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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1910)
TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1910. 13 CENSUS TO SHOW AT LEAST 215,000 With Area Equal to Seattle's . Included, Portland Would Reach 260,000 Mark. BEACH SAYS SATISFACTORY Supervisor Will Jiot Give Out Fig ures, but Estimates Are Known to Be Reliable Count in State Is Well Along. Total tabulation of the census returns f Portland will give the city a popula tion of not less than 215,000 within the municipal limits. Passing an imaginary line around St. Johns. Linnton, ililwaukie and Lents, and counting them as a part of the city, the total is in the neighborhood of 240.000. Including the territory desaribed and taking in nine other small towns that are connected with the parent city and separated only by invisible lines, and fig uring on an area equal in snuare miles to that covered by Seattle, Portland reg isters 260,000 happy, prosperous people. While it is impossible in any manner to secure a confirmation of the above In formation at the office of Census Super visor Beach, the figures are vouched for by a well-known citizen who has kept in close touch with the work. Surprise Is in Store. "There is a surprise in store for the people of this city," said Mr. Beach last night "Leaving boasting and boosting out of'the question, I will say to those who are interested that the figures will be satisfactory. So far as Portland Is concerned, the enumeration is practically over. A few stragglers are coming Into the fold each day. and, when found to be entitled to enumeration, are entered on the rolls. Yesterday Mrs. L. A. Morgan brought In a letter from a friend, now visiting in Washington, and filed her request that the woman be enumerated. Mrs. J. B. Clraden, 407 Union avenue, N'orth, brought the name of her daughter, Mrs. Elennor Sheldon, to the office and said that the young woman was now in California on a visit. All enumerators' districts are prac tically closed, and within a day or two the returns will have been checked and forwarded to Washington. It will re quire two drays and a number of men to deliver the boxes to the mailing sta tion at Glisan and Fourth streets. The packages will go forward by mail. Astoria Now Satisfied. Special Agent Brokaw returned yester day from Astoria, where he was called to straighten out a tangle by which that city seemed to be losing the benefit of a met count. It was complained by the Chamber of Commerce that the enumer ators did not understand their work and were unable to finish within the re quired time. Mr. Brokaw adjusted the matter to the satisfaction of the As torians and the work will soon be com pleted. Supervisor B?ach yesterday received a little surprise at the hands of the Treas urer of the United States. It was In the shape of a check for his January ex pense account In the sum of J31.35. At the present rate of remuneration the of fice of the supervisor will probably re ceive a return of all the money the force has expended In time to use It on the census of 1920. ' Reports from interior cities and rural communities are to the effect that the ."numeration will be completed and all returns sent In during the coming week. It is believed the headquarters will be finally closed on May 31. HOT LAKE, LOST, NOW FOTJJTO Cnion County Community Will Be Enumerated, Perry in Count, Too. LA GRANDE, Or., May 6. (Special.) Another Union county community has awakened to the fact that its inhabitants have not been enumerated. Hot Lake, near here, wtih some 200 people, is still uncounted and the people there are chagrined that they have been overlooked so long. As the place has the 30-day provision, as do all country towns, it is not yet too late. Perry discovered last Saturday that It has been missed by the enumerator, but the census man has found the town now. FOREST GKOVE COUNTS 2 3 00 Figures Are Unofficial and May Ex ceed Estimates. FORF-rr GROVE. Or.. May 6. (Spe rlal. The two census enumerators for Forest Grove completed the enumeration of the city yesterday and are now work ing out of the city in their respective precincts. The population of the citv is set un officially at 2S0O. though some maintain that it will go higher than that. Cillllam County Expects 4500. COXCO.V. or.. May 5.-(Ppecial.)