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PAGE FOTJR SrEDFOItD MAIL TRIBTJyE, MEDFOR1), OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1933. FEHL'S CHARGES WITHOUT BASK AUDIT REVEALS (Continued trom rage One) court hu developed that of the above .mount 3so nai oeen sausiacionijr explained as accounted for, theae amounts bavlng been reported by the auditor, dua to the Indefinite nature of the record covering, leaving a bal f ance appearing aa vet accounted for in me aggregate amount or .304. xne records of the count; Jail were re- ported aa poorly kept and definite ; vermcauon inereoi inipossioie to ac (b) One collection from a aale of a tax deed in tne amount of rro m-hlrh iranitnt h-rt tint. tuwin rnortrt through overalght. (Thla Item baa oeen psia.) i . (o) An amount abown due from the ' countv sheriff for reported collection from aalea of tax deeda, thla amount arlalng through loea of depoelta due to the closing of the Jackson County bank and error made by the sheriff In releasing to the bank collateral securities covering. The loss In this regard waa In the amount of tlioo Refunds Due the County Arising ' inrougn Errors in Expenditures, S927.89. (a) Overoavmenta for meals fur 1 nlshed county nrlsnnsrs. AVtrt.nnjtfl j by the records covering, reported by the auditor in the aggregate amount of rrai.06. Further Investigation by the county court baa developed that of the above amount (87.75 has been satisfactorily explained as accounted j for, leaving a balance showing aa due tne county in tne amount of (643.30. The records pertaining to meals fur ; nlshed prisoners were reported by the auditor aa Indefinite and poorly kept ana mat definite verification there. i lor WM found lmtXMIlbl. tn nhttn ' The auditor also reported that due to the unsystematic nandiin. of th filing of commitments and releases or prisoners ana ths fact that aup S porting authority for all commitments I and releases of prisoners could not be found and Inspected, It la possible c tnat in soma instances evldenoe can t be shown whereby some of the meals S reported as overchamed war antn. 5 ally served. The auditor baa also , aavisea tnat Decauss of the Indefinite nature of the reoords and the loose ( manner In which kept, there may be i additional undisclosed errors therein. In determining the amounts over ' '""'B'1 tor rneala, where definite In formation was not available covering, ths benefit of the doubt In each case ? waa given to the meal contractor. ' (b) Duplicate payments of Invoices aggregating (189.99. (o) Errors made in remittances to the state treasurer covering colleo Metis of fines and ball forfeitures In the aggregate amount of (las. and ; covering which application for re- fund from the state will be made. Errors and Omissions Called to the Attention of (ho ofrirors Affected and Covering Which Refunds Have Been subsequently Mode, .44.a. (a) CoUectlona of fines and ball forfeitures In the amount of f40. (b) Duplicate payment of Invoice In the amount of (4.85. Fines and costs aggregating (104 were reported as apparently secured by collectible bond which bed ' not been foreclosed, and errors In trans fers of funds lor the payment of county bonds and Interest coupons were reported as resulting In excess deposits to the credit cf the county n the amount of (838.23, whloh amount will again be taken up on the records of the county, j The auditor has reported that In some Instances the records were not I found sufficiently well supported to Man Without Country W Nomo Vakson has trsveled more than 10,000 miles at Uncle Sam's expense alnce a Mexican conaul at Denver certified he was born In Mexico. Ruling he wss an American Indian as ho claimed, Msxlcsn off I elala at MsnzanMlo refused him ad mittance and tha esmi hsppsned at Guatemala, Salvador and Nlcars gua, Hs was returned to the U. 8. when efforts to deport him failed. (Aasociatad Press Photo) permit definite verification. A num. ber of tsx csncellatlons, deeds Issued during the period, end disbursements covering rosd payrolls and purchases of securities wsre reported to the county court for their Investigation as to the legality thereof, as to errors in Judgment, or aa to lack of proper supporting vouchers or other In formstlon covering the transactions In question. A number of errors made In crediting Income to ano charging expenditures from funds other than those to which applicable were also reported. The oounty court will continue Its lnvsstlgntlon of any further errors and omissions reported, with a view to fixing accountability for -such Items as can be properly supported oy tne records and securing collection of tha amounts due from others. Va