| Show THE irrigation CONGRESS FUND RUNS SHORT F JL hendershot runs up against the board of control and is called Down Becomes insulted and runs away from meeting board of control met last night and was greeted with over in bills some extravagant claims presented if all are paid will leave a large deficit people have an idea that the board has money to toss to birds in the air all bills laid over until next monday when the pruning knife will be used the board of control of the irrigation congress faces a deficit between and floco in bills were presented at the meeting last night these bills with the appropriations previously made leaves a shortage of money secretary beardsley looked serious lat night when he said gentlemen you are up against it senator kiesch looked as belious when he said our honest debts must be paid judge shurtliff bat like a statue with iiii ayea glued on a stack of bills numbering over one hundred 11 clark wa swinging hii feet which caused the attention of tha members of the board to be first attracted toward him it developed that as chairman of the entertainment committee he had made a contract for korthof wor presented for his official approval was for and WO for esc tras and mr dark said he never ordered the extras there came a bill for for the painting of dent roosevelt and senator kiesel broke the ice by stating that he would pay that bill if he could have the painting which was granted BECOMES INSULTED among the numerous bills presented was one for a little more or less than 1000 for expenses of the fruit exhibit at fair grounds presented by F 1 I hendershot about was the total amount of expenses figured for the fruit exhibit and the board aked for a reading of the itemized claims and it developed that about one half of the amount was for services rendered by I 1 J uen and members of his family mayor glasmann paid mr alender shot there will be a of funds can any of your atema be cut dohnt mr hendershot instead of answering the question proceeded to the board of control and said you cant fool me there la plenty of money if after receiving to there is going to be a shortage it shows that the board of control has been very reck and extravagant in its expenditures and especially 0 o if it cant give 1000 for the expenses at the fruit exhibit this sudden attack on the board of control by a man who knows nothing of the receipts or expenditures of the board took the members by surprise and mayor glasmann replied air hendershot der shot I 1 dont think that you are qualified at thia time to judge of either the receipts of the alleged reckless rec klesi and extravagant trava gant expenditures of the board mr hendershot jumped up and said 1 I did not come here to be insulted he ran for his hat and as a parting shot said you arc not gentlemen and slammed the door after he was gone mayor glasmann stated that it seemed to bo the general impression that the board had more money than it knew what to do with and bills are being presented which I 1 consider extravagant and it it will insult a man to have his bill scrutinizes and examined when it Is presented to this board then 1 fear all will bo insulted as I 1 propose to examine each bill the members of alie board were unanimous iu their that mr llen dershow had no grounds for becoming offended that the mayors answer to mr attack on the board was very mild and just and proper mayor glasmann says alia so far as lie is concerned that the members of the board of control will not go down into their pockets to pay the deficit each member of the board has made a large cash contribution in addition tn the time devoted in his own case the may or bays that tho standard has donated over la advertising and has dropped worth of cash in order to inake room for the delivered at the irrigation congress lie alo gave hia personal check for one hundred dollars in cash and pava three months lime the last month working nearby every day and night with no intention of putting in a bill for this work the mayor says that ho cannot sec why he and the balance of tho board of control should bo singled out to make great and special sacrifices while others put in extravagant claims i air for instance as the anian in charge of the fruit exhibit for about three weeks work asks for himself alone over and during the same time lie did the floral decorating at the ball room for which aft asks another more could bo said but thia is enough to snow that those who put up the money and do the work should at least be treacil with decency and respect by those alo are trying to hold up the irrigation fund sir kiesel said last night 1 I think mr has no idea of what it costs to advertise and run the campaign for the irrigation congress and when he discovers that we are really short of baah ho will ma ke a very handsome contribution trib ution every claim will be paid in full if there is money enough but if the cash runs short those claims representing the least cost with largo profits bo cut down it was II 11 when the board adjourned last night with only a tenth of the business transacted the board adjourned until monday tight when the bills will be placed under the searchlight if any one has a bill not already presented 16 secretary beardsley it had better bo presented at once |
