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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1906)
THE HORNING OKEQOXI&X, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1906. 1STE PUR ON CREST CQUNCfL Van W. Anderson and Leland L-Smith Lease 23 Acres for the Enterprise. - AMUSEMENT NEAR. CLOUDS Concessions Are Soon to BcXct and Portland Hallway Company Is - - f Considering Extension oMLinc a- - - , -to .the Site Selected. - - The -amusement-loving people . of this city will doubtless welcome the advent of a new pleasure resort. Council Crest, on Portland Heights, the well-known view point of this ity. is the site selected. The lessees and promoters of this en terprise are Van W. Anderson and Leland L. Smith, real estate dealers, with offices in the McKay building. The plans of the park are nearlng completion and Messrs. Anderson and Smith are now placing the concessions. An experienced manager is soon to be placed in charge of the detail work of the enterprise. The tract which has been leased com prises 27 acres of land, every foot - of which affords an advantageous view of the city and surrounding peaks, which makes the tpot all the more desirable for park purposes. The summit will be devoted to the amusement features, while paths and shady nooks will be constructed among the natural forest that covers the approaches on all sides. The promoters announce that the park Is to be made the most attractive feature of the resort. Picnickers -are to-be especially spliclted and children provided for In the accom modations. A prominent local band has been engaged which will play during the afternoon and evening. The "drchcBtra will be placed In a natural amphitheater, where the spectators will be seated around the hillside, where an excellent view of the city and surrounding peaks may be had. Scenic railways, toboggan slides, swings, merry-go-rounds, donkeys for the children, and many other amuse ments will be installed. There will be a refreshment tavern under the super vision of a carefully selected chef. The lighting of the park will be an other feature of the new amusement re sort. The lights will be strung about among the trees In a manner similar to those of the Lewis and Clark Exposition last Bummer. The power for the lights and other mechanical devices will be furnished by the installation of an elec tric power plant at the park,- which will furnish all the required energy at the re sort. The Portland Railway Company al ready has the matter or the extension of Its line to the park under advisement, and the promoters of the enterprise have no doubt but that the company will furnish the resort adequate transportation fa cilities. The promoters plan to make Council Crest to Portland what Tamalpais is to San Francisco, the Peak to Hong Kong or the Tea House of a Hundred Steps to Yokohama. Council Crest has the nat ural advantages as well as historic asso ciations. It" was' the .tra'ditlbnar concourse ; ground -of the' "Indians during the., days i previous to the visit -of Captain Gray, or ' the coming of Lewis and Clark. . It is the spot where the aborigines met, deliber ated and formed their plans of campaign against their hostile neighbors. Here, In close proximity to the clouds, and with the grand view- afforded of the waters .of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers, the Indians believed themselves nearer to the Great Spirit, and held the place in reverence, only approaching it on occa sions of the utmost solemnity. In 1849 one of the first houses in this vicinity was built, and on the site the remains of the bas'ement and a portion of the well may still be seen. The apple orchard planted by Talbot still adorns the Crest. For many .years the tract has been open to the public, and has proved one of the most attractive points around the city, for every visitor is immediately impressed with its matchless beauty and the grandeur of the scenery. KEAIi ESTATE EXCHANGE. J,ocnI Dealers W'Jll Unite for Exploi tation Movement. Preliminary steps in a movement to pro mote a concerted effort on the part of the local real-estate dealers as a body were laken at a meeting held yesterday at the parlors of the Portland Commercial Club, which was attended by a majority of the realty promoters of this city. It is proposed that .all the dealers unite in an organization for the purpose of ad vertising and exploiting the advantages of Portland .throughout the country by means of magazines