8 THE MORXIXG OREGONIAN. FRIDAY, JUXE 1, 1917. fiLCOIITEIITS ALL FLOCK BEHIND DALY Workmen Who Oppose Radical Plan to Tie Up City in Strike Favor Baker. ISSUE IS SHARPLY DRAWN Agitators Seeking to Paralyze Ship building Industry Seek Daly's Election In Order to Profit by Official Indulgence. 'he outstanding feature of the closing- days of the city election campaign is the race for Mayor between George L. Baker and Will H. DaJy. These two are coming down the stretch far in advance of the other five candidates in the field. The final lap of the campaign finds the contest un questionably between Baker and Daly, with Baker a. decided favorite and gain ing in strength every day. The supreme effort being made by radical labor leaders to elect Daly on the straight-out issue of making Port land a closed-shop town is gaining hun dreds of votes for Mr. Baker. The trend in his direction has been very pronounced in the week Just ending. Right now plans are under way on the part of the radical labor leaders to precipitate A general strike in Port land. If Mr. Daly is elected, to force the Willamette Iron & Steel Works to op erate as a closed-shop plant. These leaders make no secret of the fact that their plan involves the calling out of the men working in the new shipbuilding plants in Portland and the stoppage of all work at these plants, without regard to the injury that would be caused thereby to Portland's most , Important industry. Nor do they make a secret of the fact that they are counting on Mr. Daly's election as the first and one of the most important steps leading up to their general strike programme. With Mr. Daly in the Mayor's chair, they figure on controlling the Police department, the Municipal Court and the City Attorney's office. In fur therance of their plans, efforts are under way to organize the platform men of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company, so they can be called out to tie up all street railway trans portation In the event of a general strike. The danger this situation involves for Portland's new shipbuilding in dustry is arousing thousands of voters to the necessity of defeating Daly. These votes are going to Mr. Baker, who Is the one man under the cir cumstances that can defeat Daly. Mr. Baker will get the votes of a great many union men, besides, who do not favor the radical steps advocated to endanger the shipbuilding industry. A number of prominent Portland physicians and dentists have written a letter-to members of their professions in Portland, warmly Indorsing the candidacy of George L. Baker for Mayor and urging them to vote for him. "The race lies between Mr. Baker and Mr. Daly," reads the letter in part. "A careful study of both men convinces us that Mr. Baker is not only the more representative of the masses but is a man of far broader business experi ence, whose politics are more construc tive, and who will, as Mayor, do much to restore to Portland her former pres tige in the business world. Mr. Baket is not in any Bense a class candidate but represents alike the business In terests and the responsible, thinking, working-class. Our mutual interests depend upon the election of Mr. Baker. "Having given the subject careful consideration, we, the undersigned, having the best interests not only of our profession but of the entire city at heart, and having studied the good and bad qualities of each and every candidate, do unqualifiedly indorse George L. Baker as our next Mayor." The letter also urees that If th re cipient or his friends have promised a complimentary vote to any other can didate, to give Mr. Baker a second choice vote. The letter is signed by the following physicians: Dr. Kenneth A. J. Mackenzie, Dr. J. K, Locke, Dr. Thomas W. Ross, Dr. Thomas J. Fox, Dr. M. G. McCorkle, Dr. H. I. Keeney, Dr. Charles L. Rybke, Dr. Herbert Nichols, Dr. A. S. Nichols, Dr William O. Spencer, Dr. A. K. Higgs, Jjr. u. r. jessop, ur. w. Hugh William son. ur. c 13. Morrison, Dr. George x-arnsn, ur. Artnur b McGinn, Dr. James T. Walls. Dr. A. C. Panton. Dr. : Arthur S. Rosenfeld, Dr. R. F. Davis, - Dr. Ralph A. Fenton, Dr. T. Homer corren. Dr. E. N. Crockett, Dr. George r. ivoenier, captain i. in. Greene. M D.. Dr. L. Buck, Dr. R. C. McDaniel, jjr. a. a. uicKinson, ur. John F. Beau mont. Dr. T. M. Joyce, Dr. John Sell. wood. Dr. E. A. Sommer, Dr. Thomas w. Watts, Dr. John F. Worcester, Dr. Roy D. Stearns. The following dentists signed the letter: Dr. M. C. Shearer, Dr. O. J. . Ferris, Dr. F. H. Walgamot and Dr. M. C. Holbrook. Speaking at a meeting of the Pro gressive Business Men's Club yester day, Robert G. Dieck, candidate for re election as City Commissioner, . dis cussed some of the big savings that have been effected under his adminis tration: "I am no orator, nor am I qualiried to speak of other than the legitimate duties of a municipal official," he said In part. "Those of you who have