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THE COLFAX GAZETTE THIRTY-FOI'RTH YEAR. AUDITOR'S OFFICE MAKES GOOD. Whitman Gains Along With Other Counties. Cost of Running Office in 19' C Was $15,643.81-- FeesShcw Decided Gain Over Those of Previous Year. . mpiii, July 5 —The pr Bl or lose in rontiiritf the office of county aoditor in each county, the amount of feen col lected and the cost of operating the office, are nhowu by Htatisticn >-ompiled t»y the Htatc bureau of inspection from reports from the various counties. Hooter* 1 licenses are not included in the list of fees. According to tbt>e statis- k tics the auditors made a much better P^howtng in 1010 than in 1909, ac 24 counties showed losses in 19w9. while in 15)10 only sixteen counties operated the auditor's i.fiice at a loss. In but one instance did a county go back into the loss column which showed & profit in 1909. Whitman county made a better showing in 1910 than it did in 1909, but losses are shown in both yearr lv 1909 the fees collected amounted to |7,GG9.20 and the cost of running the ollice amounted to $14,884 y" or almost twice as much as the fees collected,show ing a loss of $721.V GO. lo 1910 there was collected in fees the sum of #9719.05 and it cost $1C.,G4M.hl to run the office, showing h loss of $"-924.10. King county in 1909 had a profit of but $2968 while in 1910 the profit was $84G9, which was the greatest gain in any county. In Spokane county the profit in the auditor's ( ffice went from *12,4!>." 14 in 1909 to $17 643 in 1910. In Pierce county the loss in the t.lhee was much more in 1910 than in 1909, it beiug bat£ss2.34 in 191.9 wh:ie in 1910 the kiss was $2729 68. Little Damage By Fire. *» cry little merchantable timber bae thus far been damaged by fire in this state, according to reports tiled with the ■Cate fire warden, which si iw that thun far the green timber tins escaped hit Lough several thousand acres i 1 logged ufi lands barn been burned over. Boat Owners Must Explain. On July 7?h a dozen owners of email boats utid f>7 other boat owners and .'i-t wharf companies will be represented iv <Hy in pia before the public service com mission. The suiull boat owners will ex plain why they should not tie tariffs showing the rat en churned for carrying passeugers and freight, as they have pt titioned to be relieved of that duty, claiming that they have no regular des tinations and no regular charges. The other boatmen and wharf companies are cited to apptar to make clear to the commission why they should have the right to charge for freight either by weight or measurement as suits their convenience. The commission says that this does not appear reasonable. Leg Bothers Lawrence. J. C. Lawrence of the public service commission has gone to Spokane where he will have his leg which has been both ering him for some time examined, and if necessary he will undergo an operation. Conditions at Training School. With Governor Hay has been tiled a report of a sptcial committee nemed by » .Seattle club to investigate conditions at the State Training Schoo 1 Tbecotn inittee report highly commends the work of Superintendent Aspinwali and says that most of the reforms they suggest rest with the lecislature rather than the administration. The report covers much the same ground as did the special com mittee which investigated the institution during the legislative session. State Offers Reward. With the proclamation by Governor Hay to the effect that the state would give $500 for the capture of the mur derer of patrolman Cunleif of Seattle, the total reward is raised to $ 1250. LOCAL MINISTER HONORED. Rev. W. A. Diggins Elected State Supt. of Christian Endeavor. While in annual session at Garn'eld last week the state convention of Christian churches of eastern Washing ton elected Rev. W. A. Diggins of Colfax as state superintendent of the Christian Endeavor. The election also makes Mr. Diggins a member of the state board. The convention was one of the beet ever held in eastern Washington. About 15 delegates were present from Colfax and about 200 in all. National leaders who were present and took part in the convention were, Grant K. Lewis of Cincinnati, secretary of the home mis sionary board; Miss Mattie Pounds of Indianapolis, national superintendent of Junior Endeavor work; G. W. Muckey of Knnsas City, superintendent of church extension: E. VV. Allen of Cincinnati, assistant national secretary of foreign miseioas : Hubert If. Hopkins of St. Louis, national secretary of the Sunday school association. A. L. Urcutt of In