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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1DOG.
PLEDGE FAITH IN
CITY'S F
E
Members of Chamber of Com
merce Hold Annual Meet
ing, Election and Banquet.
ENTHUSIASM THE KEYNOTE
11. Jl. Hogc, Elected President, De
livers Inaugural Address Many
Stirring Speeches Are Made.
Mayor Lane Talks.
NEW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
OFFICERS.
R. Jl. Hoge was elected president
of the Portland Chamber or Com
merce at a meeting held last night
at C o'clock, succeeding W. D.
"Wheelwright. The other officers of
the Chamber of Commerce elected
last night are: Edward Ncwbegln.
vice-president; E. C. GUtner. secre
tary; Philip Buehner. Edward Cook
Ingham. A. Feldenhelmer. Fletcher
Linn. J. Couch Flanders and Jay
Smith, trustees.
The retiring officers are: W. D.
"Wheelwright, president; R. R. Hope,
vice-president; E. C. Glltner. secre
tary; Edward Cooklngham, J. Ernest
Laldlaw. Hugh McGulre, Julius L.
Meier. Jay Smith. Paul Wesslngcr,
trustees. E. C. Glltner was re
elected secretary, and Jay Smith and
Edward Cooklngham trustees.
It has been the custom of the
Chamber of Commerce to elect the
vice-president of the organization
prcsldenfat the annual elections, and
if this precedent is followed Edward
Ncwbegin will be the next president.
The new officers will organize at a
meeting to be held Friday afternoon.
More than 250 loyal, enthusiastic and
determined citizens gathered about the
banquet board at the Commercial' Club
last night and celebrated the close o the,
annual meeting of the Portland Cham
ber of Commerce. The objects of their
enthusiasm and loyalty need not be speci
fied, but their determination was tJ boost
Portland and to insure for It that glori
ous and splendid future of prosperity
and progress that now seems certain.
There were no faint-hearts or doubt
ers at the banquet, the kind who are
prone to predict that perhaps Portland
come day will be among the very fore
most cities of the United States. All
the assembled business men w.ere deter
mined that Portland should be a great
city, and if any skeptic doubtful of the
future was there he took precautions to
conceal his opinions.
Although "g. greater Portland and a
greater Oregon" has been worked over
time ever since the series of excursions
to neighboring cities was inaugurated,
this slogan was the keynote of the meet
ing. Rarely, if ever, has there been as
sembled in Portland a more representa
tive gathering of business men than that
which .sat down to the feast at the
Commercial Club last night. There were
about 250 persons present, practically all
of them men who have extensive business
interests in Portland, but this number
was less than half of the total mem
bership of the Chamber of Commerce. If
all had attended they could not have
found seats in the. large dining-room, as
this thriving and growing organization
has now 553 members.
More than this, if the present members
of the organization are successful in
carrying out their avowed Intention, next
year when the annual gathering takes
place it will be found that the family of
the Portland Chamber of Commerce num
bers 1000 members. The determination to
secure 1000 members was another key
note which was much in evidence last
night, those present pledging themselves
lo work with this end in view.
There have been .more elaborate ban
qucts out none more successful or enjoy
WHAT THE CHAMBER OF COM
MERCE DID IX 1003.
Exploited the resources of Portland
and Oregon.
Distributed between S0.000 and SZ.
000 plecos of literature, answered
thousands ot letters, registered and
entertained thousands of visitors.
Promoted civic improvement of
Portland.
Aided in building State Portage
Railroad.
Advocated enlarging powers of In
terstate Commerce Commission.
Led campaign for deepening Co
lum River bar and building Cclllo
Canal.
Took stand against mannor of exe
cuting Chinese exclusion law and
against the law Itself.