any considerable business at the City Hall know that an efficient, business-like administration of our government will do more for the upbuilding of Port - land than all the theories and reme dies for the many ills, local, state and even National, which always appear for solution at election time and are " largely forgotten thereafter. "The foregoing are generalities. Now I want to cite some facts. As Com missioner of Public Works I have re . duced expenditures 29 per cent against a 35-per-cent increase in the previous four years. Some may say this is not enough, in view of ' the reduction in public improvements from $19,000,000 to $3,000,000. Being qualified to speak, -I say to you there is no merit in that1 statement, for these millions of dollars of hastily constructed improvements are now a tremendous burden of re pair, of which the following is but one item: ' "In 191S there was not a yard of " pavement- which the city was obliged - to keep in repair. In 1914 there were . 20.000 yards: in 1915, 1,054.000 yards; ; in 1916, 2,832.000 yards, while this year ' we have to keep in repair over 3,4 92,000 square yards of hard surface pave ' . ment alone. I -have made, these reduc tions in expenditures in spite of this inheritance, in spite of heavily in creased duties and higher prices, and have kept these same improvements in best possible condition for less than ' . one per cent yearly co?t." George L. Baker led for Mayor in a straw vote taken in St. Johns yesterday. There were 32 votes for Baker to 20 for Will H. Daly, while the other can didates received only scattering votes. For example, only four votes were cast for Wheeler, two for Josselyn, four for Rushlight and two for Warren. This vote is typical of most of the straw votes taken in various parts of the city. The two leaders are always Baker and Daly, with the other candidates barely in sight. All of which only serves to emphasize the fact that the race is be tween Baker and Daly and that the election of Mr. Baker is the sole hope of defeating Mr. Daly. Another straw vote, taken in Alblna. where Daly Is considered to be espe cially strong, gave Daly 36 votes to 30 for Baker. These votes were divided by choices, as follows: Daly, first choice 26, second 4, third 6. total 36: Baker, first choice. 19, second 7. third 4. total 30. Again the other candidates were far behind. "In my administration of the office of City Auditor for the past 10 years." said A. L. Barbur, candidate for City Commissioner, yesterday, before the Progressive Business Men's Club. "I have disbursed S80. 000,000 of the tax payers' money and the annual audit by experts has never disclosed any irregu larities or unbusinesslike transactions. Rome of the things I have accomplished during my administration are: Provided system of adequate re quisitions for purchase and receipt of goods bought for the city; corrected fire insurance abuses and saved city large sums: instituted cash discount system which nets city from 1150 to 00 per month; obtained legislation which drove loan sharks from the City Hall; was the man who put vacant lot farming on the map to reduce the high cost of living and has placed In the hands of the people over 3500 lots for garden purposes: I have been a deep student of city financing and am the only candidate who is advocating better financing for the city." George W. Caldwell is campaigning actively in his race for City Commis- ioner. He spoke yesterday at monta- villa and the Colored Baptist Church and will be one of the speakers to night at the political meeting in St. Johns. Saturday night, Mr. Caldwell will wind up his campaign with a political rally of his own in room A of the Central Library, followed by a meeting at Lents. The Progressive Business Men's Club yesterday went on record as the first civic organization of the city of Port land to oppose openly by resolution me proposed merger of the Coast steam ship lines in the city's determined fight to preserve Portland's shipping interests. The club also adopted a resolution to telegraph President Wil son in behalf of the military highway on the Pacific Coast. When Senator Ashurst. of Arizona, who was scheduled to speak to the business men at the club's luncheon. found he would have to pay his own fare back to Washington if he did not accompany the Senatorial special with his colleagues, he decided he would have to cancel his engagement to speak till some later date when on a West ern tour, so the club arranged to hear short talks from Commissioners Daly and Dieck, W. L. Brewster, A. L. Bar bur and K. K. Kubli. Mr. Kubli said that with the burden the people are now carrying and will carry to meet the demands of the war. it is imperative on the part or city of ficials especially to conduct affairs as economically as possible. He said that if elected City Commissioner he would exert every effort to keep taxes down and would be opposed to