rious suggested changes for strength ening tne accounting system of the county at present in effect are also being considered. The audit report, as rendered. con talna detailed etatementa covering the Income and expenditures of the county during the 'three years under review. Two CCC Members Succumb In Woods ORBAT PALL. Mont.. An la (VP) two members of a cifnian servatlon oorps, Lt. Robert Oilmore of New York state and Horry Hal verson, about 40, of Canyon Brxy, Mont., died from exnnstir In -n1- den storm that awept down on the ueit mountains near her Monday. Their bodies were recovered last night. Sharkey, Camera Bout Agreed To BOSTON. Aus. 94. .1 AP -.Tnhnnv Buckley, manaser of Jack Ahrko American boxlne chamnion. asr! tn. dny to a return bout between Sharkey ana rnmo camera for the world's title which Camera won from the BOStOn bOXAt. Thu hnnt wmilri Ink, place at Miami, Pla., February 7, SMALL TRUCK OWNERS SEEK CONSIDERATION SALEM, Aug. 34. (AP)--Conalde- ratton of email truok operatore In the working out of the national truck operatora code was requested in a message to General Hugh 8. Johnson of the NRA by the Truck Owners and Farmers' Protective association, flf a M WILL OO TH E AVERAGE FAMI LY WASHING AUT PEOPLE do not understand how cheap electricity really li. ' The aversje electric washer, (or IniUncs, cn be op . cieted front one hour, lo two end one-hall hours, for 1 cent. A large four-tub wsihinf can b wtthed ipot Ititly clean in the modern electric washer In one, lo one and one-half houn. Electricity It to clean, It to isty lo ure, optratci to quietly nd It to very effic ient thai many timet we fall lo realist how much . itrvke wt receive for the small amount of money " P(. THE CALIFORNIA OREGON POWER COMPANY 9 PORTLAND, Aug. J4. (AP) Bids approximately (800.000 on nine high way projects, or about half of the letting ior the two-way session of the state highway commission, were opened here today. The complete awards, most of which are the first of the nstlonal recovery program In Oregon, will put to work about 1200 men beginning not later than Sep tember 10, It waa announced, Pred H. Slate. Portland contractor,' was low on the largest Job to be awarded, bidding (124.850 on the North Pork Humbug mountain sec tion of the Wolf Creek highway. Other low bidders on the major Joba were Llndstrom & Felgenson, Port land, (118.680 on the approaches to the bridge over Youngs bsy on the Oregon Coast highway: Theodore Arenz, Portland, (01,937 on the Dlxle-Llme section of the Old Oregon Trsll. and Myers 4s Coulter of Buttle (104.662, on the Odell lake section of Willamette highway. A total of 66 bids were received on the Jobs, ranging from (596.607 to (920,078 on the nine Jobs. Awards will be announced later to day when blda have been checked by blghwcy audltora. About the same amount of money will be spent on- projects to be awarded tomorrow, the commission announced. All contractors will con fer with A. O. Johnson, assistant federal re-employment agent for Oregon to work out employment schedule as provided under the NRA regulations. During the morning session Mayor W. W. Stockwell of Oronta Pass, with State Senator James Chlnnock and D. C. Mclntyre, asked the commission to Improve the Pacific highway with in their city limits. The cost of the Improvement would be under (10,000, they estimated. Low bidders on the projects opened today. Included: Odell lake section of the Willam ette highway, 4.36 miles grading let Klamath oounty Myers it Coulter, Seattle, (104.882; 8. H. Newell Co., Portland. (109380; Von der KeUen & Plerson, Medford (123,898. LAST WAR MOTHERS , HOME FROM ABROAD NBW YORK, Aug. 24. 4r One of tha last and quietest chapters of ths World war closed today as the steam ship Washington docked with 166 American gold star mothers, home ward bound. They composed the final contingent of mothers sent to Prance by the American government to look upon the graves of sons who fell there, and they brought the total to 6.674. BREMERTON DANGER.ED BY $100,000 BLAZE BREMERTON, Wash., Aug. 24. JT) Sailora from eight warships, visiting the Puxet Sound Navy Yard, aided last night In controlling a (100,000 firs, which at Its height threatened the north end of ths city. With both of Bremerton'a fire departments, and the Navy Yard department aa well, finding the fast-spreading flames threatened to get away from them, the detachments were ordered ashore from the warahlpa. APPLEGATE CAMP . HAS FISTIC CARD , RFC LOANS BARRED TO OFFICIALS OF COUNTY SALEM, Aug. 24. () Neither county courts nor boards of county commissioners can qualify as appli cants for loans from the Federal Re construction Finance corporation, At