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THE MORNING OREGOMAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1 90S.
EIST
THE SINGLE TAX
Reform Association Proposes
Radical Amendment to the
State Constitution.
MAKES FACTORIES EXEMPT
Also Renit)vc! Burden From Houses,
Barns, Orchards and Farm Ma
chinery Some Suspect
a Joker.
FEATURES OF AMENDMENT .
TO TAX LAWS.
f. Umlnntoa taxea on all manufac
turing plants in state.
Abolished taxes on dwelling house
and improvements.
Leaves farm houecs, barns, orchards
atvl farm machinery free from taxa
tion. Imposes burden of taxation on own
era of unused lands.
Framers of law contend It will en
courage manufacturing1 and the build
ing of homea.
Some see a joker in proposed law,
alleging it la framed for benefit of
large manufacturing Interests.
The Oregon Tax Reform Association ihas
fathered an amendment to the State Con
stitution, which, will put the single tax
i io effect in Oregon- if adopted, at the
next general election. George W. Dixon,
r Canby, writes to The Oregonian, warn
l.ig the people of the character of the
amendment which is to be submitted to
the vote of the people next June. Initia
tive petitions are now being circulated
throughout, the state to secure the re
quired number of signatures to place the
measure on the ballot.
The proposed amendment exempts
dwelling houses and Improvements, both
on farm and town property, and manu
facturing plants and machinery from tax
ation, leaving the burden of taxation on
Idle land holdings. Mr. Dlxop, who is
publisher of the Canby Tribune, believes
the purpose of the framers of the amend
ment. is to mislead the farmers into the
belief that farm property is to be ex
empted, without calling tneir attention to
the fact that all manufacturing plants In
the state will also be exempt.
He writes to The Oregonian as follows:
Canby Editor Alarmed.
Gentlemen A few days afro there earns
to inv notice an Initiative petition whion
m sent out by the Oregon Tax Reform As
sociation. cunposed of a number of Port
land attorneys, purporting, to havs for ItB
objeft tile submission of a referendum to
the voters next June exempting;' from tax
ation household furniture, farm machinery,
harns. outhouses, workmen's tools, etc. The
petition I read was received in the'mornin'a
mall Sunday morning and in less than an
ltour had harlf a dozen signatures of farm
era and others, who are accustomed to sign
anything and everything tliat is presented
to them. When I read the petition I saw
immediately that It was drafted at the in
stance of the bra; corporations and haa for
It purpose the exemption from taxation of
large manufacturing plant. .
An extract from the petition follows:
Section 1. of Article IX of the Constitu
tion of the State of Oregon, shall be, and
hereby is. amended to read as follows:
"Kectlon I The Legislative Assembly
ahali provide by law for unimnrm and equal
rate of assessment and taxation and shall
prescribe such regulations aa shall secure
a Just valuation for taxation of all prop--erty
both real and personal, excepting that
all dwelling housea. barns, sheds outhouses
and all othnr appurtenances thereto, all ma
chinery and buildings used exclusively for
manufacturing purposes and appurtenances
thereto, all fences, farm machinery and ap
pliances, used as such, all fruit trees,, vines,
shrubs and all other Improvements on the
farm, all livestock, .all household rurnlture
In use and all toola owned by" workmen and
In use. shall be exemrU from -taxation; ex
cepting all such property for municipal, edu
cational, literary, scientific, religious or
charitable purposea aa may be specially ex
empted by law."
I do not know anything about the Oregon
Tax Reform Association, but I note the
nam( of t E. ft?. Wood as one of the mem
bers of this organisation. I saw at a glance
the purpose of this document and -refused
to attach my signature to It. I then sub--mitted
It to A. M. Crawford, Attorney-General
of Oregon, and he expressed views sim
ilar to my own.
Fears Dishonest Lawyers.
T believe that very citizen of. this . state
should constitute lilmselr a committee of
one to safeguard the Interests of all the
people of Oregon. If this foolish practice is
to continue there la no telling what kind
of laws we will have on the statute booka
In a few years. I do not mean to aay that
the Initiative principle as applied in Oregon
Is not a good'thtiiK. but unscrupulous law
yers, posirix aa friends .of the people are
using It In an attempt to defeat the rights
of the people.