dianapolis, superintendent of ministerial relief; J. H. Mohorter of St. Louis, na tional superintendent of benevolence and P. C. McFarlane of Kansas City, super intendent of the national brotherhood. Eastern Washington was fortunate in having so many men of national repu tation in attendance at their convention while on their way to the national con vention at Portland thi« week. CIRCUS TRAIN KILLS INDIAN Coroner Called to Tekoa Sunday to investigate Death. Joe Ifolcopee, a Coaer d"Alene Indian, whh killed newr Tekoa at 1 o'clock Sun iJhv morning by the Sells Fioto circus train returuici; from Wallacf*. foe bad been in Tekoa to ccc the Kit Carson chow aluiiK with t*ome other ludiane had obtained eomethiug to drink. About 11 o'clock he wuh ordered out of town by the marshal! and started cut on the railroad track leaving bis* ri< in town. Evidently be sat down on the track and did not move until struck by tbe train. Coroner Ilruning watt called to Tekoa Snodaj to investigate the death. The dead Indian's futber was satisfied that the killing w«(; purely acc'denthl and no inquest was held. Molcopse ie survived by two children. His wife died about four weeks ago. GIRL DROPS DEAD. End Carre While Getting Ready to Go to the Circus. While preparing to attend the Sells- Floto circus last Friday afternoon Mrs. Pearl Fieke dropped dead from heart failure at tne home of Eva Noble on Lake street Physicians were hastily summoned but they were too late for any assistance. The budy was embalmed and held at the Bruniug undertaking parlors to await the arrival of a sifter, Mrs. H. R. Liebman, who had recently gone from her home at Dubuqae. lowa, to visit at Louisville, Ky. Twu brothers and two sisters survive. Decision in Guardianship. Judge Neil! has filed his decision in the matter of ?os?s in guardianship matters that is (if more thhn local interest. Th« bureau of inspection bud accounts some time ago instructed the clerks ol tLe superior courts throughout the state to charge $5.00 when a guardian Dies his final account. The matter came before Judge Still on an objection made bj Pearl Biglow to this item ol expense charged n gainst her by her guardian who had paid this fee. The bureau was notified to ebow cause on June 30th why the clerk shouid have made such charge, which it did by tiling a brief. In the decision tiled it is held that there is ho law authorizing clerk's charge for the tiling of the accounts of guardians and the county is ordered to repay the five dollars to the guardian. Manring Signs With Spokane. Friends in Whitman county as weit as all baseball fans in the Inland empire will be interested in knowing that Percy Manring o! Garfield has been added to the list of pitchers with the Spokane In dian?. Young Manring is a eon of 8. A. Manring, clerk o! the board i f counrv I commissioners. Two weeks ago during ! the convention of Christian ministers at ! Gartield one of the Spokane preachers saw young Manring iv action and prom ised to call the attention of President Cohn to the promising young pitcher. A few days later Manring was called to Spokane for a try-out. He will work ! out with the Indians during their pree j ent series in Spokane and will be retained to take another chance with them in the j spring. James Strevy in Runaway. While coming in from his farm Thurs nay momiiiw: driving a four horse team James Strevy met an automobile iuet as he started down the grade into town. The horses became frightened and start ed to run. At the Livingston spring house they turned up over the bank and Mr. Strevy was thrown out and received a bad bruise on his left leg near the knee and a slight bruise on the face. Saved the Eggs. Mrs Niles Champlin ie in the hospital recovering from a severe injury to her shoulder received a few days ago while gathering eggs at her home ou the farm. With her apron full of eggs Mrs. Champ lin slipped and threw out her arm to save herself. Her whole weight was brought against the arm in such a way aa to severely wrench her shoulder. Drink for the Park Fund. Everyone is urged to visit Ripley rs drug store Friday, July 7, and drink at the soda fountain or eat ice cream for the benefit of the park fund. Peter Potter Recovers. After a three weeks' stay at fit. Igna tius hospital Peter Potter has <*o far re covered that he left yesterday for his home at Oakeedale. COLFAX, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY. JULY 7, 1911. COUNUEN EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON PAVING QUESTION Remonstrance and Circular Letters Stir City and Gazette Asks