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Newspaper Page TextTTIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. MAY 25, 1913. SHOWING REQUIRED FOR GRAFT CHARGE Judge Davis Informs Defend ants in Libel Suit That Evi dence Is Necessary. WILLEY IS CHIEF WITNESS Count? Officials Admit Technical Violations of Law In Failure to Advertise, but Prove That Tax payers Money Is Saved. "I want to say to the attorneys for the defense." announced Circuit Judge Da-ts at the conclusion of yesterday's session of the trial of the News and Dana Sleeth." ltr editor. for criminal libel, "that they must be prepared to come In here Monday morning: with a full statement as to what they hope to prove In Justification of the article complained of. by evidence of technical violations of the law In letting con tracts by the parties charged to have been libeled. County Judge Cleeton and County Commissioner Llshtner. This announcement came at the end of a day durin which J. M.- WHley. who made an investigation of County Court affairs last Summer and finally was discharged for inefficiency, occu pied the witness stand exclusively. The statutes require that every county pur chase amounting to over 100 must be let by contract after advertising- In the newspapers for bids. Mr. Wtlleys tes timony related entirely to numerous in stances In which the County Court failed to do this. It showed, that the County Court has been in the habit of purchasing equipment and supplies from practically every firm of conse querce in the county on requisitions, whether the sum paid was over $100 or not. amounting sometimes to thou sands of dollars, but in no case has there been an Intimation that, the county did not get the best market prices, or better, or that county offi cials profited a dollar from the trans actions. You are showing technical vio lations of the law but no actual wrong doing which would Justify the head line. 'County Oantr are Plain Robbers, and the various other charges made in the article. What do you expect to rain by this line of testimony?" Frank T. Collier, one of the attorneys for the defense, was asked yesterday. "Craft" Saotvlnn; Demanded. "We take the position that failure to advertise for bids is violation of the law amounting to malfeasance In of fice, which lays the members of the County Court liable to imprisonment, was the answer and Is In effect the re ply which was given Judge Davis when he demanded to know what actual wrongdoing was expected- to be proved. It is the crux of the defense, the only defense which was outlined In the opening statement and the only one promised. Judge Davis" gtatements yes terday indicated clearly that he does not consider such evidence Justification for. the extravagant newspaper attack . .. A ( " ..i in Commissioner .1 II .lUUV - . - Ughtner on which the indictment is based, and that he will cut It off un less the defense can show that it will be followed up with evidence of actual grafting that is the way the court put .lton the part of the complaining wit nesses. County Judge Cleeton. when on the stand, freely admitted the practice of purchasing supplies and equipment without advertising. Justifying it on the ground that often no more than one firm or lndlvidusl Is in a position ' to bid on what Is actually wanted. Instance of Kconoiuy Cited. As an Illustration of the fact that the countv often saves money by falling to call for bids It was brought out yes terday that In 1910. 1911 and 1915 bids for fuel and road oil were not re quested. The prices ranged from T5 to S3 cents a barrel.. This year bids were received. The first lot wer thrown out on suspicion of collusion and somewhat lower prices were of fered the second time. Even at that the county is paying this year from 90 cenvs to f 1 4 a barrel. Deputy District Attorney Magulre made Mr. Wtlley admit, on cross-examination, that all .requisitions are signed by the County Judge and at least one of the Commissioners; that the goods are certified to In writing a bavin been received by the road supervisor. Jailer, building superin tendent or other county employe who makes the requisition, and that all bills are carefully checked upon and passed by the County Auditor, making a complete record in each case. Willey made a great fuss about the sidewalks around the County Hospital property In South Portland having been paid for without advertising for bids before it was recalled to him that the city undertakes all street Improvements, nd that the county had to -pay Its share like other frontage owners. Care In Purchases Shows. There was some testimony relative to the county having paid liechlll Bros. for filling work near county property at Patton avenue and Columbia boule vard. The defense laid great stress on this. Cross-examination cleared