the expend! ture of public funds above the current - cost of administration, except in in stances where such would be abso lutely necessary. Mr. Kubli reviewed his record In the last Legislature and showed that It was largely through his special efforts appropriations were pruned and held within the 6 per cent limitation law. You already have approved a part of my record by Indorsing the important measures I worked for in the Legisla ture, and I now ask you to give me your complete indorsement by voting for me for City Commissioner," con cluded Mr. Kubli. All the candidates for Mayor and City Commissioner have been invited to speak at an open-air meeting to be held at 8 o clock tonight near the St. Johns City Hall. This is at the end of the St. Johns carline. In case of rain the meeting will be held indoors. One of those active in arranging the meet ing is D. C. Lewis, Representative in the Legislature. ' There should be a heavy vote at the city election next Monday." urged W. H. Warren, candidate for Mayor, in a statement yesterday. "Matters of such Importance as choosing a Mayor and two Commissioners and deciding measures-, of perhaps even weightier im port should receive careful attention from every elector. While I am one of the seven candidates for Mayor and as -such naturally hope to be elected, my main purpose in issuing this state ment is to emphasize the urgent neces sity that every man and woman go to the polls next Monday and register their votes one way or the other, not only on candidates for Mayor and Com missioner, but also on the measures that are on the ballot." - Sam Wolfe, the well-known Demo cratic warhorse and political "fixer,' back in South Portland. Sam re turned from San Francisco a week or so ago and last night called a meeting for Will H. Daly for Mayor. The meet ing was set for 8 o'clock. ' Mr. Wolfe appeared with John Manning, ex-District Attorney, and Mr. Daly. After waiting until 9 o'clock, they finally had an audience of 12 persons. John Man ning, the firt speaker, then told these 12 of "the boys" to be sure to obey "my good friend, Sam Wolfe, and all you boys know how he used to help you out If you got into trouble when I was, District "Attorney. You must vote for the man he tells you to vote for, and that is Mr. Daly for Mayor." Sam beamed and said, "That's right," while the 12 In the audience grinned. It was a very enthusiastic funeral. The "boys" of South Portland know Sam Wolfe, all right. - Union Boosters Go to Haines. TXNION, Or., May 81. (Special.) One hundred stock show boosters go to Haines tomorrow to attend the Stam pede, which opens there in the morn ing. Union boosters will take along the band and some unique advertising stunts for the stock show to be held in this city June 13. 14 and 15. laeirves slaaiky? That is a serious condition unless you are well along In years! It often precedes a severe nervous breakdown. The best tonic for the nerves is a good supply of rich red blood. Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People are a non-alcohoEc tonic especially suited for nervous, run-down people. They build up the blood and strengthen weak nerves. Free Book Your own druggist sells Dr. Williams Pink Pills or they will be sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of price. 50 cents per box. or six boxes for 42J0. bv the Dr. Williams Medicine Co, Schenectady, N. Y. AUDITORIUM FACTS ARE TOLD TO PUBLIC Complete Explanation of Build ing Tangle Given to Refute Campaign Canards. MR. LA ROCHE IS AUTHOR City Attorney In Letter to Commis sioner Baker Commends His At titude Throughout In Dealing With Contractor Pederson. A complete explanation of the facts concerning the contract for the public Auditorium, nailing as false certain campaign statements being made against City Commissioner Baker, who has charge of the building, was issued yesterday by City Attorney LaRoche. Mr. LaRoche has had charge of the legal end of the contract and has worked hand in hand with 'Mr. Baker and the City Council In straightening out the complexities encountered. In his statement addressed to Mr. Baker, City Attorney LaRoche says: You asked me to g-ive you all of the facta within my knowledge concerning the Peder sen contract for the construction of tha auditorium relating to the errors claimed oy Mr. Pedersen In the sum of $21,625 and the action of the Council thereon. On February 18. 191. blda for the con struction of the superstructure of the audi torium were opened by City Auditor Barbur, and Hans Pedersen, a contractor, of Seattle, was found to have bid 3 17.400. which was a sum nearly $100,000 less than the esti mates made some time previous to that date as the probable cost of the superstructure, and this bid was about 2 7, 000 less than the next low bid. Bida Regarded as La. The Oregonlan. under date of February 19. 