THE , OREGON - DAILY JOURNAL; PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 9, 1903.
GIVES
HiS FINAL
IB
"No city can afford, or should "How
Itself to be driven Into a position wnero
It can b taken by the throat and forced
to accept terms of unjust capitulation,
and I call upon you aa the representa
tive, of the people to take the necessary
step to free them from the strangle
- hold which is attempted to be fastened
upon them in this instance. .
In a letter to the council made public
today Mayor Lane In these words calls
upon that body to take steps toward the
municinal distribution
system for city lighting. d declares
that if the contemplated 1 Rhtinr con
tract with the Portland Railway. Light
a Power company is entered into
he will repudiate all responsibility for
the perpetuation oi sucn an inju
thS.?i that te properly light
thestreets will cost the city at the rate
now charged izuo.uuu a fr' " --v -that
a distribution plant can be built
for tS50,900 and asks the council as a
preliminary step towards securing this
to repeal the ordinance authorising a
five-year contract whu m
Following is the letter In full;
Ttzt of the Xessag.
T th. TlnnnrahlA fltV Council:
lubmit herewith for your consideration
the report of the Executive Board upon
ikl to it bv the Portland
Railway, Light A Power company for
public jigntmg Jr mo
years beginning January, 1809.
"An ordinance was passed by your
tionorable body In April, 190S, authoris
ing the members of the executive, board
to enter into such a contract, and acting
In conformity with the provisions of
that measure tney nave iwicn uvci
tised for tenders for such service, and
each time have received but a single
bid which was submitted by the same
company. . '
. "From what Information they are
Rble to obtnln relating U the subject,
the pries asked (J5.30 per month) for
each arc lamp is, under the circum
stances, In excess of what the city
, should, or can afford to pay. The terms
'offered are sucn also mat , ma cny win
'be confined to a distance of 600 feet
I In making extensions of the service,
while undef the old contract at present
operative, such extensions were made
bv the lighting: company up to 1200 feet,
; free of cost to. the .city,
t. ' ' o Trivial Matter.
"While the sum of 15.30 per month
for each arc lamp may not appear upon
its face to be an excessive amount to
fiay for such service, not even to be an
ncrease over the preaent rate paid by the
city and the curtailment of extensions
allowed the city may also seem to be a
trivial matter, the fact must not be
overlooked that under the terms-of the
tender, it will have to pay that sum for
a lamp which consumes less than three
hundred kilowatts of electric current at
its terminals, at Its best. The specifi
cations of the bid are also drawn In
such a manner that they are hot defi
nite and under them the contracting
company is left at liberty to vary the
amount of electric current supplied to
the city at its own sweet will if it
chooses to do so. . -"
"Under the contract of 1903 the speci
fications called for the definitely epecl-
neu Muauuiy ax nvv Kuowaiis oz elec
tric current at arc lamp terminals, for
wnicn me city paia is.ju. we are now
asked to pay that sura for a lamp us
ing 200 kilowatts less of current, a
raise In price of over, 40 per cent for
cur lighting service. ' . .- ,';
Where City Zs Hit.
"A further increase in the cost of
the service will be entailed by the fact
that hereafter all extensions of over
(00 feet will have to be paid for by
the city, and they will amount to a
goodly sum each year.
' "Under the terms of the tender, if it
Is accepted, it will cost the city not
less than $500,000 a year to light It
self with anything like an adequate
service, and If It is properly lighted Jt
will cost more.
r "The cost of producing electrio cur
rent and the cost of the operation of
electrio arc lamps has materially de
creased during the past five years, yet
despite these facts the city is being
Si a b k4 is Ta v sk n 1 nnrai aa1 wwi sta as
such service
"I therefore ask that you repeal the
ordinance authorising this contract as
the first step preliminary to the in
stallation of a distribution system to
be owned by the people. Such a sys
tem will not cost to exceed tI50,00i)
and one in possession of it the city
can buy its light, electrio or otherwise.
In competition, at a price much below
the one now being asked, and In addi
tion It will soon save enough on Its
Investment to pay for its outlay in the
installation cf such a system.
"No city can afford or should allow
Itself to be either wheedled or driven
into a position where it can be taken by
the throat and forced to accept unjust
terms of capitulation, and I call upon
you aa the representatives of the peo
ple to take the necessary steps to free
them from the strangle hold which is
attempted to be fastened upon them in
this instance.