the "-fctmosphere by developing that this was another Improvement undertaken by the city for which the county had paid only after receiving a certificate from the City Engineer that the work had been performed according to con tract. "It Is clear to me, from what has been brought out at this trial, that, had the County Court folllowed the strict letter of the law relative to ad vertising in every Instance the county would have been out thousands of dol lars." said Deputy District Attorney Magulre. "Often conditions are such that It Is impossible to advertise and get the right results. Take, for In stance, the furnishings for the- county poorfarm. about which there has been o much row here. Furniture of a particular kind was needed. There was no newspaper advertisement asking for ilds. Mr. Willey is correct in that. "We will show on rebuttal that Superintendent Jackson, of the farm, went to all the furniture houses In the city to see what they had that would ult, and obtained bids from all. and that one firm which was low on some things and, high on others, refused to furnish part of the equipment unless It could furnish it all. We will show that there was real, live competition here, and that the county got mighty close prices from the Powers Furniture Company." Officials Staad Defended. "The same thing applies to the River side Rock Company, which furnished rock In' carload lots for use on the roads In the eastern end of the county at $1.25 a cubic yard laid down at des tination, cheaper than it could be fur nished from Kelly Butte. There was no other firm which could compete, because this was the only one with quarries favorably located, so it would have been senseless to have wasted money calling for bids. "These are types of the instances tn which the County Court violated the letter but not the spirit of the law. and the- prosecution In this case takes the position that they had a perfect rig u i iu no Another fact brought out yesterday - . . - .. . .. , J .. I .4 C n n n t a Was tnat me vuuuijr nail yu t rnl. toV.n frnm nrnnertV On the Germantown road owned by Miss B. uiocn. in mis inaunca toe vumj Court took advantake of a preroga tive given It by law to Invade the property against the wishes of the owner and take what was wanted and fix tt0 price. The defense complained there had been no advertising, but It was shown that the rock was con tiguous to a portion of the German town road, which was being Improved, and that the haul was short. Judge Davis again stopped bickering among the attorneys yesterday by fer vently promising mat ine oi er would be lined or seni j" contempt. for Political Notes ri . .Tnrfo-A Gatens. B. F. Irvine and Marshall X Dana will be the prln .n.i .nkra at a Dolitical meeting to be held Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock at the branch library in Alblna. The meeting will be held under the auspices of the Ilahee Club. A political meeting scheduled for Tuesday night will take place at Car- . . u.ll Pnlnllln . atAtion.r On St. Johns line. The speakers will 'be J. H. Nolta, C, A. Blgelow, M.. nunouri, L. M. Lepper. M. O. Collins and Dan Kellaher. The North Portland band will furrlsh music. - A. E. Borthwlck. candidate for Com missioner, denies the report of the committee of 100 to the effect that he ran a bank at Oswego which did not do well.. Mr. Borthwlck says he was in the real estate business In Oswego, but had nothing to do with the bank, which closed and liquidated its affairs when the Iron plant shut down. Tk. u-anil-arnrth Welfare Club will hold special meetings Tuesday and Frt j,. tnr tk. mirnnn nf hearing: candi dates. Candidates for Mayor are In vited to either meeting. Other candi dates to and. Including So. 67 on dbhoi Invited Tuesday, all others Friday. The ...titia-a win tw held at Kenllworth Presbyterian Church. East Thirty- fourth and Gladstone, at. a r. -u. Candidates for municipal honors have made themselves and the postoffice department much trouble because they have been using an antiquated list In sending out their appeals for votes. Assistant Postmaster Shellenburger de clared yesterday many addresses were wrong and, since most of the candi dates used plain envelopes. It has been almost Impossible to return the mis sives to the sender. ... "I am not making a 1 promises that I know 1 cannot fulfill If elected" said H. R. Albee, Mayoralty candidate, at a recent meeting. 