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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1915)
TITE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND. AUGUST 15, 1915. 13 I ( I I J RED TAPE METHODS COST CITY DEARL Purchasing Bureau Expense Is $1 on Requisition for Five Cent Purchase. SUPPLY SYSTEM IS BLAMED Lac-k of Co-operation Between Ie- partiuenl Said .to Result li 1IOO Transactions Being Made Each Month. It coats tha city clo to II to pu through a requisition for a purchase. Red tar la tha principal resson for large part of this. Doaens upon doaens ct requisition go through each month for ourchsses ranging from t cants to t rents each, because tha city lives largely from band to month. These facta loom up In aplta of th luring promises mada a coupla of year i( that Commission government would provided a smooth, dependable, econom leal purchasing; system. Great savings la purchases by means of a purchasing bureau and a good purchasing aystem vera assured. For two years now tha city has hsd tha Durchaainar bureau, at a cost of about !00t a yaar. and It baa had tha aystem. But to a large extent that about as far as tha promises have been fulfilled. There Is no doubt that tha city kaa saved money In soma of tha pur chases, but the system, la ao tied up with red taps, and there la aucfe a lack of co-operation between tha various branches of tha government and the purchasing bureau, that these aavlngs ara offset to an appreciable extent. Like a family of decidedly limited means making Ita purchases of dally needs day by day at tha corner gro cery, so tha city supplies many of Ita need. It buya largely at retail rather than at wholesale, la addition to tha losses larae or small accruing from this aystem. tha general loasea ara aug mented by the requisition system which Involves a complexity of transaction between tha time a rrorjlaltlon la Issued aad th bill U finally paid. Department Are Biassed. Tha fault, it Is said, la not neces aarlly with tha purchasing bureau. The bead of this service asserts he asked tha city bureaus and department to make In advance annual or seral-an nual statementa of their need In tha way of supplies and materials. These statementa hava not been forthcoming. Instead orders for small amounts, some time a null a or 10 cent, are ent to th purchasing bureau. Thl bur.au la obliged to buy la the amount, owing to th fact that there I no indication a to whether mora of tha aama commodity will be needed later. Many or th small purchase ara necessary, being for supplies not fre auently neeoeo. out many more are believed unnecessary. Records show, for example. purchase of small amounts of carbon paper twice or three time a month: small purchases of pen ells, stationery and other commodities needed by ail departments throughout in year. And more Important still, la tha re ejuuttlon. Th handling of each requl anion. It I estimated, cost no lass than f I whether It be for a t-cent pen cil or n uozen gross or cnt pencils. Th most th city tries to do on any commodity is to buy a three months supply In advance. Thla la dona on some of tha stock of stationery. To make a purchase, tha department wisnine; tne commodity first makes I requisition in triplicate, securing aig aaturea within tha bureau and depart ment. These go to tha purchasing bureau. A clerk rails dealer and gets prices or bids, oftentimes for 33 or SO cents- worth or good. Tha requisition than are sent to the Commissioner of finance for signature. Much Handling Re I red. Th requisition then go to the Auditor office. where they are cheeked, a duplicate kept and the orig inal sent bark to the purchasing bureau. An order then la written In quadruplicate. On copy goea to the Auditor, on to th department mak ing th purchase, on to th vendor and on la retained by the purchasing bureau. These are all recorded In the books of tha departments. A tally sheet then la made up by tha party receiving th roods and this Is sent to th purchasing bureau. When the bill from the vendor la received It la put with tha tally aheet and th order sheet and sent to the Auditor, wher th original requisition Is attached. The various sheets are compared and matched and a claim Is mad up. Th claim then la checked and seat to th Commissioner, who elans It. It then goes back to the Auditor, who make out a warrant. This ha to hava three signature of officiate. During tha process the rec ords of th transaction are registered In th books and are