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R -ft. VOL. XXII. SALEM, OREGOX, MONDAY, J AM A KY 8, 1912. NO. OTHER VALLEY CITIES J SALEM SALEM TO I I II II lllLiMHM ;s I J u ,S iTi II ! Olil TfiRHlPOTS PORTLAND OFF THE tfl If. ITS FIGHT FOR FREIGHT RATES! ALBANY A (JO GORVALLIS PUT UP THEIR COIN-EUGENE PUTS UP HEARTY "SYMPATHY' Rollin K. Page Goes to Portland to Employ Mr. Cummins to Appear Before the Interstate Commerce Committee and Assist in Turning Over a New Leaf in Through Freight Rates--Albany Puts up $400. and Corvallis $350 Eugene Is Getting Many Favors From the Southern Pacific Just Now, and So Stands Pat. The committee of the Salem Board of Trade Business Men's League re turned from their tri) to the valley cities, having met with cordial co-operation at Albany and Corvallis, but received only formal encouragement at Eugene. The committee was com posed of M. 0. liuren, E. T. names, J. L. Stockton and 11. A. White. Jl. S. Gile and Kollin K. Page did not go south to Medford, Ashland, Roseburg and Grants Pass, as they were advised by wire that those committees had plans of their own, and different prob lems to solve. At Albany they met with the commercial organization, anil had a full dlsrusslon of freight rate matters. ';io business men pledged $100, and appointed V. A. KaBtburn and L. K. Hamilton as mem bers of the executive committee to act with the Salem members. They sent President Eastburn, of the Albany Commercial club along to Corvallis, where the subject was gone over from XO DAMAGE DONE HERE, BUT THE STREETS ARE SLIPPERY AND STREET TRAFFIC PRACTICALLY STOPPED AND COMMUNICATION WITH BALANCE OF WORLD IS SHUT OFF. The stor mthat struck the north west Friday night, while not, in some TAIL El AT SALEM respects, an unusual one, is still extra ordinarily bad In others. Outside of the sleet, the so-called "silver thaw," which is a freeze, It was and Is not unusually cold, or otherwise out of the ordinary. Hut the sleet is enough. It has put Portland off the map and Oregon, so far as news is concerned, out of the world. The Western Union lias moved its headquarters from Port land to Oregon City, and Is forwarding its "news" from there. The wires are down, moBt of them, and the few that still hang onto their jobs are said to be as big as a ship's cable. Up to noon The Journal office had not received a line of telegraph, even the central girls at the telephone of fice, seeming to be like Teddy, sudden ly obessed with a quiet streak. Here there was but little if any dam age done, this belli n about the south ern edge of the sleet zone, and It was very light here. This morning the tail end of the Btorm whipped down this way again and a slight fall of hail and sleet, just enough to make the streets as slippery as the tobog gan slide to sheol covered everything. There were few teams on the streets It being almost impossible for the horses to stand. Telegraphic communication with Eugene was open, but south of that there was nothing doing. Getting out a newspaper today takes one back to "before the war" days, when news came by stage -coach or bull team, or any old way, and was news here In Oregon after it had been forgotten back in the east. Today the U. S. supreme court is to decide the Oregon referendum case, as to its constitutionality, but it looks, at this writing, noon, as though that very Important piece of news is not to be for Jour.nal readers today. It would be a banner time for the wireless folks, only, as far as Salem Is concerned, at least, while they can get along without wires, they are "machineless," and no better off than other folks. Anyway, those who some times kick at Oregon's rain, have an object lesson In the weather question, and under stand today what the real, genuine, splendid, sociable, friendly, unadulter ated blessing that same good old quiet rain Is. "Even this will pass away.' 9 a. m. to 11 p. m. The business men pledged $350 and appointed Jas. Nolan and A. J. Johnson as members of the executive conimltttee. Bert Johnson was Bent along lth the Salem and Al bany men to Eugene, where about 40 business men turned out Friday even ing at the Commercial club to hear the matter presented. The Eugene business men admitted the necessity for the valley cities being represented at the Interstate Commerce Commis sion hearing, but did not think it good policy for that city to participate,, as they were getting a graet deal of railroad extension work and many fa vors were shown them In advertising and building up th ecity. They named a committee, but did not put up any money. Mr. Page has gone to Portland to close a contract with Mr. Cummins to represent the three