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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 10, 1911. 14 EX-G1TY OFFICIALS IELL OF HASSAN J. W. Morris, Former Engineer, Doesn't Remember How Contracts Were Sublet. SIMON RECALLS INQUIRY Prices of Sand. Rock and Omcnl a Testified br Company Head and Other Witness Varj Greatly. Hearing Continue Today. J W. Morris. City Ena-lnear durln t jJlmon administration, testified ths Circuit court jreterday. In the trial of the ca of F. W. Goldapp asainst the rly and th Ormon Haam Farina- Company. that he culd nut swar thai he or knew of the system the uum Company haa of auMctttna part of a contract out!de of pavtn-. "Do you mean to tell tnr. Mr. Mur rls. that you were Cuy Er.a".ner for two years and handled several mil lion dollars' worth of Improvements without knswlnc this system to be In ToeueT asked A. E. Clark, attorney for Goldapp. , , -Well. I had at least a suspicion that uch waa the case. There were many rumors to that ef.'ert." ths witness re plied. "Then your contention that money is saved by lumplna- all parts of an 1m provemment. such contention oelns; based on ths theory that money could be saved In tha assembling of ma. terlals. falls to ths ground, does It not?" Judire Morrow objected to the ques tion, saylna; It was really argument and shonld be taken up as such. Mr. Clark did not Insist upon an answer. Wttaeaaea' Ft ares Differ. Mr. Morris said that he had made a computation as to tha actual cost of laylna- lliium. but he could not re member the name of the street In con nection with which such computation had been made. lie had. he said. In his estimates, simply figured the pavtns; at il.li a square yard, considering- that a fair price. Tha cross-esamlnation then I'd the former bead of the cltr ennlneerlns; de partment Into a discussion of the cost of ths materials which enter Into Has sam. He priced sand at 11.50 a cublo yard, rock at IJ.iS a cubic yard and cement at i:.:o a barrel. Including r.aullnir. Manager Crane, of the Ure ,oo Hatsam Pavln Company, had tes tified Wednesday that rock was worth II. IS at tha bunkers, sand 0 cents a cubic yard undelivered and cement - a barrel. When Mr. Morris" attention was called to the difference between his futures and those of Mr. Crane, he said: "Well. I wouldn"t care to dispute any thing Mr. Crane has said. 11 knows more about tlio.e thlnita than I-" Kx-Mayor Simon ru on the stand In tha morning. He testified In aubstanc that he knew nothing directly of the actual cost of laying Hassam. but had heard through rarioua city officials under him In hie Incumbency that an Investigation had been made and that JIT a yard waa arrived at as a fair pries to pay the company. Diarreseiarr la Cited. Attorney Clark recalled Mr. Crane and proceeded to question him a to th details of nls statement purporting to show that ths paving of portions of Kast Eleventh street and Mllwaukl avenue, ths thoroughfares In contro versy, had actually cost the company between SI M and Jl.SJ a square yard. - v n your Itemised statement of the cost per yard that you have 11.44 rents credited under the head of mis cellaneous, yet the statement further along shows liJt as the amount ex pended on the whole Job for miscel laneous." said the attorney. "Only about i per cent of this contract was paving, yet this amount would b only about Bins cents a square yard on ths paving alone, without taking Into con sideration the balance of the contract at all. How do you explain this dis crepancy T" Ttte witness replied that tie did not keep the twos, and hence could not ex plain, but that he knew the bcks to be correct, lie said his bookkeeper could probably answer the question. "Tou have something over five cents a yard credited here for commissions and bonds." resumed tha attorney, "too testified yesterday that you pay a commission of thres per