Officials for Their Individual Opinions. From one end to the other the city of Colfax is agog over the next move in the matter of paving. A remonstrance to the action of the council is being cir culated. An anonymous letter attack ing the position of the council has been mailed to many taxpayers and part of the council. Representatives of different paving companies have been in town the past week. Bitulithic, Hassain and concrete are on the tongues of everyone one the street. Next Monday night is the time set by the council for hearing protest on the declaration of intention to improve Main, Mill and the cross streets in the business eection with bitu lithic paving. So much controversy has arisen that : the Ghz jtte has deemed it timely to pub j lien a statement from the mayor aDd members of tbe council setting forth their personal views concerning the pay j ing question. Following are tbe Btate | mente marie at the request of this paper: Mayor Weinberg—With my investiga tion I would be willing to cay 50 cents more per square yard for bitulithic than for any other paving on the market. I am perfectly satisfied and am in favor of going on with the plans at once The letter you refer to is nothing, no one signed it. E. It. Barroi! —I believe we have got one of the best medium priced pave ments made. Nine city official* went to Portland and out of that number seven thought alike. We examined all kinds and looked at the bad holes in all of them. I made a special trip to Lewie ton, Idaho, where bitulithic pavement in in use. Everyone there is satisfied with it. I h.'ive h!k) carried on personal cor respondence with the mayors of different towns where this pavement is in uee. They all recommend it and are putting down more jast like it. It is no experi ment for 200 oi the largest cities of ttie country are using it. In this and the two neighboring states bitulithic pave ment is in use io 18 or 20 towns. Port land has 54 miles of it and more is bting laid. I will also state that before the bide were opened I spoke to several of the largest property owners in this city and asked them if they wanted the beet or a cheap pavement. Everyone an swered, "We want the best." I believe that our fellow citizens who are signing a remonstrance do not know what they are signing, as not one in ten of them have ever seen bitulithic paving. P. B. Stravenp— These are the reasons why I prefer l.iuilitbic in preference to any other paving: The first thing that attracted my attention to bitulithic was the roughened surface which prevents horses from slipping and falling. It ie also noiseless and can be easily cleaned, its durability seerus to be sufficient for the heaviest traffic and I am frank in saying (hat bitulithic is far superior to any form of pavement of which I know. I am satisfied that when bitulithic has been laid on the streets of Colfax it will be endorsed by everyone of its citizens. Simon Dreifus—l bplieve bitulithic pavement the beet and cheapest in the long run. That ie why I stand for it. ! I have nothing to say regarding the \ anonymous letter. Matt Johnson —The question has ! arisen why was bitulitbic favored for Colfax streets and why a higher grade p-.ving than other bid* submitted was ac cepted. To begin with creosote blocks, vitritinl brick aod granitoid are all too h'gh priced pavings for our city, ranging in price from $.'3 00 to $G 00 per square. After due deliberation and investiga tion the general concensus of opinion was that there were only two or three Kinds of the cheaper paving that could be considered for Colfax. After thor ough inspection of Portland and Spo kane pavements, and receiving of bids, bitulithic paving was adopted by vote of sto 2. 1 consider our bid very low on bitulithic, having received the same price as North Yakima where all ma terial of the desired grade can be had at practically no expense to the contract ors, and in addition our bonds only bear G per cent while North Yakima bonds are 7 per cent. From all our neighboring towns, i. c., LaGrande, Ba ker City, Pendleton, The Dalles, Walla Walla, Vancouver, Lewiston, Portland, North Yakima and others too numerous to mention, we hear the evidence (there ie nothing better for the price than bit— ulithic) bo we feel that we are giving the people the very beet pavement that can be had for the price. Bitolithic pave ment, having a bituminous surface, af fords a good footiDg for horses, and in Portland is laid on 19 and 21 per cent grades. Where we had occasion to see loaded wood wagrns w* re being.polled during a shower op one of the steepest gradew and with practical I; no slipping or falling of the boreee. Although bit ulithic surface is soft and ie subject to indentures to hors'H ijhV,.