cities at the con ference, and he is to receive $1000 for his work. ARCHITECT ASKS NUMBER OF QUESTIONS SCHOOL BOAKD HEARS FROM IDAHO MAy BIDS FOR WOOD REJECTED MISS EYA SAVAGE RESIGNS; MISS BERTHA ED WARDS APPOINTED. A Couer d'Alene architect sent, a letter to the Salem school board and It was read by Clerk Burghardt Sat urday night, asking questions about the proposed two new school houses to be erected. He wanted to know the lay of the lan.d sewer connec tions, surrounding property, land drainage, and a hundred and one questions, and wanted to submit plans, etc. One of the board sug gested that It be put in the waste basket. Another wanted to know If there were not plenty of good homo architects. A. N. Moores as chairman thought the letter a good one, as it contained valuable ideas and sugges tions, and hoped it would not be thrown aside. B. J. Miles thought the letter was worthy of' a careful and Intelligent answer. He was also willing to favor the home architect, everything being equal, but . If the outside architect had better ideas about sanitation, ventilation, lighting and general economy he was in favor of giving him a chance to submit plans. Bids for 800 cords of slabwood were rejected as hot being accepta ble, and a new advertisement was or dered placed. The resignation of Miss Eva Sav age, an eighth grade teacher, was accepted, and Mrs. Ellen Woods wan elected to fill vacancy. Miss Bertha Edwards was elected as assistant in the domestic science department. The final bill for taking the school census was allowed, making the to tal cost of the census $252.25. Miss Mildred Davis has been nlnred in "haree of the city library work in the public schools. She was recommended by the city library board. Bills were allowed for the past month and the board adjourned to January 20th. Chairman Moores was appointed to investigate a controversy pending in the student body. o FAREWELL SERVICES FOR CAPTAIN AND MRS. RYAN Farewell services were held yes terday at the Salvation Army bar raoks to Captain and Mrs. Ryan, who will leave tomorrow for North Yaki ma, where they will engage in Salva tion Army work. In appreciation of the work done at the prison the prisoners sent the cap tain a letter of thanks, signed by all of them. Captain and Mrs. Ryan will be suc ceeded In their work here by Captain and Mrs. James Axtell, of Centralla, Washington. SITUATION DESCRIBED BY OLCOTT OF THE DESCHUTES LAND COM PANYHE SAYS: "THE GOVERN'. MEN'T FURNISHES THE LAND, THE STATE THE CREDIT AND THE PROMOTERS THE WIND." "There Is no evidence before the State Desert Land Board showing that there are any settlers on the land owned by the Deschutes Land com pany, and that was one of my reasons for voting against a resolution to be gin proceedings to cancel its con tract,' said Attorney-General Crawford today, In speaking on the subject. "Further there is no evidence to show that the s'ite has opened these , lands for sale or that an acre has been sold, or that an application has I been made for its purchase. As a mat ter of fact, there has not been any of it sold." Hits the Promoters. "The government furnishes the land, the state the credit and the pro motor the wind," said Secretary of State Olcott, when seen with relation to the matter. "There is truth In the statement that no land has been opened for sale by the board, and that not an acre has been sold. Hut the compnay is evad ing its contract by selling options, to go into effect when the land is r-e claimed. As the situation now stands the company has the money for options sold, the state has opened no land for sale, and would not be in a position to execute deeds to those holding options and if It was, would not know to whom to execute them, as It has no informa tion on the eubject. "The board has for some time been trying to get information on the sub ject, and, failing In It, has instituted proceedings to cancel the contract." WOULD TEACH GIRLS TO BE WET NURSES A dispatch from Spokane yesterday to the Oregonlan says: Babies and blacksmith shops In the public schools of Spokane for the bet ter education of the young were sug gested Friday night by C. T. Tupper, at a meeting of the Parent-Teacher as sociation here. The proposal to In crease the advantages of the demes ne science department by the advent of real live babies aroused much dis cussion among Spokane mothers fol lowing the report of the meeting. The plan Is to establish day nurser ies and place babies in them better to Instruct the girls of the public schools. Mrs. W. J. Hindley, wife of the may or, is of the opinion that the girls of the public schools are too young to take the additional burdens of baby