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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1908)
THE MORXIXG - OKEGOXIAX. THTJKSDAY. MARCII 12,1908. 11 GDTTEL INIMICAL TO PACKING PLANT Fifth-Ward Councilman Blocks Schwartzschild & Sulz berger Ordinance. CALLS FOR REFERENDUM Prevents Finap of Franchise Bill n First Reading Cnder Snspen - ion of Roles Oommittee's Re- port Will Be Favorable. Developments at (he City Council meeting yesterday afternoon revealed the fact that Councilman Belding; wtll represent the Interests of the South Portland and Fulton people m-ho wish to see the $1,600,000 parkinz-houses of Schwartzschild & Sulzberger- located In that district, and that Councilman Cottel will lead the opposition. The application for a franchise for the plant was referred to the committee on health and police, of which Council man Concannon is chairman. It will come up for discussion at the next meeting: of the committee. Councilman Belding says that the people of the southern end of the city are greatly Interested in the proposed plant, and asserted yesterday that a large number had applied to him for information on the subject, expressing a desire to have the big plant located there. But Councilman Cottel. on the floor of the Council, made a speech against the project, declaring that "to grant the company a permit to locate its plant in South Portland without the referendum would be an outrage." The application for a franchise to operate within the city limits came up in the form of a recommendation from the committee on health and police, the members of which had informally con sidered the provisions of the ordinance, as published in full in The Oregonian yesterday morning. Inasmuch as they have already recommended it for pas sage, it is considered practically certain that when the measure comes before the Council for action, it will be In the form of a recommendation for final passage. Cottel Opposes Grant. That the ordinance was not put on Us final passage yesterday is due to Coun- oilman Cottel. who arose and declared himself opposed to a large packing plant in tne southern portion of the city. Councilman Cottel declared that "the Council, in former years, handed the peo ple of South Portland a lemon, in the torm or a foul-smelling packing-house. and declared that It "would be a damna ble outrage to pass this ordinance with out the referendum.-' lie said he would tight the project with every means at his command, on behalf of the people of his ward and for the general welfare of the district. Councilman Belding arose, after Coun cilman Cottel closed, and asked the priv ilege or ine noor on & question of per tonal privilege. "If Mr. Cottel saya that the packing house now located in South Portland is a roul-smelllng place, ue says what is not true." declared Mr. Belding, facing his opponent. "If he proposes to fight the new project, let Aim confine his statements to facts while speaking in this council. inciaencany. a special committee on slaughter-houses, of which Councilman Cottel Is chairman, was beheaded as a final act of the Council, after discussion of the application for a permit from the Dig independent packers. Kills Special Committee. "There is a committee of three, named to report on slaughter-houses," said Councilman Drlscoll, "and inasmuch as they nave never reported, although be ing out Ave months, I -move that they be uiscnarged. The motion was carried J. 8. Helsey, Pacific Coast manager for Schwartachlld Suliberger, last night as serted emphatically that his company's proposed plant In South Portland would not prove In the least objectionable to he residents of that section of the cltv. Equipped as it will be with the most mod ern machinery and facilities, he declared there would not be the slightest stench aboutjhe plant. With the assurances this company nas Deen able to give the Coun cil. Mr. Helsey feels reasonably confident that its application for a franchise will not be denied. five years be fixed at SS00 a year, and the difference adjusted so as to apportion the aggregate sum over the remaining life of the franchise. Councilman Wallace is a member of the majority and had no difficulty in se curing the adoption of the minority re port, even after counsel for the company had spoken, seeking to secure the adop tion of the majority report. He argued that, for the first two years, the corpora tion will not be able to do any business at all, as the Council has tied up the en tire line until it is