THE SUXDAY. OltEGOIOAN EOBTEiaro. TTTLT 14, 1913. HEW POWER PLANT IS ENTERPRISE Northwestern Electric Com pany to Help Develop Immense Territory. FIRST UNIT IS UNDER WA flanfat White Salmon, Generating 2O.0OO Horsepower, to Be Ftol lowed by Two Other Port land Only Part of Field. A new factor In the Industrial de velopment of Western Oregon and Washington will enter the field of electrical competition In the pacific Northwest on January 1. next, when the big power plant now building for the Northwestern El ec trio Company on the White Salmon River three miles above Underwood. Wash. Is to be com pleted and turned over by the con' tractors. This plant, which will be ready for Immediate operation, will have a capa city of 20.000 horsepower. According to the announced plans of the company It is to be only the first unit In series of immense power plants with combined capacity of nearly 100.000 horsepower that will be constructed within the next five years. Though the Northwestern Electric Company, which is backed by such strong and conservative iwanclal houses as the Anglo te London-Paris National Bank, and the Crocker Na tional Bank, of San Francisco. Is no asking a franchise to eupply electrical power In Portland In competition with the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company, its scope will be much broader than that of a purely local concern. . Its plane Include no less than the Industrial upbuilding of towns along the Columbia River Basin in Western Oregon and Washington, and of the rich country inland from White Salmon to the territory adjacent to Mount Adams, and out of Camas and Van couver. Wastu. by means or cheap elec trlcal power carried from the power sources on high tension wires. From the first It will be the policy of the company, as announced by Its officials, to build its power lines wherever the future resources of the country will warrant It. Power Plant Tader Way. Work on the present plant at White Salmon, which represents an Investment of close to $3,000,000. lncladlng con structlon and the cost of acquiring power sites and water rights, has pro gressed so far that the big 400-foot concrete dam will begin to rise In the next two weeks. Preliminary work has been very heavy. It Included the driving of three tunnels through solid rock through which to divert the flow of the White Salmon River, and the construction of a big cofferdam, and this has delayed the dam work. The last of the tunnels was finished last week, and the flume through them In which the stream will be confined. Is almost finished. Three hundred and fifty men are now employed here, and this force will be. Increased to 500 men on August 1, when the building of the power plant ' Itself, one mile below the dam, will be begun. Thoroughly modern equipment for this plant is now being made. Already another gang of men is clear ing the pathway along which the high tension wires will carry the current to Portland and other towns In the Co lumbia River Basin. This power line will be 7 miles long. It goes along the Washington shore of the Columbia River to a point near Camas, Wash. about 20 miles above Portland, where It will cross to the Oregon side on two high steel towers which will sue pend the big wire cable ISO feet above the river. The workmen are at present clearing a pathway 12 feet wide- for the power line. In addition to this, all high trees within 200 feet of the line on both sides that might fall across It, are be ing felled. Big A axillary Pleat tm Rise. This power line will cost close to 2750.000. For the present one line win be stretched, but as additional power Is required a second Una will be stretched on the same poles. As soon as the franchise is awarded to It in Portland, the Northwestern Electric Company will begin Immediate construction of a big auxiliary steam plant near the city, at a cost of 1250. 