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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1912)
8 FINEST BOULEVARD IN NORTHWEST PLANNED TO GEARHART ))l " ' 'v G ' ROWING out of the organisa tion -which we will form at Gear hart Park September 2. there will some day be constructed be tween Portland and the mouth of the Columbia River the most beautiful boulevard of the Pacific Northwest." aid Julius L. Meier yesterday. "The time has come when permanent work on such a highway must be taken up. As the route lies through a sparsely-settled country, outside aid will have to be given if appreciable progress is made. That this outside aid may be secured, we will organize at Gearhart Park Labor day the Lower Columbia Boulevard Association. Official and business representatives of four coun ties will be brought together at that time, and we will lay a foundation which will rapidly take the form of permanent road construction. "That the event may ' be properly Jbserved. I have urged President Clem ins, of the Portland Automobile Club, lo have a great run to Gearhart Park September 1. which Is Sunday. He has kindly consented, and Is actively get ting up the largest party of the kind ret taken out of Portland. After nam ing me chairman of the committee on arrangements, he has filled out the work force for the run by putting on it O. W. Taylor, Frank C. Uiggs. W. J. Clemens and E. Henry Wemme." This, automobile run through four counties In the northwestern part of Oregon, which Is to be made Septem ber 1. Is the crystallization of a year's work In behalf of the permanent Co lumbia boulevard. One year ago Julius Lm. Meier led a party to Gearhart. re vealing to most of them scenic attrac- tlons they never appreciated could be found on the route. Following that excursion he got in touch with the commercial clubs and County Courts of Clatsop and Columbia Counties. In an effort to organize a highway associa tion. All along the river the sentiment was found strong, arid would have re sulted In the association being formed earlier but for the fact of other work interfering. Tourist Value Immense. "The time Is ripe for action now." aid Mr. Meier. "Portland should have a perfect highway to the sea. It would be an asset of Inestimable value to the city in opening to tourists natural at tractions. Our own people by the hun dred would be delighted to spend their Sundays and holidays In a- trip of such beauty and refreshing rest. I cannot see why It should not become the most popular of all the boulevards ultimate ly to lead out of the city. . "As the country Is now developed. It has not sufficient wealth and strength to build the highway needed, without aid. Our association Is to de vise ways and means to furnish this aid. No specific method has been de termined upon, but we will find It when we get settled down to work. I have in mind a number of plans which will be submitted to the association, and know that some of the other men who are determined to see the boule vard constructed also have thoughts on the subject. "What we want to do first Is to get the permanent route selected. That Is not an easy task. In view of several considerations pending. When the route has been chosen, we want to get a stan dard survey, to which all future work may conform. This will give uniform ity to the project, and as the units are finished complete the chain. Portland will aid In such a work, when the EFFORTS TO FIRE CHOLERIC SCOT CLOSES UP PRESIDIO GOLF LINKS Members of Exclusive Club Using Government Property Get Setback Mrs. Vanderbilt's Latest Tad Astounds McNab Bohemians Entertain Lambs at San Francisco. ' SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17. (Spe cial.) Great Is the mourning among the men and women who have done their golfing on the Presidio links and their flirting on the piazza of the Presidio Golf Club. The stern decree of the unsympathetic Secretary of War has at one fell stroke of the pen deprived them of their principal interest In life: Much has been heard of tbe executive order which exiled the golfers from the Presidio links, but the real reason for that dreadful ukase, that thunder bolt from the blue, has not been told. A pretense has been maintained throughout the Imbroglio that the golf ers were trenching on the convenience of the soldiers. Of course that Is non sense; the Presidio Is big enough to accommodate both tbe men who shoul der arms and the enthusiasts who awing clubs. Tbe real story of why the Presidio was lost to the golfers is very simple. A choleric Scotchman who lives near the Presidio was in the habit of indulg ing In his National pastime on the Presidio links although he had not gone through the formality of joining the Presidio Golf Club. To his credit, be It said, that though he used the links, he did not attempt to trespass at the clubhouse. But the members of the club resented the choleric Scotchman's presence Just the same, and there were many com plaints. Finally, the secretary of the club was emboldened. He bearded the Intrusive golfer and told him the links were maintained by the Presidio Golf Permanent Organisation r" scheme is properly presented. There are large companies, with heavy inter ests In the district tf be penetrated, which will also extend aid when they realize that a permanent policy has been fixed upon. Ultimately we may get state aid under some of the road bills pending, and yossibly have a state rock crusher -operated somewhere along the route. All these are consid erations which are to be taken up when the association Is formed and we, who have made a special study of the coun try and the temper