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National Capital Brevities
THE
TIMES
Entered in Postoflfice at Portland, Oregon, as second class matter.
panled here by B. B. Pratt, who has
been conducting such experiments In
Portland the past year, says that the
greatest portion of decay In storage la
caused by bruising from rough hand
ling- He also lays strong emphasis
on the preccollng of fruit immediately
after It Is picked. The department of
agriculture ia giving especial attention
to the methods of precooling.
*ATTORNEYS
ATTENTION!
PUBLISH YOUR
NOTICES
LEGAL
IN
There are In the United States, so-
cording to the census rsport, 6,361,502
A-2686
Mils 5637
farms, containing a total of 878,798,000
SUBSCRIPTION RATES— $2.50 per year, in advanced
acres, of which 478,452,000 acres are
AD V E R TIS IN G R ATES made known upon application.
Improved.
Motor Car for Branch Railway.
SATURDAY, M A Y 4, 1912.
The senate bill appropriating 91,-
La Grande.— The commercial club
500,000 to repair the crevasses in the Is working for the establishment of a
broken levess of the Mississippi river motor car service on the branch line
HORSES AT ROSE FESTIVAL.
O R T L A N D as a city is proud o f its roses. Oregon as a State is and its tributaries was passed by the between La Grande and Elgin in ad
house.
dition to the regular service now In
proud o f its horses. The finest roses in the world grow in the
No n o te copper pennies will be vogue.
city. The finest horses in the world are bred in the State. In either
coined If the Bulkley bill, providing
case we need not have any fear o f the superlative.
three-cent pieces, becomes a law. In
Work on Eugene Line Halts.
So it is altogther meet and proper that in the annual festival stead there will be one-cent pieces i Eugene.— Work on reconstruction of
season wherein this city celebrates the glory o f the rose, the Oregon which will be composed of an alloy the Eugene lines of the Portland, Eu
that Is piacttcally the same as the gene & Eastern railway practically
horse should participate and in the capacity in which he is most | y
has been suspended because of the
useful to men— as a work horse, as a big factor in the industry o f i senator Cummin's bill providing for lack of paving rails.
IN D U S T R IA L ENGINEER.
M. Am. Soc. C. E.
the commonwealth.
[ an appeal to the United States eu-
Designs Complete Industrial Plants or any
ENG INEERING AD VISER.
D RAFTIN G
Town 8tarts Commercial Club.
component part, mechanical or structural.
W hoever was responsible for that idea o f a parade o f Oregon preme court from the decision of the
AND BLUI-PBUfTOfO.
Old Plants Modernized.
Drafting.
district court In New York, approving
Fallbrldge.—In keeping with Its rap
work-horses has brought to the front a feature of the Rose Festival
Telephone Marshall 1554.
the reorganisation of the American id civic progress and the spirit of the
Phone Main 1622.
which will prove to he one o f tie most attractive among the many (Tobacco company has unanimously state of Oregon. Fallbrldge has taken 824 Chamber of Commerce, Portland, Oregon.
924 Chamber of Commerce, Portland, Oregon.
attractive features of that annual event. The magnificent, well-bred j passed the senate,
steps toward the organization of a
commercial
club.
horse o f Oregon is a sight worth seeing any time or anywhere. And
A FEARLESS E X PO N E N T OF IN D U S T R IA L PEACE.
THE TIMES
SEVEN INSERTIONS FOR $2.50
P
D IR EC TO R Y
of Portland’ s Leading Business Firms.
when gathered in parade as such horses w ill be during the coming
Festival, Oregon’s horses w ill easily rank as among the chief features
of the celebration. It was a happy idea and will add much to the
pleasure o f the annual rose show.
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
ORRIN E. STANLEY
J. H. MORTON, M. E.
C. J. WILSON
ARTHUR D. MONTEITH
COMMERCIAL A R T IS T AND
C IV IL AND H Y D R A U L IC ENGINEER.