and newspapers In the East and South. Whitney L. Boise acted as temporary chalrm.an, and a committee consisting of E. L. Hartman, of Hartman, Thompson & Powers: George H. Hill, of the Title Guar antee & Trust Company, and Qharles K, Henry were appointed to draw up a set of Lylawp, after which they adjourned until Saturdaj afternoon at 2 o'clock. Realty values in Portland have been on the rise for the past several years, and of late the demand, for property has been so great that thedealers And a Tcady mar ket. The big deals .of the past week pr so are only a marker to what may be ex pected from a concerted system of adver tising carried on by the real-estate deal ers as a- unit, for Eastern capital has lis eyes .on the Western coast, and,?wlth the advantages of Portland brought to the at tention of prospective investors, the de mand for local realty is -expected to re ceive a.; tremendous impetus, which wll benefit not only the deajers but the sur rounding: community as well. East Side' Property .Sold. J. J. Kadderly. the well-known East Side transfer man, sold the qu'arteMriock at the northwest corner of East -Oak street and Union avenue to Dr. J. F. Gal braith, superintendent -of the Sta,te Insane Asylum, for $16,500. The three-story brick formerly occupying the premises was de stroyed in the .disastrous fire last Sum mer. - Dr. Galbraith will erect a brick structure on the site this Spring. Mr. Kadderly also sold the northeast corner of Grand avenue and East Oak streets for JlO.OOtf. The purchaser's name is not given; E, J, Daly transacted botli deals. Big Tract of Timbcrland Sold. Moylan Bros., local timber-land oper ators, closed a deal yesterday whereby they secure 1400 acres of fine Umber land in Cowlitz County. Washington, near Car roll's, on the Columbia River. The tract is reputed as being one of the best Invest ments in the Northwest, containing an estimated 70.000.000 feet of timber. The purchase price is given as 570,000. Brewery Changes Hands. The Portland Brewery's plant, at Twen tieth and Upshur streets, was sold to Mrs alary A, "Wilbel'm yesterday. The brewery j was established two years ago by Otto Meier and George Wilhelm; the latter a. son ot the purchaser. Mrs. Wilhelm was formerly the owner of the Sellwood brew ery, and bought the new concern through the agency of Ben Staudenmeyer. SAILORS' BLOOD MONEY An Inquiry From British Consul Xaidlavr And 'an Answer. PORTLAND. Feb. 20. (To the Editor.) I do not for a moment believe that The Ore- sonlan will willingly make a mls-statcment In its editorials, but I woula, .like to know upon what ground the statement Is made in your issue of February 20 that "sailors are obtainable at Portland on much lower rates than on Pusct Sound" and that "complaint of sailor boarding-house abuses has ceased." As I am advised, the rate of wages on Fuget Sound for able seamen Is 4 per month. while from Portland- it Is 15 per montb-f uenerany the "blood money cnarge on Puget Sound Is $25 per man; here It is $30 per man. Both are In my consular district and the charges In either case for furnishing; crews are the most outrageous of any ports In the world. Crimping is carried on Just as It has been In the past. An evil cannot be got rid of by shutting our eyea to the facts, and-no amelioration of .conditions has ever been accomplished by this method. JAMES L.AIDLAW. II. B. M. Consul. The Oregonlan Is not shutting Its eyes to the facts in the sailor hoarding-house case. It is perfectly familiar with the fact that conditions here are not Ideal. They never will be until the sailor is re incarnated. It is also familiar with tho fact that shipping has suffered more in the hands of the boarding-housemen on Puct Sound this season than at Portland. No such shanghalng outrage as that of the British ship Scottish floors, which was held up at Port Townsend a few months ago, has occurred in Portland in the past" five years.1 All of th6nicnr- gaged in the exporting business and in chartering ships know that conditions at Portland at the present time are no worse than they are on Puget Sound. This be ing the case, The Oregonlan Is at a loss to understand Mr. Laldlaw's. motive in endeavoring continually to create a senti ment favorable to Puget Sound and un laYorablo to Portland. DEPUTY RECORDER STRIKES Thinks He Has St. Johns Council ..Bottled, But Is Iet Out. Deputy Recorder O. R. Downs, who has been acting for Recorder J. W. Hanks, of the 9L Johns Council, during the