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P O RTLAN D , OREGON, OCTOBER 25, 1912
COMMISSION GOVERNMENT
DESERVES TO BE DEFEATED
Just One Foolish Man Under
Commission Form Is Menace
to All Advancement.
Voters who will, in the near cutive board have surprised many
future, be given an opportunity people, and have delayed consid
to express an opinion upon the erable sewer work that ought to
advisability o f adopting the com be rushed to completion. Dr. Fix-
mission form of government in ott presumably has acted as he
Portland, may obtain some inter thought correct in his votes upon
esting data upon the practical sewer construction, but the fact
workings of the plan by review remains that he has caused delay
ing recent events in the municipal to much needed sewer work.
Theory Versus Practice.
fire commission’s affairs.
Particularly will they find illu
But sewer work is not the topic
mination in the manner in which in view. What has Dr. Fixott
contracts for the purchase of au done to better Portland’s fire de
tomobile fire apparatus were dis partment, and to make it more
efficient and better able to protect
posed of.
Portland’s fire department, like the lives and property of Port
some other branches of the city ’s land’s citizens?
business, is managed by a com
Sometime before the fire appar
mission composed of certain mem atus contracts were taken up, Dr.
bers of the executive board. Next Fixott was one of a party of Port
to the police commission, this is land officials who visited Denver
probably the most important com and other cities to inspect other
mission in the city; and it has di fire departments, and to attend a
rectly and indirectly in its hands convention of fire fighters. At the
the safey of the men, women and convention, various kinds of fire
children whose homes lie within apparatus were on display. Dr.
the city limits. This responsibility Fixott viewed these displays in
alone should be sufficient to ban common with other members of thè
ish all personalities from the de party. But while all the others re
liberations of the commission.
garded the different apparatus
from the viewpoint o f technical
Just One Example.
Upon this fire commission, as j efficiency, Dr. Fixott seemed to
among others, is one Dr. Henry C. be interested in but one thing—
Fixott. Dr. Fixott is a man who cost.
The group of Portland officials
ranks as a good citizen. He is a
professional man, he is a director returned. The chief of the fire de
in a charitable enterprise of con partment, who was one o f the
siderable merit, he is a prominent group, turned in a report, recom
resident of the Sellwood district, mending that a certain variety of
a leading member of one of the fire apparatus be purchased. He,
Sellwood churches, and a man and the other members, thought
who has, by his own effort, at this apparatus the best for a
tained remarkable success since number of reasons. It seemed
he first came to Portland. In practical, it was manufactured by
short, he is just such a man as|a reputable firm, it was standard
the average voter might pick for apparatus, its parts were carried
a member of a commission which in stock by a Portland agency, so
would rule the city if the com- that repairs could be easily made
mission form of government were — in short, it was regarded as the
adopted.
most efficient.
When it comes down to h is1
Matter of Price,
actual accomplishments on behalf j And Dr. Fixott? Dr. Fixott (lid
of the city, however. Dr. Fixott! not agree with the others. He,
does not loom in quite so favor-¡without technical training or prac-
able a light. His official actions tical experience, differed with the
on matters that have come before views of the chief of the depart-
the sewer committee of the exe- ment. He believed that a cheaper
DETERMINED OPPOSITION TO
STREET CAR MONOPOLY
variety of apparatus was just as
good. The fact that this other
apparatus was practically un
known in the Northwest, that it
was not carried by Northwestern
firms, that it had no standard rep
utation— made no difference to
him. It was cheap, that was the
main thing. And because it was
cheap, Dr. Fixott thought it was
good enough for Portland. Be
cause it was cheap he was willing
to risk the safety of property and
people upon its improved effi
ciency.
In other words, without techni
cal judgment, Dr. Fixott wanted
this apparatus just because it was
cheap. Fortunately for Portland,
Dr. Fixott didn’t get what he
wanted. The ideas of the majority
were accepted, and standard ap
paratus was accepted.
Now, suppose Dr. Fixott had
been a commissioner in full
charge, under commission rule,
of the fire department : While aet-
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Subscription Price: VL 00 per Year.
ing presumably with the best of
motives, he would have made it j
impossible for Portland to acquire j
a large amount of cheap fire ap
paratus—which is the poorest
kind of economy.