of the people af fected, are confident that progress will be steady. View Is Chirm;. "No more charming prospect could be conceived by man than this region down the Columbia. J have ridden over much of it in an automobile and believe it capable of wonderful devel opment. Combining scenery to be found along the river and in the low hills with the agricultural and horticultural possibilities, we have the two elements which should bring city and country together In one determined effort." To get the Lower Columbia Boule vard Association on a sufficiently broad foundation, it is the purpose of Mr. Meier and his associates to have the county courts and commercial club rep resentatives present from Washington, Clatsop, Columbia and Multnomah count'e at the meeting to be held La bor Day at Gearhart. Judge Cleeton, Commissioners Lightner and Hart, and Road Superintendent Chapman have al ready accepted the Invitation, and as surance has been given that the mem bers of the county courts from the other three counties will do likewise. All these officials are to he taken as guests of the Portland Automobile Club party which will make the run to te sea. Going to Gearhart the party will take the Germantown road near Linn ton, cross the northern end of Wash ington County, enter Columbia and pro ceed to Mist pass through the Nehalem Valley into Clatsop, to Astoria and thence to Gearhart Park. Returning, it is planned to ship the automobiles back by freight train and come on the Astoria & Columbia River line, that the district Immediately adjacent to the river may bo viewed. This tour wpuld make the party cover both the possible routes which are up for selection in surveying for the final permanent boulevard. Strong following for both these routes Is developing among the good roads enthusiasts. Some clamor for the route which would follow the shore line of the river, to. get the benefit of the scenery there, and to open the low land agricultural districts adjacent to the Columbia. Others believe that this route would be too expensive of con struction, and that, for the time at least, all Improvement work should be centered on the route further Interior, which will be taken In going to Gear hart Tark. Route Decision Important. After organizing the association, one of the first duties to be taken up will be choosing the permanent route. It is the purpose to have all districts fully represented when this choice Is made, for after a location has been de termined upon it is probable that It will be retained for years. There are heavier agricultural Interests along the Interior route than adjoin the river line, and development of these may. prove an Important consideration in selecting the route. Reclamation of overflow lands along the Columbia, sawmill operations, fisheries, dairy dis tricts and other interests are urged as powerful factors pleading for a per manent boulevard on the water-level route of the Columbia. To get this Important work proper- Club, pointing out delicately that the stranger's name was not on the club roll. "This is Government property, ain't it?" demanded the Scotchman. "It is." admitted the secretary. "Then I'll play golf on it as much as I dora please," snapped the Scotch man, calculating his next shot. The secretary was in despair. But he chanced to meet a flre-eatlng major, who Is stationed at the Presidio and likes his few holes of an afternoon. And the man of Mars went after the Scotchman, who chanced to be still on the links. "Get off the course," commanded the Major. "Go to Tophet," retorted the Scotch man. The Major was angry and threatened that unless the Scotchman' left he would call out a regiment of cavalry. The Scotchman looked at the Major, saw that he. meant business, and left tile course. But he had his revenge. He wrote to the Secretary of War. As a result of that letter, the Presidio Golf Club became a thing of tbe past. "Latest" la English Y' Know. James McNab, of San Francisco, and one of the directors of the Panama-Pacific Kxposition. recently called on Mrs. Vanderbllt in New York on a matter of business connected with the expo sition. Mrs. Vanderbllt and her sister, Mrs. Oelrichs, own property at Harbor View, that will In time become real estate. For the present. It is covered with water. It is to be reclaimed from the bay. The Fair sisters agreed to lease the property to tbe .exposition, THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND, Will Be Effected Labor Day 7t XT 4-, S-oJ&jf ft but no satisfactory contract could be made at long distance, so McNab went to New York to transact the business. It was not an easy thing to do. McNab was referred to her attorneys, who were evasive, when he persisted in asking for a personal Interview with Mrs. Vanderbllt. Finally he appealed to Clarence Mackay and after some time the Interview was arranged. McNab was led to a drawing-room In the Vanderbllt mansion and waited. In the due course of time, the hostess appeared and greeted him cordially. She shook hands, said a few nice things about California and suddenly sat down on the floor, at the same time 'inviting James McNab to sit down. There were no chairs, but a few flat pillows were strewn about on the. floor. The inter view proceeded, hostess and guest fac ing one another like two Turks. After It was over, McNab, consider ably mystified, asked bis sponsor for some information on the peculiarity of Mrs. Vanderbilt's seating arrangements. "Why that," said Mackay, "is the way King George received native Princes In India. It's the latest from the other side." Further, McNab learned, it was a popular custom In the New York smart