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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1910)
THE 3IORXIXG 0REG05IAX, THUIlSDAY, APRIL 7, 1910. CONVICT LABOR IS B EARING PLOWER-IoADEir CASKET. PROM HEARSE TO BIER IN THE CHURCH. i IN FUNERAL BITE E PROFITABLE Sll hnnnrro1 cast n. I aooaoo White, Black and Yellow Pay Washington Nets $1.66 a Day for Each Prisoner Em ployed on Roads. nvmeroNl Final Tribute, to Late Judge Williams. SCHOOt 16 rjATirir.'s du hufjor I MAD L "o. --i 5i 5J n -A . t SERVICE IS IMPRESSIVE Pomp and Ceremony Lacking as Dead Man Had Wished Many Follow Cortege to Burlal-PIace In River view Cemetery . "With those memorable words, "earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust -to dust' " all that' was mortal of the late George H- Williams, statesman, lawmaker and : man, encased in its casket of wood, covered by steel, was laid away yester j day afternoon in Riverview Cemetery amid a bower of green fern. With tK whispering pines all around, l.the casket lies in a beautiful green viope facing towards the river. Away from the throng and In a quiet, beauti ful place, as he would have wished, the f body of the late Judge rests in hallowed ; (round. The spot is marked now with a plain white wood tablet, on which are the -words: "George Henry Williams, April 4t 1910. Age 87 years days." But his close friends, his relatives and perhaps 200 others who also wished to be classed as among those who had known him, gathered round the resting-place for the last rites. And they all waited till earth had cov ered that resting-place. Then with 1 : bared head and reverent manner each - picked up one of the countless wreaths of flowers that were massed about the 'spot and gently placed it over the i mound. At the head was a great floral cross; at the foot a floral balance, in dicating that the life of the late judge '(had been well and truly weighed and ' -tnothlng was found wanting. Between t-He two elaborate uoral pieces were the .gifts of clubs and organizations. Xations Pay Tribute to Dead. A tiny Chinese gtrl brought a single carnation; three negroes each laid a tribute of sweet peas, and all through :the walks of the Riverview Cemetery women, children and men could be seen . 'bearing small flower emblems. It was t their desire to lay at what they felt to -be a' shrine. At Trinity Church there 'was a gath ering of men the like of which probably ' has never before been seen in the edifice. 'Every seat was occupied. Hundreds '.stood in the aisles and several hundred illned the paths outside that led from cthe church to the residence. Met at the entrance by Bishop Scad Vling and Rev. A. A. Morrison, and fol- '. lowed by the honorable pallbearers. -! men who had been Identified in public life with the late judge and men prom inent in the city life, the black coffin, dts surface covered with white lilies - Find pink, roses, was borne to the chan- ' feel steps. There was no massing of flowers; no . pomp; no ceremony. There was just .gathering of people met to do the last honor in their power to the mortal re mains of their friend. Many wept. Not for the dead Jurist, perhaps, but in "the memory of loved ones of whom his passing put them in mind. The bell, with its mournful tones, ceased its tolling. The voice of the bishop was raiaed In the opening ;Words, as the great concourse of people stood. But there was nothing mourn ful. The organ played, not funeral dirges, but airs with which Judge Will lams was familiar, and the whole con gregation joined in singing his favorite hymns, Abide With Me" and "Fast falls the Eventide." Eloquent Prayer Rendered. Bishop Scalding made an eloquent prayer for divine comfort to be given to the relatives of the passed judge and to his friends. No sermon, no funeral oration, was S reached. With the exception of Inhop Scadding's prayer, the service was the simple one of the Episcopal Church. And jucrt as simply as it en tered, the funeral cortege followed the casket a it was borne by the younger friends of the late Judge to the waiting hearse. Over 100 members of the Portland poMce and Are departments stood in line with uncovered head and in dress , -uniform, waiting on the sidewalk to act hs a guard of honor at the start of the last journey of the dead man. And hundreds of those who had not been able to attend t he service paid their ...respects in the street for a moment by .bowing uncovered heads. The cortege did not proceed through the downtown streets, as had been : hoped. It wound along Morrison street to Fourteenth and from there took the most direct route to Fulton. Many did not know the simple black hearse, bearing the equally simple black cas- SCENE - ; U A! 1 yww.- 0-- y-J8 ' - - i a tk ' i --a :T-.-i;j": . .. . ... ' .!"!:: .v.. 'S '- - " ' " , vvWSKSj I r:Z - - a - .