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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1912)
THE Spanton COMPANY Lewi Bldg.. 269 Oak St, - Portland. Or. Barbecue Sunday R O F I Wa By the Immense Effect Which Vatermains and Sidewalks Will Have on Values in "P ON BR on The Columbia, Formerly Moore's Crossins While Our Opening Pjices Are in Effect Only an Average of $180 a Lot Some as Low as SI 10 and as High as $225 Terms: 510 Down and S5 a Month Bridpeton. Portland's nrme-it jublivL-ioD. is situated on the south bank of the Columbia River, in the direct path of projrre in home and factory buildins on the Peninsula, adjacent tt the ite selected for the new Vancouver bridire and within walking distance of the Pen insula factorv district, and the sites for the parkin- plant and other industries which are aured for thin district. It is also compraiively close to the busincsw centers of Portland, beir.it only 2- minnte' ride on the Vancouver line, from Second and Washington. Nature intended thix favored spot for a pleasure park, as is indicated by tho beautiful, natural boulevard shaded by forest tree, winding alonp the Columbia River, and tha per fect view of river and hills and the snow-clad mountains in the distance. But the onward march of progress and the rapid development of the City of Portland has made its use necessary for more practical purpoM-s, for which, however, its great natural advantages make it onlv the more desirable. Bridpeton appeals first to the speculator and investor because of its assured position as the favorite factory and residence district of the Peninsula in the very near future. It is the Isst subdivision possible on the Peninsula, and is absolutely unrestricted. Yon can buy a lot and build a home to suit your purse. You can put tip a tent as a temporary shel ter for your family, and save rent w hile you are earning the money to build your home. If vou are pavinp $1.1 a month rent, it amounts in ten years, with interest at 6 per cent, to jf2,372..C Isn't this worth making an effort to save i?5 a month for a lot in Bridcetont To tle whose occupation or inclination leads them to seek a location in the suburbs. Bridpeioo offers inducements which the wise investor, speculator and home-builder cannot afford to ignore. There are only 600 lots in the tract, and they won't last long at the prices asked. As an larestment your profits will come sooner than usual. As a result of the home-building that will Mart immediately, and the two new packing plant to be located near by. prices are bound to go steadily npward. A small cash in vestment, as the initial payment, puts you in a position to share in the profits sure to come as a result of the rapid development of this section. We offer you this opportunity to invest where your money will make sure, returns. We make the terms t-o favorable that it is possible for anyone to share in these profits. All lots are S."xoA feet. Sidewalks are to be put in. water mains laid in front of every lot and free water guaranteed until May 1, 1913. $10 DOWN AND $15 A MONTH FOR ONE LOT. 520 DOWN AND $7.50 A MONTH FOR TWO LOTS. A a Speculation You Can't Loae and You Stand to Win B:g! In connection ith the opening of this n;w subdivision we invite you to enter our com petition for the $205 in Cash Prizes for Wage-Earners Offered for the beat answer to the question, "Why is the purchase of a well located lot in Bridgeton the First Step in Financial Independence?" Kr further particulars phone, write or call for our " Facts About Bridgeton." Nobody can qualify to receive a prize in this contest who is not employed on waces of $150 or less per month. Bring or send all letters to the Spanton Company, Lewis building, Fourth and Oak streets, Portland, Or. ''?if M NOaC ftS -rri&0$ .Xw n It?-: Iii Mr' 'ifv --y-7-----''- Ko, 1 la the Map Is Proposed New latrratate Brldctt. . 