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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1908)
EIGHT PAGES. DAILY EAST OIUMONIAN, PENBLETON, OlUOGOlf. PAGB EXGsTO. We Are Headquarters for the Famous ECONOMY FRUIT JARS Once Tried, Always Used. Phone Your Order Standard Grocery Co. Court St., Opp. Colden Role PhoneMain 96 0. I 4 II. TO BID DEPOT depot facilities have been and now are under consideration for the aid city of Pendleton, be it hereby Resolved, That the president of the commercial club of the city of Pen dleton appoint a committee of five to confer direct with the railroad company, with the view of obtaining prompt action towards the consum mation of plans leading to the bulld- OOMMERCIAL CLUB Ing of a larger and more commodious TAKES UP THE MATTER - depot at the city of Pendleton, and De it rurtner ! Resolved, That a copy of these res- Will Deal Directly With the Railroad 0iutIons De transmitted to the railroad Official Committee Appointed to commission and to the officials of Confer With General Manage the railroad company. OBHcn - Railway Commission ' . .opted June 30, "Ol. President. Starts the ball to Rolling Under- stood That Plans Are Sow Consideration Under c H MARSH, Secretary. OFF FOR CHINA. ... . .v.. ..!... tnr, nn iho feuevl"K lu" """J ... iZ Charley Bentley. Well Known Chink SUDjeci OI a aepui can ue kvuicu , ., w T dealing directly with the railroad of- Going Hack to Stay. .v.. t,o. r m!,natr.p nf th-' "Charley lientiey, ininese cook hi Commercial association passed a res- the Cunningham company s ranch, U olution yesterday afternoon directing here today and Is en route for China, that the president appoint a commit-. He says he is going back to stay and tee of five to confer with the railroad will not take out a certificate so as people. The committee as selected ' to entitle hjm to return to America if Is composed of President R. Alexan-' he desires. inariey is wen Known 10 many lo cal people, having worked here for years, part of the time for J. M. Bent- 1 ley, and this afternoon he has beea I bidding his friends good bye. der, R. H. Wilcox, Leon Cohen, C. E. Roosevelt and T. C. Taylor. The resolution which was passed was introduced by W. L. Thompson and was as follows: Pendleton, Ore., June 30, 1908. Whereas, the railroad commission of the state of Oregon, have address ed a communication to Railroad Reemploys. Perry Bowman, who was among the district the number of enginers and firemen attorney of Umatilla county, desiring ; layed off by the Northern Pacific at to ascertain the need and desire of j Pasco a few months ago because of the city of Pendleton, Oregon, for lack of business for the engines, has more adequate depot facilities, and received word that his old position Whereas, the commercial interests is open. He accordingly left yester of the city of Pendleton have been ( day for Pasco and will resume his assured informally by the officials of run as fireman between Pasco and the Oregon Railroad & company that "plans for Navigation Spokane, additional! COLDS The very hour-a cold starts Is the time to check it. Don't wait It may become deep-seated and the cure will b harder then. Every hour lost at the start may add days to your suf fering. Take . F & S Cold Capsules Used In time they save all that might follow sickness, worry, x pensei. They never falL Tallman & Co. Leading Druggists. Pastime Parlors COOLEST TLACE IX TOWN. MOL1TOR & O'DAXIEL, Props. Action for Money. Suit to collect $451.45 alleged to be due from Sadie Rust was brought this morning by the Standard Gro cery company. The sum of $90 Is claimed to be due the grocery com pany, while they also have an ac cpunt of 1360.45 transferred to them by the Peoples Warehouse. Messrs. Slater and Hinkle filed the suit. Working for Savings Bank. Douglas Johnson, who has been secretary and bookkeeper for Pendle ton academy during the past year Is now working for the savings depart ment of Pendleton Savings bank and went to Umatilla today In the interest pf that institution. ' Off to Yellowstone. Dr. D. C. McNabb and Harry Grey" of Grey Brothers grocery store, will leave over the O. R. & N. on July 4 for Yellowstone park for a three week's outing. They will go In over the new Harriman line out of Pocatel-lo. Surjrine Party Last Evening. A most agreeable evening was spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Edwards on Tuesday evening when a company of about 25 friends tendered A quiet game, orderly place for a game them a surprise at their new home of Pool, Billiards or Bowling SHOOTIXG GALLERY. Cigars, Tobacco, Confectionery and Soft Drinks. Best Tables In the city. at 