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THE SUNDAY OREGOMAX. PORTLAND. ATRIL 12, 190S.
ELMORE ASHORE
FOR FOUR DAYS
Tillamook Steamer. Sticks on
Mutt Bank and Is Forced
to Lighter Cargo.
LITTLE DAMAGE RESULTS
Steamer Has Bwn on th Portland
Tillamook Run for Several Weeks,
but Ha- Faifrd to Make Good
on the Weekly Schedule.
Te sxeamsMn Sue H. Elmore, from
Tillamook for Portland is due to arrive
tonight. Ph will sail Tuesday night.
Tor four days the Elmore was aground
off Bay City and the services of the
sntsollne schooner Gerald C. wer iwces
sary to lighter the cargo before she could
be dragged off the mud bank. The cargo
was reloaded at Garibaldi and the Kl
more proceeded to Portiand. She sus
tained no serious damage.
The vwet was plAeed on the run be
tween Portland a:id Tiilanvvk several
weeks av. and it was announced at the
time that she would make weekly trips
between the ports during' the Spring and
Summer months. This schedule has not
been kept and the F.imore has ucd up
to weeks on each voyage,
Irreirulftr service and high freight
chwrges have prompted a rmmoer of the
citizen of the Tillamook Fay country
to purchase the gasoline schooner Anvil
for service between Portland and Tilla
mook. The Anvil has accommodations
for 75 passengers and will take close to
;M tons of freight. She is now at San
Francisco undergoing repairs and will
sail for Portland before the end of the
present month.
poRTk.xyr ;fts contract
Willamette Iron A. Steel Works to
Build Ynkon River Boat.
The Willamette Iron A Steel Works
has been awarded the contract for the
construction of a new atemwheel vessel,
which will be placed In service on the
Tnkon River. The price named in the
hid was $:9.!WA. Work on the craft will
begin immediately.
The new craft will he 125 feet Ionic. 27
feet beam and will he equipped with
!rf;0 Ball patent cut-off valve engines.
Steam will he furnished by a Standard
firebox boiler and will carry C25 pounds
of steam. The boat was designed by
Captain Gray.
The machinery for the craft was de
signed by the chief engineer of the Wil
lamette Works and it will all be built
here. Steel will be used where possible
in order to give the greatest strength
and not reduce the speed.
The contract for the construction of
the new quartermaster boat is the fifth
large marine order captured by the Wil
lamette Company within four months.
The. ethers are the VmatjJla, Tasnuna,
lone and H. B. Kennedy. The latter will
he an all-steel hull and will maintain a
speed of 20 miles an hour.
AXCHOIS HAS VEW MASTER
i Ca pta i n Fcrgn son A rrlves From
Fnpland to Take Charge.
Captain Ferguson, the newly appointed
master of the British ship Anehois. has
arrived in Portland, from Liverpool, and
will assume command of the vessel Im
mediately on her arrival at Portland
from Sydney. N. S. W. The craft is fully
due here, havtng been out from the Aus-
commit in under the command of Captain
.K ire me.
The Anehois. has missed her canceling
date and will no doubt Join the fleet of
vessels on the disengaged list. She was
held tip for nearly a month at Sydney
.on account of a. refractory crew.
GLOSEWAGE CONTROVERSY
GRAIVHAXTVLERS PRACTICALLY
RKACH ACEEMKXT.
Steamer Senator. Portland; ship Taeonw,
Bristol Bay; ship Indiana, Bristol Bay;
bark Star of Peru. Bristol Bay: steamer
Kelvin Bank, Melbourne; schooner Spo
kane, Port Gamble; steamer Alameda
Honolulu; steamer Buokman. Seattle;
British steamer Boveric. Tacoma; steam
er George W. KMer. Portland; steamer
Manga, Reva. Bellingrham; steamer Yo
Semite, Columbia River.
' Vn Ite With Exporters on 3 5-Cent
Schedule Still 5 Cents Differ
ence in Overtime.
A difference of 6 cents on hour for over-
tim is all that now prevents an agree
ment for tbe coming year between the ex
! porters and the grain handlers of Port
" land. At a meeting between representa
tives of the Grainhandlers Union and the
exporters, held yesterday afternoon In
the office of W. J. Burns, of Balfour.