3 Prslasnla Kactorr Dlatrlct. First Klasrr of Uaad la Map I.lea aa Bridarrtoa. at. m u , ,i it n j " n r ' --y On the South Bank of the Columbia Near the Van couver Car Line. Free Car Fare From 2nd and Washington, on Special Car, Every Hour and a Half, Beginning at Nine. FREE CONCERT ALL DAY BY BAND, OF 20 PIECES The Beeves Will Be Carved Promptly at 1 o'Clock The Feast Will Continue Until 2 o'Clock-Free to All An Ideal Picnic Ground Has Been Prepared, Consist ing of Benches, etc., for Assembling the Picnickers during the Meal Hour, on the Choicest Spot of Our New Sub-division Called "Bridgeton." Bread Will Be Furnished with Which to Make Sand wiches. Coffee will also be Served Free to all who Care to Come and Enjoy a Day of Picnicking on this Beautiful Suburban Spot which Nature Really Meant For a Pleasure Park Make your Plans to Spend Next Sunday at this Big Barbecue, Picnic and Band Concert. Salesmen will be on the Ground not to Grab and Hound you to Buy Property in Bridgeton, but Merelyto Answer Questions for Those Who Are Interested. Ihe Sale of Lots Since the Tract Opened Sun day Has Been Phenomenal and 1 hey Will All Be Taken in Half the Time We An'icipated VIEW OF BRIDGETON (ON THE COLUMBIA) THE TEACT WE ASM OPENING SUNDAY; TAKEN FROM . VANCOUVER CAR TRACKS SPECIAL OFFER TQ BUYERS PRIOR TO JUNE 1ST, 1912. Your application for a, lot in Bridgeton, prior to June 1st. 1912, accompanied by the initial payment of $10; rives you the rigut to secure a rauuu ui vum money within fifteen days from the date of pur chase. Application blank will De sent upon re- THE Spanton COMPANY Lewis Bldg., 269 Oak St., Portland, Or. quest by mail or phone, or the accompanying application blank may De used. All other sales must conform strictly to the following conditions: The the. nrorxrtv. and no sales will be made except 1 . ... . . . Vrj j vi on the regular speciiiea saie aays iuonuu.s, ucuy uu .m.- days. Investors and nome-ouuuers aiue w grauuanj xmu m ...c.'r. nlsicnr. in cavin? mrinpv enoueh to meet their moiuniy paynienia. LAAmm The Spanton Company 269 Oak I iiiclose S10 and hereby i ply to purchase . MilUIVKVIl, BUM V inet tn natisfoctAnr imlee. 7 tion, or cancellation and re fund of money within 15 days from date, May . .., 1912. Name HAY MADE TARGET! Roosevelt Platform Criticises Administration. SOCIAL' REVOLUTION SEEN Drmand faf for lUlorikn of Mvernnient lo Ui People." rrlmarT Law Like Tht uf California I Asked For. ABEKPEEV. tjih.. May 15- &P .:a!.i The platform adontM by the l:oovlt convention fallow: Abraham Ukd whicf! todajr tr blo . hmplnH bv Thnlr HrtTlt. Bbert M. 1j Klitt nd other prorealrr. Thr ha vr ln a itm ln Unln' whti !t u Important that tb prtniplrt .iauM 6 rlrarlv drftnrd and orallr on flrstoa. Thla Nation la paavlna; thrcuh a PtvmI of twwlal and ffnmlc rvolutioTi. ft paramount tia t aa od aa ciTltlsatton. i t ihv i-Iib -nfUt humai r.ht an4 i-'l pm and w harvby lar ar tiirmlnikn to Tawtor tha U'rrnmrBl to th peopl by whom and for who: it wa or'cinal!r rnrtrr4. n hrabr avprvaa our bMf that tha r "mutationi and ltlon of public off tear, miiHk-'paJ. -ounty. tae and Na;kual tn-i V4inl Atrmtnfn( of tha popi for tha p.tila and by tha ppl and hrrabr pivdr ( Kpubltcan j-arty of the Stat of Wash Inr'on to tha vnacimflt of a PraaHdvnliat t fTf primarr law baad upon that of t'ia Mat f t atifornta at tha ntit arastoa i tha Latalatur. PUtWml Fraad C karcaat U a further daptora tba fat that at a tirita whan tha cltlxan of tha Plata of Waih irlfin nrdd ftiimrlcmMp ;n trir f ht t dlrat Praatd.Ttlal primary that tlir; r retcht ba beard nnatlMed by tha af f..rt of diaHanat-, of fical indtkn. al- I th political btm ami f ratio a era ,..ntnd to rob thara of that rtprtaaiin u ty out thta pnnotpl and prevent v.-M offioera from thw artlB the plainly . prej of tha people, we far tha ir iMt' referendum and rwtll of all elec- office ra. Ivciaiatte. axrcut'va and Ja Ik ary. We furtNr ptedca our aupport In Ilia com tnc election to atJ the adoption of tha ititu(lnal amendment providinc for tha itrect rie.