If Mr. Wood Intended this clause to mean
"all- farm machinery and buildings used ex
clusively for manufacturing purposes," It
would have been Just as easy to write the
small word farm" aa to have left It out.
Huch a construction of the clause would
have qualified It so as to benefit the pro
ducer and not the br-r manufacturers, such
as the Oreron. City Woolen Mills, the Wil
lamette Pulp & Paper Company, and others
I might mention. If thia omission was a
mis-take on the part of Mr. Wood, he ahould
recall these petitions and correct them;
We are unable to understand how a
learned member of the bar, knowing the
law and professing to practice It. could un
intentionally make such a blunder. And
not only Mr. Wood, but several others whose
names are printed on the title page- of this
petition, are involved.
The average farmer .would not detect the
Joker in this petition, thinking that thia
clause would be qualified by the context,
but the !w docs not presume a -man's
meaning In aucb documents. If a lawyer Is
unable to write a clear, concise, sensible
legal instrument be should get out of the
profession and devote his talents to some
thing for which they are more suited.
T claim that ir this petition is successful
and ahould become a law by referendum
next June, every manufacturing corporation
In the state can -claim exemption from tax-
ation under Its provisions, and the Attornev
lieneral of Oregon supports me in this con
tention. .Let the Oregon Tax Reform As
sociation declare itself, and the people be
'iar . GEORGE W. DIXON'.
Attorney-General's View.
The reply of Attorney-General Craw,
ford to Mr. Dixon's letter is inclosed In
the letter to The Oregonian. It is as
IfJIKIn 9
TVar Sir: In reply to your favor of Janu-rv
in relation to the propo"cd amendment of
enlon 1 of jrtlcle I of the Constitution of
?ne btate ot jrean. exempting- all dwelllnr
house, barns, shtnls. outhousea and alPother
appurtenanoes thereto, all machinery ami
build tnirs used exclusively for manufacturing
purposes and .appurtenances thereto, all
fences, farm machinery ami appliances, ueed
as such, all fruit trees, vines, shrubs and all
other improvements on the farm. all. liv
stotk. all household furniture In u.e and all
tool owned by workmen and in use. from
taxation. T be to ray that the reading of
th proponed amendment seems clearly to the
effect to exempt all of the klnu of property
above mentioned," and would surely extend to
MO
1
all manufacturing plants such am mentioned
In your letter.
I herewith enclose copy of the proposed
amendment sent in your- letter.
Very truly yours, ' .
A- M. CRAWFORD,
Attorney-General.
By I. H. VAN WINKLE,
A sals tan t.
Members of the Oregon Tax Reforrp
Association 4o not attempt to conceal
the fact that allmanuXacturlnff plants
in the state will be exempt from tax
ation, if the amendment carries. This,
they say, is one of the chief benefits to
accrue from It. They say such. an act
is needed to encourage manufacturing:
In fh Is state, and they point out the
fact that several other states have
adopted the same plan with success.
While the framers of the amend
ment say the act will not bring about
the single tax pure and simple, they
admit it Is a step In that direction and
say it will encourage industry, whereas
the present tax laws put. a premium on
shif tlessness Inasmuch as -the more a
man improves his property, both in
town and country, the greater the
penalty he has to pay for his thrift. ..
Members of the Oregon Tax Reform
Association say they will obtain the
required number of signatures, 8000, to
place the measure on the ballot next
June. About half the signatures needed
have "been secured already. - Many,
manufacturers of the city and state are
supporting the amendment, ' among
them being "W. H. Corbett, president of
the Willamette Iron Steel Works.
This Is one of thet biggest manufactur
ing Institutions in the state.
Members of the executive committee
of the tax reform association are: C. E.
S. Wood, H. D. Wagnon. H. W. Stone,
A. D. Crldge, Louis- Bowerman, A. M.
PORTLAND BANK. CLEARINGS SHOW CONTINUOUS HEALTHY.
' INCREASE SINCE 1904
A ccmtinu6us healthy Increase in the bank clearances of Portland since 1904 is ehown in a published comparative statement which ap
peared In the Commercial & Financial Chronicle, a reliable authority for these statistics, in Its issue of January 4. Whie the total .of
the bank clearings for last December -fell off slightly, the reault of a disturbed financial condition througliout the country, the figures
credit Portland with an increase of -24.5 per cent for the year" 1907. For the week ending December 28, the bank clearing of this city
Increased from 12,814.567 in 1904 to $3,948,529 for the same week in 19C6, $5,738,854 in 1908. while for the corresponding week In 190",
owing to the causes already referred to, this business reached a dotal of only 13,661,790. The following table shows comparatively the
record of bank clearances of the different Pacific Coast cities for the month of December last, for the year 1907 and for the last week
la December for a number of years: '
December
1907. 1906.
