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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1908)
TTTK MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL ' 8. 1908. DEFICIT IS LIKELY Mayor Lane Advises Economy . in Expenditures. PRESENT BALANCE $71,000 Tlil Fund Will rrobabljr Olsappear Rrfore Ilie Numerous Heavy Ex penses Alrradjr In Sight. Mtit Prune Ef-tlmales. I'nlcss th Portland Council applies the pruning-knife to 11 number of contem plated expenditure and practices strict economy In the future. It will be con fronted with a nood-ied deficit for !. This Is the prediction of Mayor l.ane, who has learned that there re mains a balance Jn the general fund of ITI.fXI, This flgurV presumes that the county will be- successful in Its pending suit and force the O. R. N. t'ompany to pav taxes on its notes and accounts. HKcrcitatinK. about $1.000.w0. The city's p.irtion of the taxes on that assessment would be about 75.. IT the county falls to enforce the col lection of these taxes from the railroad company." said Mayor 1-ano yesterday, "there will at once exist a deficit In the (t'-neral fund of the city. The revenues of the city will he further curtailed by the modified vehicle ordinance, which wlf! reduce the licenses from- that source shout $1F..OOO An ordinance appropriating :'5 for a floral arch for the Rose Festi val will be returned to the Council to morrow with a veto and strong pressure U beine brought to Insure Its passage. Another ordinance will be presented at tlie session of the Council tomorrow ask ing for an appropriation of $S"00 with which to make the preliminary examina tion for a proposed high bridge across tlio Willamette. Before the year ends the city will he obliged to purchase sites and erect additional engine-houses at a cost cf probably lis.ftio. "It is about time these facts were be ing brought to the attention of the Coun cil As I have said, if the $75,000 taxes rre not received by the city from tbe ra'lroad company, there are Items al ready In sight aggregating $.17. ft. TMs satisrled with the work of the Council committee on ways and means, the ma jorltv of the Council took the work of making the estimates for the year out or the bands of that committee and re vised the estimates, recommending a tax of a little more than 4.5 mills, as against a tax of S mills recommended by the ways and means committee. It Is now apparent that the cloth has been cut too short." I ndcr the city charter the members of the Council are held responsible per sonally for all expenditures voted by them in excess of the estimates fixed at the first of the year, when the tax levy was determined. ONLY A PLEDGE, NOT LAW Mr.' Strong t;lves His Opinion of. Statement Xo. I. PORTI.VNIV April ft I To the F.dltor.l TV f Tweednle. of AVbanv, in his inter ptiMlntted In The r. ..nlan April 2. at tempted hv rnnrrete example to tllutrsl that Statement No. 1 HI net elect th people's choice for I nltcd States senator H's Illustration Is as follows: fuppotie lha Republican, have .v.oo votes and the Demo crats have S.100 : thxt there are publican candidate!, for Cnlted States S-en-it.ir on the primary ticket, four of whom re.-elvr 10O0 votes each and one t.vxl vote, and that there is but one Democratic can didate. .he receives s0 vote!.. Sr. Toeedale concludes by saying 'This vote would entitle him ithe liemocratl to be elected Vnited states Senator by the legis lature according to Statement No 1- This deduction ts wrong and la directly opposed by the expres. wording of state ment No. t. which reads in part a f" -lows- "1 will always vote for that candi date 'for Vnited States Senator In Congress who has received the Mgheat number of the people's votes for that position at the general election." The general election "..Id In .tunc this year, determine, the highest number of votes, and not the pri mary nominating election. The primary election could t'l be called the rolltlcal rarty nominating election. At It rtepuhllcan, must vote for Republicans Democrats for Democrats, and B 1 is party choice and net people s choice that Is determined at the nominating election. The r.ilea of the game are the same as in the general election. It is the highest man that wins. Suppose tbe toiai i state was XM'O. and at the general election for Itoveruor four political parties .ere r,prnted Fach Party would have one candidate on the ticket for fjovernor. and only one. Suppose further that there was one independent candidate on the ticket, and at the election the four party candi dates received loon vote, each, and tha lndeJ pendent candidate pulled lfl0 votes from the other four parties, be would elected. He Is the people's choice determined by the rules In force In all general elections that 1 know anything about. Comparing this with Mr. Tweedale's Illustration, the republican aspirant that received 1500 votes Kt the hards of the Republican voters at the prima rv election would be the Republi can voters' choice. It is true that be has only about 2X per cent ot the vote of his rRr'tv but can one suggest a better way before wc discard this law? t the general election, to return to tbe illustration of Mr Tweedale. there would be a total vote cast of SiHH" votes t nder the rules of the game as practiced tn all states the highest man wins. Statement No. 1 bas not figured at all in determining nliom the people would elect for Vnited States senator. They wou'd elect him tbe same as they elect the Governor. Fut State ment No. 1 la