PRESIDENT WHEELWRIGHT'
annual report to the Chamber of
Commerce is a record of activity
in many lines of importance to Port
land and Oregon. Mr. Wheelwright
said in opening:
"It is certain that no Interest of the
state or city that has been brought
to the attention of the Chamber of
Commerce, directly or indirectly, has
"been neglected, that no enterprise in
the way of enhancing those interests
has failed to receivo the support and
encouragement of the Chamber, and
that no citizen of the state has called
on tills institution for its Influence
and aid without being accorded every
assistance within our power to grant.
And the records of the year shows that
the attention of the body has been
directed to many public matters. The
Chamber of Commerce has been active
on exploitation work, has taken up
actively the deepening of the Colum
bia River bar and the building of the'
Cclllo Canal, has aided In building the
portage railway, and has also taken
a decisive stand In favor of President
Roosevelt's rate policy.
Consolidation of Trade Bodies Fails.
President Wheelwright expressed re
gret that the movement to consolidate
,the Board of Trade and Chamber of
Commerce failed. On this topic he
said:
It was hoped that the Board of Trade would
be IndHced to amalgamate with the Chamber,
in the belief that the action of the stroncest
commercial body that it would be possible
to form and to-eupport -could render more ef
fective service to the -community than would.
T
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
IhllMiMiMi if rS7 flnB lr 'ff
able than the one held last night- All
present wore proud to be members of the
Chamber of Commerce, and from the
many expressions it could be seen that
they looked back upon their work with
a feeling of satisfaction. But they are
not wholly satislied. They are not of the
kind to be satisfied. When once they have
reached a level they immediately seek
for another higher up. This year they in
tend to accomplish more for Portland
and Oregon than the most sanguine mem
bers could have dreamed or when the
organization first saw the light of day.
After a highly enjoyable meal when the
members were ready for more Important
things, the newly elected president. R R.
Hogc, arose and delivered his speech In
acceptance of the position for which he
had been chosen. .Mr. Hogc made a
splendid, and. in fact, a brilliant oration,
in which nridrbln his hnmo At
ncuumiiiaiwj over an otner sent!
mcnts. Every word he uttered was preg
two or more bodies of similar constitution
and laboring for the Fame results. It -vas
believed, and I still believe, that unity of ac
tion is better than division of effort, and it
is unquestionable that an amalgamation would
have resulted in more economical use of the
money subscribed than had been or is now
being made. But I regret to my that all
effort to bring about a consolidation failed,
and we have had to resign ourseH-es to get
ting along without the assistance ot the mem
bers of the other Institution.
Great Exploitation AVork.
The Chamber of Commerce has
aimed to scatter information exploit
ing city and tate. This work was de
scribed by Mr. Wheelwright as fol
lows: Before the opening of the Exposition. Port
land received a visit from Walter Page, one
of the publishers ot the World's Work, and
by the liberality of two of our members, tho
Messrs. Brown, ilr. Page and his wife and a
small party were taken up the Columbia River
to the Cascade Locks in a special train. As
a result of this visit, it was decided to de
vote the August Issue of the magazine to
the Paciac Northwest, and afund of $2000
was raised by the Chamber, In consideration
of which a large portion of the Issue was
taken up with the City of Portland, the Ex
position and a presentation of Oregon's op
portunities. The publishers opened a spe
cial bureau of information with regard to
Oregon and its resources, and responded fully
to all inquiries, ot which they received a
largo number. Later in tho year an arrange
ment was made with Barry Bulkles. a" lec
turer of remarkable Intelligence and power,
to devote about a-half-hour of each one of
300 lecturea. to presenting to his audiences
the advantages of our city, illustrated by more
than 300 stereopticon views of the mort at
tractive character. I mention these two Inci
dents, but It is impossible within tho limits
of this report to give even a resume of all
the work that has been done during the year
by tho Chamber in the way of caring for the
interests of the community, of spreading in
formation about tho state and city, ot enter
taining visitors and of taking up special cases
in which our Influence or Interference was
requested. The Chamber of Commerce Bul
letin is published monthly as a private en
terprise of the Moseasohn Bros., but under
our auspices, and Is Invaluable to us In its
reports of our proceeding from month to
month, as. well as a potent influence toward
accomplishing the ends we aim at. The Cham
ber also fathered a so-called Guide Book for
Portland and the Fair, of which we had good
reason to .be ashamed,, but It has recently
put out a most attractive booklet of which
it has even reason to be proud and ot which
20.000 copies are being dlstrlbuti-d.