-With 10 day remaining to complete the enumer ation. C. N. Laughridge. enumerator for Condon and vicinity, has enrolled 940 "f -Ey Lhe expira,lon of h 30 davs allotted for the work, Mr. Laughridge ex pects to show a population of 1200 for this city. It is particularly difficult at this season of the year to make a complete enumeration of this city, for the reason that many residents are absent from their homes directing operations on their farms throughout the county. It is conserva tively estimated that the completed cen sus will give Gilliam County a popula tion of between 4'100 and PERSON AL MENTION. J. F. Vogt. of Seattle, is at the Lenox Hotel. George It. Foster, of Baker City, Is at the Imperial. M. R. Grant, of Pendleton. Or., is stay ing at the Xortonla. C. A. McCommon and wife, of Cliffs, "Wash., are at the Ramapo. Earl Lander, of Roseburg. registered at the Seward Hotel yesterday. . Colonel E. Hofer. of Salem. Is In the city, staying at the Oregon Hotel. J. G. Johnson, a well-known lumber man of Seattle, is at the Oregon Hotel. W. H. Roberts, of Vancouver, Wash., Is In the city, registering at the Port land. J. T. Todd, a business man of Ptsca teilo. Idaho, registered at the Lenox yes terday. Oswald West, a member of the Sate Railroad Commission, is at the Imperial Hotel. I. M. Stanford, a capitalist of 'Houston. Tex., arrived In the city yesterday, reg istering af the Nortonia. His mother and sister accompanied him on his trip west R. Burns, a railroad man from Walla Walla, is in the city, staying at the Perkins. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Brouse, of Glen wood, Or., arrived at the Lenox Hotel yesterday. W. Thomas, a wealthy business man of Seattle, and his wife are staying at the Nortonia. A. J. Pierce, an automobile manufac turer of Racine. Wis., registered at the Portland yesterday George C. Berquist, a timber man of Seattle, is among those who registered, at the Ramapo yesterday. ' F. J. Devine, a timber man of Albany, Or., is making his headquarters at the Perkins while in the city. Joseph Mlcelli, law practitioner of Roseburg, arrived In Portland yesterday, registering at the Imperial, E. S. Snelling, an attorney of Cathla met. Wash., arrived in Portland yester day, and is now domiciled at the Im perial. E. Ev Maddux, of Tacoma, arrived In Portland yesterday. Mr. Maddux is a business man of Tacoma. He is at the Seward. W. K. Laraway, who Is heavily Inter ested In the famous orchard tracts of Hood River, registered at . the Perkins yesterday. John Hada, a prominent Japanese of Tokio, Japan, arrived in the city from the Orient yesterday. He is registered at the Oregon Hotel. H. B. .Ksson and Lester Wade are among those who registered at the Cor nelius Hotel yesterday. They are promi nent merchants of . Condon. Or. Mrs. O. F. Austin and Miss L. A. Rhodes, who are making a tour of the country, are in the city at the present time. They are registered at the Seward from Syracuse, N. T. William Bolles, a former Portlander who has been on a year's tour of the world, returned yesterday and Is domi ciled at the Perkins. CHICAGO, May 5. Special.) The fol lowing residents of Portland registered here today: Mrs. G. F. Newborn. Mrs. L.' S. French, C. H. Lewis, Miss Lewis, David C. Lewis, at the Congress. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Geer, Mrs. E. Curtis, F. S. Myers, at the Great Northern. Miss E. Kimball, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Baldwin, at the Grand Pacific- NEW TORK, May 5. (Special.) The following persons from the Pacific Northwest are registered at New York hotels today: From Portland At the Imperial, F. E. and H. Soloman, Mrs. F. E. Solo man; at the Holland. M. L. Hoffer. From Salem, Or. At the Martha "Washington, E. Pitt. From Spokane At the Gerard, G. K. French, G. "W. "Wilkinson. From Seattle At the Woodward, Mrs. W. P. Wilklns; at the Broadway Central, Miss T. Carter. LIQUOR AND FARM WORK Conditions Described From Prohi bition. Point of View. BURNS. Or., May 3. -To the Editor.) In The Oregonlan of April 29 there ap peared an editorial on the "Impending Prohibition War" in Oregon. The editorial states that this "roar" is being brought on by misguided enthusiasts, when there is no general demand among the poop 1-3 for It. I think this is a mis take. Here in Eastern Oregon there ara thousands of farmers and stockmen who are not reformers, who look at every thing from a practical t an point but who are In favor of prohibition- Why? Because the saloon makes labor vagrant and unre liable. During the harvest season, when work fa rushing, when hay and wheat crops must be cared for. farmhands will go Into town Saturday night and spend Sunday carousing and drinking In the liquor stores. Monday morning many farm employes do not appear for work and some who do appear are mentally and physically unfit for labor. Thus the work of the en tire farm is held up for a day or two during the rush season. This may occur several times in one harvest. In this way and in others that wa might mention, the saloon has cost the farmers and stockmen of Eastern Oregon thousands of dollars. State-wide prohibition cannot come too quickly for them. They have supported local option for practical