The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-10-26
INFAMOUS CHARGES
BY |RRESPONSIbLES
I. A. Navarro, County Engineer, Accused by
LeavenWorth Men of Graft-Will
Demand Retraction or
Satisfaction.

Who is J. E. Shore OF Leaven-
worth?
A doctor, who probably knows no
more about road building than Cru
soc did about flying machines.
Yet this Leavenworth doctor, to-
gether with one J. C. Davis of the
same village, takes it upon himself to
question the integrity and ability o.
one of the Oldest and ablest engineer
officials of the local government.
A. Navarro.
The adverse criticism appears in a
letter to Attorney General John D..
Atkinson.
Il invite any engineer in the state
to go up and inspect the cross-sec-
tioning, ETC., on that piece of govern
ment road, and if it does not check
out accurately l will pay all his ex-
penses," said Engineer Navarro to a
World representative this morning.
II am taking up the matter of
this letter with attorneys, and shall
demand either a public retraction Of
the accusations made, or shall see
what relief the law offers to man
who has served the government faith
fully and successfully for nearly 40
years, and then has his honesty ques-
toned by such reprehensible meth
DDS. invite examination of the work
done on the road, under the specifi-
cations, and criticism of it; but not
from doctors. Shore, l understand,
has not even seen the road
Mr.. Navarro has written the Attor-
ney General for a certified copy of
the letter in question, and will take
steps Immediately to compel the
writer's to retract or face the music.
The communication, according to
the Olympian, accuses Navarro and
Contractor Ellis of grating.
The Olympian says:
u. E. Shore and J. C. Davis Of
Leavenworth, Chelan county, the for
mer druggist and physician, and
the latter postmaster of the town,
have written joint letter to At.
torney General Atkinson declaring
the contract of Edward Ellis of Seat
tie on state road No. 3, known as the
Chelan-Skagit, or Red Mountain
road, was the worst kind of steal,
and asked the attorney general to
have payment withheld if it had not
been paid for. The letter does not
go into detail and makes no speci-
fic charge as to how the state is al
legged to have been mulcted. They
explain that they believe that High
way Commissioner ]. NJ. Snow never
saw the work, although County En-
gineer l. A. Navarro of Chelan may
have inspected it.
Nothing To 1t, Says Snow.
When the letter was called to his
attention yesterday, Highway Com
missioner Snow stated that there was
not the slightest foun lation for such
charge.
1.-The contract referred to is that
of Edward Ellis of Seattle, and
amounted to $5,412, all of which has
been paid 1t was inspected by the
engineer in charge, l. A. sNavarre,
county engineer of Chelan county,
who has been in charge of all work
done on the road in question for the
past three years by this Office. The
contract was inspected AMI approved
and the return of final estimate made
the contractor paid. There is no
question whatever as to the charac-
ter Oh the WOfh uOne.
Made Big Donation.
''In addition to this contract Ed
ward Ellis and his associates graded
AT their own expense a passable wa
gon road for distance of 16 miles
from the terminus of our gra lie,
which takes US to the mouth of
Phelps Creek. They did this to reach
their mining properties in the Red
Mountain district. Tie work was
done on the state right-of-way under
written permission from this office
and with the express guarantee that
it must be recognized as donation