Permanent Exhibit and Information
Bureau.
The permanent exhibit and informa
tion bureau has fulfilled a -raluaJale
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS AlfD
nnnt with sincerity and fcoling. and his
address left a lasting impression upon all
those present. Again and again he was
Interrupted by bursts of applauds which
greeted his remarks. In part Mr. Hogc
said:
President llogc's Speech.
In accepting the honor you have conferred
upon me I And myself In a position f em
barrassment. Behind me in the administration
of a treat president; before me. the needs
ot greater Portland. In the matter of speech,
the mantle of Elijah will fall an a misfit upon
my shouldors as Ellsha. But In dertre to pro
mote the Interests of the Chamber, of the
city and of the Northwest corner of God's
"promised land." I yield priority to no man
and pledge to you the best there In In me to
this end. And while I purpose that this
shall count for something, co-op-rat fori la es
sential to a full measure of success: In affairs
as in athletics. It Is team work that wins.
By thin. I mean that even mmhrr f is.
Chamber must have an Interest In Its work;
mission. This is described as follows:
The permanent exhibit and information bu.
reau are under the general management of the
permanent exhibit committee, assisted by the
ocretary and office staff of the Chamber and
by Dr. A. Lo Roy and C. W. Miller. I am
Informed by Dr. Le Roy, who was connected
with the original information bureau at the
Union Depot, that the change has been bene
ficial to the work, and that during the last
six months of the year tho bureau has re
celved and answered many letters, has distrib
uted large quantities of literature, has regis
tered and entertained over 2000 visitors, and
has located many families as permanent tchI
dentfl of the state. Correspondence has been
conducted with people in all parts of the coun
try. Including every state in the Union, and
with residents of Canada, Great Britain
Egypt. India, China, the Philippine Islands
and Australia, as a result of which many
families have settled In the riate. A great
deal of time was occupied In moving the ex
hibits, and it was not till after the cloe of
the Fair that we were able to avail of tho
additions obtained from the Exposition, mainly
by tho courtesy of the State Commission, to
whom our thanks are due. The Chamber It
seir, outride of this information bureau, ban
distributed betwom S0.O0O and 5,000 pieces
of literature, lias answered thousands of let
ters asking for Information about the state
and city, and has posted a great many people
with details as to locations for manufac
turing and other slants.
Civic Improvement a Failure.
The civic improvement board organized
by the Chamber of Commerce flourished
for a time and then virtually failed.
President Wheelwright said:
A good many meetings were held, and a
great many of the residents of the city. In
cluding ladles, deroted much time to point
ing out special cases requiring action and in
trying to Induce the owners of property and
those who had charge of it to remove unsight
ly objects and keep fences, vacant lots, etc. in
repair and proper condition. The Chief of
Police worked harmoniously with us and ren
dered valuable assistance. There was at one
time a marked Improvement In the appearance
of the clt-j. generally. The special offlccr de
tailed lor our service by the Chief brought
In reports of hundreds of cases where the
board acted through one or another of Its
agencies and to" good effect, while the police
men as a body, under orders from the Chief,
paid more attention than they had ever done
before to the enforcement of the city ordi
nances, but notwithstanding all efforts, there
were many cases where the owners of prop
erty refused to listen to our protests or ap
peals and allowed it to remain in a condition
that wts and Is now a d Lf grace to any civil
ized community, and the want of any general
chic aplrit In this direction was ebown by
the fact that less than 500 people out of our
population of somewhere about 110,000 con
tributed the. sum of $1 each to the case. The
asaoiiat of oncy collected paid oaly a small
HEARS REPORT OF RETIRING PRESIDENT WHEELWRIGHT
that every committeeman must be controlled
by the spirit of activity and every trustee
zealous and conscientious in the performance
of his duties. Working together thus we shall
succeed: falling short, we shall fall In de
gree. It Is the exercise of Htrength rather
than ftrenrth Itself which prevail. There
fore, let us get Into action with an energy
which pauses not at obstacles and which
neither slumbers nor sleeps and bring Into un
impeded embrace the Inland Empire and the
Pacific; reaping from the commerce of the
Columbia, mighty In Its control as the cheap
est pathway to the sea, and from the rati
which skirt Its banks and which will shortly
occupy our mountain passes running north and
south, east and west a prosperity beyond our
dreams and of which none can deorlvc us.