set. Ball of Fame Start Things. The Native Sons and Daughters of California are going to have a hall of fame in their new building wherein to perpetuate the memory of those pre eminent Californlaiia who have done things toward Increasing their state's glory. The idea, of course, has given rise to more or less bumor in the way of Following a Run to Objective few1 0 . aw- ly launched it is the purpose of the Au tomobile Club to have a large delega tion on the run September 1. Chair man Meier and his assistants say that about 30 owners of machines have al ready signified their purpose of going. lists suggested. One of the daily pa pers suggested some names and among others those of the Irwin brothers, who, according to certain people, are not na tives of the state. There are some art ists in the state, although not one of them is as well known as "Tad," whose name Isn't mentioned. It has been suggested that a revi sion of the list should be made and such names as James J. Corbett, Bill Lange and Hal Chase, ballplayers, and General Jim Smith be added. Let us honor the men who have done things who have figured often In the. front page stories and on the bulletin boards. Was it not Corbett who dimmed the glory of Boston? Didn't Bill Lange make the world forget Kelly and An son? ' " Bohemians Entertain Lambs. All the actors In town who belong to the Lambs' Club were bidden to the Bohemian Club one night recently for a dinner and a feast of soul. De Wolf Hopper told Borne of his stories and recited "Casey at the Bat." James K. Hackett came late, but ex cused himself by exhibiting the manu scr'.pt of Tynan's new play, which he had been studying. Hackett told how much he loved San Francisco and told It In such a way that everybody be lieved him. All the members of the Hackett company were there. So were all the members of the Gilbert & Sulli van opera company down to the last chorus girl. Brandon Tynan gave an imitation of David Belasco, and David Warfield was heard from. Finally, to cap the climax of enter tainments, the Press Club gathered to gether all the stage people who had been separately entertained and gave them a jinks garnished with crab. New burg; cold meat and beer in the stein. The entertainment included a farcical get-off on "Pinafore," "The Grain of Dust" and "The Bishop's Candlesticks" acted by members of the club. To top It off there was a sparring exhlbltlon- The feature of the evening came un expectedly when Hackett offered to dance. Peeling off bis dinner jacket AUGUST 18, 1912. Point Under Auspices of Portland Automobile Club, ife3 5J T 4r 32 8r '4? It A much greater number is desired. Relatively few of the Portland business men indulging in the luxury of an au tomobile are familiar with the country between Portland and the sea. All and shedding his shoes, he did a Span ish gyration in his stockings which was hailed with wild delight. Pageant Planned for Great Fnlr. If Charles C. Moore, president of the Panama-Pacific Exposition Company, has a hobby in connection with the world's fair. It is the pageant hobby. Moore is strong for big spectacles and if he has his way there will be pageants here In 1915 that will rival the Indian Durbar. In line with this idea, F. R. Benson, the chap who has devoted his talents to the stage. Is coming to prepare a pageant that will tell the story of the triumph of Anglo-Celtic civilization. The pageant will probably begin with the development of free Institutions under the Anglo-Saxons. Then will be shown the Magna Charta, the convoca tion of the first Parliament and other incidents until the departure of the Pil grim Fathers. There will be scenes showing the American Indians, the ad vent of the Spanish conquistadores, the Spanish Missions, the Argonauts, the rush across the mountains during tno gold fever and the founding, destruc tion and rebuilding of San Francisco. Novel Wedding; Souvenir Forthcoming. Photographs of the Whitman-Crocker wedding of last July, in costly and ar tistic album form, are about ready for distribution by Mr. and Mrs. Whitman to 200 guests who were at the wedding The idea of this souvenir of her wed ding was Mrs. Whitman's. The Album Is to contain 90 photograps, including views both at the church wedding at San Mateo and at the festivities which followed at the country place, Lplands. These books of pictures are said to cost in the aggregate 110,000 or $50 per album. There are three different pictures of Jennie Crocker in her bridal costume, for which she posed the day before the wedding. These, together with a picture of the bride and groom taken immediately after the ceremony, are the first four in the book. One shows Bishop Ford Bichols performing the marriage ceremony. And what is an Important factor Mrs. Whitman has if ftf i BmwJVw5 ci w -3- - -. P J-t W ,iV -S-s and take part in the Ibor day meet- ing ai me uig ucai utii l Preliminary arrangements ior the Journey announce that departure will be from the Oregon Hotel at 6:30 A. M. Sunday, September 1. The first run will be down the Linnton road; until it intersects the Germantown highway. The latter is to be followed through Northern Washington County into Co lumbia, through the Nehalem Valley to Clatsop, thence to Astoria and thence-to Gearhart. Astoria will prob ably be reached by 3 o'clock In the afternoon, and Gearhart, a distance of 137 miles from Portland by automobile road, by 5 o'clock In the afternoon. Orders have already been placed for a dinner, and the hotel management has given assurance that the entire delegation will be given accommoda tions if notified of the number. ' Return Trip Set for Monday. Monday morning