cent. Hosr much do your bondt coat you?" Mr. Crane, said that the company puts up a surety bond to Insure completion of the work and a maintenance bond and that there must be Included some thing for Insurance against Injuries to employes, but he could not say what these bonds cost. Juriae Morrow Instructed Mr. Crane t ascertain overnlrht what the bonds cost and to be prepared to testify along tsat line this mornirg 200,000 ACRES BOUGHT Ontario Men Take Over Vast Tract In Central OreRon. The largest land deal closed In Ore gon In many months was consummated yesterday when a syndicate of Ontario capltallsta purchased loo.Oun acres from tiie Oregon Western Colonisation Company. The land Included In the deal comprises a atrip two miles wide and about 14 mlire long, extending from Ontario to within ten rollea of Hunt) and lying In Malheur and Harney Co-intles The holdings are a part of the oi.i TVIUamette Valley Cas.-a.le Mountain Wsgon Road grant which wae taken over less than a year aso by Minneap olis and St. J-aul capitalists. It Is the plan of the buyer to Install a big trrlnawon yem and develop ths eastern section of the holdings. A large area will be devoted to orchards and sold to eettlers. Pom of the land will be covered by the Ontarlo-Nyssa Irrigation canal now under course of construction. Colonel E. R Place, of Caldwell. Idaho, and H. W. Ikrman. of Ontario, crganlxed the syndicate to take over tne land. Colonel I'lace was formerly connected with the colonisation de partment of the I'nlon Paclnc with headquarter at Omaha. The land lies along the Oregon Short Una s branch to Vale. The survey of ths proposed extension of the Oregon at Eastern from Ontario to Burns, a distance of about liO mile. run through ths entire :oV"-acre tract. ROAD ENTHUSIASTS MEET ft, Riley Retarne From Seattle Where Plana Are Plseaed. way Association, has returned from Seattle where he attended a meeting of the'oftletal of the "road of three natJona." Mr. Rliey was a guest and ons of the principal speakers at a banquet of the S-attle Automobile Club at the Hotel Washington In honor of p. E. Pands. the Intrepid motoriat who accomplished the surprising feat of driving the Pacific Highway path finding car from Vancouver. B. C north to llaaelton over a route much of which had never before been trav eled by a wheeled vehicle. Mr. Sands gave a vivid. lantern-Illustrated description of his hazardous adventure, and Mr. KIley presented the programme for road construction now being perfected in Oregon and analysed the advanced legislation pro posed by Governor Wests statewide road commission. The Washlngtonlans displayed the . , . . in the work being done by Jackson County and -,nBr progressive Oregon couth"-.. - P-akers account of the success of the Oregon ectlon of the Taclhc High way, and It efficacy as an Incentive . . , , i. and general IQ tne dhiiuwh - highway construction throughout the state aroused much erthuslasm. The Seattle Automobile Club I a rival of the Portland Automobile Club for the largest roemoersnip ... .i. making novel and effective bid for members. ELKS EXTEMD PUBLlGiTY r:WSVltlTr.RS, MF.MBKHS OF I.OIUJK. TO II KIP C.Vt'SK. SOUND GOAL AIID 0.-W. R. & N. Extension From North Yakima in View. LINE STRAHORN'S HOPE Fnrtland Convention to lie Ivr-pt Be fore Kntlre Country I'ntll IHite of .WcraMy In Jaly. In every city In which there is an Elks' lodge at least one newspaper man will be commissioned by the local convention board to keep the a""1 Portland reunion persistently in the columns of the press from now until the meeting 1 held next July. In thi way. It Is believed, the " est amount of beneficial publicity will be given the event. Recently Harry C McAllister, secretary of the board, wrote to every lodge requesting the names of newspaper men on Its rolls. The Portland presa committee. Instead of sending Its news matter