The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, October 26, 1905, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextOREGON DAILY JOUrHAL. TOUTLAND, 11-J- IDAY HVZiriNG, OCTOr . C3. ICS3. u n Arc a profit sharing premium that are exchangeable for valuable orna- ments for the. home. : j 1. .. .. Lonsdale and Fruit of the Loorn, thc world's standard muslins only ten yards to a customer, 8c. ; " o . n vrm . on M sMMMM Mm Price smites ItD Ell '-. ... t . . Startling but ue. We are so badly overstocked with Cloaks, Suits, Skirts, Waists and Dresses that our second floor is crowded be yond comfort Besides this, we. need the money represented by this surplus.of merchandise,-and so we arc going to stand the' loss has been cutcut decplyhough to move ; the entire stock quickly and surely. p.t?. Ladies' Jackets Made of wool cloaking, 'with half fitted backs, military fronts, collarless neck trimmed wttn velvet and fancy button. lans ana Diues only, sold res JJow. rimmed with velvet and fancy button, 'ans and blues only. Sold fa A AF Chilflrcn's Reefers ; Nicely made of meltons, in blue, gray and red, with wide full berthas all the way round, trimmed with fancy f0 braid and buttons. The regular ryi4& $1.75 values . . . . , .............. fj 0 J Ladies' Tourist Coats Three-quarter length, made of the finest cloakings, with loose back, finished with buckle trimmed belt, collar less neck, patch pockets. Kegular $10 values. Children's Reefers Made of fine meltons in tan, blue and red, with full berthas all around, trimmed with several rows of fancy braids And buttons. : Regular $2.50 values. Special .......... 98c Ladies Rain Coats Made of cravenetted materials,-in Oxford, tan and fancy mixtures, with loose or box pleated backs, fly or double - breasted fronts, collarless and new sleeves. $16.50 values........ r aouoie - Drcastea ..:$10.75 French Flannel Waists' Aid Tricots, in plain or. fancy colors, trimmed with plain or grouped tucks braids and fancy trimmings. '. Worth from $129 to $2.50. Spe-. rial, only. .'. . . . . ..... . ..... . . . roc s Coats Full length; made of gray mixtures, with "double shoulder capes, wide collars and strap backs, trimmed with fancy buttons ana rea piping on cages.. Sizes 6 to 14. $4.85 values ......... . .... . . . . tancy Duttons $2.95 Children's loiig Coats Of brown and blue heavy wool mixtures. made with new sleeves, loose backs with belts or 6hirnng, some tucked backs, vel vet collars and I trimmed with velvet piping. , $5.50 values for,, :a oacxs, vei- $3.50 Neck Furs And scarfs, that represent the salesmen's lines of several of the foremost manu facturers. Being samples they are un usually good. Many styles. Worth twice their present l prices $20 to. ...... ... . . arc un- 78c Children's Dresses Nicely made of plain and fancy mixed goods in : all - neat, pretty styles. The prices vary according to quality and de signs, but all have been reduced W9f to half their former prices. Sizes TaO 6 to 14. $5.50 to....- flO Extra Size Skirts : Not only are all the regular sizes here, but the extra sixes as welt The very long woman will have no trouble finding her iu and neither will the very stout woman, for all sixes SW!!.TS.u$t8S to J6.C0 CONTRAST THESE PRICES ON STANDARD GOODS Wim TDE PRICES YOU'VE BEEN PAYING f THESE ARE SAMPLES OF OUR REGULAR FRIDAY BARGAINS 25c SHIRTS AND DRAWERS 19c Boys medium weight cotton fleece lined ribbed Shirts and Drawers. Worth 25c. 25c VESTS AND PANTS 18o Ladies' Vests and Pants, cotton ribbed, - heavy fleece lined, all sizes. Worth reg ' ' ular 25c ; -:-.".:-'.; -"..' 35c CHILDREN'S UNION SUITS 25c Children's cotton fleece lined ribbed Union '. Suits, sold elsewhere at 35c $1.25 SHIRTS. OR DRAWERSSSc Men's pure wool Shirts or Drawers, in all sizes.. The standard price is $1.25. " . 50c MEN'S UNDERSHIRTS 35c " Men's fine cotton ribbed Undershirts, that have always been sold for 50c. 5c SHIRTING aUCO-3440 Shirting Calico, 27. inches wide, in new de r' signs, tn light or dark grounds. Worth 5c 9c OUTING FLANNEL 65c Outing Flannels,' in new stripe or check patterns on light or dark grounds, worth '. 