...1 18.861.240 I 23.118.2t
Cities
Portland -. .
Spokane -. .
Tacoma .
.Seattle . .
Dec.
18.4
21,626.538 24.118.9(16 10.3
... 20.717.570 20.S61.222 !.'
. .. at. 346.542 42.942.36
27.0
1.0B Angeles
28,234.1:10
52.958.814 46.7
San Francisco.. 128.754,822
203,279,295 38.7
Increase.
Himes, E. C. -Protzman, IX J. Haynes,
G. M. Orton. F. W. Burtiett. A. T. Nel
son, E. S. J. McAllister, Rev. E. S.
Muckley and A. E. ' Clarke. Besides
sending out initiative petitions for
signature, the executive committee is
issuing; literature- explaining: - the new
method of taxation and has established
headquarters in Mr. Wagnon's office in
the Marquam building:. Mr. Wagnon in
discussing the proposed amendment
la-st night, said:
"The plan is in the direction of a
single' tax law. EVery town in the
state will give a bonus to a manu
facturing plant if it will Rcate there.
Eugene gave me a bonus for a manu
facturing plant; Salem, gave the -Kay '
Woolen Mflls a bonus on two occasions.
If we would exempt manufacturing
plants and machinery from taxation,
we would secure all the manufacturing
plants coming to the Pacific Coast for
this etate. I could bring several here
personally if taxes were removed. If
you -impose, heavy taxes, industries
leave the state. J
South Adopts Plan. x
'Four Southern states. Mississippi,
Georgia, Maryland and Louieana have
a similar law, and Baltimore, as a city.
exempts factories from taxation. The
resull Is that these states have gone
ahead rapidly In manufacturing and
Baltimore is the leading manufactur
ing city of the South. The taxes we
do get from manufacturing plants in
this state do not amount to as much as
the revenue from the hogs owned in
the state, or from the wagons of the
farmers.
"The amount lost to the state by
exempting manufacturing plants from
taxes wotyd be small and would be
more than made up by. the advance in
land values following the location of
ten new manufacturing plants" in this
etate. The new measure is Intended to
discourage land monopoly. It is fav
ored by the granges of the state and
promises to be a very popular meas
ure." H. W. Stone, who is an enthusiastic
advocate of the new method of dis
tributing taxation, said:
There Js no nigger -In the woodpile
in this act. It is presented from
purely disinterested motives. The
present law cultivates . false swearing
and puts a premium on idleness and a
tine on Industry. By virtue of the
present law, mechanics should pay a
tax on their tools. Very few. If any,
ever do so. They get out of it in one
way and another, some by lying. We
want to encourage men to own tools
and use them and build and own
houses, and the amendment will en
courage a man to Improve his prop
erty Instead of allowing it to remain
idle.
"One of the main purposes of the
new law is to encourage manufacturers
to locate In Oregon. I think manu
facturing in this state can be' doubled
in three years' under the new law. The
main thing is to relieve the products of
labor from taxation. A great part of
the land of this state Is held un
improved. We propose to take the tax
off labor and put it on monopolistic
holdings. We propose to encourage
the planting of orchards and vine
yards and the substitution of smaller
farms, all of which shall be cultivated,
for the large farms of the state, only
a small part of which are worked."
Sends Circular letter.
The following circular letter will be
sent out today by the Oregon Tax Re
form Association:
Dear Friend: Some days ago the Oregon
Tax Reform Association submitted to you a
proposed amendment to the Oregon constitu
tion exempting certain things from taxa
tion. We now wish to- call your attention . to
some arguments In support of that propo
sition: First. A tax upon any and all of the' things
that we propose to exempt la a tax upon in
dustry, and has always been shifted upon la
bor, tve believe that labor' should be free
from all taxes, because a tax is. In Its na
ture, a tine, and tends to restrict and ob
struct improvements that beautify and attract,
as well aa to discourage industry. For ex
ample. If a ifarmer paints but bouse Just be
fore the Assessor comes around, has valuation
will be raised anywhere from $100 to &00.