completed to Mount Calvary Cemetery, and he thought it but Just to apportion the valuation as lightly as possible for the first five years. Herman Wittenberg, one of the pro moters of the project, repeatedly sought from the Council the privilege of oper ating cars over the completed portion of tne system, but because of the fear that the company might not build to Hills boro and the cemetery, the Council re fused this. Therefore, the company is tied up completely until it extends its lines and is ready for Interurban service otherwise, the whole system, with equip ment and everything pertaining tnereto, is declared forfeited to the city by the terms of the franchise. The management of the United Rail waya expects to complete its line to Mount Calvary Cemetery within one year from the time of the granting 01 tne franchise allowing work to proceed. The work of building the track to that point is difficult, because of the steep hills to be crossed. While the distance Is com paratively short, much surveying will be necessary before track work can be com menced, and construction will be slow and tedious. WFJXTOME BIG PACKING PLANT South End Improvement Chib In dorses the Proposition. At its annual meeting in Weber's Hall last night the South Knd Improvement flub enthusiastically indorsed the pack ing plant of Schwartxchlld & Bulzburger which may be established in South Port land. A unanimous sentiment favorable to the enterprise was expressed at the meeting, which was largely attended. Other Improvements in which the club is Interested and towards which it will direct its efforts are a bridge across the Willamette opposite Sellwood and the im provement of Corbett street. The annual election of officers was held last night, with results as follows: Pres ident. H. M. Rush; vice-president. H. Blceg; secretary. W. A. Viggers; treas urer, Joseph Weber. Committees were named as follows: Streets and highways, ,T. McCann, J. B. Cullrk, H. Bleeg: manu facturers, Joseph Weber. S. G. Dowell. A. J. Zimmerman: sanitation. J. D. Llth erland. F. P. Sheasgreen, J. Margulis: public utilities, including lights and wa ter supply, J. McCann. J. D. Lltherland, J. B. Culick; membership. H. K. Piatt, Klclcher Linn. H. M. Bush. NOW HAS A FRANCHISE Council Makes Grant to Vnlted Rail ways Company. The City Council yesterday afternoon, by unanimous vote, granted the franchise of the I'nlted Railways Company, thus removing all obstacles and making it possible for the corporation to proceed with the construction of its lines to Mount Calvary Cemetery and Hillsboro, so far as the municipality Is concerned, little discussion preceded final passage of the franchise ordinance, as Its provisions had been thoroughly threshed over in committee. When the ordinance came up for final passage. Councilman Wallace's minority report was read and later adopted. It provided for the valuation of the fran chise as fixed by the Executive Board,' Instead of as amended by the streets committee of the Council. The Board assessed the valuation at J37.0HO for the 2S year of the franchise, the first five years at 509 a year. The recommenda tion of the streets committee was that the valuation be the same as fixed by : the Board, but that the rate for the first J STEVENS HIRES A HALL Former Associate Will Tell What He Knows About U'Ren. Untroubled by the refusal of W.' S. IT'Ren. candidate for United ' States Senator, to accept his challenge for a joint debate, J. D. Stevens has engaged the Selling-Hirsch Hall lor next Sun day night, and at that time will tell what he knows of the Clackamas County "lawgiver." Mr. Stevens went to the meeting of the South Portland Republican Club last Thursday night, expecting; to be permitted to partlci nate in the joint discussion with TTRen, but he was denied a hearing. This fact, coupled with tTRen's refusal to meet him In join discussion, has driven Stevens to the necessity of hiring a hall at his own expense,, in order that he may relate some of the facts he professes to know regarding TTRen's career In this state. From the time he dims to Oregon in 1891, until he served a term In the Oregon State Legislature, TTRen had a staunch friend In Stevens, but the rec ord of the reformer in the 1897 session served to antagonise Stevens, who hag been camping on TTRen's trail ever since. Stevens promises to make some interesting disclosures In his address Sunday night. URGES OWNERS TO SPRAY County Inspector Searching for Pest' Infected Fruit Trees. Richard Deich. County