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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 2, 1913)
10 PHOTOS OF PARADE WHICH NQUET TOPS OFF BRIDGE CAMPAIGN Governor West Is Speaker as Last Efforts Are Made for Big Span. CLARKE PRESENTS FRUIT Senators Lane and Chamberlain Are lie-presented and' Judge Morrow OiTes Xew and Xovel Version of "Horatio nt the Bridge." Hiph as enthusiasm had run In the parade of the afternoon, it surgred even higrher when more than 700 men and women mho have been active In the interstate bridge campaign assembled at a banquet in the Myers garage at Killlngsworth and Albina avenues last night and held an advance celebration over the victory they feel certain of winning at the polls on Tuesday. This Interstate bridge banquet was probably the largest pre-election ban quet that has ever been held In Port land. Not only was every place at the tables taken, but scores of people stood about the hall and added their voices to the continual uproars of applause that greeted the speakers; for every speech bristled with enthusiastic optimism and every speech had the unmistakable "punch" that brings an audience spon taneously to its feet. The banquet was held under the aus pices of the North Portland Commercial Club and the Women's Auxiliary of lhat organization, and these bodies were represented by the following ex ecutive committee: J. H. Nolta. E. M. Orth. E. N. Reed. Ralph Seeney, Mes ilames C. F. Nichols. P. M. Shattuck, W. J. Hamm and James Wilkinson. Prank B. Riley, chairman of the In terstate bridge committee, was toast master. He was Introduced by S. I Woodward, president of the North Portland Commercial Club. Riley in turn introduced Governor West. Governor West paid a tribute to Mr. Riley and to Mr. Nolta for their work before the last Legislature in behalf of the bill which made the bridge bond issue a possibility. Mr. Nolta being a Representative and Mr. Riley working as a member of the "third house." Good Roads Needed. "The only thing that will bring about the development of our country is good roads, hooked up with good bridges," said Governor West. He expressed a hope that the measure for the bridge bonds will carry by a good majority. Mrs. Abigail Scott Dunlway laid verbal laurels on the brows of the newspaper men of the state for their good work in behalf of every great public enterprise, including the present one. She urged the women of Mult nomah County to go to the polls Tues day with their husbands and brothers land vote for the bridge and closed with a plea to sustain the university appro priations. John H. Elwell, of Vancouver, ex pressed the hope felt on the other side of the Columbia that the outcome of the election will be favorable to the bridge. United States District Attorney Reams. speaking on behalf of Senator Lane. told of the J500.000 bond issue that has been passed by the people of Jackson County to build a paved road from north to south through that county as a permanent link In the Pacific high way. Multnomah's Approval Weeded. "This road will pass through the Sis klyou Mountains to the California line, a most essential link in the great thor oughfare, ' he said. "The other essential link Is a bridge over the Columbia River, and the pas sage of the bonds will mean that Ore gon will be able to say to the world in 1915 that she has an open road from north to south as her contribution to the Pacific hlgnway." James P. Stapleton, of Vancouver, who has been very active in the bridge agitation in Clarke County, was cheered when he arose to speak. "We want the approval of Multnomah ., - 27 , vf County next Tuesday that Is the thing we need most of all, he said. Judge Robert G. Morrow gave a Morrowlzed'" version of "Horatius at the Bridge," In which Mr. Nolta, Mr. Riley and Whitney L. Boise appeared in the heroic roles. He spoke of Jackson County's good example, and said that it is "up to Multnomah to go Jackson one better or get out of the good roads game." Collector of Internal Revenue Miller, speaking for Senator Chamberlain, con veyed the Senator's indorsement of the bridge. "Shades" Send Telegrams. E. G. Crawford and others followed with rapid-fire talks, in which the bridge question was presented in ad vantageous phases. . Telegrams were read from famous men, resident on both sides of the Styx. Huerta urged that the bridge be com pleted as soon as possible, as he wished to use it on a hurried trip north, and Napoleon evinced his interest in mun dane affairs with a night letter In which he spoke of the importance of good bridges in the business, of war. The tables were heaped with Clarke County fruit, as a token of the resour ces that will be unlocked by the build ing of the bridge. Following the address by M. A. Mil ler and a. speech by C. S. Jackson, H. G. Parsons