If at the same time he ahould fix up hW barns,
fences and other appurtenances to his farm
the Assessor will raise his tax valuation still
further: In other words. Increase his fine;
while his neighbor, with a farm naturally aa
aluable, neglects hla house and barn, fences
and other appurtenances, thereby permuting
his farm to become an. eyesore to the com
munity, has his farm valued for tax purposes
at from 20 to BO per cent lees.
Second. In our cities, under the present
policy of taxation, men are discouraged from
building good houses, and modem business
and office buildings, because they can secure
. , lnree Income from shades ana nre-iraps.
and thereby escape their Just proportion of
tax burdens, well knowing that if they take
th. w devoted to tin cans ana rocxsi or worse,
.r,ie with a shack, fit -den- for brothels.
gambling and other vices, and erect a. valuable
building thereon, they win oe nraiuy iicu.
i e lined, for their enterprise.
Third. If a manufacturer invents a large
amount of money in a location where land
values are low, at once the land speculator
capltallxes the Increased value that his plant
gives to tlfe location. These speculators do not
Improve the land, they elmply capltauxe lis
value and: hold It out of use. paying taxes
on. a valuation of perhaps 1200 a lot. while
they hold them at a selling price of $3000 or
more. If a purchaser erects a $3000 house
ob one of these lots, he is promptly taxed on
a $5000 valuation. Note that thene speculators
do not create this value: it Is created by the
manufacturing plant and the population in
cident herelo. With thia increase 'of pop
ulation there la an increase of public expense;
and thia- value should be taken to .meet this
increase. .
Hits Bond Monopoly.'
Fourth. The railroad corporations get large
timber land grant under a contract to sell
to settlers- at. a maximum price of $2.50 an
aire; they avoid paying any tax at all for a
long period of years, then arbitrarily refuse
to sell at tbe agreed price at all; procure a
tax valuation at a. feW dollars per acre, and
hold the land at from ,25 .to 150 an acre.
Other large capitalists 'gobble up millions of
acres of our best timber land, .procure a sim
ilar valuation for tax purposes, and for selling
purposes hold It at similar prices.
Fifth. While railroad corporations, tele
graph and telephone companies, electric plants
axid. street railways have, secured enormously
valuable f ranch iaea, wh ich are land val uts,
and have capitalized three franchises1 for mul
tiplied millions of dollars, they have almost
wholly escaped taxation. Yet these values
are created entirely by the people. And the
larger the population the larger the valua.
Sixth. Thus tbe state of Oregon, like every
other state in the Union, has been driven to
extremities in seeking revenue for the sup
port of Government and public utilities and
conveniences. And every increase in taxation
has been an increase of burden upon labor
and the products of labor. The proposed
amendment will reverse this order of things.
It will tend to put the taxes upon franchises
'and speculative values in unused land, there
by encouraging improvements on farms and
in the cities alike; stimulate manufacturing,
thereby employing more labor, which will
mean a larger consumption' of farm products;
not only so, but It will turn capital to the
state of Oregon to Invest In other manufactur
ing enterprises than these we have here now.
Twelve Months
1907. ' 1906. Inc. 1907.
350.933.525 $ 281.170,796 24.5 $3,661.79(1
3ol.410.O17 228.452,196 31.9 . 4.177.3:19
246.157,666
488.591,471
581.8ik2.9S2
2,133,883.626
zitt.utiz.iri:: zu.i 4.tw4,wi
485.020.021 .5 6.029.499
578,634,517 . 0 6.006,752
1,998.400,779 6.8 23.420.543
Then farmers will not be afraid to paint their
houecs and barns, build up their fences and
trim up their hedge rows, because of dread of
an increase in taxation. At- the same time it
will result in a less tax burden upon the pro
ducing farmer, and will discourage the hold
ing of land out of use. The exemption of im
provements on farms and residence property,
live stock, furniture, and workingmen's tools,
will reduce the taxes n farms and small
home-owners in cities at least one-third, and
will reduce the cost of rent and other family
expenses, which -meuis better homes. It will
also build up our cj:les, replace the old shacks
with decent buildings, and substantial ofnee
blocks will rise upon business sites now de
voted to tin cans and rocks; in short, it will
be the beginning of the day when Oregon will
governmental! take the foremoat place in the
ristcrhood of states for Justlee and the square
deal to every one, even the humblest ot her
citizens.