Fruit Inspec tor. is asking the civic clubs to assist in cleaning and spraying fruit-tree In the city, and has sent to alt tne ciuos the following communication: The attention of the Federated Push Cluoa Is called to the great need of having all pest-Infected fruit trees in the city destroyed or sprayed before the date of the Rose Fes tival. No other one thing so unfavorably Impresses the visitor from the East as the spectacle of trees, along the streets and on vacant lots and blocks in the city, which are unsttrhtly or dying as a result of neglect. The United Push Clubs can do most val uable work for the abatement of this nuisance by creating a public sentiment against all euoh neglected and pest-infected trees, whtch are a disgrace both to their owners and the city. The members can individually help along in the good work by reporting to the County Fruit Inspector the exact location, by lot. block and addition, of such neglected and pest-Infected trees and the name and ad dress of the owner of each of such lots. Mail -reports to Richard Deich, 66 East Twenty-sixth street, Portland. The Inspector says that all communi cations addressed to him will be held confidential, and that no one need hesi tate to let him know of unsprayed trees for fear of incurring the enmity of anyone. FIND MISSIONARIES' BONES Party Discovers Skeletons Iveft by New Guinea Cannibals. VICTORIA, B. C. March U. After some search, a government expedition headed by Judge Murray has at last .peaceably, recovered the skeletons of Rev. James Chalmers and O. F. Tomldns. mission aries, murdered by cannibals in 1901, In New Guinea, according to mail advices by the steamer Moana. The party was guided bv friendly natives to wnere tne bones were hidden in old canoes, whtch contained a number of skulls. Surgical examination showed the bones recovered to be those of Europeans. The Moana also brings news that a bottle message has been found ott the Australian Coast from the lost bark (Maelgwyn, long since posted as missing. The message, written with a pencil, is dated January 21, 1907, and says: Bark M&elgwya adrift, dismasted In South Pacific Ocean. When had a gala of wind Saturday morning. ballaM shifted; we had to cut away masts, ship on her beam ends. We have decided to try to get ashore, on Lord Howe Island, liord have mercy osi us. H. B. BANuOR, North Wales. No tidings was heard of the Maelgwyn, and she was posted as missing last Sum mer. SILVER FOR CHINA MONEY Trail Smelter Ships 140,000 Ounces to Hongkong. SPOKANE! Wash.. March 11. (Spe cial.) The Trail. B. C, smelter, which has been refining silver for the market in the Far Bast for some years past. yesterday shipped 13.000 ounces of silver. over five tons, to the Chartered Sank ot Hongkong. There is said to be little more than. half a billion of silver and brass cur rency in China for the needs of the pop ulation of 400.000.000. The silver Is for the Chinese mints, which are coining now to overcome the scantiness or a circulating medium to meet the neces sities of the new era of expansion. The demand) is. therefore, almost unlimited, as China can take 8.000.000 ounces of silver and yet have a circulation per capita less than half of that of Western nations. ' Marine News of Tacoma. TACOMA. March 11. With 929.509 feet Of rough lumber, the American schooner J. W. Clise. Captain O. G. Haley, left out in tow for Callao. Peru, this after noon. The Clise has loaded at the Dan aher Mill. On account of illness. Captain E. M. Smith decided to give up his com mand to Captain Haley for the coming voyage. The German steamer Serak. of the Kos mos Lin, arrived In tonight, coming u- Get your Spring Suit Tailor made There's something "classy" about the man who. prides himself on the clothes he wears. The particular man wears well-rounded shoulders, faultlessly hanging trousers and a stylish fit. He'll get it provided it's Columbia tailored Just as a man prefers a good chef to prepare his meals, a careful laundry to launder his linen and an expert barber to shave his face, so he ought to demand an a r t i s t to tailor his clothes. That's the Co lumbia standard artis tic work. New Spring selections in the latest weaves, colors and cuts. Suits $20 to $50 Trousers $4 to $12 Dress Suits from $45 Up GRANT PHEGLEY, Mgr. Seventh and Stark Sts. rect from. San Francisco. The Serak is out from Hamburg via the West Coast and brought some Inward cargo from South America. She 'will load flour, lum ber and general freight here. The steamer