Show JEDDIE ShEENS SEN'S SENSIE BOOKS SHOW HE IE IS NOTORIOUSLY Y I INCOMPETENT I Records Record of Weber County Fair Association in 1903 Kept in Cant Can't Tell Whether Such Manner That Directors i They Made or Lost Money I I. MANY ERASURES MISTAKES MIST ARES AND CORRECTIONS CORRECTIONS' Whole Jumble Leaves Condition of Finances a Mystery the Rack Rack Photographs Show Would Would-Be Folk on Glaring Discrepancies on the Books Books i Ir i h Ocl Oct Toddle leen has ll dolled t tl c wo world to pick a Haw flav aw In iii III his Ids LT d Accord 1 l 1 o them to prove c f anything Iii m my to o business HOtL not HOt L erh liP he J S say The rite public 1 J I. I gi eh to u r that by Ij them he r va l majority of or f the people peo 10 pIe of county t who vho ar arc an fault faull with him lm and amI with his work Ir I Ic undoubtedly ha Cor forgotten the tho time line when ho he was vs Lh the alleged secretary of oC the County ty Pail Fall r association Now that ho ito is i i after it d t I. I public lice o t the gOO p oll of oC Wb I I arc mv looking back to 10 tho thu I iii o when ll t ho hI colos colosti nl bungle of ur his work lot for the fair faIs association The flie books hool still allow the blunders he lie made lie tho II 11 notorious that thal he put Into every ry everyday's if 4 days day a f account They show a system or of bookkeeping that hat would never nc got get him a Jul Job III In a private pi concern Paces I. I L. L v el Y PlC torn out erasures made and amI corrections ons nf of if it all II kind Inserted l With Hh keeping the books the lie fair fait a association directors f 1 never Cl knew whether they were making maler male mak t r 0 c ct t ing Irig or 01 10 losing money i The Thie books as handled handled b by theL tho the f L C comic opera candidate for county att at- at t on oh th the Democratic ticket were In n such C that the lie I cU deeply III In debt leM last February Feb Fh alii and could not nol provo fIOVO that thal lie been h n lawfully If the association had had hiatt a n. clean clea wit st of oC hool books would have had liati no 1100 rouble ii lu inducing one uno of or the lie banks tt a luau loan with wilh the tho fair fall fairground ground properly as UK None o of the thu directors wanted to lo guarantee the tho loans Joans and the association needed mune money for thu 1906 laIr fair Hence the thc c only 1111 thing to tu do was yas as to sell II the property prop prop- erty lt and nril divide Uto money among the stockholders n 11 I UI Were ere II Horrified I. I ir oJ The Tho hold held a meeting In February f hr ar and some of them them who wore were I v nol nul familiar familial with wilh the manner In which t the lC accounts of oC tho ho at association were kept luri when they were were I pcs pages ics o of the tho ho cash cashbook book Oo over l' l which the erring hand of Sheen I 4 hall had hadj J CraiG minted that th as secretary secre tary u man many stockholders had called S upon him hll and that S ort cu orty be bc the Oil lie debts pa fal hi and anc lie balance balance- divided and knowing that her he lie lieas r a as voicing the tho w wish h of ur t many man stockholders stockholders stockholders' stock stock- stock stock- holders holders' he presented the following 1101 u ll n t h Tho III Ii Fair Ini association l I Is Indebted lh lu In the follow follow- olow- olow I InG sums ing-sums sums I of lf n One one al t at I batik bank i one note note note at bank banI and ond li v 1 l ii lIl Il i dollars dolar lars to o George tA Loyye Lumber com company pan and s othI a and h la I rII Is rs no w no-w-ay WHY thIs oils debt CI bo be bO paid dl uhl the stock Is Is Is- Isas as- as sr ld which nI n cs a vote o of of lh the which can cal nol be I be II it i ld Th Thai l th lie Uie president ill nl an and Ile secretarY j 1 bo lg and we t ii-t l auth l' l to tl sell to-sell teJI cI all al of the real e uJ and all IT a property of f the lie lieber Weber ber County I Fair al lo Cu u. u the h highest