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10 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, .rABCH 1, 1906. 6S& I BUNDS. ISSUES FEDERATION Promoters of Christian Co-Op--erative Colony Sanguine Y of Success. MODEL CITY TO B FOUNDED Xcw York Financing Syndicate Will Undertake to Float $50,000,000 Issue Mid-Oregon Railway . One of Its Ventures.. Those interested in the Co-Operatlve Christian Federation feel that the en terprise has" taken such definite shape that it is no longer a project on paper. The faith of the men who are associat ed with the federation is unshaken and they firmly believe in its ultimate suc cess. They predict that within five years tho Mid-Oregon Railway will have been constructed, and tho model city in the heart of the Willamette Val ley established along: with tscvcral other smaller colonics In Eastern Ore gon. During the last few days arrange ments have been made for the bond issue of the federation Bonds aggre gating ;60,0M,300 will be placed on the market and the disposition of them is the least of tho troubles of those In terested In the enterprise. They say Vii. nrlll cfll ,! ronrillv jib anv of th bonds that have been on the market for several years. The rew loric ii nnTiplnir Svnrilrvite will undertake to float the bonds and the officials of the company believe tney will be sola witn out difficulty. It is expected by those of the fede ration that the bonds will be sold mostly through the medium of popu lar subscrintions. They will be of fered for sale In every part of the United States. Tho first step taken to 1lcnnc nf tli linn.k -ix' lit V tho dif fusing and popularizing of the plans and purposes of the federation. This campaign of advertising will be carried on until the people are thor oughly acquainted with the purpose of the federation and the great benefits -hfii win Vir derived bv the consum mation of this vast enterprise. It is believed that the plans or tne l'cacra tion arc so manifestly feasible that Vi nonnlo ti'JII ho vrv anxious in sub scribe for them. Single bonds will not be issued for less than 51000, but It will be arranged so that several per sons can co-operate in tne purciiasc of them. R!3oic.r of the federation sav that some of the most prominent financiers m the country nave invesugaicu mw imnrtn in "he iKKucri for the federation and that they all are unanimously of the opinion that they offer an excellent opportunity ror tne conservative in v.ctnr & in Trincr fund will be estab lished to protect the subscribers from loss and 16 per cent of the money re ceived from the sale of the bonds will be turned over Into the safe keeping of the federation trust This will be kept SO years when It is expected at compound interest to be sufficient to redeem the bonds at their face value at maturity. The bonds arc to draw in terest at the rate of 5 per cent and if the federation proves to be a financial success the holders of the bonds, win receive an additional 5 per cent on their Investment Distribution of Profits. Of the profits the members of the Fed eration will receive about three-fourths, to be equally distributed among all. How ever, different salaries will be paid to tho workers, ability to be considered. Five per cent will be used by the manage ment of the Federation, and an equal amount will be expended in extensions, such as the establishment of new col onics and enterprises. The spiritual and intellectual fund will receive 10 per cent of the surplus money, and this will be used to keep up the churches, schools, libraries, etc Labor leaders of National prominence are said to be following the developments of the Federation with intense interest, and arc of the opinion that It will do much to bring about the final solution of the differences which exist between capital and labor. Some of the most vis ionary of the labor enthusiasts say that if the Federation is a success that event ually a line of co-operative cities will extend from Oregon to New York. Dr. IT. S. Wallace, founder of the enter- Ml P. or PA&K Flume PlPC JLOVSCG rt-UJVTE WJCf TAKES WATER Fy?OA7 JZALCS CeZZJ ' Jcsr Above: . HEAD GATS UPPG TCIME. - oht f Attack SMOWH 77iS ON HILLSIDE WJLU ne SLUICED 0OhAf'l LAKEZ , . ortee, has announced that be has made Tirr&ngcmentg so that friends of .the. Fed eration In Oregon can subscribe for the bonds here. The bonds that are not sold In this state will be" handled by the syn dicate of New York capitalists. Dr. Wal lace leaves for the Bast again- tonight to perfect the arrangements that have been made with the New York parties and to attend to other business in con nection with the Federation. Already a. considerable amount of money has been raised In Portland and Oregon for the Federation, and those who are interested in the enterprise do not try to hide