Guthrie & Co.. a proposition was sub
mitted by the grainhandlers for a wage
cwhetule of S6 cents an hour and p0 cents
for overtime. In return the exporters
offered 35 cents an hour and 45 cents for
overtime. As the overtime is a minor
consideration, a final settlement of the
affair is expected to result from a meet
ing that will be held the early part of
this week.
For the past two years prainhandlers
of Portland have been receiving 40 cents
an tour for straight time as against
rents an hour on Pugct Sound. The last
contract of the dock workers expired on
April 1. Several meetings between em
ployers and employes were held with a
view of renewing the contract. Export
ers desired to cut down and the grain
handlers desired to preserve the old con
tract rate for anoiner year. TMiring the
penod of negotiations, covering the past
days, the men have been receiving" 40
cents an hour for their services.
At no time has there been any strike
talk amort the members of the Grain
handlers1 I'nion. T. B. Wilcox, of the
Portland Fiourinr Mills, who the work
ir.pmen regard as their firm friend., has
been one of the principal men In effecting
a change In wage schedule, and it was
larxely through h:s efforts that the grain
hand!er submitted the 3&-cent schedule
at yesterday's meet;rg.
Captain Conway Much Improved.
Captain George Conway, superintend
ent of water line of the O. R. & X. Com
pany, m-ho has been seriously ill for the
rast few days. Is reported as being much
better. It Is probable the captatn will
be aN to return to his duties at the
office Monday. Captain Conway has been
in poor health for some time and th re
lapse was the result of over-exertion.
Marine Notes.
The steamer St. Helena will leave
down this morning-.
The' United States lighthouse tender
Armenia is berthed at the foot of Couch
street.
The steamship Alliance, with passen
gers and freight for Coos Bay. sailed last
night.
The steamship Breakwater, from Coos
Ray ports, is due to arrive in port this
afternoon.
The French bark Alice Marie was the
only grain vessel working in the harbor
yesterday.
The Jordanhill will finish loading lum
ber the middle of next week. She is
loading- at Linnton.
Arrivals and Iepartures.
TOTtTT-ANr. April 11- Sailed 5temVr
AllTunoe, for Oo,s Bay ports; steam&iup
Aurf'iA. for San Francisco.
V.vr: h Wertn , Or. . A rril It. Creels! -
Arrived -Sifum'n F. S. Loop and Piant.
fca i ! M Rrcak w ter.
As; on. Ap-il 11. CondUton ef bar at
S P M . a-nomh; wind, northwest IS mil";
weather, eloucy. bailed at 2 A. M.
REPORT OF NURSES
Association's Work Outlined
at Annual Meeting.
CARED FOR 223 CASES
Organization Is Installed in New
Quarters, but Needs More Funds
to Extend Efforts Among
the Suffering.
The annual meeting of the Visiting
Nurses Association was held April 3 in
the assembly room of the City and
County Medical Association. Reports of
officers and committees were, read, the
treasurer's report showing- a good sur
plus in the treasury.
Among the needs outlined for the com
ing year were mentioned an additional
OLDEST MAN IN SILVERTON
OlfhmtPi Xlnrtlrth Birthday.
the piilf at Now Orleans and the
purchased a farm and remained un
across the plains California, -w-h
the following Srrinjr started wit
rived in Salm July 4, iss.. Sine
tinuously lived in and near Silver
farms in Marion County. For th
home with his son, C. F. IeGuire,
this city.
SILVF-KTOX, Or.. April 11.
(Special.) F. B. PeGuire, on
of the first settlers of Silvertrm
and trie oldest man livingr her
today, celebrated Ms SOtii birth
day recently, with children,
prandrhildren and irreat-grad-ohiMren
leathered around him.
He is still active and can walk
several miles a day, which h
frequently does when feeling the
need of exercise.
Mr. De(uire's grandfather was
in the French army at the tims
of Braddock's defeat, and subse
quently came to America and
settled in Kaskaskia, III. He
lived to be ! years old. His
father. J. B. PoGulre. was horn
in Sainte Genevieve. Mo., in 1769,
and lived to the ag-e of S4 years.