"Welcome, thrice welcome to the Portland
and Nchalem and Great Southern; to Harri
man's Natron-Ontario and branch lines, and to
Hill's north-bank road, all making for a great
prosperity in state and city. But let us not
forret that without a phinnrl In anrt nrrr
the bar and an open river standing for the
fraction of the expense Incurred, and when
it was gone the chamber carried the work
along with as little expense as possible until
the latter part of the year, when the present
Chief of Police found It necessary to appoint
our special officer on the mounted police
force, so that for the last two or three weeks
nothing whatever has been done. Nor am
I encouraged by my experience to recommend
my successor to take up the cause of civic
improvement as a part c his many duties.
Work for the Open Itlvcr.
President Wheelwright gives the open
rlvcr committee credit for efficient work:
The open-river committee has done yeoman
service In the direction of providing a water
route from Lewiston to Portland (which
mean, ot course, from Lewiston to the sea),
and with the Open River Association Is to be
credited with procuring the legislation that
resulted In tho building by the state of the
Portage Railroad around Celllo Falls. This
road was opened on Saturday, June 3, under
the auspices of the Chamber (by reason of
the modesty and politeness of the Open River
Association), which, through tho courtesy of
the O. It. &. X. Co.. provided a special train
from Portland for the occasion, in the pres
ence of Governors. Senators, a large number
of other distinguished- guests from all parts
of the country, numbering altogether about
3000 people. The Importance ot thta event
cannot be overestimated. It had the Immedi
ate effect of lowering railroad rates to and
from tho points that were thus opened to river
traffic, and it is fair to presume that It will
for alt time have a regulating Influence In that
direction. Only one boat has been on the
run the past eeaon. but a project to bulk!
another Is approaching completion, and the
traffic obtainable from landings that are more
convenient for steamboat than for railroads
will support a line ot large capacity. Work has
begun on The Dalles-Celllo Canal, for which
the State Portage Railroad fct a temporary
make-shift, and it Is hoped and believed that
during the period of the construction the
Government will remove the few obstacle
that now exist In the way of free navigation
between Lewlpton aad Portland.
Irrigation Is Important.
On the subject ot irrigation Mr. Wheel
wright said:
There are vast areas In Eastern and Cen
tral Oregon that can be brought Into use
and made attractive to mttlers by Irrigation,
and there should be a campaign of education
In many parts of the state to show the farm
ers bow much can be dose to Improve the
value ot their land and to Increase Its product
without waiting ior the vast and comprehen
sive schemes that the Government is expected
to carry through to a conclusion in the course
of years. Deep plowlsg will do wonders to
begin with, and la many cases & nmall and
comparatively inexpensive Irrigation plant can
be erected that will do more. While there Is
practically no rainfall la many parts ot tho
state. .It & equally true that the supply of
water from melting aaew la thoee regioas Is
v '
friendship and trade of Eastern "Washington
and Idaho, we canaot attain the ultimate of
our greatness.