-t.on of I nited Ptalea kuioii by i--- paopte W raffl-m o ir bMf 't the Rep-aMI-r-t at ton I ptaifotTn of I eprea-d tha . Airi. an rme n t he u tt of pro tect !te tariff that t that thvduttaa ahould t baaed upon fte difrerna of tha Cvat of protu'-iK in tha -ountry and abroad. Wa tw !ln e I'tat the pmi of ravton In that platform waa a p.eie for rviioa down, aard. and wa hereby tpru rart that auch a pfetdga waa nt kept to tba people. Draje4e Laws ravared. That we fawor tha enactment of a thor ough snd draec rrrupt pra t!ces a"t- Wl lemand aurh Nat'onal e.;attoQ on tba ctr Tnt r aa '! ieentrai a rntrol of tha xtWna moner and fomiwfrlaJ credit. Juat wa demand the decentralisation af con in rart eer-nent. V ornmeod to la at at and National leaternment tba pol I. of frtiwerrafi.it of natural resource. Wa fvtir an amendment to the ttnermaa antl l it law which wl br fTi'-mative lia I (oi evtar lef tntta rae of rottuct for Muetrial rorporattona an4 relleie tnw an--anty in btatne. due lo teavinc the tutttaa of lecaliry of fiaat hu!n-M en te t r.ea antirvlv lo Judicial dtrmtnatloi u:-t tha n-ertain "ruia of reaaon. V- r rr an amerftent lo the Hherman a-trwt iaw iprw v rmcmptlnc tradr ur'i (rem It operation pida aux adhru ra tba pel net pita , of an Income ta. wa fa-or btrona; and ef fectlva eontrol of all public arrl-e corpor atlona and the recuiattoa of rates and trana portation rharaea haeed upon tha rcaron kbit physical valuation of properttea. Aiwa ha Uoaaa Raal I nted. 1 faror borne ru'e- for Aluaka. In order that a great rouiilr)' of maanfl'ent promlae. directly tributary to the Male of Wab -iDKton. may ha more peedlly developed and to further protect tha li-.t errata of Aiaaka. We espreea our hearty endorsement of alt feaaibie trrlaatlon projacta and urea tha Covernment lo es pejlte work on the same. That we renoim that t-i wisdom of grant tnr tha elective franc hisa to tba women of this atata haa been shown abundantly tvto tn the brief period tn which they bava rrld this right by tba In tell I cant dls rrlmtnatloo and the exemplary earnestness with which thsy perform rtvie dutlas and by tha re ft nine; Influence of thslr presence aa part of tha ledorat a. We favor more atrtnrent Immtrrntion laws In order to prevent the Immigration of un dcairabla alkna and provtolna for nioro i it.irnu edu. ational qualiflcat lona for all forcif nets apply In for cltlsanahip. Pe4ew4ea Iaa4nsrled Far T. B. Wa arge the eractnaent of a law to stop tha swindling of tho people through tha saia of stock In fraudulent corporations. We heartily romnaotwl and endora for th Presidency Theodora flooaeveit and Instruct our delegates to tha National convention elected by hla con en t Ion to use all honor able means to secure hie nomination and tf If be clearly shown in tha convention that Mr. Rooeevelt cannot he nominated, then the delegate aha. I be free to use their ef forts to nominate Mr. Robert M. La Folleite or some other proreame candidate. PRAISE GIVEN TAFT "Regulars'" Platform Lauds President's Record. ASSAULTS ON LAW SCORED Oil-Burning Plant In Shipyard. Belfast Evening; Telegraph. In order to be Independent of coal aa a fuel, four large boilers at Hr land A Wolff's rhlpbuildlng; works on Queens Island have been adapted for oil furl. I' sir.tr coal for fuel, one of these boiler evaporates ls.000 pounds of water an hour and the other three i 12.000 pounds earn, and with liquid-fuel they will irenerate 4"00 horsepower per hour. The work of Installation la without letting; the steam out of tha I boiler. The steam-Jet system Is nsed. which j It ts claimed will recover S to 74 per' cent of the calorific value of the fuel used. Tho oil enters tha boiler thnough . a branch pipe and Is given a whlrlldc motion bv the prolonged eptral stem ; of the valve splndte, the amount of oil . be!nr governed by a handwheel at tha . end of the spindle. The steam enters at another valve and passes through J alnta In tho rrllndrlral nart of tha CO no. All the oil parsing through the burner la thus steam Jacketed. One or two men can attend to a dozen boilers burn ing liquid fuel. Aphalt for British Stret Coneul-General John L Griffiths tendon. The Patted K ing-rlom Imports about CS.eOO tons of rock asphalt annually. In Is It) tha quantities bought from various countries, with their valnea per long ton. were aa follows: From Ger many. ;.o tons SU.33; France. 