OREGON REFORM TAX ASSOCIATION.
FRED MULLER ELECTED
Former Sew Orleans Man Board of
Trade's New Secretary.
At the meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Board of Trade yesterday
afternoon Fred Muller, formerly secre-tary-treasurdr
of the New Orleans
Board of Trade, was elected secretary
by the local organization to fill the
vacancy - caused by the resignation of
J. B. Laber. .
Mr. Muller was born in Germany 34
years ago, and has been a resident of
New Orleans for the past 14 years.
coming to Portland only recently; He
has had wide 'experience in commercial
lines, having cerved as secretary-treas
urer of the New Orleans Board of
Trade since April 1902. Prior to 4hat
time he was a member of the Maritime
Association of that city and as a mem
ber of the executive committee of that
association assisted in its reorganiza
tion, which resulted in the establish
ment of the Maritime Exchange, Dur
ing Mr. Muller's term of service at the
NEW SECRETARY OF THE BOARD
OF TftADS.
Board of Trade the Produce Exchange
and the . Maritime Exchange were
merged with the Board of Trade, mak
ing the latter one of the strongest and
best equipped exchanges in the South.
Mr. Muller will assume his new
duties February 1. ,
T. M. A. ANNUAL BENEFIT
Grand Array of Professionals to
Take Part In Programme.
A grand array of talent has volunteered
to-assist in the T. M. A. benefit next
Tuesday afternoon, at the Marquam
Grand Theater, and the biggest event in
the history of the organization Is prom
ised. This is the one annual affair In
which all the' theaters 'in the city and
all professionals who happen to be here
are interested in common, and all unite
to make it a big success. The T". M." A.
is a National organization and the Port
land branch Is one of the strongest in
the United States.
There will be vaudeville, the best acts
in the city, dramatic . sketches, mu-sie
and many novelties such as. under any
other circumstances, it would be impos
sible for the public to see on one single
programme. Tickets for Bale at all the
theaters.
i . -
mx isaoy is c-cctxt-ur xeetb
Be sal and use that old well-tried remedy.
Mrs. Winalowa Soothing Syrup, for chtldrea
sethlng. It soothes th child, softens the
iunu allays pain, collo and diarrhoea.
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led Mailers
RULED BY HHDICIL5
Labor Convention at Astoria a
Stormy Affair.
SECRETS ARE WELL KEPT
Stale federation Delegates Refuse to
Give Details E. E. Radding,'
Though Refused a Seat,
Settled Old Scores.
If the secret history of the recent con
vention of the Oregon State Federation
of Labor at Astoria were Icnown and
printed, it is said, some really interest
ing: reading: would be presented. Though
the delegates who attended from this city
will not discuss the details of the conven
tion's proceedings, the election of officers,
with the exception of President C. H.
Gram, who was re-elected, indicates that
the organization has-, passed into the con
trol of the more radical element of the
Week Ending December 28--
1906.
$ 6.738.S54
4.669.780
Dec.
36.0
K.5
3.6
25.6
34.3
35.8
1905.
$ 3,948.529
3,133.539
3.5O0.7O5
. 5.809.268
7,903.245
83,179,167
1904.
2.814.587
2.1B0.1O3
2.677.282.
3.619.425
5.769.513
37.312,643
4.z:io.3trj
S.lOl.tWS
9,238,933
36,479,056
labor unions by which- the convention
was dominated. One of the results of -the
annual meeting of the Federation was the
filing of a mandamus suit against the
officers of the organization by B. El Rad-
fling, who was denied. a seat l.i the con
vention. President Gram yesterday ar
ranged with Circuit Judge T. A. McBride,
of the fifth judicial district, to have- the
case argued in Portland today. .
Though Radding was not permitted to
sit in the convention as a delegate, he did
some effective work. The programme of
the successful faction Included the defeat
of President Gram', but he proved too
ptrong and was named to succeed himself.
But Radding and his associates succeed
ed in a way in getting the scalps of T.
M. Lc-abo. former acting secretary of the
Mate Federation, and Paulineus McDon
aid. This, with the election of officers,
aside from the president, who were not
supported by MeDonald and Lcabo, was
particularly gratifying -to Radding and his
friends, although he would have his in
jured feelings still further, soothed by a
successful termination to his suit .in the
courts. ' .