latter's Illness, for some time, and was paid at the rate of $40 per month, last night struck for $100 per month. He thought he had the Council where it could not help it self, and declared: "I have set my stakes at $100 per month, and taffy won't go with me, for I know what my services are worth to the City of St. Johns. Pay what I want or I'll take my hat and go." The Council was at sea over the case of Deputy Downs, and was Inclined to ac cept his ultimatum and vote to pay him what he demanded, but it was found that the charter forbids paying over $S3 per month. He was asked to reduce his de mands so as to come within reach of the charter provisions, but he refused to re duce them one cent, and intimated that he "knew some things" that had been go ing on in the CounclL After this it was very promptly voted that Recorder Hanks be instructed to appoint another deputy. Downs has accomplished much work and straightened out the muddled records, but he got the Impression that his services were Indispensable and undertook to "hold the Council up." with the result that he is. now" out. Another deputy win be ap pointed today, who ,wlll go on with the work. The Council transacted only some rou tine work. It was announced that the note of A. L. Miner for $40, long due, had been paid. The saloon question was not touched, although the St. Johns Hotel bar Is running. In spite of the fact Unit the license was revoked. It was stated that the money used to pay the Miner note came out of the $1000 license received. REUNION OF ALUMNI TODAY Former Students or High School Will Discuss Reorganization. The Portland High School Alumni Asso ciation will hold a reunion at he main hall of the High School building this afternoon, at which a new plan of work for the orcanizatinn rilr nrnVniViw adopted. Heretofore It has been the custom of the society to give an annual reception In honor ot the graduating class, wmcn practice aoes not meet with favor on the part of some of the older members, who are In favor of the asso ciation being brought together in a social way at least once a year. Their plan Is to do away with the reception to the graduates and in its stead to hold a re union of all the members at least once a year. By reorganizing the association on a new basis and providing for the payment of a small sum as annual dues, a fund could be raised and kept pn hand large enough to defray the cost of socials and entertainments for the ben ell t of all the members. The association announces tho program me for tills afternoon as follows: . Overture. , .-Wilder. Orchestra Address of welcome.. President K. H. Noltner Soprano solo "My Aln Folk" . , , - Mies Edwlna Mastlck Reunion speech. w. s. Dunlway Recitation Ulta M. Bode Remarks. o. F. Paxton Piano solo "Warrum" '....Miss Frances Sheeny "Traumes "Warrum". Miss Frances Sheehy Onnronn enln ri.. IT II J t i "'v Jim. nillil xiCKeio Remarks... a U. Gantenbeln Homesccfcers Pouring Iftto City. Homeseekers continue to pour Into Port land on every train. Yesterday the Union pacific brought nine' special cars, in addi tion to its regular equipment, which was crowded io the limit. Other lines are car rying thousands of colonists to the West every day. So heavy has the travel be come from the Middle Western terminals that the Rock Island will put on a special dally tourist .sleeper service .from Chicago and St. Louis to Colorado points and St. Paul to accommodate the great number taking advantage of the present low rates to the Northwest. Funeral or Murderer's Victim. The body -of Julius Kuhn. who was mur dered in his saloon, at Williams avenue and Weldler streets, Saturday night, by a masked man, was buried yesterday after noon in Lone Fir Cemetery. The services were conducted by Rev. Frederick Bueer mann and Rev. Jacob Kratt. The detectives who are working on the case arc -no nearer the capture of the man who killed Kuhn than on the night of the murder. The police admit that there is no clew except that the man who mur dered Kuhn was probably a. highwayman. For East Side Orriccs. W. S. Aldcrson, residing at 173 East Seventh street, yesterday filed a petition in the County Clerk's office for the Re publican nomination for Constable of East Portland district C A. Appelgren has filed a potltion for j.ne Republican nomination for Justice of the Peace, East Portland district. BIB FOR NOME GITY Seattle Parties Would Charter Boat for Valdez Route. FIVE STEAMERS ON THE RUN Freight and Passcnccr