Mr. PeGuire. himself was born at
Sainte Genevieve, March SI, ISIS,
and was married to Miss Flenora
St. Gene in March, 1S43. Pis
years later they crossed the
plains to California, returning
during the Winter of 1S50 and
ls51 by way of Mexico on ship
to Acapulco and from there
throufrh the City of Mexico on
horseback to Vera Cruz, crossing
n up the Mississippi River. Here he
til 1SS4. when they again moved
ere they remained one Winter and
h horse teams for Oregon. They ar-
that year Mr. rVGuire has eon-
ton, and has owned several large
past 25 years he has made his
president of the People's Bank la
steamer Rose City, for Ran Francisco. Ar
rived down at 7 A. M. French bark Mare
cha) Davout. Arrived at 4 P- M.
Steamer Sua Elmore, from Tillamook.
San Francisco, Ap-il 11. Sailed at 12
P. M. Steamer Senator; at 1:30 P. M.,
steaniers Y eremite and Geo. W. Elder, for
Portland. Cleared at 1 :;K P. M. Steamer
Washington, for Portland.
runkirk. April 7. Arrived Admiral Exel
rr.an from Seattle, San Francisco, etc., via
Swarjpea.
Manila. April 8. Arrived Eva, from Ta
coira and Seattle.
Colombo, April 10. Arrived rHinre, from
Antwerp, etc. for China ar.d San Francisco,
Perim. April 11. Arrived Baron Cawder,
from Portland, via Mojt and Singapore.
Malta, April 11. Arrived St. Huro. from
Sn Franelsco Shipping.
BJlH FfiA-NCiSCO, AprU 11- gaiied
STEAMER I XT ELXJG E" C K.
' Doe to Arrlra.
JCama. From. Data.
JohanPealsenSan Frnc!seo. April 12
R. D. lr.ir.an.San Francisco. . April 12
F S Loop.. ..San Francisco. Arril 12
Breakwater. .Coos Bay April 12
Senator San Francisco. -April 14
Geo. W. ElderSan Pedro Arril 14
Alliance Coos Bav April 15
AraMa Honitkcngr April 20
Kese City San Francisco. .April '21
Roanoke Los Anfle... April 21
Nlcomedla. Honpkony April 27
AlesJa Honirkfinf..,.. May 25
Numsntla Honckong-. .... June 10
SneH. Elmore. Tillamook. mdeft.
Scheduled t Ieprl.
NiMH For. Data.
JohanPonlsenSan Frneieo. April 15
R. D. Inman.San Francisco. .April 15
F S. Loop. . .San Francis oo. April IS
Breakwater. -Coos pay April 15
Geo. W ElderSan Fedro April i
A Hianc Coos Bav April 13
Senator San Francisco. .April IS
Roanoke Los Anreles. .. April 2 a
Rose City Ssn Francisco. April 25
AraMa Honprkonc April 17
JCieomedla. Horgkonff May 5
Aleeia Hongjteone. ....:Juno 1
Knmanta Herg-konc. .... June 20
SueH.Elmor.Tinamoolc Incleft.
Cleared Saturday.
Alliance. Am. steamship (Olson),
with general cargo for Coos Bay.
St. Helens, Am. steamship (JamJ
aon. with 450.000 feet of lumber
ar.d general cargo, for Saa Francisco.
Portland, via Shinronosekl and Sabang-. for
United Kjtrifrdcm or Continent.
Hor-gkor.g. April. 10. Sailei Amerlka, for
San Francisco, via Tokohtma.
Tides at Astoria Sunday.
H:gh. LOW.
10:56 P. M 7.7 feet 4:3 P. M L5 feet
Eastern Livestock Market.
OMAHA. April 11. Cattle Receipts,
100; market, unchanged.
Hogs Receipts, 5000; market. Be
higher. Heavy. $5.70?5.75; mixed, 95.709
5.75; light, 95.655.73; pigs, 94.505.20;
nuik of sales, 95.705.75.
Sheep Receipts. 500: market, eteadv
Yearlings. 95$ 6.60; -wethers. 95.756.5;
ewes, 9o6; lambs. 96. .o7.50.
KANSAS CITY, Mo April 11. Catth
Receipts. 500; market, steady. Xative
steers. 95.?56.S5; native cows and heif
ers. 9355.35; stockers and feeders. 93.75
f5.?0; bulls. 92.75S5.35: calves, 94
Western steers, 94. SOI? 5.75; "Western
cows. 93.75 5.