. Xot a r-'riend of Labor.
Radding was ch -sen as the delegate
from the Painters' Union to attend the
Astoria convention. 'He was furnished
with the necessary credentials, but when
he presented himself at the convention
they were not recognized and be was not
permitted to participate on the grounds
that his record had not proved him to be
a good friend of organized labor, in which
he; had been a disturbing factor ever
sin.ee he Joined the Painters' Union, over
a year ago.
This served only to aggravate Radding,
who then took steps to retaliate, and he
did so before the .convention - adjourned.
proving himself an effective worker, con
sidering -that he was not allowed a seat
in the convention. He resolved to repay
I.eabo for Leabo's opposition to him. and
through his 'friends in the convention he
succeeded. When the reports from the
officers were submitted they -were re
ferred to the committee on officers' re
ports, the committee consisting of dele
gates not altogether friendly to Leabo,
who had completed the unexpired term
of a former secretary of the State Fed
eration, . who resigned last July. The
Ijeabo report was . submitted and re
ferred Monday afternoon, but the com
mittee is charged with purposely failing
to report it 'back to the convention until
late Thursday afternoon, just before the
election of officers and final adjournment
In reporting, the committee said ' the
financial statement of the retiring acting
secretary was .In a deplorable shape, the
inference being that it. was altogether
wrong and revealed a serious state of af
fair:. Discredited Mr. Lea bo.
Ieabo and McDonald asked the com
mittee to indicate its dissatisfaction with
the report, that an opportunity might be
given them to explain it, but this was
denied and the report of the committee
was adopted. The election of officers fol
lowed immediately, the effect being seri
ously to discredit Leabo a. candidate,
had he desired to have his name present
ed before the convention, but it was not
his intention to ask to succeed himself
and he refused to permit hie name to go
before the convention.
Yesterday, however, before turning over
to the newly elected executive boaid the
cash on hand, amounting to $171.42, Mr.
Leabo required- the committee to examine
his books. . This the members of tbe com
mittee did, and in a -signed statement
which they left with the retiring secre
tary, completely exonerated Mr. Leabo of
any charge that his books were other
than correct. The statement, signed by
-each member of the. committee, follows:
"We, the members of the executive
committee, having examined the accounts
of ex-Secretary Leabo, find the same are
correct in every detail and above criti
cism." .
C. H. Gram, president: J. L. Wheeler,
Portland; Harry A. Hill, Salem; John
Greenwood, ilarshfleld: Mrs. L. Gee,
Portland, and J. V. -Cassaday, secretary.
Portland, signed the report.
WAR AG'AINST POOLROOMS
Councilman Belrling Will Father Or
din a nee to Regulate Resorts.
Many poolrooms in Portland will be
"put dut of business" if an ordinance
that Is to be introduced by Councilman
Beldlng at the next session of the Council
becomes a law. It is being framed by
Assistant City Attorney Grant, and will
forbid minors to enter poolrooms at any
time. The measure Is made drastic be
cause of the alarming state. of affairs re
vealed by investigation.
"I have been looking Into the situation
relative to crimes committed by young
men mere children. In some Instances
and find an alarming condition," said
Councilman Belding. "From associates
found In poolrooms, boys learn all man
ner of crime, and go out to secure money
With which to -play the games at any
cost even by burglary or highway rob
bery, if necessary. It has reached such a
state that I deem it absolutely necessary,
for the-protection of our youth, that they
should be forbidden to enter these places."
Councilman Beiding's assertions are
borne out by the police records, which
show, that numerous crimes have been
committed by boys who were frequenters
of poolrooms. .
MUST. RIDE IX THE STREETS
Councilman Cottel Would Forbid
Bicyclists to Use Sidewalks.
Councilman Cottel yesterday announced
his determination to wage war against the
riding of bicycles on the sidewalks, and
to this end, says -he will introduce at tne
next session of the Council an ordinance
absolutely prohibiting the- use of the
sidewalks for bicycles. At present, during
the Winter months, the sldewalKS are
open for. the use of wheelmen.
"Portland, is the only city that i Know
of where bicyclists are allowed to ride on
the sidewalks," said Councilman Cottel.