11.- tons ll:;: Italy. 10.30. tons Frlttsh West Africa. 2S.421 tons it11- Cl.t.. r tnna IIAk la Indon asphalt paving la practically ' tn the hands of two firms, one French and on Italian, which are constantly , employed In relaying and repairing j gireew ana xoocwayg. uinsias tuv my area the maintenance of roads and walka is controlled by the various mu nicipal boroughs, and the work Is dona by contractor who are the anccessful blddara. Kxcept In tha city Itself, wood blocks and macadam are mora gen erally used than asphalt, but there Is. notwithstanding, a considerable part land with the latter. rn'lmtl eervicw rwtea rejn (re- that a con ductor ena'l be at least A feet mrhee tatt and at least 2A yae old. Other require ments are thai ha s'all have been employed mt least flt ewra. w'th satisfactory racom men.iatcr f-..m a f'rtnar emploj er. Fa" $; te IW pwr month. IU?uloC! AUckri on Constitution Condemned a- V'nputrlotlc. Htate AtimlnlfttraMon In dorMtlAlaska Hpuiv. ABERDEEN. Wash., May JS. The Taft platform waa adopted a follows: Tha Republican party of the State of Washington, by Its representatives tn con vention assembled, looking back upon a record of pround achievement and appeal ing again to the sound Judgment of the peo ple, makes thce declaration. That party has betrayed no trust ever reposed In It by the peopjo nor haa It ever failed to demonstrate Its capacity for gov ernment. Without specific reference to tha past accomplishments of that party, wa de clare It to be mohe than a colncldenco that for 60 years our National grodth and pros perity has never bren Interrupted awva dur ing that period when our opponents ware in power. Taft Is Landed. Without reservation we Indorse the admin. 1st ratten of W. H. Taft. fie haa demon strated himself to be an upright statesman. He has shown clearness of vision, strength of Judgment, patriotism and wisdom. Ha cama to tha Presidential office with a rlnc experience In public affairs. Four years ago he wag chosen to that office pledged by his party platform and his ow n declarations to support and to advance the beneflclent policies of tha party. We submit to a cordial people the decla ration that he has kept the fslth. He has sustained tha American doctrine of protec tion. To the end. however, that monopoly should not be fostered and that the man who tolls shall receive tha benefit of this doc trine, he has Inst ted that it should hav its appllcstlon only In those cases where Amcl can labor Is thrown In competition with the cheap labor of foreign lands. We commend the atlon of President Taft and a Republican Congress in enacting a provision for a nonpartisan expert tariff hoard and we condemn the action uf a Democratic Congress which disorders In dustrial conditions by seeking to disturb tho present tariff in advance of actios by that board. Work af Twit Cited. Vrder the administration of president Taft eombinatlona of capital which had attained an illegal groath -and strength haa been, without discrimination or favoritism, pros-er-yted and dlssolvad. For the first time in our Nation's history these combinations have been brounght to Justice. He baa aub errrhed to no alliance with any special In teroet. yet he has declined to stifle enter prise by striking recklessly at capital. He has, by the appointment of a commis sion to study and report upon conditions taken tha first step toward the achievement of economy in tha administration of our National affairs. By having regard to merit alone In making his appointments to office he has destroyed the spoils system and of ficial favoritism. His nonpartisan Judicial appointments reflect the highest credit. He has Induced the leading nations of the earth to subscribe to an arbitration treaty, tha purposes of which ts to even tually secure tho abolition of that vaat armament which Is now Impoverishing the world If he