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10 fHE MORNING . OEEGOXIAX, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1906. I STATE MY MAKE APPROPRIATION Legislature to Be Asked to Aid Government Work at Celilo. BUSINESS MEN WILL ACT Move to Clear Way for Centering. All Federal Assistance on Jetty Construction at Mouth of River. Oregon, as officially represented, may be called upon to shoulder a consider able part of the burden of the improve ment of the Columbia River along with the Government. A movement is on toot to ask the next Legislature, which meets In January, to make a large ap propriation for the continuance of the work begun by the Government at Ce lilo so that the entire National appro priation for the Columbia River can be used for the completion of the jetty; A special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce will be held within a few days to review the situation and to bring thti varied interests together to decide what shall be done to insure a sufficient appropriation. The business men of Portland aro thoroughly aroused to the necessity 'of rushing the work at the mouth of the Columbia River to completion. The ad dress of Lieutenant-Colonel S. W. Roes sler, in chartie of the local United States engineer's office, delivered at the Chamber of Commerce meeting at tended by Congressman Ransdeil, has brought them to realise the Import ance of securing an adequate appro priation for the Jetty. Colonel Roessler declared that from every point of v)ew It was advisable to complete the jetty first, the other improvements to follow. He urged that other Improvements be allowed to wat until the jetty was completed, if enough money for all could not be secured. Unless Congress will authorize a continuing contract at the next session he is in favor of having the work at the jetty deferred until a time when the needed amount can be had. To split the appropriation Into two divisions, part for the Jetty and the other for the work at Celilo, w6uld be only a needless and useless waste of money, he said. I'pper River Must Be Appeased. Many citizens of Portland who have taken an active interest in the rivers unj harbors improvements of the state think the next National appropriation should be centered on the jetty.-But op position to the entire allotment from Congress being expended on one work is 30 strong that it is not believed that it could be put through unless' the peo ple of the upper river acquiesced. Tc satisfy the people of the upper river it has been suggested that the Oregon Legislature be called upon to appropriate enough money to continue the work at Celilo. Then the interests working for the improvement of the upper river might consent to the bulk of the Congressional appropriation go ing to the Jettv. To make another contract for a short section of the canal similar to the one now In operation at Celilo would neces sitate the expenditure of about J300. 000. About J2, 500.030 is needed to com plete the Jetty. Unless the whole amount can be mads available. Colonel Roessler declares that it will be imprarticable to begin further extension of the jetty until the entire sum for finishing the breakwater shall be available. He declares that the only possible way to do this work with reasonable promise of success at mod erate cost Is to wait until the entire um has been provided and then rush the work to a finish as rapidly as pos sible. To nttempt to construct the outer 65J0 feet at different times under two separate appropriations would result in a great loss of time and greater waste of money in renewing and maintaining several miles of costly trestle. Colonel Roessler's Views. Colonel Roessler wants the whole $2,500,000 for the Columbia River jetty from the next Congress, or none at all until two years later. But the delay of two years would cost the Government several hundrej thousand dollars, ow ing tc the deterioration and washing out of the trestle. Ey waiting two years before beginning the further extension of the Jetty the work would require an appropriation nearer $3,000,030 than $2,500,000. But the work at Celilo is of such a character that it can be stopped at any time and no loss will ensue. The work can be continued year after year as fast or as slow as the appropriations justify, but no emergency exists as at the mouth of the river. Congressman Ransdeil, when he was in Portland, expressed himself as skep tical that Congress would authorize a continuing contract for the work on the Jetty. He did not think it would be possible for Oregon to" secure as much as $-, 500.000 unless the rivers and har bors bill carried a. greater appropria tion than he looked for. Congressman Jones, of Washington,' who is also a member of the House committee on rivers and harbors, ex presseo'himself as opposed to the work on tho upper river being dropped to expedite the improvement at the mouth of the river. . . Realize Magnitude of Task. These expressions from two members of the committee have made the busi ness men of Portland realize that they have a difficult task before them. They are in a quandary and the special meet ing of