checked. Check ing la necessary again when tha war rant la paid and returned. Counting th time of employes, the paper used, and the space used In costly books. It Is conservatively esti mated that the cost of putting through a requisition whether for t cents or 92 Is near tl. The aystem Includes th city's old purchasing system with a large array of new processes, trans actions and employes to handle It. rhaag la Saa-geete. Ther ara on th average about Ilea requisitions put through, each month. Pohbs upon dotena of these ara for less than II. The great majority ara for lea than IS. It la contended that poeslblr hundreds of these requisition and their accompanying red tap and expense could b dispensed with by th departments designating their needs In advance aad waking purchase la large amounts -at wholesale and keep ing th supplies m stork. Instead th rlty has but on small stationery store room wher supplies of this nator for two months ahead are kept, and a few small s'ore plaeea wher other small supplies are kept. Thar la no general storage plsca and ao general stores system. Money la lost. It la pointed out. through strict adheraac to a aerie of prlnMng forma established by tha city's "Forma Committee. An ex ample Is seen In recent purehasea of envelopes. The Federal Government frnlhes stamped envelope, printed, for 9 cat la addition th 9 cent of postsga on each. The Oot ernment would not print the aaall tvoo on each envelop "form No. The order for printing upon several occasions was given to printing eon rem who charged It cr mora for printing, whereas tha Government's standard chars would hava be) less than II for tha number of envelop printed. False economy. It Is charged, has been practice t an extent. Cheaper arades of carb-n paper, for example. have been used In place of th more expensive and batter grades. price for carbon paper haa been less, thua showing a saving, yet It haa been necesaar to use far mora of the paper to accomplish the same results. PERRY TRULLINGER IS DEAD Son of Oregon Pioneer of 1848 Passes Away at A to or 00. After a lingering Illness, Perry A. Trulllnger died at th Portland Gen eral Hospital Friday night. August IS. at o'clock. Mr. Trulllnger was born on what waa known aa .tha Durham plac In Washington County, Oregon, on April t. XSSI, and waa four months past (0 years of age. Ha was the oldest son of tha lata John C Trullln ger, a pioneer of 1141, and who erected. COr.REGATIOVAL MINISTER TO BfcCOMB lISlRANCId AGE-XT. 1 '' SV-W ' it i ' J i ; - , V 4 1 Jr j " - f.i , it i' mils ot ' 4C.tia"i u Rev. D. V. Pells. Rev. D. V. Poling, ez-psstor of th Pilgrim Congregational Church and for li years in charge of the First Church at The Dalles, has decided to quit th ministry and become a writer of life Insurance. Nearly a year ago tha Rev. Mr. Poling left bis pulpit to go on a tour of the United States -with tha Flying Squadron. Ha baa had great success in leading choruses In hla church work. He will take up hia new voca tion within a few weeka and will be stationed In this- state, prob ably In Eastern Oregon. He hss a wife and three children. Rev. Mr. Poling baa been a clergy man for Zi years. MONSTER SALE OF CHOICE GUARANTEED "Ij Supply Your Grocery Now at 20c C a n n a d Apricots on I f) rale at ,u" 20c Canned Peaches on inn sale at. -G :oc Canned Pears on saleQ, 15c large slxe No. S can Tel Monte. Solid Pack. Tom- Cn. toes, seven cans..... will 16c Red Ribbon and Maine Op Corn at. Oil All Kinds of Bean, the Eg pound at " '5c CERIE 12o Lard Compound at, th On Mo Texo" Brand Crabs nn.mrf Oil On SSl St. 15c Helns Mustard onTlsi 10a German Ball Bluing on 7 p ale at .- 2C sale at ' 20o Large Six Bottle Cat'QQ c Rex Lyo on "le now 5C rweive ie .packages japan ts Matches for u 40c Vanilla Extract on OCn S.WW 25c sc Good Rica at. thai pound. Eight Large Bars White 0C or Naptha Soap for A tils 10c California Home HrandOCp Sweet Pickles, four for..."" 66c Table Salt, 60-pound 1Ci sack for 03" 2oo Columbia Chinook Sal- On mon. tha can luc Can Campbell's Soups. 