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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1946)
State Auditor Alleges Deputy Clerk Altered Claims To Obtain Extra Pay; Restitution Of $185 Follows Report Klamath county court mem bers announced today they had received word that restitution has been made by C. C. Heidrich. former deputy county clerk, for $185 which he had allegedly re ceived from the county through alteration of count' claims as re ported in the 1944-45 slate audit. According to County Commis lioner John Reber, Heidrich has given a certified check to his bonding company for the amount involved, and the company will in turn reimourse xne coumy. Disclosure of the Heidrich in cident came today when copies of the state audit were received. Cordon Loses Housing Scrap WASHINGTON. Jan. 18 A lively scrap between Senator Cordon (R-Ore.) and the recla mation bureau over 43 surplus houses at Richland, Wash., has ended, at least temporarily, with the bureau in technical pos session. Cordon wanted the houses de clared surplus and assigned to the University of Oregon at Eu gene and the State college at Corvallis, Ore. The colleges al ready had received 26 such sur plus houses for use of students. Everything was going nicely for the schools when suddenly Cordon was, notified that the reclamation bureau with a higher priority had taken the houses for veterans who will be employed on the Columbia basin irrigation project in Washington. Straus Summoned . Cordon summoned Commis sioner Michael W. Straus of the reclamation bureau to his office and asked that the bureau re linquish claim to the houses. Straus declined. Cordon said he planned to take his demand to Secretary Ickes of the interior department, declaring the houses had been declared surplus at his request and for use by the Oregon uni versities. "There is no problem as far as we are concerned," Straus said, "for we have the 43 houses. Grand Coulee is going back in construction. Every house we get, and we need 1000 of them, will be occupied by a war vet eran working on the project We need them and we have the priority to get them."- The auditor said Heidrich had al tered the claims in order to ob tain pay he felt due him for over time work in 1945. After the unusual procedure for collecting overtime pay was reported to County Clerk Char lie DeLap by the state auditor, Heidrich resigned his deputy clerk position. That was in No vember. According to the audit, made by Auditor Bernard C. Davis of the state, Heidrich drew two salary advances in June and Au gust, 1945, the first for 585 and the latter for $100. The ad vances were approved by the county court. His salary warrants for those months, as entered in the com missioner's journal and pub lished in this newspaper, gave consideration of those advances, with the amount of the ad vances deducted. Warrants Altered But after the claims had been signed by the county court and entered in the journal by the county clerk, the warrants were altered by Heidrich to ignore the advances and call for .his regular salary, the auditor states. His salary for June was $225 and foe August $260. With the advances he drew warrants in those months for $310 and $360. In altering the warrants Heid rich showed the salary advance for June as "extra time, elec tion June, 1945," the auditor re ported. There was a legislative measures election in June and county officials said that he probably had worked overtime. Other office workers received overtime pay for work on the report says that Heid rich stated that he felt he had overtime pay due him and used this method of obtaining it. Heidrich was appointed to his job two years ago by Mae K. Short, DeLap's predecessor as county clerk, and retained by DeLap when he took over the office a year ago. 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DREV'S MANSTORE 733 Main' Since 1918 wise, Auditor Davis said, "test checks of disbursements indi cated that expenditures were made on proper authorization and for proper purposes." Cash Surplus Davis reported that all coun ty funds, except the county li brary fund (deficit of $264.08) had a cash surplus at June 30, 1945, and were on a cash basis during the year covered by the audit. Current surplus of the several county funds increased in the year by $8,018.48, and to taled $342,043.13 at the end of the period. The auditor emphasized his advice that all county funds should be included in the budget regardless of the sources from which their revenues are ob tained. Davis noted that tax collec tions have been exceptionally heavy in this county, thus reduc ing the taxes receivable by a substantial amount. He said he found the work of balancing the tax rolls had been carefully and accurately done. The auditor pointed out that the law requires that warrants shall be issued in all cases -where personal property taxes were de linquent on June 14, 1941. He added there are several personal property tax accounts in Klam ath county to which this- rule applies, and action should be taken. With references to justices of the peace, Davis said that Jus tice Tom Chatburn of the Mer rill district retains the total fines in his court and applies the ex cess against other costs, thus re- iH,iisui.f'PERIODIC' Female Weakness Make you feel "A Wreck" on such days? If you suffer monthly cramps with, accompanying tired, nervous, cranky feelingsdue to functional periodic disturbances try Lydla K. Plnkham'a Vegetable Compound to relieve such symptoms. Taken thruout the month Plnkham's Compound helps build up resis tance against such distress! Portlanders Boo Butter Shortage PORTLAND, Jan. 18 (W) Butter-starved Portlandcrs lined up for two solid blocks to pur chase 1000 half-pound packages of the golden spread in the Farmers' Murkct building. At another store, Manager A. J. Tacchclla numbered cards cor responding to the packages on hand. "It's a headache," he complained. "People boo and catcall and blame me for the butter shortage. I'm going to quit." duclng his claim to the county. "This results in the improper fund distribution of fines and is contrary to the procedure pro vided in the statutes," the re port states. Copies of tile audit are on file at the county clerk's office and are available for examination of interested citizens. Huge Boom Expected In Home Repair More than $1,708,000 Is ex pected to bo spent during the next five years by Klamath coun ty home owners on remodeling and repair work. The year 1948 promises to In augurate one of the greatest eras in American history for homo re- fmirs and modernization, accord ng to estimates released by the Tile Council of America. ''Few developments will contribute more to employment and general prosperity In any community," according to R. E. Jordan, chair man of the council's residential construction committee. Because of lack of materials 7 f4vJ7 w p mri 919 E. Main Phone 4282 I " " " " - I CHICKEN CENTER Fresh Smelt Fresh Olympia Oysters Fresh Prawns Salmon Halibut Hens . . Fryers . Turkeys . . . . lb. 35c . . . lb. 43c .lb. 45c -49c SMOKED MEATS FRESH MEATS In Stock At Rickys of They Are All Here Rolex Bulova Grueri Since 1941 Elgin " Longines-Wittnauer Benrus ? We Are Featuring This Week Gruen Veri-Thins Elegant 1 5 jewel timepieces ' that give precision . perform ance. Come in and make your selection today. Longines-Wittnauer The love of quality workman ship is universal. 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