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D IR E C T O R Y
FLAG DAY JUNE 14
of Portland’ s Leading Business Firms.
Occurring Throughout
the State During the Past
Week.
C o n tr a c t o rs A r e
M. Am
This measure by the way, was overwhelmingly carried on the 28th.
Whether or not the Los Angeles News justifies Professor Ross’ ideal
o f an endowed general newspaper, it justifies the municipal experi
ment in Los Angeles sufficiently to make it the duty o f other muni
cipalities to take the question o f “ follow ing suit” into early and seri
ous consideration.
B U ILD DOCKS NOW .
Preliminary stages in acquisition o f public docks for the City of
Portland have reached a definite stage at last, if perfecting title does
not develop a prolonged legal battle.
Members of the Commission
have proceeded deliberately, far more so than some enthusiastic
advocates of public docks desired. A construction period should be
near now, that the docks planned may be available for the heavy
water traffic requirements expected soon to be a feature of Port
land 's commerce.
Steamship men have commented in the past that we had no facil
ities fo r handling the largest craft. Because of the inadequacy in
this line, the managers of one large Portland business house says
that for years he had in-bound Oriental cargo luuded at Tacoma and
shipped here by rail, finding that cheaper than trying to dock for
the unloading o f miscellaneous cargo in Portland. Such criticism as
this hurts the port. Vigilant public spirit should hav'e learned this
fact long ago and taken steps to remedy it before the present public
dock movement began.
Shipping men must commend the effort being made by the en
gineers of the Dock Commission to adopt the most modern loading
and unloading apparatus. In the handling o f wheat, Portland has no
doubt been fairly abreast competitive improvements. But for gen
eral cargo it is clear that the privately-owned docks have given little
heed to labor-saving appliances which other great ports of the world
use. Pacific Coast wages are high, and if we fall behind in use of
mechanical equipment here the result w ill be against the business of
the port.
Let us hope the condemnation proceedings will bring no cause
for material delay in construction work. We need modern docks for
large craft and we need a system which will study interchange of
traffic at the minimum cost rather than a condition which studies
only embarussment o f a competitor. Public docks should be the
first step in the new navigation period, when it should be impossible
for the Americau-IIawaiian, Waterhouse or other interests to declare
that they could not handle their largest crafts here.
An all-inclusive bill, to be denominated, “ The Ocean Safety Act
o f 1912,” designed to cover all the navigation lessons drawn from
the Titanic disaster, was introduced in the Senate on the 3rd by Sen
ator Knute Nelson, o f Minnesota, chairman o f the Commerce Com
mittee. This bill included stringent regulations for better wireless
equipment, continuously operated, on ocean and great lakes vessels
carrying fifty or more persons, as provided in a bill which passed the
I louse on the ,'lrd, and almost identical with a bill already passed by
the Senate. This wireless section vests control of the apparatus in
the master of the vessel, mid, to avoid the wireless communication
being shut off by failure o f the vessel's engines, requires a powerful
auxiliary power supply that can comminute 1(H) miles at all times.
The Nelson hill would recognize foreign steamship laws whenever
they arc as effective as American laws and regulations. The bill also
would equip every passenger craft leaving an American port with
sufficient lifeboats to accommodate everybody aboard together with
other safety equipment, and would create a commission o f five per
sons to investigate here and Abroad merchant marine construction.
It would require rigid port examination and boat drills, define qual
ifications of seamen, penalize failure to assist any person in distress
at sea, and make criminally liable any master, managing owner,
steamship director or principal resident agent o f a foreign steamship
for sending from an American port a vessel so unseaworthy as to en
danger life.
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Klamath Falls.— Six persons were
•truck by lightning here In a storm
which preceded the most severe down
pour of hail ever recorded in Klamath
county. None of those struck w ill die,
It Is thought, although one, a baby In
irms, Is in a critical condition. Three
nches of hail fell In less than half an
dour.
Phone Main 1622.
924 Chamber of Commerce, Portland, Oregon.
CARTOONIST.
W e it e r n M e n P r o m in e n t A m o n g A t h
letes to go to S to c k h o lm .
UNDER FOOT OF ASH
L ig h t n in g S t r ik e s G ra n ts P a ss.
fH E M ARKETS.
P o rtla n d .
Wheat— Track prices:
Club, 94c:
blueatem. 98c; red Russian. 94c.
Oats— No. 1 \Yh1te, $40 per ton.
Hay— Timothy. $17; alfalfa, $12.
Butter— Creamery, 27c.
Eggs— Ranch, 20c.
Hops— 1911 .crop, 38c; contracts,
26c.