"So far as I am concerned, and so
And everything on
the. go.
Don't put off your
buying until by and by
time goes too fast.
' -;l Buy now.
It is to your advantage-
.
Here's everything
that the heart of man or
boy can desire in the
line of dress.
ieS-170 Third Street
ItlSMIICE Mil
CALLED FORGER
Frank Evans Action Par
tially Explained, but a
Warrant Awaits Him.
A warrant has been Issued for the
arrest of Frank Evans, a local and
firominent life insurance agent,, charg
ng him with forgery and the police
are trying to locate him today. Evans,
It IS saiu, lorgea ina name ui Atinur
R.. Greer to promissory note for
JS2.28 and gave the note to his land
lady. Mrs. R. Gee. of IS East Eeventh
street,, in payment for board and room.
It is assorted that Kvang made Mrs.
Gee promise that she would not open
a sealed envelope in wnicn tne rorgea
note was kept for 10 days arter recelv-
in It. tuus privine; mm oinpie nmn io
leave the city, but that the landlady
became suspicious and opened tne en
velope and discovered the forgery.
At the office of the National Life In
surance company, in the Marquara build
ing, where Evans is employed, it Is ex
plained that Arthur K. Greer had ap
plied for a life insurance policy re
cently, and that he did elgn the note in
payment of his premium, which was not
turned over to the company, but to Mra
Gee by Evans, who acted as the agent
of the company. The note was not
good, they say, because Greer's policy
has not yet been granted and sent . to
Portland from the company's office in
the east
It is denied that Evans Is mixed up in
any crooked deal, and alleged that be
was seen by. one of the other agents of
the company in town last night, thus
contradicting the assertion that he had
left tpvrn to avoid the authorlies.
SCORII ADVICE
OF KELLAHER
Against the protest of Councilman
Kellaher who declared that the Denny
Renton Clay company of Seattle . w
making arrangements to dispose of somo
of its second or third quality paving
brick In Portland, the council this
morning adopted a resolution rescinding
proceedings in tne matter or improving
Fourth street between Burnside and
Gllsan with vitrified brick. The object
of this is to clear the way for the In
troduction of a new petition by tho
brick company, which wants the specl-
licauons prepareu py tne city, engineer
changed so that a layer of sand and
cement can be laid between the con
crete base and the paving surface.
By allowing this intermediate layer
Councilman Kellaher says the council
is making it easy for the Seattle com
pany to use a lot of odds and ends of
brick. II the brick had to be placed
on the hard cement instead or in the
f'telding sajid and mortar a. uniformity
n their , construction would be neces
sary.
far as it Is In my power to do so. I
shall wash my hands from any respon
sibility for the injustice which .will be
done to .the city If this contract Is en
tered Into. Respectfully,
. "harry lane. Mayor."
EEEIGHT OFFICIALS
MEET IN SECRET
An important meeting of freight of
ficials of the Pacific coast railroads
And steamship companies is being held
today in the offices of R. B. Miller,
f general freight agent of the Harrlman
Ines.
Although no information concerning
the nature of the subjects -to be dis
cussed will be given out by those tak
ing part. It is known that Archibald
Gray, assistant general freight agent of
the Great Northern, has received in
structions to report back the results to
Louis W. Hill, president of the Great
Northern, at Tacoma this evening.
Those who are In attendance include
Mr, Gray for the Great Northern. Hen
ry Blakelv, general western freight
agent of the Northern Pacific; G. I
Blair, general rreignt agent or tne can
Francisco & Portland Steamship corn
nan v: R. P. Bchwerin. general manager
of the Harrlman steamship lines for the
Pacific coast and the orient; R. B. Mill
er, general freight agent for the Harrl
man lines in Oregon, ana w. u. bKinner,
assistant general freight agent of the
O. R. & N.
President Hill of the Great Northern
is in Tacoma today and President Fran
cis B. Clark of the North Bank has
been with him In Seattle and Tacoma
for the past two days. Mr. Clark la
expected oack this afternoon or tonight,
and it Is believed that Mr. Hill will
come to Portland in the next day or
two, DPtore leaving lor bl. raui.
