Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1911)
TTIE UrORXING OREGOXIAX. SATURDAY, JULY 15. 1011. ITER SHORTAGE E LAWS KEPT ROSEBUSH SAID TO BE LARGEST IN AMERICA. BETTER THAN EVER AROUSES BOARD 10 Lawn Sprinkling at Night Is Stopped to Avert Fam ine in City. SELLVVOOD'S CASE SERIOUS IolIe Are Ordered to ProlUblt Use of llooe on Gardens CnUl Xew Pipeline From Ball Ran I Completed Major Arts. Watte of millions of gallons of water very day during the present hot spell leveloped a situation yesterday so clou that tha Water Board adopted I resolution, authorising Superintend int Dodfre to suspend all lawn-sprlnk- :ir. evenlnc until the completion of tha nsar Bull Run pipeline. Major S-ushl:rht. who la chairman of tha Water Board, telephoned In prrson to Chief cf Tollce Slover at o'clock yesterday afternoon, giving him trln (rut orders to employ tha entire fore to asalst the Board at thla time. In en' forcing- to I he tetter tha order to shut off lawn-sprinkling. Guards May lie Hired. It mar become necessary for tha Water Hoard to employ ipecUJ Inepec tore during tha hut weather to co-oper- ato with the police and tha regular In pec tore In enforcing tha orders of tha Hoard. "from f o'clock thla momljr until 4. JO o'clock thla afternoon, we loit i. 600.000 gallons mora of water than we obtained from tha Hull Kun reserve, the Albtna pumploa atatlon and tha old Brown plant In tha Mount Scott dis trict." atld Superintendent Dodge last right. V are getting ZJ.0OQ.009 gal lons frum Bull Kun. c.OOO.000 gallons from tha Alblna station and about 1, COO. 00 gallons from tho Mount Eoott riant. But In spite of thla large sup ply, tho resorvolrs ran down (.500.000 gallons In eight hours. The only way to do la to enforce tha regulations or dered by tho Board and to shut off tha great waste of tha supply." . VTastaj la Widespread. Reports from over all tha city ara that people have been wasting tha sup ply of water, and thla Is officially de clared to be tho real reason for tha great ehortitKe. Hose by Die thousands aro used not only for sprinkling lawns, It la pointed out. but are also brought Into requisition for tho purpose of cool. In house and for wetting down man ufacturing plants as a means of pro tection from fire. Arrests will bs made and vigorous prosecutions ordered wherever tho po- 1 co or wa:er Inspectors find viola tion of tho orders Issued yeelerday by the Board. It is expected that tha now Bull Ron pipeline wlii be completed and turnel ever to the city for use August t, but It may be latex. Every effort has been m..do by tha Mayor and members of the Water Board for tha last year to hurry this conduit to completion for lust such an emergency as this Scllnood Has Famine. ' "More than 2000 residents of Sell wood have been without water two and tares hours every night." said D. M. lxiiiaugh. president of tha gellwood Board of Trade yesterday, "and they will no Ion ce r stand for such a condi tion. Think of It. not a drop of water In tha central part of tho suburb from 7:10 o'clock to '30 P. M.. and tho only people who could got water lived on Johnson Creek and on the lower levels In the suburb. If a ftra should start In Ecllwood between these hours wo would bo helpless, and our property would be swept away. The reinforcing main that was laid a short time a.to does not furnish relief." Tha wator question will be consid ered at the meeting of the Sellwood Board cf Trade tonight In tha rooms of tha pellwood Commercial Club The meeting -as called for another pur pose, but will bo given up to considera tion of tho water famine. The shortage was felt particularly yesterday and last night at Hose City Tark. Willamette Heights. Alblna and Mount Scott districts. In these and otier places, there waa not enough wa ter for ordinary household uses. SPOKANE II S WATER FAMINE 46,000.01)0 Gallons Are Vsotl in 31 Hours Ending Thursday. SPOKANE. Wash.. July 14. (Spe cial.) Drain on the city water system Thursday exceeded all past records In tha history of the city. The tempera ture, which reached its maximum of it degreea at o'clock, waa responsible and the unprecedented tax on the wa ter system resulted In a water shortage over a considerable area on the north