DIrlgo came In today from Gypsum, Chicagof Island, Alaska, with 500 tons of gypsum rock for the Pacific Coast Gypsum Company's plant in this city. The plant has its own mine on Chicagof Island. The Union Packing Company, bf Ta coma, which In past years has been a factor in the Alaska salmon trade, usual ly chartering a schooner for the season. has decided not to operate its cannery on Bristol Bay this season. The unsat isfactory condition of the market is given as the reason. BRIEF CAREER IS .ENDED Prison Cell for Turie Nordstrom, Young Astoria Forger. ASTORIA. Or.; March 11. (Special. ) Word has been received here that Turie Nordstrom, the young bank clerk form erly of this city, who was arrested in Florida recently on the charge of forg ing a draft for $16,000 on the First tional Bank of Chicago and cashing it inthat city, had pleaded guilty to the charge of forgery and was sentenced to an indeterminate term of from one to 14 years in the penitentiary at Jollei. No Use to Die. "I have found out that there is no use to die of lung trouble as long as you can get Dr. King's Mew rMscoverv. says Mrs. J. P. White, of Rushboro, Pa. "I would not be alive today only for that wonderful medicine. It loosens up a cough Quicker than anvthlna- else. and cures lung disease even after the case Is pronounced hopeless." This most reliable remedy ror coughs and colds, la grippe. asthma, bronchitis and hoarseness, is sold under guarantee at wooaara, Liarite et uo.8 arug store. 50c. and $1.00. . Trial bottle free. Ha nan shoes fit the feet. Rosenthal's. 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Buy Oc Shore Bonds earn Sold in denominations of $100 each for $96. These bonds pay you 5.21 interest on your money Pay $16 down and $10 a Month Ocean Shore Facts The Ocean Shore is in actual operation.. It runs from Twelfth and Mission streets, San Fran cisco, south to Islais Creek out through Ocean View, and down the coast, skirting the Pacific Ocean to San Pedro, about eighteen miles.. It also runs from Santa Cruz to Scott's Creek six teen miles up the coast. Three round trips are made daily--six round trips Sunday.- The. present freight and passenger business, wih very inadequate equipment, is earning over $5000 a month now. As many as 1100 passengers are carried on Sundays and holidays. The Ocean Shae carries Wells Fargo and Unitea States mail. $5,000,000 has been invested in the Ocean Shore Railroad. It owns very valuable franchises and private rights of way in San Francisco and Santa Cruz. It owns over $2,000,000 of real estate in the heart of San Francisco and Santa Cruz. It owns very valuable real estate at Mission and Market streets, between Eleventh and Twelfth streets. It has the only available terminal site for a big union depot in the very center of San Francisco. Even the Santa Fe, Southern Pacific or Western Pacific Railways have no such ' advantage. The Ocean Shore is graded for a double track, standard-gauge railroad over 85 per cent of the distance to Santa Cruz. It is the grandest scenic railway in. the world, skirting the ocean cliffs nearly all the way. Thousands of tourists visiting Califor nia will not miss the Ocean Shore trip . One hundred ' thousand people visited Santa Cruz last Summer; when the Ocean Shore is completed a million will visit Santa Cruz every Summer. The Ocean Shore will carry them at least one way. These people eat, drink, and buy other goods, and the Ocean Shore will carry most of the freight.- The Ocean Shore is opening up and developing the most fertile country in California. This country has unlimited natural resources. There are hundreds of rich vegetable farms, many dairies, lots of fruit, acres of grazing lands. This country is the sportsman's para disebest quail and deer shooting grounds in the state ; finest fishing streams for the angler. Thousands of campers will spend their Summers along the road. This means more passengers and more freight. Over 20,000 building lots have been sold between San Francisco and Half moon Bay. i Lumber and building material must be hauled to these suburban towns, and the Ocean Shore will get this freight business. Every householder will be a commuter, riding to San' Francisco daily. Every commuter will use household goods, and the Ocean Shore will carry his freight. There are over a billion and a half feet of redwood timber along the Ocean Shore ; it must be hauled to market, and the Ocean Shore will haul it all more profit. There are thousands and thousands of barrels