THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL'
18
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19 1921.
POPTT.AND. OREGON.
BOND COMPANY 10
PAY FOR REPAIRS
ON WEAK SEWERS
The Fidelity and Deposit j Company
of Maryland will pay for taking up
and reconstructing all sewer work
Improperly constructed by A. Y, Azar
& Co., thus eliminating th0 possibil
ity of litigation over the faulty sewer
work of Azar's recently disclosed in
an investigation made by j Commis
sioner of Public "Works Hairbur.
The "estimated cost of putting the
newly constructed sewers in proper con
dition is approximately J10,jl)00, while
the city is holding up payments on Azar
contracts to the amount of $46,841 ;
therefore, the bor.d company! deems it ,
wise to pay the cost of perfecting Azars '
: faulty work and collecting the differ-j
ence or $3S,841, ratner man 10 contest
in the courts for the amount cjlalmed by
" Azar on faulty workl Azar (attempted
to engrave the services ' of a prominent
Portland, attorney to prevent the city
from compelling him to makej his work
pood', but the lawyer declined to take
the case, later stating that 'Azar had
no ground for hts 'contention as had
been proved in the higher courts on birp
iiar cases."
CommiHsioner A. K Barbur, City En
gineer Iaurgaard, City Attorney Frank
S. Grant, A. Y. Azar and (Frank K.
Smith, attorney for the bond company,
hld a conference in Commissioner Liar
bur's office Monday, and the agreement
"of "the bond company to make good the
faulty sewer work resulted from that
conference, Barbur stated Ti esday.
;The Minnesota and Ainsworh avenue
trunk tiewer and the Mississfippi-Ains-worth
s'ewer were the two important
i-Ontracts which Azar attempted. to de
liver to the city in faulty condition.
Assistant City Kngineer Orin Stanley
was suspended for 30 days and Inspector
W. Ai McQuiggau was discharged as a
result of Azar' sewer contract disclosures.
Work on unearthing and reconstruct
ing the Azar contract sewers will start
at once under close inspection of the
city engineer's office and wili be com
pleted as early as possible. Commission
er Barbur announced Tuesday evening.
"And any other faulty sewer work dis
covered in the city, by " any contractor,
wiU be similarly treated at trie expense
of the contractor or his bondsmen," lie
added. I
Al Kader : Temple
Prepares for Class
Initiation and Ball
' i .
A short business session of Al Kader
Temple, Mystic Snrirje. will be held at 1
o'clock Saturday afternoon in the armory
and an hour, later members of the Shrine
will begin "working"j on a large class of
candidates. A total of 163 applications
were acted on favorably at the meeting
Tuesday night and the special gathering
of next Saturday was set by Potentate
Frank S. Grant because many additional
applications are expected from among
those who are taking degrees at present
which will make them eligible.
The grand formal ball in honor of the
potentate will be held Thursday night in
The Auditorium and Herman Von Bor
stel, chairman of the entertainment com
mittee, declares, that it will be the most
elaborate affair ever held in Portland.
Dancing will start at 8;30 o'clock and
several special features will be added to
the regular program. ;
Hot Iake Arrivals
,Hot Lake, Jan. 19. Arrivals at Hot
Lake sanatorium Sunday were: G. H.
Henderson, New Home, Idaho : F. S.
Bramwell, Grants Pass.". L. H. Bram
well, Thelma M. Decterling and Mrs. C.
Harding Scott, LaGrande ; S. M. Daniel,
Wallace, Idaho; Mrs. S. D. Crowe and
Mamie Geary, LaGrande ; Dr. and Mrs.
R. J.- Ruckman" and George Ruckman,
Alicel; E. H. Pratt, Haines; Mrs. G. T.
Wardrips, Weteer. Idaho; Mrs. C. L.
Allen,! Lostine ; T. Goshimunr and Mrs.
J. Smith, Pendleton.
LAKE DAMMING
PERMITS WANTED;
CAMPERS AROUSED
Many to Attend Camp
University of Oregon, Eugene, Jan. 19.
A half hundred university students
will attend R. O. T. C. summer camps
if present plans of Major R. C Baird
carry.
Whether mountain lakes of the
Northwest are most valuable for rec
reation or for waterpower is a
question cenfronting the office of
the district engineer of th. United
States forest service, who is receiv
ing scores of applications for inves
tigation and recommendation to the
federal water power commission.::
At Spirit lake, at' the base of Mount
St. Helens, the damming of the outlet
would raise the water 40 feet and work
havoc with the Y. M. C. A. camp and
to the numerous summer homes bor
dering its shore. Application for per
mit for such damming is oh file.
In Oregon, permits are desired for
damming Diamond lake, for whose in
clusion in Crater Lake park a bill is
now pending:in congress; Waldo lake,
one of the most beautiful bodies' of
water in the Cascade mountains, and
numerous other lakes that the proposed
Skyline road iwill touch.