Do Portland citizens want such
things possible? Do they want
commission rule, when the word
of one man will have so much Johnson-Bradford Safe Company W ill
weight? Do they want this when
the mistakes of a perfectly hon
Erect Large Factory in Near If
est man may do as much harm
as the deliberate wrong-doing of
Present Plans Materialize.
a crook? Probably not.
The commission form of gov
At an early date, a large factory
ernment is dangerous because it
will be erected at some point in
places too much power in the
the Last Side section of the city.
hands of a few men.
At the present time, the castings
of their safes are made in Chi
COMMERCIAL CLUB BORN.
cago. The East Side factory will
be utilized as the assembling point
Portsmouth Residents Get To A Wonderful Oregon Invention for the different parts and the
That W ill Have a World-Wide finished product will be shipped
gether to Advance Community.
Market — Demand Already is hence to the different Pacific Coast
salesrooms, and the Orient.
Greater Than Supply.
The Portsmouth Commercial
This new industry will employ
Club was formally organized last
common labor as well as expert
The
Johnson-Bradford
Safe
Co.
week at a banquet held in the
machinists, and when the factory
Oddfellows’ Hall in University have secured large quarters on proper is established, thousands of
Park, about 60 residents of that the East Side, exact location to dollars will be added to the pay
district interested in the general be announced as soon as legal roll of the East Side. There is no
uplift of their community being documents are signed, and will question as to the success of this
present to contribute to the suc establish their assembly shops enterprise, as the demand already
here.
cess of the movement.
exceeds the supply, and orders aro
booked for one year ahead.
The public has heard very little
o f this Oregon invention— the first
ANOTHER INDUSTRY
FOR THE EAST SIDE
TO BUILD FIRST
BURGLAR-PROOF
ANDMARINESAFE
RULE OF FIVE “ COMMISSION CHARTER” KINGS
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HATES WOMEN;
HIDES IN A GAVE
Cannot Bear Sight of Them, Says
Man Found in Woods Near
Danbury, Conn.
Danbury, Conn.— Hating wom
en and everything feminine, a
man of :15 years, known as Dan-
iehl, lias cut himself off from
civilization. He was found by
policemen in a mountain cave,
about 12 miles from here, follow
ing a complaint that a wild man
frightened women who were view
ing the scenery.
The cave dweller said he had
lived in the mountains three
years and had frightened the
women away because he could
not bear the sight of them.
COW GIVES BIRTH
TO FOUR CALVES
Mother Is Black Cow, Five Years
Old— Had Two Calves Before
She Became Mother of Quads.
DO YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THIS^MR. VOTER P
Iowa City, Iowa.— Born, to a
Hereford cow, on the Arthur Itus-
sell farm, four calves; all alive
and kicking.
The remarkable contribution to
the live stock of a prominent
Johnson County farmer, is be
lieved to be without parallel in
this State. There are two black
and two red calves. One o f each
color has u white face.
The mother cow recognized the
whole quartette as her own, but
the task of feeding them was too
much for her and two of them
will be put with other cows.
The mother is a black cow, f>
years old, and had had two calves
before she became mother to the
quadruplets, but they came sing
ly. There have been instances
where three calves have been born
to a cow, but they have generally
been unhealthy. These four are
as active and healthy looking as
any that can be found.
council, but so far have done Seventh Street, it will seek prop-1 line from coming south of Kill-
work unless it gets a franchise nothing but delay the granting of erty in the Central East Side for ingsworth Avenue,
with a common-user clause at the franchise.
this purpose, and so better the
The purpose of the local street
tached.
East Siders are not much con entire district lying to the east car trust in doing this is twofold:
The Heusner franchise is for an cerned about this Seventh Street o f the river. But violent opposi- First, to keep out a competing
interurban line, designed ulti opposition, however, as they feel tion will be made to all efforts of line as regards local business;
Peninsula People Aid Heusner mately to connect this city with assured that if the road cannot the Portland Railway, Light & and, secondly, to force the in
Interurban to Reach Heart of Vancouver, Wash., and with other make its passenger terminal on j Power Company to prevent the
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cities in Southeastern Washing
City.
ton. Portland, through its Com
Members of the North Albina mercial Club, has long been seek
Push Club are hearitly in favor ing the trade o f Southwestern
of the Heusner franchise, and are Washington, and at each meeting
determined to put up a hard fight of the Southwestern Washington
against the efforts of the I ort- Development League, this city has
land Railway, Light & Power Co. sent delegations whose aim it has
to block the entrance of the com been to better business relations
Washington D. C.— A live frog man realized there was some 1 iv-1 several times fainted with pain
with this section of the neighbor that crawled and clawed and ing animal in her stomach. She
peting line to Portland.
