•PORTLAND, OREGON, AUGUST 31,1912
Vol. II. No V j.iO
WEIRD CHARGE MADE
WEST CAMPAIGN
AGAINST AUTOMOBILE
OWNER BY MISTAKE
STILL FAILURE
A certain Portland man has a
SAVE IN NOISE [ habit
of tooting the horn on his
benzine buggy as he cavorts
Price 5 Cents
ST. JOHN POLICEMEN
PREFER SLUMBERING
TO CATCHING YEGGS.
I
PORTLAND BILLS
HIGHER BECAUSE
This really happened. A Port WORK IS LIMITED
SEE Fitz has gone and moved [ sheriff of Multnomah county, and land policeman, who walks a beat
in the far northern section of the
that Detective Sergeant Tom 1 guess Fitz will be on the right
city, was hailed by the conductor Prominent Printer Explains Why
Cheaper Quotations Are
of an inbound St. John car the
Given Outside.
other night, and told that people
on the car had seen a burglar
he has tackled. As breaking into a house in St. Those of a philosophical nature
himself such a general pest right, though I don’t think he everything
About a week ago Governor made
boss
of
the
Union John as they weer coming in. Not will find food for thought in the
should
have
been
sloughed
for
about
the
streets
that
this
week
West dropped into our fair city, a warrant was sworn out for his bumping a cigar man into a he put that Cigarinakers’
organization
on
its feeling called upon to fight burg following commentaries upon cer
bringing with him a dozen arrest, it being set forth in the wagon, instead of letting him ride feet and made it respected by ev
lars, the passengers had done tain local conditions and the high
brooms and a couple of press warrant that be had violated a in a taxi. It seems to me that erybody, including big business, nothing but look at the burglar. cost
of living. "While the exam
agents. Mr. West mentioned quite certain city ordinance, the num any man under arrest ought to lie made the union a square out The patrolman at once called ple cited
here deals but with the
causually that he was going to ber of which was given.
up
the
police
station,
and
told
printing
business,
similar condi
fit,
and
Fitz
made
it
plain
to
ev
be
glad
of
the
seclusion
of
the
“ clean up Portland”. He was The police went out and in due patrol instead of being walked in erybody that a union could be as Sergeant Lee Jenkins about tin- tions prevail in nearly
all excited about it, and was go time served the warrant. The with a pair of bracelets on bis useful in a community as a trust, report. Desiring to help out the lines of local industry. all And other
as
ing to get busy just as soon as man furnished bail, and went bis wrists.
police
of
the
northern
suburb-
these
indlstries
are
necessary
to
and
maybe
somewhat
more
useful.
he got his machinery unpacked way, awaiting trial. While he “ Be that as it may, Fitz seems “ When you meet Fitz you’ll Jenkins called up the St. John the existence of Portland’s com
and got back from taking a bath was thinking the matter over he to know the job of running the discover that he is one of those headquarters. He had some diffi munity, it woud appear that it
in the Pacific.
and forceful fellows that culty in raising them, and finally will take more ahan a reduction
decided to look up the law on police department a whole lot bet quiet
The week has passed. Each day the
does
a
whole lot of thinking and a slepy voice answered over tin- of the tariff and the victory of
and then he beat it
the papers have found plenty of quick matter,
the Democratic party to change
very
little
talking. He is one of phone.
for
the
police
station.
Once
copy in chronicling the doings of there he demanded to know what
conditions.
In fact, careful con
“
There’s
a
burglar
breaking
the
best
listeners
in
the
world,
the state executive. But aside he had been arrested for.
sideration of the argument set
into
a
house
out
in
your
town,”
and
when
he
gets
through
listen
from that affairs in Portland The desk sergeant happened to
ing he has his mind pretty well said Jenkins, and lie proceeded forth makes a solution seem im-
have been going along just about remember
made up bow much he ought to to give the St. John guardians of I possible.
the
case,
and
told
him
as before. Some of the militia thta he’d been blowing his horn
A business man was complain
believe,
and how much he can the peace details of tin- report.
men have come back from target too much.
ing, tbe other day, about the cost
“
Aw,
stop
your
kidding,”
cast
aside
as
mere
hot
air.