their gratification over the outlook. Steps have been taken for the enroll ment of the members of the Federation. Applicants will be subjected to a physical examination. Physical fitness for work and ordinary good health are requisites, and without them those who apply for membership will be refused. Only those of good moral character will be eligible. When a sufficient amount of money has been secured to allow the Federation to begin operations on an extensive scale, the first thing of Importance to be done will be the selection of the site of the model city in the Willamette Valley. Then work on the building of the settlement and the construction of the Mid-Oregon railroad, which will run from the Willam ette Valley to Ontario in Eastern Oregon, will begin. DR. W. H. STOY IS DEAD Was Hector of Trinity ' Episcopal Church From 1867 to J 871. Dr. W. II. Stoy. who will be remem bered by the older residents of Portland as rector of Trinity Episcopal Church from 1667 to 1S71. died yesterday morning at the Southern Pacific Hospital at Sac ramcnto. He was taken there last week when he fell from the steps of a train he was boarding at Sacramento. Sam B, Stoy. of Portland, his son, immediately went to his bedside when the accident occurred, returning here yesterday morn Ing. When Mr. Stoy left his father last Sunday morning he seemed to dc octier, mid it was thought he would recover. News of his death came as a shock yes terday. 4 Dr. Stoy was a -ploneor clergyman of Portland," and had been 4S years Jn the ministry at the time of his death. He was born in Hamilton. Ohio, April 29. 163S. He resigned from Trinity Church in 1S71. and went from here to Utah, where he engaged in missionary work for several years. He then accepted a call to St Paul's Episcopal Church. San Rafael. Cal.. and after a time spent there, be came pastor of St John's Church, Marys vlllc. a position he filled at the time of his death. He leaves two children. Sam B. Stoy, of Portland, and Mrs. Gustavo Jensen, of Saratoga, Wyo. Sam B. Stoy will leave for Sacramento this morning to take charge of the re mains. It is expected that the funeral .will be held at Marysvillc, and Interment made at San Rafael. AsJi Wednesday Services. The Catholic and Episcopal Churches of the city observed the advent of Dent and the penitential season with the customary Ash Wednesday services yesterday. Mass was celebrated at St. Mary's Cathedral In the morning and ashes sprinkled on the foreheads of the worshipers. Sacred Heart Church celebrated mass in the morning also tnd benediction last night A scries of special service! commences tonight at All Saints' Church, Twenty second and Reed streets, and will con tinue throughout the .Lenten season on Wednesday and Sunday evenings at o'clock. Women of the Guild of Trinity Episcopal Church will hold a sewing afternoon each Wednesday throughout LenL BIRDSEYE VIEW SHOWING 7'a GtSL.O'3 a !! Tlie Late Ker. V. It. Stoy. j . . . , NEW MOTOR GAR TORUN IN OREGON Built by Union Pacific, It Will Be Tested on Trip to Portland. LEAVES OMAHA THIS MONTH If Successful, the Gasoline Motor Car Will Be Put in Suburban Service and Other Cnrs Constructed. After a year of experiments oh gasoline motor cars, the Omaha shops of the Union Pacific have completed a car, somewnat similar in design to the oar sent to Port land last year, but stronger. and larger, and will dispatch it to Portland under Its own nower. leaving Omaha any tnw month. It Is thought that by perfecting this car. the problem of motor-car con struction has been solved, but this can not be definitely stated until It is given further trials. The new car will be taken over the Oregon lines, and If It Is able to climb the grades of the slate, it will be put In regular service, either on tho Oswego or the Forest Grove branches of the Southern Pacific running from Port land to cither of these pomti for fast nassenger traffic. If the car is a success. others will be built of similar design and sent out for service on the Oregon divis ions. Dr talis of construction of the new car have not yet been received by the local officials of the Union Pacific, but the car will be equipped with machinery of about ISO horsepower and will have accommoda tions for about DO passengers, it Is of handsome construction and Is designed to make speed on the shorter runs out of Portland. On suburban lines where fre quent stops are necessary. ilie gasoline motor car is believed to be the best mo tive power for railway service and the new car is expected to make good on the roads entering Portland. A similar car was tent West about a year ago, but was ah experiment, and It failed to come up to what was expected of It The heavy grades of the Western roads, sharp curves and other difficulties of railroading here proved the