- - t I K A Vl ' I ' V ' lJ . , - . . ' ". J PALLBEARERS (LEFT TO RIGHT) F. T. DOIM. K, JAMES LAIDUW, i: HIKIKK, K- L. GL1SAX, 1 A. LEWIS, C. E. 8. WOOD, C. ket. contained the body of their friend, but those who did uncovered as It passed. Eight Active Pallbearers There. - There were eight active pallbearers. They were: C. K. S. Wood. James Laidlaw. L. S. Lewis, Thomas Scott Brooke. F. T. JJodpe, C. J. Schnabel, G. W. ivicMillan and R. L. Glisan. The honorary pallbearers who fol lowed the body were-: Governor F. W. Benson. United States Judge w. B. Gil bert, Judge J. B. Cleland. Mayor Joseph Simon, ti. W. Scott, John McCraken, William MacMaster. C. F. Beebe, W. X). Wheelwright and C. A. Dolph. Every organization with which the Judge was connected in the city sent a delegation. The bar was present en masse: the State Supreme Court came from Salem In a body: Federal officials. the boards or governors of the Port land Commercial Club and the Chamber of Commerce were there. The State Circuit Judges and many members of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club as well as the full board of ..trustees were there In bodies. Many children gathered from the closed schools, and city employes stopped labors at the City Hall during three hours of service for the dead. All Races Pay Tribute. But apart from all these It was a gathering of hJs friends, of those he loved and those who loved h4m. It was not confined to race. The white, the black, the yellow, all found their place at the church. There was no distinction as to creed. Two Catholic priests gathered to show their respect. A Jewish rabbi, a Greek priest and numerous ministers of the other sects for a few moments bowed their heads as the solemn ritual was made a part of history. Mrs. Mary J. Cram, at present visit ing in Alameda. Cal.. a sister of the late Mrs. Williams, and for many years a member of Judge Williams' house hold, was unable to reach Portland in time to attend the funeral. WTLX,IAMS RECALLED AS IOWAN Pioneer Acquaintance Remembers Judge in First Position. ASHLAICD, Or.. April f Special.) Albert G. BxxJkfellow. of Ashland. . who has attained the age of 6 years and is one of the early pioneer residents of this section of Oregon, says he remembers as If but yesterday the day way back In 1847 when the late Judge George H. Wil liams drove in on the stage to Wapello, Iowa, to hold his first term of court after his election to -the district Judgeship there, his first official position. Mr. Bockfellow was living In Wapello. His acquaintance with Judge Williams dated from that time and he has care fully watched his brilliant career since in all its steps, adding that the name of "Oregon's Grand Old Man" is too limited that he was one of the grand old men of the Nation. Steamship Augustus . Due April 20. The first of the regular steamships In the service of Henry Lund, of San Fran cisco, between European ports and ports on the Pacific Coast, will arrive at Port land about April 2tX She is the German steamship Augustus and is now due at San Francisco. Taylor, Young & Co. an nounce that she will bring about 20X tons of general merchandise to Portland. She discharged a portion of her cargo at San IMego and will leave a large amount at San Francisco. AT TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH AFTER CONCLUSION OF SERVICES OVER GEORGE H. WILLIAMS. CORTEGE, WITH BFMAIVJ OF" OEEGOH'S GKA5D OLI1 MAW CARS GIVEN BED PAINT YELLOW COATS WEAR OFF TOO SOON, SAYS JOSSELYX. Work of nouble-Trackinj? Oregon City Line to Golf Links Will Begin' Immediately. All the Portland streetcars are to be painted red this Summer not in tho sense that one speaks of painting" a town a vermilion hue but In the actual warm and glowing color. The reason for this, says B. S. Josselyn, president of the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company, Is that It has been found that yellow paint does not wear well on streetcars in this climate. It is the desire, of the company to have the cars look as neat as possible, and a good coating of paint protects them. The bodies of the cars are to be painted red, and the tops a cream color, and In gen eral appearance they will be like the original Portland Heights cars. This work of repainting all the cars will make necessary the, operation of all available open cars during the warm weather. Large quantities of material for the construction work provided for in the year's budget are now being ordered by the company, including rails, brick and paving blocks. Yesterday an order was placed for a carload of shovels, or about 6000 in all. The company is also mak ing laboratory tests of all the cements manufactured on the Pacific Coast with the view of determining which is the best for the street improvements and ce ment foundation work on the power plants under construction. Orders have been Issued for work to start immediately on the double-tracking of the Oregon City line from Spokane avenue to the Sell wood golf links. This stretch of nearly a half mile of single track is on a curve, - and the frequent delays now caused to the Oregon City and. Cazadero cars at passing points will soon be obviated. VISITORS ON MACLEAY PARK Iresent Work Cannot Mar the Beau ty of the Woods., PORTLAND, April . (To the Edi tor.) Having .read different opinions expressed in regard to Macleay Park, I, as a stranger in Portland, thought I would like to see it Yesterday morning I asked about a dozen men, who were residents of the city, where this park was located and not one could tell me. Finally I met a friendly "cop" and he gave me di rections how to get there. I went out to the old Fair Grounds and went up the hill at Twenty-ninth street and found a road which ran back Into the hills. The canyon lies on the right? of this road. I entered the part at the upper entrance, and went down the narrow winding trail to the stream at the bottom of the canyon. Here you cross a crude bridge and you follow the