301 West High street. Miss Grace Edwards, who has been teaching public school on Basket : mountain during the spring months will return to her home in this city this evening for the summer. City Property for Sale Building lota from 3X 10 Five-room dwelling, one lot $1400.00 Two lots and dwelling, chicken fencing and house $800.00 8even-room dwelling and two lota $2000.00 Five room dwelling, barn and four lota $1500.00 A home in any part of the city. FRANK B. CLOPTON & CO. 1 1 2JE. Court St.. Pendleton, Ore. IN SELECTING YOUR BANK Hive careful attention to the inability of the bank and Its willing new to co-operate with its patrons In the development of their business. Our customers value and "bank on" our wllllngnesa and ability to assist them In every way consistent with safe, sound banking. This makes a satisfactory and profitable arrange ment for the future well-being of both bank and patron. We hall be pleased to have yon open an account with us. Commercial National Bank United States Depository SENDS OPEX LETTER TO CITY' COUNCIL. Offers to Give $100 to a Pendleton Clutrlty If He Cannot Prove Bid of Newport Land & Construction Com ivany Was Lower Hum Tliat of Delta Does Not Ask for Contract But Tliat New Bids Be Called for. In an open letter to the city coun cil Ross Newport, superintendent for the Newport Land & Construction company, offers to give $100 to char ity if he cannot prove that his bid on the levee work was the lowest sub mitted and upon the strength of his claim he asks that the council again ask for bids upon the levee, work. . As the council meets tonight to rat ity the contract with Betts, to whom the contract was awarded by the levee committee, the letter is of Interest and is hereby given In full: A open U tter to the City Council of Pendleton. Gentlemen: Almost two years ago your city advertised several times for bidders for the levee repair work which was badly needed for the pro tection of your city. Xo satisfactory bids were received. It was recognized as a hard job and being late in the season contractors of any ability, re fused to look at It. Late in Septem ber our concern was urged by the chairman of the levee committee to make a price on this work. We re fused to do so at first, but after re peated solicitations on the part of the committee and other prominent citi zens of Pendleton, we madf a proposal which was readily .accepted. We did the work, and whether satisfactory we leave it to any citizen of your town. -Mr. Keisey or loung & Kelsey, en gineers in charge, pronounced it a most satisfactory Job. Several other civil engineers who Inspected the rip rap said they had never seen better. And another matter due your consid eration Is the fact that after the work was completed we were compelled to carry a large sum of our pay In city warrants t'hat we could not negotiate, as your banks were already loaded with such paper. Part of these war rants we held for almost a year be fore we secured the money therefor. Another matter that we desire to call your attention to is the fact that we are a home product. We are a Umatilla county, Hermiston-Pcndleton contracting company, built up at home. We purchase a large part of our supplies of your city merchants. We employed many of your citizens who always got their pay for work performed. We consider our company a credit to the county of Umatilla, as It Is, the largest and best organized contracting concern In the state of Oregon east of Portland today. And we have always been on the square In any contract we have ever undertaken and can refer to such men as W. J. Furnish, and to your street commit tee, about our repairs on Court street which our contract did not require us to do. We gave no guarantee on such work, but we came back and have made an excellent street of East Court at an expense of several hundred dol lars to us, because we always made good on anything we undertake. We have mentioned this to show that our ability and reliability has never been questioned and we could not be turned down on any such ac count Now we will proceed to present the matter of levee bids. There seems to be a great many "holes in the skim mer." We claim that we had the lowest bids on the levee work when the bids were opened on the 24th Inst. Furthermore, we will make this offer, viz.: If we cannot show to any dis interested civil engineer or reliable contractor" that our bid was from one to two thousand dollars lower than any other bid submitted for the entire work we will donate $100 to any charity that the editors of the Tribune and East Oregonlan may select. The bid of our principal competitor was made for riprap 