"It has been a constant source of acci
dents, many people receiving serious in
juries,' and I propose to put a stop to n
at once. I will have my ordinance ready
for introduction at the next Council meet
ing, and will do all I can to secure its
passage In the shortest possible time. In
order that the prjesent law allowing me
use of sidewalks during the. Wintsr may
be repealed and the danger to pedestrians
removed."
City to Lay New Walk.
HI.. Vn.-tUra Rnar. B t Its neffslon
yesterday afternoon, directed (fty En-
, , . 1 i-i. . i.-i--
gineer xayior to prgce wim
of a cement sidewalk on the north side
of Morrison; street, between West Park
and Tenth, along what Is known as the
Pennoyer block. At present a very oaa-ly-worn
brick walk Is in use. After the
city completes the work, it will proceed
to collect the cost from the lessees of the
property. " ,:
FLOAT BUILDER AN WAY
J. W.. HARPER NOTIFIES ROSE
FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION.
Will Prepare Designs for Structures
- to Be Used In Great Pageant
Next June.
J. W. Harner. of St. Louis, master
floatbuilder for a. dozen "Veiled Prophet"
shows and several Mardi Gras spectacles,
wired the Portland' Rose Festival Associ
tion yesterday that he would arrive in
Portland Monday or Tuesday to take up
the work of designing the decorative and
electrical floats. Mr. Harper is bringing
with him specimens of designs which
have made the fetes in the Middle West
particularly appealing from the pictur
esque standpoint. George L. Hutchin,
general manager, of the Festival Asso
ciation, wh6 was largely responsible for
securing his services, declares that
Harper cannot be excelled in this line of
work.
Of Derhacs greater importance than
any announcement that has been made in
many weeks was the pledge .of presi
dent B. S. Jossflyn of the Portland Rail
way, Light & Power Company, yester
day, that his corporation would con
tribute J5000 to the Festival fund. This
pledge comes in the form of a -cash
donation of $2300 and the balance will be
made up of electrical wiring, supplies,
trucks for electrical pageants', current
and powr and special low rates for the
children who are to take part in the
demonstration In honor of Queen Flora.
The company will-also furnish all neces
sary electricians and operators to handle
the Illuminated floats.
The finance committee held a confer
ence yesterday with the heads of the
different breweries of the city and were
Informed that they would get together
a week from next Tuesday and make an
apportionment, the lump sum to toe paid,
over In cash as soon as the appropriation
has been decided upon. The Portland
Gas' Company, in reply to the request
made for a subscription a few days ago,
said that it would ' announce its pledge
within the next week or so, but that it
was a matter which .had to come before
the directors.
At the suggestion of Chairman Mc
Murray. of the publicity committee, a
special committee from the Festival As
sociation has called on Vice-Consul T.
Aiba. local representative of the Im
perial Japanese government with a view
of Interesting the leading Japanese mer
chants and business men in a plan to
reproduce the famous "Cherry Blossom
Parade" as a feature of the Festival.
This kind of parade lias for many years
been a feature of the great National
fetes which -are heM in Tokio, every year,
in the early Spring. Cherries never ripen
in Japan. They merely come into bloom
and when that season roils round hun
dreds upon hundreds of the little Geisha
girls, arrayed in all their finery dance
and maneuver through the streets of the
capital city, waving flower-laden branches
of the cherry tree.
To reproduce this spectacle will call
for the Importation of thousands of
cherry ' branches, which the local Jap
anese are willing to be responsible for,
and it will mean . the manufacture of
thousands more of artificial sprays, all of
which will he a picturesque feature of
one of the special parades. The "plan
also includes . the enlisting of several
hundred native Japanese to take part In
the parade, garbed In fantastic and gorg
eous raiment.
HARNESSMAKERS TO MEET
Northwest Association Will Convene
in Portland January 13-14.
M. D. Mills, of Lewiston, Idaho, pres
ident of the Northwest Retail Harness
and Saddlery Manufacturers' Associa
tion, arrived in the city yesterday and
will beginthe arrangements for the an
nual meeting of the association, to be
held on Monday and Tuesday. January
13 and 14, in the Ablngton building.
. At the opening session reports of offi
cers will be rendered, followed by a
general discussion of matters pertaining
to various departments of the harness
business. Among the subjects to be
brought before the meeting are the' fol
lowing: Business department bookkeep-
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