undoing of the car. and after several trial trips, none of which proved satisfactory, the car was returned. The heads of the motive power department of the Union Pacific refused to accept the verdict as final, however, and retained their belief that In the gaso line motor car the problem of handling suburban service will be ultimately solved. Into the new car has been put the results of former experiments, and unices new difficulties present themselves. It Is thought the new car will overcome the obstacles which could not be surmounted by the former car. The motor car that came here last year held 6 passengers and was of about 10) horsepower. Its capacity was too small to be practical on the short runs out of Portland, and the construction of Its trucks was unsulted to rounding curves at any speed. In climbing grades, it was not a success, and hope that It could be changed somewhat so as to make it ef fective on the local runs was finally giv en up. Cheapness and convenience of operation arc the prime factors that bac led rail road men to turn to motor cars for short runs with frequent stops, where a com paratively high rate of speed is necessary between stops. Experiments with this kind of motive power have been carried on by different railroads for some time. A combination gasoline-electric car Is now on Its way to San Francisco from Xcw York over the tracks or the West Shore. New York Central. Lake Shore & Michi gan Southern. Rock Island. St Louis & San Francisco and Southern Pacific sys tems. It has previously been tried on the main line of the Baltimore & Ohio, be tween Philadelphia and Wilmington, seemingly with success. The long run across the continent Is being given It to put It through a test involving all kinds of conditions, and upon Its successful per formance will determine the number of changes necessary in the typo. A iium ter of these cars ha'e already been or dered for use on the Missouri & Kansas Interurban Railway, from Kansas City to Olathe and Southwestern Kansas. The system Is a combination of a gaso line engine, dynamo and storage battery The dynamo Is spun by the gasoline en gine, thus generating power for the mo tors running the car. The storage battery receives the excess? power from Uh gen erator when the load Is light and fur nishes surplus power required during ac celeration and on steep grades. The en gine Is of the four-cycle type and has six SCENE OF LAFE PENCE'S OPERATIONS BY WHICH GUILD'S LAKE Ml AA 4 SxlMnch cylinders. The generator devel ops -KO revolutions a minute and Is cou pled direct to tho gasoline engine. The two motors ro of 50 horsepower each. tnd the storage battery consists of 112 cells having 3S0 ampere hours' capacity. One hundred gallons of gasoline is said to drive the car 23S miles. This car will probably reach the Coast ahead of the Union Pacific car. but the results of both tests will be watched with Interest by railroad men all over tho country. In case the new gasoline car to be tried out by tne local Union Pacific officials proves a success, a number will be put to work on the branches of tho system. J. .R. STODDARD'S FUNERAL Bar Association Attends Lawyer's Obsequies In a Body. . The funeral of James R. Stoddard, who died on Monday at St Vincent's Hospital after a brief Illness, was held yesterday afternoon nt 2 o'clock from Holman's Chapel, and was attended by a large num ber of friends. The floral pieces were numerous and expressive of tho high es teem In which the deceased was held. The Multnomah Bar Association, of which Mr. Stoddard was a member, met In the Circuit Court rooms of Department No. 1, at 1:3) P. M.. and after adopting appro priate resolutions, which were spread on the records, adjourned to attend the fu neral in a body. The services at the chapel were con ducted by the Rev. Elwln Lincoln House. D. D., and at the Crematory were under the auspices of the Royal Arcanum. Dr. Norrls R. Cox. officiating as chaplain. The pall-bearers were T. J. Geislcr, O. P, Seasons. F. E. Beach. A. M. Crocker. H. W. Fries. T. J. Bronaugh. Of few men could it be as truthfully said as of Mr. Stoddard that he died without an enemy. His only ambition was to live an upright, honest life without pre tentious display of any kind. And aftor a quarter of a century of active practice of his profession In Portland. Jie has passed away leaving a consciousness of personal loss on the pan of his friends and associates. NEARLY S6000 IS RAISED Famine Fund Committee Will .Renew Activity Todny. No work was done yesterday by the committee appointed by the Chamber of Commerce to solicit funds for the faminc- slrlckcn Japanese, but beginning today the canvassing will start anew and will be continued to the end of the week and perhaps longer: W. D. Wheelwright and Rev. Dr. T. L. Eliot, two of