98 cents per square yard. He did not bid on old riprap or new riprap, but Just riprap, and we want to know if there Is any one foolish enough to suppose for a moment that the bid was not Intended to cover all riprap at this price? A little figuring will show the differ ence this little matter makes. Add to 9500 square yards of new riprap 4000 yards of old riprap and you have a total of 13,500 Bquare yards of riprap at his bid of 98 cents per square yard, means $13,230. Now take our bid on 9500 square yards of new riprap at 90 cents, which Is 18550, and 4000 square yards of old riprap at 45 cents, which is $1800, making a total on new and old riprap of $10,350. After the prop er deduction Is made you will find a difference In favor of our bid of $2880. Now we will go a little farther: The specifications In reference to ex cavation says that whenever the ma terial excavated from the trench for the toe wall can be used In the em bankment, within the distance of 100 feet, it will be paid for In excavation only, but Mr. Betts In his bid says plainly that he will make no reduction on account of using gravel In levee from excavation. We make no such reservation but made our bid In ac cordance with the specifications and expected that at least 4000 cubic yards of this material would be put Into the embankment without extra cost to the city. Now suppose you take this 4000 cubic yards and multiply it by his lowest price per yard for excavation or 33 cents you have $1320 which up on being added to the balance already li our favor makes $4200. But we will not stop here. We will now take up the matter of (tone ma sonry. The committee estimates this at 200 cubic yards. Mr. Brink, a re-. liable mason, bid 23 cents per cubic foot, which amounts to $8.21 per cu bic yard. Our "bid was $3.95, which makes a difference of $2.26 in our favor and estimating 200 cubic yards amounts to $442 In favor of our bid, and when added to our previous bal ance makes $4642. Now, while I am not from Missouri, I would, neverthe less, like to be shown how the com mittee could turn down Mr, Brink's bid and allow Mr. Betts to come In a day later and make a bid on stone masonry as they did, as well as bid ding 2 cents per square yard less than our bid on old riprap T There are several matters that need explaining to Mr. Brink and ourselves and the public. We admit that our competitor had a lower bid on em bankment, excavation and toe wall of approximately $1800, but what are you going to do when you deduct $1S00 from $4642 which leaves a bal ance still In our favor as lowest bid der of $2842." Now If we cannot make rood In this matter you can have $100 to be given to a Pendleton charity, ui course If Pendleton Is going to De a dead town and never have any more public work done, and will never need any more bidders on work, it doesn't make any difference how bids are Juggled but If you expect to be a live city and go on with civic improve ments you will need reliable bidders and you will find them wise as to how thinss are done. There Is one other matter that I wish to correct and that Is this: was credited with saying by the paper thnt th reason we did not get a square deal was on account of the ac tive part my father, H. O. Newport, took in the anti-saloon fight in our county. This I did not say, but now I want to say that a good many signs are so plain that those who run may read. Now in conclusion will say that I do not wish to cast reflections on the members of the city council of Pen dleton. I would rather think that they had a misconception of the facts in the case and I believe that after the matter is gone over and things are seen In their proper light they will favor the calling for new bids and In so doing let us all get down to straight forward basis and make bids plain and clear and let the longest pole knock the persimmons. Yours respectfully, H.- ROSS NEWPORT. Supt. Newport L. & C. Co. PRAISE FOR GWIXX. Very Pendleton Banker Spoken of Highly by Boiso Paper. The Boise Capital News says of Montie B. Owinn, president of the Savings bank and also president of the Oregon Bankers' association: Portland papers convey the lnfor matlon that Montie B GwJnn of Pen dleton, has been elected president of the Oregon State Bankers' assocla tion which has just closed Its annual session. This is a high compliment paid to a former citizen of Idaho which will be greatly appreciated by his friends in this state. Yet It comes as no surprise to those who have known that Mr. Gwlnn al ways "makes good" wherever he may be. His Idaho experience and suc cess guaranteed that he would be successful at Pendleton where he has