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s THE SUNDAY OREGOMAN, PORTLAND, OCTOBER- 13, 1907. V1ARKET RAIDED BY HIGHWAYMEN Robbers Steal Physician's Rig and Drive to Scene of Crime. PURSUERS ARE FIRED ON old Thieves Make Escape by Free t.'ae of Revolvers Butcher Shop on Sixteenth Street Is Held L'p. After stealing Dr. Sanford Loeb's horse and buggy at Sixth and. Washington streets, in the heart of the business dis trlct, at 7 o'clock last night, three high waymen drove In a roundabout way to the North End Market, Sixteenth and Marshall streets, entered the establish ment about 9 o'clock and held up the pro prietor and a man who was there on busintrfs. They secured about $200 and es caped In the rig. While carrying out the robbery, in which but two of them en gaged, the thugs wore masks made of flour sacks. Just as the highwaymen were leaving the market, J. C. Duhrkoop, of Sylvan, Or., who was in he Bhop on business and who lost $35 in the robbery, ran out and tried to stop the horse. His act caused the bandits to empty their revolvers at him, a number of shots being fired. Soma say there were but flve in all, -but others declare they heard at least ten shots fired. No one was hurt. The hlgh'.vaymen drove of in the direc tion of the railroad yards. Within, a few minutes after the robbery w.-.g reported the police were out in all directions, a squad of detectives going to the. scene In an automobile. Tho machine . was driven through the district where' the hold-up occurred, then out on the Linn ton road, but up to an early hour this morn ing no trace of tie. highwaymen had been found. . . : : ' Attempts to Recover Rig. Shortly before the robbery was commit ted, William Hampel, of 548 Walnut street, saw the horse and buggy tied to a tree at Twentieth and. Thurman streets and rec ognized them. He had just been to Dr. loeb's office and knew of the theft. He alighted from the car on which he was riding and tried to take charge of the rig. He encountered one of the bandits, Imwever, who tried to explain that the rig was not the .property of Dr. Loeb, and the affnir finally ended by two of the three highwaymen leaping into the . car rigo and making off at a rapid rate. From Twentieth and THurman streets, he lilghwnvmen drove direct to the North Knd Market, located at Sixteenth and Marshall streets. There were two men actively engaged in the holdup, and some say that a third robber remained out side to stand guard, but tlte -police are inclined to believe that only two men were in the robbery. The two adjusted their white masks after alighting from the buggy, and were seen, to do so by Duhrkoop. who had entered the market but a few minutes before. After masking themselves, the two men advanced instde the store, one displaying a btued-steel revolver. - "I'm a highway robber throw up your hands," cried the younger of the two, as he raided the revolver and levelled it at A. Werteniberger, the proprietor, and at Duhrkoop. The robber used profane language. His commands were complied with Immediately. . While the masked robber stood with his revolver pointed at the frightened men, lls companion advanced to the cash register and cooly picked up a sack of gold, which was lying there. He then opened the cash register and quickly scooped out tho money in the drawers. Then he turned to his pal and remarked that it was time to get out. Both hur ried to the street, after warning those within the market to remain quiet. Leap ing into the buggy, the robbers started away, when Duhrkoop. recovering from his shock, rushed out and laid hold of the horses bridle. Immediately the men In the buggy drew their weapons and began tiring. Drives OfT Victim. Duhrkoop dropped . the bridle and the highwaymen drove oil at a fast pace. When last seen they were In the buggy at Tenth and Lovejoy streets. Kddie Opsall, the delivery boy, had the' experience of his life. He stood para lyzed with fright throughout the ordeal. Henry Engel. a butcher, happened to be : in the rear room when the highwaymen entered, and knew nothing of their pres ence mtil he came to the glass door lead- i lug Into the market. He saw what was going on, and kept out of sight until it was over. "I believe ther were three men hi the ' ,1ob," said Duhrkoop, in detailing his story of tho affair- at police headquarters. "When the two men were in the market, lu tho act of the robbery,- I distinctly saw a man peer around the corner of the tore. I fully believe he was one of the robber." "I cannot be certain whether there were two or three men," ald A. Wertem berger. the proprietor, after reaching po lice headquarters. "I know that they did the work mighty quickly, and that I lost about $165." Captain of Detectives Bruin and Pa trol Captain Slover were at headquarters when the hold-up was reported. All avail able plain-clothes men were hurried out In all directions whore It was thought likely the highwaymen might go. and an automobile was ordered to convey detec tives In the quickest possible