the members of tho committee which Is doing tho active soliciting, arc out of town and this necessarily has delayed the progress of the canvassing. Bon Selling, who has been almost in cessantly at work securing donations since he was appointed a member of the committee, hopes to raise J10.GC0. He says the cause is one of the most worthy ones that was ever brought to his attention, and says that there Is no doubt but what half a million Japanese are starving. Donations are being received by mail almost dally, and the total amount ralfod In Portland for the relief of- the sufferers Is rapidly nearlng JvC:0. This Includes the contributions which were sent direct to Japan by several of the Portland busi ness houses. Chinese Gamblers Arrested. A raid otva Chinese gambling-house at S3 Second street by Detectives Welch. Murphy and Jones last night resulted lit the arret of throe 'Chinese who were caught playing fahtan and lottory. The three were released oir ball being fur nished' by their friends. ""X '-.'"iV X T ' ' ' ' ' ' ' t l The Late James It Stoddard. T k A 4 K. NEW NAME FOR OLD STORE C. P. Li H THE PEOPLE 310BE ABOUT THE ELECTION OF UNITED STATES SENATORS. Cnn the Power Be Taken From the Legislature by Act or the Stutc of Oregon? M'MINNVILLK. Or.. Feb. IT the Edi tor.) The Oreconian editorially places a con struction en the direct primary election law that doc not oomport very well with the ideas of the plain citizens with whom I have talked In regard to the matter. A few politicians and place-hunter have keen searching for eme subterfuge to evade the Intent of the law. But the plain citizen, who hold the welfare of his country above official graft construe the law to mean that It la to take the- election of United States .Senators en tirely oet of the bane of the Lcgislaure and place It directly In the hands of the peo ple, where It rightfully belong. Tne taw k seK so plainly ehews that It was the inten tion that the people snouM elect the United State Senators that it scarcely need any argument to demonstrate It- If It had been the Intention onlv that each political party rheuM. designate the person that their respec tive members In the Legislature should sup port. It iBwt certainly would have stopped at the primary election. "Why bring the can didates nominated by the different parties In the primary election before the people In the general election If It was not Intended that the one whom the people elected should b the Senator. If It was only Intended to desig nate party candidates what business have all the people, without regard to party affilia tions, passing on them la the general elec tion? Children playing would hardly tolerate mien nonsense. The principle of electing United States Sen ators by a direct vote of the people has been agitated for the paat 30 yearn. Probably a malorltv of the men in the United State Sen ate today have at feme time or other, be fore their election, advocated the principle in their eanva.'.. for office. Over a decade ago John M. Palmer, of Illinois, canva-ved his state a a cundtdnte before the Legislature for United State Senator. The principal plea which n urged tn favor of ht.t election wax, that If elected he would support a measure to amend the Constitution of the United State, permitting Senators to b elected by a drect vote of the people of their respective states. Mr. ralmrr. although a Democrat, living In what was considered a reliable Republican Mate, was elected to tho Senate. After taking his sat In that body hl ardor for amending the Constitution coofed. and out little more was ever heard from him on that subject. Very plain proof that the people were In favor of It. but the WILL BE FILLED WITH EARTH BISHOP. Senate was not. There to little hope that the Constitution will be changed. The Sen ae Itself stands In the way. But In the mean time the people of Oregon have found a very good WB3- around tho stumbling block. If the spirit of the law In carried out as Intended by its makers, the Legislature will nave nothing to do in the election of Senators, more than to legalize the election by ratify ing the choice of the people. The electoral college does not now exercise any choice, an intended by the Constitution. In selecting the President of the United States. They simply ratify the choice of the people of their re epeetlve states. Government by party is only a step from monarchy. And when it is carried on by graft and run in the lntercet of corporations it Is doubtful If It Is any better than mon archy. The only redeeming feature about It different from monarchy Is that the people have It In their power peaceably to change It at any time. When the people of Oregon adopted the Initiative and referendum and In pursuance of that principal pawed tne pri mary election law and by