HOLY K0LLEBS IN
A GORY BATTLE
tCnltwi Prr Leased Wire.
Kansas City. Mo.. Dec. 9. Shoutinr
that he will live to kill, more police
men end aerying those about mm in
spite of the terrible wounds he sus
tained. Louis Psait. the "Elijah III." of
the "Holy Rollers. In raving today aa
the result of. a pistol battle last night
In which two persona were killed and
three probably fatally hurt
John Sharp, the self-styled "Adam
God," has not ben captured. Several
members of the sect have disappeared,
and it is believed they have Joined
Sharp, who Is extected to resist i ntuh-
borly If found by the police. There
is little hope for the recovery of Pa
trolman Mullaney or Sergeant Clarke.
Tha trouble started when Prntuitinn
Officer Holt endeavored to take charge
of some children in the possession of
the "Holy Rollers." who were conduct
ing a street meeting.
Mrs. Pratt and her daughter. Mary,
who were trying to escape across the
Missouri river when the police fired
and killed Lolla Pratt, sister of Mary,
in interviews today denounced the po
lice as serpents. They referred to their
experiences In Canada and said the po
lice there attempted to interfere with
their meetings but declared hey were
victorious ovr the representatives of
the law. Mary declared hpr sister
"died for God" and said neither she nor
her mothxr had shed a tear for her.
PAY LAST TRIBUTE TO
CHINESE MASON
Preceded 'by an American, band play-ina-
a dirsre. and accomnanlhi hv (
beating or gongs and the screeching of
their weird musical Instruments, the
body of Chow Ylt, a prominent resident
of Chinatown who died last Monday,
was this afternoon borne to the crave
in Lone Fir cemetery. A lone line of
carriages followed, each decorated with
reo paper, streamers inscribed with
Chinese characters.
Chow Tit was one of the most Prom
inent CMhfse of the coast, and was a
hirh Mason; being arrand master of the
Chinese Free Masons of San Francisco,
although, his residence was in Portland,
at second street. . ..
ITURN FROM APPLE
SHOW AT SPOKANE
II. K. Adams, general freight and pas
senger agent of tbe North Bank road,
has returned from the National . Apple
show at Spokane. William McMurrsy,
general passenger agent of the Harrl
man lines, will be back, tomorrow from
Spokane, and A. C Jackson, advertising
agent for the Harrlman lines, will be in
western w&smngion unui tne las i 'Oi
the week. . - ;. .- .. ..
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John
Young.
Two contending forces are at work in
Portland today, one seeking the reten
tion of John Mlnto as postmaster, the
other for the ratification of the nomi
nation of John C. Young by the presi
dent at the instance of Senator Bourne.
r. Friends of Postmaster Mlnto are busy
sending telegrams to Senator Fulton
protesting against the appointment of
Mr. Young and urging him to attempt
to secure the reappointment of Mr.
Minto. Business men and political
friends of tho present postmaster are
voluntarily Interesting themselves in the
matter and are preparing to make a
united effort to have the nomination of
Young set aside.
On the other hand, W. E. Williamson,
who has been mentioned aa a possible
assistant postmaster under Young, is
making a canvass of the business and
commercial organizations seeking to en
list their support in the cause' of
Bourne's appointee.
The attack on Young is confined to
political lines. He is being held up em
a Populist and a man of Bryanistlc ten
dencies rather than as an orthodox Re
publican who has been 'regular, if not
always, at least for years. One of the
principal arguments being urged against
him. Is his recent advent in Portland, It
being called to mind that he was a
resident of Baker City in 1906. he hay
ing come to Portland from that place
to help in the management of the Bourne
campaign. Until about a year ago
Young lived at the Imperial hotel, and
it was after" that that his family came
to Portland.
One of Senator Fulton's trump cards,
however, is the letter which Young wrote
and which was published in the Ore
gon lan of May 9 of this year in which
Young attacked Taft, prophesying that
If Taft were to be nominated, he would
be defeated by Bryan. Senator Fulton
is using this letter and it is the belief
of many that should the senior senator
be able to hold up the nomination of
Young in the senate until after the In
auguration of President-elect Taft
one of the first acts of tbe new adminis
tration would be to recall his name as
a punishment for having written the
letter.