1916, says: "The bids are astonishingly low. In the Judgment of men well posted on the quota tions for building materials. The city ac cordingly will be able to erect the structure at far less cost than was figured originally, and for considerably less than the total bond Issue authorized by the voters In 1911." The Telegram, under the same date, aays: So low Is Pedersen'a bid that architects, contractors and city officials acquainted with v,. v "position say that It will be Impossible ror, him to construct the building for the amount specified." On February 23 n.t... At, ... tor Hans Pedersen. appeared before the Council, pointed out mistakes In the com putations of Mr. Pedersen s engineer amount- g .? JJ'l.Oao, and urged the Council to permit Pedersen to withdraw his bid. Rep resentatives of the Chamber of Commerce, Manufacturers Association, the Builders' Exchange and the Building Trades Coun cil also urged the Council to reject the Pa ?.J"5en bld and award to the next lowest uidder. Kugene E. Smith, representing the Building Trades Council. said that he thought a mistake would be made if the city required Pedersen to comply when mistakes had been made In his bid. On February 25 at an Informal meeting of the Council Hans Pedersen requested the Council to permit him to Increase his bid by $21,525. the amount of the errors made by his engineer In mkin tin hi um on wnicn nis Bia was submitted. rhe errors In calculation were shown to the Council, and were aelf-evldent, one be ing (10.000 In addition and the other $11. S25 in multiplication. "The mistakes." Mr Pedersen said, "were caused by the physical condition of Engineer Newcomh. who wa. in at the time he made the estimates." In support of this latter atatement he said that Newcomb had -fainted three times in the City Hall soon after the bids were opened. The matter was postponed on ac count of the Illness and absence of Mr. Baker. Second Plea Ma.de. On February 28 Mr. Pedersen again ap peared before the Council and asked to be relieved from his bid no contract having been as yet signed on account of errors In computation made by his engineer, which he again brought to the attention of the Council. The Council insisted on Mr. Peder sen entering Into a contract with the city and performing the work. The suggestion was made by members of the Council, how ever, to Mr. Pedersen, that when he finished the work if he could then show that he had lost money on the contract by reason of the errors he complained of the Council would consider helping him out. On March 1 Hans Pedersen and Harrison Allen, his attorney, requested Commissioner Baker to sanction a plan to increase the bid $21,525. This Mr. Baker declined to do. and told them that any relief they secured must come from the Council, and rb present the matter directly to the Council. Mr. Pedersen and Mr. Allen appeared at the 'Council meeting Immediately afterward, but left the Council Chamber without address mg the Council, and on March 8 Mr. Peder sen and hla attorney. Mr. Allen, again ap peared before the Council and asked for assurances of a consideration of errors claimed In the Pedersen bid If Mr. Peder sen took the contract, completed the work and It was evident to the Council that he had lost by reason of errora. I remember very distinctly that the Mayor and Mr. Baker gave Mr. Pedersen assurances that the Council would act fairly and rectify errors in his bid if It was conclusively shown that the errors resulted In a loss to Pedersen of that sum at the end of the work. Pledge of Aid Given. Mr. Allen requested the Council to make some record of this, and the Council de clined, statement being made by the Mayor that Mr. Pedersen would have to rest con tent with the verbal assurances given. There was no proteat against this course that I heard at the time from any mem ber of the Council, and the report of the proceedings of the Council of this date in The Oregonlan under date of March o, 1916, Is as follows: "Before announcing his Intention of go ing ahead Mr. Pedersen conferred with members of the City Council and got assur ances from them that if he doea the work well, and if at the end presents positive proof that he has lost money they will treat him fairly In the matter of additional money to make good at least a part of the loss. The Commissioners refuseU to put such a proposition in the oontract. but agreed to the plan orally." Under all the circumstances It seems to me that the average man actuated by a spirit of fair dealing would do Just what you have done In relieving Mr. Pedersen from loss directly resulting from obvious errors In calculations made by an engineer who' ordinarily was most capable, but who at the time of making the computation on which the bid was submitted was physically and mentally In an unfit condition for that work. Dr. Van Doren Ordered to Duty. SEASIDE, Or.. May 31. (Special.) Frank Van Doren, a physician of Sea side, has been ordered by the War De partment to