General Surveying, Landscape Engineering,
Construction Superintendence, Reports and
Estimates on Projects, Water Supply, Irri
gation, Sewerage.
Governor Oswald W est has a new
CARTOONIST.
title. He is admiral ot the good roads
Phones: Main 5645.
Res. Phone E 6185.
squadron.
348 Market Street,
Portland, Oregon.
Lumber Exchange Building.
The State Building Commission o f the State o f Washington has Events Occurring Throughout
The 1912 spring-summer salmon sea
son opened along the Columbia river
lately entered into a contract for the erection of the Temple o f Justice
the State During the Past
und Its tributaries Wednesday.
at Olympia, and has agreed that none but union labor shall be em
Phone East 63.
Week.
A lightship for Orford reef on the
ployed in such construction. They did this, according to a letter
Oregon coast Is provided for by an
by placing your advertisement in
from the Secretary of the State o f Washington, E. W . Ross, so that
amendment to the tfmnibus lighthouse
Injured Employe Sues Mill.
TH E TIM ES.
labor complications, calculated to disturb the peace and harmony
hill, appropriating $150,000 for Its con
180 GRAND AVE., COR. EAST Y A M H IL L ,
Astorlu.— A suit was filed In the
Write for our advertising rates.
Portland, Oregon.
o f the work, and its completion within the time specified, would not circuit court by Henry Sutinen against struction.
A fight against skyscrapers hns been
take place.
the Clatsop Mill company to recover
started by the Oregon chapter of the
The courts have more than once passed upon the legality of g iv $15,000 damages for personal Injuries American Institute of Architects. The
alleged
to
have
been
sustained
by
the
ing to any class of citizens, in public work particularly, discriminat
chapter Is opposed to buildings more
plaintiff, who asserts that on April 3,
than 160 feet high.
ing in favor of a part of the people what belongs to the whole o f the
1912, while running a machine known
Convicts at the state prison have
people, and will again construe the laws o f the land as to the rights as a sash sticker, his right hand was
been selected as subjects for experi
o f the whole of the people to share in the benefits o f State work. caught In the knives of the machine
mental dental work at the spring ex
This w ill certainly take place, and the Commission o f the State of and three fingers were cut off.
amination of applicants for state den
Washington w ill be enjoined upon the facts as related should they
tal licenses, June 3.
Move Started to Unite Colleges.
Supplementary articles of Incorpor
not reconsider their act in this respect.
Dallas.— Calling on Governor West
ation increasing Its capital stock from
to appoint a commission to look into
$30,000 to $60,000 have been filed with
all phases and plans broached for the
Opposition to the proposed location of the new public library
the secretary of state at Salem by the
consolidation of the University of
was expressed in strong resolutions adopted by the last meeting of Oregon nnd the Oregon Agricultural State bank of Albany.
Senator Chamberlain's bill asking
the Oregon Chapter of thq American Institute o f Architects, it being College, n resolution was unanimously
that an additional $10,000 be added to
the unanimous opinion o f this organization that the building should passed here at a mass meeting, pre the appropriation of $65,000 heretofore
lie made a unit in the Greater Portland Plans for a “ civic center.” sided over by E. B. Piper, president of granted for the construction of a fed
the Portland Commercial Club.
eral building at Albany, has passed
The Chapter also went on record as favoring the limitation of the
the senate.
height o f skyscrapers to 1450 feet. The present building lien law,
Seventh W ill Refused.
That Oregon farm lands are attrac
which is said to be unsatisfactory to the building industry, was con
Pendleton.— Mabel Young Warner,
Yes, that is a personal question, a
tive to eastern investors and settlers
alleged
maker
of
bogus
wills
and
cre
demned and the new measure fathered by the local Builders’ E x
very personal question— one that affects
Is shown by the activity throughout
ator of sensations, suffered another re
your whole life; and yet you would
change was indorsed.
the state the past week. Several tracts
verse In hej- long battle for the estate
thank us for asking it if you knew what
The Fresno Republican advises the public not to feed the invad of her uncle, when County Judge J. W. ranging In price from $5000 to $20,000
an immense power for betterment we
ing I. W . W .’s. The advice seems to have been taken, for the army Maloney handed down a decision re were purchased by newcomers.
could be to you and your salary.