the meeting will be held. All desiring to ship their ma chines back by freight will be per mitted to do so by the Astoria & Co lumbia River line, under special ar rangement already made, and these owners will take the train Hack to Portland that afternoon or evening. Others will drive back to the city over the same route taken in going to the sea. devoting the entire day to the journey, as it is Labor day and no business will be transacted in Portland. All who come back by train will make a "pTcial study of the route along the river, that they may be the better in formed on the task of selecting be tween the two vi. the since the run was picture, from publicity Pending the Ume when her 200 friends shall get their copies. SCHOOL DISTRICT IS SPLIT Clart County Directors Erect Two Buildings to Placate Tatrons. VANCOUVER. Wash., Aug. 17. (Spe cial.) Not being able to agree upon a school site, where a central school could be built for the district, the Directors of District No. 39. in Clark County, de termined to erect a building breach of the two contending factions. Each building is exactly alike, will be the same size and will cost ?4,- . One will be near the brickyard, four miles east of this city, and the other will be two miles further north. Tho contract has been let to L. J. Mlntner and the papers were signed by the School Board tonight. Originally there were two schools, an old one in the north side of the district and the other one near Ellsworth, which was burned a few months ago. Jav V. Fike, County Superintendent, made a vain attempt to get the patrons of the schools to agree to a large cen tral building, but it was impossible to have either faction yield. The buildings must be completed within 90 days, of wooden construction and will be modern. AMBR0GETT1 IS PUZZLED Naturalized American Wonders at American Law and Workings. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Aug. 17. (Special.) Tomasso Ambrogetti, native d' Italia, naturalized American, is not quite sure he is pleased with the ins and outs, mostly outs, of American law. He is a first-class stone mason, and his first experience with law here was on a contract with W. L Clarke, for the WAT? WAV interior route last year, under tha guidance of Mr. Meier, there have been several . improvements made in the highway by. local authorities. This run rvca!p.l to them the possibility of SjS, prove the condition or tne main tnor oughfare. The stretch between Bux ton and Banks has been made far better for machines, and down on the hill section between the Summit and Jewell, the Clatsop authorities have been energetically changing a ditch to a good road. All the county officials invited to make the run as guests of the Auto mobile Club and business men planning to organize the boulevard association, will be taken in here at Portland or en route. The four Multnomah offic ials are to join the party here. Co lumbia County's Judge and commission ers will be given the option of coming to Portland to take the -automobiles or proceeding from St. Helens to a Junc tion with the route taken by the party. Washington County's officials will probably come to Portland, or may Join while the party is passing through that county. Clatsop's judge and com missioners are to be taken up at As toria. Road supervisors and the represent atives of all commercial bodies in the four counties are also invited to attend the meeting and to become members of the association. If they are not presept when organization is perfected, they will be urged to come in as soon there after as possible and Join in working out one of the most important road problems of this part of the state. G. F. Beck will start Monday on a trip over the route to work it thor oughly and check up the mileage. His report will be. in the hands of the com mittee litter in the week for guidance of the automobile party. construction of the foundation of, Mr. Clarke's fine residence. There was some "trouble over the set tlement and Mr. Clarke had Ambrogetti arrested for threats to kill and bound over to keep the peace. The Italian sued for what he claimed due, and la the hands of a Jury he lost with costs to pay. His next experience was with George C. Clark, the contractor for the Government dam across Lost River for whom he paved the bed of tlTS river be low the dam. They also had trouble in settlement, and again Ambrogetti lost. Recently he had a fellow-countryman, Frank Dodeni. arrested for threats to kill, and again lost, as the policeman testified that Dodeni had no weapons when arrested. The last trouble grew out of a bill of groceries which Dodeni says he ordered for Ambrogetti. and on which he also paid the freight, and which he says Ambrogetti has failed to pay after re peated requests to settle. Ambrogetti thinks there is no show for Justice in America and threatens to shake the dust of this land from his shoes and return to his native land. MAN OF 78 GETS POSITION Mayor Appoints Temporary Crew for New O.-W. II. & N. Brldee. The City Executive Board Friday authorized the appointment by Mayor Rushlight of a crew to operate the new O.-W. R. & N. bridge. The Mayor appointed O. J. Laird foreman, and Patrick O'Halloran, Joseph T. Beeman. J. L. O'Connor and J. H. Adams. This crew will be temporary, the positions to be filled permanently by men se lected from a civil service commis sion eligible list which Is to be secured by an examination In the near future. The Mayor will favor old men for the positions inasmuch as the work la of a nature that physical qualifications are not essential. One man appointed on the temporary crew is 78 years of aga, 1