000. with which to supply power In any emergency in which the power line might be crippled. This auxiliary plant may never have to be used, but steam will be kept up at all times ready for any crisis. The company plans also to begin Immediate construction In Portland, on the awarding of the franchise, of a system of conduits and power lines for supplying current within the city. Ac cording to the franchise at least $350, OtfO must be spent on this equipment within two years. The company is re quired to give a bond of $100,000 that this will be done, and If It ever merges or sells -out to a competing concern, the city Is given power vto condemn this property. Immediately after the completion of the White Salmon River plant, next January 1, work Is to be begun on a second power plant on the Klickitat River that will develop 25,000 horse power. As the demand for power In creases a third plant, with a capacity of between 40.000 ana bo.oso norse power, will be constructed on the Lewis River, while the company, has further holdings on the White Salmon and Klickitat Rivers where future plants can be built as heeded. The president of the Northwestern Electric Company is Herbert Fleisch hacker, also president of the Anglo A TAndrn.Pirii Kxtlonel . Bank of San Francisco. Mr. Flelschliacker and his associates have been connected witn successful power Industries In Califor nia tor many years. DENTIST TO SETTLE HERE Dr. E. R. Parker, Wealthy Practi tioner and Inventor, Lite City. Dr. E. R. Parker, a dentist, Brooklyn lodge No. 22. who marched at the head of his home contingent In the grand parade, has decided to locate In Port land. The beauties or the city. Its commercial prosperity and solidity, and also Its fine residential sections, made so great an Impression on him that he decided to open up a large office for the practise of dentistry, the latter representing an investment of at least $15,000. "As soon as I arrived here, I was amazed at the city, there Is no other word for It. Twenty years ago I had practised here in a small way. but 1 never expected that the growth could have been so. phenomenal. So as not to lose any time I took the examination of the Oregon State Board of Dental examiners, which consists of such well- known men as Dr. Jean CHne. Dr. F. Vaugban. of Astoria, Dr. W. 8. Ken nedy, of. The Dalles, Dr. Clyde Mount, of Oregon City, and Dr. H. H. Olllnger, of Salem, and I shall open an office here as soon as possible." It is as an Inventor and lecturer on painless dental methods that Dr. Par ker has come into prominence, though he has practiced dentistry for 20 years, having offices in Brooklyn. New York. San Francisco. Los Angeles, San Diego and Bakersfleld. "They know me back East a "Pain less Parker,'" said the doctor. "As an Instance of that some of your people may remember a cartoon In the New York American at the time of the last election. It depicted the Democratio candidate, Parker, pulling a - tooth, Roosevelt, from the mouth of Uncle Sam. and underneath was the heading, 'Painless Parker at work.'" Dr. Parker Is a wealthy man. and he attributes his success to the power of newspaper advertising, to. unbounded energy and to the discoveries he has made. He is fond of horses, owning some fast trotters, and is also an en thusiastic motorist, with several racing cars. He is on the looaoui ior a suit able residence. PORTLAND . SONG ARRIVES Tunc and Words Meant for Elks Re union Is Catchy March. While In Atlantlo City as a delegate from Portland last year William R. Apperson, past exalted ruler, met Mrs. Isabella D. Wldder, who sang "Port- MEASURE AIMS AT FAKE PROMOTIONS Proposed "Blue Sky" Bill Is Similar to Act Now in Force in Kansas. STOCK SWINDLES STOPPED Companies Organized to Sell Stock Required to Give "Clean Bill of Health" Proposal Indorsed by Commercial Bodies. If Oreron adopts the "blue sky" Mil that has been drafted by a Joint com mittee of the Commercial Club, Cham ber of Commerce and Realty Board, It Is pointed, out that "wild-car promot ers and stock swindlers will have just Kimm must he registered In the Bank Commissioner's office. The law pro vides methods of bookkeeping and each company mast agree to open Its hooks at ibt time to any stockholder, xi, noon investigation, the Bank Commrs sinner finds the concern ' is solvent, fairly conducted, and, in his judgment, promises a fair return on the securi ties offered for sale, the Commissioner may Issue a certificate permitting the company to do business. The certifi cate, however, recites in bold-face type that the Bank Commissioner in no wise recommends the securities to be offered fnr al ' -The value of a law such as the K ansae blue sky law lies, of course. In Its enforcement. Enforced partially It is nmriT aa bad as no law at all. but en forced Impartially, and by giving the Investor the benent or we oonm, ra bound to save and Is saving tho peo ple ef Kansas millions of dollars. And Kansas is lonunaio u nsviui uuu law aad having it Impartially n foread. ' "But Kansas Is not alone In profiting by the law. The little corner oi air. DoIleyB office, set -aside for the one clerk who was expected to