of the
New York World: Arthur Tlrls
bane Hearst editorial writer;
Frank Munsey, publisher of the
New York Kvening Telegraph
Mall and the New York Sun.
The tcstB will be continued the
remainder of the week.
KDKA sending nt the pre-arranged
time of from five to six
o'clock In the morning Bt which
time it was between S and 9 o'
clock in Australia, broadcast on
a wave length of 63 meters.
FIKIil) MARSHAL DIRS.
fAamcUtnl Prm Lmicd Wlre.l
WINDLESHAM Sl'RREY, Eng-'
land. Jnn. 27. Field Marshall
Baron Grenfell died here today.j
Field Marshal Grenfell of Kil-!
vey. (Francis Wallace Grenfell! '
Baw service In almost every land
in which British soldiers have
been stationed. He entered the
army when IS years of age. His
last active position was as com-'
mander in chief In Ireland from
1884 to 1908. when he was made
a field marshal. lie was horn
In 1M1 and creeled first Baron
of Kilvey In, 1902.
rAovUtx) Prm 1w4 Wlr.
SALEM. Ore.. Jan. 27. There
Is no such a thing as a common
law marriage in Oregon. This
Is the holding of the Supreme
Court today In an opinion writ
ten by Justice Belt reversing
Judge Louis P. Hewitt of the
! lower eourt for Multnomah
county In the case of Frank M.
iHiinrd. appellant, against Jennie
(McTelgh. An annulment of mar
riage Is granted Huard.
fTitnv hill oiios!:n i
fAwnrtatM Vrm Wlf.) .j
WASHINGTON. Jan. 27 Pre
sident Coollire is opposed to the
unification of the army and navy
air services as proposed In the
Curry bill. Secretary Wilbur to
day Informed the house military
committee. I
The naval secretary declined
to discuss the president's views
beyond the bare statement that!
the executive saw no need for
the creation of a separate air
force. He said he talked to Mr.1
Coolldge about the proposal this
morning and asked about the,
statement and the presidents:
views.
0
AUSTRAL A
4 (Aamrlattd Pm Uunl WirO
EIrtlKNE. One.. Jan. 27.
An unidentified man was kill-
-d just north of Kugene yes-
terday when he stepped from
a "blind baggage" in front of
an .oncoming Southern Pa- 4
cific train. The body was
badly mangled, being thrown
high Into the air.
The victim was of medium
complexion, with brown hair 4
and grey eyes. He was five
feet nine inches tall, weighed 4
about 16! pounds and wore
4 blue overalls and a striped
shirt.
His comrades, were Floyd
R. Leman. 22. of Boise, Idaho,
and I.ee Smith, 24, of Blue
Mound, Kansas. 4
T
(jUocUtol Tnm Uuxl Win )
GENEVA, Jnn. 27.- Leaders
of the International opium con
ference here including Represen
tative Stephen O. Porter and
Lord Cecil, respectively heading
the American and British 'dele
gations met privately today and
decided that the central board
to supervise the international
traffic In narcotic drugs should
be appointed by a special group
of the powers, including the
United States.
The original Idea was that the
league of nation permanent,
commission on dangerous drugs
should nominate the members of
this hoard and that the council
of the league should make the
actual appointments, but as the
l.aitod States is neither a mm-j
ber of the council nor a regular
member of the league's dru
commission the new system ofj
appointments was decided upon.)
Great Britain, France, Italy'
and Japan will form the nucleus'
of the appointing group with the;
other members selected from the
six countries holding non-permanent
seats In the league coun
cil. When the central board In
organized. It will function nt the
league of nntlons headuuarters
with the I'nitwl States paying its'
proportionate share of the ex
penses. Today's agreement pri
vately reached must bo regulat
ed openly by the opium confer
ence an a whole.
In order to permit the conclu
sion of the accord in narcotic
drug convention nomination was
withhold today of Joint commis
sion of the' two conferences
which will examine the disputed
question of suppressing opium
smoking in the fnr east.
US
OUTLAW IS KIUED
(AanrUM m Lraanl WlrO
MANILA, Jan. 27. Pagumpa
tan, notorious Moro outlaw, who
terrorized the populace of Lanno
province was -shot to death to
day with seven of his confeder
ates when they barricaded them-Hf-lves
In a fortress end opened
fire on the officers. The outlaws
used home made guns and bolo
knives in their defense.
" 'Twan a neat Job." said a
telegram from the constnbulary
received here today giving an
official account of the battle.!
There were no casunltieB among
the attacking constabulary." i
Pagumpatan was sought on a
charge of murder.
wv iiomk PitoinrcTS.
(AamrlatKl Pi WlrO
CONSTANTINOPLE. Jan. 27.