I HI bid bid- I foe cash after having ial ad a aJ J nr Uco said tt d properly 5 for Cor sale salo Io at least tV o h w weeks I In Iii a u paper o of cc sen ora ei-a el circulation I 1 hi lii 1 coUnty mi aid to tl I Ila pay all all al debts of if the association I from OI lie Ie H S fl-S cc l of the tale ealo llo anil lo II the llio Iho If I Hi there ere be hc liny ui 1 lo to thc Jie he stockholders share ami ul share S a alike 1 h. h Pr Gla mann n said that thai as his vole olo wn was necessary I to lo pass hai Ilas l tho tiu ho roso- roso I lulio-iu lulio ho hI would veto tp for tl lie Iho proposition sl- sl thou tion tOI on un condition that each cach director present pledge l se himself to lo organize a aIl now Il fai fair asso ami 1111 buy huy in the tH for fOI the and that all property OItI purpose al the lie stockholders be he given a chan chanco o to lo take Lle stock In II thc lie new company or 01 lake nh-ce heir r. r proper llo l' l amount t In lL 1 d Ir S Pr S. S rite fIle resolution passed by hy a a. a mou vote and amI a later of d dT- dT was vas called rh O cn In iii reporting the lie mooting meeting of ue Iho tue directors was Ino moved f to 1 remark S Isa No blame or 01 discredit can cn cOn be lc placed on fn the tho for 01 thi the Iho past cl for COl or they hc found conditions so bud bad Ind when they tool took hold held that they could riot nut see sec t cl way vay a clear to lo give 0 a n fair last haL Thomas homa and anI William Wil ll VI liam ILant Iam Craig who iio were president and secretary respectively ly for the thc last 1 12 months ha have been trying to hind out out JUM Juh where the thc a association Is ts at aL These lo tu criticise c thou thol In but when Mr Ml t the thit ht new now president n t II discovered co ered Him lad had conditions o of the lie hool books and and an acc he decided the Iho stockholder stock stock- holder should know knew Imo it i It and then I lest bit t th the guilty 11 Jart parties explain the of the books book Mr Glasmann wants want Mr Ir arc arrested for crimInal criminal crim crini- inal bat i nt nb Th The other directors hope there IK IH nothing wrong and anti that It wat only waH-only only carelessness and Ignorance o of how books should be lie kept that thia c-aused c au d tho the lJ bad bd bookkeeping To Tu this Mr I. I asks asks- What Vhal A lawyer not know IUt It 1 If is f a crime to lo mutilate books and destroy corporation rec records It I certainly looks Ion I had bad for rO Attorney HI Shi-i Shi n. In um I Ills 1 is fit rt lun I I lire to 10 a appear I- I lit tho board of nf and explain hl hit his bok book work makes maks u it I appear very black bael coi him What hat the farmers mer who ho have lue their In the thc talc fair association tion lou will wi say when th they y examine bookkeeping can etan Ul only only be he guessed JU cs ed GI j Report Tho TIme report of President Pi dated Jan 25 contained the following fol fol- oh- oh lowing tribute to as a bookkeeper book hool keeper 1 Since my nn election lo to tIme tho chico of oC president of of- the tho Fair association a I 1 have hn with ili wih the lie lla treasurer ti Iel Mr l I r. r Henry W. W gone one over U the mass mas of miscellaneous papers and book bool- dl discovered discovered dis dis- covered in iii th time tho court house as us belonging belong belong- n ing to time time- the Fair Full Fair a association I that tIme tho books arc In iii a most mut deplorable condition notably the secretary's s cash cashbook cashbook book for the year ear 1903 I have previously pre pra- advised the directors that I J Iwas Iwas was under the Impression that tat the look books kept i h by J. J I D. D Sheen the secretary see sec ec- ec were not only a a 11 disgrace hut but that lint I 1 he believed I l' l the time secretary was was Sul guilty o of criminal negligence I 1 Mud find the cash book 1101 shows show incomplete cash cashi of if r the fair alt Cal and th lie Iho bool books s sa a are aro r so 0 i with