located. Beginning ' in this state years ago in a -modest way, he built up one of the most flourishing business house in the state. He always took a most active Interest In the advancement of the Interests of his community and of the state at large. He was a di rector and stockholder for a number of years In the First National bank at Caldwell and a director and vice president of the Caldwell Banking & Trust company of the same city, two of the best banking Institutions of the state. i i In addition to this Mr. Gwlnn was a stockholder in a number of smaller banks throughout this state and east ern Oregon before leaving Idaho. He successfully managed the best meeting the National Irrigation con gress ever held at its meeting In Boise, has held all the principal offi ces of the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias of this state, having been grand master of the Odd Fellows and grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, besides representing both or ders in their supreme bodies. In short, in every line of activity ever undertaken by him, he has al ways been found sooner or later at the top, and accordingly it comes as no surprise that the bank fraternity of Oregon soon recognized his worfh and honored him with the selection as president of their state association Sold Residence In La Grande. Conductor Charles H. Norrls of the Pendleton-Huntington passenger run on the O. R. & N., has just sold his residence In La Grande for $2400 and will reside permanently In this city. Conductor John O'Connell of the La Grande freight division, -who lost both of his legs under the wheels of his caboose some months ago, was the purchaser. Mr. O'Connell will en gage in business In La Grande. TEA' Why isn't everything moneyback? Everything isn't good enough. Yoor troter return, four own. r If fov dont Bks Scbullnc ', Beit; w pi, hia. In lightweight tuits and serges blue, We have swell clothes to sell to you, No matter if the days be hot, We'll dress you cooly on the spot. By the author of Sunny Jim. June Celebration Prices for 4th ot July Togs. $30.00 suits, June sale $22.50 $25.00 suits, June sale $18.75 $20.00 suits, June sale ..... $15.00 And these are very good suits, tailor made and finish. $16.00 suits, June sal $12.00 $10.00 suits, June sale $7.50 $5.00 suits, June sale ". $3.75 $4.00 suits, June sale $3.00 $3.00 suits. June sale $2.25 And you aaTe. The Pants You Wear $10.00 pants, June sale .... $7.50 $8.00 panta, June sale $G.OO $6.00 pants, June sale $-1.50 $4.00 pants, June sale $3.00 1-4 off All Boys' Suits. Kids Wash Suits Half Off. All your needs in Gent's fine, cool and correct Furnishings. ROOSEVELT'S BOSTON STORE Where You Trade to Save. Railroad Assessments. The state tax commission has fixed the assessed valuation of the three principal railroads of Washington at $111,900,000, being 60 per cent of their value as recently fixed by the commission. Xpw Electric Oirjx't Cleaner. Carpets cleaned without removing them from the floor. Leave order at M. A. Rader furniture store. The machine Is for sale to anyone that wants a good paying business with small capital. It's easy to reach North Beach Take Steamer POTTER from Portland Passengers are now transferred to the railroad at MEGLER, fourteen miles up the Columbia from nwaoo. This eliminates the necessity of steamers waiting for the tide, and Insures a prompt and regular Summer Schedule, The Steamer T. J. POTTER leaves Portland every morning except Saturday and Sunday at 8:30 o'clock.-Saturday only at 2 o'clock P. M. Remember the Summer rate on the O. R. & N. is $13.15 from Pendleton to all North Beach points and return; good until September 30th. North Beach Is a famous, beautiful place the most perfect beach on the hole North Coast. There are accommodations galore at prices to suit all tastes; camping facilities without equal perfect bo thing conditions; nil sorts of a mu Ho rn cuts and diversions. Come, have a good rest and a Jolly time. Lot uft send you our new summer book, and tel 1 you all about NORTH BEACH F. J. &UINLAN, Local Agent PENDLETON, OREGON Wm. McMURRAY General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon. Negligee Shirts for Summer In Madras, Sateen, Soisette, Mohair, Linnen and Silk. Boy one of them for comfort, and wear. Price, assortment and quality the best in the city. 75c, $1.00, $1.50 to $3.00. THE MEN'S MAX BAER SHOP Cores Biliousness, Sick Headache, Sour Stom ach, Torpid Liver and Chronic Constipation. , Pleasant to tahe QBIKO Laxative Fruit Syrap PENDLETON DRUG pOMPAHT." Cleanses the eystesa thoroughly and clears sallow complexions of pimples and blotches. It Is guaranteed