the Chamber of Commerce will be held to outline a policy to be pur sued and to settle the grave problem that has presented itself. The proposition to call on the Legis lature for aid is more of a suggestion than anything else, just at present, but it will undoubtedly take a more defi nite shape. A few of those Interested have advanced the idea that perhaps the Legislature could be induced to make an appropriation for Celilo. Others have suggested that the state appropriation be used to make up the deficiency if Congress does not allow enougn money for the completion of the jetty. , The members of the Chamber of Commerce who know that a special meeting is to be held are saying little. They state that the meeting will be held to consider the situation and that individual members have suggested that the Legislature be applied to for assistance. J. N. Teal has taken the lead in the calling of the meeting, but the official notice has not been filed with Secretary Giltner. It requires ten members to call a special session. Mr. Teal said yesterday that the date of the meeting had not been determined. S. MORTON COHN HOME Now Interested in New International Theatrical Syndicate. After an absence of eight months, S. Morton Cohn has returned to Portland full of new ideas and plans for the show business in America. The great er part of Mr. Conn's absence was spent abroad on a combined business and pleasure toun Among the projects which he has taken under contempla tion is the formation of a new syndi cate in this country to conduct popular-priced theaters in conjunction with an European circuit. While Mr. Cohn was abroad he vis ited London and Paris, Berlin and "many other large continental cities, in order to get first-hand knowledge of the European theatrical situation. Everywhere he found popular-priced entertainment along the vaudeville line in growing populariity, and reports the same condition in all of the cities which he visited after his return to America. While in England Mr. Cohn became Interested in a syndicate which pro poses to establish a new string of play houses throughout the European cities. As an experiment, a theater has been opened in London. If this is successful and Justifies the undertaking, other theaters will be opened in the conti nental cities. It is in connection with the Euro pean company that Mr. Cohn proposes to organize a new syndicate to handle vaudeville In this country. No definite plans have yet been made, except that if the syndicate is formed It will ex change attractions with the theaters in which Mr. Cohn has become interested abroad. It would operate along the same lines as the International The atrical Company, in which Mr. Cohn is now Interested. LINEMAN ASKS DAMAGES D. D. Dobbins Sues . the Portland General Electric Co. for $5235. Delos D. Dobbins, through his attor ney, F. K. Sargent, yesterday com menced suit in the state courts against the Portland General Electric Company for damages alleged to have been sus tained December 11. 1905, while in the employ of the defendant corporation. It is set forth in the complaint that on the day in question, while plaintiff, who Is a lineman for the Pacific States Telephone Company, was engaged in inspecting, adjusting and repairing the wires of said telephone company at Catlin street and Hawthorne avenue, by reason of the careless and negligent manner in which the electric company had strung Its heavily-charged wires upon the poles of the telephone com pany, he received a severe shock, from the effects of which his feet and hands were severely burned and permanently crippled, necessitating amputation ,of the second finger of his right hand and grafting of skin from other portions of his body to his bands and feet, causing him great pain, suffering and humilia tion. Plaintiff demands $.'000 damages, $SS account of money expended for hospi tal fees and $150 for medicine and surgical attendance. POPULATION OF ' CITY IS 1B5.000 Estimate Based on Names in Portland Directory Now in Press. SHOWS 33,990 INCREASE Figures Given Out by R. L. Polk & Co. Official Multiple of C 1-2 Agreed on by National Association Vsed. Portland has a population of 185.000 persons, and within a year easily will have passed the 200,000 mark, accord ing to the estimate of R. L. Polk & Co., who are preparing the city direc tory. Mrs. H. M. Clinton, Polk's man ager for Oregon, stated yesterday that the new directory contains 78,073 names of individuals residing in Port land and immediate suburbs. Multi plied by the accepted mutlple of the National Association of Directory Pub lishers, which is 2'c, this would give Portland and vicinity a population of 195.195. Mrs. - Clinton says that about 10.300 persons reside in the suburbs, leaving Portland an estimated population of 1S5.195. Last year when the directory was compiled from the same territory cov ered this year, 64.482 names were re corded. This year there are 78,078 names, an increase of 13.696. Multiply ing 13.596. as does the R. L- Polk & Co., with 2,.4, Portland, with immediate sub urbs, is credited with an increase in population of 3J.990. "Counting all