direct to the papers, will mail It to the Elk newepaper men. who will be urged to give It "local color" by combining the Item with new pertaining .to the preparation or nis nome loage o tend the Portland meeting. This will give the matter real news value, desir able by tie local papers, and of great value to the Portland committee. For the last few days replies have bee'n coming Into the secretary's office In great number. It seems that every lodge In the country has a good pro portion of editors and reporters among its members.. "The only member of Manhattan Lodge unfortunate enough to be con nected with, a newspaper In any ca pacity whatsoever la yours fraternally." writes Ned W. Kimbail. aecretary of the lodge at Mnnhattan. Kan. He Is man ager of the Pally Mercury and Weekly Republican In that city. Chicago Lodge. No. 4. has organized a press committee among Its members to supply new matter pertaining to the Portland convention to the Chicago papers. ITALIAN CONSUL WRITES Sovereignty In Trloll Claimed In Letter to Mario Montrexsa. PORTLAND. Or.. Nov. 9. (To the ETdltor.) A editor of L"ItaIleo. the Italian local paper. I have received an official communication from Dr. Oulg llome. Royal Italian Consular Agent, of sattle. which read a follow: "Please announce to the Portland pres and to the Italian colony that with roval decree, dated November S. Trlpolltanla and Clrenalca are fully under sovereignty of the kingdom of Halv. Our situation at Tubruk. Derna and B'TKhal I strong. The tribe of the Senussl are not hostile to Italy. Tunl and the Egyptian ' frontier are unuvc nuiiuu. - - . dler. Our cruiser Llgurla effected a bombardment asa!nt Suara. complete by destroying ths defenses of ths en emy and without meeting any resist ance. Since October Z. the Italian force urroundlng Tripoli have been almost doubled, giving our occupancy a'surlty of being permanent. The en emy Is In such critical circumstance that It can give no resistance. The Arabs are dissatisfied with ths Turks and the former have rebelled during the last few days. The conduct of ths Italian troops Is without reproach. "LODIFE. Vlce-Conul of Italy at San Francisco." MARIO MOXTREZZA. tERIonT OIL DRF.MXO. The greatest hoe grease made. Pro longs t :e life of shoes and render I tern absolutely waterproof. fee It dunnir rainy meather. At any atore. Builder of Xorth Coast Road Sajs Branch 1 Feasible Spokane Ajer Junction Cutoff to Be Ready In 18 Mouths. "Extension of ths O.-W. R. & N. line from North Yakima to Puset Sound Is neareet to my heart." declared Robert E. Strahorn. vice-president and general manager of the O.-W. R. & N. Company and bi-IIder 'of the North Coast road, yesterday. Mr. Btrahorn haa beon In Portland for the last few day confer ring with J. D. Farrell. president, and J. P. O'Brien, general manager of the O.-W. K & N. Company. "I don't know, though, whather I'll live to see tho road built." he contin ued. "I consider It feasible and desir able, but It will cost considerable, money. Some survey hare been made over this route, but they are only pre liminary. No money ever has been au thorized for construction of any part of tills line. When the railroad earn ings start to how an Improvement the direotore of our company may ree lit to ordor the work done." Mr. Strahorn . reported that exten sions to the electric lines in the Yak ima valley are under way and that the operation of the new road between Wallula and North Yakima opened for service last March ha been successful from the start. It will require 1 month to complete tha O.-W. H. A. N. cutoff between Spo kane and Ayer Junction, that will re duce the distance, between Portland and Spokane. 1 mile. Watson. Flagg and Standlfer. the Portland contrac tor, hsve nearly completed their grad ing through Marshall Canyon east of Cheny. From Marengo, where the Milwaukee croes the O.