manner to the Unnton road, as It was thought the robbers might attempt to escape by go in In that direction. Tb hold-up was the most sensational of the present year, and is regarded as Indicative of the presence in the city of a desperate gang of criminal, probably paroled convicts, with which Portland Is said to be tilled just now. Numerous bur glaries have been reported to the police for several days, and many robberies and attempted robberies of safes have also been recorded. CAR VICTIM IDENTIFIED Fatal Termination of Several Days' Heavy Drinking. Late last night the man who was killed by a trolley car on the Sellwood line of the Tortland Railway. Light & Power Company, was identified as Matthies Frueh. tin years of age, who resided at Oregon City. He was a swamper In a saloon In that place. He had been drink ing heavily for several days, and his death Is said to be traceable to his help less condition. Coroner KInley stated last night that no Inquest will be held, as investigation, lie stated, had developed the fact that Frueh s death was the result of his own carelessness. The victim has no rela tives in this country. He was a German. The remains will, be buried at the ex fzue of the railway company. PORTLAND MAN KILLS HUGE ELK Walter B. H.on.ey man has achieved the distinction of being the first Portland sportsman to kill an elk this year. Not only this, but It Is doubtful whether any other sportsman in the state will be able to bag a bull as large and handsome as the one that fell before the unerring aim of Mr. Honeyman. Mr. Honey man .has been waiting for years ; for a chance to kill one of the ' fast vanishing elk. and 'Just as soon as he could arrange it after the ban of the law was removed, he made ready for his trip. He left Portland a week ago last Friday, and returned yesterday morning, bringing back with him the head and hide of a seven-point bull. The head is undoubtedly one of the hand somest specimens ever brought to the city. Mr. Honeyman went to Seaside VOTE FOR A BUTTLE Engineers Refuse to Obey Or der of Trades Council. APPEAL TO THE UNIONS Decide to Furnish Xb Help to Port- laud Brewing Company and to Risk Suspension by the Central Body. Trouble is .threatened in the ranks of organized labor. At its meeting last night the Stationary Engineers Union voted not to comply with the Instructions of the Federated Trades Council to fur nish the Portland Brewing Company with two engineers before tomorrow morning, under penalty of suspension from the central body. The engineers decided to resist the demands of the Federated Trades and will appeal to the individual unions for support. Through the same influence the engineers expect to gain reinstatement in the Trades Council at the proper time. t 'The -whole trouble is the outcome oi our difficulty with the Portland Brewing Company, said w. A. Mackenzie, presi dent of the Stationary Engineers' Union, last night. "This brewing company has caused us trouble ever since we have had any relations with It. The management would not sign the same form of con tract in force with the other breweries. and we were continually in a wrangle. After numerous disputes we suggested that the manager of this plant prepare a supplementary contract, with the under standing that If it was acceptable to us we would sign It. "This contract provided that the brew master, who had been, acting as an en gineer, should have nothing to do with the engines at the plant. It was further agreed that, beginning May 1, last, the company would employ two engineers. This it has failed to do, with the excep tion of about a .month since that time. We insisted that the brewery company should live up to the agreement and em ploy an additional engineer. The .com pany finally agreed to do so, but when we presented a claim for 3S5 as commit tee expense money Incurred while we were considering the matter with the brewery, it balked and appealed the ease to the Federated Trades Council, which sustained the action of the engineers" committee, but held that we had no right to collect the J55. 'That is the bone of contention and we are already being sustained by a num ber of unions of the city to which we have appealed our cause. While we have not been at work on the matter a week, 22 unions have pledged us their support and others will be seen during the week. "We most certainly will not submit to the arbitrary action that has been taken by the Trades Council, feeling that we are entirely Justified In our position. Though we may be suspended, we are not worrying about It any, for with the support we have among the other unions, our expulsion, we are satisfied, will be short-lived." The Stationary Engineers' Union has a membership of 139 and is one of the strongest in the city. Prisoner Escapes From Rockpile. Charles Miller, serving a term of six months at the Kelly Butte rockpile, es caped from that place at 9 o'clock last nlgbt and has not been recaptured. He had been doing duty as a trusty and took advantage of an opportunity to get away. The escape was reported to the Sheriff and the police. Wheat Case In Superior Court. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Oct. 12. (Special) Following Us recent proceedings in the Federal Court for a writ of review and there engaged Jim Burke, one of the -best guides and elk hunters in the state. From Sea side they made their way to the . headwaters of Elk Creek. It was a hard trip, and on the way to the plane which Burke had se lected for the camp, Mr. Honey man says they met several large bands of elk. They were mostly cows and calves, and Mr. Honey man was not after elk just for the sake of killing one. What he wanted was, as he told his friends before leaving Portland, one of the biggest in, the countrv. With Burke as his guide, Mr. Honeyman hunted Monday and . Tuesday, and several times they could have brought down a ' young bull or a cow. Wednes day morning, shortly after leaving- camp, they came across the trail of a big band. The trail was taken up and after two hours of hard climbing, they came to the place when the band had split up. Burke went after one band and Mr. Honeyman after the other. Just before noon Mr. Honeyman ran across two cows and a calf. Tho cows did not seem to be afraid of him and instead of run ning away, stood and looked at ft . i'frj 'Mi1 Head of Walter B. Honeymaa'a Seven-Holnt Bull. of the action of the State Railroad Commission In establishing a joint rate on wheat, the O. R. & N. today filed similar proceedings in the Thurston Superior Court and Superior Judge Linn set the date for hearing argument December S, 1907, on which day no had previously arranged to hear the arguments on the railroad's appeal from the commission order re quiring the roads to make physical connections of their track In eastern Washington. EXCITED OVER GOLD FIND Weiser People Satisfied Mountain - of Rich Ore Is in Sight. WEISER, Idaho. Oct. 12. Special.) It was demonstrated today by the receipt of two assays, one from Baker City, the other from Boise, of rock sent from the Keystone mine, a property almost within the city limits of Weiser, that vast wealth lies underground here. The Baker City assayer found that the rock car ried $174 to the ton, and the Boise assayer found J108. The property is located a little over five miles from this city. The rock was not - picked samples, but was taken at random from the hillside. There is a mountain of the ore. The property was located about six years ago. but little attention was paid to it until this year, except keeping up the annual as sessment work. A few days ago the miners, while doing the assessment work for this year, encountered a solid ledge i and concluded to have it assayed, with I the above result. A company will be or- I ganized and active development work be gun. The strike has caused great ex citement here. ACADEMY BOYS IN TROUBLE Forest Grove Physician Would Serve Warrent for Reckless Driving. FOREST GROVE, Or.. Oct. 12. (Spe cial.) Portland Academy boys who played football here today with Pacific University, came near being arrested for careless driving of an automobile while en route from Hillsboro this morning. Only because Justice of- the Peace Wirtx was out of town, the warrant was not served on Charles B. Arthur, son of A. M. Arthur, an automobile dealer of Port land. In crossing a bridge between here and Hillsboro, the Portland auto party met Dr. Bailer on the approach. Instead of slacking speed, the auto driver rushed straight ahead, narrowly missing a colli sion with the doctor and his buggy, who would have been hurled to the water be low had the vehicles? come together. Arthur, driver of the automobile, was permitted to return to Portland, to await a call from . Sheriff Connell should thS doctor decide to prosecute the youth.. FIVE INFERNAL MACHINES Police Have . Evidence of Negro Dynamiter's Persistence. LOS ANGELES. Cal..' Oct. 12. Burr L. Harris, the l-year-old jiegro boy arrested on a charge of attempting to assassinate Miss Helen Mathewson by means of In fernal machines sent her through the mails, and left at the hotel of which she is the manager, has been arraigned and wW have a preliminary hearing on Oc tober 18. In default of S3000 bail be re mams in jail. Harris steadfastly denies any connec tion with the repeated attempts upon the life of, Miss Mathewson, and attributes his arrest to spite upon her part The police claim to have evidence that, in all. five infernal machines were pre pared In the effort to kill the hotel pro prietress. Horseman May Have New Trial. PEXDLETON, Or.. Oct. 12. (Special.) Argument for a new trial in the case of George Horseman, convicted of shooting Clarence McBroom. was heard by Judge Bean today. " A special session of the court will be held Monday evening when the arguments will be concluded. Metzger saves you money on watches. j NEAR SEASIDE . Sllil;illll nim. While he was watching he heard a noise in the timber in . front of liim, and as-he looked up he caught a glimpse of a. huge