1 am unlike some candidates who have run for office here and elsewhere In the past. " 'Can you promise to make It quit raining?' I was asked one day re cently by a questioner. " 'Ko, I cannot do that," I replied, 'but I can get you a candidate who will.' " Mr. Albee added: "The fact is. I am making no private promises; all my pledges are made direct to the people. I promise only to do my best In every way. if elected." Because he was not selected by the committee of 100 as one of the 12 can didates best qualified for the position of Commissioner, M. C. Reed yesterday withdrew from the race. "I have no fault to find with the work of the com mittee." said Mr. Reed in withdrawing. "I think ir was fair and JUBt and they did the best they could possibly do. It does not require a philosopher to un derstand that where 12 are to be se lected from 90 men. that someone has to be left otr. I now leei m n i "" onlv my duty to withdraw, but that In so doing I will -best serve the eity- In helping in whatever way l can w assist in concentrating the vote upon good men. PERSONAL MENTION. E. 8. McCord, of Salem. Is at the Oregon. E. D. Calkins, of Albany, Is at the Perkins. F. L. Parker: of Astoria, Is at the Imperial. R. S. Mlnot, of Boston. Is at the Carlton. C. B. Harvey, of Ulicah, Cal.. Is at the Annex. Robert Suratt, of New York. Is at the Annex. Judge J. C. Moreland, of Salem, la at the Cornelius. L. Tangen. of Astoria, is registered at the Annex. Fred Besslnger, of Boise, Idaho, Is at the Imperial. V. S. Vennerston, of Lebanon, Or Is at the Multnomah. Mrs. J. H. Templeton. of Prinevllle, Is at the Perkins. Mrs. H. C. Levy, of Cascade Locks, Is at the Multnomah. F. C. Searcy, a stockman of Pendle ton. Is at the Perkins. Dr. Virginia U. Luveaux, of Corvama, Or, Is at the Imperial. W. P. Harrison, of San Francisco, la registered at the Carlton. XL Hlrsehfleld and wife, of Oakland, Cal.. are at the Carlton. Will French, a merchant or ia Grande, Is at the Oregon. IL J. Hildeberon. of Roseburg, Is registered at the Annex. i Thomas O'Leary. Jr.. of Ban Fran cisco, Is at the Cornelius. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Hall, of Minne apolis, are at the Cornelius, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Cox, of Salem, Or are at the Carlton Hotel- James Eddv. a merchant of Qulncy, Or Is registered at the Perkins. Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Kastner, of Al bany, Or., are at the Multnomah. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Palmer, of Hood River, are at the Multnomah. Dr. J. R. Van Auklan, D. A. Cavlness and Beth Keeney, of Seattle, are at the Imperial. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hayter and Miss Elizabeth Hayter, of Dallas. Or., are at the Portland. Dr. J. M. Bulla and Mrs. Bulla, of Carson, Wash., are -registered at the Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Frank F. Baillle. of Sumpter, Or are registered at the Portland. L. A. Darrington, of Manila, P. I-, and H. Schroeder, of Paris, are at the Portland. . Mr. and Mrs. T. &a6torey. tourists from London, England? are at the Ore gon Hotel. The Misses Ella Kelty and Kate Fer guson, of Newberg, and Edith Deuney and Belle Belcher, of Lafayette, are at the Cornelius, en route home from Med ford. H. J. Taylor, a farmer from Pendle ton and grand master of the order of Oddfellows. Is In the city with Mrs. Taylor and their daughter, visiting at the home of X R. Crounse. 1109 Vernon avenue. Dr. Jean CUne left Friday evening for California, where he will attend the meetings of the California State and Southern California Dental So cieties, held In San Francisco and Los Angeles. Dr. Cllne goes as clinician representing tne uregon state uentai Association. Miss Alia Murphy, who has been at tending a school of civics and philos ophy in Chicago, where she worked with the Juvenile Protective Associa tion and came in contact with promi nent civic' workers, has returned to Portland and will take up duties under the auspice of the Catbolio Women's League , COUNCIL GRANT TO HEUSNER DISLIKED Several Features of Original Franchise Are Eliminated From New Application. CHANGE MADE IN REVENUE Service Defined In Draft Acted on by City Council Among; Other Speci fications Altered In Peti tion to Electors. Comparison of the provisions of the street railway franchise which George F. Heusner Is seeking under the Initia tive, and that which he refused to ac cept from the City Council last Decem ber, shows many Important changes. Practically all of the provisions which were Inserted by the Council have been eliminated from the draft which will appear on the ballot at the city elec tion June 2. One of the most Important provisions which has been eliminated is that pro hibiting the sale or assignment of the franchise. Much stress was placed on this provision by the Council, Inasmuch as it was rumored that Mr. Heusner was seeking the franchise merely to sell to the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company, or some other concern. The provision was aimed to eliminate the possibility of speculation. lie of Brldse Sonant. Other changes In the proposed fran chise which the people