handle all of the routine work pertaining to the enforcement of the law, has grown Into a National Institution which might well be called a National bureau for giving free advice to Investors. Tho one clerk has multiplied - Into two clerks and three stenographers who are kept busy six days In the week answering in quiries that oom from every state In h Union as to the advisability of purchasing stock or bonds In this or that company, or whether Investments lrmdv made are consiaerea saie. in one week, by actual count, inert. i SCENE SHOWING ACTIVITY IN CANTON OF WHITE SALMON EIVEE. T5ZT .1 AT THIS POIfT NORTHWESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY IS BUILDINO DAM TO GEN ERATB 2,00o HORSEPOWER. ' . land wantB you In 1J1J." all over New York City and Atlantic City. Elnce that time Mrs. wiaaer nas been busy composing a song for this reunion, which was to have been made special feature of the musical part of the programme. Unfortunately the song only arrived last night, when practically all the social functions were over, so that no one had a chance to hear It. The song Is entitled "Port Land. xnars All." and Is a snappy march tune, which goes with a verve and a swing all the time. The words are very ap- nronrlate to the occasion, ana me chorus goes as follows: Portland, old Portland, Qaeen ef all the vtial WM, Portland, old Portland, traded palme upon nor ereatt, Portland, old Portland, la Winter. Summer, Spring or Fall. Ton will And health aad wealth, m Pert- land, tnars an. JUDGE MAY REOPEN CASE Wife Needs Support of Mao. Who Was Refused Pardon, Is Assertion. After fighting a proposed pardon of Adam Stevenson, to the point of caus ing Mayor Rushlight to veto the ordi nance carrying the pardon. Judge T as well, holding himself vindicated, will entertain a motion to reopen the case next Tuesday. The action Is based upon an affidavit of Mra. Stevenson, who was the principal witness against ner nus- band. The presentation of the pardon ordi nance was the occasion of a bitter at tack by Councilman Jennings upon the court, to which Judge Taawell replied by a letter, and the Mayor thereupon vetoed the ordinance. The ease. Judge Taswell said, was one of the moat ag gravated instances of wife beating in the notice of the court, two little boys supporting the story of their mother's abuse. It was also shown that the woman had been In Imminent danger of her life. Stevenson was given a sen tence of tft days and 1300, and has served more than the period of daya His attorneys offer assurance that he is thoroughly penitent, and that his fara- Uly needs his support. W 1 niamonda from the new fields m German Africa are aorter and more eaallv eat than those from British territory and are more transparent. as good cause to eliminate this state from their field of operations as they have had In Kansas. The workings of the Kansas law have been so effective and the Interests of Investors have been so well protected that not a cent Invested In stock com panies licensed to do business In mat state has been wasted. It Is declared, since Bank Commissioner Dolley has been given a free hand to enforce the statute. The proposed Oregon law is almost an exact transcript ef the km saa' act. Members of the joint commit tee aver that If the measure Is adopted and Its provisions enforced, the same results may be expected In Oregon. In reviewing the operations of the Kansas law, Harry T. Kohr, in a re cent Issue of the Technical World Mag. aslne, points out why he believes that this is one of the most advanced and constructive pieces of legislation that any state has ever enacted. "There are some SIS state banks In Kansas, which hold on an average of $126,000,000 In deposits,' says Mr. Kohr. "There used to be rich picking for the stock swindlers In that $125,000,000. but there Isn't any more, not since Dolley got on the Job as Bank commissioner. "If you sit down with the figures, yon will find with little difficulty that la the last ten years the people of this country have been swindled out of $1, 000.000.000 In fake Investment com panies. Bankers, Inspectors, legitimate investment brokers and Federal Dis trict Attorneys to whom I have talked say the figures for the last ten years will run nearer $3,900,000,000. And, mind 843 letters of that kind received from other states. . Effect Is Sweeping. ""The work of the Postofflce Depart ment has been greatly facilitated, how ever, bv eo-oneration with the Kansas hmVlnr denartment- whereby Informa tion of fake stock