necessary to get the Legis lature to gne the man duly elected his credentials, so that he can take his peat In Congress. The member! of the Legisla ture ar our agents and we ought to pledge them to do as we wish, on any given sub ject. Mr. T. eedale wants the Vnited States Senators elected by the direct vote of tha people. The man elected by the people in .lune ia the man we want the Legislature to vote for. Statenjent No. 1 ia a pledge to that end and not an election law. H W. STRONG. the rerular meeting- of the City Coun 1 11 held last night $350 waa appropri ated to aid the Clackamas County Fair, which la to be located at Canhy; this action was taken after an address by R. S. Coe, president of the Canby De velopment League, and vice-president of the Fair Association, who said that the necessary subscriptions to the fair stock were In alg-lit, the Jease of grounds obtained and the consent of the directors of the fair te remove the fair from Gladstone to Canby assured. Two applications for saloon licenses were refused and the license money returned. INDIANS AT THE FESTIVAL Nce Ierifs, 5 0 Strong, to Have Vil lage at Portland. SPOKANE. Wash.. April 7. (Special.) One feature of Portland's Rose Carni val will be it typical Indian village, where 50 Nez Perces will camp for the week. C. V. Mount, local acrnt for the O. R. & N.. Is actinic for the local Port land committee, and in this capacity ho has had several conferences with George Mose. who is uncrowned chief of the Nez Perce tribe. it la proposed to take 50 of the bt-st type of Indians to the Carnival, allow them to establish a village after their own Ideas and allow them to dress ac cording to the dictates of their tribal style-makers, live In tepees and other wise forfn a Wild West show. Tomorrow and Friday will positively be the last days for discount on West Side gas hills. Portland Jh nmpany. TIKES EMPLOYER'S MONEY DRUNKENNESS LEADS HARRY BAILEY TO'CRIME. Spends $100 Belonging to De Laval Dairy Supply Company and, Cnable to ray. Disappears. After spendina about two belonging to the De Lavel Dairy Supply Company. 107 First street, of which he was bookkeeper, Harry .. Bailey disappeared last Friday and' It Is supposed he baa left the city. Samuel Brune. manager of the company. Is directing a search for the fugitive and a warrant will be Issued for his arrest, charging embezzlement. "Whisky." said Manager Brune. "is the explanation of the whole affair. Bailey was In our employ for about a year and I did not know he was a drinking man. He concealed It pretty well but since his disappearance, it develops that he In dulged occasionally to a considerable extent. We rind that his peculations ex tend over several months." The fact that Bailey used the firm's money was discovered about two weeks ago and Manager Brune gave him a chance to make good the shortage. This he tried to do and was In communication with relatives In the East, seeking to have them put up the money. They w'ere either unable or unwilling to do thla and Bailey learned last Friday that he could not make good the deficit. He then disap peared. Bailey is ft married man and came here from Butte about ft year ago. when he entered the employ of the Dairy Supply Company. He left his wife here when he fled the city and she has gone back to her relatives in Butte. Bailey la about 30 years old and aside, from lila drinking propensities is regarded as a capable accountant. MAN AND SON BOTH GONE Wealthy Farmer Disappears Foul Play Is Suspected. and POCATE1.L.O. Idaho. April 7. (Spe cial.) F. U, Royce. a farmer from South Boise, and his 6-year-old son, mys teriously disappeared from Mct'ammon last Thursday while the old gentleman was negotiating for the purchase of some land. He was a guest at a McCam mon hotel for two days and displayed a considerable sum of money. Thursday he and the boy left the hotel to look at a piece of land on the edge of town and nothing has been Seen of them since that time. Foul play la suspected. Posses and searching parties have been hunt ing for three days and today bloodhounds from the state penitentiary were brought up -but failed to pick up the scent. Two Hurt In Auto Accident. OAKLAND. April 7. An automobile belonging to Frank C. Havens, of the realty syndicate, ran Into a telephone pole this afternoon, injuring the chauf feur. MeCabe. and Mr. Havens' house keeper, Mrs. Conway, who was riding In the machine. The skulls of both were found to be fractured. Ranan shoes fit the feet RosenthaJ'a. GLAD HE WAS WHIPPED Horsewhipping Woman Says Treach er Got W hat He Deserved. SAI.BM. Or.. April 7. (Special.) There were no new developments today in the rase of th women who on Saturday night ndministerrd a whipping to Rev. W. N. VfTee. presiding elder of the Free Meth odist Church, i The warrant for the arrest of Mi. Coffee on the charpe of assjtulinp Jasper Ooode was issued last night, but Mr. Coffee is in Portland, and so far as known has not been arrested. It is un derstood that Jasper Goode claims that Mr. Coffee kicked him while his sister was administering the lashing Mr. Coffee has denied that he used any violence what ever except in parry in blows, d urine which one of the women was pushed off the porch. Miss Leou Goode says she is Rlad she whipped the preacher. The Go odes will undertake to justify the act by offering proof that Presiding Elder Coffee and Rev. Samuel Roper, pastor of the local church, msde sliphtin remarks concern in their father from the pulpit and else-whoi?. Canby Aids County Fair. CANBY, Or.. April J. (Special.) At Is P ANTON SELLS HALF OF EVANSTON IN FIVE DAYS Experienced Real Estate Buyers Say Evanslon Absolutely the Finest "Buy" in Portland for the Money Only $400 a Lot$ 10.00 a Month. Take W.