care on their minds, and, for that reason, opposes the plan. Mrs. D. C. Coates, wife of Commis sioner Coates, thinks the suggestion is a splendid idea, but rather doubts the immediate installation of the nur series and the babies in the Spokane schools. "It is a good plan," she said. "In the olden days, it is true, girls got all kinds of training at home and soon learned to care for babies, but I be lieve it is different now." SUIT AGAINST DUNIWAY TO BE APPEALED After listening to argument, on a demurrer Interposed by the defense In the case brought by Secretary of State Olcott ' against .State Printer Dunlway, the object of which is to oust the printer from the state capi tol building, Judge Kelly ' sustained the demurrer. Olcott brought- the suit In the name of the state of -Oregon and himself. A motion Was submitted several days ago asking that one of the two par ties be named as plaintiff, either the state or Olcott. Judge Kelly sus tained it. Today the case came up on a demurrer Interposed to the com plaint and again the judge sustained the contention of the defense. Attorney Richardson, who appeared for Olcott, served notice on the Judge that an appeal would be taken to the supreme court . Olcott contends that under the law Dunlway has no right to occupy quarters In the capltol building. . . STAYTO RAILROAD Proposition to Construct - an Electric Line From Salem to ' Stayton Is Sprung at Board of Trade" Luncheon. ALSO LINE TO SILVERTON Line Would Go By Way of Macleay, Shaw and Aumsville Five Miles East of City Branch Will Start for Silverton Sulem to Put Up tf0,000 and Bonds to Be Floated for Bal ance Mups and Profiles Shown by Portland Engineer. At the Board of Trade luncheon to day maps and profiles were pinned up on the walls for an electric line from Salem to Stayton via Macleay, Shaw and Aumsville. The route was explained by M. E. Reed, a prominent Portland railway engineer who has made the Burveys and plats showing, ownership, and estmates of cost Sa lem capital Is to be enlisted to the amount of about $60,000 and bonds will be floated for the rest. Five miles east of Salem a branch line Is to go to Silverton, and from Aums ville another branch to West Stay ton. I Who Was Present I M. E. Reed, consulting engineer, Portland; G. E. Tower, horticulturist of the Bohrnstedt company, W. L. Freres, of Stayton, H. L. Downing, of Sublimity; Mayor hachmund and President Jos. Albert, of the Salem Board of Trade. i The others present were: -C. "l'j. Dick, J. P. Rogers, J. L. Stockton, T. , B. Kay, F. B. Meredith, E. T. Barnes, H. B. Thielsen, H. W. Meyers, H. S. Gile, Carl Abrams, M. O'Buren, Art Benson, Russell Catlln, R. K. Pago, A. F. Hofer, E. Hofer. Interest and Enthusiasm. County Judge Bushey Introduced Mr. Reed, saying he was a good au thority on the matter and the country traversed was one of the best and most productive In the state. Mr. Reed In explaining the route said it was nearly a straight shoot from Sa lem, leaving the corner of High ana Mill streets east to the penitentiary, and then on past Macleay on the south and through Shaw, Aumsville and Stayton. There would not be over a two and. one-half per cent grade nor a six degree curve. The distance would be 17 miles and the grading light. Following Is estimat ed cost per mile: Grading and bridging... $2,500 Rails and laying 7,300 Electrifying 4,000 Telephone line 100 Engineering 500 Rolling stock 2,400 Total, per mile $17,000 Total cost of construction and equipment, $309,000. 1 Eestlmated net earnings, per year, $50,000. I ' Earnings of Electrics. ' Mr. Reed showed as the basis of his estimate of net earnings of an electric line to Stayton figures of 40 electric lines earning 23 cents per ; car-mile on an average. The Oregon ; Electric was showing 59 cents net earnings per car mile. Mr. Reed made a very favorable Impression on those present and answered all ques tions relating to the same in an tn- I telligent manner. He stated that he ' had made the survey entirely at his own expense and had friends who j would help take up the bond issue if substantial people at Salem could tie ! identified with the enterprise. Mas Hot Discussion. Messrs. Muren, Stockton, Barnes and Jos. Albert endorsed the propo sition in a hearty manner. H. S. Gile went so far as to say he would Invest $5,000 in any such road to get into a prune district and the city would make It back In one season. Mayor Laehmund was not stuck on wildcat promoters and was opposed to giving away any more franchises as had been done to the Welch lines. T. B. Kay praised the Welch line and said but for it the Oregon Electric would never have been built. If any good substantial