will vote for and that which the Council prepared for Mr. Heusner have been found as fol lows: Old draft did not Include the right to use the Broadway, bridge. The com pany is subject to the bridge rental of 3 cents a car, as provided by the char ter. Time of completion of the work re mains the same In the new franchise two years. Rate of speed for cars Is changed from 15 to 12 miles an hour. In section 12 the franchise ts changed to eliminate a clause setting forth the mode of settling a controversy regard ing the financial arrangement for com mon use of tracks by other companies. Bond to Insure the fulfilling of the provisions of the franchise cut from $100,000 to $50,000. Change Made la Revenue. The total annual revenue to the city for the privilege of operating- under the franchise now sought is cut from $72,500 to $37,500. This reduction is graduated. The old francnise, as pre nared hv the Council, provided a reve nue to the city of $750 a year for the first five years; $1250 annually for the next five years: $2500 for each of the next five and $5000 a year ior tne re-mninlna- 10. the franchise being for 25 years, the maximum allowed by the charter. The new irancnise as 11. wi" nnear on the ballot provides for $750 a year for the first five, $1000 a year for the next five, $1250 a year for the next five. $1500 a year for the next five and $3000 a year thereafter. The original provided for the expend iture of $2500 a year In construction and a total of $250,000. The new meas ure provides for an expenditure of $10,. AAA a and a total of $250,000. . The old franchise provided that the company file a plat showing tne aeti nlte location of the tracks, spurs, etc.. before beginning work. The new pro vides for the filing of such a map after the completion of the worK. A pro vision for the approval of the plans by "the Executive Board or other properly constituted authority" Is ellmlnted. A provision appeared In the old draft giv ing the city the right reasonably to regulate the rate of fare to be charged by the company. This has been left out Car Service Not Stlpolated. Section 23 of the original franchise providing that the "grantee shall not have the right to suDiei ims irinuni or the tracks constructed under author ity hereof or allow any other company to use the same without the consent of the City of Portland first expressed by ordinance." has been eliminated. Provision for car service every day between 5 A. M. and 1:30 A. M. the following day wtth a service not less frequent than 15 minutes has been omitted. The franchise which Mr. Heusner Is seeking will. If granted by the voters, give him the right to construct an in terurban electric line from Kenton, south over the Broadway bridge to Flanders street on the West Side; west to Tenth, south to Salmon, east to fourth, north to Flanders and west to Broadway. It also gives him the right to build a line along uroaaway irora Flanders to Grant for ordinary street car service, but not for lnterurban cars. As yet no name has appeared in the proposition excepting that of Mr. Heusner. He refuses to say who Is be hind him. He does say, however, that the people who are wltn mm in tne nrnWt are able to finance It to the extent of several million dollars. BIGELOW TAKES EXCEPTION Candidate for Commissioner Points to Legislative Record. I A TtU.lnv nna n th f?nndlda.teS Indorsed by the committee of '100, has taken exception to a statement" issued by the Investigating committee to the effect that he (Blgelow) did- not make his influence felt as a member of the Legislature. Mr. Blgelow declared that ha -was one of the most active members of the Legislature of 1911. Following is a snort niscory ot bib in ,v T.AiHHifltiira: "Foueht for LHI I. . ... ...w . O ' ' ' economy " In ' making- appropriations. Opposed a proposed appropriation of luu.uuu tor Astoria ueniciuntii colo ration, and this insistence helped to ut the appropriation to $50,000, which still fought against as being exorbi tant. Opposed almost single-handed the creation of three additional judges for Multnomah County district. This opposition caused the cut of the num ber of Judges to one, to Insure any hope of success by the introducers of the measure, and this one -when passed was vetoed by the Governor. Opposed exorbitant-appropriations for some of the state institutions. Largely instru mental in passing Senator Miller's State Printer flat salary bill after having en indenniteiy posiponeo. in me uniiao. Wa a member of a special committee on good roads; a member committee to investigate tne oince cb,a T"io ( rir nnrl TiVrkri nnmmlRsloner: strongly opposed and fought against the clerkship -abuse and indiscriminate hiring of unnecessary clerks in- the Legislature. Continually refused . to play politics, but always Insisted 