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THE MORNING OREGONIAX, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1908.
OPPOSES PERMIT
' TO PACKING PUNT
Chamber of Commerce Goes
on Record Against Grant
ing of Franchise.
KEEP IT OUTSIDE THE CITY
Abattoir Not Wanted Within Muni
cipal Limits Trustees Unani
mously Adopt Report of the
fypecial Committee.
Trustee of the Chamber of Commerce
went on record yesterday as opposing the
location of the Schwartzschild &. Sulz
berger packing plant Inside the city lim
it, and adopted the report of the special
c( mmittee that had been appointed to in
vestigate the matter and report to the
trusaoe. The adoption of the recom
mendations against the location of the
plant In South Portland, or In fact any
where within the city limts. was unani
mous, although the vote in the committee
was 4 to 1.
The committee consisted of the follow
ing men: S. H. Gruber, N. V. Rountree,
J. ( Alnsworth. F. M. Pendleton and J.
A. Keating-. All opposed the location of
tne packing: plant within the city limits
except Mr. Keating;, who did not bring
in a minority report, simply voting for
the parkin jt-nouse project.
The trustees of the Chamber met at
11:30 yesterday morning' and the propo
sition of the location of the 8. &. 3. packing-house
on the old Zimmerman site
was dtaouaaed at considerable length be-
f rra m aa w a tn 1 TVia An auk
mrtted la somewhat voluminous, Tut In
a general -way it advises against the ea
tablfshment of a packing-house, in a
thickly settled ;art of the city, because
of the objectionable character of the es
tablishment and also on account of the
danger of contaminating the river with
waste from the plant. Odors are also
feared.
The report states that industries of all
kinds should be brought here in as large
number as possible and that the atti
tude of the committee is not that of dis
couragement of new capital that desires
to invest here. However. It Is the opin
ion of the committee that a site for the
plant that will answer the purpose of the
packers fully aa well as the one selected,
while at the came time It will not prove
a nuisance to surrounding property, can
be selected.
The report ends by urging the Council
rot to arant the S. & fl. people the right
to locate on the Zimmerman site.
Secretary Giltner, of thu Chamber of
Commerce, has made Inquiries of the
Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, ask
ing tf the packing plants there are ob
noxious. The following telegram was
received In reply:
"Cannot say that an up-to-date packing
plant is odorless, but do not regard it as
obnoxious. We have eight here and
would welcome more."
ESI DEXTS VOICE PROTEST
Poath Portland People Oppose the
Granting; of Franchise.
PORTLAND. March 18. (To the Editor.)
A great deal has been said the last few
days regarding the franchise being given to
I he gchwartschtld A Sulaberger Packing
l"nmpny In South Portland, where the
Zimmerman .Parking Company is now lo
cated. As property-holdnrs and taxpayers in
fluid location. It seems to ua that before our
honorable Councilman grant a franchise to
Aid company, the people of South Port
land should have some voice in the matter.
During the past several years, the slaughter
nauie and packing company located there
has been considered a (treat nuisance. One
only needs to look up the records of the
Pol tee and Circuit Courts and they will
find that said concern has been found
guilty of maintaining a nutvance.
Councilman Cot t el hits the nail on the
head when he says that the people or South
Portland were handed a lemon when the
Council granted Mr. Zimmerman his fran
rhoie several year ago, under the pretext
that he was to erect a great manufacturing
plant employing a large army of men. The
result is veil known; the plant has changed
hands several ttmes and Instead of a benefit
has proved to be a detriment to South Port
land property-owners.
We not that the Board or Trade and the
Commercial Club recommend granting the
franchise. I would like to ask the aboe or
ganisations if they would tolerate a slaugh-ir-houe
or hogpen within a few blocks of
their homes? The majority of the people of
outh Portland, who own their own homes,
were assured at the time of their purchase
that no slaughter-house would be erected
within the city limits: and X hope the Coun
cil will have some consideration for the peo
p: of the vicinity and not grant the spe-cisl-privtlege
franchise.
