EVENING BSERVER, LA GRANDE, OREGON, I'lKR-AT. MARCH 3, 1009.
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DIRECTORY
OF THE
TRATERNAL ORDERS
LA GRANDE, ORE.
M. W.A.
La, Grande Camp No. 7703 meets
each Monday evening at I. O. 0. F.
ball. All visiting neighbor are cor
dially in iieu v micuu. (
M. Jk'.ML'RRAr, C
CAL JORDAN, Clerk.
F. O. FU
La Grande Aerie No. 259, F. O. E.,
meets every Friday night In Elks' hall
at 8 rn. Visiting brethren Invited
to attend.
C. E. HACKMAN. W. P.
GEO. ABEGG, "W. 8.
O. E. S.
Hope Chapter No. 13, O. E. S., hold
stated communications the second and
fourth Wednesdays" of each month.
Vlaltng members cordially invited.
RACHEL E. WORSTELL, W. M.
MART A. WARNICK, Secretary.
I. O.'O. V. Encampment.
Star Encampment No. '31, I. O. O.
F., meets every second and fourth
Wednesday in the month in Odd Fel-
i il.ii tritAM natHarhi aIwbvh
IUWB liait. T oifcw -
welcome.
H. E. COOLIDGE, C. P.
W. A. WORSTELL, Scribe.
M. B. or A.
Meets every Thursday evening at
I. O. O. F. hall. Visiting members al
wr.ys welcome.
ANGUS STEWART, President
C. J. VANDERPOEL, Secretary.
Woodmen of tlic World.
La Grande Lodge No, 169, W. O.
W., meets every second and fourth
Tuesday evening In K. of P. hall in
the Corpe building. All vIsitLog mem
bers welcome. NERI ACKLeS,
J. II. KEENET, Consul Commander.
Clerk.
THINK THIS OVER
If you believe in your
town why not mike it
worth while, to do busi
ness her3? : : : :
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We are prepared to furnisfi and deliver material
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ELGIN, OREGON,
Where local business men are J
- eo-optr-atlng and buying stump ,
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lands preparatory to setting
commercial orchards. For par-
Uculars regarding good orchard
lands at very low prices call or
write Tfce
SLOUGH INVESTMENT CO.
Real Eeuttet, Iaiwianuta, Leans
and Oollorrtons.
I. O. O. F. Subordinate.
La Grande Lodge No. K, meets in
their hall every Saturday night. Vis
iting brothers cordially invited to at
lend. "'Cemetery plat may be seen at
Model restaurant.
HUGH McCALL, N. G.
OSCAR COOLIDGE, -Secretary.
W. A. WORSTELL, Fin. Eec.
Foresters of A merit'.
Court Maid Marlon No. 22 meets
each Wednesday night tn K. of P.
hall. Brothers are Invited to attend.
BEN HAISTEN, C. R.
LEO HERRING. C. 8.
C. J. VANDERPOEL, F. S.
A. F. & A. M.
La Grande Lodge No. 41, A.. F. &
A. M., holds regular meetings first and
third Saturdays at 7:30 p. m.
R. L. LINCOLN, W. M.
A. C. WILLIAMS. Secretary.
Knights of Pythias.
Red Cross Lodge No. 37, meets every
Monday evening In Castle Hall (old
Elks' hall). A Pythian welcome to aH
visiting knights.
J. F. BAKER, C. C. '
R. L. LINCOLN. K. of R. & S.
s Hobekalis. '
Crystal Lodge No. 80 meets every
Tuesday evening. at the I. O. O. F. hall.
All visiting members are invited to at
tend. JENNIE N. SMITH, N. G.
MARTHA E. SCOTT, Secretary.
. r. o. E.
La Grande Lodge No. 433, meets
each Thursday evening at 8 o'clock in
Elks' club, corner Depot street and
Washington avenue. Visiting brothers
are cordially, invited to attend.
C. S. DUNN, Exalted Ruler.
G. E. McCULLY, Recording Sec.
PALMER " j
COMPANY j
DEPARTMENT I
Orders for
Phone Main 8.
For Diwfi of Uie Ski.