'on a business-like, economical handling of Legislative business. Fathered and succeeded in passing the bill -which was drawn by tne committee or . iwu, which was created by a mass meeting held at the Armory, making radical changes, in the Port of Portland ana .......ifincr a now commission. As a for mer member of Mayor Rushlight s Ex ecutive tfoara, was a strong uppvucui DAY LETTER THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY ,NCOoPeo)ATSD 25.OO0 OFFICES IN AMERICA CABLE SERVICETO ALL THE WORLD ?m. -... transmits and DELIVERS naua ontv o& eonduion Jtranmc it nafcitlt. wbieli bsf txi swemcd tohr the sender ot thy '" K'if?: r-.i Error taswded asistiljr by renstlnc m-?5 W t ' foi1"- ? "SESX ffViwri'Ttir to W o 'bVron. UV.V,;. rJnTpM. towc-. ibe dsu ..o praed wiltms. HXtrdars KT tbo rMf ,DM su wnM MIOMT LTTfi. wo. H dcuvucd Or raiuMt.ol tttecndor. wider the ooadlUoiH osmed boY. THEO. Jt. VAIL, President BELVIDERB BROOKS, General Manacrr Received at 76 Third St., Cor, Oak, Portland, Or. f8 C11CH HN 47 BLUE Memphis, Term. , May 20, 1913. Robert 6. TDleclc No. 84 Dieok 391 Main Street, Portland', Or. Wish you success in your campaign. I can bear cheerful testimony to your ability as engineer and as a member of the Manila City Council. You are at liberty to refer any inquiries as to your personal character and ability while in the Philippine service to me. Luke E. Wright. Ex-Secretary of War. 11:23 A. M. Trained in Commission Work n 4 2" ROBERT G. DIECK FOR COMMISSIONER HIS RECORD AND QUALIFICATIONS Born in Philadelphia, Pa., De cember 24. 1875. Educated in Philadelphia pub lic schools. Graduated. 1896, from Univer sity of Pennsylvania, Depart ment of Civil Engineering. 1887-190O Emploved with Board of High- . way Supervisors, Philadelphia upon highways and underground Improvements. inoo-1901 With Bureau of . Filtration. Philadelphia. Pa., upon improve ment of the water supply. As sisted In designs for filter plants, reservoirs, pipe lines, distribution system for filtered water, etc. 1&01-19O3 Selected by Bureau of Insular Affairs, War Department, as one of twentv civil engineers from the United States to assume of fice as Provincial Supervisors, under the Philippine Provincial Act. Commissioned as Provincial Supervisor, Province of Rizal, P. I., to take charge of all technical ' work for the Province. Member of the Provincial Board (three members) In control of all inter nal affairs of the Province. Mem ber of the Provincial Board of Health (five members), in charge of all sanitary matters in twenty municipalities. Served during en tire period of the great cholera outbreak of 1902. Il)02-lff05 Superintendent of Water Sup ply and Sewers, Manila, P. I. (population 235,000), in charge of all activities, including design, construction and operation of both systems. Designed and con structed a storm-water drainage system; improved distribution system for water; drew new water ordinance, etc. In emer gencies assumed charge of city surveys, building and plumbing Inspection, and City Engineer's office. Permanent technical ex aminer of the Civil Service Board and permanent member of Board of Survey for the condemnation of public civil property. 10O5-1007 City Engineer of Manila, P. I., in full charge of all municipal improvements, Department of Engineering and Public Works with direction at all times of from 1000-1500 employes of sll grades from technical assistants to laborers. Under the Depart ment fell the following: water supply, sewerage, garbage col lection and Incineration, street cleaning, parks, bridges, roads, streets, building and plumbing inspection, surveys, city repair shops and storehouses etc. In charge of development of the BURN HAM PLAN for the City of Manila, of much the same character as the BENNETT PLAN for Portland. Directed the moat filling and river improve ments in connection with this plan. Drew the new building and sanitary codes for the city in conjunction with the Director of Health for the Philippine Islands. Dr. Victor G. Heiser. In charge of their enforcement. During this time designed and construct ed streets, bridges, sewers, pipe lines, markets, public bulldinps, etc.. and completed the city plan. ONE OF FIVE MEMBERS OF THE MUNICIPAL BOARD OF MANILA. P, J. IN FULL CHARGE OF ALL MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS UNDER THE CHAR TER. THIS BOARD CONSISTED OF A MAYOR AND FOUR MEM BERS. WITH ABOUT THE SAME POWERS AS WILL BE AL LOWED UNDER THE NEW PORTLAND COMMISSION CHAR TER. . Member of the Board vof Tax Appeals for the city. Member ot numerous committees and boards to report upon proposals for mu nicipal Improvement. During nearly six years of service in the Philippines, was accountable at all times for a great volume of public civil property and of public funds. Final