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Show FORMER SUGAR IljlSTIB Cross Examination of George E. Sanders Occupies Day j at Federal Hearing SALT LAKE, April 30. Cross-examination of George E. Sanders, former for-mer president of the Oregon-Utah Sugar Su-gar company, by Judge D. N. Straup, chief counsel for the Utah-Idaho company, com-pany, consumed the entlro time of both sessions yesterday in the hearing of tho federal trade complaint alleging alleg-ing conspiracy in restrain of interstate commerce on the part of tho Utah-Idaho Utah-Idaho Sugar company and Amalgamated Amalgam-ated Sugar company. Questions of Judge Straup were directed di-rected to matters connected with a number of different companies in which Mr. Sanders had been associated, associ-ated, In an 'apparent effort to bring out the failure of these companies, to show the witness was not of financial responsibility. Judge Straup, at one point during the testimony, In reply to objections made by Henry "Ward Beer, attorney for the trade commission, said that the witness had sought to blacked tho character of men against whom a word had never been said. Mr. Sanders, San-ders, in his direct testimony, had alleged, al-leged, among other things, that Bishop C. "W. Niblpy was responsible for tho sale of the Utah-Orgeon Sugar company com-pany to the Utah-Idaho, and that the bishop had personally profited from the transaction to the detriment of the witness. At tho morning session Judge Straup appealed to the examiner, Judge Joseph Jo-seph J. Durham, a number of times to have the witness answer, his ijues-tions ijues-tions directly, whilo Mr. Heer insisted that the witness was within his rights In making long explanations. Judge Straup soon threatened to apply to the United States district attorney to got his questions answered. This resulted in advice to the witness by Mr. Beer not to be intimidated in any way by! such threats. Mr. Sanders seemed quite unperturbed by the arguments. Judge Straup questioned Mr. Sanders San-ders concerning rainfall and other ag-j ricultural conditions in tho vicinity of. Grant's Pass, where the plant of the, Oregon-Utah company was located, asking him if it was not true that the district is noted chiefly for its timber and mineral resources. To this Mr. Sanders replied that he knew the territory ter-ritory for its diversified possibilities. He asked Mr. Sanders if he Had not first gone into Oregon in connection with the Gold Drift Mining -company business, to which the witness answered an-swered in the negative, say that he had merely "drifted" Into tho country. coun-try. Then Judge Straup went into an extended examination of tho witness concerning the organization of tho Ro'guo River Fublic Service corporation corpora-tion and Its subsidiary companies, among which wore .tho mining company, com-pany, the Rogue River Lahd & Investment In-vestment company, the Mill Creek Falls Power company, the Hell Gate Canyon & Coquilla Power company, the Oregon Water Power company, the Gold Hill Canal company and the I Southern Oregon Construction' com- pany. oo |