torney-General I, h. VanWlnkle held in an opinion here late yesterday. All such loans must be requested through the state, he held. Flying fists and dancing feet were seen at the smoker held at Camp Apple gate, C. C. C, last Friday night. The boxers were all camp talent, some fighting for fun, others to set tle minor difficulties. Being the first show of Its kind held after dark the arena Illuminated with gas lan terns, it went over with a bang, as the crowd of men from the camp and neighbors from the hills cheer ed their favorites. Jerry McMahon, the captain's son, fought the curtain-raiser with Jimmy Concannon, former Multnomah club star. This battle, put on for exhi bition purposes, started the show off In grand style. Then Perry Marco and Art Rogers fought a draw, followed by Ralph Nurmi in a win over Hank Voight. Joe Monte was awarded a technical K, o. over Dave Monson tn the sec ond round. Al James won the nod over Bob Mark, Everett Huffman over Oene Toomey, and Lloyd Wright drew with Chuck Smith. Winding up the evening's program was the main event in whlch.Red Conner, "the blonde terror of "Ash land," took a defeat at the hands of Blpndle Moore, "the white slugger of Alblna." Prlte Jenkins refereed, and prom ised as interesting a card every Fri day evening hereafter. EQUIPOISE CAPTURES HAWTHORNE STAKES HAWTHORNE RACE TRACK, Chi cago, Aug. 24. UPi Equipoise, Amer ica's handicap champion, thrilled 20,000 spectators today by winning the $25,000 added Hawthorne gold cup, seating Gallant Sir by two lengths, with Mr. Kayyam third. HOW THEY STAN a (By the Aeoclated Press.) ' Coast. Wi. Pet.' Los Angeles , 86 58 .597 Hollywood .,, , . 84 59 .687 Portlsnd . 82 80 .677 Sacramento 82 82 .589 Oakland 87 78 .480 Ban Francisco 80 84 .417 Missions 68 88 .403 Seattle 84 88 .380 ponement. the fifth of the tourna ment, and will set bsck the finals until Saturday, just a week after they were scheduled to be held. American. Washington ... 78 40 .681 New Yorlc 89 47 .695 Cleveland ,... 83 60 .612 Detroit 81 61 .500 Philadelphia 57 69 .491 Chicago 56 63 .471 Boston St. Louis New York Boston , 49 70 .412 44 77 .364 Pittsburgh Chicago ...., St. Louis .. Philadelphia Brooklyn . Cincinnati S3 43 .613 65 63 .551 .539 .639 64 55 .633 48 54 .429 46 85 .409 44 72 .379 . 62 63 . 62 53 FOREST HILLS, N. Y., Aug. 24. MP) Officials In charge of the wom en's national tennis championships at the West Side Tennis club today took one look at the rain-soaked courts and postponed the aeml-flnal matches until tomorrow. It was the fourth successive post- BASEBALL Yesterday's Results Coast League. Los Angeles 8, Seattle T. Oakland 16, Hollywood 0. San Francisco 8, Portland S. Missions 11, Sacramento 10. American League. At Cleveland 3, New York S. At Detroit 2-8, Washington 1-9. At Chicago 3-13, Boston 1-1. Only games scheduled. National League. At Boston 4. St. Louis 8. Pittsburg, New York (two games postponed; rain). Cincinnati at Brooklyn (two games postponed; rain). Chicago at Philadelphia (postponed, rain). ENTRY FEE A reduction In the entrance feea for the women's Southern Oregon golf tournament was announced today by Jack Hues ton, golf professional. The cards were originally printed with two dollars the fee, but the women gplfers decided that one dollar would be sufficient. The dates of the tournament are September 1, 3, 8 and 4. and a long list of entries is anticipated. A deficiency of Iodine In the foods and water of some parts of eastern Kentucky has been discovered in a survey. EAST-WEST GRID STARS TO CLASH CHICAGO. Aug. 24. (AP) Mar shalled by two of the college grid Iron'a craftiest strategists, the aU atara of the east and west clash la one of football's greatest games under the arc lights of Soldier Field tonight. Coach Howard Jonea of Souther California will lead the fo--xm n the west, recruited entirely from the Pa cific coast stars of the past two years, while Coach Dick Banlsy of North western, employing the Warner sys tem of attack with football aces of the middlewest and south, guides the destinies of the esst. Bonneville Dam Approval Looms PORTLAND, Aug. 24. (AP) Con gressman Charles H. Martin said here today that "It la only a matte, of a few days until President Roosevelt approves the Bonneville dsm" on the Columbia river. Word was received here yesterday that construction of hls 843.900,000 project was approved by General Lytic Brown, chief of the army engineers. MISSING SHIP AGROUND IS WIRELESS REPORT NORFOLK, Va., . Aug. 34. (AP) The Chesapeake Steamship liner City of Norfolk Is aground In Pcomoke sound, one mile west of the north end of Watts' Island. 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