It brought the elec tion of United States Senators to a direct vote of the people, they arc only carrying out the principle enunciated by the Immortal Lincoln at Gettysburg, "that government of the people, by the people and for the people ahall not pcrieh from the earth." JIILT KICHAKDSO.N. It Is only necessary to say that If the direct primary law '"plainly shows that It was the Intention that the people should elect the United States Senators." It has in that respect no validity nor binding force. It Is thereby undertaken to set aside the constitution and laws of tho United States. The Federal constitution provides the manner In which United States Senators shall be elected, and we have laws In the revised statutes of the United States which direct the manner In which the constitutional provision shall be carried out. That power Is placed di rectly and exclusively in the hands of Legislatures. How. then, can Senators be elected directly by popular vote unless the constitution of the United States shall be amended? It may be conceded that the people. If they desire, may advise or Instruct their legislators how to vote, and It may be conceded, too. that a candidate may voluntarily pledge himself tovote In accordance with that instruction or ad vice. But no candidate and no member of tho Legielature can be required by the direct primary law. or by any other method ex cept as indicated above, to discharge his duty as a legislator in the election of a Senator, as a legislator except In strict conformity with the paramount law of the land, which is the Federal Constitu tion. The Legislature elects the Senator. WASHED DOWN FROM HILLS C. P. Bishop announces to the many friends and patrons of the Salem Woolen Mill " Clothing Store that on this day, March 1st, 1906, he has succeeded to the entire control of this popular store, and that hereafter the business will he run under the name of 0. P. Bishop. Additional capital has been added. Many new lines of the latest designs in reliable fabrics both in ready made garments and for high-grade merchant tailoring will be car ried. The old employes will all be retained and the methods of the business will be square and honorable. The new Spring lines are now in, and our salesmen will take pleasure in showing them. He can be elected In no other way. If the primary law has undertaken to super sede the constitution of the United States, and It has. If the correspondent's Inter pretation is correct, it has undertaken to do that which it cannot uo. inc . i itr, no The Orcconian has pre viously said.' is no -parallel. Indeed, its procedure is exactly m accoru wjiu wc methods The Oregonian has suggested the Legislature of Oregon should follow. That is to say. Republicans should vote for a Republican candidate for Senator and the Democrats for a Democratic cap dldate. That Is precisely what the elec toral college does In the matter of the Presidency . EATING AWAY THE HILL Lafe Pence's Three Hydraulic Giants llesume Operations. Out back of Willamette Heights the hy draulic giants installed by Lafe Pence are now working as busily as though they had never been disturbed by the city authori ties Within 33 minutes after the Park Board had given Its permission for the damaged flume to be repaired the stream was again flowing through It. and opera tions have been progressing day and night since that time. At present Mr. Pence has the streams from three giants playing on the cut that i otartori In the rear of the hill iiaa wen ov . , - ovm icninmettft Helchta. One giant or high power Is doing the real work of ex cavating, and tne streams irum uki two are merely carrying the earth down Balch Gulch into Guild's Lake. The high pressure stream has a fall of 324 feet, Its source being In Washington County, 480) feet from the scene of operations. The water Is first run Into a 16-inch pipe, which gradually grows smaller until It passes Into an eight-inch pipe and out through a still smaller nozzle. The workmen have already cut about GO feet into the face of the cliff In the brief time that work has been continued. As the work is now upon a portion of the hill which is believed to be the most difficult to cut, Mr. Pence is well satisfied with the progress that is being made. The ultimate plan is to form three large ter races on this hill, making of It desirable, residence sites. Quite a crowd of spectators watched the operations yesterday, and showed much interest, a3 It is a kind of work new in the vicinity of Portland. A good view of the operations is to be had from the Cornell road, or a person can go di rectly to the place by taking a "W" car. crossing the Thurman-street bridge and getting off at Rugby street. From that place there Is a brush road leading up he hill. , e' . .i .4 -v as - rrs-e s w -c ; it V