len leaves lenCH CH lorn to n oU out t. t anti and ul C carelessly 1 I y kept t that ha t I do In not hot believe be be- c- c lieve lc c anybody can make malic an aim intelligent i port leport from flom the thc am FameI sameI same Fame I desire desiro to call all al the 1001 II 1 of le directors directors' ec ten tors' special t lo hI the lie books of the thc a The They have not nol t J beenk been kept k I. pl jt properly For instance among the the papers examined wc wc found COll 1 a report re re- port oit by hy Secretary tm aLy Skeen which sh shiO sho s s 5 that tha the Iho receipts and aud cx expenditures of oe the tho faIr Call for fair for 1 1903 03 were over o er while while- from CIJI the secretary's cash cah book we that thai Ic less hess than one third o of tIC that amount Is on tin d. d This report made IlIthe from flom t the Lime h treas WaS vis evidently or mn-ci mn s 's sor or time the bank I al account The lie same secretary's 1 in minutes I of board of ur ii directors directors' lire lire- tors' tors meeting shows that hat t than hall U. U VO w sits ts ur ordered paid haid I by Iho tho board S l to lo ii Tho hoard board was J. J I D. D published in ill a U newspaper that ho lie hI courted coil nil 1 HI ii Investigation invest il iga I ion of i Ir if his books Jouk and HII that thai thereafter ho uns ho-uns uns i as ont v-ont tIll n a a. a letter asking him to tu appear Jl al' al before th the J il and notice of tlc lie fact act that he hall had bent been IJ lo appear u before U llio u 1 board ion ru was published In iii II I tho ii i papers Yet after his hb hi lug big bluff r courting an au al I investigation t 11 I I tt Iett iga I he- he fails fais lo tu The t TI i r cash book hool a was ivas inspected and 11 II I shows that hat Mr h Sk on ll and autti a I I scratched ct entries so su that thai no lit 11 man IH 1 could toll tui what whal was ivas meant and auth in iii the lie conler con cell II- II ler tI of hl tile his cashi entries two Iwo whole Ja pages e had hall been torn lorn out i wih no w cx- cx la ton I Ills us cash lOOkS books show how thai theiL Jho lIme rc rc- t chits for or I 1903 1 were Veme lO 11 while At Al' the he I Iho h expenses were wele e Bailie i-amne IC H line limo the thc annual report of If ex- ex Cx- Cx Sheen Skeen shows th the lie total cash ash anti antl anc expenditures fi for for- lO were vel-e 60 0 From what whal source Sheen Skeen Skeel received cd hue tho th fIgures furs from which he made his annual report m hi h alone HOW JEDDIE SKEEN KEPT THE FAIR ASSOCIATIONS ASSOCIATION'S BOOKS 11 c i I j. j II J IJ p e ej j L S L b Aj F FI fi W r I I W I t 5 L. L t. t 1 I- I I I r J 1 O J i t- t e J C. C J i. i I. I l. l f. f I Y 0 I P J v It I I t r. r W. 4 1 Y 1 i o rl C fl 4 1 S 'S S r n ki 1 y I A Yi J I t 1 Ii t i- i V l f i. i l r. r I S 4 T l I 1 f. f ii 2 b tr fM 4 W l t q i f l f 1 J f d 4 yr t it O Oi l 4 0 i L IT i 1 t. t J 1 1 i i r. r J C J t f Ov t r i io iS i 4 1 I 1 r.- r. l 4 j f 1 1 q S J t 4 L' L 1 4 T I 1 1 f 0 r 1 rT r t. t 1 1 f. f I It j W t o n kc s f i Itt 4 t t o S i L g 1 i W I t I i c b Hj 4 j id J I i i I Z J J r J 1 i J-I J p I o- o U. U a. a N i n JI S a Tuo 1 0 lU rout the lU cash li h hook kept l I by ly II Sheen Skeen Und Jimmi er er cr dote date of September I 10 1 P. P on oil 01 la cash h re- re IC ecI notice c thc lt of ur SIP KI in ill ho tho out can call cal lei tell lel I. I and amid all he lie refused la Itu appear before bo- bo ll- ll fore the tue board h alc 11 It l 18 Is tU supposed ho tIn Iho lit litof of passed h 1 tseI through brought UK lie hanl alli and that hat Skeen lad hs his hit report from rein Iho ho haJI banks account lr- lr 11 o. tiC uC what his books hooli showed what of what whal Iho tho receipts and amid all expense e tic ae- O. wr If I Air Mr 11 Skeen halt hail submitted sub sub- lo to an nut examination la last c tho board hOUld could have discovered S whether his hits hooks books or ul UK his IIi annual rim ru- word correct or