pair of horns towering above the underbrush. He was within 190 yards of the bull and as the big fellow turned, Mr. Honeyman fired. The first shot bore a mes sage of death, but when the big beast made as if to get away, the hunter fired again and the mon-, arch of the forest fell dead in his tracks. Mr. Honeyman was satisfied that he had bagged a monster elk. but was not prepared for such a large one. The bull weighed nearly 1500 pounds. He was carefully skinned and the pelt and head are now in the hands of a taxidermist. In ad dition to the head. Mr. Honey man has an exceedingly fine set of elk's teeth. CITY'S MGVE USE Dr. Axelrood Approves Pre cautions Against Plague. TELLS OF ITS RAVAGES Scourge Almost Impossible to Stamp Out Where It Has Gained Foot hold Prevention Better Than Cure. That Health Officer Pohl and the Health Board acted wleely in taking prompt precautions against the introduc tion of bubonic plague, is the opinion of Dr. Max Aielrood, a local physician who has had experience in fighting this dread scourge in Russia. He thoroughly ap proves the course that has been' taken in Portland but believes this should be onlv the beginning. Much should be done towards cleaning up and improving the sanitary conditions of Portland, he in sists. Discussing the matter Dr. Axelrood said: From what I have seen and read in the newspapers I am of the opinion, which is based on vmy personal experi ence, that it is imperative to do not only something, but a great deal to prevent the importation of the disease to Port land, and to do It as soon as possible, right now without any delay. I see In a San Francisco paper of October 5 that "The Board f Health reported today on the plague situation as follows: Number Of verified cases 54, deaths 30, suspected cases 37. discharged 1". Seven new veri fied cases and three suspected cases have been discovered in the past 24 hours." Further we hear that bubonic plague has made Its appearance on Puget Sound, bo we are threatened from two sides with the possibility of importing the scourge In our own city, and I fullv agree with our Honorable Mayor.. Dr. Lane, when he said: "1 pity the people if the plague ever shrfws up in Portland. It will cost the city at least 500,000 to prevent its spread." Difficult to Stamp Out. It is not an easy thing to fight bu bonic plague and to get rid of it, as it usually Btays With the locality wherever It is brought in; especially when we re member that bubonio plague seeks and thrives In filth, of which we have an abundance along the waterfronts and in the neighborhood of the gulches, as I have observed myself since I took up my residence in South Portland. I wish only that all citizens of Port land should know, that the plague is the most dangerous disease to mankind, and that It Is easier to prevent the importa tion of it by taking proper sanitary mea sures before its appearance among us than to fight it when it will be alrea'dy here. As far as I know the members of the Board of Health, most of them per sonally known to me, are experienced, scientific and honorable physicians: the initiative steps they took In regard to this question are undoubtedly proper and timely. No doubt they know how and will do their best to cope with the situ ation. Xeeds Thorough Cleansing. That some parts of Portland need a good overhauling, scrubbing and cleansing goes without saying, plague or no piague. There is also no doubt that a great many structures, dangerous wharves and rot ten old huts have to be destroyed, sewers repaired, and that owners-of private sys tems or the municipality will have to spend some money on all those Improve ments as the city and the public in gen eral will be benefited by It. The City of Portland has in some places so many pest holes and germ-breeding places that the cleansing process ought to have been undertaken long ago, but now, since we have an incentive like the fear of having the bubonic plague brought into our city let us do it without delay energetically, and let us do It well. For a long time the plague was con sidered to be a miasmatic disease, orig inating from the accumulation of filth. This opinion was supported even bv the French Academy as late as 1S46: and can start anywhere. But in our day it is agreed by all medical scientists that the plague must be imported. Introduced into cities previously healthy, by individuals i from infected districts." and that certain conditions and surroundings must exist to form some infected Tad (centers) in order to propagate the disease. That plenty of such conditions and surround ings do exist in our city. I am sorry to say, there is no doubt. 