9 cents. $1.00 MEN'S SHLRTS-48C Men's Stiff or Negligee Shirts, of fine mad . ras or percales, in new patterns, worth $L r 75c VESTS AND PANTSSOc J ' Ladies' Vests or Pants, ribbed, fleece lined, of mixed wool. Worth regular 75c. 25c BOYS : HOSE 19c Boys' "Ironclad" Hose, the brand you know so welL All sizes. Worth .regular 25c. Last Year's Coals For ladies, are very similar to this year's styles. Of course we cut last year; but this season we cut those reduced prices to. . . . . . ......... . ; . . . ; . HALF .PRICE , 50c SHIRTS AND DRAWERS 35c Boys heavy cotton fleece lined ribbed Un-, dershirts and Drawers. .Worth regular 50 cents. :''ryl;:: '-:..' ; 20c MEN'S MERINO HOSE 12c ; Men's fine Merino Socks, in black, gray or tan. Worth regular 20c WHERE SCOTT BLEW HOT HE HOW BLOWS GHILLIIIG COID Mayor Lans Pays His Respects to former Sole Arbiter of . Public Opinion. v"WHOLE TRUTH ABOUT. WATER PIPE CONTRACT Ciarbled Quotations From Charter, . ( Reversal of the Editor's Own Opin ion 'Expressed' While Another -' iayor Was in Office. Thl letter from- Myor Lane, pub lished in the OregonUn. concerning the water pipe contract, la of especial inter est: Portland, Or., Oct 28. To the Editor 'In relation to the matter of acceptance rlthln the past few dajra of bids for .water pipe by the water -board of this City, and your criticism of their action thereon. If you will permit me. I would .like to say that I find much difference of opinion as to the Interpretation of cction,136. page 64; of the city charter which governs the-matter, which reads as follows: "Section 135. No councilman or other ' officer or employe of the city shall be or become directly or Indirectly In terested In or In the performance of any contract for the supply of labor or ma terial to the city, or In the sale of any article, the price or consideration of which Is payable from the city treasury, or in the purchase or lease of any- r-al estate or any other property belopglng or to be taken by the city, or which hall be sold for taxes or assessments or by virtue of legal processes at the suit of the city. And In case any offi cer or employe of the city shall be In terested personally as a promoter ' or stockholder or shareholder In-any firm or corporation In any grant or privilege or franchlso sought by himself or his associate or such firm or corporation from the city of Portland, or any public utility which la sought .to be acquired or duplicated by the city or which Is offered for sale or lease by the city, such officer or employe shall be Inca pacitated to take any part In the nego tiations orproceedlngs connected with the giving or granting of such grant. Drlvllere or franchise, but all such ne gotiations and proceedings and acta as would otherwise be conducted by such officer or- employe shall be conducted and done on behalf of the city of Port land by such officer and employe aa would have done and conducted the same In the absence of such .interested offl cer and employe." , Kayo Williams' rreeedea. The custom of the water board and the former city administration had been to consider that the wording of the sec ond section of this clause allowed such contracts - to be participated In by a member of the board (he at the same time being a stockholder In the company which .submitted the bid), in the event that he did not take part in .the pro ceedlngs, and such bids were all along received and all along accepted and con tracts for'much city work has been done under this ruling. In looking the matter up I find that the late mayor. Judge George H. Wll Hams, an eminent attorney. Investigated the subject and decided If to-be the Cor. Stark and Fifth Streets . Phone Main 499 , , THE ' QUJfUTir STORS ' Rlaltional wine Co. Catawba, Malaga and Wines Tokay , Are the very richest wines for table use, and besides they ..have a tonic effect, being .very strengthening. 'Then, too, they are a splendid refreshment to serve "to afternoon callers. The special prices, for this week do not usually secure wines nearly so rich and finely flavored as these." In fact most stores charge $2.00 for a quality inferior to (Jf f"A K these at, gallon..,. ..V............4)10U Phose cs year orders No charce for delivery right thing -to do and was governed by and acted upon such construction of the clause.- letting large contracts for pipe under It. I find also that the city attor ney filed no protest against that Inter pretaHon of the clause or in any wise polated out thai It was unlawful. I find that Thomas C Devlin, at that time, as now, the auditor of the city, and an ex pert In such matters, found It the right and proper construction of this clause. and to ahow his entire confidence In this Interpretstlrn of It,' drew .and signed warrants for the payment of such claims against the city. ' BcotVs Inconsistency. I find that even you,"' yourself, while a member of the city water board, en tered Into such contracts with a fellow member, -'and the selfsame member of the board for the some kind of pipe for the city's use in Its water system. find, too, that when a contract exactly the same In every particular was en tered Into with the Oregon Iron & Steel company on September IS, 