hill. Tha water department pumped it. ftoo.0'14 gallons of water for the 14 hours ending at midnight Thursday. This la about 420 gallons for every man. woman and olU.ti In tha city. Last year, which previously held the r.ci.rd for pumps, showed no day with a pumpage of over 44.000.000 gallons. During three hours the people of the rlty consumed water at the rate of UJ gallons each per hour, according to the estimate of Water Lnglneer Alex ander Lindsay, and the pumps and standplpes did not send enough water tnroujn the mains to supply tha north MIL Approximately 4. .50.000 gallons wa used by the city between 4 and o'clock. r-1 - , . 1 j i f- -fSr . i.X' -it.1 - ' ?- ''v- "'ft--v-v i J 1 v. v' i . . k , . . - v. . aasi r4- - .. -'-I- 1 .r.'. i 3t .. - - ' y- :;.utwr IM1ROTHV PEIWIXS T.IMBEUl, 23 FEET HIGH, AT HOME OK M II. AND SIRS. B. F. STEVENS. What Is considered to be the largest climbing rose In the city, pronounced by a prominent florist to be prohably the largest climbing rose In the world. Is now In full bloom at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. IS. K. Stevens. IjO Northrup street. The climber Is a Dorothy Perkins, of a beautiful carnation pink. It was set out In November. 10T. It Is fan ahapad. 21 feet wide and 2S feet high. Last year It was estimated that 20,000 rosea were on this bush, and this year It Is estimated that there are at least 25,000 roses. Tha bush naturally attracts very much attention front passers-by. BANKS ADOPT PLAN Portland Clearing House Ex aminer to Be Named. COMMITTEE IS SELECTED Conference Results la Indorsment of Controller's Idea Official Will Inspect Securities Regularly. Employment of a clearing-house ex aminer waa decided upon at a meeting of the Portland Clearing-house Asso ciation yesterday. The meeting also authorised the appointment of a com mittee to Investigate further the plan and report Its findings at a subsequent conference of the association. This action was taken on suggestion of Controller of the Currency Mur ray. Ihe clearing-house examiner Is purely a local official, whose compen sation must bs provided by the banks belonging to the association by which he Is employed. Hla duties will be to Investigate regularly the securities of the different banks having member ship In the association and ascertain their actual value as a protection to the Interests of depositors. Ills duties wvlll be auxiliary to those of the Na tional Bank Kxamtner, whose Inspec tion of securities In the banks within his Jurisdiction Is usually made only twice annually. While the employment of such an officer entails an expense to the banks belonging to the Clearing-house Asso ciation, it was decided that the need for an examiner and the inspections he will conduit warrant the cost of maintaining aim. The committee authorized to work out the details incident to the em ployment by the Portland association of an examiner was not appointed at yesterdays meeting. I Include residents for 20 miles surround. lag Garfield, will be W, K. Coman, gen era! freight and passenger agent for tha Hill lines In Oregon; P. O.- Lively, vice-president of the Peninsula lndusf trial Company, and Postmaster Mer lclc - ' 4 The addresses will be preceded by a luncheon and will be followed by a vtalt to tha experiment station, con ducted by the pragon Agrlnultural Col lege, where a demonstration of Sum mer pruning will be riven. During tha afternoon a hobble-skirt race between two prominent Portland society women will be held. The names of the con. teslsnts srs withheld by tha entertain ment committee, but the winner will receive aa a prize a quart jar of straw berry Jam. Later In the afternoon the excursion ists will be conducted to River Mill, where they will Inspect the fl, 500.000 plant cf the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company, Including tha Amberann pips dam, which Is 80 feet high and Hi feet long, the largest dam of Its kind on the Pacific Coast. Tha company has over 700 men employed on thla construction work, which will be completed about October 1. NATION SEALS DEAL Owners of Block S Are Paid $340,000 by Uncle Sam. DR. SMITH GETS HIS PART CONTT loLL ER URGES COCRSE Thirty-Two Large. Cities Vrged to , Name Examiners. WASHINGTON, July 14. Controller of the Currency Murray has .asked bankers In 13 large cities to adopt tha plan of having a clearing-house exam iner. In a letter to tha bankers thai Controller says If ho were to be granted all the power for which he might ask, and it the state banking tuthorltles were similarly equipped. tho combination could not equal tha efficiency of the clearing-house exam iner aa a force for sound banking. "The banking power of the Lnited States Is now approximately 31,u00.