busi ness reasons and for the same reasons they will support state-wide prohibition. Local option, so far as It has been fairly tested, has been highly beneficial from the stockman's standpoint. While local option has not made it impossible for men to ob tain liquor it has mad-s it much more dif ficult to obtain. It has eliminated the old time saloon. It has destroyed the old-time loafing and carousing place. Consequently, men do not drink so much liquor. They are more Industrious and reliable. Em ployers of labor find that with the old time saloon eliminated they can get their work done more quickly and cheaply. This is not fiction; It is a fact. The thousands of men who loiter Jn the North End of Port-land, vagrant and idle when there Is a job waiting for every one of them on the farm or In the railroad construction camp, have -been made what tiray are in vne saioons or .Portland and other places. Close the saloons and many of these men will become sober. Industrious reliable workmen. We shall have them In Increasing numbers so long as we have the saloon. The saloon is the hotbed where they are propogated. The Oregonlan also Intimates that ex cessive prosecutions of offendors. under the local option law. has added to the bur dens of taxpayers in dry counties. This Is a mistake. In every local option county in the state fines Imposed upon offenders have far exceeded the cost of prosecutions Some violators of the local option law were recently indicted In Pendleton, but I notiae that violators of our liquor laws are rt confined entirely to local option territorv Every week there are numerous arrests of liquor law violators in Portland, and Port land is not a local option city. This proves that the liquor traffic is as lawless under license as it is under prohihltron. This uni--ersal lawlessness of the traffic adds to the strength of the prohibition movement. Here in Burns. unoar license- the saloons are running wide open seven days in th week, but It Is not lawful to do so The Oregonlan quotes from the Roseburjr leader. If what that paper eays In true If the Prosecuting Attorney, Sheriff. Constable City Marshal and all the officers whose dutv it is to punish criminals have all done their best and still the liquor-criminal abounds In Roseburg. then certainly government there is a great failure. I am sure that one lfficial with a good backbone would make short work of the "blind pigs" of that Our state is Just entering upon a nw era of development. To make Oreiron a home of comfort, peace and plenty for -th thousands who are coralnr h y 2 the licensed saloon. It Is not wise to build penltentiartee and asylums, jails and poor houses, and then, license liquor shoos tn populate thrm. Like all other institu tions, the saloons of the State of Orecrnn nave maae records. voters of Oregon will measure. iudre anrt condemn them. Ifc. ZIMMEitMAX. ALBANY PLANS WELCOME Applegrowers Will Be Entertained by Valley City. The Albany Commercial Club Is makinar preparations to receive Wil lamette Valley apple growers with great consideration when they visit the "Hub of the Valley" on WriAnv r,t this week. Business men of Albany will meet the growers at the trains with automobiles, escorting the visitors to the courthouse, where an imnnnunt meeting will be held. The welcoming exercises at the courthouse will include addresses by the county officials and music by young ladies from Albany College, all of which will add to the interest of the meeting. Hood River Boy Runs Away. Hnon ptvp.ti v.v c c- . , . ---- - - J lOVCIIU. Officers In the Northwest have been notified of the disappearance of the 15- j, ..... -n,, o-.n OI air. ana Airs. Isaac Ford, who left here February 12. and hsti Tint RlTIO. h..n V, ...... it- i . - " ii . . v. in. nt! naa had a. quarrel with his father, and left with an older man, who had been a dishwasher in a local restaurant for a short time. It is believed thev headed for Eastern Oregon. Mrs. ''Ford is uui uning on nervous prostration- Sale of Rogers Guaranteed Silverware-Removal Sale Prices on Cut Glass, China, Etc. Introductory Sale of Oixr Beautiful New Mme. Helene Corsets at Removal Sale Prices TP Removal Sale on All 'Wa.sli Goods 15c Cotton Pongee 8c 15c Ptd. Batiste 9c Not within the present generation's memory have such opportunities for enormous savings been offered to the people of Oregon and Wash ington. Here's 70 bolts of cotton pongee, natural ground, with pat terns of plaids, stripes, dots and conventional designs; 27 inches Q wide; exceedingly good value to 15c the yard, now at this special Ov Batiste in printed jacquard effects, medium and dark colors; some with new side bands for self-trimming; regular 15c values, this Q is a good staple article and we are offering it now at, special, yd. 