Traffic to Copper jilvcr Country "Will Tax Capacity oSCraft Now riylng to North. Seattle transportation parties arc nego tiating for the charter of the steam schooner Nome City. This information Is glvon out by F. P. Baumgartncr, local representative of the California Sz. Oregon Steamship Company, In which line the Nome City is at present operating be tween this port and San Pedro. The Seattle people arc after the Nome City to carry freight and passengers to Valdez and Seward, in the Copper River country. Mr. Baumgartncr received the telegram yesterday, but is not in position to divulge the name of the company whose ambition it Is to gain control of the craft mentioned as likely to ply to the north ern ports from Portland. Five steamers arc already running out STEAMER INTELLIGENCE. Due to Arrive. Steamer From. Aurella. San Franclco Bee, San Francisco., 'Xumantia. Orient ........... Senator, San Francisco Jeanie, San Francisco Redonde, San Francisco South Bay, San Frandsco.... Ttaanoke. Los Angeles........ m Columbia, San Francisco F. A. Kllburn. San Francko Northland. San Francisco..... Due to Depart. Steamer Destination. Date. .Feb. 22 .Feb. 22 .Feb. 22 Feb. 23 .Feb. 21 .Feb. 24 Feb. 25 .Feb. 2" .Feb. 28 .Mar. 1 .Mar. 4. Date. Alliance., Coos Bay and Eureka .Feb. -23 .Feb. 25 Aurella. San Francisco Senator, San Fran cl too Redoodo, San Francisco South Bay. San Frandsco.... Numantla, Orient Roanoke, Eos Angeles .Feb." 25 .Feb. 28 Mar. 1 Mar. 1 Mar. 1 Mar. 2 Mar. 3 Mar. S Columbia, San Francisco F. A. Kllburn, San Francisco Northland, San Francisco Carrying malL of Puget Sound ports to Valdez and Sew ard, and they are said to be entirely In adequate to handle the rapidly increasing traffic The .Nome city wouia assist ma terially, inasmuch as she carries In the neichborhood of 1300 tons of freight, and lias ample accommodations for passen gers. Mr. Baumgartner says the Seattle offer Is liberal, but this fact notwithstanding. he will delay giving a definite answer until the Portland committee, has had every op portunity to see what can be expected from the agitation for a direct line from Portland to the gold fields. The Nome City. Is expected to return to Portland some time next week from San Pedro. CUXARD OFFICIAL OK VISIT. Ernest Cariey, 3ranagcr or the North west Department in Portland. Ernest Cariey, manager of the North Western Department of the Cunard Steamship Company, Is in Portland look ing Into the Interests Qf the Immense trans-Atlantic transportation concern which he represents. He will remain un til Friday, when he leaves for Seattle and other Puget Sound cities. "The Cunard Line is building two So foot trans-Atlantic turbine steamers on the Clyde." said Mr. Cariey, "and the con tract calls for speed of DO miles an hour, which means that the distance from Liv erpool to New York will be covered in 100 hours. The speed record across the At lantic is now held by the Cunard Liner Lucania. which made the run hi 5 days. 7 hours and 23 minutes. "The big passenger steamers of today are like palaces compared with those of 20 years ago. Even steerage passengers are given the best of accommodation, and there Is no more huddling together be tween decks and In the deep holds of the vessels. All passengers have their neat berths, and third class provides dining table with crockeryware and comfortable chairs. "Passenger traffic is generally good, which is evident from the fact that enor mous sums of money are being spent In enlarging and modernizing the equip ments." DRIFT GOES SEAWARD. Rising River Starts Large Quantities or Snags From Beach. Th heavy Tains or the past few days have aroused the Willamette. and"1n Its hurry to reach a level the water Is wash ing up on the beaches that have been dry for many a day except when moistened by rain. The rise In the river was quite pro nounced yesterday morning, and masses ofXrtft came gliding with the current nearly all morning. The tenders on the bridges had their hands full keeping the drift from lodging around the piers, but they succeeded pretty well, and by night ASureRemedy for Lame Back Neuralgia Sprains S-Bruiscs PRICE 25501001 SOLD BY All Druggists DnEvI S.Sloan lOSTWi KASS.ULSA. IS m I most of the snags had passed the city front on their Journey to the sea. Thevsnags were supposed to havo com from the beach above Inman. Poulsen & Co.'s mills, but none of them were of large dimensions or particularly danger ous to navigation. A strong breeze swept the river