TAP GENERAL FUNDS
TO PAY THE COSTS
After an hour's discussion the council
this morning, by a vote of 14 to 1, de
termined to appropriate money from the
general fund for the Improvement of
East Stark street between East Twen
tieth and East Twenty-seventh streets.
Councilman Cottel wanted to refer again
to the street committee. Councilmen
Kellaher and Bennett insisted that the
improvement be decided at once in the
council.
"Don't let us beat around the bush
any longer," said Mr. Kellaher, "but let
every man come out from under and
back his opinion with his vote."
President Blgelow of the East Side
Business Men's club was given the priv
ilege of the floor and he assured the
council that public sentiment on tho
east side of the river demanded that
the street be surfaced at once. Coun
cilman Vaugbn was the only one to
vote against the ordinance appropriating
tbe money from the general fund.
ALTHOUGH WEI),
WILL NOT MARRY
Municipal Judge John Van Zante re
turned to the police court this morning
to resume the work which has been verv
capably handled by Judge E. B. Seabrook
during the absence of the magistrate
while on his honeymoon. Although
Judge Van Zante has been married
nearly two weeks, he still maintains
that he will not act as the binder of
nuptial, knota In any cases. He ntates
that he is not a preacher, and believes
that marriages should be performed by
ministers and not by justices of the
peace.
A minister officiated in KIs case, he
says, and he Js willing to let them offi
ciate in others.
HALSAY PAVEMENT
FIGHT ENDS TODAY
The struggle, of the Hassam and
Warren construction companies to se
cure the contract for paving Halsey and
Hassalo streets occupied tho closing
hour of the morning session of the
council, and was only interrupted by a
tnotior. for adjournment made by one
of the hunger-urged- solona. The fla-ht
U again on this afternoon. "
Merely the
Suspicion
' ' That coffee causes
one's aches and ills is
good reason for a
change "to
POSTUM
"TherVt a ReasoaM
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TLlflli JOHIISOli
: FACES II JURY
Holock's Slayer on Trial for
. Murder Son Alleged
Accomplice. '
Matt Johnson and" John Johnson,
father and son, this morning want on
trial for their lives In Judge Cleland's
department of the circuit court Matt
Johnson killed F. J. Holoclc by shoot
ins- him on the night of September 11.
and the younger Johnson procured, the
gun with which tne snooting was aone.
The jury was secured with little dif
ficulty thfs moraine although six per.
emptory challenges were used by the
defense. Deputy District Attorney
Fitzgerald is In charge or the prose
cution, while John A. jertrey ana a
Ambrose appear for the. defendants.
The following eompose the Jury;
Jury to Try Johnson. - r-
V. W rjardner. M. Kroncnbere. W. H.
Brown, J. W. Caldwell, Robert Service,
A. J. Fanno, It. F. Crawrord, xneo
Bruggerr B.' I - Dix-on. J. L Yarnell,
Vr.H e -Kntr und H. Q. Chickerlng.
Am mtmA bv Denutv Attorney Fits-
gerald in his opening address to the
Jury this afternoon, tne killing of Hol
ock was a deliberate murder, without
anv shadow of ground for tbe claim of
self-defense that wtll oe maae on De
half of the defendants. The older John
son Is the chief figure In the affair and
the . one wno am tne nciuaa iouvuui,
hut th state hones- to convict John
.Tnhnann in anma decree because he ran
and brought tne gun tnai nia iunr
used.
The killing was the result of a bar
room difficultv and the efforts of an
outsider to act as peacemaker. Holock
was the peacemaker, according to tne
theory of the state.
OFFICER RESENTS
fISULT TO WIFE
That mashers galore are thronging
the principal streets of Portland at all
hours of the day and evening is the
substance of reports of patrolmen who
cover the downtown beats. Those who
patrol Washington and Morrison streets
from First to Tenth and anywhere in
that vicinity, taking in the central por
tion or tne city, say mat compmum oy
the score, have been made to them by
frisrhtennd and aherv wemen who point
out men who have been following them,
making insulting remarks.
That nn woman is safe from the at
tacks of these men even in broad day
light Is the assertion of Patrolman
Adams, whose beat takes in the heart
of the city.
Aoooated Policeman's Wife.
