Show AUDITING AND Ar D RANCHING WITH A DEMAND DE from the council CONFRONTED P for a true statement of or the financial condition Auditor Reiser Reise advised that body on Tuesday evening that he had hadnot hadnot not w had bad time to prepare the statement During the week given him hiu to answer the councils demand Mr Reiser was reported absent from his Iris office most or all of two days and it was said in excuse that lie he had bad gone to his bis ranch Most public officials arc are supposed to do their ranching outside of office hours if they are arc fE fortunate enough to own a farm and most of of them would consider such an urgent request as a call to do business With AVith Reiser it is quite otherwise An explanation of his conduct is not far to seek se k The city treasury tr is in such condition that an honest statement st would td stampede the Republican te tc in this county Even the figures fig res furnished by b the leader le der of the Republican council have liae been their th r evident eident purpose was as to conceal o truth tc |