4 all kinds w 10c Almoro's Mince MeatC- for 3 10c Baker Coconut, the C- package- at " i'Oc Walnu ts, the pound 2q 2ic Vanilla or Lemon Ex-I C- tract at wu 6c Mount Hood Tar Soap 1 at. 1216c Can Oysters ow71 :3c it. . la UTS. tb first largo sawmill plant in Astoria. Perry Trulllnger was married on De cember 2C 17. at Forest Grove, to Miss Emma 'Watt, daughter of tha late Abio Watt, they having been school matea at the Pacific University. Dur ing tha past eight years be and hi wife had lived on their farm near Eagle Creek. Clackamas County. Besides hla widow. Mr. Trulllnger leavea two aona. Dr. Paul A. of Portland, and Rosa, of Chicago: four brothers. Grant and Thad, of Astoria, and John and William, of Portland, and two sisters. Mrs. K. A. Mack, of Astoria, and Mrs. T. T. Geer, of Portland. Funeral services will be held at tha Portland Crematorium to morrow at I o'clock. Rev. William G. Eliot officiating. Friends are Invited. Regular 60c Package Xe 2 5 C Tomatoes With Puree, six OC cans at " , 10c Can of Shlnola now gg 10cToilt Paper, aix pack- OC aires for luc Mason Jar Rubbera at, Cn the package 15c Grogon's Olives on I fin sal at I Ub 60c Armour's Extract of OR. Beef at 03b 60c 8 c h 1 1 1 1 ngs Baking Oflr. Powder at. " ISo "Good Living" Salmon 0C at three for JIj 10c Can Helns Pork andTln Beans for " 13c Can Helns Pork and I Hp Beans for Uu 25c Rex Sliced Beef, seven- I Q ounce can at IWU 10c Oysters, four cana on 0Cn sale for '..AJto 23c Union Brand Corned I Cn Beef. 12-ox. can at w" 25c Glenore BrandlOl p Crabs at I L 2b 10c Cornstarch, tha pack-C age at. b 15c Gloss Starch, th 7 1 package at I yZU 40c Pie Krult, In gallon cans, solid pack, all varieties, Oflp on sale at -Uu SOc Fresh Shredded Cocoa- I Cn nut. the pound at. "u All Spices including Cloves, Pepper, Mustard. Ginger, OCn Nutmeg, etc the pound. 35c Choice Coffee. thelCp pound at Uw 35c Quart Jar Fancy Oflp Pickles on sale at .UI 15c Del Monte Brand Jel- Dp lies on sale at 0u Three dozen Cloth spins Cn on saJe for " 10c Package Baker's Gela- Cp thin on sale for u Dixie Tea. good break- 01 p :e... s." 10c Libby's Apple Jelly on sale St.. lie Curoco Rlpa Olives on inn sale at. 45c Edwards' D e p e n da- Oflp able Coffee at. UUu 25c Suncreat Raspber-I 01p ries at It2b 25,000 SACKS OF SPERRY MILLS' CHOICE WHITE FLOUR Here's a Decided Saving v That Will Compel You to Buy Now. 48 - POUND SACK Wants sT! Simo Read Every Item Every Article Underpriced Sale Starts Tomorrow Morning at 9 o'Clock SALVAGE SALE OF PAINTS fast tea, the packag sale at. :bc 25c Del Monte1 Canned I 01 e Fruits on sale at iAZW 25c Best Cocoanut on aalegQ 20c" tabby's "Bacon on I 01p- sale at I L 2b 6o Lava Soap on sale now 4uc'H-Pound"Tetleys Tea OCp on sale at. "' 80e K. C. Baking Pow-4Cp fler at. 15o .Quart Ammonia on71 sal at 2b 15ovLibby s Sauerkraut on Dp WHITE LEAD po" for, at. the pound SHjNGLE STAIN fcS&Z Stain, in all colors, atCflp the gallon uti I IPC I'll I CD Sanders' Lice LlbC MLLLII Killer, worth 31.00 a gallon, on sale Cfln at only. 3U" TREE PAINT Stt SOc package, on salegQQ incnnPATn"Th sani- ULbUlirllW tary Kalso- mine, &uc sale for. . VARNISH SHELLAC '$1.00 packago onCii I VI w WHITE ENAMEL Ion, onsalehere CI Cft now at iJIiJU Good Varnish on sale here l now at, the gallon. Good 32.00 Shel lac now going at the small price of. f I OC the gallon 9I.AJ FLOOR WAX?rAag,c Floor Wax now at, the ORf' pound " s $1.25 1 All Chi-Namel Products at Vz Price sale at. SIMON SALVAGE STORE 131-133 First Street J. Simon & Bro. Near Alder Be on Hand Early Tomorrow and Save Substantially at Simon's Salvage Store r-3 AI OAKS TRIPLES BILL Australian Students to Give Music and Vaudeville. ONE BOY DEFIES DEATH FERRY TRANSFER LIKELY Objections Withdrawn to Ilenioval of Webster From Alblna Run. " Unless lecal restrictions forbid, th ferry Webster, now In service at Al blna, will be transferred to Vancouver duiina; th week of September -lL to eccoramodat th crowds icolng- to th Clark County Fair. All objections to th transfer wer withdrawn before the "Loop-Uie-Loop" and "Fljing-the)-Flnme" Acta Are Combined by Daring Youth; Frank Rich. . Comedy on Programme, Too. A triple bill, including; th brass band and vaudeville performances of tha Australian Boy Students, a so called death-defying; cycling; act by Oscar V. Babcock, known as the -death trap loop," and th final per formance of the Frank Rich Musical Comedy Company combine in making; the new programme at the Oaks today unusual both In size and quality. ' An accidental clash of programmes and dates waa- responsible for the size of the bill. Both the Babcock cycling act and the Australian band, which has lust closed an engagement at the Panama-Paclnc Exposition. followed by one-nig;ht stands In tha larger cities of the. Wil lamette Valley, will hold over all week at the park, while th musical cornea y company. In their latest offering, Va rlety Isle," will