and bond companies resrularlv la exchanged. The lniorma' tion furnished by the Kansas banking department has resulted In the arrest of a number of raxe promoters ana wi iirtvlnr of several others out of busl noes. The difficulties under which the Postofflce Department works are so great, however, that, as "shown 'In the annual report or tne uepanmnai jua-tiea onlv ten cases of that kind weTe brought before the courts In the last fiscal year, while there must be anywhoro from 1000 to 6000 companies whose stock is for sale but Is worthless at any price. "So far as the states are concerned. It Is probable that within another two years a majority of them will have laws similar to the Kansas statute. Every day's mall brings to Mr. Dolley letters from members of the Legisla tures ot other states asking for copies of the Kansas law. With a view to drafting a similar measure. Every state In the Union Is represented In these letters, and In em case, Missouri, ten members of the Legislature were represented. Five requests nave come from other countries. "Wisconsin Is the only state which has a law the effect of which Is de signed to protect Investors, but It has you. this vaat sum. somewhere between failed In attempts to enforce It, In 'the $1,000,000,000 and IS.oou.vuu.uuv, came. In the majority of cases, from persons who could not afford to lose it. KanS Law Explained. In brief, the law, which Is entitled "An Act to Provide for the Regulation and Supervision of Investment Com panles," requires every corporation or association, foreign or domestic, which nuraosed te sell stock in Kansas, to file with the Bank Commissioner 1 clear and comnlete statement of its af fairs down to the minutest details; it must file Its written and irrevocable consent to accept service upon It through the Secretary ef State of Kan saa and pay the expenses of a minute Investigation Into its ariairs oy an agunt- ef the Bank Commissioner. It must agree that no amendment to its charter shall become operative until the amendment Is approved by the Bank Commissioner; It must file copies of its contracts and each of Its agents in TYPE Or MAUSOLEUMS TO BE INSTALLED IN PORTLAND CEMETERIES. Plan of Interment Provides for In dividual Crypto Structures -to Be of Finest Type. Aaotber Industry will be added to Portland's list of enterprises by the establishment of a mausoleum plant by the Portland Mausoleum Company, which has Just been organised. The company announces 'that It will Install community mausoleums In the River view Cemetery and Mount Calvary Cemetery In a short time, The elan of - this form or entomn ment provides for the 00 -operation of number ot families in erecting a mausoleum that contains sealed 'indi Mmi eamnartmenta. equipped with sanitary devices. The atvle or architecture -or eacn, building will conform to its location. Ths foundations and Superstructure are Af reinforced concrete, with stone or porcelain-faced brick. The crypts are built in tiers, uniiorm in io mni sepa rated by seamless concrete walls. The Interior of the building Is finished In and under each row of crypts Is a marble ledge suitable for floral tributes. . The entrance hall Is designed to serve as a chapel for fun eral services. ? Tha rtammnnltv mausoleums erect ee In other states are beauMfnl types of architecture.- said O. F. Catbbert. manager ef the company, yesterday. rhnM that we will erect In Portland and In other cities of the Northwest will be similar in design ana mwnra u every respect. "Ths prlvaoy and security . of this plan ot Interment appeal Wrongly to people everywhere. ttuou v j titia, la . xiven and ownership passes absolutely to the Individual pur- EXTEBIOR AND INTERIOR VIEWS OF PROPOSED BT7RZAX rTRIJCT17RE.oJUbSer, From JAS sate ox sswa wm- siSsawaeajssfamwa "" " " ' " lr . T"' 1 - ft . " I 1 -vw: v-:-otT.N' work It was designed to do. But the Wisconsin law will be amended or 1 pealed and a new law enacted, for number ef legislators In that state have asked for copies of the Kansas law. "So, the poor widows of Kansas, who gave their little all In exchange for worthless sheets of gaudy paper have not lost In vain. They have been the instruments of putting on the Kansas statutes a law which has saved mil lions of dollars for those who could not afford to lose It, and for awakening the legislators In other states to one of the oruelest systems of robbery that has ever flourished anywhere In the world. NEW ENTERPRISE COMES CO MP AST TO IJfSTAXJJ COM5ITJ KTTT MAUSOLEUMS. 