be unhindered In his purpose, be will accomplish tha greatest of a! re forms snca human slavery was destroed. The minor achievement of bis administra tion are not to be recounted, but wa assert that be haa been modest, courageous, digni fied and wise. The hit tercet criticism has failed tu sperlfy a material f- ult or di tingulsh aa lastaac where ba baa failed in his trut. Therefore, we declare that, ac cording to approved precedent and In com mon fairness, he la entitled to renomlnation ty his party and re-election by the people he has served so well. Coaatltatloaal Aeeaalta Hit. We assert anew our devotion to the Con st Hut inn. The ftepubllcan party has ever stood In the face of our opponents for such sn interpretation of that instrument aa will make it comprehend new conditions and en larging pcceniu-s, but we condemn the as saults that In varlrd guise are now being made upon that Constitution. Without the msintcnance of constitutional checks and guarantees no republic ran exist and no people can retain their Individual rights. To dispense with them Is to revert to anarchy and yield up Indlvidaul liberty which the Anglo-Saxon haa Strugs led centuries to at tain. We believe the so-called doctrine of tha recall of judicial decisions to be the first step toward such a calamity, and we therefore denounce this reckless doctrine aa un-Republlcati and antagonistic to the spirit of American Institutions. Tha Republican party hss alwaya been the champion of popular government, and we declare it to be the initial principle of that partv that the people shall rule. We view, huwt ver. with the deepest concern the move ment lo destroy representative government and abolish the functions of the deliberative assembly. Wa indorse tha present Republi can stale administration. Opening of Alaska Urged. W demand the opening of the resources of Alaska to private acquisition with no restrictions save those which are necessary to prevent thrhif monopolisation and we de mand the withdrawal of those unwarranted executive orders which have blighted that territory and arrested Its developmont. Any pollcv of landlordism. governmental or otherwise, for that territory we deprecate, as It will engender all the evils which at tend Invariably upon bureaucracy. The po tential wealth of that territory, which la in government ownership, now la and alwaya will be worthlesa and waate until It haa added to It capital and tho energy of man. lacking these, th rosources of Alaska are of no value and the Government therefore parts with nothing when It permits them to pass into private ownership. We assert that otherwise than under the plan of private ownership no new country was ever developed. We believe that the present National laws properly enforced are ample safeguard against monopoly In that torritorv and we therefore demand that op portunity be given for Its development to tho end that the Nation shall have the benefit of the wealth which will be created thereby. We approve the spontaneous movement in this state of a more general use of our country's emblem and the attempt to stimu late a greater patriotism among our citizens. We commend the announced and executed poller of President Taft in extending tha usefulness of the uepartmnet f Agriculture and carrvlng thhe beneftls of ita activities to the formers of the country and we faror the proposed co-operation of the state and counties In the development of that policy. WHAT THE -NORMANS DID The Pirates Who Four.dod Monar chies In England and France. London Mornlnit Post. Th people of Normandy are Jut now celebrating the thousandth year of their aettlement in that country, tlie period of 1000 years betnc counted from the metlnr between Charlea the Simple and Rollo. which took place in 11 at Satnt-Clalr-aur-Epte. At that time the Northern had been for manv yeara a terror to the coaata. and Indeed for many year maa tera of the lower baatn of the Seine aa well aa of the lower waters of the Loire. Contemporary writers usually railed thera pirates, but they wre not pirates