classes and the aver age number of transients who are in the city from day to day, Portland proper is a city of nearly 200,000 inhab itants," asserted Mrs. Clinton. "If we had figured firm, school and institution names we could have credited Port land and vicinity with a population of 305.000. But an estimate of 195,195 Is a very conservative and fair estimate. "We counted the names of individ uals only. All persons who are em-, ployed, whether children or adults, are given a place in the directory. The wives who remain at home and the school children are not mentioned. Adults' who are in Portland attending school, such as business, medical and dental colleges, are counted. "The estimate of 195.195 does not in clude the Chinese population or resi dents of the North End. Our canvas sers were instructed to omit the names of any persons they knew to be of disreputable character. Neither does our directory Include transient guests at any hotel in the city, though they are an integral part of our community.' While the transients who are in Port land today may not be here tomorrow, others will have taken their places. "The customary method of estimat ing population and the one adopted by the National Association of Directory Publishers, is to multiply the number of names of individuals in the directory by 2H. After a fair comparison with the Federal and school census 24 as a multiple of determining population was adopted by the association. There can be no doubt as to the accuracy of our estimate." The new directory is now in press and will be issued early in October. The work of compilation was begun last April. BUSINESS PROPERTY SOLD Two Deals Involving $4 0,000 Each In Down Town District. H. L. Colvln yesterday purchased the property at the southwest corner of Fourth and Glisan streets, owned and occupied by the Willamette Iron & Steel Works. The price paid was $40,000 and the deal was made through C. K. Henry. There is a two-story brick on the corner, covering a single lot. Mr. Colvln. the purchaser, is a new investor in Portland realty. He formerly had extensive logging and timber inter ests at Marshland, but sold out not long ago to the O. K. Logging Company. The deal concludes the sale of the en tire plant of the Willamette Iron & Steel Works and its affiliated corporation, the Willamette Boiler Works. The proper ties at Third and Glisan and at Front and Flanders were sola several months ago. and the two companies are now con solidated on a new site north of the terminal yards. The building just sold was used as an office, and the headquar ters of the company will be moved at the first of the year to a new office. . At that time the building at Fourth and Glisan streets will be occupied by the Portland Coffee & Spice Company. Another sale was made yesterday, in which $40,000 was involved. This was the purchase of the southwest corner of Sec ond and Alder streets by Louis Gerllnger from H. G. Colton. The property consists of a three-story brick building on a lot 25x75. The building Is at present occu pied by Chinese, but will be remodeled when the lease of the present tenants expires next April. AT THE THEATERS What the Frew Agent Say. 'BABETTE" TONIGHT. Victor Herbert's Comic-Opera Pre sented by Stewarts at Heilig. The Stewart Opera Company will begin the last two niRhts of its engagement at The Hetlig tonight, presenting Victor Her bert's light opera, Babette." Tiie book and lyrics of this delightfully tuneful offering aro by Harry B. Smith. The costumes and stage settings are really gorgeous and grd to look upon. The choruses are brilliant and the solo parts written directly to the taste of the moderns. Presented, as it is, by. such artists as those in the Stewart company, with the well-drilled, beautifully-dressed and splendid singing chorus, and with a magnificence of scenic investure that leaves nothing to be desired, it may well be con sidered a notable contribution to the lyric stage. Special matinee of ' Babette' tomor row. Seats selling at theater. "THE TWO LITTLE VAGRAXTS." Miss Lawrence Appears at the Baker Theater as a Ragged Urchin. Every phase of human nature and emotion is graphically pictured in "The Two Little Vagraris." which is the week's offering at the Baker Theater.' The taste 'of every patron is satisfied and the variety of charac ters portrayed outnumbers that of any cast ever presented in Portland. Even the chicken which one of the little "vags" steals during his tramp days has become a favorite with the audience. Miss' Lawrence has proven that she can adapt herself and her art to any role from an urchin of rags to the grande dame. Saturday matinee. On the Bridge at Midnight. "On the Bridge at Midnight" continues to attract nightly crowds at the Empire and is being much talked of by the Empire patron as the best attraction ever seen at that the ater. The great knife-bridge scene so Im pressed the first audience that its fame has spread all over town and all are eager to see it. Only three more performances. In cluding Saturday matinee. COMING ATTRACTIONS. Seat Sale for Minstrels. Tomorrow Saturday) morning at 10 o'clock the advance sale of seats will open for Richard & Pringle'e Georgia Minstrels, which come to The Helllg Theater next Mon day night, September 24. for an engagement of three nights, with a bargain matt nee Wednesday. Seat sale at theater. Four teenth and Washington. Next Week at the Baker. In "The Wilderness," which Mr. Baker will present next week, he has a strong problem play. Miss Lawrence and Mr. Thornton will have great opportunities in this play of Henry Esmond's and the heavy advance sale is an indication that 4'The Wilderness" Is anticipated with great pleasure by the public. "A Mad Love" Next Weel. 