William E. Borah, United States sen
o f about one hundred that were encamped at Fresno, and who threw fusing to admit to probate the seventh
T o draw a small salary month after month, year after year, is your own
ator from Idaho, hns been Indorsed as
a red flag to the breeze, has departed. The invaders were offered will to the estate, and ordering the pe the republican candidate for vice-pres
fault. It is pure negligence and nothing else, for there is an institution
tition dismissed.
that is ever ready to enable you to rise to the highest, best paying posi
work, and were given to understand that whenever they would work
ident to b* complimented by the vote
tions in the profession of your choice—no matter how poor your circum
of the Oregon delegation at Chicago,
they might eat, hut not otherwise.
NEW SUIT MAY RESULT
stances may be, how old or how young you are, no matter where you
according to the best figures obtain
able.
live. And to prove this the I. C. S. points to hundreds of thousands of
The Builders’ Exchange of Bakersfield has decided to practically Fight on University Petitions W ill be
Baldwin Falrrhlld, a member of the
other men who have secured advancement and success through the I. C. S.
Continued.
employ union and non-union help, and will fill all vacancies, caused
Slletz Indian tribe, was given a sen
plan; to hundreds of others in worse circumstances than you are, whose
Salem.— That the end of the effort tence of 18 months In the federal pen
by sympathetic strikes and walkouts, from the ranks o f the unem
stories of advancement read like romance; to a growth from a mere idea
to declare fraudulent and void the itentiary at McNeil's Island by Judge
with one Course of Instruction to one of the largest educational institu
ployed, regardless of union affiliation.
referendum petitions dlrectod at more W olverton In federal court at Port
tions in existence with 208 Courses of Instruction, backed by a capital of
than $500,000 worth of University of land, for introducing liquor onto the
six million dollars, and a total enrolment far in excess of any other col
Oregon
appropriations
Is
not
yet
In
that Captain Stanley Lord, of the Cal
reservation.
lege—a growth made possible only as the result of success in its business
ifornian, refused later to go to the aid Bight and that the cause will be dc
W hile at Washington, D. C.. recent
—and the business o f this place is to raise salaries.
of the Titanic, the rockets from which elded upon Its merits If there Is any ly. Major Jay J. Morrow, Corps of
Without doubt this plan is the most practical, the quickest, easiest,
possible way to reach such a decislyu. Engineers, U. S. A., let a contract to
could be plainly seen.
and cheapest way in the world for YOU to secure a better position
Cnptaln Lord entered a sweeping de was the statement of Judge Sinter. the Seattle Construction & Drydock
and increased earnings. It puts
He announces that a motion for re company for the building of the dredge
nial of Gill's accusations and read ex
you under no obligation whatever
International Corrrsoondrncr Schools
hearing will be filed In a short time, Colonel P. S. Machle, which will be
to send us this coupon and allow
Senate Committee on Titanic tracts from the Californian's log that and
pending decision on that petition, operated at Coos Bay.
support his contention. Captnln Lord
Plea*# explain .without further obligation on my part.
our experts to explain our system
how 1 can quality lot a larger salary and advancement
Disaster Will Advocate
said that If the ship's wireless oper the law will be gone Into thoroughly
to the position before which I have marked X.
Because they asserted they were re
of instruction, and adapt a Course
ator had been on duty he would have to determine Just what course to pur ceiving bad beefsteak, stale potatoes,
to your personal needs.
Ad Writer
Archltec’ l Draftsman
Wireless Legislation.
Show-Card W riter
Structural Engineer
caught the Tltnnlc's signals, and that sue to tnke the cases to trial on their bad bacon and worse gravy for their
Window Trimmer
Do you really want to earn
Structural Draftsman
Civil Service Fxants.
Contractor
& Builder
merits.