In Friday's Oregon Ian there was printed a
star anient from J. 8. Helsey, pad tie Coast
manager for the Schwartzchtld A Sulzberger
people, wherein he save his company will
mnv the stockmen and fanners of Oregon
.VI. 000 per woo It. which means $.:.OG.OO0
a ear to the stockmen of the state. Since
ths aboe statement was published we have
msde Inquiries regarding the amount of
business don br the different wholesale
Aims In Portland, and learn that the
slaughtering of cattle, hogs and sheep com
hsn1 Is not anywhere, near the amount
given out by Mr. Heist Instead of hogs be
ing shipped to the Kast, as claimed by Mr.
He sey, the local packtra both here and In
'cattle bring most of their live hoga from
Nebraska as the farmers here do not raise
enough hogs to supply the city with, fresh
pork Mr. Heieey a1o claims that his com
pany wttl alaughter 2A,00 cattle every week,
whereas we learned while Investigating the
matter that this city and the territory, trib
utary which buys it aupptlea here, do not
onume that amount of beef In three
months' time. Such a statement aa Mr.
Heisey'e given to the public Is very mis
leading. ,
it this franchise la so valuable to the
S-h wartachlld A Sulsberger people, why do
i hey hesitate to furnish the bond to Insure
the city that they will carry out their part
of the contract?
We trust our Councllmen will not grant
any special privilege, aa others would nat
urally expect the same consideration.
O. DIRIjPCHMDER,
THKODORE B&N'X,
F. FIBBKSBK.
WHY NOT ON THE PEXIXSVLA?
AdviKS Location for New Indepen
dent Packing Plant.
IRT1AND. aiarch 18. (To the Edi
tor.) The discussion to amend the city
charter so aa to allow the SchwartaschUd
Suliberger Company to operate a pack
ing plant within the city limits, is of more
general Importance to the. state than
special benefit to the city.
Clearly, the ordinance against slaugh
taring within tti city limits should not be
repealed unless there is special reason or
particular gain for doing so. That there
la no special reason for so doing, is evi
denced by the fart that there is more
cheap land to b had for tl.elr purpose
out of the city. If the said company pro
poses to operate on a large scale this
would be self-evident to them and if it
merely Intends to do a local butchering,
tnen it can distribute from Its delivery
wagons to better advantage from the
heart of the city. lt' locate it as close
In as possible.
Rut the main point to bs considered is
t ths short haul of the company's de-
livery wagons, but the ultimate benefit
to the stockmen of the Pacific North
west in having a number of large packing
plants economically located, vindred in
dustries .should be grouped and concen
trated to a point of common distribution.
The "Packing Town" of this city Is
definitely located on the Columbia River
side of the Peninsula. If there is such
an organization a an Independent Pack
ing Company, which the Schwartzschild A
Sulzberger Company claim to He. let it
locate its plant where it will do the
farmers of the Pacific Northwest the
most good. From Montana, Idaho. Wash
ington and Oregon, the stockmen will
re-ad the market reports in their papers
dated from Portland, Or. On the faith
of those offerings, they will ship train
loads of cattle to Portland. If the 8. 4:
8. Company is acting in good faith as
an independent concern, it should be able
to offer the farmers better prices or in
fluence the market In their favor. The
company can only do so by placing
itself right up against the other packing
concerns, so that the consignors can drive
their stock from the common yards into
the independent packing house. For that
purpose the Independent company can buy
or lease the. land and has already been
openly welcomed by the Sw.ft Company.
Remember, it is the greatest good for the
greatest number and the farmers and
stockmen of the Pacific Northwest claim
our consideration.
VAN TV. ANDERSON.
ACCEPTS CALL FROM SOUTH
liev. G. A. Blair Will Qnlt Vernon
Presbyterian Church.