3 1 Beginning a Fortune A, JacobsCompany '3iie DOLLAE isn't very hard to reacK. ,' Nearly aiiyb'ody can reach that high. 'Yotf 'an : buy a lot in ERROL HEIGHTS for ONE DOLLAR down and you can pay for it with ONE DOLLAR aweekl IWhen yon have done this, you have made the best possible use of your DOL LAR. You have put it where it will do 3T0U the most good.' You ought to W ERROL HEIGHTS. Its the choicest and cheapest residence property in Portland and is only a few: minutes' walk from REED COLLEGE. Innprovements- are already well along building is progressing nicely.. There is no interest to pay, the Fred K. Jacobs Co. takes care of the taxes and tho improvements are free. Don't fail to see ERROL HEIGHTS today. Take "Woodstock car to end of line. Our Automobiles will meet you and take you tover the property. TheFred. The Largest ReaJty Operatform on the Coast 269 Washington Street Corner Fourth nartment there Is set aside a stipulated sum which goes into a fund for main tenance. The plan assures absolute nermanencv of community mausol eums." .The officers and directors 01 tne company are: - President. John S. Bradley; vice president, J .M. Letter; secretary-treasurer, John Bain; W. A. MacRae, direc tor; G. F. Cnthbert, director ana man, ager. WASCO ELK IS BRANDED Numerals "SOS" Stay Ty George Crosfield, Sberman Man, When George Crosfield, of Wasco, Prominent Elk and a big merchant tn the Sherman County town, returns home the first of the week he will be thoroua-hlv branded. Mr. Crosfield Is decidedly baldheaded and when he was being dressed for participation In the Elks' narade Thursday as a memoer of the Dalles Lodge, to which he be longs, the decorator painted the nume rals "SOS." the number of the Dalles Lodee. on Mr. Croafleld's (hairless head. Dressed as Indians, as tne 1 memoer of the Dalles delegation were, tho only protection they enjoyed from a more or less tropical sun was a headband, fringed with feathers. Concluding the five-mile line of march, Mr. Crosneld proceeded to remove the paint from his face and bead, only to discover that tha numerals "803" stood out most con aolcuouslv on a severely sunourneo head that was n air less, u ureaoj m aerlbed. Although by no means ainam ed of the brand, Mr. Crosfield is loath tn remove his hat. because it Is a sig nal for ' much -good-natured Joshing among his friends. RAILROADS -PLAN INCREASE Burlington System May Absorb Thine and Connect Gulf With Sound. OTJNVER. July 18. Directors of the Chicago, 'Burlington & Qulncy Railroad have ordered an appraisement of the ohvsical value Of Its system prelimi nary, according to a report here, to a big Increase in capital biock ana ins absorption of the Colorado & Southern System. ' The plan outlined provides for an In crease In the capital stock of the Bur lington sufficiently large to cover the present -Issue of the Colorado road. The latter road's bonds will then be ab sorbed. It Is said, by a general bond is sue of the Burlington. If this plan Is carried out, tire combined system will have approximately la.eoo miles or track and will connect Oalveston witn Seattle. SINGLE TAX EXPLAINED rVJTTSTICE OF SO-OAIXKD EE- FORM POINTED OUT. Taxes Should Bo Paid by Persons Wbo Have Property Values, De clares Charles H. Shields. " "Replying to tho many inqutrlea from tho various localities tnroughout the state as to what single tax means and what la the aim desired by those who are advocating the adoption ot the sys tem In Oregon, I will a briefly as nnnii. outline the ourpose of the so-caned ' tax reform, said Charles K. Shields, secretary of the Oregon Equal Taxation League, yesterday. "Single tax means what tho term Im plies one tax a single a one tax- tax on but one clasa of property, a one source of raising revenue to sus tain the Government. "Single tax la offered , as, a system of taxation. It Is offered as a tax re form. It Is offered as a panacea for all the Ills of society. We are told that under the maglo Influence of single tax, the Inequalities so apparent in society will completely disappear; that crime, want, misery, audi even physical Imperfections win vanish with the Introduction of this peculiar sys tem of so-called taxation. "While the fundamental principle of single tax Is not at all sound and the argument adduced extremely illogical from an economic, political, social and moral point of view, yet as- a whole It does appeal to many who have not the time or patience to give the subject much, if any thought. "Single tax appeals to tne emotions to those