spoke In support of the BRIDGE COMMITTEE MAKES APPEAL TO VOTERS. To the voters of Multnomah Co The undersigned committee appointed by the Portland Com mercial Club, In the public interest, to secure the building of the Interstate bridge across the Columbia River between Portland and Vancouver, desire to give to the voters of Multnomah County their reasons for supporting the proposed bond Issue at Tuesday's elec- . tion. Under the legislative act the state of Oregon has agreed to pay the Interest on the bonds, if the tolls on the bridge do not earn It, so it is the lightest bond burden from a taxpayer's stand point ever presented to our people. Clarke County, Washington, with one-tenth our population and one-twenty-fifth of our assessed valuation, has voted $500,000 in bonds for the bridge, the campaign was made entirely on the theory of a toll bridge, and the best financiers of Vancouver, know ing the receipts of the ferry and the volume of business to be done, demonstrated to the satisfaction of over 80 per cent of the ' voters that the tolls would not only pay operating expenses, but interest on the bonds and retire the same at the end of ten years, Multnomah County paid out last year approximately J20.000 to keep the old trestle and roadway In repair; by a solid fill; this will largely be eliminated In the future and would alone pay the Interest on our share of the bonds. The great railroad bridge was built for $1, 225, 000, which "was of much heavier construction than the one proposed. . So it will be seen that we can easily build a high-grade structure under the esti mates made. The bridge will connect two great and growing states by a modern mode of travel as against the primitive and Incapable one of ferriage, and its construction is demanded by as great necessity as existed when the first bridge was built across the Willamette at Portland and will bring as great results. This vast territory, all tributary to Portland, Is only one-sixth developed, yet now it gives us millions of dollars a year In wholesale and retail trade. It greatly needs Interurban lines to develop it. They are al ready projected and will be built as soon as the bridge affords them connection with Portland. We want all our immediate trade territory developed to make homes for the great Immigration to come from the Panama Canal. We want to encourage the completion of the Pacific Highway, which will bring us thousands of tourists and millions of money. Confidence in the future has built Portland; has developed our outlying territory; has Increased the miles of paved streets;" the miles - of streetcar lines; our population and our wealth; has raised us from a village to a city. This is the lightest bond burden, with the greatest benefits to accrue, ever presented to our voters. We have unlimited confi dence in it and Invite our fellow-citizens to join us on Tuesday in voting Tes on the interstate bridge. Respectfully submitted, FRANK BRANCH RILET, Chairman. J. H. NOLTA, WHITNEY L. BOISE, JOHN F. LOGAN, E. G. CRAWFORD, D. E. LOFGREN, . ....... W.. M. KILLINGSWORTH, C. C. CHAPMAN, M. G. MUNLT, Committee, THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND. NOVEMBER 2, 1913. CLOSED CAMPAIGN FOR MULTNOMAH-CLARKE INTERSTATE BRIDGE A IS.. mm bridge bonds as a representative of organized labor. Letters were read from C. N. McArthur and Edgar B. Piper, president of the Commercial Club, regretting their inability to be present and adding to the symposium of bridge indorsement that filled the evening's session. Toastmaster Riley brought the ban quet to a close in a whirl of enthusi asm with "rapid-fire" talks by D. -C. f Lewis, of St. Johns; Dr. R. M. Andruss, I of Woodland. Wash.; C. C. Chapman. E. N. Weinbaum. Judge T. J. Cleeton and1 Whitney L. Boise. Many of the speakers In addition to urging support for the bridge bonds In the election Tuesday, put In pleas for the support of the University of Ore gon at the polls. H. L. Moody, at the very close of the meeting, proposed a - unty: mi mm ,4 Itililf yy & ,t V 1 Municipal Blacksmith Shop Mounted Fire-FlghtlnK Apparntiu of Portland tnnr. 8. Float Advocating Passage 1 Inter-State Bridge Appropriation and Compensation Act. 4. urldgre Float of The Hub of the Pcninsnla, K-llllnasworth and Albina. 5. Brldse Boosters in Automobiles. 6. Mounted Contingent Carrying; Banners. resolution indorsing the bridge bonds and urging that voters sustain the University of Oregon appropriation. The vote was an unanimous affirma tive roar of more than 700 men's and women's voices. Music for the banquet was furnished by the Jefferson High School Orchestra and the North Portland Band. VANCOUVER TAKES HOLIDAY Cars and Ferry Crowded and Great Bridge Interest Shown. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Nov. 1. (Spe cial.) This was practically a holiday in the city and county, all residents who could leave going to Portland to take part In the parade to stimulate Interest In the coming interstate bridge bond election. Early this morning au tomobiles were taken across to the Oregon shore, a few at a time, and there parked until the. 1:05 o'clock fer ry, when the last loaol went over. There were so many passengers on this ferry that all could not get on the cars, no extra cars being provided. The Spanish-American War Veterans' band and the Elks' band combined Into one band of. 35 pieces, gaily playing as they marched down Washington street, and also on board the antiquated ferry crossing the Columbia River. Machines represented practically every town and city on the north bank of the Columbia River in the territory tributary to Portland, over the pro posed bridge. There were automobiles from Aberdeen. Chehalis. Castle Rock, Kelso, Kalama. La Center, Chehalis, Centralis, Vancouver, Centerville, Cape Horn, Yacolt, Proebstel. Manor. Brush Prairie, Battle Ground, Homan, Hels son, Lyle, Goldendale, Ridgeneld, Ca mas, Washougal, Woodland, Cathlamet, Amboy and other points. . Arrangements will be 'made to notify the people of Vancouver of the results of the election in Portland Tuesday by electric light signals. Vancouver, Clarke County and surrounding terri tory are taking as much Interest in the coming election in Portland as they did when this county voted to bond itself for $500,000 to pay the State of Wash ington's share of the bridge. . Colorado College 0, University 0. BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 1. Colorado College and the University of Colorado battled to a tie In the standstill here today, each having one chance to score and neither succeeding. s-5.;:';';':-::-;:;9:.;a r- rx. 3 vrs. r v-?-vf v7V on Automobile Track. 2. Automobile Fire Department Makes Fine Show. of University of Oregon Appropriations, BIG PARADE IS HELD Southwest Washington Joins With Multnomah. TUESDAY VOTERS WILL SAY Banquet at Xight Closes Day Of Open Advocacy of Interstate Span and Favorable Sentiment Is Lavishly Displayed. (Continued From First Page.) Commissioner Holman, of Multnomah; S. N. Seacrist, Commissioner of Clarke County; W. N. Marshall and W. R. Hor ton. of Clarke County.- Commissioner Llghtner, of Multnomah County, fol lowed in Henry Wemme's car. Mayor Albee and the Commissioners of the city led a sectten of eight auto mobiles carrying members of the Dock Commission and other departments of the municipality. Twenty pieces of au tomobile apparatus were In line from the . fire department, and floats from the municipal shops were "in line, equipped with forges and other fittings sympollc of the work of the shops. Southwestern Washington's delega tion was the most impressive In point of numbers, nearly every city in that section being represented, while a num ber of automobiles bore banners of Washington cities which lie really out side the territory of Southwestern Washington. Washlnarton Cities Represented. Among the cities which had cars In line were: Vancouver, Mount Pleasant. Battleground, Proebstel. Do. s. South Bend. Castle Rock. Orchards. Fishers, Helson, Washougal, Brush Prairie, Ab erdeen, Napavlne, Centralis, Center ville, Rldgefleld, Cape Horn, Golden- t4 ' : dale, Raymond, Ellsworth. Butler, Lyle, Venersburg, Colony, Kelso, Camas, La Center, Hoquiam, Chehalis, Homan, Slfton, Amboy, Grays Harbor, Wood land, Salmon Creek. Nearly all of the cars from Wash ington displayed pennants and ensigns for the interstate bridge. Sellwood, St. Johns, Peninsula and many other dis tricts on the east side of the river had sections in the line. A bridge built in replica of the bridge design used by J. H. Nolta in his campaign for Congress, wa3 entered from Killlngsworth and Albina, Fraternal organizations, civic clubs and other associations represent ed were the Progressive Business Men's Club, East Side Business Men's Club, Ad Club, Woodmen of the World. Span ish War Veterans, Red Men, Eagles, Moose. Elks. Knights and Ladies of Security, Jefferson High School and many others. The Building Trades Council had a section of three deco rated cars in line. The parade had also many entries from large business firms of the city. both in automobiles and wagons. The police band, firemen's band, Indian War Veterans' band and a band do nated by the Musicians' Union fur nished music for the parade. The band from the Musicians' Union was not sup plied with an adequate vehicle, through some mistake, and was obliged to start the parade on foot. The men marched and played until the pace of the auto mobiles became too fast for them and then dropped out of line and disbanded. The line of march led through the principal business centers of