'A Mad Love" is coming to the Empire next week and the devotees of that great old-time favorite. "Lady Audleys Secret." are anticipating a great treat, as this Ls a bright, new version of Miss Braddon's book of that name. The star. Miss Maretta. Smart, is a clever young California girl. "East Lynne" at the Star. Rehearsals are now in progress at the Star Theater for "East Lynne," which will be the attraction next week, starting Mon day night. AT THE VAUDEVILLE THEATERS Pantages Operatic Treat. The bedroom scene from "Fra Diavolo," an operatic treat, is being presented as the feature this week at the Pantages Theater -by the Metropolitan Singers, a troupe of people who are artists one and all. This de lightful scene they produce with power and beauty, leaving nothing to be desired. Stage Pictures at the Star. Some of the most attractive stage pictures ever seen at th Star Theater are offered this week as a background for "The Road to Frisco," now being presented by the Allen Stock Company. This is the first time this new melodrama has appeared in the West. "The Green-Eyed Monster." The Lyric continues to stand them up at each performance of "The Green-Eyed Mon ster," undoubtedly one of the funniest farce comedies ever written. It Is a piece that pleasea all classes, from the grouchy veteran theatergoer to the young matinee girl. Bert Morphy at The Oaks. Bert Morphy has made such a tremendous hit with his wonderful singing In conjunction with D'Urbano's Band, at the Oaks, that the management has joined with the railway company and re-engaged "The man who eings to beat the band" for one more week, begin- ef ore Adam Did yourevcr reatfraVconvincing ghost story ? . 1 ou never did, because those who wrote' them tried-to imagine what a ehost would sav. The only 'way to write a ghost story which, will sound real,1 which will convince, is to be a ghost and write it from the ghost's point of view. Th ere are some things beyond imagination; Jack London has written a book, the ooen- 'ing chapters of whichVappear. in, the October Everybody's. He calls it "Before Adam.? - He shows man before he had any of the veneer of civilization,-? before society' was in- J 1 .1 r t - . . . venrea,wnen me wants or tne race were tew, when its vocabulary was limited to twenty words. You do not feel (that he has imag inedthis as you read. YouA feel that he, has lived it ;'v that he has seen it; that he jememberslit., It.may,be.imagination'.toLondon, ' but to you it is the real thing; Jack London has lived a strange'lifeamong'men'and wbmen"whos"e passions are primeval. He has.seenjmenjntheiiraw'strippeddown' to the mainsprings of life, when only the instinctive passions were; work-, ing hunger, thirst, revenge,' joy thejntensities'ofjife whenjyocabi ulary was simply ejaculation. By taking away from, such r'meriieverythlngTthatcivTlizatidnjand education have given them, he has seen "what men must have been."Before Adam." "These men he has set heforeus Lop-EarWthe., Swift One ; Red-Eye, the Hairless One; OldMarrowtBone the beginning" f' nomenclature is suggested by these names descriptive "ofpersonal char- acteristics. It is too real to be always a pleasant storybut nojrhan nor, woman can read itwithout that exhilarationtwhichlcomes!fromlbeing compelled to, think; and. tothinkdeeply - azme , , FOR OCTOBER All new-tands 1 5 cents.i Ji.5dlTyeaa;. ' Tbia n amber auo Mils more of the wonderful things -which Ratsell found were being done In AaMrslU for theeommon good;" contains powerful, realistic story of anarchy Id the coal mines by Maximilian Foster; presents a humorist, describing the domestic problem is bis saddest vein, and a new picture of the same old Bohemia by O. Henry, with plenty of other good and great things. ' ' ' tHE' -Rl'DGWAY COVP'A'Nj I. East j7thStre?tNew.York! A publication appearing every seren day, edited tlooc new linear published elmaluoeoasly in Boston. New York. Pitta bare. Chicago. 8t. Louis, Cleve-J land, Deover. Sao Francisco, Seattle. Atlanta. New Orlesnt. 