Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-07-28


Rodgers held stolz's note for it.
Rodgers said he had called at The
CAPITAL Journal office and had explain
ed the situation to the manager, but
had not asked for any correction The
manager told him the transaction look
ed questionable, but if it was leglti'
mate the public should be so informed
"Did he do sOq" asked Buren.
Rodgers said so far as he knew no
correction statement had been made IN
The Capital Journal. He did not look
for any statement, however.
Followed Charter Then.
Rodgers testified that his administra'
ton had followed the charter IN It's
transactions. Improvements were au'
thorized by the council and only very
small repairs were left to the street
committee. This part of the testimony
did not suit the committee very well
because it has persistently endeavored
to show that 1t had been the custom
of the street commissioner or street
committee to 90 ahead and make big
improvements, like those on Waller and
Mission streets, without consulting the
council.
a letter from Mayor Sleeves, dated
at Newport, in reply to a letter and
telegram from Stolz, was read. He
stated that after he heard of the
kicks on the Waller. Mission street i'm
provement work being constructed at
public expense for the benefit of prop
erty belonging to George Rodgers and
Councilman Stolz, he had brought the
matter to the attention of Councilman
Jones, because Jones was from that
ward, and Jones introduced resOlu.
tion in the council to have an investi
. cation made of it,
Jones Testifies.
Councilman Jones testified earlier
in the evening as to the circumstance
under which he had introduced the res
olution early in the spring, his version
being similar to that of the mayor
, The councilman also introduced an af
fidavit of Taxpayer Fisher to the eff
feet that Jones had nothing to do will
, the circulation of the petition for al
, investigation and had not made tn,
statement to D. W. Woods that Mis-
sion. Waller street improvement hac
cost $500.
, Cornelius asked some trivial ques
tions and Jones was excused.
A signer named Workman said h,
signed the petition because he had reaC
the charges in The Capital Journal ant
there had been no defense offered b,
those alleged to be responsible for tn
improvement.
W. H. Steusloff said he would rathe
travel the 25th street road but it wa
in bad shape last winter and the win
ter before, but was pretty well salts
fled with the Mission Waller route. o.
25th street the dirt had not been prop
erly put in and the sewer caved in. H
tried to put the blame on Jones TO
: kicking about the Mission. Waller worl
and Jones asked him a few questions
Steusloff could not remember som
things and insisted that there wer
"lots of things besides resolutions.
} Lafky, former chairma nof the stree
, committee, took the chair to explai,
, that instead of there being a defici
of such alarming proportions at tn
: end of his administration, it had, in
stead, been reduced from $4,000 t
between $4,000 and $4,000.
The 100000 had been inherited fron
previous administration. He did no
exceed the budget in making improve
' ments and there was no overdraft.
/ stolz Tries to Explain.
e Stolz took a hand at this junctur
> and endeavOred to explain away hi
{ statement before the investigation
= committee Tuesday night that ther
+. would be a deficit in the street fun
4 of $4,000 by the first of the year an
that a small deficit existed right nov
/. He claimed that they were not spent
o ing more than had been levied. II