both the West and East Side. All along the route crowds of people cheered for the pageant and for the interstate bridge. On Third street the line was broken for a time by the crowding In of ve hicles from the side streets, but the police finally cleared the- line and the pageant was reunited. A portion wnicn was cut off on Third street crossed the Burnslde bridge and Joined on the East Side the leading sections which had gone by way of the Harrlman bridge. PRISON REFORM TOLD GOVERNOR WEST SPEAKS BEFORE COLLEGIATE All'MXAK, "Better to Let Men Work Outside If at All Practicable." Executive Declares. "We are getting results at the Salem Penitentiary," said Governor West yes terday to Collegiate Alumnae at the Central Library. "The prison Is clean and wholesome Inside; we have re duced the cost of the meals while Im proving the quality. The feeling of the prisoners towards the institution has changed during the last few years The old prisoners often come back to visit If they are out of employment or in difficulties. "We shall seek more encouragement from women than from men in making these changes, because the former take X a more active interest in civic improve ment. "First, the degenerates and incorrigl bles that must be- kept Inside the walls all the time. About one-third can be let out by the day, but must be round ed up at night. The rest can be al lowed to go to the road camps, where 25 prisoners are sent out long distances from prison with one foreman, a skilled roadbuilder. "The men have demonstrated that roads can be built cheaper by convict labor. They have a chance to run av.-ay. but few avail themselves of it. From the camp at Crater Lake, 300 miles from Salem, only one man ran away, and he wanted to come back to the prison. "We find that it Is better to let the men work outside the prison If It Is at all practicable. Each gets 25 cents a day for spending money and 15 cents a day for clothing. "Severe punishment has been abol Isherl. The men have all the light, air. sunshine and company possible, as well as substantial food. A man mat win work, hewevor. has better food than one who will not." NEW GAS WORKS OPEN PLAT OF SEVEX Bl'ILDIXGS OX BOULEVARD. Ten-acre Tract Tas Been Filled In and Is 34 Feet Above River Process of Making Product Told. The $1,250,000 gasworks on which the . Portland Coke & Gas Company has been working for the last two years was put in operation October 26. It is situated on St. Helen's boulevard, just north of the Government moorings. The 10-acre tract on which the plant stands nan been filled in and raised about 17 feet, and is now 34 feet above the low-water level of the river. The plant consists of seven buildings. The gas is made from California crude oil, not from coal. The oil is run from the tank to the furnace, where it Is subjected to a temperature of 1S0O degrees, Fahrenheit. Under the intensa heat It becomes gaseous and the carbon and other compounds can be removed, leaving so large an excess of hydrogen that it remains in gaseous form. The carbon, which is now in the form of lampblack, is removed by passing the gas through a tank of water. The lampblack Is left floating on the sur face, and Is afterwards made into briquettes for fuel. The gas, containing many impurities In the shape of sulphur compounds. Is forced next through a grate on which is laid iron oxide, or common rust. The sulphur compounds, coming in contact with the oxide, are largely broken up. The gas is now ready to use. From the station meter, where it Is measured, it is conveyed to the storage tank, whence a 16-inch pipe carries It to th city distributing system. FOOT SAVES MAN'S LIFE Every Piece of Clothing Torn Fronj Body of Frank Poyser. Every piece of clothing was stripped from the Dody of Frank Poy6er. 30 years old. of Lents, when he was caught in the flywheel of a gas engine which he was driving on construction work yesterday on Main street, Lents, for Irish Brothers, contractors. Only the fact that his foot came Into contact with a light cable and becom ing fast, snapped the rope, saved his life, in the opinion of the workmen who saw the accident. Poyser. who is engineer of the ma chine, stepped too close to the wheel and was dragged In. He suffered a compound fracture of one arm and a number of cuts and bruises. He was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in an Ambulance Service Company ma chine. Salesman Held as Embezzler. Charles A. Endicott was brought back from Salem last night and booked at tho city jail on complaint of H. L. Stephenson, of the Stephenson Com pany, 234 Front street. Endicott is charged with embezzling $1100 from the Stephenson Company by selling bur laps, sulphur and other commodities to farmers and after receiving payment for same converting the proceeds to his own use.