- oo. 000." the Controller says in his letter, a sum greater than the com bined banking power of the United Kingdom. Germany and France.. No stone ought to be left unturned to safe guard the handling of thla great wealth. Thirty-two reserve ettlas are now without clearing-house examiners. They Include Peat tie. bpokane, Tacoma, Portland and bait Lake. WOMB EDUCATOR HERE 5IISS LENA BALIS JAMES IS NEW Y. W, C. A. SECRETARY, Association Official Has Held m. portant Chairs in Big Eastern Institutions of Learning. Miss Llna Balls James, tits newly, appointed general secretary of ths Young Women's Christian Association here, has entered upon her duties. She Is a graduate of yassar, a graduate student of the Universities, of Michigan and Chicago, as well as a student in Rome and Paris. In Paris Miss James PATIENT DENIES INSANITY Court Order Sanitarium Head to Show Why Man Is Held. Prank Logerqulst. a patient at Morn inrstde Sanatorium, applied to Federal Judge Bean yesterday aftornoon for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that ha Is kepi at the place illegally. He la an Insane patient, who was nut to tha sanatorium from Alaska. He says he ha. since recovered, and Is held by rr. H. W. Cos. Dr. R. L. Gillespie, and W. C Judd. because they say they have no authority for releasing him. Eeaeca Fouts. his attorney, obtained from tea court an order that the aana JUNKETERS TO DO STUNTS Special TraLa Bears Roslness Men and Wives to Garfield. Members of the Portland Ad Club and the Realty Board, accompanied by their wives, will today enjoy an excursion over the Oregon Water Power division of the Portland Railway, v Light Power Company's system. The psrty -111 leave this city In a special train at 11 o'clock and. returning, will reach Portland at T o'clock tonight. A short stop will be made at Oresham. where an Informal reception will be tendered -by the Commercial Club of that town. Mayor' Moran and other boosters will greet the party during a atop of a few minutes at Boring. The torium proprietors appear Monday and excursionists expect to reach Estscada snow cause why Logerqulst should not bo released. Tae repair aad femoral instruments ew tb. New Tark Telepboae Company C4WOO.OOO a yeas. between 12 o'clock noon and 1 o'clock and w-til ba conveyed directly in hay racks to Garflals. (our muss distant. where a programme will be held In the Grange H&1L Among those who will addreaa tha gathering, which will v --. '.- i . v.. u, r : ' 'V - --" ' : i r , - . r .'?-.''!X . , - i f r a.,.t,.,-,i-r. . t,A mn iiXirt,f lit Miss Llna Balls Jssars, New Gen eral eeretary of V, W. f1. A, Wtae Has Assumed Her putlea Here. was a connectc with the Young Wo men's Christian Association, making a comparative study of tha student work there with the city work In London. Miss James left the deanshlp of Ox ford College Ohio, to accept her posi tion here which also entailed a loss of a graduate scholarship in classics In Cornell University. She has held the chair of Latin and history In South west Virginia Institute. Bristol. Virginia-Tennessee, and the chair of Latin, and the place of assistant wo man principal at Hardin College. Mexico. Mo. She waa also woman principal and Instruotor of Latin In the Frances Shinier school and Junior Col lege of the Unlversrty of Chicago and professor' of Latin and dean of wo men at Oxford College. Oxford, O. Her Association experience has con sisted largely of organising and pro moting the Association work among students. As a member of the state board of Missouri's Y. W. C. A. and re cording secretary of the territorial board of Ohio and West Virginia, her field of endeavor has been vast Miss James was a member of special classes for