Rev. G. A. Blair, who has been pastor
of the Vernon Presbyterian Church
since its foundation, has accepted a call
kto the San Francisco field. He will be
superintendent of church extension in
San Francisco. Mr. Blair returned yes
terday from a visit to San Francisco,
during which he looked over the new
field. The call comes jointly from the
9a n Francisco Presbytery and the Board
of Home Missions of New York, on the
recommendations of those who know of
Mr. Blair's work in Oregon and else
where. The appointment is considered a
deserved recognition of Mr. Blair's spe
cial talent as an organizer and church
builder, he having founded 16 churches,
among them the Hawthorne Park and
the Vernon Presbyterian churches. Mr.
Blair will preach his farewell sermon at
Vernon Church Sunday morning and
leave for San Francisco Friday, March
27. to enter on his work . April His
wife will accompany him, but his two
daughters will remain In Portland for the
present.
HE SUCCEEDS CUNNINGHAM
Wallace Brownlow Joins San Fran
Cisco Opera Company Here.
Wallace Brownlow, the baritone who
succeeds Arthur Cunningham with
Frank Healy's San Francisco Opera
Company, which opens in The Toy
maker' at the He. 1.67 tonight, arrived
in Portland yesterday to join the com
pany. Mr. Brownlow had a varied ex
perience before adopting the operatic
stage as a career. He was in the Eng
lish army in the South African war, was
a gold miner in Canada and Australia,
then returned to England and sang at
the Savoy in Gilbert & Sullivan produc
tions, came to New York and toured
the Kast with Mme. Schumann-Heink,
was with Fritzl Scheff and was in San
Francisco at the new Tivoli. He enter
his engagement with Mr. Healy with an
established reputation as a finished
singer and has the proper physique to
make an impressive Father Matthew.
Pool at Multnomah Club.
The pool tournament opened at the
Multnomah Club last night. Bendle and
Ross, players of the first class, playing
one game. Boss won, scoring 60 points
to Bendle's 28. The play will continue
during the week.
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SERVE ON ROCKPILE FOR 180
DAYS FOR KISS HE DIDNT GET
Walter James, Southern Oregon Halfbreed, Must Pay larly for His Un
welcome Attentions to Portland Landlady.
ONE hundred and eighty days on the
county rock pile was the price
paid for a kiss, yesterday, by Wal
ter James, a halfbreed Indian from
Southern Oregon.- And then he didn't
get the kiss.
The victim of James" attempt 'at os
culation promised to marry him the next
day, promised to elope with him as soon
as she could pack her effects, in fact,
made all manner of promises for immun
ity from the kiss. But James learned all
too late that the lady was merely playing;
for time and the arrival of her timid
husband. The husband was neatly
knocked down when he arrived. But
his presence, even In prostrate form,
served to put the osculating halfbreed to
flight.
It was only a prank with the man from
Southern Oregon, but it ended most dis
astrously for him in the Municipal Court
yesterday forenoon. According to the
evidence presented in the odd case, James
went into Mrs. Bjorland's lodging-house
on Taylor street, and asked for a place
where be might sleep away the dizzy
feeling that had accompanied a night
spent in the heart of civilisation. He was
used to a barbarian existence down on
the reservation where people go to bed
at dusk and drink water. Civilization
was altogether too much for him. The
lady lighted the way to an apartment,
collected the rent and turned to go.
It s hard telling what a halfbreed will
do when the Indian in his nature gets
stirred up by white man's firewater.
This one seized Mrs. Bjorland's arm and
demanded a kiss.
"I'm a married lady and really can't
kiss you," Mrs. Bjorland told her ar
dent lodger.
"Tou'll never leave me until you do,"
FIRE LOSS 380J1
Costly Blaze in Pacific Rubber
Company's Store.
FIREMEN ARE BAFFLED
Inflammable X'atnre of Stock Causes
Flames to Spread Rapidly and
One Life Is Placed in
Peril.
Damage aggregating about $80,000
was done by fire which broke out In
the Pacific Rubber Company's place
at 9-11 First street, shortly after 9:30
o'clock yesterday morning. Owing to
the highly combustible nature of the
rubber goods making up the stock, the
flames swept the building with great
rapidity. The loss to the stock was
estimated last night at between 160,000
and $65,000, largely covered by insur
ance. The loss "to the building will
reach close to $20,000. This amount,
too. is covered by Insurance.