Fort Riley for active duty and will leave at once for his place of assignment. Write today for booklet on tho horn treatment of common nervous diaordsre. "-iwminniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiBiiiiiiamiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiH iiuisiiuiimmiuumnunsiirJiuiiiiiimiiuiuiiiumiiiiiiuniii siiwisaiisiMiiiiiiiiwiwiiisiiwisiiiiiiiiiHiisiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiwiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiTrrrrTT-rrmri -"' I n -1 1 inriitiiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittmiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiinniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuminiiiiiiii ami mhssiiiiiis siiiniai ninniiaa unsisia . Interchange Not in Interest of the Community Nor of Benefit to Telephone Users If the community is to grow and be prosperous, encouragement must be given to those who invest in its industrial and commercial enterprises, at least to the extent of a fair, square deal to all, whether corporation or individual, and this is all we ask in this matter. If reasonable protection cannot be assured those who are will ing to take the risk of investing their capital and earnings in pub lic utility enterprises, would they not be virtually prohibited from participation, in the development of the community? An invest ment subjected to appropriation for use by rival and competing companies is not protected, and without reasonable protection capital will not seek investment consequently, the development of the community is hampered. The interchange service ordinance is in no sense in the interest of the community nor of benefit to telephone users. Section II. Every such public utility shall include in Companies Must Make Extra Charge Interchange THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH WHtimtttwiinmiiiuumiwimiimtiiinintHiinnnnw OPTIMISM, PUSH WIN Mr. Baker's Record in Some Notable Cases Given. APPROVAL WELL EARNED Untangling of Auditorium Snarls and Completion of Project, Res one of ITm ploy ment Bureau Other Features Cited. Optimism, tireless energy, business punch and fearlessness are the at tributes In the makeup of City Com missioner Baker that are responsible for Portland now having- a public au ditorium virtually complete!. These same attributes of his dug Portland out. of a snow blockade in the Winter of 1918, solved the unemployment prob lem in 1915 and 1916. caused rehabili tation of the decaying municipal em ployment Bureau In 1915, brought about a settlement of the recent ship building strike and made Mr. Baker a c 1 1 i iljyjpij) In F " 111 E y Li a f 3l IMON'S its regular monthly charge to its subscribers an amount sufficient to fully compensate it for the additional ex penditures or investment required, if any, and the ad ditional service thus imposed upon it, and such charges shall be published with other tariff charges, and shall be subject to revision by the duly constituted authori ties of the City of Portland, or other duly constituted authority. j . Means Delay Inconvenience-1 Extra Cost Vote 109 X NO (Paid AdTertisemcst) strong factor in municipal and busi ness affairs in Portland for the last 15 years. During these years, too. Mr. Baker has been extended the handshake of the working man, the organized labor man and the unorganised laboring man hand Just as strongly as the hand of the business man and the employer. He has had the confidence of all through thick and thin because he was a de pendable, fearless and thoughtful ad viser. When Mr. Baker took the office of City Commissioner in June, 1915, he found public auditorium plans all tangled up and nothing done in the way of starting the building. He opened with the statement. "Let's get busy with the Auditorium." The building, one of the most beautiful, both inside and outside, will be opened to the pub lic July 4. Many Difficulties Overcome. Mr. Baker went through weeks of tiresome investigation to work out plans for the building. These finally were whipped In shape and sent to the architects, Friedlander & Seymour, of New York, who had been selected as the official architects and were under contract with the city before Mr. Baker took office, and all preliminaries were disposed of rapidly. Through thick and thin of troubles at the building Mr. Baker stuck to the job and fought against every -odd. with the end In view of forestalling delay and getting the work completed. All manner of troubles arose but they were pushed aside by optimism and the work will be completed within 30 days. In the case of the snow blockade, the city was completely tied up. The Com- "SIMON'S for BARGAINSALWAYS" It's a fact come here any time and see the many thrifty people who make it a regular habit to supply their Grocery, Dry Goods and Shoe needs at this BIG BARGAIN STORE. It means money in their pocket. Tomorrow Simon offers 16 lbs. Sugar for $1 with equal purchases of $1 or more in Dry Goods, Shoes, etc, bat not with Groceries. Limit 16 lbs. Sugar to a customer. FLOUR .