Bible work under tha late Iir. W. R. Harper, of ths University of Chisago and Dre. Burton and Riggs. Physician Declares He Will Trans act Business With Government No More Postofftce Site Now Awaits Fund to Build. The $200,000 due Dr. Andrew C. Smith, the Security Savings Trust Company and the Pacific Coast Trust & Invest ment Company for the east half of block S. Couch Addition, was paid over to them yesterday afternoon by the United States Government. The chock for 1340.000, received by United States District Attorney Mo Court from the Treasury Department at Washington Thursday, was deposit ed with the clerk yesterday afternoon, after Mr. McCourt had received from Federal Judge Bean an order authoriz ing him to do so, and condemning the property. United States Court Clerk Marsh paid the money to Dr. Smith's attorney, John M. Gearln. Officials of the Eapey Estate Com pany, owner of the west half of the block, being at the beach, their signa tures to the reoelpt for the money oeuld not be obtained yesterday. The $140,000 toj the west half of the block will therefore be paid over Monday, The block Is situated at Seventh, Eighth, Gllsaa and Hoyt streets. -Belay Angers Dr. Smtlh. "I am through doing business with uncle bam, remarked Lr. bmlth to a deputy clerk as the deal was being closed. "I nave been kept waiting for 18 months, and I do not feel that I am receiving as good a price from the Government as I would if I had sold tho property to a private Individual. '' Mr. McCourt, referring to progress made in drawing preliminary plans for tho new structure, said: "I received a letter soma time ago asking that the cases be hastened to the Jury that pre liminary plans might be drawn. But since the verdicts came in I have re ceived no word." Fund Needed First. -Nothing can be done toward the con struction of the building until an ap propriation for this purpose Is ob tained from Congress, or until the $100,000 left of the $500,000 approprla tion for the block Is diverted to ths building. Postmaster Merrick declared that he expected It would be two and a half years before the building would be completed. A bill for a $1,000,000 ap proprlatlon passed the Senate at the last session, but has not yet passed the House. ASHLAND'S SUN IS AHEAD Banker Finds Old So In Southern Oregon Beats i,os Angeles. E. V. Carter, vice-president of the United States National Bank, of Ash land. Or, after spending' most of, last Winter and Spring In California, re turned recently. During his stay In Los Angeles, from tha middle of Feb ruary until well along In May. he kept track of the aunshlne of that city, com paring It with the sunshine In Ashland. Not entirely to hla surprise he found that Ashland has a good lead. "The rain in Southern California last Winter and Spring grew monotonous." said Mr. Carter. "At times It fell In torrents, and ths streets were flooded. Once I was an entirely surrounded that I was unable to reach a streetcar. Some of the people asked me If I had come to make my homeland could not under stand It when I said I would rather lvs In Ashland than anywhere else. "Southern Oregon s progressing and general conditions ar good. There will be a full pear crop this year, and the outlook n business lines Is favor able." State Warden Finley After Visiting Southern Oregon Expresses Deilght. SCREENS TO BE PLACED Commission to Demand Installation - of Bars Over Intakes to Save Young Fish Closed Season for Pheasants Obeyed. "There never was a time when the people of this state were as willing to observe the laws protecting fish and game as they are now," said W. L. Fin ley. State Game Warden, yesterday, after a tour of Inspection of the vari ous hatcheries in the southern part of the state. "Progressive communities have begun to realize that good fish lng and hunting mean a big attraction to the tourist and homeaeeker, and that this can only bo gained by a strict compliance with the game laws. It is regarded as a business proposition, quite apart from Its value as a means of providing sport." The members of the Fish and Game Commission! eight in number, have spent tha past week in inspecting the state hatcheries and sites In various parts of Southern Oregon, where other