'Kerchiefs Redu ced Ladies' 15c at 9c Child's lOc at 5c 300 dozen ladies' all-linen hem stitched Handkerchiefs, i-inch hexas, regular O, 15c sellers, sale price C 500 dozen ladies' embroid ered handkerchiefs; some are all linen and some are sheer lawn ; embroidered all around or embroidered corners ; our regular 20c and "I 01 25c values, each- .wC Removal sale of all Hand kerchiefs. In this lot there's 600 dozen ladies' Appenzelle and Madeira embroid'd cor ner Handkerchiefs; pure lin en; the best regular 1Q 35c value, special for C Children's fine cambric fin ish hemsti tched Handker chiefs, 4 and -inch hem; regular 10c vaL, at 50c C the dozen or at, each t $12.00 Hat Shapes now on sale for only $5.45 Entire stock of Petticoats at One-Third Off $7.50 Lace Curtains selling for only g3:05 $2.25 Pillows on sale at, the pair, only $1.45 $3.75 Couch Covers now marked at $2.45 $2.50 Robe Blankets at this small price $1.85 $5.00 Madras Curtains now selling at $2.95 15c Glass Dishes at the Removal price of 5 SWIFTS TO USE SLOUGH I'OTVTTJN'K WTLIi BE SPEXT FOR RECIiAMATION BY PACKERS. Company Arranging Fi-ve-Ycar Job of Redeeming Tidelands on Pen insula for Uses of Big Plant. Plans are. under way for the reclama tion of a vast tract of tide land on the Peninsula, by the Swift Packing Com pany Interests. A company haa been In corporated under -the name of the Penin? sula Industrial Company, with a capital stock of JoOO.000, and with C H. Carey, C. C. Colt, D. O. Lively, J. C. Good and others as Incorporators". It Is a sub sidiary company of Swift & Co. and the general plan la to take over all the land holdings of the Swift interests, compris ing some 3100 acres of which the great majority are now worthless slough lands and under water most of the year. W. B. Phillips, consulting engineer for the Swift interests, has been at work on the landsv preparing estimates, plans and figures for the reclamation of this great acreage by means of a filling, which is to be made by dredging the slough in the front of the packing plant and filling In tbe back lands, thereby accomplishing at ones the double purpose of reclaiming a large body of land and, by means of the dredges, creating & deep water har bor for the various industries on the of yards of earth will be re quired in the filling in. and an expendi ture greater than any development pro ject yet undertaken In this part of the country. In many places, the filling will have to be made from 50 to 60 feet, while there are some places along the line of the Kenton Traction Company where a filling of between 70 and SO feet will be required to bring the land to the estab lished grade. It is said work is to be started in the immediate future and to be completed within five years. FINAL FENDER TEST HELD Mayor Gives Vp Hope but Selection May Be Made. Mayor Simon yesterday morning de clined to take time to attend so-called fender tests at Twenty-sixth and Up shur streets, giving as a reason that he "is getting weary of such tests." Several years have passed since the City Council began holding try-outs of alleged life-saving devices and thus far none has been adopted. It would appear from this record that the Mayor has concluded there Is little chance for definite results. Councilmen Fills and Rushlight, members of the special street-car com mittee, were present at the tryonts 1,000,000 Removal SOOO Men's $1.25 Shirts 63c 500Q Men's $1.5 - -i and witnessed several hair-raising mums. Toe sawdust dummies- were severely handled by some of the fend ers. The usual breakdown of the Nel son automatic air device took place, one of the valves bursting. It was not tried with the automatic feature work ing, as Mr. Nelson says there is no need for automatic action in Portland. The Kemp type was tried. It picked up one dummy and "killed" another by jamming it and rolling it under the fender for a distance. EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR INVESTMENT Business corner, located in Denver, Colorado, right in the heart of the business district. Building1 in perfect condition and consists of 2 store rooms, 5 living rooms in the rear and 10 rooms on the second floor. The building is always occupied and brings in good income. These buildings occupy 4 lots, in all 100x125 feet, and are free from any incumbrance. This is an exceptional opportunity, as the owner will sac rifice the whole thing or will trade for Portland property. Inquire Room No. 2, 207 Third Street 1 Tl T TTD Help Wanted All Depts. Experienced salesmen, experienced sales women, garment-workers, girls, 16 years and over, for cashiers, wrappers, messengers who will be given chanoe to learn business. $40.00 Wool Coats now ?16.95 $25.00 Tailored Suits for $9.95 $6.50 Dresses now selling S3.89" $7.50 Petticoats for only S3.38 $6.00 Kimonos on sale at $3.00 $8.00 Kimonos on sale at $4.00 $10.00 Kimonos now for S5.QO 65c Dress Goods marked at 25 $1.75 Suitings on sale at, yd. 59r? $1.50 Black Dress Goods at 87? ' line $22.5Q Robes $11. OO $3 Automobile Veils $1.19 EMBROIDERED ROBES of dainty sheer materials, such as the most discriminating judge of merchandise would choose. There are only 150 in the lot; each one is put up in a neat box containing skirt flounce, bands for trimming and ma terial for -waist; all to match an assortment of " ff our best ones. Kegular values to $22.50; special P 1 AUTOMOBILE VEILS, in a good assortment of all the new wanted shades; 1000 in this lot and there are others as good; all are 2 to 2y2 yards long; popular veil for riding, driving and outing wear; $2.50 to $3 vals. The automatic trip device, invented by the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company, was again tested and it picked up the sawdust dummies very nicely. Its chief fault is said to be the absence of a buffer, to save accident victims from ' fractured skulls. The plan of the special committee now Is to hold a meeting next Tuesday afternoon, at which time It will prob ably make up a report, submitting to the main body the company fender, the Nelson device' and the Kemp. With ii 4t t Ti 4 H! J-s 1 i k ' ?v. A ' '-.s:v .4rf 1 IT" Urn , in .ill I I. . I I M II . i . ' , Another Rare Opportunity to Purch Ostrich Flumes Don't delay, come before the lines are broken. There is yet a com plete assortment, but another day will reduce the stock to broken lines. It's the finest lot of Ostrich Plumes ever placed on sale in Portland. High-grade broad French male stock plumes,, beautiful novelties in variegated and fancy color combinations; large willow plumes in good assortment of colors. Priced for removal as follows: $12.00 PLUMES, PRICED FOR THIS REMOVAL SALE $ 5.95 $16.50 PLUMES, PRICED FOR THIS REMOVAL SALE.-g9.95 $20.00 PLUMES. PRICED TOR THIS REMOVAL SALE $12.95 $26.50 PLUMES, PRICED FOR THIS REMOVAL SALE 81595 $35.00 PLUMES, PRICED FOR THIS REMOVAL'S ALE 19.95 SKirts 95c Each day as the sale progresses new bar gains axe brought out and our determina tion to sell increases. Here's a lot of 3000 men's Shirts in regular or coat styles, cuffs attached or detached; an enormous assortment of patterns and colors, either dark or light, chambray, madra3, per cales ; cut full and guaranteed to fit. Full of sizes; our regular stock 63c values to $1.25. Removal Sale at Also a line comprising 5000 of our best styles in plain or plaited bosoms; broad range oi colors and styles to rr choose from; rear. $1.50 vals.. at $1.25 Silk Hose at the Removal price of $2.50 Union Suits, Removal Sale price $1.29 Girls' $3.75 Sweaters now marked at $1.98 Women's $4.50 Waists on sale at only $2.29 Boys' regular 25c Hose at this low price 14 Child's regular 20c Hose now selling at 11 $1.50 Cape Gloves now bargainized at 79ft $1.75 Kid Gloves at Removal price of $1.29 1 Q P A A 27 these three fenders before the Council it is hoped one may be adopted. At present the street-car systems in Portland are without an adequate fender. The officers of the ' Portland Railway, Light & Power Company are anxious for the Council to designate a device, which, they declare, they will Immediately put into service. Citizens Obtain Right of Way. JACKSONVILLE. Or., May 5. (Spe Apartment-house, located in Denver, Colorado. Building is new and up to date in every respect. Consists of 4 apartments, which are always rented and bring in $115 per month. This apartment is located beautifully, and in one of the best residence districts of Denver. ase All Shoes Re duced $5 Values $1.4-9 $5 Values $2.4? LOT 11800 pairs of odds and ends in women's Foot wear, representing a great variety of styles and quali ties, values to $5, C 1 A Q on sale for, pair P "27 LOT 2 A lot of 4500 pairs of women's pumps and ox fords, all kinds in the as sortment; values CJ1 QQ to $5 a pair, for P 20 LOT 3 An assortment of 3800 pairs women's pumps and oxfords, every kind of leather, every, shape last, every style of trimming; val ues to $5.00, on dJO yf Q special sale, pair P"27 LOT 4 Men's shoes and ox fords, patents and dull leath ers, a full line of sizes and very good style lasts; values to $5 the pair, on tO OQ special sale, pair p.O7 cial.) The committee of Jacksonville citizens which has been interviewing property owners between here and Hut ton, Cal., has returned after securing all but one mile of the right of way for an electric road to the Blue Ledge mines. Of 15 men, 12 were glad to give the right of way. While the valleys of Abyssinia are srow lnK sugar cane, cotton, rubber and other tropical plants, the uplands have excellent pastures and rornflelds. such as may be found in England. ; !(