And
practice at the forts, and have “ Well, there’s 'nothing about
with this once decided, he makes came back over the wire. “ Is of printing in Portland, and men
walked about the streets in uni that in the ordinance that I’m ac
up his mind quick as to what he • that, all you waked me up for?” tioned in the course of his re
form, being joshed by the police cused of violating,” he said.
I Jenkins is a good policeman, marks that he could get his busi
is going to do.
and other people. The Governor The policeman thereupon got
j and he just loves to catch bnrg- ness stationery printed more eco
“
That’s
one
reason
why
1
think
has told District Attorney Cam down the automobile ordinance
| lars. so the reply from St. John nomically in Seattle. In the party
lie’s
going
to
make
a
good
sheriff.
eron that lie is no longer public and read it to him. And he also
made him mad. He roared into of which he was a member when
I
don’t
think
they’ll
be
able
to
prosecutor, and by so doing has told him the number of the ordi
the
telephone that lie wasn’t fool he made his plaint was one of the
put
much
over
on
Fitz.
I
don’t
tangled up the work of the courts nance.
ing,
gave the directions again, largest employing printers of tin-
think
things
will
be
as
easy
as
and the grand jury. The Gover
and
then
in a fine burst of irony, city. and the modern Gutenberg
some
people
think
they
are
going
nor has also appointed somebody “ That may be all right,” said
at once took up the defense of his
shouted
into
the phone:
to
be;
in
fact,
I
think
the
male
to do Cameron’s work, and now the prisoner, “ but this warrant
business.
“
Of
course,
if
you’d
rather
factors
are
going
to
find
out
that
there is every prospect of a nice charges me with violating an al
“ You say printing in this city
sleep
than
go
out
and
catch
a
Fitz
will
be
one
of
the
squarest
together different ordinance.”
legal battle.
is more costly than in Seattle.
burglar,
why
go
ahead
and
sleep.
men
in
office,
and
that
it
will
bo
Walter Evans, republican nom The matter wa. looked up, and
But this is Portland Police Head Well, let me tell you something,”
next to impossible to fix him. I quarters
inee for prosecuting attorney, was it was found that through a mis-
and if that’s the said the local printer. “ You can
know
a
man
who
has
been
stick
offered Cameron’s job by the tatke the man had been charged ter than some others that might ing around Fitz lately just like way you talking,
feel
about
I want to always do work more cheaply for
Governor, and after reading up with violating the section of the be mentioned. You don’t hear of a brother, and he thinks that tell you that we don’t it, think
much a client living outside your homo
the law on the case he told the building code that refers to con Fitz knuckling under to anybody. when Fitz is sheriff he can do of you. Good bye.”
market than you can for the lo
Executive that he couldn’t take crete walls. In making out the If Fitz thinks a thing ought to be about as he pleases. But take News dispatches from St. John cal consumer, and I’ll show you
the job. Mr. Evans did not be warrant the wrong ordinance done, he is pretty sure to put all it from me, this fellow is going have not recorded the recent cap why. Take my business. There
lieve the “ removal” of Cameron number had been put down. The his energy into getting it done, to wake up awful sudden the first ture of any burglars, so it is are a certain number of definitely
was legal, and so he found his man in question is going to plead and
surmised at Portland Headquar established printers in Portland.
he tries to do anything that ters
getting it done right. Fitz time
business in the federal courts too not guilty to the charge, and law has had
that tin- brave officer who Let us say, just for illustration,
isn't
right,
and
Fitz
will
lie
the
the
habit
most
of
his
life
“ pressing" to be left just at this yers say he will be freed. But it of getting what he wants. Just alarm clock that will wake him answered
the phone decided to go that there are twelve shops. Each
time. By so doing, Mr. Evans is a sure bet that the next time now he wants to be the nekt up.”
back
to
sleep
and let the burglar of these shops has certain set ex
has saved himself from getting in an ordinance number is written
penses that have to be met every
burgle
undisturbed.
a ridiculous position, and has so on a warrant, somebody will be
year- wages, cost of material, up
strengthened his position before careful to get the right number
keep charges and new machinery.
the voters.
what this cost is going
down.