trout hatcheries may be established later. Among tha points visited were Klamath Falls and Spring Creek on the Williamson River. Other prospec tive sites were visited In the Rogue River and Umpqua Valleys. . Screens Are Demanded. One of the most Important subjects with which the Commission has had to deal Is the enforcement of the law Ye quiring factories and irrigation com panles to screen the Intakes to prevent the loss of fish. "One of the greatest menaces to the propagation of fish.", said Mr. Finley, "la the loss of small fish through the unscreened intakes to Irrigation ditches and mills. Small fish naturally choose small streams where the current is not strong. If these ditches and canals are not screened the fish simply drift out over the land to become fertilizer. The law governing this subject has not been enforced. Our trip has demon strated that if. the propagation of fish Is to be successful this regulation must be rigidly observed. "The members of the Commission be lieve that under the new system by which the propagation of salmon and trout will be directed by one Warden there will be better results to both the commercial fishermen and sportsmen and a big saving to the state- By us ing tha hatcheries for both trout and salmon hatcheries In their respective. seasons there will be a saving of ex pense in maintenance but the difficulty of getting men for short periods will be obviated. Pheasants Are Thriving. "Thee is a much better sentiment In favor of game protection also at the present time. The long closed season for China pheasants Is being accepted everywhere readily. Part of the Com mission's work will be the propagation of game to meet the demand from all carts of the state for the China pheas ant and Bob' White qualL Wo found that the pheasants are doing very well Indeed. There are large broods of young birds. We are planning to bring In new birds from China, also the East ern quail which thrive on this Coast." The Commission will leave toaay ior Oregon City to inspect tha fish ladders and the Intakes to the mills at that point. Tomorrow they will Inspect the hatchery at Bonneville. Later they will go to Astoria to Inspect the hatch ery now being built. Later they will go to Eastern Oregoir. Good Things in Markets POR the last week cherries have been at what s probably their lowest price for the season and are still to be had at 5 to 8 cents a pound. Berries, including strawberries, raspberries, black caps, loganberries, huckleberries, gooseberries and blackberries both wild and cultivated are all to be had this week at prices ranging from S cents to 10 cents a box. Red currants sell at 8 cents to 10 cents a pound, and are better now for Jelly than they will be later. Of the larger fruits, melons are easily the most popular for this weath er. Watermelons 6ell at 2 cents to 2hi cents' a pound; and cantaloupes at 6 cents to 10 cents each. Peaches are coming In larger quantities and sell at 10 cents to 20 cents a dozen; while apricots are still excellent at 50 to SO cents a basket. Five or six kinds of plums are now available, and cost 8H to 12V4 cents a dozen. Early harvest apples have made their appearance for the green apple pies usually so popular with men folks. Pineapples SEATTLE GOLDEN POTLATCH $7.50:Excursion Fare-$7.50 To Seattle and Return. On Sale for July 17, 18, 2L Return Limit July 24. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY The Original and Reliable Line. FOUR DAILY TRAINS Leave Portland: 710A.M. 10:30 A. M. 3:30 P. BL 1145 P.M. Arrive Seattle: 220 P. M. 4:50 P.M. 10:25 P. M. 6:50 A.M. Parlor Cars, Dining Cars and Excellent Coaches on All Day Trains. Standard and Tourist Sleeping Cars on Night Trains. Electrio Lighted Throughout. And our DINING OAR SERVICE famous for its excellence. POTLATCH WEEK JULY 17-22 PORTLAND DAY JULY 21 , ) Tickets and Sleeping Car Berths at City Ticket Office, Corner 3d and Morrison Streets. Union Depot Ticket Office, 6th and Irving Streets. A. D. Charlton, Asst. Gen. Pass. AgL, Portland. are not so plentiful as they were last week and are slightly higher in price. The only novelties in the vegetable market are okra, at 50 cents a pound; the tiny China peas at 2 pounds for 25 