A treat mirav womeit" he says, have
asked him to make men stop following
thenr Frequently the masher would be
only a few feet behind a woman when
she would address a policeman, where
upon the pursuer would turn in the op
posite direction and get away. One of
the most persistent of these mashers
is a Greek, the officers say, who has
been kftown to follow any number of
women and even went so far as to
take the arm of the wife of a patrol
man as she walked up Washington
street yesterday. '
When, the officer came home last
evening his wife told hira of tne oc
currence and-, pointed out the Greek
standing In front of their house. The
patrolman -proceeded lnto the street
where ha met the Greek and before
placing him under arrest; kicked and
oeai mm uaiu uvwbseu iiu hiuiuj, jw
then escorted the whimpering and
crying masher to the city jail where a
charge of disorderly conduct was placed
against him.
Offered Bribe to Offloer.
The Greek gave his name as Crlstos
Zepos. He was arraigned in -the police
court this morning, but asked to have
an attorney appointed to defend jMm
ana was given until tomorrow to enter
plea.
On the way to the station the Greek
ffered the officer ii if he would let
him go, and it is probable that an addi
tional charge of attempting to bribe an
officer will' be placed against htm.
Anotner case is tnat or a man wno
gave his name as Frank Hale. He was
standing, on a prominent street corner
yesterday In an intoxicated condition
swearing and making remarks to women
wno passed by. He was arrested and
sentenced to serve 80 days in Jallby
Police Judge Van Zante this morning.
TEll WHY LAW
IS
Aa the result of the recent decision
by the supreme -court In the vehicle
tax caae. the council will have to pass
an ordinance prescribing different con
ditions from those that obtain under
the legislative act of 1907 upon which
the decision was based.
Hereafter any emergency ordinance
hich must take immediate effect on
paw satra bv reason of uraent necessity
tor securing public saiety or lor other
Dreaslnsr reasons, must have attached
clauses which specify explicitly why the
ordinance is passed and must be ap
proved by a three fourths vote of the
council and by the mayor.
Such la the substance of an onlnlon
to the council this morning. The city
attorney says he is preparing an ordin
ance wnicn will enable the city to avoid
the necessity of waiting 80 days after
the passage of ordinances for the pur
pose of giving the people a chance to
invoke the referendum. He Is also filing
a petition for a rehearing of. the veblclo
iai case, out until ne naa ootainea mis
he thinks it unwise for the council to
ignore the decision of the supreme court,
even In cases of emergency.
HALE CHAIRMAN
SENATE CAUCUS
(United Prms Leased Wire.)
Washington. Dec 9. At the senate
caucus of Republicans today Senator
Hale was elected chairman, which vir
tually makes him majority leader.
The session of the senate was delured
with reports handed down by Vice Pres
ident Fairbanks. They Included the re
ports of the, printing office, the secre
tary of the senate, the department of
agriculture and the treasury depart-'
ment. A mass of petitions followed
the admission of reports. Senator
Money of Mississippi then presented the
credentials of Senator Williams of that
state, who took his seat.
OREGON CORN STALKS '
SIXTEEN FEET HIGH
Some stalks of corn 19 feet, ft Inches
high, have -been received at the Chamber
of Commerce from Reeder's Landing,
Oregon, as samples of what- Oregon
ran do in the corn line. The stalks all
bear Marge And perfect ears of corn.
7 Held to Grand Jury. .
foreman of a contractor's gang on- the
Nnrth Rltnlr rinsA silil wfcA la .kr..
with larceny by embesslement, was
oouna over to tne grand jury uy police
r uu rati. inin moruins;. tits
bonds were fixed at $1600. It is charged
mat nariow converted to his own use
$19 of bis employers' money.
IMPERATIVE
r
CITIZENS TO
FIGHT FOR
HEALTH
niaaruated with the ceanut politics
that lias prevented tne city : council
from taklnar action towards securing
a suitable garbage crematory for Port
land, 8. H. Gruber, chairman of the mu
nicipal affairs committee of tbe Cham
ber of Commerce, has called a public
meeting for discussion or the crematory
problem. It will be held in the audi
torium of the Chamber of .Commerce at
4 o clock this afternoon.