and reliable com pany wanted to come in here with another railroad, the mayor could not stop them getting a franchise. The mayor said with that qualifica tion he would agree with him. Mr. Kay said Salem owed It to the rest of the country to help build this line and he for one would subscribe to wards it. R. K. Page said the people all the way to Stayton would give free right of way and many 'would help with subscriptions. He thought we ought to build this road ourselves if wer can't get some one else to build it for us as this was a very critical time for Salem. ' There was a movement to take all this business direct to Portland via Woodburn. or through Silverton and Oregon City. Messrs. Freres and Downing both had hearty words of approval for the plans submitted. "They had traveled BUSINESS MEN'S LUNCH AT MARION A BIG GET TOGETHER MEETING WHERE SALEM'S INTERESTS WILL BE TALKED OYER, AND SUGGESTIONS AS TO CITY'S WELFARE CONSIDERED Preparations are well under way for a live banquet or Business Men's lunch at, the Hotel Marlon Wednes day evening, January 10th, from 6 to 8 o'clock. C. L. Dick and A. Bush, Jr., the special committee working In conjunction with Secretary Hofer of the Salem Board of Trade, have the matter In hand and promise every body not only a royal good time, but a meeting which will mean much for the continuous up-bullding of Salem. This meeting under the auspices f the Salem Board of Trade Is In no sense a money raising effort, but sim ply an opportunity for the live peo ple of the city to get together and discuss maters of greatest Interest for all. Some hot songs will be Injected into the program In an Informal way. C. C. Chapman, of Portland, will probably make the first big noise of the evening by telling of 1912 and what It must mean for Sa lem and Oregon. Governor Oswald West will give some of his exper iences on his recent trip on the gov ernor's special train throughout the East, and this will be followed up by an injection of local, oratorical fire works. The lunch will consist of several courses of hot and cold meats, vegetables, salads, relishes hot coffee, Ices, etc. Every business man In Salem Including- every man or boy In his em ploy, "ould attend this great open Ing feast for the good of the order. The cost will be only 50 cents, and something doing all of the time. o WILL MAKE ' A FURTHER EXAMINATION .Attorney General Crawford admit ted this morning that In the event that recall petitions launched against District Attorney Cameron were filed that he would make a further inves tigation of the recall amendment and that in the even that he found that a former opinion was 111 advised that he would change It The attorney " general several weeks ago rendered an opinion that the recall amendment was not self- operative and that before It could be invoked, further legislation would be necessary. Since then a judge in Portland has decided that the amend ment is self-operative and a number of attorneys have taken Issue with the nttorney general. He Intends to examine authorities submitted by them and should he find them to be against his position, will rule other wise. PLEASED WITH PLAN OF GIVING HOME CREDITS Sixteen of the county superintend ents now grading teachers papers In the city Saturday, made a visit to the Spring Valley school which has adopted the system of giving credit to students for home work. Professor J. A. O'Reilly, is at the head of this school, and he Inaugur ated the system of home credit in the school soine 'time ago. It has worked admirably and it was for the purpose of studying it that the coun ty superintendents made the visit. All of them expressed themselves pleased with the result and a num ber expressed themselvs in favor of recommending Its adoption in coun ties over which they exercise juris diction. 52 miles to get over this distance to be covered in 17 14. President Al bert of the Board of Trade, In ad journing the meeting, said he hoped no one would be afraid of this rail road because ' It was going to cost $300,000. A few men at Salem had put a little money into the Masonic Temple and were erecting an $100,000 building. They would make money and only put up a small part of the cost. This railroad would mean more to Salem than a number of Masonic temples, and he favored go ing ahead with it. Mr. Reed was well satisfied with the results of the meeting and ' the whole matter was referred to the transportation committee of the Board of Trade, who will hold a meeting at . once . and formulate a plan of procedure. . E AMOUNTS TO $250,000 SLEET LADEN WIRES CARRY DOWN HUNDREDS OF POLES IS CUT OFF FROM THE WORLD Some of the Streets Become