close tonight. Two Daring Feats Combined. Babcock cycles down a steep Incline Into a loop, which he circles. Then a tran is iDruni and the performer speeds out and up a short incline. Next he leaps a gap. Babcock "a act. which is said alresdy to have been responsible for the death of nve men. is a comoina tlon of two different acts, "tooplng the loon" and "flying the flume." Hia per formance is declared to be even more sensational than the famous "autos that pass In th air" feature, .which was at the Oaka two years ago. The Australian atudenta choaen for participation in thia second world tour of the xoung jrusiraua ieagjue are cribed as the Dick of the common wealth. Each young fellow had to pay hia own transportation, although in soma Instances chambers of commerce subscribed sufficient funds for a boy to be with the party. In addition the Australian government gave" a sub sidy to the league for the tour. The aim of the tour are: To adver- SOME OF BOT STARS l.V VAUDEVILLE AT OAKS AMUSEMENT PARK BY AUSTRALIAN STUDENTS, INTRODUCING YOUNG AUSTRALIAN LEAUUfe uau. .'V- JK -V . : V lr I .iiV.i , . ' v' l t f 1 . -b 1 1 iVLt L .fir U.W W 1 1 itilili i' ill ilni i ' lis! li hi inn I'll 'i' II r I'f J il i i lifir 1 1 . ;vJass vt-.-. at 4i txs T"rArr &oyj- Jeceny 77pc.r-j- CtrZecpe. &ay3jfsr1 County Commissioners yesterday morning. When the propossl wss nrst maae th Alblna Fuel Company declares it would entail a loss of 110 a day to hem It the ferry was moved, i-.d Werleln. of th Portland Railway. Light s Power Company, yesterday tated to the Commissioners inst mis objection hsd been withdrawn, ana hat. If the terry is transierrea iwr bat week, tha P. It. U P. Co. will make good aay loja to anybody re sulting from tb absenc of th Alblna ferry. MRS. STARR. PIONEER, IS 90 FIT Children. Yoanget Sf Tear Old. Attend Celebration. Flv of bar children. h youngest II years of eg, attended a celebration of th loth birthday anniversary of Susan Starr, of Francis avenue, last Suaday. Th celebration consisted, of a family reunion. Among th visitors wer Mr. and Mrs. Benson Starr, of. Pasadena. CaL Mr. Starr la en of th sons of lira. Susan Starr, airs. Starr crossed the plains la IIS, golag to California. She con tinued her Journey to Oregon from Tha unitJ there, arriving th following Tear. :. ; N H5 '::.Ec:.- N -J iJ "'4& 7e 7rsfjr tlse Australia; to educate Australian youth by travel; to promote trade and commerce and to quicken International friendships. Some Idea of what tha first trip ac complished la given by Lieutenant Simons, commanding officer, who. says that every member of the first party now holds a highly salaried position as the result of the experience gained on the first trip. , Staaent to Be Honored. Mayor Albee will receive the Austra lians officially Tuesday and will wel come them to the city. The Chamber of Commerce will hold a lunch for them and is arranging an itinerary of sight seeing and visits to Industries. British residents, headed by J. C. Rob inson, are planning a British night at the Oaks. The boys will atay at the Y. M. C. A. Bush vaudeville. athletic acta sketchea, duos, sextets and song num bers are all Included in the repertoire of the boys, in -addition to the band concerts. It Is said they will offer a combined vaudevillle programme that will surprise older thespians. The band was engaged at tha Aus tralian building at the Panama-Pacific Fair and was then engaged by the ex position authorities and appeared a number of times In the Court of Abun dance. A commemorative plaque was presented to the organization by the exposition. Colonel Roosevelt made the only address he made outside of his official programme to the youths during his visit to San Francisco. The young Australians will appear twice daily this week at the Oaks In the same manner as other entertain ment features. MR. . STREIFF ACCUSED WOMAN DEIf IES SUICIDE ATTEMPT I REPEATS KIDNAPING STORY. OUTING FOR WARDS PLAN Gresham Society Is Arranging nt County Fair. Day GRESHAM, Or., Aug. 14. (Special.) The Woman's Home Missionary So ciety at their meeting Wednesday at the home of Mrs. I. E. Towlo voted to give the children of the Portland Industrial Home a day at the Multno mah County Fair next month. Mrs. K. A. Miller was appointed to present the matter to the fair board and ask -for free admission for the children. A committee on .transporta tion was appointed, consisting of Mrs. A. Hevel, Mrs. G. W. Stapleton and Mrs. J. N. Clanahan. The