1904, a wee bit over a year ago. that you made ar gument In an editorial In the Oregonlan Indorsing It as the right thing, and the only thing to do. Thus there was legal opinion of high authority emanating rrora a man who had been an attorney general of the . United States, and I member of President Grant's cabinet. for that construction of this clause. of the charter. There was the apparent consent and participation of the able city attorney, and likewise the consent and participation of the expert city auditor. Mr. Thomaa C Devlin, all fully sgreeable and acting upon such construc tion of the city charter. Lastly, there was ybu, until recently, for many years back as most of us rsn remember, the sole arbiter of public opinion In this state, openly Indorsing such construe Uon of the charter, and saying that It was good. This waa the exact state of affairs as I found them when as mayor Investigated the matter for guidance In my conduct. A lawyer's View. Not quite satisfied, however. In my own mind, that It was the right thing to do, yet not wishing to do any act of Injustice to any one, I sought an opin ion from an- attorney- of high standing In this community, and his opinion co incided with that of the gentlemen re ferred to by me, as well as that given by you. and so not wishing, aa I have said, to be unjust. I did - not protest the bid at the time It was submitted. The bid then having been . accepted, right quickly I find that with Williams 'out" and myself as mayor "In," the aspect of the situation and the opinions of yourself and the gentlemen named by . me above (with the exception of Judge Williams, who la now 111, and hasn't been heard from) have changed. nd the proper Interpretation of the clause la quite to the contrary, 'and in this, their last Interpretation, I am quite willing to say that I believe that they are right. At any rate. It looks to the like' the only right way for the city to do its business, whether the charter specifically says so or not. The city's officers should not be .allowed to do business with the city In any guise whatsoever. - ' vt ' ' ' " . riaytag a toa Maad. So far as I am concerned. It quite suits me that the city's affairs should be kept above reproach. ; 'There" Is much of the people's money expended here each year, there Is much for a man acting as mayor to learn of the Ins and outs" of the way. that . money Is ex pended; and for a tlme.lt Is going to devolve upon me to keep" the affairs of the city clean, and come out of this of fice abnre suspicion. If I csn, and I am going to do the best that I can, and all that. I can to arrive at that end, and any kindly advice which any friendly, cltl sen-, or other person, cam give me which win tend to accomplish' such a result, or any hostile criticism which will act aa a warning to steer me clear of shoals, or po'nt to the safe harbor of decent government for this city's affairs dur Ing my administration, is going to be cheerfully welcomed by me. If at any time I occupy a position that is un tenable I will cheerfully change It to the tenable one If it can be pointed out to me. , I quite well understand that I must not allow myself to be governed by any of the precedents which have been act or followed In the admlnlstra, tlon of this city's affairs by the former administration, and that I am to "play a lone hand." with no mercy to be shown unto me or to mine if I make any mis take whatsoever. ' . r . I' - The Weatherooek. That hedged about with every source of reliable Information closed to me, and all help denied,; I must feel my way, and sift a mass of material, "mountain high," to get the grain of truth that lies ooncesled within it. But just the same, I am going to make an effort for such results as will Inure to the benefit of this city, and by the grace of the living God. and the help of the decent people of thts town. I am going to make a success of it if I can.' - For the help. 'then, of your criticisms so far given in this matter, I thank you. for they have helped to open up a ques tion that Is now settled. I bone Anally. and, best or all. settled right. Though you have "blown hot and blown cold' on the same subject at different times. as best suited you, at last you have blown right, and whatever your motives may be, you shall have due credit for It. I have not had. nor do I expect fair treatment at. your hands, for I know your hands, and . for lo, these . many years, have I seen the prints of them as you have made them day by day. A Garbled Quotation. .,. As evidence of your fairness I call your attention to the fact that In your printed quotation rrpm the charter you rave a rendition of onlr the flrat half of the clause, snd for reasons of your own, quite characteristic, omitted any mention or tne last nair or the same, which waa the exact portion upon the Interpretation of which Judge Williams BENBLAIB PLAINSMAN HEADY OCTOBER 21 "fid 'the water board had founded their ruling laaf year. and at the same time no doubt, was the one upon which you baaed your argument when you -Indorsed their action; In so doing this Is one in stance.