trail along the stream towards- the city. The park lies in heavy timber; the steep banks of the canyon are covered with ferns; the rocks and dead timber are covered with moss. When you are there, you think you are a hundred . v i - SCOTT miles away from the city, the place is so quiet and beautiful. In one place a gang of men were widening one of the - trails. Several trees had been cut down and some of the trails were made up of branches .with dirt piled on them. I don't reaHy see where all of these objections come In. If they object to the timber that has been cut, exposing the ends of the timbers ahd top of stumps, why not take some burlap and green paint and make them look natu ral and dead? Some people object to the widening of one of the trails. From this I should Judge that the park is for the use of young people only, and that old people who have not the agility of goats should keep out. These trails are narrow; they are steep and winding and slippery. At one place on one of the trails you have to cross an eight-inch plank over a gully about ten feet wide. I sup pose this plank should be removed and the man or woman on the trail should do as the goat, jump across. Ybu will always find a few people in this world who try to spoil the pleasure of the majority of the people. At present the people of San Fran cisco are trying to get out of the clutches of a water monopoly and get a free supply from Hetch Hetchy Val ley. Here again a few nature-lovers are trying to block the city, and not 300 people a year go Into this valley, as it is so far away from a railroad and you have to go into it with a saddle-horse or tramp it. Macleay Park is a beautiful spot, and well worth visiting, and Iam sure that the Park Board know- their business, and are not doing anything to mar the beauty of the park. rorkrt a. Gregory: CHAMBER TAKES ITS STAND Business Men's Organization Makes Public "Open ShopM Policy. Full text of the resolution passed by the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday, in which that organization committed itself to the "open shop" policy with reference to labor disputes, was given out yester day. The resolution as it was first passed was drawn up informally. At the time It was announced a statement would be is sued, setting forth the reasons for the position taken by the Chamber on the subject. This was not done. "The interview given out by President MacMaster will suffice In that respect," it was stated. The resolution in its com pleted form is as follows: Reeolved, That the Portland Chamber of Commerce, while acknowledging the right of labor to organize for its protection and, for th financial, social and moral better ment of the members of Its organizations, believes that labor should respect the right of the employers thereof to employ whomso ever they may wish so long as such per sona are law abiding. It believes further that organized labor has no right either by force or oLherwise to interfere with the right of any individual to work or whomsoever he may see fit and on whatever terms may- be arranged between the employer and the employe. Further, It believes that the maintenance of wbat Is known as the "open shop" prin ciple la In the best interests both of this city and state, and that every effort pos sible should be made to maintain said prin ciple and pledges itself to use its Influence towards that end. Senator Bard No Better. OXNARD. Cal.. April 6. The condition of ex-United States Senator Bard showed no improvement today. LH4VI.M; THE CHTOCH. Ci. W. M'MII.LAS, T. J. SCH.1ABEL. WORK BENEFIT TO STATE Hitherto Unproductive Labor Is Creating Values in Rural Dis tricts Governor Favors Extension of System. Prisoners -worked on the public high ways In Washington earned H.6S a day each tn March, according' to the report of Henry L. Bowlby, state highway com missioner for Washington. This sum was realized as profit by the state, esti mating the work at contract rates, after the cost of maintaining the convicts camp had been deducted from the total value of the work. The report is being used as an argu ment favoring the working of prisoners on the public highways of Oregon. The building of public highways in Washington received an impulse when the last Legislature laid out a compre hensive plan for highway development, leading to this action has been a grow ing demand from each road district. A chair of highway engineering was estab lished in 1907 In the University of Wash ington, and at the time of the Exposition a building was constructed on the Uni versity campus, marked "good roads." Roads Are Classified. For the purpose of denning their re spective means of construction, the roads In Washington are divided Into four classes, as follows: First Roads by the. local assessment plan, the roads being built under state specifications but paid for by the property owners benefited. It Is not fully under stood why this plan was adopted, as the average property owner prefers to take advantage of the methods which will re quire the local and state governments to pay a part or all of the cost of the roads. Second The petition state aid roads. which are constructed at the combined expense of the property owners benefited. the county and the state. For roads of this class, a petition bearing the names of the owners of at least two-thirds the property, reckoned by linear feet bene fited, is presented to the County Com missioners, who then order the road. The property owners pay 16 per cent of the cost of the road, the county pays 35 per cent, and the state pays the remaining 60 per cent. Third State aid roads, for which the county pays half of the expense and the state pays the other half. Fourth Roads built through sparsely settled country, entirely at the cost of the state. These roads are constructed under the direction of the state highway commissioner. Convict Labor Made Useful. 