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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1906)
THE MORNING ASTORIAN. ASTORIA. OREGON. 3 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, 10, 1904. "GRAFT" INQUIRY Barry-Goodin Investigation Be glm Lut Night. OOODIN GIVES TESTIMONY Council' 8pcUt Commltte of Thre Cummenofi Inquiry Lut Evninf In to Chart of Graft Mad by Contractor Cuodln Aitinit Inspector Barry. . . i. evening III the city wiMM il chain tei tha special commit t' ipolntcl fam th city council, consisting of CouiH'ifiiien ' Bolton J, 1sWk, ami Mr- too. Dirt incl tlHlli up th Investigation f llii- Horry 0rnlln Hotter. - ; i V There large Crowd (if inter)-- d li-tnier pic-nt . tnjp't her with the Oily Attorney rimltli, Conltactor (Sood In ami lis witness. Inspector Horry w iiul pte-nt t tlti" hearing, a 'no bad failed, to receive any witllUation t hot tlio nmailtti would moot, cording to statement which ho nioilo to tho AloiUn, when sn after the Investigation w eunelud-d. Notwith standing Mr. Harry's eertloti that ho had not been notilloj by any on of the meeting of tho council committee stated thnt ho was pUkially notified. At oil vent tho Inspector w mt pracnt, in! o only ono ido of tho cotitrover- v presented loal night. Tho meet Ing called to order by Chairman IWtl.iid, and Mr. Gwodln, who make the charge of ."Crofting" against the Inspector, woo colled to tho wltne eland to tell liU tide of tho cane. Ml of tho cjuftlon woro aked by City Attorney Smith, though ot times member of the committee IntorpoaeJ with qucrle. In lefercne to what transpired be tween Barry and Ooodln about tho drain on Exchange street and Fifth, the City Attorney aakedt "What woo ld bo tweeti yon (Ooodln) and Barry In re- r M Red foraiir to the drain running from Hlatb atrm-t along Kiuhnnge to Fifth and down Fifth about 100 feett" floodlit 1 "flurry said that there liouhl lie a aliauge in tho "citlinl Ion ami Inlil in that I woa foolish If I 1II1I nt net a big price for it," After thla awordlng to th testimony of (Jitndln, be conferred with Ilanaen iiimI ilobliwm alKiiit the change in the speclllcatloii, and it wna decided that a the speelflaatlons wert wrong Oood ln ahouhl remedy tha matter. "Barry ami niyei-lf then want together," aaid fioodln, "ami f showed him bow th work should 1 done, and after figur ing ft few IlilnnU said that it would nt elxiul H,1, Hurry aahl to me that I Willi! yet limre than that amount, and explained how to do it. He said, 'I'll get wore,' and I aaid, If you do I will divide tho prollls with you. After Harry Imd en the commltte he told me that he had jM the committee to iillur ii fur doing th work, Ha said to iiif that he told th committal I bad TH Pot K dnev w tiiaaaer trouble, i Cures In 48Hours URINARY DISCHARGES Kaeh CsdwI "S rbcaratlBnirla kmc (mm Through SALT LAKE CITY, COLORADO SPRINGS, DENVER Stop-Over Privilege Granted. Choice of Route East of Colorado PoinU. For Illustrated Phamphlet rie turlug Colorado's Beautiful Scenery write ' W. & MeBRIDE, Cn. A it. iM Third Street PORTLAND, OR. ormimiitf Mstorian Bay in The Astorian Wants 500 New Subscribers And in Order to Do This the Price Has Been need Be Loyal to Your Towti and Begin the New Year by Taking Astoria's Greatest Paper, The Astorian ....... ' DELIVERED BY CARRIER TO ANY PART OFTHE CITY FOR as CENTS asked I19 but that h bad 'Jwed me down to 195".:'.: V'! : In speaking of the circumstance at tending the giving Uarty the check for UO as hi share ot th profit, Good In aid, "I banded him (Harry) tha chK and he poeketed it. I (aid that was half tha profit. I gave It to him on evening after the council meeting about ten or eleven o'clock, Mr. (iiKxliu alo atnt4 in an swer to th query of tin city attorney that be had ncr borrowed any money from Barry at any time whatsoever. "Did you read the article tl the Morn lug AsUirian, reported to be an affida vit signed by lkrry, wherein it we stMed that you bad borrowed money from Barry" rndtcd the city attorney, Ye I read it," waa Coodln answer. I the statement contained therein true of falact" "It ia false." Question of a similar nature were propounded to Mr. Goodin, and anawen d, At the con clusion of the hearing Mr. Ooodln stat ed that about the only true statement In Ilarry'a whole affidavit, wa one to tha effect that Oixalin boil received moncv for the 3Mb tiet ewr be- ! fore the report of th commlttc on tetreet accepting the work, bad been signed by the city surveyor or treel superintendent. ! Among the other wltnesse examined 'weie Samuel Sutter, foreman for Mr. (iooiliu in doing the work on the acwer at Blxth and Exchange treet Lud wig Wallen, ft taliorer employed on the ame Job; 'Ben Ilay, laborer, and Jake Whcfeletl. Thea wltnesse in the main corroborated the tatnnenti of Con tractor Ooodln. Wheedell stated that Barry had told Ooodln be could get more money for doing the work than he was getting. The investigation committee then ad journed until tonight, when the exami nation of witnesses will be continued. At this time the street committee, City Surveyoe and Street Superintendent will be present to throw what light they can on the subject. Lam Back. This ailment is usually caused by rheumatism of the muscle and may be cured by applying Chamberlain's Fain 1 Balm two or three time day and .rubbing the parte vigorously at each lannlicatinn. If this doe not afford re lief, bind on a piece of flannel alightlv dampettd with rain Balm, and quick relief I alrnfHt sure to follow. For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggist. HERE YOU ARE t Momitlhi For 65c Froiit 75c to 65c Great Britain parcel poat carried mat year 4,0o0,0&0 pftckuftxn nt ft pro fit of ItJ.OOCOOO, Tho charge In the United Kingdom 1-pound parcel by rruill, with hou-to-iuii collec tion and delivery, la 10 cnl. In the United Mate the poatago on a 3 pound parcel is 411 ceiite. The British poatiil aurptua last year waa 22,000, 0m. In the United Btate liiat year, the iitul deficit waa fU.OOO.OOO. In Paris tha inhabitant were re cently very much startled at seeing a big-booted man whizzing along through the various street at the rate of twenty-five mile an hour. Th in ventor "C'omstautiiil," was displaying his motor- booU, that resemble small automobiles. They are fifteen inched long, attached to high boot and each have four ruhlicr-tlred wils eight Inches in diameter and the accumula tors are inrrld In tlie Kelt. They trans mit by wires one and one-fourth home power to each motor that run at range of seed from six to thirty-six miles an hour, These boot weigh each sixteen pounds, but as the fet-t are not lifted up the weight does not matter. A Missouri young man went to Kan sas to work on a farm, attractted by an announcement ttliat an 'eight hour' day would lie obeerved. He says he learned that whi is meant by 'eight hour' day in Kansas is eight hours' work before noon and eight hours' work after noon. Th Morning Astoria n, 65c a month. 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