Governor
Wilson
Officially-
GREAT NORTHERN to We be, know
Tom Word, one time sheriff of
for we have been meeting
Notified of His Nomination
Multnomah county, has also de
of years.
TAILORS OUTFIT it “ for Also a number
clined to pull the Governor’s NEW RAILROAD
there is just about so
chestnuts out of the fire, and lias
IS
n b f l R l PRfiRF
1,1,1,11 ¡»riming
to In- done
IU i U I l N l U
I I1UUI. 1 |and
,.v,.ry year.
There in Port
are
gracefully sidestepped the ap LINE TO NORTH
pointment of “ special agent”.
about so many thousund letter
Maybe there is nothing in it, heads wanted, so many bills, so
Mr. Word, though the democratic
NOW UNDER WAY
hut
nevertheless some very odd many cards, and so much general
nominee for sheriff, has decided Announcement
this week of the
lliings
have come out of certain job and display work. We know
that he doesn’t want to jeopard formation of a railroad
company
offices
on
the fourth floor of the about how much of this there is.
ize his chances of election by get to build and operate a line
from
Swetland building. Take room for we have been in business a
ting tangled up in the great wild Vancouver. Wash., to Tacoma,
405, for instance. It first leaped long time. And we know what
West show. Mr. Fitzgerald, who has been heralded in some of the
into fame when a discharged em the yearly increase is going to be.
is Word’s opponent on the repub daily
papers as the forerunner of
lican ticket, has also decided to the Milwaukee
ployee
of “ IJapgoods” of New This work has got to pay us our
road’s entrance to
York
started
a high-class em shop expenses, and it, has got to
leave well enough alone, and to Portland. Every
and then
ployment
agency
there; an em-1 give ns our own profit, for we
fail to hear the Governor’s ap some scribe whose now
of
peals for somebody to go out and coast railroad affairs knowledge
ployment
agency
thta
brought in I m-d the profit os that we can live,
is but slight
arrest somebody.
the
promoter
a
lot
of
money,
but That’s what we’re in business for.
brings the Milwaukee to Port
While all these things have “ land”
that
failed
to
give
work
to
those’
“ Knowing how ninny printers
in spite of the repeated
been happening, Governor West statements
who
were
duped
by
the
beautiful
|
I
In-re
are, and how much work
President Barl
literature
sent
out.
has moved into Portland, estab ing, of the from
!
each
of
us is liable to get, we
Chicago, Milwaukee
lished his stenographer near the Puget Sound,
This
same
room
is
now
occu
!
realize
that
there is a certain
that his line has
pied,
along
with
others,
by
the
adjutant general’s office, and has! no intention of invading
!
price
which
we
must charge in
the Ore
himself begun to peer about at gon field.
Great Northern Tailors Combine, ! order to meet our expenses. We
•to.'i, 404 and 405 Swetland build have to take in this much money
the “ shocking” conditions in the1 The new line from Vancouver
ing. The walls of the rooms are ! to pay our employees, and these
city. It is reported he has read i to Tacoma is not backed by the
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nicely decorated by pages torn ! employees an- Portland people,
the vice commission’s report, and Milwaukee line, as time will show.
east it aside. His latest move It is. instead, backed by the
from fashion magazines, and here depending on us for their living!
ÿ * T and
there a small table and a It we cut our prices below this
has been to get real well ac Stone & Webster interests, who
chair
or two may la- seen by those rate, we either lose money, or we
quainted with the grand jury, some four years ago planned an i ;*J I-P t»!
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who enter. These details are men must eut down our expenses to
and to urge that body to look electric internrban line from
tioned in passing, and merely as meet the lower income; nod the
into the conduct of Mr. Cameron.
Wash., to Vancouver,
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an
introduction.
On the streets it is reported that Vancouver.
only way to do this is to dis
B. C. Sections of this line from
an attempt will be made to tan Tacoma,
Last
week
there
appeared
in
charge men. So to keep these
Seattle to Ever
the
residence
districts
of
the
city
gle Cameron up with the ancient ett have through
Cortland men on the job, and to
already been built and j
a
number
of
young
men,
who
May Real mystery.
pay
them and ourselves, we have
in opreation, and the linei
went
from
house
t.
i
<
house
dis
In the meantime the police and are
to
get
a certain amount for our
from Everett to Bellingham is
tributing
cards.
