9
ROADMASTER YEON
Controversy With County Com
missioner Holman Comes
to Direct Showdown.
I CHARGES FULLY ANSWERED
fUE OREGOXIAJf, SATTJKDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1918.
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ISSUES
GHALLENG
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MH-mW'ti-.l r''Zl'SK. JH- ''- ' .mSTVW nan. tsri- -Vl' 1 -"i"' T"i 4
Highway Exrrative Drnuodi Proof I
Thai He Has In Any Way F.i
eredrd Authority In Any Work
During I'oar Years' Term.
"If yon or any other pren In Mult-
Wut County can show en Instance
where I have been wrong In the con
struction of tha Vista House or la any
other work during ny (oar ycara of I
official life, yea aro at liberty to era-
etfy me from morning to night antll
the end of tlme."
With this direct challenge. John B.
Yeon. roadmaster. camo to a dtract
kaw4in' yesterday la hla contro
versy with Rufus Holman. chairman of
tha Board of County Commissioners, at
a confer. oca taat lasted mora thaa two
hours.
'or tha Brat tlma during thla contro
versy Mr. Yeoa mat and answered,
claarly and plalaly. tha oft-repeated
chargea by Chairman Holman that In
tba constirueuoa or tha 1st. House Il
legal methoda were amployad by tha
roadmaatar; that Mr. Toon bad author
ised tha expeaditure of thousands of I
do liar a In Ita construction without tha
knowledge of tba Board and that ha
bad usurped tha powers and functiona
f too Board tlma and again.
EvteVaa la Deaaaaded.
Ra defied tha chairman to show ona
tnetaaee by tha Board record where I
na ent bad been apant on tba Vista I
liouaa which bad not been authorised
by a majority of tho Board: ba dened
hlaa to point aut one Instance where
tha work had coat ona cent mora thaa
it abould hare coat: ba urged him to
prove. If be could, that there bad been
any subterfuge employed by the road-
an aster ar that tha road master bad la
any way been guilty af extravagance.
And Mr. Ilolraan did not attempt to I
austala these cbarcea with proof from I
official rerorda. Ha Insisted, however.
that Ur. Yeon had gone against his
wtabea and hla Judgment In tha con
struction of the Vista House and that
be had changed the construction plans I
without tho knowledge or consent of I
tha Board. These changes, he aald.
meant tba final expenditure of about
&. loatead of which at first
bad been authorised.
"Tba trouble with you. Mr. Holman. I
la that you listen too much to thesa
tax dodgers. Ilka thla fellow Gold
smith," Mr. Yaon aald. "These are tha
fellows who never do anything for tba
community, but who attempt to hinder
the work of thoaa who have the beat
interests of the community at heart.
That'a your trouble. Mr. Holman. and
who sooner you correct It tha better It
will ba for you.'
Mr. Hetnaaa la sVaewaed.
Tha long discussion waa precipitated
t tba conclusion of tha reading of an
eight-page communication to the Board
la which Mr. Yeon answered the varl-
oua charges made by Mr. Holman In
an authorised Interview made public
aeveral daya ago. He charged the
chairman with attempting to disrupt
entirely tha work of tha roadmaster
aad to distribute responsibilities
around among so many people that In
efficiency would surely result In road
work.
"I would like to ask you a few ques
tions. Mr. Yeon suggested after his
report had been read.
"I don't know that I have to sit here
and subject myself to an examination
at your bands, replied Mr. Holman.
"We 1 1, I'm talking to you now aa a
taxpayer, and If you are strictly on the
square you will sit here and answer
my questions Ilka a gentleman." re
torted Mr. Yeon.
Feltleal flay Charged.
At the outset the roadmaster accused
Mr. Holman of playing politics In his
efforts to change all the road engineer
ing from tha office of roadmaster to
that of tho County Surveyor.
"Since when did you begin to believe
( that tha County Surveyor should do tbls
eaatneertng work?" tha chairman was
asked.
"Why. I have favored that change
aver since I have been In office.
plied Holman.
"That a strange. commented Mr.