Hogs Receipts. 4000: market. 5c
higher. Bulk of sales. 95. SO 5.95; heavy
95?0T6; packers and butchers. 95.50
B.S7S: light. 9o.655.S5: pigs. 94?5.50.
Sheep; Receipts. 600; market, steady;
muttons. 95.253660: lambs. 96.507.50;
range wethers, 95.507.10; fed ewes, 95
6.40.
Tmlry ProeTocw tn the Eatct.
CHICAGO. April 11. On the Produce
Exchange today the butter market was
steady. Creameries. 2& Sc; dairies. 20
:Se.
Kgsrs Steady: at mark, cases Included,
14c; firsts, 14V: prime firsts. 14c.
Cheese Steady, 12j 13.
NEW YORK. April 11. Sugar Raw,
firm. Fair refining. 3.?2c; centrifugal, ?
test. 4.42c: molasses sugar. S.fi7c. Re
fined, firm. Crushed. 6.20c; powdered,
8 60c; granulated. 5.50c.
Coffee Quiet. No. 7 Rio. 6c; No. 9 San
tos, SSfcSV-
J erfect flttlcff ffiwt-es 1 at Me Use fa.
nurse, & housekeeper, whose ser-lces are
constantly at the disposal of the Asso
ciation. This, it is said, is necessary for
the success of the work, as In many
cases, where mothers are ill, the wash
ing and cleaning must be done, the chil
dren cared for and work done that the
nurse herself has no time to attend to.
In the president's report reference was
made to the necessity for systematic
lodging-house inspection as bearing
very closely on the tuberculosis problem.
The health reports for 1907 show that 10
per cent of the deaths were from tuber-
culosis. Seven per cent is considered a i
high average. There Is urgent need of
another nurse, so that the school work
can be handled properly. Miss Florenea
Baldwin, as head nurse, and Miss Mae
Walker, as assistant, are in charge of the
work.
Officers for Coming Year.
The following board of directors will
serve during the coming year: President,
Mrs. B. H. Trumbull; vice-president.
Mrs. W. B. Aver; secretary-treasurer.
Mrs, A. F. Biles; corresponding secre
tary. Mrs. E. A. Baldwin: directors. Mrs.
A. A. Morrison, Mrs. Hamilton Brooke,
Mrs. Clarence Nichols. Mrs. P. J.
Cronin, Mrs. Helen Ladd Corbett, Mrs.
J. S. Giles. Mrs. S M. Blumauer, Miss
v irginia Wilson, Mrs. James A. Reed,
Mrs. John Cran. Mrs. R. B. Lamson, Mrs.
Adolph Wolfe. Miss Valentine Prichard.
The association has moved into its
own headquarters in Suite 601 in the
Medical building, where the nurses will
receive calls between the hours of 9 to
10 A. M. and 2 to 3 P. M.
The nurses' report, read by Miss Flor
ence Baldwin, follows:
T3oubtless we all realize in a meas
ure how little real idea can be con
veyed by figures as representing dis
tances covered or work done. The
nurses of the Visiting Nurse Associa
tion, in submitting- the annual report
of their work beg you to bear In mind,
that while one call may mean one pa
tient cared for, many times it means
the care of a mother and infant, a
meal prepared, the house put in order
and minor care of all the small chil
dren in the family. We cannot but feel.
in looking over the past year's work, a
certain amount of satisfaction, yet as
our work grows and broadens we feel
the great need of more nurses in the
rield. We are unable to cope with the
various phases which the work con
stantly presents. We have been
obliged to give up our kindergarten
work for many weeks at a time this
year through pressure of work. The
school eases sent in could only be In
vestigated, and our chronic cases have
naa tneir visits cut down to a mini
mum. Graphic Picture of Work.
