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ROAD CONTRACTOR'S CONSPIRACY
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Entered na sccond-clnss mutter nt
Meilford, Orrjron, unlr the net of
Mnrch 3, IsTJ.
BUB3CBITTIOH RATrS
One yi'fir, by mnll . ....- .. 1 5.00
One month, by mnll .SO
Per month, delivered by cnrrlcr In
McdToftl, Jacksonville nml Cen
tral Point .BO
Fnttirday only, by mall, per yenr. 5.00
Weekly, per yenr .. l 50
SUBSTITUTION
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MAIL
ORDER CONCERNS
NI3W YOIMv. Keb. 21. The adver
tlrioil mnll order irlco Is becoming
tho establlshoil retail prico nil over
tho country nml rorclnR "honest
ilealcra toward lower quality and
8j)eclul brand coeds," according to
reliable correspondence Just ninde
public by tlio American Fair Trade
league. The writer Is At. L. Corey,
a prominent retailer of Argos, Ind.,
a ml secretary ot tlio National Hetall
llnrdwnro association, nnd replies to
a circular letter Issued by nn oppon
out of tho ono-prlcc-tonll plan ot
merchandising na applied to stand
ardized good. Mr. Corey attacks
certain mall order practlcoa bitterly
Haying In imrt:
"Kxpcrlcnco la demonstrating that
unrestricted catalogue prices mean
the destruction ot tho retail merch
ant's opportunities to build a busi
ness basod upon quality nnd reputa
tion of makers.
"You know mall order houses have
time and ngnln advertised standnrd.
well-known brands of goods nt less
than wholesale prices with tho rale
Idea of substituting others of un
known origin.
"You know that those same mail
order houses, In order to coerce nnd
Injure rcputnbla manufacturers w.c
refuso to sell tbo price demoralizers,
liavo oven bribed retailors to purch
nso certain goods for them nnd then
ndUTtlsod eamo at less than actual
cos
"Yon -now that tho advertised
mall order price is becoming the es
tablished retail price all over the
country nud forcing honest dca.ers
toward lower quality and special
brand goods.
"You know that about SO por cent
of catalogue house goods are sped:
brands which carry long profits and
allow of no prico or quality compar
ison. "There may be a dlviuing lino be-
tweon "attention gettorn' and 'baits.
but tho consumer never knows, uur
profits urer right now a football for
tho prico cutter and dishonest ad
vertiser, and tho result Is causing
o much injury to the country town
merchant that wo welcomo price
mnlutonnnoo, honest window displays
nnd truthful advertising as moves in
tho right ...rcctlon."
THE CELLISI WONDER
Tho nanio of Frederick Preston
Heart-It Is fust bocomlug n synonym
for all that is perfect In tho nrt ot
vlollncollo playing, and his return
to this country for a concert tour of
lift) performance after an absence
or n long period of study nnd public
appearance abroad is heralded with
delight. Perhaps no cellist In tho
world has had greater teahnical pre
paration than ifr. Search, who for
years has given from ton to fourteen
hours dally of tho most vigorous ap
plication to his Instrument, under
tho direction of the greatest master
or inuiiy lands. It Is Julius Kletigcl,
tho gronlost cellist perhaps known,
who has put tho polish and refine
ment luto Sir. Search's playing.
Frederick l'roiton Search Is nn
honorary graduate of tho Ielpzlg
Conservatory nt Leipzig; also a post
graduato of that school by ftrtt men
tion. Ho hna plaed under tho lead
ership or tho great conductor, Ar
thur Nlklsch and ;assoclatcd with
great aiiatdors Ilka Klengol, Schreck,
ilegvr, Adamownkl, Muttloli and
llogovoy. With nil ot this as an
urguuiont in his favor ovoryouo who
Jjeam Mr, Oearch pluy regnrds bin
grontcet qualification, individuality.
John A. Perl
i UNDERTAKER
, Lady Assistant
r s mt s. HAUTiiicrr
Mjomw M. 47 Mild 47-J3
mMm SonieB Jtiuy Coroner
Till' SAhUM CAPITAL .IOURNAIj is taking n sur
prising stand Torn progressive paper in opposing tho
proposed county road bond issue for Marion county.
Clarion county, along with other Oregon counties, lias
frittered away much more money on road construction in
the past, few years than the proposed bond issue provides
and has little to show for it, because the work was' not of
a permanent character
There is but one style of road improvement that can
be called permanent, ."just as there is but one style of street
improvement and that, is hard-surfaced pavement. All
other improvement is expensive of maintenance, make
shift in character and soon goes to pieces.