whose- envy and prejudice are easily awakened, and most gen erally, to a class who are not directly Interested In the class of property af fected thereby. Even Joseph Fels, the multimillionaire of Philadelphia, who is financing the single tax movement In Oregon, own but little land. He has made his millions from the manufac ture of soap, ' and under the single tax system he would pay but little or da taxes. I repeat. It Is to this class and the propertyless class that single tax appeals. "The verv fact that single tax means a ta on one class of property should be sufficient to arouse suspicion on the part of any thinking man or woman. It should at once be clear to mem that there was some specific assign In thns relieving all otner reiorm in the system of taxation. Indeed, it Is Vhe 'rransBortatloB movement by ste I t why . these questions should S.'Jr" Cue' Z'Uuit not. be ever ready in the mind. si In the ttIo yar. SJt the honest and Intelligent voters. Why should all orms- of1 wealth, ex cept land, be exempt from paying any portion of the expenses of the Govern ment, when all forms of wealth en joy like protection and receive ths services of the Government in fact, are a part of the Government and could not exist independent of it? 'Can there- be any Justice In such a system? . Certainly not. Can it be possible that all the economic wisdom of the 19th and 10th centuries hsvo failed In. Its reasoning along the lines of taxation T Are not the writers on. economo questions agreed almost to a man that taxes should be paid by thoso who have the property values where with to pay the taxes?" BANK ORDERED TO PAY DEFUNCT INSTITUTION' IS AWARD 45 PER CENT. TO Judge Kavanangh Fixes July 25 ad ; Date for Preferred Claims; Another Delay Possible. George L. MacGlbbon, former cash' ler of the (defunct American Bank & Trust Company, and Charles J. Klee man, a promoter associated with him, , having failed by July 10 to perfect a reorganisation of that Institution, Cir cuit Judge Kavanaugh again signed yesterday an order for the payment on July 25 of a dividend of 45 per cent on the preferred claims, which amount to tl67.868.01. An understanding exists that If Messrs. MacGlbbon are able to pro-i duce before July 25, J150.000 cash cap ital with which to start anew after taking oare of the liabilities the dlvl-, dend will yet be called off. This leaves tYimm lust nine days, exclusive of next Sunday, in which to make good. Ther axe confident that they wm oe mu,w do It f Originally an order was signed' for the payment of the dividend on April 25. At the solicitation of Messrs Mac r.ihhnn mnt Kleeman Judge Kavan augh advanced the date to May 10, and again advanced it 60 days to July 10, at the solicitation of many depositors and creditors., who wished to give the former cashier and his associate every opportunity to realize on their efforts to put the bank back on Its feet. The plan of reorganization contemn plated the acceptance by many of the larger depositors ana creauors 01 stock In lieu of their claims against the bank. This part of the promoters' work was easy, as It opened up a way by which tho claimants hoped to even tually realize dollar for dollar, but the difficulty came when erroris were made to get assistance from outside parties. . MANZANITA BEACH is situated on Nehalem Peninsula, between the Ocean and Nehalem Bay, and near Necarney Mountain, has a half mile of Ocean frontage, and is convenient to the Bay. This is an IDEAL LOCATION, and if you win ran down and ; camp there during your vacation, you will certainly agree with us, as to the above assertion. ; , n - o 1. '1 a ctPle of weeks old, but already MdllZaiMta. Oea.Cn building has started therein, and we predict that before the Summer is over, more Summery cottages will go up in MAN ZANITA BEACH than in any other resort along that side of the Bay. MAN ZANITA BEACH is NOW BEING- IMPROVED; the contract for clearing alone is for almost $40,000. l . Nine-tenths of this property is covered with a splendid growth of shade trees, and the elevation is such as to make it very- desirable as building - site property. All brush is being removed, all streets jgraded, and water will be piped to and in the property. i Don't buy before you see this new tract, MANZANITA BEACH. All lots are 50x100, and the prices run from $75.00 up, and the terms are exceedingly easy. Bun in and talk this matter over with us. Manzanita Selling Agency BOOM 601, BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING n ED i 5-2