The St. Paul is building: the Northwestern
and "Western Pacific are coming to the Pacific
Northwest and we want to see to It. not only
that they come to Portland, but that when
they get here they can do business with the
Orient and the Islands of the sea as well,
or better, out of the barnacle-destroying Co
lumbia as from Puget Sound. Shall we do
this? Yes. aad yes again, for pride and
profit are both at stake. Therefore. I Invoke
you to be dominated by the spirit ot Nelson
and the strenueusness. of Roosevelt In your
support of the officers and trustees you have
chosen, for the kry of the Chamber as an
enduring body and of the city we love and
would make great among: the cities of
earth.
amply sufficient to supply aU
STIm Jr ,lnteas fara"S. f only It can
$5..' M "Ulred dHr,n the 'y "a--
U mans a Ja of reservoirs in
? ,? "le,water- as th melts, can be
held, and from which It can be distributed. In
order to be drunk up by the thirsty land as Its
thirst appears. The problem Is a simple one
and often Inexpensive.
Itailroad Legislation Favored.
Mr. Wheelwright advocated President
Roosevelt s policy of establishing an ad
ministrative tribunal with power not to
make up tariffs and schedules, but on
complaint of an Inequitable rate to fix a
maximum rate above which the railroads
may not go.
.3tlr' Whcclright spoke as follows on
this topic:
This body has expressed llselt more than
once in favor of enlarging the powers of the
Interstate Commission so that It will become
Just such a tribunal an that mentioned by
the president. Without any hostility to the
railroads or to any occ of them, it cannot but
be seen that while they are really one of two
contracting parties, the other being the com
munities through which they run, to which
they are bound to give good and reasonable
service for Just compensation, in recognition
of privileges granted by those communities,
they claim to be the final arbiter and a court
of last resort in any question that la raised
by the other contracting party. Their atti
tude Is often fair and reasonable, but some
times otherwise, and when It is unfair and
unreasonable, the complainant has no remedy.
And It is exactly this situation that has cre
ated a demand throughout the country for a
tribunal that shall hear and determine. It la
clearly wrong that one of two parties to a
contract shall have the nolo power to decide
not only what Its own rights are. but also to
pass upon the rights and limitations of th
other, and the railroads ought not to com
plain ot an Impartial tribunal of a Judicial
character that shall hear complaints and take
action upon those that are well founded, sub
ject to review by the courts. There Is another
direction In which Governmental supervision
should bo exercised, and that b to compel
the railroad companies to use every possible
safeguard for the Uvea of employes, of the
traveling public and of other persons whose
lives are endangered by railway trains.
Deepening Columbia Bar.
The Chamber of Commerce has been
active in leading the campaign for
deepening the Columbia River bar.
After giving credit to Theodore B.
Wilcox, the transportation committee
and Senators Fulton and Gcarin, Mr.
Wheel wrlght said:
In the matter ot Its efforts to deepen the
bar. the Chamber ha no apologies to offer.
We believe that everything has been done
that could be done, and any limitation of de
mands on Congress has been dictated by a
pouaddtscretkm. We respected aad aided the
passenger agent of the Harriraan
lines in Oregon. The address in part
is as follows:
Address by II. 31. Cake.
United Oregon has become the slogan o"
the Portland business man. "United Ore
gon" la the hearty, whole-souled yoll ot the
strong and vigorous college boss. "United
Oregon" Is upon tho banners of all
the development organizations throughout
the state. The meetings of the different
commercial organizations held by the Ore
gon Development League, the "Willamette
Valley League and the Southern Oregon
League, and the conventions held In the
Valley and In Eastern Oregon In the Inter
est of Irrigation, horticulture, good roads
and open waterways, are all Indicative of
the aroused spirit, the new life that has
come to us and which promises untold re
sults In the development of our Industrial,
commercial and agricultural resources.
In his address Mr. Cake took several
"hot shots" at the railroads, commenting-
on poor roadbeds, poor rolling
stock, etc. but Mr. Craig read the
lines without flinching much, to the
merriment of those present.