W ool— Eastern Oregon, 18c: W il
lamette valley, 22c.
Seattle.
D ism isse d .
St. Helene.—The Jury In the case of
ohn Arthur Pender, charged with the
nurder of Mrs Palsy Wehrman. was
ttsmlssed by Judge Campbell without
eachtng a verdict
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Main 5fi45.
Res. Phone E 6185.
Lumber Exchange Building.
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tow n T are buried
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COMMERCIAL A R T IS T AND
Wheat— Bluestem. 96c; Club, 92c;
red Russian, 9lc.
Oats— $39 per ton.
Butter—Creamery, 27c.
Eggs— 21c.
Hay— Timothy. 117 per ton.
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B lu e S k y L a w In O regon.
Marshfield.— What It is believed will
Salem, Or.— Complete and corrected
be one of the greatest water powers In
drafts of the proposed "blue sky law"
Oregon Is to be developed in Coos
have been completed by Secretary Ol-
county by Oregon capital at the cost
cott, the bill has gone into the hands
of about $1,000,000. The plan Is to
of the printer and circulation of peti
build an enormous electric plant, the
tions will start soon for the purpose of
electricity to be generated by water
placing the measure In the ballot to go
power and to supply all of the towns
before the people in November.
of the county and rural and logging
districts. The matter has been under
G re at T a c o m a L u m b e r P la n t Burne d.
consideration for some time and the
Tacoma.— Mill " A ’1 of the SL Paul
men Interested before leaving this city
'& Tacoma Lumber company on the
announced that they were going ahead
tide flats, built In 1888, and four lum
with the big project at once.
ber sheds containing several million
M. J. Anderson, of Grants Pass, pro
feet of lumber, was destroyed by fire
moted the plan. The water power In
with an estimated loss of $500,000.
question is on the south fork of the
Coqullle river, south of Myrtle Point.
The water right would develop 30,000
horsepower and under certain condl-
:ions of Improvements possibly as high
is 50,000 horsepower. The plan Is to
develop 20,000 horsepower, first mak
ing two units of 6000 horsepower each.
Kodiak, Alaska.— Kodiak and Woody j
Island villages are burled under a foot |
B ig C o n tra c t Secured.
of ashes as a result of the eruption of
Hood River.— L. G. W estfall has se-
Katmai volcano beginning Thursday
:ured a contract from the Northwest
afternoon and lasting 48 hours.
ern Electric company, which has be-
No lives were lost here, but many
?un the construction of a huge dam on
other settlements nearer the volcano
the White Salmon river. Just opposite
must have suffered Indescribably.
this city, to saw the 3,000,000 feet of
On some parts of the island the
timbers to be UBed in the building of
ashes are J0 feet deep. Vegetation
the dam.
and animal life have been killed and
the wireless station at Kodiak destroy
C ro w n M il ls B u rn , L o s s is $100.000.
ed.
Portland.— As a climax to a series
Governor Clark has cabled to Wash
jf fires, In which one ended fatally, the
ington asking $100,000 from congress
three upper floors ot the Crown mills,
for relief purposes In the stricken dis
’oot of Petttgrove street, and owned
trict.
t>y Balfour, Guthrie & Co., were gutted
iy fire. The damage Is estimated at
M o u n t H a y e s M a y be A ctive .
»76.000 to $100,000.
Fairbanks, Alaska.— Persons arriv
ing from the south bring reports of
heavy cannonading In the foothills
CURTIS SUCCEEDS JAMES
i t the Alaska range, and it is suppos
3 o v e rn o r A p p o in t s H im S u p e rin te n d ed th.'t volcanoes are in action. The
ent of State P rison .
sounds come from the vicinity of Mt.
Salem.— Confronted with a refusal Hayes. Ashes are falling here, and
jy the members of the state purchas- the sun is obscured.
ng board to approve certain bills with
-elation to the penitentiary unless cer-
C o n v ic t s ' S t r ik e R e s u lt s Fa tally.
dfled by the superintendent as requir-
San Quentin, Cal.— L ive steam was
id by law, Governor West appointed turned into the kitchen of San Quen
A’ardon F. H. C’ urtls to the superln- tin penitentiary before a malignant
endency of the state prison, and prisoners' "grub strike" that was start- j
tcarce had his appointment been made ed In the dining-room was quelled.
>ut before he elevated John J. Bengen,
One rioter was shot dead in a door
issistant warden, to the wardenship.
way of the dining room by an outside
le announced that there would be no guard on the prison wall, and one was
urther changes.
wounded.