The exact cause of the Are has not
yet been determined. It broke out In
an elevated platform off the rear por
tion of the main floor. This balcony
is used for the storing and display of
bicycle and other rubber tires. A
brisk fire was burning in the heart of
this department when employes dis
covered the blaze ' and tried to' put it
out with the aid of water buckets.
Failing in this, they sent in an alarm to
fire headquarters.
The fire spread with great rapidity,
and, owing to the confined nature of
the three-story building, the firemen
found some trouble in making an ef
fective fight. Lines of hose were car
ried through the front windows by
means of extension ladders, and water
was played from adjoining buildings.
Two engines, two trucks, two chemical
wagons and two hose companies parti
cipated In the fight on the fire, and did
effective work.
. One Life In Danger.
The rapid spread of the fire came
near resulting seriously, if not fatally,
to J. W. Fehler, salesman In charge of
the boot and ehoe department on the
second floor. Fehler remained in the
building until too late to leave by the
front entrance, and was driven by the
intense heat out to a window ledge on
the face of the building above the sec
ond floor. He drew the window down
behind him, thus escaping the smoke
and burning: heat, and remained calmly
until a ladder could be hoisted into
place by the firemen.
His plight called attention to the ab
sence of fire escapes on the' building,
and an Investigation may follow to as
certain why there were no such fix
tures, ae required by law., Fehler
escaped uninjured. '
The stock on the main floor was
nearly all destroyed, and heavy damage
was done on the second floor. It was
found that valuable effects over the
machine shops escaped the flames,
while the contents of the basement
were not damaged, except by water.
Oddly enough, the fire consumed a
quantity of' hoee for use In fighting
fires. A large stock of this hose was
carried by the company. . '.
C. N. Lynd. manager of the company,
placed the loss to the stock, on the
first estimate, at close to $100,000, but
this estimate was reduced later, after
an examination of the damage. It is
believed that $65,000 will cover all
losses except to the building.
Details of Insurance.
On the total stock, a total of $76,500
Is carried, $73,500 on the general stock
and $3000 on belting. The insurance
was handled by M. Billings and W. J.
Clemens. The heaviest loss falls on
the Royal, of Liverpool, which Issued
a policy for $27,000 on the general
stock. Insurance carried by otlfer com
panies Is as follows: California, $5000;
National Union of Pittsburg, $10,000;
Glens Falls, of New York, $5500; Con
tinental, of New Tork, $5000; Queen
City, of Montana, $5000; Northwestern,
of Wisconsin, $1000, and $3000 special
on belting; Globe & Rutgers, of New
York. $2500.
The building is the property of the
Hotallng Estate, of San Francisco, and
the loss will range close to $20,000.
This is fully covered, it Is understood.
Slight damage was done to the Bay
City Roomlng-House, adjoining. Half
a docen lines of .hose were kept play
ing on that structure, and others in the
immediately vicinity, to prevent any
spread of the fire. The Boston market,
nearby, met with loss to a small por
tion of stock through the dripping of
water through the roof of the build
ing. Another Troutdale Pioneer Gone.
Mrs. Delia Brown Ellis died at her home
in Springfield. Mass., March 10. 1908. She
was James' response and he proceeded
to lock and barricade the door.
Mrs. Bjorland admitted In court that
she promised to marry the fellow, to
go to the theater, to elope with him. to
do anything, provided he would excuse
her from kissing him. But she said she
did these things out of fear of the ruffian
and In the hopes that her husband would
come to the rescue. She made all the
noise she could, too, hoping thus to at
tract him.
An hour had passed before the head of
the Bjorland household did really be
come alarmed by his wife's absence. He
locked the children in the room and went
out on a still hunt. Eventually he
traced his wife's voice to a room where
a light showed through the transom.