I mpassable From the Tangle of Fallen Poles and Wires Western Union Moves Headquar ters to Oregon City, and Forwards Such Messages as It Gets by Street Car Nearly All Lines East and North Are Down, and South of Eugen e There Is "Nothing Doing." The storm that swept over the northwest Saturday seemed to have Its center about Portland where the cold wave, sweeping down the gor$e of the Columbia, changed the famous Oregon mist Into an Infamous con glomeration of sleet and ice that would have been gladly "missed." The Oregonlan this morning has the following graphic description of con ditions there yesterday, ,. and today, and with the sleet still falling, those conditions promise to be much worse. All wires leading into the metropolis are down and Portland Is temporar ily off the map. The Western Union this morning moved Its head office to Oregon City, and Is forwarding such telegraph messages as It can get, over Its crippled lines, by Btreet car The Oregonlan says: - While It was Impossible for the public utility companies to determine the extent of their losses yesterday and It was out of the question to make a monetary estimate of the damage to ' trees, shrubbery and plants, It Is believed Portland's "silver thaw" which set In Saturday mornjng, will cost the city more than $250,000. With the city still In the throes of the wintry blast, with nearly every thing encased In ice, the question .if further destruction is held in the balance. A high wind or more Icy sleet will add many fold to the ruin, while a thaw will relieve the sltua tiop very quickly. Which it will be, only time will tell. Forecaster Is Handicapped. Owing to the limited telegraph ser vice, reports at the United Statos weather bureau last night were miss ing from many Important points and Forecaster Beals declared that he could not make a forecast which would be dependable. He predicts snow for today with slowly rising temperatures. It Is feared this com bination may lead to more sleet storms and make the present deplor able conditions even more serious. The telephone companies are para lyzed, there being but few lines in the business district still Intact. The damage so far to the two companies is estimated at more than $75,000. More than 1500 miles of wires are out of service, hundreds of poles have toppled Into the streets, being either torn from the ground or brok en in two at the ground by the weight NO Woolen Closed All Day MONDA Y and TUESDA Y to Re-arrange for their Gigantic January Unload ing Sale, Which Opens 9 a. m. Wednesday, January 10 Extra Salespeople Wanted of the Ice-covered wires. In the city 555 Bell telephones and about 1000 Home telephones have been reported out of service; the entire East side passed last night In darkness be cause of the danger of turning cur rent Into the electric light wires, which are tangled In a network of telephone wires and trees. Car Service Irregular. The cars maintained an irregular service yesterday and on three of the lines were unable, for a part of the day at least, to go to the terminals. Telegraph companies are operating on shattered service and the Btreets are veritable sheets of Ice, slippery and dangerous. The total damage to the public service companies was estimated last night by officials at over $160,000, in cluding over $110,000 property loss and $40,800 In loss of revenue be cause of paralyzed service. These estimates are considered low In al most every case. Nq attempt was made to estimate the damage to trees In dollars and cents. Streets Strewn With Trees. The entire residence district, and particularly the East Side, is In a deplorable state, the streets being strewn with trees and branches, In terwoven with telephone and electric light wires covered with heavy coats of ice. Many streets are impassable and comparatively few sidewalks are use because of the fallen trees and the drooping limbs which all day yesterday continued to snap as gusts of wind swayed them back and forth. The center of the street was used for sidewalks all over the East Side and In the tree-covered portions of the West Sldo residence district Broadway Scene of Rain. One of the principal scenes of de vastatlon yesterday was Broadway as far east as Twenty-fourth street. Where on Saturday morning were hundreds of shapely shade trees were yesterday splintered masses of limbs' hopelessly tangled In wires. The whole mass was frozen together. There were but few telephone poles standing, the majority being stretched out across the street, with the hun dreds of wires broken and dangled. Many poles fell upon houses, causing more or less damage. Continued on page two. TICE! Mill Store I " MM 5 ' "