3d let us Improve the sanitary and hygienic conditions of our city, let us be clean and be ready and able to meet the scourge at the gates J of our Rose City and tel. her that here Kpideuiie in Russia. " An idea of the' great task of fighting the plague. once it has commenced its ravages IS given by Dr. Axelrood in his description of the epidemic that broke out in Russia in 18TS. In this case Dr. Axel rood. considers that the disease was intro duced from Turkey by Cassocks returning home, and that it - had been carried to Turkey from Persia. In describing the epidemic, in Russia and the means of fighting it. Dr. Axelrood said: In the later part of October, 1B78. M. N. Galkin-Wrassky, Governor of the State of Saratoff, and Mr. Melvtkoff. Mayor of the city or Tzaryciu. notified the authori ties in St. Petersburg by wire that tne bubonic plague was in Ts'etliauka, and asked for medical assistance and other means to fight the pestilence. - On Novem ber b I received a telegraphic order from the Russian Surgeon-General in St. Pe tersburg, Dr. N. I. Kosloff, to at once leave the Military Hospital and return to St. Petersburg, and to get ready to accept a commission to Vetlianka as-senior phy sician, accompanied by other physicians, stewards and nurses. On November 10 1 had already started for Odessa, where I had an opportunity to consult Dr. Schactinger, who had a great deal. of experience in the matter, and on November 14 I arrived In St. Pe tersburg. November 18 saw me and five other physicians already on the train for Vetlianka. On my arrival there. Novem ber 24. I had the honor to meet Pro fessors Hlrsch and Eichwaldt, Dr. Somer brot, the Austrian Professor Besladctsky, Dr. Tuber, Professor Muencn Dr. Dep pener and Dr. Teliafuss, from Baku and trs. Grigarieff, Morosoff and Koch (Uio It" three died from the plague), r.n3 Dr. Pogossky. I found the fo'lowlnc condi tions and learned the following lactt History of Epidemic. To Vetlianka the disease was brought over from Astrakhan by a woman. Mavra Pisareoa. She arrived sick on Oc tober 12. 1878, was sick a row days and died. Right after her all the mem bers of . her family took sick and died.- Immediately, after this the disease 8pread among the neighbors. A county medical steward, by name of Trubiloff. wasthe first to attract the attention of his superiors, the local physicians, of some unusual and unknown to him disease. The physicians could not believe, and would not agree, that the existing dis ease was of a piague character. Thev took It simply to be a febril disease, and gave It the name pneumatyphus, and not until the mortality Increased to an enor mous degree and had as its victims some of the physicians and medical stewards who denied the existence of plague not until then did th authorities commence to think of isolating the afflicted and take appropriate precautions. On November 29, the Governor. Galkin Wrassky, two clergymen of the village, myself and two other physicians, met some of the elders of the village and ex plained to them the urgent necessity of taking extqaordinary means to check the mortality and spread of the disease, ask ing In the name of the government their co-operation in the matter, to which they gladly consented. At midnight on De cember 1 was established the first sani tary cordon, and then the real panic be gan, reminding one of the horrors of the middle ages, for the Ignorant peasantry, not understanding .our Intentions, abso lutely refused to obey our orders, saying that, "God sent this soourge and God will take It away." With such a philosophy of their own thev abandoned their af flicted sick and left them wlthout-food or drink or clothing in their houses and huts, with windows broken by some fanatics when the temperature, was 13 de grees below zero. Dead Ijie Cnburled. The dead were not buried, as ' people were afraid to approach the bodies. This period of general panic, however, was of short duration. We decided to maintain the cordon, to enforce isolation of the af flicted and disinfection with the aid of the regular military and 100 Cossacks. And only then the real work began. Houses In which the plague made its appearance were surrounded by guards, dressed In overcoats, previously saturated with oil. as well as masks and oiled gloves, each of the guards before going on duty had to lubricate his whole body with lard or fishoil. They had strict orders to prevent at the point of bayonets, any one to leave or anyone to enter the house except physicions and their help. The afflicted were supplied wifh food by means of long poles. All the houses, whose plague-stricken occupants died, were first thoroughly disinfected, and at the end of the epidemic they were burned to the ground with everything in them, for which loss the villagers received com pensation from the government. The dead were buried in deep trenches, filled with unslaked lime. All the graves, where plague-stricken bodies were buried, were, after the epidemic, again covered with a deep layer of earth, mixed with lime, and encircled by a broad and deep ditch and then Inclosed by a high fence. Further we had the great task of dis infecting and improving the hygienic con dition of the whole district (for the plague was not only in Vetlianka), but had aLso spread to other villages. Every house, street, market-place and store was washed and scrubbed and abundantly sprinkled with carbolized water. Fish markets, which were found in unsanitary condition, were fumigated and closed for the time of the extstance of the plague. Jn the town of Tsarycln we destroyed through fire 400.000 pounds of tainted fish and 18,000 pounds of doubtful caviar. We enforced a law that no more than five persons could occupy one ordinary peasant hut, that the children's cradles should be kept strictly clean and swad-illing-cloths should not be dried in the huts. Fortunately we could state that at the end of January. 