According to Mr. Gruber conditions at
the crematory will present a grave dan
ger with tne approacn or spring, 'inou
sands of rats find a feeding place on
the crematory dump, and when warm
weather arrives will form a menace
from bubonic plague. The gravity of
the situation can be understood when it
Is stated that not half of tbe garbage
can be disposed of under present condi
tions. -
"Matters out at the crematory are tn
such a .state that the municipal affairs
committee of the Chamber of Commerce
i going to take a hand and see what it
can do,' said Mr. Gruber this morning.
"I live out pear the Good Samaritan
hospital, and there are days when the
odor of -decaying garbage from the
crematory Is so vile that we can scarce
ly endure it. others in tnat portion oi
the city are suffering the same Incon
venience, , i ;
Breeding Place for Bats.
X.T 1 1 K wn.t. 'than . V. b . (..ni.n.r t.
the fact that the dumn which the limit
ed capacity of the present crematory has
made necessary, is the breeding place
and feeding place for myriads of rats.
San Francisco has spent thousands of
dollars in tho past year to exterminate
her rats and here we keen a nlace to
feed ours. With the approach of the
plague season it looks as though we
might save the cost " erTfiSsw crematory
several times over by building one be-
iore summer. r
"According to the figures furnished
me the crematory can dispose of 26
tons of garbage a day. or 36 tons under
forced draught. In the summer months
tne dally garbage amounts to about 75
tons and In the wlnjter from 60 to 80
tons. Tho part that can't be burned
must be thrown on the dump to rot.
"So far there seems to be no one In
the council with backbone enough to get
the crematory proposition through. The
Chamber of Commerce will try to in
terest the business men, however, and
see what can be done to get a crematory
oeiore next summer
City Officials to Help.
Dr. Pohl, city health officer, the cre
matory officials and a dosen others in
terested In the crematory, will be pres
ent at the meeting this afternoon and
endeavor to furnish figures that will
convince everyone the crematory should
be built without more delay. .
"If for no other reason than that of
economy, . the crematory should be
built at once," said Dr. Pohl, "because
it is costing us 11.50 a ton now to
burn our garbage, and it ought only
to cost 40) cents a ton. There is no
use putting a crematory on the out
skirts of the city, however. To haul
the garbage from every section across
town will not only be difficult and of
fensive, but will be expensive. So far
petty ward politics has prevented the
council from taking action on the cre
matory. -
"We have offered them proof that a
suitable building would have no of
fense, no matter where it was located,
but so far they have successfully
blocked all action. I will attend this
afternoon's meeting, however, and do
what I cn to further the matter."
Concrete barges, built for the Italian
government, have proven so success
ful that many more were ordered recently.
1 Jl ami (S3 u
A Smile All the While
is the expression of enjoyment of those only in good health.
You have never seen an ailing person smile the
smile that means a smile.
young
; Cures Biliousness. Sick
Headache, Sour Stom-
ach, Torpid Liver and
C h r o n i c Constipation.
J Pleasant to take
hcecah
HOT BE ENFORCED
City Attorney Says Giartcr
Amendment Is fteessary
Regarding Pavements.
-"The navlnar maintenance - tax ckfl
only be abolished by charter . amend
ment. Under the law the city can not
make the companies maintain the
streets put down by them. The city is
oDiigea to pay ror the repair or streets,
2 cents a square yard, and this money
must come out of the repair fund which
is contributed by arelferal taxation and
not by property owners directly bene
fitted by the Improvements Involved.
"If the practice is continued a very
heavy burden will be placed on the gen
eral taxpayers and presently the repair
iuna win oe aepietea without any avail
able means of replenishing It."
The foreKOinar la an enltome of the
important opinion transmitted to the
council this .morning by City Attorney
navanaugn. 'i ne opinion was asked
for by the street committee at a re
cent meeting. Councilman Kellaher hav
ing startea a crusade for the abolition
of the maintenance clause In the street
paving contracts; -
Mr. Kavanaugh points out that -the
courts have held in. several instances
that if a street contract is let with a
clause providing for maintenance by
the company constructing the pavement
tfle property -owner benefited by the
street is Indirectly required to pay for
tne maintenance, Decause tne com
pany includes the cost of repair in its
estimates. 'This Is contrary to char
ter provision, whioh provides that the
cost of maintaining streets' must fall
on the general taxpayers.