Still the doctors, when she toll
-J. H. Nolta. president of the ing state. Action of the Portland croaked, lived for nearly a year consulted doctors, but they all
them of her fears, laughed. Two
club, and an ardent booster al Railway Company in blocking the in the stomach of Mrs. L. V. King laughed at her. Last spriiar, the
ways for the East Side, is lead new line is regarded as a direct of Dean Wood. After elawing frog, now reaching its full growth, months ago, the frog, declares
ing the fight against the oppon slap, not only at the East Side, away at the lining of the woman’s began tr climb into her throat and Mrs. King, began to croak. She
ent!- of the new line, and has but at the entire city as well. The stomach until it was raw with nearly suffocated her. It clawed distinctly head it many times, and
called a mass meeting of North East Side feels that the new line pain, almost strangling her as it away at the membrane until she her relatives bear her out. That
Portland citizens to make formal will be bound to give an impetus climbed into her throat and fairly
determined her to leave the phy-
protest against the methods pur to its many industries, and as reducing her to a living skeleton,
Isicians of Dean Wood severely
TIGHT
CORSETS
KILL.
the
proposed
road
will
tap
the
sued by the local street railway
it was finally extracted by physi-i
alone, and consult city doctors.
manufacturing
district
.
,
. . . . of the
. . - pen-
, icians of the Emergency Hospital,
trust.
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San Francisco, Calif.— Mrs.
She did so. She went to the
It is already charged by Mr. insula and upper Albina tt is d e -■ xhpv use(, a lar(fe pump. The frog
Julia R. Brandon, wife of a Emergency Hospital and the frog I w m be Digmisse(1 by New j
Nolta that the Portland Railway Portlanders6 m° re X
N orth|i* now preserved in alcohol.
physical culture expert and a was pumped out of its hiding | Board if He Ref' geg to 0be'
people have started to lay an
It is a weak, colorless, wrinkled,
friend of Mayor Rolph, died place. The frog lived ten min-1
Opposition, more or less in
extra track on Maryland avenue
the Rule.
shapeless specimen, and bears a| from wearing tight corsets.
utes in a tub of water. It croaked |
spired.
has
already
appeared
to
solely for the purpose of block-
, - _
This is the first case of the and sang just like any regular
ing the entrance of the new line the road from certain Seventh faint resemblance to the normal
Cedar Grove, X. J.— Because
kind on record. She had never frog. Then it died. According Leofric Temple, 17 years old, re
from the Peninsula district. Mr. ¡Street property owners, who de- frog. Its legs are long and thin
before had on corsets. She was to the physicians this is the first fused to salute the American flag
Nolta declares that the street car elare that they do not wish the as toothpicks. It measures, all-
companv has no intention of ns- line to reach the heart of the city told, about seven inches. Just as
28 year old and of beautiful time on record that any animal of ami to pledge allegiance to it in
figure. She put on the corsets, the proportions of a frog has ever
in i'th is Maryland avenue track over the new Broadway bridge it was breaking out of the egg
the exercises at the public school
laced them tight and caused lived in a human stomach, at j in Cedar Grove, a special meet-
for regular car service, and be- \ and this down town thoroughfare, the tadpole was swallowed by
least
for
the
period
of
11
months.
Mrs.
King
in
well
water
last
Aug
peritonitis.
lieves that the city should not
They have filed remonstrances
It is a most remarkable ease.
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permit it to continue with this,against the franchise with the city list. Weeks passed before the wo-
NEW RAILWAY FOR
EAST PORTLAND
TADPOLEISWALLOWED OY WOMAN TURNS
INTO FROG AND NEARLY STRANGLES HER
BOY MUST SALUTE
FLAG OR QUIT
PUBLIC SCHOOL