| Show U I 0 0 0 ira 6 At SAlE ME OF FINE I LIVESTOCK TO 10 I TOI FALL IS TOPIC TO I Former 1 Secretary Bought Hogs Cows And Bull iP PAID AID FOR BY CHECK No Significance Seen S e en enTo To Delay In Payment WASHINGTON Dec Harv Harr 4 r I Sinclair who holds the lease leae tO I th Teapot Dome naval nasal oil wa wac recalled today by the th s I pUblic lands land committee to reg shipments of o Istock stock iStock his New Joisey srm Irm rn t tAlbert nAlbert n I Albert B D rail Ial who ho bo as secretary ot or the Interior signed the th lease ease Prom from the account book ot 0 Han Han- nan cocas cocas farm G 0 D Mr Ir Sinclair's auditor testified that tI a I check for 1100 vas Mas ricel cd from Mr lr rails rail's business partner on May Ia 24 24 4 1922 1122 In full tull payment for si I holts hoss at 50 50 c h one registered I Iholts bull at and six cd CO coni co 11 at etch elch The stock had been shipped 16 It Wald Vald Waldberg lat berg said to the rat Fail ranh at t Three N M It 1 In answer er t I by Walsh aIsh Demo Democrat Democrat crat Montana he lie said there was nas as nO nl n d In his office of correspond correspond- correspondence correspondence I ence upon the Or subject and nd that liD attached no significance to th this the de delav lay In p Ilav I Mr Sinclair then then told the th corn com com committee that while s tho Jo i tall alt all allI I I ranch In January 1922 he be h noted rn en absence of ot milk cows and suggest suggest- cd I ed cd to the secretary that he h be b per per- permitted permitted per permitted I to some from the e 1 ew Jeroe farm Mi h Tall rail demurred hn hI J I testified declaring he could dould not atford aT- aT aTi Iford i ford such c expensive stock tock LL LATCH L GR ES I I told tord him they th y would not bo be I ESI unless he insisted upon show cattle Mr Sinclair sat And after some further further co cons ers ers ers- Ion ho b agreed tony to ny my ny proposal La Later Later L ter I telephoned the th farm to to get to together ether a bunch fit tit for tor milk cows cos and send them with a horse hots which hl h I had lied lien g-lien to Johnson Ml Mi h I 1 Falls Fall's foreman I The delay d lay In collection Mr SINs Sin clair said was entirely lii his owl 01 I fault since he h had mentioned n ne nc puce pile to Mr lr Tall rail or to the th farm manager and the latter was as unable I I to bill tho the shipments In May flay ho he heI h I I continued Mr rails rail's partner t a aSir aMr I Ire Sir rt came Clune to his office In Nw ew York and asked for tor a state state- statement statement statement ment The Th prices then thea were he said a 0 check heck tendered and the tir tirI I account cased esell I I recently m de a similar ship mint I ment to the Whitney Hunting farm tarm farmIn farmIn In GeorgIa Mr lr said and andI I do not bolle e that has hM yet been i paid I I Senator r Smoot a asked ked It If sales t stock from Rancocas wore were ire ire- freI frequent fre frequent quent I I Not Not at all replied the th 3 our best stuff and peo- peo pe 1 pie who ho see eec them sometimes come comeI comeIn corn com In and buy but I ha e h held I a asale sale o HI Hs Hs o you mado made other gifts rifts bt horses than that to Johnson Oh yes said Mr Sinclair When a 0 race rac horse Is I Is broken brok down he h Is good Rood for tor nothing the stud These Thea are art usually usual gh gisen en ento to some som station of the army re- re remount mount re mount sen service lee In order that they may be b used to Improve Improve- the th na- na national na national strain strains In answer aIlS to a question irons from Mr Sinclair said he h had paid the freight on the tse th ship ship- shipment ment hp-ment ment amounting to between en BOO and r GETS ON 1 S SIE tLE IE Leasing Lea you between and 1300 net on the th sale asked a kd Mr Walsh I right Mr- Mr Mr Sinclair Sl said aid he h WOuld order j th the men oin oln em charge charf ot of the farm tarm to report to the th committee with mU aU memorandums and documents document other Information they th y might have bave bearing upon the tho th tr transaction Kenner Taylor lit Of Frankfort I Hi Y testifIed regarding shipment ot of tour four register the Hereford bulls to the Three In May 1922 1921 Mr Fall made madean madean farm tarm InquirY ta In of oC an Ire stoel be said maid U as to that year finally hiS herds And to ordered ordred Improve the th four tour anImals at t each oo 00 |
