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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1909)
tiii: mohmm; ori:c;onian. Friday, may 21 .-t TEMPEST STIRRED UP OVER STREETS Lawyer Duniway and Mayor Lane "Speak Right Out in MeetinV CITY ACCUSED OF DELAY War of Words Enlivens Executive Board Committee When Jrvlngto'u District Improvements Taken t'p One Award Made. Language, decidedly expressive and un mistakable aa to meaning, wan employed oy Mayor Lane and Attorney R. R. Dunl-f.-ay while each paid his respects to the othr at a meeting of the street com m;,tec of the Executive Board yesterday afternoon. Mr. Duniway reminded the tMayor and his associates on the com mittee that they were the "servants and rot the masters" of the people. The aiayor retorted by saying that Duniway waa no man to presume to lecture the members of the Executive Board as to their official responsibility. Mayor Lane further charged that Mr. Duniway and the Interests he represented were laying a more "bum" quality of street pave ment In Irvlngton than could be found In any other section of the city. Wrangle Over Improvement. The whole trouble arose from a discus sion of street Improvements in Irvlngton nd resulted In the committee rejecting the bids for a number of streets and ending them back to the Council for further proceedings. At a prior meeting of the committee, bids for the Improve ment of a number of streets In Irving ton addition were opened but of the number only one award was made, that for Stanton street, which vu given to EI wood Wilds, who also waa a bidder for the other Improvement work. The award of the other contracts had been Theld up for some time and yesterday At torney Duniway, representing Kills C". Hughes and the Irvlngton Investment Company, principal owners of the addi tion In which the Improvements were asked, appeared before the committee and protested against the dilatory manner In which the contracts were being con eidered. At yesterday- meeting City Attorney Kavanaugh aubmitted an opinion hold ing that the contract for the linpiove ment of Stanton street had been entered Into with Wilds from the time it waa awarded, although the Mayor had not yet signed the contract. In the same opinion. It was held that the Improve ment of that street at Its Intersection with other streets for the Improvement ot which bids bad been asked, belonged to the holder of tlie original contract, even though his figures were slightly in advance of the other bidders, for that particular part of the work. Wants Contracts Awarded. Mr. Duniway appealed to the Execu tive Board to award the contracts for the improvement of the other streets to "Wlltls. submitting at the same time the unanimous waiver of the interested property-owners as to the slightly Increased figure of Wilds" bid. He explained that tiie people of that addition were desirous of improving their section and wished to co-operate with the city official and conform to the rules and regulations gov erning such work. He Insisted that hia clients were Interested only in the Im provement and beautifying of that dis trict and since they were willing to stand the expense of the work as Indicated In Wilds' figures that the committee should not longer delay tlie award of tlie contract so long as the interests of the city were properly protected. He spoke with considerable warmth and charged the committee with shirking Its responsibility which, he said, was to aid and encourage in every way property owners who manifested a desire to Im prove their property. "My clients own these streets, not the city." declared Mr. Duniway. "What is more, the members of this committee are acting only in a ministerial ca pacity. You are the servants not the masters of the people, and we have some rights. These Improvements have been petioned for by the property-owners and it is only right that their petitions should be granted. Only a few minutes ago on the petition of 90 per cent of the property-owners In another instance this committee award ed a contract for the Improvement of several streets to the highest bidder. "Confine yourself to the truth as nearly aa It is possible for you to, In terrupted Mayor Lane. "Was not that the reason for the award?" aaked Duniway. "No, sir, . there were other reasons," came back the Mayor. Mr. Duniway concluded by rebuking the members - of the committee for holding up Improvements in which, he charged, they had no right to interfere. ' Mayor Ijine Sarcastic. Replying to Mr. Duniway Mayor lane became decidedly causic. He charged that Mr. Duniway and his as sociates, who were now undertaking to dictate to the committee Just how It should proceed in the award of street improvement contracts, had only a few years ago Induced the old water board to lay several thousand feet of water mains in their addition for which the city had never been paid. "I have absolutely no confidence