* for the first ! two years, I consider this one of the . strongest points in the paving—that the j imprint will iron out smooth again and J in a few days in as smooth and even an ever. This good point of the bitulithic ; in one of the weakest of the hard nur | faced pavement*. That when a piece of | concrete is wore or broken from the sur face of a hard pavement it is an indent ure forever unless repaired, and there is no responding to its natural state from additional wear but gradually gets worse instead of better as with bituiitbic. Bitulithic carries the same base as all standard pavements and when laid to its standard specifications carries from 2 to o-jj inches of bitumen wearing pur face. During the Portland investiga tion we bad a section cut from the pave ment on Yamhil! street which was laid in 1904 and found the wearing surface to be a full 2 inches after seven years on a busy Portland street. Having the good clean grade rock that in accessible here there is no doubt that the penetra tion of the bitumen wearing surface which ie subjected to 20 ton pressure while at boiling point will average 3; inches wearing Burface, which from alt records should have a lasting period of at least 20 yearn. Dr. J. Floyd TiSt—After carefully in vestigating the matter I feel that I am better able to jadge paving than those who have only listened to biased opin ions without investigation for themee yes. I have hlwfjvh been outspoken in my honest belief and am perfectly willing at an; time to defend the stand I huvetaken fhoice of bSfsiirbic paving. As to the letter recently circulated in this city attacking the council men's action, I absolutely ignore it the same as I would any other anonymous communication misrepresenting the fact. In a matter of this kind there is bound to be a difc'er euce of opinion. Now that you call my attention to the letter I will say that it looks to me as :,5 the losers had called to their aid the chronic kickers and this anonymous protest is the result. G. W. Perrin< —My first choice in pay ing is Uassam, which is- cheaper in the tiret place and I believe more durable and beet adapted for a city like Coif ax. But bb I was voted down in the council I am perfectly willing to abide by the de cision of the majority ac I believe the council ie a fair minded set of men acting on their beet judgment. I don't want to bold up this work and bitulithic is my second choice. E. H. Kirkland—l have never been en thusiastic over bitulithic and while 1 feel the city needs the improvement I am in favor of concrete ac being the best for Colfax ac it ie cheaper and the cost of maintenance is ices. From my experi ence with concrete I am satietified that it ie the pavement as being both staple and permanent. 1 understand there ie a protest against bituiitbic and I will sey that while I am stronly in favor of con crete I would rather have bitulithic than to see the raving question dropped at this time. ]do not pjt any stock in an anonymous letter, t.t the game time the one which I received last week contained some fticts that are worth cone deriug Ly the taxpayers. The anonycaouß Jetter referred to above follows : Colfax, WuL, June 27, 191 L To the citLsus A the city of Colfax, Wa^h ingtoc: Have you done any investigating of the paving qtiestion on your owe hook . His Honor the Mayjr, and the city council have made a very exhaustive (?) investigation of the subject. They visited a number of cities, inquired into th* condition of iave merits where they visited; the coet of laying, cost of maintenance, durability, method of re pairing, ease of traction i.vi other questions were investigated. They found the eoet of Asphalt acd Bitu lithic pavement in Portland, wherever laid, was ?I.Bsper ?