Teon. "because I know absolutely that
you have been figuring on abolishing
tha office of County Surveyor for some
time.
f hat Isn't true." challenged Holman.
"Well, you told ma so yourself, and 1
can prove It. was Mr. Yeon's come-1
back, aa further discussion of this ts
aua subsided.
Decialoa la foetuses.
Throughout the discussion Chairman
Holman Insisted that he was seeking
only the best results through a spirit
of co-operation, but Mr. Yeon defied bim
to show where co-operation could be
procured by abolishing the accounting
department and putting this work on
tho County Auditor: by refusing to per
mit the roadmaster to employ engineers
and having this work dona by the
County Surveyor: by the Board giving
orders direct to the road foreman In
atead of having ordera come through
tho roadmaster.
It was agreed at the conclusion of
the conference that matters should rest
ae they aow stand until Commissioner
llolbrook la present at a Board meeting
to decide the various questions upon
which Chairman Holman and t'ommii.
etoaer Mack now disagree. If Mr. llol
brook agrees with Mr. Murk to affirm
tha road programme as outlined by Mr
Yeoa. Chairman Holman aald ba would
abide by the decialoa of the Board
Ta.ee differences. It was pointed out.
probably will bo settled next week, as
Mr. Holbrook Is expected at tha Board
meeting Monday.
In bla communication to the Board
Mr. Teoa challenged Chairman Holman
to point out one Instance whereia there
would bo deputation of work or em
ployes by giving the roadmaster the
office force sought Instead of distribut
ing tha work among other county of
ficials. To Mr. Holman s previously
published Interview referring to the
fact that Mr. Yeoa erected flagpoles to
R Ben so a Instead of spending money
a roads, ho replied that he had thus
far been anable to locate any such nag
pole. "By a stretch of Imagination this
statement might ba considered aa at
tempt at humor." la the way the com
snunicatloa dtspoaea of thla charge.
Mr. Holmaa aaaouaced ha would sub
mit a written reply to Mr. Yeoa at a
later data
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ward Millar. aAur Union, has 04 ewea
lambing sea s aow on hand and It
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GIRL, 16, DIES OF BURNS
Nancy Brlgga Sarrnmba to Injuries
Itcccivcd at Home, t
El'CEVE. Or Frh. 1 (SpeclaLV
Nancy Brlggs. aged It years, died at a
hospital In this city today aa a result
of burns received when lha fainted and
fall Into a fireplace at her home, at
Hadleyville, Monday. The girl was
terribly burned. She waa a daughter
of John H. Briggs and the oldest of
eight children and had taken the
place of both mother and big sister to
tha little members of the family since
tha death of her mother three years
ago.
She was burned after a night spent
In attending ona of tha assail children
who bad been seriously ill. About 2
A. M. the father went to the bedside
and Nancy seated herself beside the
fire. She fainted and fell face down
into the flames.
H. J. Melss, the capitalist and expert
billiardist. of Salt Lake, is at the
Sewaxd. accompanied by Mrs. Meiss.
They are just rounding out a lengthy
trip throughout tha West.'
I. W. W. TO BE ROUNDED UP
Friends of Martin Krukle, Alleged
Bolshevik!, Are Arrested.
TACOMA. Wash, . Feb. 1. (Special.)
A general roundup ' of ' Industrial
Workers ot the World who are con
nected with, Martin . Krukle. alleged
Bolshevik agent and a former Taco
marv arrested in Seattle on the Hawaii
Maru last week, has begun in Tacoma,
according to United States Immigra
tion Commissioner Alex Fulton.
Several friends of Krukle are al
ready In . the Fierce County jail and
others here and in Seattle, believed to
have been sent here to interfere with
the prosecution of the war through the
industrial organization of Puget Sound,
will be arrested as soon as there is
room for them.
Krukle was formerly employed !.
and about Tacoma as a flunkey in log
ging camps. He went back to Russia
at the expense of tha Russian "Reds"
government last Summer. The men
arrested in Tacoma -are known to
connected with this Russian
Fulton said.