-W. R. A N. right of way. to Cheney, the work has been completed. As soon a the bridges nri terminals In the city of Spokane are finished the Milwaukee will have a direct route through that cuy. as n has arranged with the Harrlman Inter est for the use of the O.-W. R. & N. tracks from Spokane to Marengo. Mr. Strahorn said that excepting the cutoff, his plan do not contemplate Immediate construction work anywhere. Idea Attorney Frank B, Rilev. irr-J'- srac7aCaJ4aSiir rnt for Oregon of ths Pacific Hign- rV Clean floors and doors with LD BUST Oil 1 Add a little Gold Dust to your scrubbing water, and you can clean your floors, doors and woodwork in a jiffy.. Goid East ia such a superior cleanser that it does the hardest part of the work, and requires little scrubbing. It does the work; you simply aid it. Gold Dost will do the work better than soap or any other cleanser, making your wood work look like new. For cleaning anything and everything about the house nothing is so quickly effective as Gold Dust. It's the cleans ing marvel of the agel Pe aet aes Saras, aaaa. assets, axis. aatnaois c lere tm with GOLD PL' ST. GOLD tl'ST ail arair ebie cieaatn itre ia a elecll eanr.Wea see leaf tnt o-ra- lM fas COLD DUST rKT.YS ale yawi BAKER WILL BUILD SOON Y. M. C. A. Home Costing $27,500 Will Bo Fret ted Next Spring. Crlncr Tanker. Or.. Wl 11 C'l I ly nr. . r . start construction of the handsome building for the loung Mens unr . I . I n n m nr mr for which haS 11 AH AJavu.uui ' Jut been subscribed, according to L B. Rhode. Oregon-Idano ecreii-y - V M- C who has returned from Baker, where he directed the subscrip tion campaign. There 1 available for the building J37.500. In addition to o00 that has been used to purchase a lot. "Baker Is enthusiastic over the founding of a Y. M. C A.." said Mr. Rhodes yesterday. "The young men of the city are especially You Can't Afford to Miss This ' Oat S You owe it to yourself to come here and buy your Fall and Winter Outer Wearing Apparel at the GREATEST SACRIFICING OP PBIOES SVER MADE' OUR PRICES ARE UNBEATABLE, OUR BARGAINS ARE TRULY PHENOMENAL, so we say DON'T DELAY, but come to this one bona fide sale and BUY AT TREMENDOUS SAVINGS! it MiAnA Ant rnfj ctnMr nq fast us possible. xv tivoc ww aa-sj Ws,ww jt- we axe eomz to make STILL GREATER - - . . . . T A TTT A TT LOSSES ax liiVUMLi vviii ro Whom It May Concern It kaa come to our attention that a great many of onr old customer and latendlaa- new ones, ta seeking our new location, fcave been Informed by eo-ealled atorekeepera la the neighbor hood of our old location that we have been out of business for some time, and we take this occasion to thank all for -their past patronage, and that we eaa still be found at 145 Seventh street, between Morrison and Alder, where we are now eloalng out our atock at absolutely leas than coat. 3SOOO KaU MILLINERY F K EE! $22.50 Plain Tailored (? 1 C ft A and Fancy Suits forPAJ'Ui; With Any $8.00 Hat Free 17 4MimK $25.00 Plain Tailored -g A $30.00 Plain Tailored &1 Q 7c and Fancy Suits for 4 O&D and Fancy Suits for p I With Anv $10 Hat Free With Any $1 Hat ree THE SUIT includes Fancy Mixtures and Black and Blue Serges, all marked in plain fgires, aa alwajrs 8een them THE HATS are the latest New York tailored trimmed models and are big bargains at $8, $10 and $12. i2 price tt:inV.7n?$z?' B.-r, yi PRICE l-$17.45 l-$19.95 1! $22.45 &Zr$24JS 2SO New $22.50 Tailored Suits to Be Closed Out at Only $ 1 3.75 Alterations Free 820.00 1-PEBCE DRESSES of all-wool surges, silks and 7 -f- $26.00 COATS, reversible, plushes and caraculs, to be t -1 O y f ' marquisettes, to be dosed out at P .rO closed out at lOOO Raincoats at Prices That Defy . av-rificed at less than cos-and remember, our regular prices are fully 1-4 to 1-3 less than y other store in this city. TVUi UCU, TT "-v- a av $12.50 EAINCOATS $6.95 less man cosi uiu rciucmuci, um icsuu - - - $15.00 RAINCOATS $7.45 ?20.00 RAINCOATS. . ..