of cement being produced north of Santa Cruz, and the Ocean Shore will carry this cement to the builder. The Government is about to fortify Half-moon Bay; this will develop more traffic for the Ocean Shore. Railway experts who have figured the freight and passenger traffic on the Ocean bhore line estimate' the earning capacity to exceed $1,000,000 a year. The country between San Francisco and Santa Cruz is too inaccessible for a competing line; consequently the Ocean Shore will get all the business it develftps, and it deserves it. The Ocean Shore is owned and controlled by San Francisco capitalists, who have invested their own money in the road and have faith in it, believing they will succeed in developing one of the best-paying railway systems in the "West. The Ocean Shore officers and directors are: J. DOWTSET HARVEY, PmMnti director of tlie First National Bk and Flnt Federal Trust Company. J. A. KOI.GEB. VIee-Prealdentt president of J. A. Foleer Cos, San Fran cisco, tea and coffee Importers. CHAS. C .MOORE, Director) president of C. C. Moore A Co.. mechanical engineers, also president of the San Francises Chamber of Commerce. HORACE D. PILLSBIRT, Director, Second Vice - President; attorney for the Santa Fe Railroad. PFTTKR 1. MARTIN, Director Tlce-nrealdent Enatern Onrsa Land Co. BI RKG CORBET, Secretarr and Treaanrer; one of San Francisco's leading; attorney. Railway Bonds Absolutely Safe " Your opportunity today is the purchase of $100 Ocean Shore bonds at $96 each, on the installment plan. Ocean Shore bonds constitute a first mortgage on the entire assets of the Ocean Shore Railway Company. These bonds are secured by over $5,000,000 of assets. The interest is paid in May and November at the office of the Mercantile Trust Company, San Francisco. The face value of these bonds i3 $100 the price $96. Therefore your investment nets j'ou 5.21 per cent. . Railway bonds are legal investments for savings banks. The Government deposits money in National banks, taking as secur ity railway bonds. Railway bonds seldom pay over 4 per cent. Ocean Shore bonds pay 5 per cent on face value, or 5.21 per. cent on $96, the present selling -Qvice. Ocean Shore bonds are gilt-edge, high-class securities. They are the highest class of se curity an investor could wish for. ' Savings banks, trust companies, estates, etc., invest their surplus funds in railroad bonds. Anxiety to obtain a large rate of interest should never be allowed to interfere with the absolute safety, of your money." To put aside a little money each 3'ear is the duty, and should be the object, of all who expect o advance their financial position and protect those dependent upon them. Speculation may bring tempo rary profits, but too often results in ultimate loss of money involved. Think for Yourself What am I doing with my sav ings? . Am I saving? If not, why not? If my money does not earn more thaoti 5 per cent, I should make it do so. Speculation is dangerous. I must invest in something safe. I do not want my money idle. Money in a safe-deposit vault earns nothing. Money in Ocean Shore bonds earns 5.21 per cent. I can buy an Ocean Shore Rail way bond of $100 face value for $96. At this price, it will net me 5.21 per cent interest. I can pay for this bond in month ly installments. I can pay $16 down and $10 every month. I get interest on my money as it is paid in. My investment is secured, safe guarded and backed by the' entire assets of the Ocean Shore Railway Company, amounting to over $5,000,000. These Ocean Shore bonds are high-class, conservative and safe. If financiers and bankers consider railroad bonds the very acme of sound security, I should put my money in bonds and receive the same interest that bankers and financiers receive. . If I haven't enough money to buy these bonds for cash, I can buy Ocean Shore bonds on installments and pay for them as I earn my money. I can pay $16 down and $10 every month without missing it out of my income. The bonds I buy today at $96 will probably be worth $110 as soon as the road is completed. Besides, I get interest at the rate of 5.21 per cent on my $96. Railroad bonds in normal times are always negotiable, and I can raise money on them whenever I want to. The Ocean Shore has offered me an opportunity to save my money and get an unusually high rate of interest on my savings. The.OceanShoreiRoute. Write or Call at Our Office for Booklet and Full Information Regarding Ocean Shore Bonds MORRIS BROTHERS Chamber of Commerce Portland, Oregon