BID ON COUNTY
PMIITIIIG now
Believing that the local printing trust
la disorganised to such an extent that
It will be possible to secure really com
petitive bids oa public supplies, the
county commissioners have decided to
call for - bids in the future for county
work. County officers have been re
quested to furnish estimates of the sup
plies that will be needed during the
next six months.
It has been several years since the
county advertised for bids, as It was
found that all bids were the same.
Printing firms were all members of
the Franklin association, commonly
known as the trust, and when the fig
ures were scanned the bids bore such
remarkable likeness to one another It
was considered a waste of funds even
to advertise for bids.
HOYS' FRIENDS TO .
HELP NEW CLUBS
' The Juvenile Improvement associa
tion met last night in the courthouse
and took up various problems relating
to the welfare of th wards of the Ju
venile court and - other children. ' The
matter of playgrounds was discussed
and a committee appointed to redraft
the act passed by the last legislature
providing for the purchase of . play
grounds for the city of Portland. Some
deficiencies in this law appear to make
It unconstitutional. 1
It was decided to revive the Boys'
club liT South Portland, and the initial
expense of the Albina Boys' club was
ordered paid.
Resolutions of regret for the untime
ly death of Ralph B. Fisher, the vice
president of the association, were
passed, and Mra. Harriet -McArthur wasj
elected to fill Mr. Fisher's place.
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IFII THE
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Washington, Dec. . -With Its work
laid -out in four sections, devoted' to
minerals, lands, forests, aid - waters,
the Joint meeting of the National Con
ervatlon commission and the National
Conservation congress - today brought
out many interesting ' facts and - eni-
fhaslzed more clearly than ever before
he need for protection Of the country's
natural wealth. t , '
The morning session of the congress
was devoted to a discussion of mineral
resources. This afternoon the generil
tPlo land. Forests will be con
sidered - tomorrow morning and waters
tomorrow afternoon.
The report of the National Conserva
tion commission to President Roosevelt
Was read hv Dnv.rnn. tilnnnVi i. n
Louisiana, It outlined the basis of dis
cussion in the four departments Into
which the work has been divided.
Representative John ftalaeli of Penn
sylvania, chairman of the mineral sec
tion of the commission, made a report
Showing mineral production In the
United States annually exceeds 12,000,
000.000. He said mining supplied 6fi
per cent of the frelaht trafflo of thn
country. Waste "In mining , and the
treatment of mineral anhitimit an
nually in this country was equivalent to
over 1300,000.000 he said. "
Builders waste, Xgnoreiitly.
The report set forth that h tmon
supplies of petroleum, natural rm un.i
high grade phosphate rock could not be
expected to outlast the middle nt thu
Freeent century. He scored the waste
o natural mineral resources in build
ing, engineering arid other forms of con
struction; the wasteful methods of min
ing and preparing mineral for the mar?
kets; the excessive use of structural
material because of Ignorance of It
strength and durability; waste caused
by fires resulting from thn inflammnhia
charaster of building construction; the
Inadequate building laws and the non
enforcement of laws that Io uint.
The report of the section on lands
showed that an Inventory of the natural
resources demonstrated that the soli
of the United States as a ' whole was
not diminishing but rather in moat parts
of the country, if it was not actually
faining, it was at least holding Its own.
he report declared that the agricul
tural lands would f-oon be required to
irouuee twice as mucn on account of
he nation's Increased demand for food.
It set forth also that such an Increase
was possible If proper methods were
employed.
FISHER'S ESTATE
IS TEN THOUSAND
Ralph B. Fisher, the lawyer who was
murdered by James A. Finch, left an
estate valued at 810,000, as shown by
an estimate contained In a petition for
letters of administration (tied by tha
widow, Mrs. Bertha K. Fisher. Half
the estate conslata of Deraonal nnmertv
and the remaining half is In real estate,
including land in Hood River and Doug
las counties and a lot at Seaside.
The only heirs to the estate are Mrs.
Fisher and her little son. who was born
December 12, 1907. Mrs. Fisher was
appointed administratrix by Judge Web
ster in the county court under pond of
111,000.
Sister Defends P. J. Kiernan.
Nauvoo, 111., Dec. . Sister Mary, sec
retary of St. Mary's academy,., today
gave out a statement In which she de
clares that P. J. Kiernan has done no
wrong in connection with the Fidelity
Funding company and asserts that the
charges that he is responsible for the
failure of the company are false.
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