8t Pul. Wash ington and Philadelphia, will appear with its first o amber about October flth.' ning with Monday next. Mr. Morphy will change his songs every afternoon and night and introduce all that are popular of the day. Everybody will be admitted to the Oaks tomorrow Saturday) for 5 cents, a special arrangement having been made to that efTect for the benefit of the thousands of people that are returning from the sea coast. Mimic Four at - the Grand. In the Mimic Four the Grand this week has a head-line act which is novel and amusing. It is a real hit and the four peo ple in the specialty are earnest workers. The sketch has Just enough plot to carry the specialties. Sam Hood, the man from Ken tucky, tells stories and sings parodies, be sides cracking local gags. "The Cuban Spy" at the Lyric. General Funston has been ordered to Cuba. For that reason the announcement that the Lyric Stock Company will produce that thrill ing military melodrama, 'The Cuban Spy" next week is especially timely. LAS VEGAS LAWYER FREE J. W. Hopkins Arrested on Land Fraud Charge Gets Bail. J. W. Hopkins, the Las Vegas. NeV., attorney, who was arrested shortly after testifying In the Blue Mountain forest reserve case and thrown into Jail on a conspiracy charge embraced in an indictment returned against him in con nection with the land frauds by the last Federal grand jury, was released from custody late yesterday afternoon on a bond or $4000 furnished by Leo Frlede and "Walter H. Moore, local capitalists. Hopkins is alleged to have perjured himself while on the witness stand in the Blue Mountain case, and it ls tho Intention of United States District At torney Bristol to endeavor to secure his indictment on this charge also as soon as the next grand jury convenes. W. W. Banks, ex-Assistant United States District Attorney, acted as at torney for Hopkins in the proceedings to secure his release trom the custody of the Federal authorities. NOT IN THE LAND FRAUDS Judge Tanner Says He Was in No Way Involved. PORTLAND. Or.. Sept. 20. (To the Editor.) I notice that the Oregonian of September IS, mentions the - fact that disbarment proceedings were pending against me on account, as the article says, inadvertently no doubt, "of having become mixed up in land frauds." I wish to deny most emphatically that I have ever been or become mixed up in any land frauds whatever and the charges against me before the State Bar Association are not based upon any such grounds. I defy any man or set of men. great or small, to show a single instance where I have ever directly or indirectly defrauded or attempted to defraud the Government out of public land or where I have ever aided or attempted to aid any one else in so doing. The fact is I have never even exercised my right which every1 citizen has to buy 160 acres of timber land. I have never bought or owned any school land. I have never "scripped" or attempted to scrip any Government land and have never attempted to acqulra title to Government land in any other way and I object most strenuously to having my name used In a way that would lead the public: to believe that I was or had been a land-fraud con splrator. The only way I became involved in tha matter at all. as everybody knows, was Ira an effort to shield Senator Mitchell, with whom I had long been associated in bust-! ness and who had been my friend for. many years, from indictment and pros ecutlon on account of fees paid the flrmr for services rendered in the land de partment. Whatever odium attaches to that I am willing to bear, but no one can truthfully say tuu.1. I have ever been' mixed up In land frauds or that I havj ever engaged, directly or Indirectly, la, any such business. A. H. TANNER. Mllwaakle Country Clnb. Eastern and California races. Take Sell wood or Oregon City car, starting Ironti First and Alder streets. tOW RATES TO VEW ORLEANS. Account National -Convention Knights' of Pythias to be held at New Oreleans lni October, the O. R. & N. Co. will on! October 7 and 8 sell round trip tickets! from Portland at rate of SS0.20. For fur ther information in regard to limits, stop overs, etc.. call on, or address C. w.; Stinger. City Ticket Agent, O. K. & N.) Co., Portland. COUNCIL CREST EXTENSION OF THE PORTLAND RAILWAY COMPANY IS FORMALLY OPENED BY SPECIAL EXCURSION V' It, t J " W 4 7f Si i" 'iM i.-i-i ' t -I J lilt 1 i it. 1 t!r i ' 1 v i 2 s.-v- it V k v V V1 A "V s t v v '.y t :. . - .v.-.-.-. s v. ' ,v ' . . .-o a o v ah The Council Crest extension of the Portland Railway Company was formally opened yesterday when two special cars containing city officials, officers of the railroad company and invited guests were taken over the line. The party left First and Washington streets yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and spent two hours inspecting the loop. At the summit of the Crest, the party left the cars and proceeded to the highest point of the Crest, where the best view of the city and sur rounding country is gained. Those who made the trip were: Councilmen H. W. Wallace, Thomas Gray. Frank S. Bennett, R. B, Menefee. W. T. "Vaughn. Dan Kellaher, John Annand, H. A. Belding and R. A. Preston; J. Montag, T. G. Greene, L. T. Feery and R. Wilson, of the Mayor's executive boardr Mayor Lane, S. Grutz. D. W. Taylor. L. A. McNary. Frank C. Barnes, W. L. Llghtner, E. B. Piper, H. W. Goode, Oskar Huber. W. H. Hurlburt, A. H. Richmond. J. C. Ainsworth, J. A. Cranston, W. A. Currey, I. A. Teres, D. D. Clarke, T. Dodge. H. L. Pittock, J. E. Werlein. D. E. Keasey, Clark H. Williams. William E. Mahoney, W. V. Smith, Leland Smith. W. K. Smith, V. Cook, W. J. Ptton and H. C. Campbell. i r i