It would have taken about two hours
food, 250 track layers on the Oregon
Ornamental Designer
more salary? Would you like the
Foreman Plumber
Mechanical Engineer
Civil Engineer
The supreme court. In lt3 decision, Electric extension south of Salem
Washington.— It Is clear that the to reach the Titanic’s position.
salary bag to yield you more each
Mechanical Drafts.
R. R. Con. Engineer
Foreman Machinist
Surveyor
stated that S H. Friendly, as an Indi walked out and refused to return to
senate committee Investigating the T i
week or month? Then make a
Electrical Engineer
Was Making 23 Knots.
Mining Engineer
Electrician
Chemist
vidual
taxpayer,
did
not
have
capa
tanic disaster ban mu<le up Its mind to
work until better food was furnished.
definite attempt to bring this
Power-Station Supt.
Bookkeeper
The committee has developed that city to sue, but said at the same time
Architect
Stenographer
advocate legislation preventing wlre-
A direct tax on franchise and land
about by sending in this coupon.
the Titanic rushed at n 23-knot gait that the suit should have been brought
leaa operators on shipboard from hold
holdings assessed for $10,000 or more,
Tom orrow never comes. Do it
Same _________
through a vast field of lee, apparently by a law officer of the state.
ing buck details of dlaaatera.
Mr.
graduated on an Increasing scale as
today.
Street and No
heedless of warnings
Other testi
Marconi and Mr. Samuils both ack
the valuation Increases, is proposed
mony Indicates many vessels were
City __________
Father and Son Named.
S ta te -
nowledged that a mistake had been
In an Initiative petition soon to be cir
within n few miles of the sinking liner,
Albany.— A pecular coincidence de culated with a view to Its submission
made In sending to Operators Bride
but their wireless operators were veloped In the recent primary election
ami Oottatn, on board the Cnrpnthla,
to the people at the November elec
asleep. Her ro-kets were seen but Ig In Linn county In that a father and
messages not to give oat anything un
tion.
nored.
Vice-President Franklin has son were both nominated for Justice
til they had seen Marconi ashore.
The body of James Mitchell, the
vjiittted he heard the rumor of the of the pence and that neither was a
More lifeboats on transatlantic lin
young man who fell overboard from
rroressionai pride.
Senator Bourne of Oregon has pre
disaster over 16 hours and received candidate on the ballot, but both were
ers. an equipments of rafts that auto- j
the gasoline schooner Gerald C., while sented a memorial ln the senate, sign
A local pugilist was brought before
positive confirmation from the steam nominated by both the republican and
matlenlly will float clear of a sinking !
the vessel was lying at the Elmore ed by C. L. Leavlngood and Frank n police magistrate charged with as
er Olympic over six hours before he democratic parties.
vessel and the construction of great |
dock at Astoria last November, was Terrace praying for the passage of a sault. Said the magistrate:
felt the news sufficiently "authentic"
“ Prisoner, complainant says that you
passenger steamships with double j
found floating in the river opposite hill which provides for the disposition
to disclose It to the relatives of the T i
Old Mill Still Runs.
hulls and extended water tight com |
the Tallant & Grant cannery by two of any lands ln Oregon which may be willfully and maliciously knocked bis
tanic's passengers nnd the public.
hat off.”
Springfield.— Among the historic Finnish fishermen.
part incuts are other reforms which I
declared forfeited by a decree in the
Europeans Send Warships to Mexloo. structures of Oregon there are few
Up spoke the accused, pride in his
will exist In the Immediate future.
Official complete registration re suit of the United States agnlnst the
As a direct result of a decision still in use, which date their origin
voice:
turns as compiled by the secretary of Oregon & California Railroad com
Captain Moore, of the steamer i
"No. your honor: I didn't knock his
reached by President Taft at a cabinet back ns far as does the old grist mill
state's office were given out showing pany.
