Show 4 1 DISCREPANCY IS ALLEGED BY STATE I II I I Books of Former Fish and G Game me Commission Under Audit I An audit of ot the books book of ot the fish and game commission under the the former administration of ot R R. II Ih Sid Sid- dowa which is is' being made mad under I the direction of State Stale Auditor Mark Tuttle by his deputy deput T T. P P. W Walters discloses a discrepancy it is said amounting to which is duo due the state fish and game fund The audit is not yet complete and Auditor Tuttle Tuttle Tut Tut- tle tie remarked that until it is complete I his offiC office cannot annot give out any information in in- i forma formation flon I The alleged discrepancy is said to tobe tobe be in the sale of beaver hides the I I difference being in the amount received re- re I and the amount turned over overto overto to the state It is declared that de demand demand demand de- de I Ito mand has been made upon the former commissioner for the amount of the I alle alleged ed discrepancy Mr has turned over to I the state an automobile which was claimed by him but which has been declared to be the property of the state I In a n report regarding the matter of the alleged shortage and the demand for tho the car made upon Mr ay by Lincoln G G. Kelly director ot of finance and purchase who under the the thela I la law creating his department must report report re- re re-I re port to the attorney general all facts which may come to him showing al alle alleged alleged al- al le ed illegal megal expenditures of ot public funds or misappropriation of ot public property Let tet forth that on September Septem Septem- ber 23 1018 1918 Mr had made made- 1 request of the state board of examiners ex examiners examiners ex- ex for the purchase of an automobile auto auto- mobile for the use of the state fish and game department Payment of was authorized by the state board the same samo day A month later warrant was issued to Mr in payment for his personal car as authorized On May 2 1919 1010 the standard touring car now in question was purchased for tor the department by authority of the board Of examiners ex ex- The old car was turned in for the price paid by the state and an additional was paid by warrant to the automobile company In his report to the attorney general generalI Mr Kelly writes I Mr former state fish and game commissioner failed faile to turn this car over o to his successor David H. H Madsen when the latter was appointed appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed and qualified as fish and game ame commissioner on March 15 15 1921 1021 On the contrary Mr appropriated the car to his own use claiming it to be his own and continued continued continued con con- to claim and use said car until today The car was recovered from Mr by this d department department depart depart- ment and has now been stored in the I capitol I |