(;. yd. and the coet of Haesanc | wag $1.85 to £-00 per cv. yd. according tc the ' location of the street to be paved. They investigated the cost of materials used | for these pavements and tound that Colfax was very favorably situated for all the ma terials for Bitulithic. They use only rock and | asphalt oils—no aacd or cement—and ex pected to receive a very low bid on this ac- ! count. The cost of laying Bitulithic at Col fax should be at least 30 to 40 cente per sq. yd. less than at Portland. They expected the cost of Asphalt and Hassans would be greater, because they would be compelled to ship in sand and cement at a heavy cost. They found the cost of laying Asphalt at Spokane wee i above §2 00 and the cost of Haosani »t i-ine » t. 13.00 and biffed at Coeur il Alece. V« ;ir bid f(.r paving the city ol Colfas with Anphalt was 51.84 per tv; yd. or one cent p?r yard lens thao Portland and the ti'. | i Hassam was $2 OC. the e&uie M Portland «.n Sp kane, The bid foi Bitalithic wv \ Per b<) yd., 32 oesta \er yard h^her than | i Portland, while it abookl have been that mn b lower. It »■»» tb« i.uhet \ i.) placed by any | cuiupany or contractor. It was for a kuih ex : L-ce>!ini: $10,000.00 above the cost of Uyii ' same amount in Portland; it wa« f - . above the Hmuoo bi I and $'>0Kl,<«) ah : Asphalt bi I—enough t build qi a foe city I I ball. Don't you believe y v Eh mid ank you cilmen about thit Why did they m . thi —the bij bid for the lowest . i meat': Why wai it said Balaam waa t $2.oofnd Bitulitbic O. K. at $2.17 a ence ol $6249.00 ii -r*et : Why wan Asp] d rete ) i> not considered, when it was explained that it was identical with Bitalithic and m laid on a concrete b we for $1.81 per ■ Why did the council not vUit Tacoma and Seattle and investigate paving conditions, when it was explained to them that Bitalithic had been entirely onsatkfac'ory at Tacoma and they would not allow it laid at Seattle ! Do vim believe they were consistent and tun ! they justify their action . You; CuMMITTEB, The Tax Payerr, DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE. Southeastern Washington to Have Organization for Improvement. Southeast Washington will soou have a development league that will work for the interests of this wet ion of the Ever green State, just an tbe Southwest Wash ington Association is aiding in bringing about better conditions in that district. Encouragement is being given the movement by the various cities inter ested and there is little Ucubt that the projected league will started off with a large and substantial membership. L M. Brown, publicity manager of the Walla Walla''omrnercial Club, is actively at work on the organization. South west Washington is looking forward to the biggest crops ever known and all are optomistic over the prospects for the coming year. TO REBUILD HOME LAUNDRY Schluting Lays Plans for a Modern Brick Building. William Schluting i* planning to form a stock company to erect a brick build ing and conduct the laundry business which was destroyed by tire a few weeks ago. Mr. Sehluting's pan now is to erect a one story brick buililing 5 feet on tbe site of the old laundry and men have already been at work clearing up the premises. The new building will be modern in every way with cement Hoor throughout. He hopee to have everything in ren.iiuess to begin work before the middle of the month. Deputy Assessor Appointed. H. N. Sims, for some time past con nected with the county engineers oHk-e has been appointed deputy assessor and the appoiutment was confirmed by the board of county commisnioners Monday. Mr. Sims draws a salary of $100 a month and will be employed plating tracts and straightening out descriptions that have been a sourtv of trouble in the assessor's office for a long time. Miss 'irace White, a clerk in the assessor's office has also been appointed deputy assessor. Install Officers. Officers were installed Monday night by Whitman Circle No. 102, as follows. Pact guardian, Kate Weinberg; Guar dian neighbor, Lizzie Crawford; Advisor, Emma Gerber; Magician, Adella Allen: Attendant, Edna Dierks; Inner sentinel, Caroline Powell; Outer sentinel, Mary McCutcheon; Captain of guards, Rose Davip; Manager, Minnie Robbins; Musi cian, Mabel Williams. The installing officer was Bertha Aegerter. Eye Dug Out at Winona. In celebrating the Fourth a Mr. r^'ra^ of Farmington had ao eye seriously in jured by a knife in the bands of anothfr man at Winona. According to Mr. Straw's story he was trying to save another man from injury when he w-Ht struck in the eye. The man who te!d the knife has not yet been arrested tti thougb he is at Winona. Critically 111. D. Chandler Woodward, who ha- beei ill for some time, was taken to St. Igna tius hospital Thursday morning and underwent an operation. A large abeceet in the region of the intestines wae drained As the Gazette goes to press the patient is resting comfortably though tstil! in t serious condition. Mrs. Gerber Gets Rug. The Kidgeway theater was the scene of an interesting contest Wednesday even ing when Mrs. Arnold Gerter won the rug. Ten sacks of Pomeroy flour w:!l be given away Monday night, July 10, to nine people. Park Meeting. Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock is the time pet for the meeting of the park as sociation at the Presbyterian church. A good crowd is wanted. Come oat. PRICE FIVK ( KNTH PAVING FOR SOUTH END IS CONSIDERED Improvement Spirit Spreading to Residence Section. The H«alth Off.c«r Would Prevent Spread of Contagious Disease by War on Flies- - Much Impor tant Business Before Council. A resolution calling fnr th>- paving ol the principal street* of the rthi(!eiu?i> sec tion of tbe sooth end wan read h: the coudcil meeting lloadaj erening. The resolution was referred to the street com mittee for investigation regarding the kind of paving preferred by the property uw[iern iiuii also il any other Htretts wished to t>e iscladed in the district. The district described in the reaolation !K. as follows; Mom fitnet from the south end ol the Cooper lake bridge to the BOQtfa city limits, Mill street from the north line of Wnwuwui street to the south city limit*, Bast Htm-t from the north line of JaaMe street to the sooth city limitH, Thorn Htreet from the went Kde ol Main ntreet to thesoothweat eor nfr ol block 89, Wawawai streel from the east line of y ill street to the west line of Lake utreet, Jam cm street from the cunt line of Kant Htreet to the went line ol Lake street, except tbat part of naid Htreet between Main and Mill Mtrt-etn, Kairview Btreet from the cant line of Ea»t street to the east line of Meadow street on the south title of Fairview street. The estimated cost of the im proTemeot is $G0,8()0 To comply with the new Btnte law a resolution was introduced directing the engineer to prepare plaun and •pedfica tioDH for the inproveaWßt of Minn, Mill and intersecting ntreets in the btininefH section with bitolitbk paving. The ren olution wtiH [iHHHtfI nnanimouslj. An urdinance panned tirnt Hmi weond readin^H repealing ordinance So. 106 m lating to local improvement**. The re peal of thin ordinance whh ncceHsary be fore the introduction of a new ordinance under the new Htate law. Tbe application ol J. li. Sell for per mission to build an automobile house was granted. Application ol Wiiimm Beblotiag for permiMion to erect v brick building ."»() by 100 feet for a laundry, wan referred to the street eommittefl for invpHtiim tion an to tbe diataim to the river bank. Fifteen property nwnern residing on the east hide of Mill Htrret bavfl peti tioned the council to have the parking strip continued along that nde of the street from Inland to (Canyon ntreet. Uilltj were allowed ond ordered paid a 8 followH- Current expanse fuud, fIBB9 97; water fund. $4.37 GH; newer fuud, |185. The quarterly reports of the city treas urer aDd justice were read and referred to the finance committee. B. Yj. KobertHon wan appointed apec ial policeman by the mayor for the months of July, August and September and tbe appointment was contiruied by the council. Health Officer Stoht was prepent at the meeting and reported no contagious disease in the city at the present time with the exception of a few casea of whooping cough and measles. He rf-coua mended that action be taken to minimize the breeding places of tiiea by ordering manure piles fcreened. He also recommended that every restaurant kitchen be screened tly tight. The Doc tor stated that then- ih no rieeeeeity for co many breeding place* for (Jineane and the best time to atop disease iw before it b^ginn. Manager S. H. Sauve of the I'ariHc Telephone company nan present aud tendered the city the free use of a tt'w phone in the council chamber. He al*<) stated that the telephone at ft c pump etation had been changed from the old ten party linf to a uifiin line, much to satisfaction (jf Superintendent I)irr. I'ernjie«ion was given the hand to practice in the council chamber, pro vided they furniHh their own juniror and take proper care of the roorun. Gaining Honors in Music. Mr". K. K. Sfj.'!•)', formerly of tbia citj fjut now Hi idk iq North Yakima, has bten elect*"] v:"> president of the uatioutti federuiiuubi oi musical cluba. Miv. Sheldon was prominent in ujiihc circle* in this city about ten years ago. Mr. Sheldon was connected with the Barrfcll Inveptcprt company for yearH aud whh kl-<. in the grocery bu*i ueae in Colfax. Friesdl in thio city will be glad to learn of the high honors ac corded Mrc She!'ivn in the world of music Husband 111 In Distant StaU. Mrs. L. L. Towpt of Newport left for Ann Arbor, Michigan, Saturday on learning that her husband, who has been ill in that city wbb woree. Mre. Tower ie a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Perkins of Colfax.