P. II. Dater, district engineer, is of
the opinion that. Diamond lake should
not be used purely for recreation, since
the Umpqua : river, which it feeds, is
one of the greatest water power sources
in the state. He believes, also, that
while the damming would hurt Diamond
lake from a recreational standpoint, it
would not spoil it, since the water would
not be drawn until September when the
vacation season would be over.
Washington resort lakes threatened
by promoters are Lake Crescent and
Lake Chelan, principally.
Yakima Has Second
Big Blaze of Year
Yakima, Wash., Jan. 19. Explosion of
a stove In the Golden Rule clothing store
on Yakima avenue Tuesday evening
caused a fire that resulted in losses ag
gregating $50,000. The clothing stock,
valued at $20,000, is a total loss. Fire
swept through the building, a one story
brick, wrecking the barber shop of Clar
ence Shaw, and the Rotary bakery, with
stock and fixtures valued at $7500. This
is Yakima's second large fire of the
year. Losses of the two aggregate more
than $100,000.
Board of Health b
3e Given Moonshine
To Test for Toxics
of health
hiskey so
District Attorney Evans has notified
the police that he has no objection to
their giving the state board
email camples of moonshine w
the board may Investigate its toxic qual
ities, and the tests probably will begin
in the near future. j
The board decided to investigate the
moonshine situation in connection with a
statewide survey of the effects of prohi
bition, following reports that many fam
ilies In Portland and in other cities were
operating small b til Is.
Members of the board of health de
clare that the practice Is dangerous, in
asmuch as improper selection of the
grain for distillation, and Improper
methods of distillation, frequently re
sult in the production of methyl alcohol,
which is acutely, poisonous, hi. the dis
tillate. Portland Kealtors
Will Include Cpa
In Pleasure jaunt
A visit to Cuba will feature the sight
seeing trip of members of the Portland
Realty board who went eastl the first
week in January to attend a meeting
of the executive committee of the Na
tional Association of Real Estate Boards
at Atlanta. Members of the piarty from
Portland are Coe A. McKenha, presi
dent of the local board ; Fred E. Taylor,
president of the national association
and Mrs. Taylor. j
A telegram received today from Mc
Kenna announced that the 23i0 realtors
who attended the Atlanta meeting were
journeying from there to the least coast
of Florida. More than 80 cit!ies of the
United States and Canada re repre
sented among the delegates and the en
tire party proposes to make tflie trip to
Cuba and the Isle of Pines. The. realty
market of the Eastern states lis rapidly
recovering from the effects of the re
cent industrial slump, according b Mc
Kenna. 1
Caples Tract Held
Triflenadequate
- For James John High
Site for the- new James John high
school was still "in the air" after lengthy
discussion of school directors Tuesday
mght. , The Caples tract, which has been
supported by large delegations of St
Johns residents at various meetings, is
I considered a trifle too small tj meet the
growing needs of the community, and
the trend of opinion is now turnine
toward the Burt-Neff and Cedar park
tracts, farther from the industrial center
of the city, and containing larger acre
age, j
Newton C Gauntt, contractor, has of
' fered to erect a 28 room fireproof build
ing on the Hawthorne-Buckmin site for
$196,000. or a 16 room fireproof building
for $120,000. Gauntt will meet with
Clerk R. H. Thomas and Superintendent
of Properties George Edmondstone today
to present his, plans.
Boy Scouts Ready
To Do Good Turns;
PI an Anniversary
The Boy Scouts' organisation of
America will be n years old February 8
and in celebration all councils will put
on a week's program, beginning Febru
ary 6, which will be Scout Sunday, to
be specially observed in the churches A
father and son banquet will be the fea
ture of- Monday. On Tuesday every
scout will be expected to do ajbig "good
turn" for his mother. Wednesday will
be recruiting day. Thursday Will be the
day of cummunity good turns! On Fri
days evening there will be a Scout rally
at Lincoln high school. A program of
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9:15 to 5:45
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Railroad Building
Near Willamina Is
Practically Halted
. Willamina, Or., Jan. 19. Railroad con
struction , on the Willamina & Grand
Ronde line is practically at a standstill.
Wages have been cut and practically all
of the working force has beert let out.
Nearly all mills are Closed down and op
eration of the clay pit of the Willamina
Brick & Tile company . ha! been suspended.
The Willamina library has been dis
continued because, of lack of housing
facilities due to the demand for office
room here. The circulation had increased
steadily. .v '
Moiunouth House Burned
Monmouth. 13 an. 19. -A vacant two
story furnished dwelling, owned by John
Stevens, was destroyed by fire Tuesday.
The- property was Valued at $3000 and
was Insured. ''.
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r on sale to
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JOHN M. SCOTT
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Portland. Oregon
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