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Show COURT'S DECISION CLEARS PARKIN- SON OFQHARGES Ex-Treasurer of Oneida Irrigation 1 H District and Association ! H Exonerated. H ll After dragging through tho courts for more than three years tho suit ot tho Oneida Irrigation district against J Its former officers namely A. 1). Hen- IB derson president A. W. Hart secro- H tary and Qeorgo C. Parkinson treasur M or was recently brought to a tormina- H tlon in Judge Alfred Budges court in !fl tho fifth Judicial district for tho stato H ot Idaho when Judgement was render- H ed In favor ot tho defendants. M Ileferrlng to tho case of Mr. Park- iJ lnson tho complaint alleges that tho ,M defendant was guilty ot cheating and H defrauding tho company out of largo ! sums ot money that tho accounts of :H tho company wero Incorrectly kept H that false or dummy accounts wero H kept that warrants were Issued and H cashed without authority ot law that H taxes wero collected and not account- H ed for and thnt tho huslnoss of tho H company was conducted In the porson . H al name ot tho defendant to tho great H detriment ot tho company. H It was further charged 'that tho do- H fendants speculated in tho warrants H and funds ot tho company and they H wero asked to render a detailed ac- lH counting or all funds of tho company JM Continued on Pago Eight H COURT'S DECISION . CLEARS PARKIN- SON OF CHARGES K (Continued from pngo otio) Hr which passed through their hands dur- Hf, Ing tiio period of their Incmnhcncy na K v Its officers amounting to more, than H $500,000. V Tlio Action was hrotight by Joshua j ,, Adams president of the ditch com- i pnny and wag the direct outgrowth of H , . the great confusion resulting from B '" what has proven to bo untruthful and B sensational reports circulated during B; tho nudltlng of the accounts of tho M! company by tho special nudltor to tho Jl effect that the olllcers of tho company wero grafters embezzlers and thieves BVJ (lint largo sums of money could bo re- covered by process of law sufficient B to finish tho ditch mid pay off nil tho company's obligations. Parkinson Comments. Speaking of the court's secislon In bin own case Mr. Parkinson said: "At the time this action was Inatl- lited I concluded it was tho only wny that tho facts could over bo brought , . to light and I havo never doubted tho HKl I nature of tho final outcome. Thero HHHK wcro so many rumors tifloat concern- j Ing tho management and tho finances of tho company Imolvlng tho honor M and Integrity of Its olllcers that tho , only wny of effectually refuting nnd forever setting at rest these scnntlon- H al and harmful tumor was to submit HHB (o nn impartial court a complcto ac- B. counting of tho treasurer's oillco. This has been done under conditions Ha- fair nnd just to nil parties concerned HHH and everybody now has a chance of iiiiiiiiVi knowing tho true situation. "Tho Irrigation district was ably represented by one of tho most eminent emi-nent law firms of tho stato of Idaho and 1117 Interests were cqally well defended. de-fended. Tho allegations of fmud and of misappropriation of funds iind other oth-er misconduct wero completely refuted refut-ed nt tho trial nnd tho final accounting account-ing which Involved much tlmo and ex-ponso ex-ponso rovealed tho fact that ovcry cent of tho treasury funds had been duly and properly accounted for by the treasurer and that tho Irrigation district had lost nothing on his account. ac-count. Tho process of reaching this termination hnH been tedious nnd expensive ex-pensive but It Is ono of tho cases wheroln tho result certainly Justifies tho effort." Tho press of two states has given great publicity to this enso liolh prior to and during Its pendency In court duo to tho promlnonco of tho defendants defend-ants and tho number of people Interested Inter-ested In Its termination and It must ho grntlfing to Mr. Parkinson and his ninny friends to know that ho has passed throtmht tills legal battle unharmed un-harmed hnd uninjured. Herald He-publican. |