W. W. Cotton delivered an able and
appropriate address, dealing with
the Willamette Valley. He said the
Willnmette Valley could not raise
wheat to advantage, such could not
be expected from a "garden." but he
said the possibilities for dairying, the
development of water power, and the
building up of factories and other In
dustrial enterprises were unlimited.
He said the Willamette Valley did not
need the money of Portland, but want
ed the assistance and co-operation of
this city.
Mayor Lane was among those who
appeared on the programme. He
talked mostly on Alaska, "scolding"
to use his own words the people of
this city for not reaching out and ob
taining that which rightfully belongs
to them. Mayor Lane is an enthusi
ast over Alaska and he predicted a
growth for that section of the country
that would be the wonder of the
world. He said Portland could get
part of the trade if only an effort
were made.
J. A. Filcher. Commissioner from
California to the Lewis and Clark Ex
position, made a short address in
which he paid many glowing compli
ments to tho Chamber of Commerce,
to the retiring president of the qr
ganlzatlon. W. D. Wheelwright, and
President Hoge. He said he had been
connected with commercial bodies for
many years and that the Chamber of
Commerce w-as one of the best organ
izations of its kind in the West.
President Hoge closed with a short
address In which he asked every
member to take an obligation upon
himself in adding not less than one
new name to the membership of the
Chamber of Commerce. This sugges
tion met the approval of all present.
All of the speakers spoke of the
good work that had been accomplished
by Mr. Wheelwright and the retiring
board of trustees, and President Hoge
also received much praise. There were
selections by the Boyer Quartet and
,J. W. Alexander. R. M. Dodson gave
an impersonation of a farmer.
The annual election of officers was
held in the regular quarters at G
o'clock, before the banquet, which be
gan about S o'clock.
All Elected Unanimously.
The elections were all unanimous,
and the reports of the various standing
committees were all adopted. President
Wheelwright then submitted his an
nual report which was listened to very
attentively and incited no little favor
able comment.
Upon the conclusion of the address
President Wheelwright was tendered
a rousing ovation, being applauded for
several minutes. The officers were then
elected and President Hogc was es
corted to his chair. He said a few
words and then called for a vote of
thanks to President Wheelwright and
the retiring board of trustees which
was passed amid considerable enthu
siasm. Following- the reports from the
committees the assemblage adjourned
to the banquet .rooms In the Commer
cial Club.
The transportation committee sub
mitted a lengthy report most of which
was confined to the question of rail
road rate regulation. The report states
that the committee would prefer to in
dorse such a bill as will give the In
terstate Commerce Commission power
to designate a proper rate In case com
plaint should be made. The report also
states that the transportation commit
tee has been actively engaged In mak
ing a fight for the appropriation for
the continuance of the work of im
provement at the mouth of the Co
lumbia River, and that It has decided
to send a representative to Washing
ton to aid in tho matter.
Little was said of the railroad sit
uation, this phase of the work of the
trnnmrrttIon committee havinjr been
fully covered by a report submitted
several weeks ago.
The statement that the Malheur Ir
rigation project has not been lost sight
President Wheelwright Reviews Its Manifold Activities
in Many Directions for the
efforts of Major Langfltt to have the dredge
Chinook laid off, not because we didn't think
It possible that she might accomplish some
thing toward Improvement, but because her
continued operation meant the speedy exhaus
tion of the appropriation which would have
cawed the cessation of work on the Jetty.
"We have made no move toward the com
mencement of work on the north Jetty, not
because we are unaware of the probability
that Ita construction will In time be neces
sary to the permanent maintenance of a deep
channel, but because we believe that every
dollar obtainable from Congress for tho im
provement ot the bar should be expended on
the present Jetty until that one Is com
pleted. We have the word ot General Macken
zie that In the opinion of the Board of En
gineers the present Jetty will produce a 40
foot channel, although he says no one should
overlook the possibility that In time It will
be necessary to build the north Jetty, of
which need, however, there will be amplo
warning In the gradual shoaling up ot the
deep channel. It must be borne In mind that
the dbjpcwHlon of Congress Is to decrease ap
propriations rather than to increase them,
the last river and harbor bill providing for
the expenditure of only $32,000,000. as against
about J60.000.000 In the one before It. and
that the total appropriation Is divided among
communities according to their Importance
and population, so that by far the major share
must go to the more densely settled states.