'Washington has established four large rock-crushing plants, which are- to be operated entirely by convict labor, in con nection with the road-building work. Already several general thoroughfares have been laid out by the state, the most important of which are state roads Nos. 6, 7 and 8. State road No. 6 la being built from Blaine to Vancouver. The convicts em ployed on this road are now at Blanchard and are making the highway from La Conner Flats to Bellingham. State road No. 7 will connect Tacoma and Seattle with Spokane, touching Wenatchee and Waterville on the way. It will go through the Snoqualamle Pass anddown" the Yakima canyon. State road No. 8 will be of benefit to Portland, It is pointed out, as it will pass up the Columbia River from Van couver to Spokane, passing MaryhilU Goldendale and Walla Walla. Governor Hay Is taking much interest In the good roads movement, and is at present on a trip to the state peniten tiary at Walla Walla to determine to what extent the number of convicts em ployed for road work can be .Increased. There are now 1040 prisoners In Wash ington, and it is planned to keep as many as possible of these at work on the public roads. J. C. Lawrence, one of the state railway commissioners of Washington, re cently has been made president of the Washington Good Roads Association, to succeed Samuel Hill. Even the railroads In Washington are promoting the construction of better high ways. . The Northern Pacific Railway re cently 'turned over to the state several miles 'of abandoned rights-of-way on the Columbia River, to be used in the con struction of the - new state road being built there. The company also has prom ised to present to the state the present railway bridge over the Cowlitz River when It Is "abandoned in the near future by the railroad. t....uajl 1 r 1 ErvliigiLoini Prices Increase May 1st $200 on Every Lot If you buy Now you make $200 profit right off the reel. We are selling all unsold lots shown on the mapr of Irvington at the top of this announcement, at prices much lower than they should be. Prices in other sections of Irvington are much higher. The lots . shown above are the most valuable in Irving ton for the following reasons: These lots are close in they have the best car service NOW and are go ing to have still more they have the finest and best street improvements of any residence section of, not only Irv ington, but of Portland. These lots are but one block from the Irvington school one of Portland's largest. These lots are in the highest elevation of Irvington about as high as The Oregonian tower. . As it is now, this section has three to five-minute car service. It takes only 12 minutes from Second and Washing ton to Knott street one block from these lots. These lots are restricted to residences only minimum cost $2500 to be set back at least 25 feet from the property line. Nearness to center car service im provements restrictions schools view property these are what make a residence section ideal, and values ad vance rapidly. These are the things you get with every one of these lots. Watch the prices of these lots soar when the Fifteenth-street extension of the Irvington line is completed. The -franchise has been ratified by the Su preme Court work is in progress cars will be running this Summer. This extra car service will cause the S rices of these lots to double. Buy Tow before the prices advance. Every unsold lot will be raised $200 in price May 1. - Comers 100x100 Inside Lots 50x100 1 0 Down and 2 Per Month Improvements Completed and Bonded Come to the Irvington office. Mr. Mumford is in charge and will show you about. Take Woodlawn, Alberta of any other car running out Union avenue. Get off at Knott street. Walk one block east and you are on the finest improved most desirable most valuable resi dence section of the East Side. Rountree & Diamond, 241 Stark St CONCERT NUMBERS SELECT Monday Musical Club Programme Announced in Part. At the Monday Musical Club's audi torium benefit. April 14, at the Ma sonic Temple, Mrs. Silvia Magrulre will Ejlve a reading- with a musical setting played by Mrs. E. M. Bergen. Frederick Crelt will play a group of violin num bers, which his Ions; sojourn In Euro pean art centers enables him to do with finesse. Miss Nancy Beals, soprano, and Mrs. May 1st Prices $3000 $3400 $1250 $1450 Baltis Allen, contralto, will sing; a duet and Mrs. Allen will also be heard In other selections. Miss Mltylene Fraker, contralto, will sing (a) "Maid of the Morning" (Nor ton): (b) Swallow." from "The Prin cess," by Tennyson (Wellard Patten): c "By the Sea" (Rose Trumbull). Mrs. George Parrish. a soprano, trained by the best teachers who have come here, will sing an alra from "Roberto II Diavolo," by Meyerbeer. Others to appear will be announced later. See Woodbum Orchards Co.'i adver. tlsement. page 7, today's Issue. Present Prices I