oi- both wrong S Large c I g. c Item p Tho annual animal report shows ono one Iem item Hem account I. I and tho ho toll premiums paid 1 for COt that that year ar tobe to 10 be he bl 30 Think 1 u of It U. U It required 1 to 0 run u a u fair tho the cost cosi of time the premiums of Dr which was On top or this his the hue records of the Iho Ir Irrigation Ii 1 congress oss show how that the lie board of control of that lint COl congress IS paid the hue of hf the lie 1 1903 03 fair air expenses tf rai so xu far fal a aH as the milt fruit vegetable and other exhibits iN W were cOI to tho the tune hue of over 1000 or 01 almost 2000 and paid OO Ih lb addition for or the tho t rent remit of oe tho the fairground fair fairground ground gmund buildings In and for build build- buld- buld wg street car track etc otc elc eta Yet no record d of or nil all al this l Is found Cound In 11 the see cc- rotary's retal's cash cah book There rhel Is h ever cr a record lint Mr Sheen Skeen wa H was lu tu receive 1 15 per cent on UI Jt el stock subscription subset subset-hp- tion and an extra y lulY of 50 60 O per mouth month during Iho thu fair Cull sea season on The hool looks books 8 wore were on out 01 exhibitIon at thu the office orce of bf r the thc president and have been Ir Il 1 by liv tho iii I 1 Inmost I I 1 It farmers rn U and amid Jl Ith s si rc In III the thc fair f ni n ns thou Hon Some Rome of or the tho persons hl who mod 01 1 11 k a casual Investigation threw u up their hands In iii astonishment and d K ii- It i were real really true tie that that hat Skeen Iel the alleged th the be would Folk Foik was WiUs really responsible for fot such ml mla a a deplorable condition Ii It I ta has tas b l ug thul thu t 11 Instead tat ol or tt u in p I ii g ii up p gi-a gi grandstand charges charge against honest hon l men thai Owl ho invest in cI lg-a lg te p 1 his ls own record and aini bring that before tho thur th courts In lit 11 decided contrast 1 l to tu the 1 11 In which Jc dl kept thy be books k 1 s it OHl OH l by Edwin Dlf his sor so- Mr lilt ll lx l I Is now th the Republican al ca candidate C for county aS assessor orl am all every account i im is kept in iii II a u manner l that reflects cr credit dl upon 1101 him hll S eui J S J II Sheen Skeen h having IJ been invited in to t a meeting tu of Iho th Ii directors ls l's l to ii defend himself lf appealed ed ci and ld made madea u a H lie He- started hr by y saying th that t Mr 11 I r- r rU U G l 11 accused him jf of gelling uway with wih J IfO 01 or 0 money r Mr t II I- I Olas- Olas at l l told tId th men he heS S did Id not nothing Ii jug of ur t t tho ie It kind that bat ho Luo dl Il lii nut not anybody of or an I lOliC HI html but Hut rahl ahil Mr ti h C I Ido 1 do 0 o emphatically cia claim dalm that thai time tw III in Iho or II em book and al also u lie thC missing paces puces ilG nI up- tear lo to tl im iii 11 l as dS very ill no 10 mailer mat mat- ler lt ci who i caused ed it i. i Mr I BI n that thal some pe might ill 1 ht aw lie tho lil from Com lh th thIa time Ia that money y hall bath eli been as Mr lh t- t Glasmann nn haul had ha 1 said Id he wanted to tu know how the he debt ua ia aCIN CIN created CINte te etL t. t He lie Ic admitted litI 11 that hat h he hue was wag unit nol Jol a n bookkeeper ami Uil that ho hue should Hot nol books and auth that thai have v u scratched the 11 he d did Id not hot remember wh why w hy the thc two pa s s 's were cm-c cm ml mining that probably blo he lie spilled Ink Ilk on oil 01 them Tho Thur 11 following questions were asked a and iid ken aH answered w them them- Iv lve bond as boci HY Did Dd you OU give a 1 No o. o sir sh Did Dil you yot take lake time the of om omen omco co 01 or II Ju I before blore r a assuming the duties dutes ol ot of Ga ime c Nu No 0 No sir I was not hot tut asked to give Sho a abt bt bund 1 or Il ll Ua I aunt and alI did dill not nul t ln It I In n ii c ly IY Di Did Didy Iid y U m l keep cep tills cash a h book bool |