cents; and the first of the early celery. Green peppers are getting cheaper and so Is eggplant; the former, how ever, still cost 25 cents and the latter 20 cents a pound. Spinach and corn are both scarce. Good green peas are still to be had at three pounds for 25 cents, and several varieties of beans at 8 to 10 cents a pound. Cucumbers are becoming cheap and plentiful, cost ing 2 to 10 cents each according to size Hothouse tomatoes cost 30 cents and" the less-choice kind, about 10 cents a pound. New potatoes are to be had at 7 and 8 pounds for a quarter. The fish market shows perhaps rathr er less variety than usual. Halibut leads, at 7 cents a pound, and salmon Is much In demand, since it is as good cold as hot, at 15 cents a pound. Very few crabs and clams are to be seen. The list Includes sturgeon, salmon cheeks, and shrimps, 15 cents; rock cod and croppies, cents; black cod, perch, smelt, flounder and shad all about 10 cents a pound. Chicken prices are slightly lower at least as far as "hen" are concerned, these being obtainable at 20 to 25 cents. Springs, however, and young ducks still cost 30 cents a pound. Butter has gone up in price this week, in preparation, supposedly, for its annual Fall-and-Winter climb. Standard city creamery butter now costs 65 cents a roll, though other but ter Is still obtainable at 55 to CO cents. Eggs still cost 25 to 30 cents a dozen. SLOVER'S PAY IN BALANCE City Attorney Is Asked to Decide Whether He Can Draw $?50. Whether the cfty can pay Acting Chief Slover, of the police department, S350 a month. legally, while he holds the rank of captain, is a question that Is causing considerable discussion in official circles. City Attorney Grant has been asked by the Civil Service Commission to give an opinion. When C. Grltzmacher was acting ChLt-f with the rank of captain, under the Lane administration, the City Coun cial allowed him the salary of Chief tot several months, but finally notified Mayor Lane that they would no longer do so; that he must appoint a Chief or only the pay of a captain would ba al lowed. Grltzmacher was then given the permanent appointment. Joseph Keller, a sergeant, who tas charge of the second night relief as acting captain, is in the same class, and the opinion of ths City Attorney will apply equally to him. BRAND Hams and Bacon T 1 J 1 J l1.Aa MrhA l-i aVA nnTA Afttall are BBKeo. ior u v nauio, aim iuuod ' ; . n i T-! - T3 Jt ll n Ttoonn in VflTiahlV lllHlBt UTOH im t 4fl oQTn fcranfl "Cnlumbia Brand" is a trade- m y v.- i w n iQTin mi iliimv i.nn imnu a.uj ao tor tt a. "". -""6"- an ! delicions, savory navor to i,oiumoi.BriiiiuiB and Bacon, peculiar to this brand alone. The mention ot Loiumoia nrana iu buuuiu - Hams or Bacon causes ones mourn to water for a taste. Order Columbut Urana toaay. At Best Dealers, Hotels and Cafes Union Heat Company. Portland, Or. M0IRTM About 50,000 People Seeking rest, health and pleasurable recreation spent all or a portion of the Summer season at this delight ful beach resort WHY f . Because they find there lust what fcer need and they return year after yer because they ara perfectly satisfied.' Ideal cottage and cams life; a magnificent beach that is not sur passed anywhere; genial and bene ficial climate, and all ths comforts pf home without costing any more than If you remained at home. Season Now Open The O.-W. R. & N.'s large excur sion steamer T. J. POTTER, makes dally trips from Portland (except on Sunday). Leaving Ash -street Dock, 8:30 A. M. On Saturdays, 1 P. M. This convenient schedule provides a daylight trip down the Colum bia River, which experienced trav elers say ranks with similar 'trips anywhere for comfort and restful entertainment. Columaia River scen ery is worth whjla on its own acr count. Reduced Fares Prevail From all parts of Oregon and Wash ington on the O.-W. R. & N. and Southern Pacific lines. Consult your local agent. He will give you good advice. Season Tickets from Portland. .$4-60 Saturday to Monday Tickets. ... X.00 Flve-frip Commutation Tickets 15.O0 Make your reservations on the Potter and purchase tickets at our City Ticket Office. Third and Washr ington Streets, Portland. WM. M'MURHAT, General Passenger Agant, Portland. Oregon.