In the highly benefactory Instincts you profess to have." continued the Mayor. "You are building more 'bum' pave ment In your Irvington addition than can be found in any other section of the city. Our Inspectors are watching your work well and It Is proper that they should. Tour work and that of your contractor will bear the closest scrutiny and that Is what we propose to give It. too. These private con tracts you 'and your clients have en tered into with your contractor will bear a close inspection." Under the ruling of the City Attor ney, the committee decided that It was powerless to reclnd its action at a previous meeting regarding the Stan-ton-street Improvement and It was de cided that it was up to the Mayor to sign this contract, which he has been holding up for some time. As to the improvements on Intersecting streets, however. In which the contracts had not been awarded, the committee or dered them returned to the City Council with Instruction that new plans and specifications be prepared and further bids aaked. EPWORTH LEAGUERS MEET (Second Annual District Gathering in Session at Sell wood Church. Beginning at o'clock this morning In the Sellwood Methodist Cnnrc.h and ; continuing with morning, afternoon and night res-Ions, the second annual meeting of the District Fpworth Iagu. will convene. The mornlng.sesslon will be devoted largely to routine bustness. will b rai by J. V. Ijirimorf- nd KrnMt .Smith. At th- f trnoori "Mion at 1 ; o'clock Mlna 1rnc Kay. of S-II wood fhptr, will rfi a. ipr on- Tra.nin.t- 1 r. I K I. nj-dr, of the Pacific Christian Advocat. w 1.1 alo pvik. Th principal fratnr of th- nlcht sMon wi!! . th? addr. Th Vak In "f a Man." by Ir. Benjamin Youngr. of Tay lor-itwt hurrh. Thra 111 aluo be three iujfttonp tomorrow and Sunday, wiifn the leaffue'a work will be preKntd it. addrena- and pa per by inrmbers of the various chap ter. At last rlrht's t-o-rlal iwMlon M. A. Marry, of I! wood Chapter, deliv ered the address of welcome, wM h was responded to by District President William H. Warren. Following; Is to day's proR-ramnie: Morn Ins Devotioiisl serrlrs; bua nss mmm sion : piprr. "Ati rsci Ins." by J. v. ltrt more. u;rtntnn-nt of First (Taylor sTref Interme-itat Ihku: fatr. svin c. by Krnrit bra 1th, of Trinity Chapter; aaixmacts mema. Aftemoon Blbls rsilnc : oaper, "Tr-sin-fns." by Miss Irens Kay. of S i I wood hp tr ; th Pacific hritian Advora.tr. by Ir. T. L- fladr; roll cail of chapitri; announct mnt E en Ins Social session ; addrvt. T.. Making of a Man." ty K-v. Hti Jam to Young. I. D of ths Flrat Metbod.st KpLsco pal Church. TAGOMA THUG SHOOTS worxns man who resists HOLIM'P IX SALOON". Seven Other Men Kmptjr Their Pockets and Robber Then Ixmts Caeh-Drawrr. TACOM A. Wash.. Mar 50. (Spe cial.) Shortly before midnight tonight a masked robher entered the Potomac Hotel saloon. SOI East Twenty-sixth street, and with a command to the eight occupants to throw up their hands, deliberately flred at Carl dock, who showed a disposition to Ignore the command. The bullet entered the right side. Apparently struck dumb by the bold ness and cold-bloodedness of ths out law, the other men offered no resist ance and quickly shelled out the con tents of their pockets. After gather ing up his collection of money, watches and valuables, the robber went behind the bar and tapped the cash register, securing about $10. With a bow and a "Thank you.' he then disappeared through the doorway. The police have no clew, but believe he la the same robber who has been operating In the East End the past ten usy. Ulock Is foreman for the Coast Con tracting Company, and rooms at the Potomac Hotel. Hia condition Is seri ous although It is expected he will re cover. WIDOW CHARGES THEFT ACCUSES C. M. N'ELROT, SAID TO BE 1-On.TLAND LAWYEIL Mrs. Inn Valqoez. of Taooma. Al lege Her "Affinity" Took 50O of Her Money. TACOMA. Wash.. May 10. .-eclal.) Mrs. lnex Valuuez. a pretty widow, has sworn to a complaint In Prosecut ing Attorney MeMurray's offlce charg ing C. M. klcKlroy. alias Valquez. said to be a Portland attorney, with deser tion and theft of tiOO. which she al leges he took when he suddenly desert ed her after a two months' honeymoon In Alaska. She claims that her "affin ity" had a wife when he married her. One day she was proudly showing his photograph to a friend. "Why. that's C. M. McElroy. of Portland." exclaimed the friend. "There must be some mis take or a wonderful resemblance. He Is married to a stenographer In one of the city offices at Portland, though he hasn't lived with her for two years." Mrs. Valquez went to Portland and met the other wife, who told her all about It. she says. She then returned to Tacoma and filed complaint, and the Pierce County authorities are now looking for McElroy. who la thought to still be in Juneau. Alaska. Mrs. Val quez has returned to Portland, where she Is looking up the record of the man