The capital county of the state owes it to the rest of
the state to be a leader in progress of all kinds. It gets
nearly all the money raised from the people of Oregon in
taxation and ought to build nt least one road through the
county that can be traveled in winter time. Probably,
however, the Capital Journal figures that the state, in ad
dition to providing public institutions and payroll, ought
to build Marion county roads as well as provide Salem
with water fit to drink.
Almost gleefully this paper remarks:
Already there Is n small-sized scandal over the 1'ncltlc highway In
Jackson county, it Is claimed that nn attempt has been made to besmirch
the character of County Judge Tou Velio by disgruntled contractors who
failed to get contracts on the highway work. The grand Jury Is Investi
gating the charges, which, among other things, nssert that n Portland firm
charged the county Judge with auto tires he never ordered, or got, In an
attempt to show that he had received tires from the contractors without
paying for them. Anonymous letters concerning tho letting of contract
for tho highway aro also to be probed by the grand Jury,
This conspiracy of the contractors was nipped in the
bud Jackson county is paving its own roads. As a con
sequence both the county court and the highway engineer!
have been, are being and will be attacked by unscrupulous
firms who, if they cannot market their own products at
extortionate priees, resort to character assassination.
Engineers and countv courts are good fellows and able
otiiciais. are wined and dinetl and entertained, .inst soi
long as they wear the collar and patronize the paving trust
or road machinery trust. Hut let them show any indepen
dence, refuse to be held up and make awards to the lowest
bidder, and they become objects of attacks and suspicion.
Stories are whispered and every effort made to "get the
goods" on the offending officials failing which unrelent
ing persecution by inuendo and insinuation follows.
Xo one ever hears a whisper of scandal from contract
ors against county courts that place large orders with
machinery houses and run counties so far in debt that it
takes subsequent more businesslike courts years to pay up.
Xo one hears protests from tiny but the taxpayers when
paving contracts are let to members of the paving ring.
But no occasion is lost to discredit independent work and
no praises arc sounded for the officjal who docs his duty.
The alleged scandal referred to above was only the
entering wedge of a concerted action to "get Eowlby's
goat" as these Oregon contractors boasted thev would
"flo. 'The Jackson countv court attack was only incidental.
The contractors of "Washington, who could not run the of
fice, succeeded in securing the retirement ot .Major
Bowlby as highway commissioner by misrepresentation
during a political campaign. To do it, the road building ot
the state had to be halted for two years but the contrac
tors were willing to kill the good roads propaganda if they
could not dictate it.
Now that Ir. liowlby has been made highway engineer
of Oregon, the state is filled with rumors, predicting fail
ure, insinuating incapacity, alleging failure in "Washing
ton. These rumors are originated and spread by the dis
appointed contractors and have no foundation in fact.
To show the ends to which these contractors will go,
the following anonymous letter, one of a series sent out
after the grading contract over the Siskiyous was let last
November, is printed, so that the public may see the cow
ardly methods empleyed:
Gentlemen:
Wo don't know how ou feel about It, but there aro a few "coJncldentH''
In tho letting of the highway contract.
A stato highway engineer from Washington.
A local highway engineer from Washington.
A contractor from Washington.
Cement bought in Olympia, Washington.
Concrete pipo bought In Vancouver, Washington.
Does Oregon show up an where? Oh! yes. Jackson county, Oregon,
pays the bills, supplies tho money for the Washington men.
A canvass of tho bids as prescribed In the printed specifications would
not have made the parties who were awarded the contract tho low bidder
and how tho bids were canvassed the contractors could not find out. Mow.
ever, as tho successful man brought his bondsmen along so ns to closo -t
up on the nail, a very unusual procedure, unless ha had a hunch that It
would be figured out to him, It probably did not make any difference to tho
otbor contractors how It was figured. Ho was it, evidently.
It has been suggested that tho successful man represents an Incor
porated company of Washington and If so would havo to comply with tho
Oregon law before even a bid would ho legal. If this was true and any one
dug it up it Is dollars to doughnuts that the statu engineer would call for
new bids so as to give him another chance rather than award on the bldi
already in. Hut tho contractors aro not taxpa)eru In that county and cu.i
not Interfere "A hint to tho wiso. etc." ,
Yours very truly,
Of course there was no truth in the insinuations. The
Tacoma grading contractor assigned the contract to a
Portland contractor. The cement has been purchased from'
Uie new plant at uold J I ill. The concrete pipe is made
locally. .Hut this made no difference to the contractors'
clique one of whom only last week remarked that
"Bowlby will never be stale highway engineer again
we'll see to that."