Mount Temple related the wireless
hat off. I knocked him from under his
meeting, not to send a warship to pro at Springfield, now used In the manu
record of the last words flashed by the j
a total of 131,800 Oregon voteni reg
C. H. Lane of the department of the h a t"—New York Times.
tect American nnd other foreign citi facture of flour for export trnde. The
Titanic to many shtps, and told how.
istered before the primaries. Of these interior at Washington has been dele
zens In Mexico, hut to send a trans mill wna built lu 1856.
only 49 miles away, he approached to
93,070 were republicans, 28,417 demo gated to make a trip through Oregon
His Way.
port Instead, the British, French and
within 14 miles, only to And himself
crats, 4928 socialists, 1655 prohibition in the Interest of the Industrial move
"A t the beginning o f each week Tlte-
German governments are rushing
wad gives his w ife the money to run
barricaded behind mountains of ice
PREC00LING STATION ists and 16 nonpartisan.
ment among children, which is being
cruisers across the Atlantic. Jnpnn PLAN
Theodore Roosevelt carried Oregon fostered by the department of public the house on dnriug the week."
Titanic Commander "Moat Unwise." I will also send warships to protect her
“ I suppose be asks her how much
Federal Officials Investigate Hood in the vote for president at the pri
Instruction ln Oregon. Mr. Lane will
Captain Moore denounced as "most citizens.
River Conditions.
mary election by a plurality of 6605 arrive at Pendleton May 8, and from money she wants and then bands It
it has been pointed out by President
unwise” the notion of the Titanic's
over?"
Hood River.— The United States De votes over William H. Taft. These
there will make 15 visits to different
commander In rushing at 21 knots j Taft that any form of 'nterventlon partment of Agriculture during the
“ No. he asks her how Uttle she can
are the figures as compiled from offi portions of Oregon.
got along with nnd bands that over.” —
through the night, when he had been would he followed by n slaughter of past winter hns made the Hood River
cial returns from every county In the
Nearly 60 per cent of all wheat ex Houston Boat
advised of the Ice. He was also em I the American and other foreign cltP valley the scene of various experi
state. The vote was, Roosevelt. 28,878,
ported In March from the United
phatic In his assertion that the posi sons.
ments, and A V. Steubenrnuch. of the Ln Follette, 22.276. and Taft 20,504.
Too Much Nothing.
States was shipped from Portland, ac
tion sent out by the Titanic was
Banks Are Inquired Into.
pomological ofTice of the department,
Kalb A Larkin, who operate a log cording to the monthly statistics of
“ This cheese is full of holes." com
wrong. He said the ship was eight
As the first step In the money trust has been here to investigate condi ging camp on Nagel river, have ac
the department of commerce and la plained the prospecUve purchaser.
miles further eastward than Its oper
Investigation, the committee on hank tions as to the advisability of estab quired all the timber holdings in Clat
"Yes. sir," said the proprietor
bor. In the nine months ending with
ators reported.
lishing
a
storage
and
precooling
ex
ing and currency announced that It
"That's right.”
sop county belonging to the Whitney
March Portland exported 6,237,541
AbUue with light from her salon
had sent to more than 30.000 banks a periment station here this fnll. He Is company, limited. The deal comprises
“ Haven't you got one with the holes
I bushels of wheat.
Portland also
and cabins, the Titanic dashed full
request for detailed Information on all favorable to such a plan, and It is 11,000 acres of high cist* yellow fir,
full o f cheese?"—Louisville Courier-
shows
a
steady
gain
ln
the
export
of
speed to her destruction, according to
Journal.
phases of their business and their re thought such work will be conducted as well as the company's logging rail
four, Its total for the past nine months
Ernest Gill, a donkey englneman on
lations with other Institutions.
here.
[ road and camp, among the finest equlp-
keiug 543,382 barrels, aa against 416,-
the steamship Californian. He said
Who fears Is worthy o f calam ity—
Mr Steubenrnuch. who waa accom- ! ped ln the northwest.
The committee has embraced na-
185 barrel* ln the same time last year. Ren Jons in
Increase Your Business
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Hold
fo r Y O U ?
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