women plan to serve a picnic dinner to the children. Insanity Charge Contradicted and Ac cusation by. Detectives Are Branded as Untruths. Reaffirming that the Incidents sur rounding her kidnaping were as she alleged and declaring that the detec tives who Investigated her case were entirely wrong in their conclusions, Mrs. Elizabeth Strelff. whose sensa tional story of abduction by a mys terious masked man followed the find ing of her unconscious form at the foot of Sellwood Ferry two weeks ago. gave a statement to the press yester day. Mrs. Strelff, who has Just returned from the hospital, wrote: "I wish to tell the -public that It Is untrue that I owe any furniture bills or rent, and that financial reasons led me to attempt suicide. I have receipts for my bills to date. I did not attempt suicide, but was forced, at the point of a gun, to get into the automobile, after which a wild ride and struggle followed. "I am no more possessed of insane Illusions than' the one who gave such untrue statements to the press. There would have been no doubting of my story or suicide theory evolved if I was a woman of means. . "The detectives alleged that Mrs. C. Colt told them a fern was against the kitchen door of my home so that no one could leave without disturbing it. She told me that the fern was in no such position and that she never told the detectives that it was. "Further, Detective La Salle told Mrs. Colt that she was in serious dan ger if she tried to shelter and protect me In the future, showing that he be lieved the story he discredited. "The attempt upon my life and to secure possession of letters which I hold was Instigated by my former husband, Tom Streiff, and Guy McCoy. I am sure, and thelr reason waa to se cure possession of letters discrediting Mr. Streiff that I had kept. They wanted to get me away from the house and then set fire to the house, destroy ing the house and all its contents, in cluding the letters. The letters were of endearment and were written to me by my husband just previous our divorce. He admitted everything I charged against him, and could ac cuse me of nothing, and wished me to come back again. He was very angry with me when. I would not. "Though I sacrificed my health In caring for my husband, he refused to pay my doctor and hospital bills when I was i IL "As a testimonial to my character and trustworthiness, I offer the fol lowing leter from Julia M. Parker, of the Portland Convalescent Hospital: " "To whom it may concern: This Is to certify that I have known Mrs. Thomas Streiff for about seven years, and have known her to be an honest, re spectable, hard-working wife and mother. Her only thoughts are for the training and betterment of her children and the care of her husband and home. My first acquaintance with Mrs. Streiff was at Collins Hot Springs, where she had taken her hus band, who was absolutely helpless from inflammatory rheumatism. She took care of him to the detriment of her own health. It is my belief that Mr. Streiff owed his recovery to the care and devotion of Mrs. Streiff.' ' $20,555 FIRE SUIT FILED Albany Lumber Company Charged With Letting Bluzo Escape. ALBANY, Or., Aug. 14. (Special.) Alleging that a fire which tha Ham mond Lumber Company set on May 12, 1914, to burn slashings escaped and destroyed its logging outfit, a large quantity of logs and considerable standing timber which belonged to him, S. V. Hall, of Detroit, yesterday, yesterday brought an action against the company for $20,555.90. His com plaint was filed in the State Circuit Court here. Hall alleges that he was engaged In logging on certain lands near Mill City when the fire occurred. He says it destroyed 1,933.146 feet of fallen tim ber, which it had cost him $483.25 to fall and 491.491 feet of which had been converted into sawlogs at a cost of $294.90. Gresham High to Have Laboratory. GRESHAM. Or., Aug. 14. (Special.) At a meeting of the Union. High School board Wednesday it was de cided to install complete chemical and physical laboratory equipment for the first term. The equipment will cost $450. The board authorized Principal Elmer F. Goodwin to prepare and issue a prospectus of the school be- to fore the opening;. ras. ion s VIA Path The Economy R Leads oute to Barkhurst's FALL MADE TO ORDER All work is done in my own workshop on the prem ises, thus eliminating all middlemen's profits and all unnecessary expense. R a? .carKnu tjv Portland's Leading Tailor Cor. 6th and Stark Sts, r