Under a law Just passed, mem
bers of parliament, mayors,
teachers, government officials,
troops and policemen will bo
compelled to wear clothing and
footwear manufactured in Tur
key. Within three months from
tiie date nf the derreo all the
clothing will have to be officially
stamped with a Turkish sign to
fhow that the garments have
teen made In the home land.
Heavy fines, together with
confiscation of the clothing, will
lie Imposed upon those wearing
anything of non-Turkish make., j
rfKlllH FltKKJHT ItATIX
(Aan-latM Pmi ltr4 Wlr. I
WASHINGTON. Jan, 27 The
senate todsy approved a confer
ence report on the Smlth-lloch.
resolution directing the Inter
state commerce commission to
nindurt an Inquiry Into freight
rates with a view to Ihclr readjustment.
TRAIN KILLS MAN
GIRL SLAYER ACCUSES MUSICIANS
Dorothy Elllngson. ilxteen-yearold Ban Francisco gin. who con
fessed killing her mothv when reproved for too many Jaii parUes. li
shown hem before Judge Latarus. awearlng out a warrant for th ax.
rest ot Keith Lord, young Jais musician, whom sha charged with con.
trlbutlng to her dellnqency. Lord, a Dative of l.ynn. Mass, has been
living In San Francisco with hi mother tor tu past six year. He u
under arrest.
Legislative Mill Grinds on
and Few Bills of Minor Import
Pass Both House and Senate
(AafOctittd Prca Leaard Wrr.)
STATE HOUSE. Salem, Ore..
Jan. 27. Practically all state Insti
tutional improvements needed can
safely be authorized by the Ways
and Means committee, according
to Information placed before the
commltlee by Governor Pierce.
On the basis of the tax levy made
In December, with the six percent
increase taken Into consideration
and the elimination of certain
funds, the governor told the com
mittee there was, a surplus of
$181,778.92 over tho Institutional
requirements. Tho .budget esti
mates that the governor said
should be eliminated were: $30.
000 for battleship Oregon: $175.
965 for state accident commission;
$20,000 for market agent, and tho
qunrter mill road tax amounting
to about $r29.500. The governor
alwo urged dlverslqn to the gener
al fund of half a mill from the one
mill veteran's state aid tax. which
would amount In two years to
about $529,440.
The governor called attention to
increases In certain state revenues
which he said would be realized If
certain pending legislation is en
acted. An ncrease in the pound
age tax on fiHh, he said, would
yield $300,000 in two years; cig
arette tax $400,000; motion pic
ture tax $300,000 and a severance
tax on timber of $1,50,000. Fees
from the corporation department
he esllmateil, would show an in
crease of $100,000 in the two
years. Considering all these he
estimated that the surplus would
be $2,600,000 over budget esti
mates. Both the governor and Senator
Taylor of rmatllla, Morrow and
1'ainn appeared In behalf of the
bill to appropriate $300,000 for re
lief of fanners whose crops have
frozen out.
STATE HOUSE, Salem. Ore.,
Jan. 27. Vancouver, Wash., an a
Gretna Green for Oregon folks
will suffer If a bill passed today
by tho house of the Oregon legis
lature neconu'n a law. i no inn
would do awHy with the county
resident requirement for a woman
seeking a license to marry. Rep
resentative Bailey of Multnomah
explained that women coming
from other states or counties to
Portland Intending to wed, now
dash for Vancouver for a license
ahd a minister.
STATE HOUSE. Salem. Ore..
Jan. 27 House bill 16S. Introduc
ed by Hurlburt at the request of
Lewis, represenlatlve nf Multno
mah county kept at home by Ill
ness, provides that church exemp
tions from taxation would be rut
down to in.OOu property valus and
to one half acre of land. It also
provides that only the grounds
actually used by charitable institu
tions shall be exempt from, taxi
tlon. A clause In Ihe bill woulj refer
the measure to the people for
passage.
No Income tax legislation would
be considered by the house or
senate under house concurrent
resolution No. 4 Introduced by
Carkln, Jackson- county today. T
resolution points out that lt has
been the policy of the house not
to concern Itself with legislation
which the people have turned
down at the polls.
STATE HOUSE, Salem, Ore..
Jan. 27. House bill 96, Introduced
by Herchor of Douglas county,
prohibiting other than pure bred
rams from running at large In
DougU) county, w:.i fir.ssed by the
house yesterday.
STATE HOirE, .'inn. 27 At
torney General Van Winkle today
held unconstitutional a bill Intro
duced In the house that would re
duce tho license fee on tho autos
after the car had been used for a
period of years. It Is based on
on the theory that this would be
discrimination In favor of a cer
tain clnss, also It is held that an
ad valerem tax cannot apply to au
tos, since, under an opinion of the
supreme court, It Is not .Ihe car
that Is taxed, but the privilege of
using the car on the highways.