1R79, the epidemic in Vetlianka was at an end. BANNER PRICE FOR PEARS G. A. Morse, of Medford, Gets $8.40 per Box for Fruit in New York. MHDFORD. Or., Oct. 12. (Special.) The Rogue River pear growers' banner, which has shifted several times during the present season, has again changed, this time falling to G. A. Morse, from whose orchard pears this week sold In New York for the highest price ever realized in the history of the trade. Last year's record price was smashed early In the season when- pears shipped by J. W. 'Perkins brought $1000 more per car than last year's crop. Then came reports on pears shipped from the orchard of F. I Touvelle, which brought J8.10 per box. Then the price was topped when C. H. Lewis' pears sold for IS.20. Today New York dispatches announce 3.40 as the price per box to G. A. Morse. Unitarian Woman's Alliance. The Unitarian Alliance members will entertain next Wednesday afternoon with an "experience- meeting," telling both in prose and poetry how each one earned during the Summer vacation the Jl promised months before; at last Week's meeting it was decided the annual bazaar I would be held upon Wednesday, Decem ber 4. from 10 A. M. until 10 P. M. At next Wednesday's meeting all are cor dially Invited. Meeting to begin at 2 o'clock in the tjnitarian Chapel, corner of Seventh and Yamhill streets. Held for Wife Desertion. F. H- Jacobs was arrested last night by a police officer and was booked at police headquarters, where he Is being held for the Everett. Wash., , officials. He is charged with deserting his wife and family. Tom Karl at St. Mary's Cathedral. Tom Karl, of the Calif ornians, will sig at St Mary's Cathedral this morning at a o'clock. Eyes fitted to glasses, U. at Metzger". DECLARE DAGGETT mm gghiie Garbage Men Say He Brought " Lawyers to Guide J , Them. DENIES FAVORING PLAN Superintendent Condemns Present Expensive Collection System, Which . Ho Says Should Be Changed to District Work. Aroused by an interview given out by C. L. Daggett,' superintendent of the city garbage crematory, in which he advocates municipal collection of refuse, Portland scavengers declare that the superintendent has completely turned front, as only two months ago he endeavored, they assert, to form a combine . among them by which there should be a still more complete mono poly of the collection business. Last night the scavengers met at the resi dence of one of their number, Jacob Neumeister, 503 Twenty-fourth street north, and discussed the position tak en by Mr. Daggett. It is the charge of the scavengers that two months ago Mr. Daggett called them together In a hall at 713 Williams avenue and endeavored to or ganize them so that they could fight any efforts to take the collection of garbage out of their control and that he advised them to establish a schedule of prices and enforce it. When they refused to do as he ad vised, they say, he tried to have the city adopt a collection system of its own. They are especially indignant over the assertion of the superintend ent that garbage conditions are now very, bad under the collection system. Tries to Organize Men. "Superintendent Daggett is now en deavoring to make it appear that there is a combine among the scavengers," said Neumeister last night, "whereas he himself tried in vain to organize such a combine among us two months ago. He got us to meet on Williams avenue and had two attorneys present whom he wanted us to employ. Mr. Daggett said that we were not get ting pay enough for collecting gar bage and urged us to band together so we-could make more and control the business. ' "We refused to organize and employ his attorneys and that is the reason that Daggett is fighting us now. We have no combine and did not wish to organize one. It is true, as he told us, that we are not getting any too much money for collecting garbage, but our pay . is reasonable and we de cided that we did not want to form a combine." When asked about the -matter after the meeting last night Mr. Daggett de nied that he had ever tried to form an organization among the scavengers. He said further that the men did not understand the interview he had given out a he had never, said there was a combine among the' scavengers. The present service Is poor and should be superseded by a municipal collection, he believes, but he does not think the collectors are combined to control prices. No Object In Combine. . 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