Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-23


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'''s P'''N'
-Hr. raw IN a statement SAID tEat IN
the purchase OF Mr. Howels business
'hat II was zone on written pfopo-
sitlon from Mr.. Howell 10 SELL and
tnat the sac included ms lots on
winch the lumber yard was being To-
Gated, also lumber on hand and orders
already sold and IN prospect, lncilN-
ing the good Will OF Mr. Howell
The company's attorney advised
that they had an absolutely perfect le-
gal right TO buy and make an agree
ment, he said.
When asked 20 apnear before the
grand iurv Mr raw did SO without he
ing served with n s,ibnoena and vol
unfairly turned over To the Grand iurv
tho contract on which the Indictment
was loter broughf in Mr. Faw stated
tbot he hoe NO onorebansion hut that
he nil no entireIy vindicated and that
~. a,,+i,,, Ia ~ ,,,bola p,affar has
haa,, o,,on ma ahove hoard and with
No otbsr notion tban n, now lint that
he was cIearly within his rights. moral
and legal
Mr.. Faw further stated that there
NOS no ,d,,anca in tba nrtca of lumher
ana hniidinp material hecause of the
nurcbase ana lumber and everything
+, 40 h,,iIding ,,,ateriaI line is cbeap-
| IL ~ hIhucnerone TODAY ana has been
continuously than AT any other, place
in the country IT is high compared
| with what II was formerly Int that is
! eoIaI,, beeause II costs SO much more
! As a matter of fact the retail price
| has not kent pace with the advance
! in Mill nrice and the retail net profits
on sales can be shown TO be very
much less than 10 per cent, he said.
| OnIv the one tndictment-both Mr.
| ITaw and Mr. Howell were named in
tho one--resulted from the cost of liv-
| ing nrobe. the grand Jury saying ii
The renort to Judge Hickey of the dis
| trict court that low court funds made
necessary the premature termination
! of lis efforts along that line and rec
| ornuendine that the court call a spe
cial grand iury for further probins
| when funds were available. Judg,
i Hickey stated that he would follow tht
recommendation when it was mad,
nossihle
In regard 10 the cost of living prob,
tbe report said;
"a mart ~ our time has been
5ayoted To an Investigation as
~ u.hotber ar NOT there exist i'm
this county combinatjons i'm re-
restraint OF trade and having for
their burmese the fixing and con-
trolling of prices such MS are pro-
hih;tcd nv statute. One of the
+,.,Io hills herewith returned
nroIvs ont NJ such investigation,
but xVc wish 10 report to the court
,hnt Tho limitations If the court
fnnd mating necessary a preIna-
turo Termination of our efforts in
sbis direction. we are not satisfied
that such Investigations should
should cease ut this point. We
therefore, recommend that the
count in us discretion either con-
Time this grand Jury in recess un-
in such time as funds are avaiIa-
HE or discharge this grand Jury
a. tbis time and as soon as funds
are available for a more thorough
investigation of these matters call
sneciaI grand iury specifically
Charged with that duty, these be-
inc matters which cannot be suf-
f;cientJv sigted in n few DAYS and
i'm which. because of the nature of
the subject. it is difficult to OBJ
tain satisfactory evidence as to
the true conditions which prevail
The lettering of sanitary condition
NJ the county jail also was recon
neended In regard to this the repor
said.
AN insnection of the county jai
loads us 10 report that we have foun
the sanitary conditions there unsatis
factory and we recommend:
arba+ the county commissioners, o