RTATE HOUSE, Salem, Ore.,
Jan. 27. Senate bill 65, providing
for ft water supply for tho clly of
Bend by exchanging wnter from
Deschutes river for a similar
amount from Tumalo Creek, was
passed by the senate today. It
was Introduced by Senator Upton
and Representatives Hamilton Col
lier and Burdlck.
Chairman Garland announced
that there won'' be a public hear
ing n xt Mrnday night ii the s.'it
nte rha.nbr ir the Investigation
of the stale prohibltlui depart
ment anyone who wlshen will have
the privilege of being heard.
Dr. J. A. Llnvllle, federal pro
hibition commissioner for Oregon,
is expected to be called tonight
before the prohibition Investiga
tion here to testify.
STATE HOUSE. Salem, Ore.,
Jnn. 27. Drastic amendments to
the state prohibition law would
be prodded In house bill 164 Intro
duced by Hurlburt. Multnomah
county today. The measure In one
sponsored b ythe anti-saloon
I league.
It would make fines compulsory
In all rases, with a minimum of
$500 and a niliimuni of .l,"0. The
I minimum in 1 1 sentence for first
Itlme violators would be raised
jfrom thirty days to 6 months.
I A second olfense violators line
(would be $500 along with peni
tentiary term not less than .'nt;
year. 1
! A Lock of other bills were Intro
duett jn (he hi use :n.iir :he"i
w.f Hi ber ir. p II ui llten
of Bind, making It comp'iln.ry fr
i assessment life associations oper
(Contlnued on page 6.)
STARMER
W LI
MAKE REPORT
TO
Securing Information to
Show Cleaver's Report
Is False.
MONEY IS WANTED
Sheriff's Oppose Giving 50
Per Cent of Fines to State
Want Office of Di
rector Eliminated.
Sheriff Sam Starmer returned
last night from Portland and Salem
after attending the convention ot
sheriffs and peuce officers at
Portland, and after testifying be
fore the committee at the state leg
islature during the Investigation of
George L. Cleaver, state prohibi
tion director. Mr. Starmer la gath
ering up Information to place be
fore the committee and expects to
return to Salem later In the week
to give additional testimony.
"The sheriffs at their convention
went on record unanimously as be
ing in favor of discontinuing the of
fice of state prohibition director."
Sheriff Starmer said. "The sheriffs
can and will enforce the prohibition
laws If they are given sufficient
funds, and with their knowledge of
local conditions can do more than
the state forces.
"The state Is now trying to get a
bill through giving 60 per cent ot
the mdney collected In fines to the
state forces, 25 per cent to the dis
trict attorneys and 25 per cent to
the sheriffs. The counties have to
stand the cost of capturing the vio
lators, the cost of prosecution and
their board while confined to the
Jails, and H Is not right that the
state should get one-half of this
money.
"The sheriffs want the money to
go 60 per cent to the district attor
neys and 50 per cent to the sher
iffs. As it Is now 75 per cent goes
to the secret service fund, which Is
expanded by the district attorney,
and 25 per cent goen to the state.
In counties like Douglas, where the
district attorney and the sheriff can
cooperate, tills works out satisfac
torily, but in some counties there Is
little cooperation and the sheriffs
frequently do not have the funds to
do the enforcement work which
they believe necessary. With the
money equally divided the sheriff
could make such investigations as
he deemed necessary, and If the
district attorney thought that the
enforcement was not being handled
as it should, he would have money
to make Investigations of his own.
"The sheriffs cannot carry on the
enforcement work without money,
and there Is no reason why the
state should be given half the
funds, and the sheriffs expected to
enforce the law."
Mr. Starmer states that the re
port of the state director as It re
fers to Douglas county In grosnly
overdrawn, and he In securing facta
and figures to lay before the com
mittee to prove his contention.
"The report made by Mr. Cleaver
wan absolutely Inaccurate," the
sheriff stated. .
"Several months ago I gave a
commission as deputy sheriff to
Joel Benton, A preacher at Yoncal
la and Drain, who volunteered to
assist us there. Benton went out on
a number of occasions with I)epu
ty Sheriff Daugherty using his own
car and helping -in several casen.
Each tlmo he was paid for his work
by the county. He procured a spe
cinl commission from the state, aa
his authority as a deputy Bherlff
was good only In Douglas county.
Several other of my deputies have
secured such commissions so that
i they Would have Jurisdiction In
other counties, this being true espe
cially where the men are working
near the borders.
"Each of these deputies have re
ceived report blanks from tho
state upon which to report their
activities. With the exception of
Itenton. however, none of these of
ficers male reports, as their work
is nil under county direction.
"Benton sent two reports to
Ciesver, one covering a six months'
period, and the other the entlro
year, the latter Including the fig
ures from the report previously"
sent. In these reports Benton took
credit for rnses whh h were handl
ed entirely through the sheriff's of
fire snd In which he was merely -an
aide. In all nf the canes men
tioned bv him Ihe work was done
entirely by the sheriff's forces, and
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