May I take you with the nurse on
one of her daily visits? Leaving' our
office soon after 9 o'clock she first
goes out to South Portland to a ma
ternity case: bathes the mother and
baby, with the general care the house
is put in order, the small children in
the family made a little more present
able by soap and water; she then goes
to the second mother and baby, where
much the same process is gone through;
from there to the East Side, where bath
and massage are mven. After lunch
to the tubercular patient on the
Heights, doing what she may to make
his last days a little more comfortable;
then to the poor little woman in the
orrn jbnd. in the last stage of tuber
culcsis, where we also find ner 11-year
old bov ill with the e-rin. This Is ner
haps our saddest case; the old story of
the drunken nusband and all that fol
lows in its track. At one time we had
Mrs. M. at the Open Air Sanitarium for
several months. Later, when we could
no longer make ends meet, we placed
her in the County Hospital, and the
bov in charee of the Bovs' and Gir!ft'
Aid Society. The husband, however,
became so troublesome and annoyed
her so continually that she returned
to her home, and the boy also came back.
Since that time she has been helpless,
and the famJv in a destitute condition
through the man's drinking. The
woman is in bed in one room, the boy
in anothrr and there seems to be
nothtne for us to do but care for them
A woman has been put on the case,
through the generous co-operation of
the Fruit and Flower Mission, but we
hope that the patient may soon pass on.
Lft us now turn to one old Nor
wegian woman, nearly 70 years of age,
who nearly a year ago fell and frac
tured her "hip. Living In two small
rooms on the upper floor of a down
town tenement house, cared for and
supported by a devoted daughter of
about 30 here we go twice a week.
f-iving massage and helping her try
o walk, each visit seeing ner grow
more feeble, both In mind and body.
Through, ths kindness of friend, ia
would you like to know, absolutely, that the
bonds of the OCEAN SHORE RAILWAY
COMPANY are as reliable an investment as
we have endeavored to make you believe?
There's a way. We have investigated as completely as it is possible for anyone
in our line of business to investigate. We have studied the reports of the engi
neers, the president, the work that has been done on the road, the chances for
prospective profit after its completion, the nature of the country through which
the line runs, the character of the realty holdings of the company, and every other
claim that the company puts forth to you as a reason why you will be safe and
secure and reap a profit by investing in the bonds of the OCEAN SHORE RAIL
WAY COMPANY. A gentleman from our office is now in California, making still
. further and personal inquiry. It has been our aim to safeguard the investor in
every possible manner. And you are welcome to all the information 'we have gath
ered relative to this bond issue.
rif you knew absolutely that these bonds were
a reliable, bona fide and perfectly safe invest
ment, would you be willing to buy one or more
on easy terms of payment?
By calling at our office, you can ascertain the truth about the proposition. After
that, it is all a matter of personal judgment with you. The OCEAN SHORE
RAILWAY COMPANY is amply backed by assets large enough to easily take care
of the interest that will be due upon the bonds. The need for the road has long
since been established. The portion now in operation carries thousands of passen
gers and tons upon tons of freight. Of the total length, 80 miles, 34 are being used
daily. This section of the line is earning good money, although it is the most unim
portant part of the road. The realty possessed by the company is valued at over
$2,000,000; the work thus far accomplished represents an actual cash investment
on the part of the stockholders of over $3,000,000. You can purchase these bonds
" for cash or on time. The cash price is $92, earning 5 per cent. The term price
is $96, earning 5.21 per .cent. Pay for the latter, $16 down and $10 per month.
MORRIS BROTHERS
Room 6 Chamber of Commerce
January we placed the patient !n the
Pattm Home for a month, (riving- the
daughter a much-needed rest.
One more case that of a woman in
her early forties, helplessly crippled
with rheumatism will, I feel, suffice
to show you something of what we try
to do for those less fortunate than our
selves. This patient has been In bed
for nearly tour years, dui 110
wars grateful, cheerful and patient.
Our people include all creeds, nation
alities and Bros. We go into all parts
of town and the suburbs trying; to
carry cheer and comfort with us. w e
have visited all institutions that care for
our people and the County Hospital t
lease once a monin, . hcid
had some patients for some time, past.
Some school children have been cared
for, but this branch of our work must
wait until we have another nurse.
Since the last annual meetmfr we
hv made 1435 calls, havinff had re
ported 22S cases, 172 of which were new
cass: a4 orrice aresRinna; iv vim
dren cared for in the kindergartens; 36
children in Che schools. We have had
etgiit deaths durinsr the past year.