she married after a short courtship. ELKS' JINKS BIG SUCCESS Antlered Herd Hears Programme and Talks of Convention. ' "Helloa. Bill! Welcome to our fair and beautiful city." That via the greeting heartily extended to visitors from outside Portland who attended the Elks' jinks last night. The occa sion waa the semi-annual entertain ment given by the organisation to bring the membership together and extend fra ternal felicitations to visiting Elks. There was a full turnout of members of Portland Lodge No. 1 J and a good sprinkling of visitors from all parts of the country. (Jus C Moeer. exalted ruler of Port land Lodge, presided and kept the enter tainment moving along without hitch. He and Past Exalted Ruler D. Soils Cohen and Dr. Harry McKay spoke to the members of Portland Lodge on the Im portance of having a big representation of Portland at the coming graod lodge meeting at Los Angeles. Vancouver Lodge liad a committee present to ar range accommodations in the special train that la to go from this city to Cali fornia. , TWO UNIONS TO UNITE Western Federation and United Mlnewurkrr Will Bo Allied. SPOKANE. May 3" "It Is probable that working agreements will be made by the Western Federation of Miners and the I'nited Mine Workers of Amer ica, bringing fhem la closer relations with each other." stared C. H. Moyer. presi dent of the Western Federation of Miners, who la here tonight- "It Is not probable that they will unite, as their fields of usefulness are different. In spite of all reporta. the next convention of. the Federation will show that It is stronger, than ever." PERSONALMENTION. Mrs. George R. Cellars Is rapidly Im proving from an operation at the Good Samaritan Hospital. If her Improve ment continues, srve . can be removed to l.er home the last of next week. The ?rlenda of Mrs. John M. Roricera will be pleased to know that she la re covering rapidly from ths operation aha underwent at St. Vincents Hospital last Monday, and will be able tu return n her sums in a few daya, 1 fl P 1 1 1 1 I fl 1 1 'i ft IIP! r I M I I I ft I 1 I I I! I I . Ml I II ' M I II Is I I I I I I Mrl II illL.UIIlUll 1 U IILLU 1 Benefits of Commercial Club Excursion Told by Pilgrims. " OPTIMISTIC TALKS MADE rartlolnant In Recent Journey Through stale of Uahtngion Agree Resulto Amply Itepaid Them Leon Learned. What was described by all the apeak aa a "gathering of tha r..... occurred last night at the convention hall ofthe Commercial Club. )ri f the T participants in the buaineas men's e. curalon tl. rough .th tale of Washing ton with a number of th-lr friends were there to discuss th ben-fH and pol bllltlra of the trip. H. M. I.ud.-rs at the ball rolling a 1th a brl f chat on ' public Improvements. Mr. IuriVr was partl.-ularly l?npred elth th hard-eu-fa'-e pavements In Ta coma. "For an lour." he .aid. "ma drove In automoblleo at high speed and only once for a few blocks did me croaa our tra ka. paving in Tacoma I. dor- on the district plan and tr- city Insists on all Improvements being put In ahead of the paving. "One wonders mhy Portland, so beauti ful, should be so fsr behind Tacoma In screet mprovetTMrnt and particularly In the matter of paving. "In Portland the streets are the only marring snot. I.ct us adopt tl dl.tri.-t Plan. In Tacoma It mas found the value of property lnrraa.-d by several times the value of the pavlrg and Improve, menta put In. and In Portland We shall find It tlie same." '""' In the evening the speaker re minded tne audience tlal mltl.ln 3uO feet of tne Commercial lub a mooden aide walk could be found. "Tha lloostrr Spirit" mas touched on by W. A. Holt. "Nothing In the morld does so much good as l.e spirit or boosting or com mendt.: ton." said Mr. Holt. "on our trip little twn had not much, but they shorn ed us tlielr beat and they boosted It alor.g. On that aecount me appreciated m 1.x. t they hao. Every tomn Said II had something that waa the best In the world of lis kind. And I be lieve It had- "Miny people thin boosting s hot air. If me live In a city we munt think It the best place In the world or wo mould not live In it. v f y should me not say o? "Roosting can only come of a certain amount of good mill, it la one of t finest attributes a man can have. It mas particularly noticeable in our train and at tha depots me visited. "We have the good mill of every place In Washington. Boosting Is not confined to men at one lime we were met by a women's booster club. "Knocking is a detriment a nation can not get along with Interior strife a tomn cannot get along If It contains knock ers. There has been a little too much knot-king In Portland but the spirit Is passing. Of expositions, the way they should be managed and the way they should be exploited. J. It. Wa-k Marshall spoke at some length. lie told of traveling tT.eea miles In the Interest of the Lewis and Clark exposition and of the experiences, ths rebuffs and satisfaction