- There Is another. In an edltornl by you a while back, wherein, you cen sured me for allowing some gamblers, namely, "Doc" Robertson and William Matlock, to escape prosecution, and laid the blame entirely upon me, when as a matter of fact the police who made the arrests were not allowed to have the warrants necessary to mske the arrests the city attorney positively refusing to Issue them. You knew this, for I went to the Oregonlan In person and asked ror a statement to mat errect irorn you, The city attorney, Mr. McNary, also stated to the -Oregonlan that auch were the facts. With utter indifference you allowed the stigma of neglect of duty, so far as you were concerned, to rest unjustly upon my shoulders, and do yet. In my opinion .you are now doing the same thing In respect to this water pipe and the apeclflcatlons for the same. You know that the board must neces sarily be largely governed In its selec tion by the judgment of Its engineer, He IS supposedly an expert In that line they are not; so far as I am concerned. however, as a member of the board. will say that If you or any one else can show that sheet steel is best and cheap est for the city, then sheet steel It will be, though I will have ta.be governed much by the judgment of the engineer In charge of the work. Boost Jabs Standard Specifications. In relation to the statement made by you that the specifications for steel sheet pipe were made onerous In certain requirements regarding "double testa. Inside calking" and "burnishing.' have to say that the specifications were obtained In the east and are what la known as "standard specifications" and are such ss are required on all, work now being done In eastern cities, and in no wise are peculiar or exceptional. you well know. Also you know that the bid of the Martin Pipe company, while It purported to be 11,800 lower than any Other castlron pipe, wss an irregular bid. for the reason that It omitted all of the castings for one thing and put In in exceptional clause for another hlch compelled . tha city to make a final acceptance of every Inch of the rips at Birmingham, Alabama, -which s a long way from here, and is directly in conflict with the specifications of the city, whlch.-raulred its acceptance here. You have not at any time made mention of any of these matters I ft your dl cusslnn of the affair, and that you have not shows plainly that you are not fair, and do not Intend nor -care to be fair. To close I will say that the contract for castlron pipe would, not have been Igned by me (and to tins effect I gave ue notice to those concerned), snd the result would have been exactly what It Is now. whether you had protested the act. as you do now, or Indorsed It. at you did a year ago, when Williams car tied a similar contract to completion. or as you did that other other time when you carried out one like it yourself. Re spectfully, ' Harry lane. XVfcgefable Pre paralionrbr As similating iheFoodandBcgula ling the Stomachs andBoweb of Promotes DigestiooGheerfur nessandRest-Contains neither Opkim.Morphine nor Mineral. Not TiAitc otic. . JBsfw tfOUta-SANUBJVCBXR Aperfecl Remedy forConsUp Hon, Sour Stomach.Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .Feverish ness and Loss or Sleep. FacSinuMi Signature of . NEW YDI?K PMYfiiPfl For Infanta and Children.' The Kind You Havo v Always Bought Bears the Signature -of ' it Mi AW mm,m s a i ; : j: j Uso for Over Thirty Yoars Kill UiiiiL 3 G0RR0TES WON'T. GO V TO LOS ANGELES YET The Igorottes changed ' their mind bout going to Los Angeles on the teamer Roanoke Tuesday, after they had secured their, panaage and checked! their baggage. It was learned that their new home in Loa Angeles, where they were to exhibit for the wlaUr, had not been built. It waa' decided by the nan- gement that they probably would go to Ban Prknclsco to remain until th building at Los Aagelea . la ready I.. them. BANK AND OFFICE RAILING . wse txa am renew : - ' Barbed Wire, Wire and Lawa Fncrn( , , Poultry Netting, Ete. PORTLAND WIRE & IRON MS' aOj FLANDERS ST.. Ntar Third Phone Mala sooo it did1nt hurt a:bit;. h w tin of w swke e -eMt wwfc. We ee work t r- e f eke tty !- ty KvervtMaf Is M oaaars. 11 witn i t- r ---- a .