In the modern sense of the word. There waa little seaboard trade with which they could Interfere. Their practice, waa to harry and rob on land. One of their boats, which waa du up In Norway 20 years as;o, la 7 feet lonir and 1 feet wide where the breadth of beam is the irrratest. It is only about four feet dep and had no deck. The oars are about 17 feet Ions; and the rudder was a largo oar held on the starboard side. The row ers brnhes were short seats at the boat's sices, interrupted so as to laava plenty of room for a free passage from bow to stern, rniriyiwo ruuno .u.cuo about three feet in diameter, alter nately red and black, were fixed round the boat's sides, and there was also found a chessboard, of which the pieces were held In the,ir places by pegs fixed In the middle of each square. Evidently the warriors had means of amusement during the leisure of their voyages. When they landed for an expedition they seem to have made long and fast raids, helping themselves to horses, and ready to fight either mounted or on foot. Sometimes they made a fort on the river's bank, and there built smaller boats in order to penetrate far Into the interior. It was their raids which compelled the inhabitants of most of the coasis of Europe to organise them selves for defence and to put them selves under the protection of such chiefs as could build forts as havens of security. By the end of the ninth cen tury these raiders from the sea had established themselves in a large dis trict on both sides of the Seine and had made many incursions further in land. The successful defence of Parla against one of their attacks seems to have been the berlnnlns: of the rise of those Lords of Paris who eventually became Kings of France. In July, 911, an' expedition of Northmen, under Rollo, was besieging Charles when it was attacked by Robert Count of Paris, Richard Duke of Bergundy and Kbles Count of Poitiers. The townsmen un der their bishop made a Bortie and the Northmen were defeated with great loss. The moment seemed favorable to make some sort of agreement with them, and on the initiative of the Arch bishop of Rouen, King Charles the Simple waa Induced to come to terms with Rollo, the leader of the North men. ' The church had already been busy among the Norman warriors, of whom a certain number had been baptized, and, at the meeting arranged by the archbishop at Saint-Clair, where tho road from Paris to Rouen crosses the River Epte, Rollo agreed to become the King's man, and tlie King to confirm him in the lands which he had already conquered. Nothing is more remarkable than the progress of the Normans from the time when their settlement was completed and recognized ln 911. The French lan guage bad only Just taken shape. The earliest document known to its his torians, the famous Strasbourg oath. might have been subscribed to as a boy by an old man present at the in terview between Rollo and Charles. Tet, in a generation or two the North men had forgotten their mother tongue and were speaking the best French of their time. They- were no longer Northmen but Normans, and they were in the van of civilization. Thjy im ported the best soldiers and made much of learning. They encouraged archi tecture, sacred and profane, as their cathedrals and their castles attest. They were still the best artisans in the art of war. Man Killed by 'cw Automobile. COLFAX. Wash., May 15. TVhile un loading a car of automobiles at Endi cott today Henry J. Shireman was In stantly killed by the explosion of one of the cars. Coroner Bruning, with George Cornelius, an expert automobll Ist. is holding an Inquest at Endicott. The auto had been cranked up after being unloaded and exploded, the cylin der head striking Shireman on the head. Shireman had a wife and three chil dren. ' Budweiser The World's Favorite-Bottled Beer What made it so? QUALITY and PURITY. 173.184.600 Bottles sold in 1911. Bottkrl wid) crown or cerL only at ihm Horn Plant is St Loui AnKeuser-Busch Brewery StaLouj-shle. - Blumauer & Hoch, Distributors Portland, Ore.