$12.45 ?25.00 RAINCOATS. . ..$14.95 $25, $30 AND 235 BLACK TAIL ORED SUITS Misses' and wom en's sizes to 4630, 32, 36-inch coats; plain panel and Q QC pleated skirts, at $22.50 ALL-WOOL FANCY MTX- TTJRE COATS, Q,75 price New Location 145 Seventh St. Bet Morrison andL Alder LOOK FOR THE SIGN CLOSING-OUT SALE Bet. Morrison and Alder $35.00 COATS in beautiful mix tures, ponys and seal- t O "1 QC ette, at piX.Vi Five hundred $5.00, $6.00 and $8.00 SILK WAISTS, e?- QC all colors and sizes, at Ps7J 65 solicitors Jnot seven days to raise the t1 500, and there wish t a single tne -'" v.rl -vervbody gave something An unusual circumstance jomeinins. . d le5a r," Tn from" rarmer. Ilvfr as 10 miles from Baker. The campaign committee was managed by State Sena tor McColloch. the youngest member of the Oregon Legislature, who threw .... inimint of enenuy and enthu siasm into tne movement "Now that Baker has completed Its Y. M. C. A. fund, the city is planning to raise subscriptions to found a hos pital. Fifteen thousand dollars is wanted for this project, which has been C. A. campaign will actually help this movement, as It served to awake civio pride and a spirit of unity among the Baker citizens." Lump coal, $6.50. Edlefsen Fuel Co.m PU TQM AT THE SACRIFICE SALE of the SHEEHY-BRADLEY stock. REASON-because EVERYBODY knows that when we announce a sale-it is genuine-not a word ol exaggeration or fiction .S&s48g?-article in this HIGH-CLASS ' HABERDASHERY STOCK. Note the startling reductions: MEN'S SUITS AND OVERCOATS Sheehy-Bradley $35 suits..: $25.00 Sheehy-Bradley $30 Suits $20.00 Sheehy-Bradley $25 Suits $15.00 Sheehy-Bradley $20 Suits $12.50 These are mostly HIRSCH. WICKWIRE CO. make. MEN'S SHIRTS CLUETT. STAR AND E. & W. SHIRTS Sheehy-Bradley $2.00 Shirts now $1.05 Sheehy-Bradley $1.50 Shirts now 85? Sheehy-Bradley $1.00 Shirts now 65 These shirts are as unlike the ordinary SALE shirts as can be. Buy all yon need for a year. It will pay you. MEN'S FULL DRESS AND FANCY VESTS These high-class garments at exactly HALF PRICE $10 FANCY VESTS S5.00 $ 8 FANCY VESTS $4.00 $ 6 FANCY VESTS S3.0O $ 4 FANCY VESTS $2.00 UNDERWEAR All the best makes included in this sale. $6.50 Silk Underw'r $3.85 $3.50 Stoneman Un derwear $2.50 $3 Gantner & Wat- teau Underwear $2.00 $1.50 Wool Underwear 95 MEN'S GLOVES Dent's, Fownes and Fer rin's Makes. $2.25 Gloves .'.$1.50 82.00 Gloves $1.35 $1.50 Gloves 95 MEN'S HATS $9.00 Silk and Opera Hats ...$4.50 83.00 Silk and Opera Hats $4.00 $6 Knapp Felt Hats, de Luxe $3.75 $5 MILLER Hats. ...$3.25 $4 ENGLISH Hats.. S2.00 $3 Chester Hats $2.00 MEN'S SOX Finest Makes. All 25c Sox 15 50c Silk Sox 33 $1.00 Silk Sox 65 $1.60 Silk Sox $1.00 $2.00 Silk Sox. $1.25 $3.00 Silk Sox. $2.00 SWEATERS $10.00 Sweaters now $6.50 $ 8.50 Sweaters now $5.00 $ 6.00 Sweaters now. $3.00 'E. & W." COLLARS 2 for 25c UMBRELLAS All the fine Umbrellas in this splendid stock at ONE-. THIRD OFF. FANCY v SUSPENDERS $10.00 7.60 5.00 3.00 1.50 Umbrellas. Umbrellas. , Umbrellas., Umbrellas., Umbrellas. . ..$6.50 ..$5.00 ..$3.65 ..$2.00 ..$1.0O $7.00 now.... $6.00 now. . . . $5.00 now.... $1.50 now.... 76c now.... .$3.50 .$3.00 .$2.50 . 95 . 50 NECKWEAR Finest makes in the country. $3.00 Neckwear S2.00 $2.50 Neckwear $1.50 $2.00 Neckwear $1.25 $1.50 Neckwear .. 95 $1.00 Neckwear. ..... 55 60c Neckwear 29tf Buy your Holiday Neckwear now at these great reductions. BATH ROBES $6.00 now $4.00 $7.00 now $4.65 $8.60 now $5.6o PAJAMAS AND NIGHT SHIRTS. $10 Silk Knit Shirt now $5 $10 Fr. Flan'l Pajamas, $5 $6 Pajamas now $3.50 $5 Pajamas now $3.00 $3 Pajamas sow $1.75 $2 Pajamas now $1.25 FULL DRESS "". MUFFLERS $ 3.50 now $2.00 $ 6.00 now ..... $3.50 $10.00 now .....$5.00 REMEMBER-Every item reduced-not less than one-third on most articles one-half on many of them. if ilia JlN Third and Oak Sts.