he had received. II dis cussed the difficulty of getting the Ubertv Bell and told nrhy Portland had not had t for the exposition and would not have It for the Hose Festi val. Regarding the exposition of to day, he said: "Yesterday It waa a dream, today It Is a realization and tomorrow It will bs a commonplace. Tou can learn a whole lot at Seattle. You have In vested money up there and you ought to get your money's worth. "Help the fellows build their expo sition, but be selfish. Then let's bs magnanimous while we're selfish. W. A. Averll! told -of the wonders of Irrigation. Ct tha enterprise of ths irrigated land farmers, ha waa partic ularly Impressed, and he contrasted them unfavorably with the Willamette Valley farmers, who h said wera able to leave a great deal to nature that the Irrigated land farmer had to achieve by hard work. "One of the most pleasing things we saw were the orchards tha gar den spots of Yakima." he said, "all due to the benefits of Irrigation. A few years ago these lends were sag brush. Twenty years ago to) a ere a was sold for under IJOo. This land was right close to Takima and now I could not purchase It for S1000 an acre. That Is du to th benefits of Irrigation." YOUNG ELOPERS CAUGHT Portland Couple In Tent at Moae Lake Surprised by Officer. WILSON CREEK. Wash.. May !. . (Special.) Love's young dream In a tent at Moses Lake was rudely shattered when an officer arrived from Portland with warrants for th arrest of the eloping couple. The man was about 21 years old. named Lynn, a cok by profession. Tha girl waa Miss Frances PrescIL and her ac Is years. Th warrants were sworn to by the girl's mother. The couple saeert ed that they were married In Wenatche on their wsy her. Accompanied by the officer, the party drove to Kphrata. whs re they boarded a train for Portland. MAUS IS NEW COMMANDER New General at Vancouver Oilier Chance In Array. WASITTNGTON. Mav 10 Brigadier- General Marlon P. Maus will be as- Why pay $100 later on when the same Talking Machine can now be bought for $39.00 less? Besides, you can take your own time paying for one just now. Eilers Piano House Un-der-Price Talking Ma chine Sale. PAINFUL TREATMENT OF SCIATICA Left Patient in Worse Condition Than Before When Blood W Restored Health Followed. Of tb many fnrrns which rheumatism takes, that a hirh IS popalarl r know n aa aciatio rheumatism probably torture ita victim more than anv other. That Ir. Williams' Pink Pill hav cored this stubborn aa well aa pamfoi tronbl is a fact proved bv th following state ment, anl no anfrcrer who reads this ran affrtnl to let anTtlilnit stand in Uia war of trying this treatment. The enre o( Mr. lieorf-a IT. Owen, of Ko. 44 Lincoln Street, booth Framiog ham. Ma., is convincing proof of th upenonty of tha tonic treatment with Ir. W liiiama' I "ink IMla over th nana! medical treat menta for sciatica. Mr. Owen la an engineer with th Denni son Mfjr. Co.. where h has been era- I-lored for over 86 years. Of hi enre, ilr. Owen says : Through overwork and n bad cold, which settled in my back. I waa attack ed by sciatic in my right Irs; several Tears afro. I was bent over with pam which waa continually present. It (frew so much worse that the doctor r commeuiied a blixterinjr plaster. Then my leg waa Lanced and the pain relieved by injections of morphine. After all this treatment for the sciatica I waa left in a run -down condition and my doctor failed to buildup mr strength. "My blood vm in poor sltap and 1 iiad boj appetite. I waa restless at night. There waa, a constant, dnll ach acroaa my back. During my sickness I was often confined to my bed and lost in weight from mS pounds to 118 pounds. "I was in despair of ever getting better but fortunately Dr. Williams Pink Pills were recommended to me br om friends. Tha pills soon had tar blood In trood condition but, 1 look them steadily until I was fully restored to health. I am verv grateful for the benefit Dr. Williams' link Pills Rave tne and always recommend them." If yon are suffering from sciatica and the treatment yon ar taking is not re lieving yrro. or if yon ar actually get . ting worse while taking other treatment, then do not delay but gir Dr. Wil liams' Pink Pills a' thorough trial. Th remedv that enree others will cure von. Dr Williams' Pink Pilla are sold by all drnirtrista. or will be mailed, post paid .on receipt of price. &0 cents rer bos: six bote for 12.60, br tha Dr. William Medicine Company, rWhenectadr. X. T. signed to th vacant rnmtiund of th I M-pariment of I he ColutnMa. wlin headtuarters at Vancouver Herracka. Wash., aa the result if a series of Army changes announced texiar. iirica1ier- letters! John B Kerr, re cently detached from command of th mounted wrtlrs and post al t ort Kll.r. Kan, was placed on lb retired lut on his own application. lie wi't be succeeded br iirlgadler-Oen.ral V. K. 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