all day, and those who had to work outside found conditions anything but pleasant. HELPLESS FOR A 3IOXTir. Captain Ilcldt Tells or Loss or the Steamer Marlcchcn. SEATTLE. Wash.. Feb. 21. Captain Rudolph Heldu.of the wrecked steamer Marlechen that went ashore at False Bay. Alaska, on the morning- of Janu ary 23, reached the city last night, en route to his home in Hamburg. In telling- of the wreck he said: "One of the deadlights became broken on the night of December 25, filled .the enKlne-room with water and put out the fires. Shortly after our rudder chains broke, and we were ab solutely at the mercy of the wind and waves. We drifted for a month almost helpless. At times we were able to start the top ilres and get up steam, but every time the steam failed us. During all that month we were cither surrounded with a heavy fog- or In the midst of a blinding snow storm. I never saw such seas In my life. They constantly swept over the vessel and carried everything loose on deck away. We were compelled to bail ship 'with buckets, and all expected more than once to go to the bottom. "The Murluchen is now lylnff on tho rocks with a list of about IS degrees. I believe she can be floated. I do not think the hull is damaged. The vessel Is owned In Hamburg-, Is worth about 5150,000, and had a $200,090 cargo aboard. Wc were under chartor to Bamcson. Hibberd r Co.. of San Fran cisco, and were bound for Vladivostok." Called on Special Survey. The many friends of Captain F. S. Bosworth, formerly marine surveyor here, will be interested to learn that he has 'been called from Bath, Mc, to Portland. Me., to hold a special survey on a dainty little craft, which arrived at the Maine port about two weeks ago, and to which the owners have glvon the pretty name of Barbara Bosworth. The Captain reports that his son and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bos worth think that the grandfather will find the Barbara worth seeing-, V Liner Texan Slightly Damaged. HONOLULU. "Feb. 21. A Board of Sur vey has found that the seawprthiness of the steamer Texan, whose cargo recently took fire. Is not affected. After some repairs the vessel will sail for New York. Marine Xotc. The British ship Argus commenced loading wheat at Irving dock yesterday. The Oriental liner Numantla Is expected to reach the Columbia River during the day. , The schooner Eric left down yesterdav bound for San Pedro with 700.OX) feet of lumber. The steamer Harold Dollar arrived from' San Francisco last night to load lumber for a return cargo. Steamer Alliance will sail for Eureka via Coos Bay Friday night, and the steamer Toledo will probably get away for Cook's Inlet, Alaska, this evening. An unusually large number of big car riers are loading- lumber at the mills south of the bridges at present. The ship Miltonburn will, in all probability, finish her Immense cargo at the Portland mills, now that the river has risen considerably, j The revenue cutter Perry Is anchored,! In the river above the Burnslde-street bridge. She has Just returned from her i search for bodies in the vicinity of the V TYPEWRITERS APPEAL TO YOUR SENSE AND . YOUR SENSES The Smith Premier is the most silent type writer on the market. The action is The 247 STARK Valencia disaster at Cape Beale. A num ber of bodies were found by the crew of the Perry, as has already been told In the dispatches. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA. Feb. 21. Condition of the bar at 3 P. M.. rough; wind west, weather cloudy. 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Branch Stores Everywhere. STREET, PORTLAND, OREGON Schooner Mabel Gale, from Portland; schoon er W. F. Jewett. from Columbia River; steamer City of Para, from ilonckonir. via i Yokohama; German steamer Mera, from 'TTnitihnn. .-I- vtln. I-- .lit- from Victoria; steamer Meteor, from Ta coma. Seattle. Feb. 21. .Arrived Steamer Mel ville Dollar, from San Francisco. Sailed Steamer Charles Xelson. for San Franeisco. Bellingham. "Wash.. Feb. 21. Sailed Steamer Rainier, for San Francisco. Fire Threatened Child's Life. In a fire that started at S:45 o'clock yesterday morning- In si room of a suite occupied by .Mr. and Mrs. j. h. Cos- the best-liked, the CIGARETTES aromatic and unvarying. whole scries sent post- V- U1 m tello, a sleeping bnbe, nsed 1 year, was In peril for a time until Mrs. Costello, the mother, discovered the Are and en tered the room to save it. 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