Nearly all diseases of the skin such
as ecz ma, tetter, salt rheum and bar
bers' Itch, are characterized by an in
tense itching and smarting, which of
ten makes life a burden and disturbs
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It allays the Itching and smarting al
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local engineer OITBID
ALL OTHERS FOR CONTRACT.
"Homo Talent," Cantiltln Enginoor RM
Two Pr Cent Lens Than Ills Near- ,
cut Competitor ViiliUt-roKtod An
tliortty Give I'nhliMPtt lUKrt on
Selection.'
Whllo no community should apolo
gize for giving employment to home
people, yet In public masters too often
the rule Is to go abroad and secure
higher-priced men with no more abili
ty than those who are residents.
While there has been more or less dis
cussion relative to the employment
or Civil Engineer Plckler, who offered
to do the work much cheaper than
Imported engineers which, by reason
of his residence here, he could do.
The brief history of the facts.
showing the action of our council in
relation to the matter of contracts,
will, no doubt, be of Interest. Last
October the council accepted the bid
of Neuvcne & Co. for the water bonds,
a portion of the cash to be available
December the first. At, that time it
was the intention to advertise for bids
for construction, and In order to do
so. It "was necessary to have' complete
plans of the work. In order to facili
tate matters, there wns a special
committee appointed to obtain Infor
mation and recommend the employ
ment of ftn engineer to make detail
plans. Councilman Williamson wns
appointed chairman of that commit
tee and corresponded with about 10
reliable engineers on the subject and
the bids for the work was from- $1,
600 to $2000 for making the detail
plans. The fact developed that Ncu-
vene & Co. failed to comply with their
agreement and did not take the bonds,
and the matter of contract for con
struction was taken up with the Amer
ican Light & Water company, wjilch
eliminated the expense of employing
an engineer at that time to make the
detail plans. The council then in
structed the chairman of the commit
tee to obtain Information as to the cost
of employing an engineer to take com
plete supervision of the work, during
construction and to mnke all necessary
surveys, nuips, detail plans and take
supervision as engineer for the full
completion of the system. Mr. Wil
liamson corresponded with nine prom
inent engineers of the Pacific coast,
giving them full details of what was
required and submitted the bids . of
six t the council, that being the num
ber of bids received. The bid of L. A.
Plckler was to do the complete work
for 3 per cent of the cost of construc
tion and all other bids were 5, 5Vi nnd
6 per cent of the COt nt orinatrnetlnn
These bids were all submitted to the
council and Mr. Tickler's bid wns ac
cepted, and he gives bonds for the
faithful performance of the work.
Surveyor General Utter of Idaho, was
written to for Information on reason
able fees for sjch work and his letter
on IJie subject follows:
Poise, Idaho, Feb. 8, 1909.
Mr. J. T. Williamson,
Chairman of Cie Water Committee,
La Grande, Oregon.
Dear Sir:
At request I herewith give you In
formation concerning the usual
charges for engineering and superin
tendence of public work. Having spent
30 years In construction work for the
government, state, municipalities and
corporations. I feel that I am fairly
well qualified to say.
Never in my life did I know of a
competent engineer laying out and
taking charge of a piece of work for
less than 5 per cent of the cost of the
completed project. In making esti
mates, from 10 to 12 per cent Is usu
ally added to the estimated cost for
engineering, superintendence and con
tingencies that might arise. At the
present time municipalities usually
pay 5 per cent, the stated allows 10,
and all substantial irrigation projects
the government allows 1 2 per celt.
While these figures might seem high,
yet from experience I find that in no
instances the actual cost, with salary
added will amount to about 10 per
cetil ut st f construction. I there
fore congratulate you u curing tho
services of Mr. T" ' r to lay out and
take charge c ,r work and if I un
derstand it, h- gives a bond covering
all salaries advanced. Tou are cer
tainly safeguarding the Interests of
I your city, and I assure you if I should
have been spprnached to talse charge
of a piece of work of that character.
and had been tn position that I could
have accepted It, it would have cost
you at least S per, rent of the cost of
construction for my services.
D. A. UTTER,
IT. S. Surveyor General for Idaho.
In writing to Mr. Utter a clipping of
the report of The Observer on the
matter of the employment of Mr.
Plckler was Inclosed in the letter to
Mr.' Utter, hence he fefers . J
Plckler in his reply.
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