These
cards
had
Sheriff Stevens have been doing now
Cortland
printing.
under course of construction. \
spaces
on
them
for
names
and
ad
their work. Nightly there ha^ In this
“
But
when
we figure on a job
last stretch of line a log-!
dresses
and
on
the
end
of
each
been brought to the police sta ging road
from
out
of
town
we are in an
north from i
card
was
a
stub
bearing
a
num
tion the usual grist of crooks Everett to St. running
altogether
different
position. In
has already
ber.
Arriving
at
a
house
the
and lawbreakers of varied kinds. been aekuired. Marys
stead
of
figuring
this
job on our
track-laying
canvasser told “ the lady of the local fixed expenses, we can fig
Mr. Stevens has continued to and grading is and
proceeding
be
house” that lie was collecting ad urc it on the cost of production
keep a watchful eye upon the tween Bellingham and Mount
dresses, and was going to send alone, for it is extra work that
roadhouses, as was demonstrated Vernon.
out advertising matter. The we had not taken into consider
the other night when he landed The link in the system from
name of “ the lady of the house” ation. So when we get a job from
down on the Linnton road only Tacoma
Photo*
copyright.
1912.
by
American
P
ro
*
Association.
Wash.,
once
obtained, the canvasser Seattle, the chances are we can
about two seconds behind the po will be lull to it Vancouver.
the guidance
HE “ I.lttle W hite House" ground* at Sea U lrt never before were would tear off the numbered stub do it for perhaps five or ten per
lice patrol when a fight broke out of the huge under
tram pled by such * crowd ** th at which gathered to make a Demo and leave it. saving that it might cent less than Cortland prices,
in a party of joy riders. The Corporation, the Washington-Oregon
cratic holiday of the "notiflcatlou" of Governor Wilson. It I* esti win a prize.
greatset electric
Governor has written Sheriff Ste concern in the Northwest.
and still make a profit on it
m ated th at 5.000 people attended Uie ceremonies, and It la unofficially
This
Some
three
or
four
days
later
vens a number of letters, but concern has already purchased
That is why I say that a man can
reported th at the condition of the governor’s right hand and arm the next two
day
they have been somewhat out of the internrban road between Cen-
waa auch aa to make him believe that he had shaken bitnda with all of them. other young men, nicely and always make better terms for an
date, for most of the information tralia and Chehalis. and will use A com m ittee of nfty-tw o member», on# from each atate. the D istrict of Co neatly dressed, followed the first outside market than he can for
contained in them has already it as a part of the southern sec lumbia, Alaska. H aw aii and Porto Rico, w aited upon tbe candidate, and Sen canvassers about. They called at his home market. He has got to
been taken cognizance of by the tion of the line. A branch will ator Klect out# Jam es, (linked by senators, congressm en and governors, did the houses where the numbered make a certain profit otu of his
the talking up to the point when the governor read hla speech of acceptance.
had been left, and gave home market, which is his only
sheriff.
be built from the main line Mr*. Wilson and her daughters were Interested wltneases of the form alities, stubs
glad
tiilings.
The “ lady of the sure resource, in order that he
In short. Governor West seems also
the Cowlitz valley—in fact, which were enlivened by the presence of a large num ber of prom inent Demo- house” was extremely
fortunate, can make his annual expenses.
to be somewhat up against it for up
crate,
Including
Governor
M
arshall,
the
vice
presidential
candidate,
who,
In
is already well under | the photograph, la aaen standing at Governor W ilson's left.
they said. There had been a Once assured of this, we can fi(f.
material for a really good grand- this branch
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Plenty of Excitement, But No about the city streets. Enthusi Kay be reduced to the ranks end of things when all the votes
uniform,” said the Man on | are counted. And Fitz ought to
astic honking of an automobile and
Great Change Noticed in
Corner. “ Well, I guess Tom make a god sheriff at that.
siren is a violation of one of the the
City's Morality.
city ordinances. This man has Kay had it coming to him all “ Fitz has made good at about
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