The attention of the Capital Journal is called to the
grand jury report regarding the alleged Pacific, highway
scandal and also to the fact that a new grand jury will
next week continue the probe. The grand jury says:
After fully Investigating said matter we find that tho county court
lias been outrageously libeled by tho firm of Iteall & Co. of Portland
either for tho purpose of blackmailing tho county court luto buying ma-
chlnery and material from that concern or for tho reason that being unable
to meet tho prices demaudod by tho county court they becumo disgruntled
and attempted to Impute dishonesty to tho county Judge. The ovldonco
shows that ono lleall then tho president of this company caused to bo In
serted In tho books of tho company a charge against tho Hon, K. Jj, Toil
Velio for automobile tires and thereafter caused tbo said entry which pur
ported to show that thoy had been furnishing tires to Tou Velio to bo
exhibited with tho intent to libel und blacken tho character of Judge Ton
Velio. By tho admission of this concern, no order hail ever been placed
for such tires und said entry was wholly false and made knowingly and
for tho purpose of either blackmail or libel, The publication of (hit1
libel having occurred In Multnomah county wo uro without Jurisdiction to
return un Indictment but wu respectfully recommend that tho portion of
this report dealing with this subject be transmitted to tho district attor
ney of that county with (ho recommendation that the mailer bo nub
iiiilttud to a arund Jury there for proper action,
STAR
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Three Keels
HIS NEIGHBOR'S WIFE
Three Kinds
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Famous Players lodny
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QUO VADIS
Eight Keels
CHICHESTER S PILLS
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"REGGIE, THE DAREDEVIL"
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the quality of our soods Is seldom eiiunlcd- As to our sen Ire. we
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short time before tho goods nro at our door. This free delivery
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America's Greatest Violoncellist
FREDERICK
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ROBERT RAYMOND LIPPITT
Mminent Concert Pianist
At N&tatorium, Wednesday, March 4th
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THREE oil hours of Q DADTC
ACTS 4 THRILLS O IjHH I 9
An Advance
Criticism:
J. WI.I.1.H rMYIIi:, UltAM.VriP I'lllTIO OP TIIIJ
TIMIIS, K.ll OP "yt'O V.UMS" IX HIS ItllVIKW
or its Piitsr pm:si:.T.vno.v 111:111: our. im
iik.n lieu ol'tiiom:.
"Heattlo yrsterdny endorsed tho verdict of the rest of tho world
as to the extraordinary merit of '(Jim Vmlls,' which opened nt Thn
Metropolitan yesterday afternoon before a big audience, and Inst night
played to absolute capacity, fines made thin film In Italy. OrorRo
Klcluo hns exploited It In America, nnd It bun proved n celluloid 'Urn
Ilnr.' ant-ttnlh of Ihf Lty iftnte rftcti o thli ierrn proiluetlon tnulil lit
traniftrrtit to (As tlrumutte rtage th rtiult would I not out tut a iloitn 'Ihn
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VAM.USa PAGUANTItV.
" 'Quo Vndls' has set thn pneo fnr rlnrmntogrnplile mngnlflrrncr.
Plrsl of nil, It Is n gnat mum (title. It Is regally Umpiring In the sweep
of Its banquet revelry, chariot raring, vlstnn of Itomnti architecture
and enrdens and showier, the approach of tho tmnd of lions lo the
kneeling Christian martyrs In tlio arena. The liiriiln of Home I n
pneeitnt In ilkt'lf, nud thn arena scene shows thn many hundreds of
spectators crowtlltiK tho forms to lend ictillmii to a few brief moments
of the action.
rowmt or Tin: stoiiy.
"IJvpii with so Ideal n production, however, 'Quo Vndls' never
could have obtained the hold on the world It hns If It hml not been
for Its grlppliiK story that touches thn rellKloun fervor of all Chris
tians. It Is of tho era that murlccd the rlsltiK of the kliiKdom of thn
truo Oml on the ruins of tlyliiK pnKnnlsm. Them are reverent Im
personations iioth of St. Peter and of Thn Master himself, appenrliiR
In a !-lon on tho Applau Way and blddliiK ills disciple turn back
to sono Ida cause In tho corrupt city,
AOTINO IK rl!l'i:itll.
"Tlio nctltiR of tho llallnn enst Is of (be highest order IhroiiRhoiH.
Thn nrtliiK of Chlln by Mnslrlplelrl airly compels mention, It Is slut,
ply supeib. lie must surely hn rated In IiIh own country as one of
its lenilltiK character nrtorit. Novelll, who lookH IIUo Pavershain, and
who plays Vlnltlun, has an International reputation. Hut (he entlm
cast Is most adequately fitted to ita work."- Prom The Times,
Oct. 13, 1913.
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