-W. Car You'll Find the Agent There f Yesterday was a fine day just the kind of day one gets full satisfaction from pure air and exhilarating breeze. J The writer of these items spent yesterday afternoon visiting several tracts advertised as bargain propositions, with the object of comparing, as best he could, the merits of the respective additions. J In several portions of the town, many blocks from" streetcars, and with no evidence of streets, aside from the occasional stake, and with Bull Run water a prophecy of the future, lots are selling for $500 and upwards. It is not that these properties are not worth what they are asking for them, but, by comparison, they are not worth half what EVANSTON lots are selling for. THIS IS A STRONO STATEMENT, BUT IT STANDS THE COM PARISON. ' ff EVANSTON is a clean-cut, finished proposition a "close in" property high and sightly, with every convenience, and withal Span ton is only asking $400 a lot. You can go -on every side of EVANSTON, north, south, east or west, and you will not find a tract, big or little, having the immediate values EVANSTON has. f As a favor to us, and in mere justice to yourself, take the W-W car today, get off at Francis avenue, look over EVANSTON, and see for yourself what a really good invest ment it is. It is a certainty; there is no loss in it; a panic could reach Portland of greatest proportions and still property like Evanston would not feel the least effect of it. J $400 A LOT. I The Spanton selling contract expires May 1st. In the meantime every lot will be sold, because the price is way below the market. Pay $10 a month. Jf We are not writing this advertisement to brag, but simply to emphasize the fact that EVANSTON is worth every cent we ask for it. J With only 60 lots in the first place, EVANSTON, but five days on the market, is either half sold or spoken for. There will not be a lot left within 10 days. J An agent of The Spanton Co. will be on the tract all day today, rain or shine. J Take the W-W car. THE SPANTON COMPANY 1 Sole Agents for Evanston Or see man at the tract. 270 Stark Street. 18 NUTS TO THE YARD ENGLISH WALNUTS :AND: ROYAL ANN CHERRIES TWO BITES TO THE CHERRY "When we offer you the opportunity to secure 5 or 10 acres of our Walnut Grove, we place you at once in the position of one who has large capital, ex pert knowledge and selection of soil and location regardless of cost. That's straight; that's your position; these are the advantages accepted by you without cost. You pay nothing for these things. All you have to do is to pay $100 cash and $15 per month on each five-acre tract planted and taken care of for four years. Thq same care and attention that we give to our own, in the same tract, and your choice of location. Our price is less than you or any other individual can purchase proper soil and give four years' c-aTe. AYe are the largest owners and planters in Oregon. "We buy wholesale, we plant wholesale, we give culture by wholesale. Our Orchard Management alone applied to your particular purchase would equal in cost in one year the price you pay for five acres. ' "We go to properties any or every day, leaving at 7:40, returning at 5:40. Call or phone and we make the date. - CHURCHILL-MATTHEWS CO. GENERAL SELLING AGENTS HO SECOND STREET Prices A Y! v PRICES OF ALL BUSINESS LOTS ON CHAUTAUQUA BOULEVARD, WILLIS BOULEVARD AND FOWLER AVE NUE, IN UNIVERSITY PARK, WILL BE ADVANCED $100 PER LOT APRIL 15TH, 1908. STUDY THE PICTURE Why Not Advance? The lumber business made Detroit, Mich., a city of 400,000 population, business lots now $4000 per front foot. Stockyards and packing-houses gave Chicago its first boost towards great ness by adding 100,000 population to its ranks, business lots now $10,000 per front foot; made Kansas City peer over all its rivals by adding to it 60,000 population, business lots now $3500 per front foot; and made South Omaha a city of 40,000 population, business lots $2000 per front foot. Wherever railroads centered there has sprung up a large city. What have we a reason to expect of University Park, with its vast lumber business, its large stockyards and packing-houses and all the great transcontinental railroads centering there, in addition to its rivers navigable to the commerce of the world? When we consider what has been done in other cities, have we not good reason to expect to see lots sell on such streets as Chautau- 1 qua, Willis and Fowler for $1000 per front foot within 10 years? An investment in only one lone lot will surely make you rich in 10 years. Does not something deep down inside tell you not to let this opportunity slip by? PRICES NOW $10 PER FRONT FOOT FOR RESIDENCE LOTS UP TO $15 PER FRONT FOOT FOR CHOICE BUSI NESS LOTS,- TERMS 10 PER CENT CASH, BALANCE $10 MONTHLY ON ONE LOT AND $5 ADDITIONAL FOR EACH ADDITIONAL LOT., NO INTEREST IF EACH INSTALL MENT BE PAID WHEN OR BEFORE DUE. By paying down $37.50 on a business lot before April lb you can get advantage of the rise of $100 on April 15. A gain of $2.50 in 10 days for each one dollar invested ought to be good enough for a beginning. Take St. John car, get off at Chautauqua Boulevard, where you will find my office. FRANCIS McKENI A ROOM 606 COMMERCIAL BLOCK, PORTLAND, OR. c1