clearance certiorates from U. S. Auditor are in my posses sion. At all times under surety bond of from $3000 to $10,000. Service commenced with the beginning of term of Mr. W. H. Taft and through those of Gen. Luke E. Wright. Judpre Henry C. Ide and Gen. James Smith. Resigned March 1, 1907. to re turn to the United States. HAVE I TIIK TRAIMXRf 1907 to Dace In private practice as Consult ing Civil Engineer at Portland, Oregon, with specialty of munici pal improvements, particularly, water supply and sewerase. Upon Invitation of the Committee on Health and Police of the City Council, in 1910-1911, served ss Chairman of a committee of three to draft a new plumbing code for th city. Member of the American So ciety of Civil Engineers. Member of the Oregon Society of EnKineers. Headquarters, fiOll Oreironlan nuildlnc Phones Main 8:10, A 1S30 (Paid Advertisement.) and persistent opposer of exorbitant prices In paving, grading and sidewalk work." MASTER PLUMBERS ELECT Two-Day Convention at Multnomah Comes to Close. With the election of officers for 1913, the Oregon Master Plumbers' Associa tion closed a two-day convention at the Multnomah Hotel yesterday afternoon. Most of the session was devoted to discussion of technical topics. The- new officers are: President, George Conolly. Portland: vice-president, W. N. Smith, Astoria; secretary cKenna !!! M t t J. . Stakes- I WILL Give a clean and economical adminis tration of affairs In all the depart ments. Guarantee equal rights to all. rich or nnnr Maintain a complete civil service, where a faithful employe snail nave no leur of losing his job. Let not one dollar leave the city treas ury unless 100 cents' worth of value is received for It. This will lessen your taxes. Seek to establish public markets to re duce the high cost of living. Maintain public playgrounds. Seek better regulation and ultimate municipal ownership of public utilities. Secure better regulation of tho liquor traffic. Establish public docks Make war on white slavery. Insert a common-user clause In all franchises. Work for municipal paving companies, which will give better pavement for less money. The paving trusts are making more than a million dollars a year out of you. VOTH KO. 15 FOB C. I. M'UBSNA. (Paid Advertisement.) t i 1 1 " & 3 yy) j 99-Clinton A. Ambrose for COMMISSIONER . "Cheaper light and gas: retention of civil service: community parks and playgrounds." ' (Paid 'Advertisement - - , . T. J. Rowe. Portland; treasurer, Charles Fulman, Portland. Twenty-five dele gates attended from Oregon and a num ber from Washington. A hanauet Friday night was ad dressed by Dr. George B. Story, of the City Board of Health; uus . aioser, and E. C. Buckenheim, of Kokomo, Ind. In the absence of Mayor Rushlight, C. W. Fulton, ex-United States Senator, gave the address of welcome. if p m ' fcjMiJltJijiiiLitfiJ rfnfYisfyi"V--Tsrri LOOK ME UP FRANK J. RICHARDSON FOR COMMISSIONER "Strong for low taxes; civil service and efficiency." Born in Portland. Vote No. 89 on ballot. Pays $2327.61 taxes. (Paid Advertisement.) :: .;-f- w.t- w ".. jc ;y Kdiiliii in 'Hi ' i' ikA jtttimtii 6eo.L Baker FOR COMMISSIONER Nine years' service in. an execu tive capacity has thoroughly quali fied him to administer the affairs of municipal government. (Paid Advertisement.) irVi i Aiiii mmf 4.. iaJuor 4.1 Kroetit Iloese. yOTE FOR ERNEST HOUSE NO. SO ON THE BALLOT Mr. Houto Is not a politician, but has been a Portland successiul business man for 30 years. Is broad-minded, efficient and honest in all his dealings. Will not stand for special privileges. Will stand for Municipal ownership of public utili ties, cheaper gas and telephones, pnblic baths, paving: plant, free garbage collections, lower economi cal taxes, firemen's pension funds, public market. (Paid Advertisement.) e -smuts A1 : hi J J ft". 97. Geo. B. Cellars FOB COMMISSIONER v..eAW akfriniMnov mor.lItv. fidelity, in tegritv. Proof; My prtvata Utm and public recoro. . (Faia advertisement., Dan W. WarH i v - i -"3 ' K ' 4 jk&"- . it q .V C s I ll'llllliatssT' "'' X1 - j Candidate for Commissioner. Twenty-four Years in Portland. Taxpayer. Ko political Axes 4a Grind. Juntlce to All. VOTE FOR HIM. Number 31 on Ballot. (Paid Advertisement.) ': - C-; - . -Y) I HARRY L. DAY FOR COMMISSIONER I promise a clean husiness admin istration. I am an ardent supporter of civil service and municipal own ership of public utilities. VOTE 34. (Paid Advertisement.) V, ' i 4t " y ( ; fit i : I . 'V FOR COMMISSIONER T. M. HURLBURT Present City Engineer (Paid Advertisement.) E. Versteeg CANDIDATE FOR COMMISSIONER Res. 53S Kant 33d N. Fifty years old. 48 years in Portland; 1913 taxes $532.30. The name of Ver steeg; has been associated with the progress and growth of Portland for over ! years. (Paid Advertisement);