The move of placing Curtis nt the
lead of the Institution came following
C h in e se P re s id e n t In D a ily Pe ril.
. disagreement on the board as to
Peking.— Hardly a day passes with
vhether certain vouchers should be out the discovery of some plot to as
>ald because they lacked the stgna- sassinate President Yuan Shi Kal, who
ure of an actual superintendent, War- is equally hated by the supporters of
len Curtis holding both positions, be- the fallen Manchus and by the repub
ng superintendent under the title of licans who believe that he contem
ictlng superintendent.
plates establishing a monarchy or dic
tatorship of his own.
F in e S lo c k is E x h ib ite d at U n io n .
ARTHUR D. MONTEITH
C. J. WILSON
C o o s C o u n t y W a t e r P o w e r M a y Coat
Union.—The fourth annual livestock
how closed here with a good attend-
•nce and a large entry list. Stockmen
rom a radius of many miles had their
As no one could be found to risk his money in a moving picture Vst animals entered.
show- in the small town o f Haven, in Reno County, Kansas, and as
nevertheless every one in the place enjoyed moving pictures, a
“ show” has been started on the municipal ownership plan, which has
proved a great success. When the receipts are larger than the ex
penses, free shows are given.
Telephone M&rshxll 1554.
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New York.— The American Olympic
selection committee spent the entire
day In picking the athletes who will
represent the United States In the
Olympic games at Stockholm.
From the 1000 entries in each event
only those who had shown the best
N e w T e m p le Is D edicated.
Corvallis.— Over 400 visiting mem performances were selected. In addi
bers of the order assisted in the dedi tion there was a supplementary list
cation of the new Masonic Temple arranged, but the men mentioned will
have to pay their own expenses.
here.
Western athlete«, headed by Horlne,
The new building was recently com
pleted, at a cost of $50,000, and occu the sensational high jumper, and Rose,
pies 100 feet square In the business champion shot putter, play a promin
ent part in the Olympic nominations.
section.
The westerners consist of Horlne,
Bellah, Courtney, Gerhardt, Edmuna-
GREAT PROJECT PLANNED
son, McClure, Beeson, Hawkins, K el
ley, Allen, Donahue and Rose.
Grants
Pass.—The
transformer
louse of the local light and power
ompany was struck by lightning and
he city Is without electric light or
lower. Three of the six mnin trans
orniers were burned out and the build-
ng and switchboards wrecked.
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DRAFTING
AND BLUE PR IN TIN G .
Blam ed.
Medford.— The coroner's Jury, on the
lynamlte explosion which resulted In
:he death of five men at the Jackson-
Saturday,June 15, 1912
rUle stone quarry brought in a verdict
lite r 30 minutes' deliberation of crlm-
nal negligence on the part of the con
A M U N IC IP A L N E W S PA PE R .
tactors, Twohy Brothers, of Spokane.
June 14, 1912, la the one hund re d
The Los Angeles “ Municipal New s” is demonstrating the feasibil It was found that the cause of the ex
and th irty-fifth a n n iv e r s a r y of the
ity o f “ a newspaper owned by the people.” This paper is owned by plosion was tamping powder with an ad op tion by c o n g r e s s of the S t a r s and
the City o f Los Angeles, it is published by the City of Los Angeles, it iron drill.
S tr ip e s as the n a tio n a l em blem .
is edited officially by public servants o f the City o f Los Angeles, it
sells for one cent a copy, and it is not a mere city record, but is a
genuine city newspaper. Taking for its motto, “ City business is your
business,” it keeps the public informed, in interesting journalistic
style, of what they need to know and want to know. There is no
suppression or discoloration, nor yet any editorial one-sidedness. So
far as news is concerned, the facts are presented intelligently and
fa irly ; so fa r as opinions are concerned, every side o f a question is
given its hearing, and every local political party has accorded it
editorial space for its own authorized editorial writer. The policy of
this paper was well illustrated in the issue of May 22nd, in connec
tion with a pending election on six initiative and referendum ques
tions to be voted upon the follow ing week. Under large and lucid
headlines, each was succinctly stated and explained in good newspa
per type after this manner:
“ The fourth question is on the ballot because the Los Angeles
Railway and the Pacific Electric Railway procured a referendum on
it. They oppose it because it seeks to investigate their books and
accounts, appraise their physical property and fix and regulate rates.
The ordinance was proposed by the Municipal League, but the only
argument on the question sent out with the sample ballots is one
against the measure, in red ink, by the traction companies and bear
ing their signatures.”
J. H. MORTON, M. E.
ORRIN E. STANLEY
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