Many of our cases require the services
of a practical woman one who can
care for the patient, the house and the
children. or tnis Kina in eervurw
have emploved eijcnt women ana at
different times have called for the helD
of six trained nurses. Purine the holi
day season we were especially busy.
and an extra nurse was requirea xor
about ten days. Twenty-six patients
were placed in hospitals. 1.1 children in
institutions and one patient in the
Patton Home. Through the generosity
of a friend one woman and six chil
dren enjoyed an outing; last Summer
on her Hood River ranch.
I cannot close without expressing
the sincere thanks of the nurses to our
president, who, by her ever-ready sym
pathy, advice and cheer, has helped us
over'so manv hard places; to the ladies
of the board, the physicians, institu
tions societies and business houses, all
of whom have so constantly and gen
erously co-operated with us. lessening
by so "much our care and affording us
the means of sending brightness and
carrying blessings into many homes,
to many sufferers. On behalf of our
people we sincerely thank you, one
and all.
DAILY LIVESTOCK MARKETS
Frtoea Quoted Ixxslly on Cattle, Sheep ud
Hogs.
In the livestock market, the firmness
"on cattle and hogs is still the feature,
and as the demand is in excess of the
supply a higher range of values Is re
garded as inevitable. Sheep, on the
other hand, show a downward tendency,
as a result of the very liberal arrivals.
Very few, calves or lambs are coming
in. but a more plentiful supply is looked
for within a week or two. The receipts
yesterday were 160 cattle and 90 hogs.
A revival in the sheep market at Hepp
ner is reported by the Gazette, which
say. in its latest issue:
'F. C. Oxman. who was one of the
heaviest buyers in this county last sea
son. was here this week and made sev
eral purchases. Mr. Oxman bought from
William Barratt 1700 mixed yearlings at
J2.50 per head. He also purchased about
2000 head from William Beymer, louo neaa
from Silas Wright, and a lot of coarse
wool vearlings from D. O. Justus. The
prices on the last lots we were unable to
learn.
"Paul Hisler. the well-known sheep
man, this week sold to H. A. Tocum.
1000 head of yearling wethers with the
wool on for S4.50 per head. This is the
first sheep sale in this vicinity this sea
son and is considered a good price. How
ever. Mr. Hisler's sheep were in fine
condition."
The following quotations were current
on livestock in the local market yester
day:
CATTLE Best steers. $4.755; medi
um. J4. Jfi 4.75: common. J3.504: cows,
best. J3.7SW4; common, J3.25g5.75:
calves. 44.50.
SHEEP Best wethers. $j.50; ewes.
$535.50; Spring iambs, nominal.
HOGS Best, $fi.2S; medium, $5.75
S; feeders. J5.:g5.50.
reported in the market for evaporated
apples. Fancy are quoted at 10V4iic;
choice. 8Ms94c; prime. 7H7Ho and
common to fair at 56:Sic.
Apricots have not responded to bullish
crop news from the Coast and prices are
little better than nominal. Choice are
at 18??20c; extra choice at 1921c; fancy,
20lg'24c.
Prunes are unsettled, with California
fruit quoted at 4i'14c and Oregon at
6l0c.
Peaches are quiet, with choice quoted
at 10!BH0Hc; extra choice at llrnUl'ijc
fancy, HVs'l-c. and extra fancy at 13
14c.
Raisins are dull, with loose mitscatels
quoted nt 56'ic; seeded raisins,
8c; London layerp. $l.fi5(1.75.
Red Cross shoes at Rosenthal's.
Let the Public Take Notice!
In Resigning His Active Connection With the Affairs of
the Washington Home Telephone & Telegraph Com
pany, S. V. Davidor Answers His Detractors, Throws
Light On Many Things Not Hitherto Clearly Under
stood, ajid Promises to Take Care of the Interests of
Investors.
Dried Fruit at Knr York.
KEW YORK, April 11- No ch&Dge was
In view of the malicious and unwar
ranted slurs which have been caat at
me since my active connection with the
"Washington Homo Telephone & Tele
graph Company, I have withdrawn as
an officer and active agent, though retaining-
& large but passive interest in
the affairs of that corporation- The
company assumes every contract that
has ben mad to which the Washing
ton Home Telephone & Telegraph Com
pany is a party, and all obligations
against the company, including surety
bonds of every description filed person
ally by me to hold franchises.