$2.75 ROLLED OATS, lb... Crow" ,,d otHer brssds. 1Tim- Limit 10 1. to Cawtosaer. acks to csitsBcr. PANCAKE Flour, 9-lb. ak. 50c ASSORTED COOKIES, lb. SIMON'S WEDNESDAY SPEC'L MASON FRIIT JARS QUARTS, Dot. 50c. PINTS, Dos. 45 Limit 2 Do. Jars with ral parfhann of otber arooda anywhere In the store. Saturday in the Dry Goods Boys' Walo ALLS. Talses 73e for OVER- -29c GALATEA SiOe Oe yaro. Sat rday only.. Children's WASH SL ITS ana DRI-.SSKS, 7:r"r."..:..!5.49c Wblte BEDSPREADS, alneo to W, fl QO Saturday for. VAidU Men's Waist OVER- ALLS, laes to 44, Men's Iff (llrr SHIRTS, values IQn to S1.00 for Su Men's Fine Suits, $8.95 to Worth rrsrularly from S-O to S.10 and made by the famous Seoteh Mills, leading makers of men's SALVAGE STORE Corner FIRST and ALDER Streets y J. Phillips, Division Commercial Superintendent. mlssioner In charge of the street clean ing service fell down on the Job and the Council pushed Mr. Baker Into the control. ue assembled thousands of unemployed, took personal supervision and in & terrific drive opened the main arteries and restored traffic. EmploTmfit Boms Reocaed. In the case of the Employment Bu reau, It was existing and that was all. He put a lot of optimism and business punch into it, changed the management and launched a plan which is being looked upon throughout the United States as a remarkable success In the employment line. In the shipbuilding strike, strikers went to Mr. Baker because of his abil ity to cope both with labor and capital, and asked him to take a hand. Mr. Baker accepted the invitation, mus tered his energy and a few days later conferences were brought about and the strike was settled. In the nego tiations between the plant owners and the men Mr. Baker acted as inter mediary and brought Into play his re markable diplomacy in dealing with a situation loaded with dynamite. Road Bonds Expected to Carry. SEASIDE, Or., May 31. (Special.) From all surface Indications here there will be no trouble in rolling up a good large majority for the road bonds In the June election. Voters in the various walks of life here mani fest a unanimity on the question that Is unusual, all being heartily in favor of the Issue lecause of the fact that we already have a very fine demon stration as to the utility of good roads by the improved conditions in this lo- 5c SUGAR Fralt, Berry Cue 10c lOO-LB. BACK... $7.85 Limit two socks to a customer. Men's TENNIS IZVZ 80c, 90c Men's TENNIS p-x,r:R.us:75c,85c I.adlrV and Boys' TKV.MS SHOES. SlTr.!?r.59c,80c Dep't worth - I 1)1 p . 2U Ladles' and Ban" TrsalaOX :pV.55c,75c FORDS Men's Moleskin .rr.':$i.98 MEN'S DRESS SHOES, Tl-l) QQ an to S3. .. W'lOO $13.85 the suit, Woolen elothlns;. COMPANY cality since local Influences have adopted the policy of making our roads as good as It Is possible to make them. 5 r - - r 1 K s t cSjS B. S. JOSSELYN i'nruliitnf- for MAYOR "Vast experience In lurtre bualnena af fair, especially in renrffanlzf nn ml 1 road and public utility corporations for In -vest or ; an enthusiast c developer of properties: administrated expenditure of many ml 11 Ions In construction and bet terment. "Never held public office; his work: for railroads and public utilities has broufrht him Into contact with practical ly ev ry phase of public activity; not only ha he negotiated with puMIc officials and can. pal ffned with people direct in tha multitude of matters affecting the in terests he represented, but he has par ticipated actively in many public move ments; has nerved as chairman and member of some of the most important committees In Portland, undertaking work not even directly relating; to hts private builn--; proved to be an ex traordinarily effective public man. an industrious worker of singular efficiency: never hesitated to undertake ui.nelf.sh public work, for whlrh he was fre quently drafted by community organisa tions. Oregon Voter. VOTK 1 X OV BALLOT. (Paid Adv. by W. H. Bard, Putodlc Bile) Ordi inance Would Hamper Work of League The Board of Directors of the Consumers' Ieagrue opposes tho "Trade Conspiracy Ordinance" (No. Ill), to be. voted on at the election held June 4th, on the srround that the ordinance would preatly ham per the Leasrue In Its efforts to bet ter the conditions under which arti cles are produced: 1. By preventing private citizens from expressing their disapproval of undesirable trade conditions. !. By prohibiting- organizations like the Consumers' League from combating Industrial abuses. 3. By depriving- the workers themselves of one of their most ef fective means of remedying such abuses, by bringing them to public notice. "Therefore, the Board urges all th.Tse interested in the aims of the Consumers' League to vote 111 X NO Paid advertisement. Helen T. Ayer. 183 N. 19th St, City., President.