Under these circumstances It behooves us to
ask ot the Government only such amount of
money as can be advantageously expended ac
cording to recommendations of the engineers,
and I must say that hitherto the difficulty
has not been with the recommendations ot the
engineers, but with the curtailing dtapcultlon
of Congress Itself. No doubt It would be de
slrablo to get an appropriation now of 4(1,000.
000 that would guarantee prosecution of the
present work with all possible dispatch, the
building and employment of a suitable dredge
and the construction of a north Jetty, but such
a programme Is impossible. In view ot the
claims coming before the Congressional com
mittee from all parts of the country; and.
therefore. I counsel that we confine ourselves
to requests that are reasonable and proper.
When there Is need of an emergency appro
priation let us ask for It, as we are asking
now,vand we shall get it, as we are going to
get It now. If It were proper for me to sug
gest a policy for the future. I should say
that of the next appropriations all the money
that can be expended advantageously should
be spent on the present Jetty until It Is fin
ished, leaving the balance of those appropria
tions for the upper river; then, that the greater
part of the following appropriations roould
be expended on the upper river. leaving to the
Jetty only a sufficient sum for Its maintenance
in good condition, until such time a -It shall
bo necessary to begin the construction of the
north Jetty. '
Chinese Exclusion.
The stand of the Chamber ot Commerce
on Chinese exclusion was briefly re
viewed i
In Juae aad' July last the Ckamber took a
of, as some persons arc inclined to
think, was the roost Important part
of the report submitted by the Irri
gation committee. .It touched on the
Umatilla project arid then stated that
it is still hoped that the Malheur pro
ject will be taken up and pushed
through.
The report of the grain standard
corsmltteo was necessarily short and
contained little of importance. It re
viewed In a very brief manner the
work that had been undertaken and
accomplished during the past year.
Secretary Giltner's Report.
Secretary E. C. Giltncr submitted
his annual report which showed that
the Chamber of Commerce is in a
flourishing conditi6n. It showed that
there was a balance of $1154.12 In the
bank. The report stated that 262
members had been elected during the
past year, making a total" of 533 new
members. The permanent exhibit committee sub
mitted Its report in which it reviewed the
work it had undertaken and accomplished.
This committee has charge of the exhibits
at the Chamber of Commerce. The report
states that many choice exhibits were ob
tained at the close of the Lewis and Clark
Exposition, adding greatly to the display.
nceJ? comm,"ee was organized more
than 2000 persons have left their names on
the register.
The report of the mining committee was
devoted largely to the research In black
sands by the United States Geological
Survey at the Lewis and Clark Exposition
last Summer. The report states that the
research developed the fact that the so
called black sands of the Pacific Const
contain gold, magnetic iron, monazite
zircon, and. In many cases, platinum
The report states that the experiments
were discontinued because of the lack of
funds and that $23,000 Is necessary to
complete the investigations. It says that
nheBfuc an other apparatus arc still
SL?0rt,,a?.d- and if Congress makes the
approDriatlnn wMi.ii i ...... :.
iKrSS'" m03t PW be con!
SEALED VERDICT BY JURY
Decision Is Reached in Suit Against
O. AV. P. Company.
The damage suit of John A. Ander
son against the Oregon Water Power &
Railway Company was submitted to the
jury by Judge George yesterday at 5
o'clock. At 10 o'clock, after five hours
deliberation, a scaled verdict was re
turned and It will be opened this
morning.