T have withdrawn from active partici
pation in the affairs of the company in
order to deprive those who have been
playing the game against me of their
strongest weapon. With me remaining
quiescent and the conduct of the affair
of the corporation in the hands of those
against whom my enemies do not care
to make attacks, there can be no fur
ther criticism of the part played by me.
Let it be distinctly understood that I
deny there has been the slightest foun
dation for the calumnies hurled against
me. I take this action not out of fear,
but in the interests of harmony and the
welfare of investors.
As a heavily interested party I shall
exercise the same watchful supervision
over the affairs of the Washington
Home Telephone A Telegraph Company,
In the interests of myself and other
Investors, that I did before I resigned
my active connection with the corpora
tion. Though a number of those who
plotted to ruin me financially in order to
fill their own coffers were connected
with the corporation, I have not allowed
that fact to militate against the com
pany as a whole, and In taking the ac
tion that I did today, I have done well
by the company financially and other
wise. My principal reason for severing my
active connection with the company was
due to the numerous rumors regarding
long-distance connections for Centralia
and Chehalis, Wash., and the many con
flicting statements made by officers of
the Northwestern Long Distance Tele
phone & Telegraph Company and others,
causing confusion in the public mind.
So far as the allegations made against
me personally are concerned, they would
have received little attention. As mat
ters are now arranged, these things are
either definitely understood or will soon
be In a fair way of settlement along all
lines, and there will be no further
ground for personal vituperation and de
lay in proceeding with the work sched
uled. The Interests retained by me in
the Washington Home Telephone &
Telegraph Company are sufficiently
large to enable me to make sure that
the affairs of the corporation are
handled in a manner compatible with
the welfare of investors and of the gen
eral public. If I become convinced at
any time that those playing an under
handed game against me are forcing
their policy upon . the company, it will
not be long before I again become an
active factor In proceedings. I da not
believe, however, that there will be any
further excuse or pretense for these
people making trouble.
For the good of the corporation I hope
that none of the old officers will con
tinue their connection with the affairs of
the company, for the part played by more
than one of them has already been such,
as to create public distrust, thus handi
capping them at the very start. Shortly
previous to handing in my resignation as
treasurer, director and fiscal agent of th
corporation I found the atmosphere had
grown exceedingly unpleasant for any
clean business man, and I am glad that
I am freed of such connections,
The book of the Washington Home Tel
ephone & Telegraph Company has not
been closed. Up to this time I have had
little to say in justification of myself or
my policy. When I began to demand res
ignations of officers of the company then
the trouble started. The slurs cast at nrn
In print were due to the machinations of
discharged employes, whose irresponsibill
lty has been clearly demonstrated, one or
two even going so far as to forget that
moneys which they had collected: belonged
to the company.
Every statement which I have hereto
fore made in print in reply to my de
tractors and which I make in the present
article Is true, and In the main supported
by documentary evidence of an irrefutable
character.
My conduct of the affairs of this and
every other corporation in which I have
been interested needs no apology. So far
as long distance connections with the
Northwestern Long Distance Telephone A
Telegraph Company were concerned, it
was at all times assumed and understood
by the various parties that these things
had been secured and that there was no
lien of any kind on the franchises for
Centralia and Chehalis.
While I have ceased actively to partici
pate in the affairs of the Washington
Home Telephone & Telegraph Company,
owing to a harmonious agreement reached
between me and other officials of that
corporation. It must not be understood
that I have relinquished any of my rights
in the premises or those to which I am
entitled In any other corporation. In re
lation to certain phases of" the contro
versy, particularly with corporations
other than the Washington Home Tele
phone & Telegraph Company, I shall be
heard from legally In due season.
Oregon and Washington offer unrivaled
opportunities for legitimate Investment in
many industrial propositions, and partic
ularly is this tru in the telephone and
telegrapti line. With all obstacles removed
front its pathway, and all causes of dis
pute ro'rgated to the background. I fee!
that the corporation should now forge
ahead and become an Important factor in
affairs generally. In fact, I believe that:
all projects outlined by the company will
now materialize without difficulty, and
that Investors will receive good returns
for the money which they have placed in
the undertaking. S. V. DAVIDOR,
3a6 to 337 Corbett Building
Portland, Oregon