The attorney. W. T. Muir and Pan-
Malarkey, consuiried the day In ar
guments. Mr. Anderson visited the
Oaks last Summer, going there in hK
own prh-ate launch. He was refused
exit without buying a ticket for ID
cents for passage on one of the com
pany a boats, and when he protested
he says he was beaten and choked b
omcers employed by tho company.
FOOLED THE FOOTPADS
Charles Swanson Puts $200 In His
Sock and Is Held Up;
With $200 placed in the bottom ot his
sock to save himself from being robbed
by highwaymen. Charles Swanson was
held up but not robbed by two masked
men at East Third and Burnside streets
at midnight. One of the highwaymen
covered Swanson with a revolver, while
his companion searched him.
Several valuable non-negotiable papers
Were taken from ids pockets but wore
returned. The highwaymen thought not
of the large amount ot money in their
victim's sock, and after cursing him for
not carrying valuables, ordered him to go
on.
Form Xew Steamship Company.
Incorporation articles of the Inde
pendent Steamship Company were tiled
In the County Clerk's office yostcrday
by Harry Young, W. H. Patterson and
R. H. Hume. Capital stock $1000. Tho
objects arc to carry on the business
ot buying and selling, owning and
operating, steam, sailing and other ves
sels, to engage in buying and selling
for other parties, etc.
More Boilermakers Out.
BUFFALO, N. Y.. Jan. 10. Yester
day's additions to tho striking boiler
makers brought the number now out
up to 500. Tho strike Is for an In
crease in wage3 from 35 to 38 cents
an hour, and a nine-hour day. The
men also demand an eight-hour day
on housework with nine hours pay..
The "demands were first made a month
ago.
Good of City and State
forward stand with regard to the Chinese ex
clusion law; first, as to the barbarous man
ner ot its execution, which has kept the privi
leged classes of Chinese from coming to this
country, for fear ot being deported as coolies;
and second, In an appeal to the better sens
of the country agalnat the law itself. I shall
not weary you with a statement ot the fact."
or a repetition of the arguments, but will
simply say that it is most gratifying to noto
that there Is already to be seen a chance ot
public sentiment toward the position taken by
this body.
Thanks His Coadjutors.
Mr? Wheelwright concluded as follows;
In concluding this very long report I have
to thank you fqr your kind attention, for
the honor imposed in permitting me to oc
cupy the Important post of president of tho
Chamber of Commerce for one year, and far
the cheerful and kindly manner In which
you have treated my efforts to perform tho
duties of that office. My thanks are e soci
ally due to the board of trustees for their un
faltering support during the last 12 months
and to the secretary and assistant secretary
for the eminently satisfactory way In which
they have performed their duties'. In the
earnest hope that improvement In and a de
velopment of the work of this great com
mercial Institution have only begun. 1 now
bid you 'farewell.
Civil Service Bar Up Again.
Having let down the naturalization
bars Jong enough to permit Patrick:
Bruin to beccme a captain of detectives
in the Police Department, the Munici
pal Civil Service Commission yes
terday morning adopted a rule requir
ing all future applicants of foreign
birth to furnish their final citizenship
papers before becoming entitled to con
sideration for positions.
Under section 2, of article 2, of the
constitution of Oregon, any foreigner
can vote after taking out his first pa
pers, providing he has been a resident
of the state for more than six months.
It is estimated that a large percentage
of the foreign-born local population
has proceeded no further in the direc
tion of becoming citizens, under tho
erroneous impression that their decla
ration of intention makes them full
fiedged subjects of Uncle Sam.
Kcprlcvc for Mrs. Tolla.
TRENTON. N. J.. Jan. 10. Mrs. Tolla.
under sentence of death for murder, was
today granted a reprieve ot SO' davs by
Governor Stokes. Mr. Quackenboss. a
New York lawyer, appeared before the
Board of Pardons In Mrs. Tolla's behalf.
Mrs. Jesse 3. Portion, of Cincinnati, was
here with petitions containing 1S1;000 ,
names. . .
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