"Please let me come In,'1 was what
Bjorland admits he said when he found
Mrs. Bjorland was imprisoned. The
door flew open in a moment and James
emerged a la cyclone. He upset the hus
band unceremoniously and fled from the
place. Mrs. Bjorland was released and
the incident would have ended except
that the husband saw the busy redskin
in a saloon the next day and followed
him about until he could, get a police
man. 9he promise me she marry. She say
she go to the theater. I say 'let's kiss.' I
not mean it. Just fun." was the Indian's
naive, if erse, explanation of the af
fair. "I think you are a bad man to be at
large." said Judge Cameron. "Reserva
tion manners can't be tolerated in a civil
ized community. Your sense of fun is
too brisk. I think I'll give you the limit
ninety days In jail and a fine of $100.
If you can't pay the fine, you'll serve ISO
days."
James grunted Indian fashion, but did
not show the least concern, plainly hav
ing inherited marked stoicism from his
red parent.
was bom. reared and married near what T
is now Troutdale, Multnomah County.
Oregon. All old-timers of that region will
uc pnuieu co learn oi ner suaaen uviiiibc,
as from childhood to her mature, woman
hood, during the years between 1864 and
l&SS. she was a special favorite. Two
sisters survive her. Mrs. Amanda Pelton.
of Troutdale. Or., and Mrs. Carrie Dunbar
Joslyn, now of Centralla, Wash.
NO ASIATIC LABORERS
After Laws to Bring Europeans
Here to Till Soil.
ROME. Italy. Feb. 26. (To the Editor.)
, I nave ten much interested in it. O. Lowns-
! Hal.' : .- i -J . t t
ra."
Consider what is America and what in th
future of America. What une Is to be miiie
of the creat undeveloped areas of the West,
and particularly of the Pacific Coat? Is it
to be given over to a few to loot and pil
up fortunes, by the help of Oriental labor
ers, to be spent in other countries and in
older sections of our own? Or shall we
make our new cities ere at modern cities:
our new states great states, and our own
country what It will and ought to be a
country peopled with the best of the world,
where every man and woman will be free
and Independent and guaranteed the rlrfht
and opportunitv- to make the best of him
self or herself? Or will It be owned by a
few tyrannical aristocrats and served by a
race that always will b alien and foreign
and always enemies never friends not a
part of us?
I have been away from America, for nine
months, but let Mr. Lownsdale study the
Japanese nd Japan from the standpoint of
a patriotic American cltfsen and not front
the standpoint of the profits of his orchard.
He may then be able to discover why our
Government has fitted out and dispatched
to the Pacific the moat powerful fleet of
r.iodern times, or any other times, and why
that fleet has been welcomed with such en
thusiasm by the small and powerless nations
of South America. They will find that the
warships' cruise is not a frolic, but one of
the most serious undertaking's of the Gov
ernment. It is not only to reerve our
possessions In the Pacific the Philippines.
Hawaii. Alaska, and what few naval vessels
we had on the Pacific Ocean, but to pre
vent the Invasion of the Pacific Coast by a
hostile enemy.
President Roosevelt and his advisers did
not care to ba caught napping as the Rus
sians were at Port Arthur. With no fleet
to defend our possessions, there was nothing
to prevent the Invasion of California. Ore
gron and Washington. Then these cheap
workers would have gathered Mr. Lowns
dale's fruit without his supervision. Does
he know that many of these cheap' workers
are trained soldiers and spies, who regard
the Emperor of Japan aa their god and
think it an honor to die forhim? roes he
not consider that a Japanese invasion would
be our ruin? We, who have s?ent all our
lives in making the Pacific Coast the pride
of the nation, would have to stand by in
our old age and see our noble work de
stroyed. Don't think for a minute this pic
ture Is overdrawn. The dispatch of the
fleet is the only thing that prevented it.
The South American republics, unable to
defend themselves from the aggressiveness
of one of the most warlike nations of the
world, could see in the .future the fate of
Cores and Manchuria.
I4et Mr. Lownsdale and every other true
American Join in aiding and urging ail the
Congressmen and Senators from the Pacific
Coast to stand like a stone wall for an
Oriental exclusion law. and -I hope that
the people of the states named will stand
by them. Now is the time. If we do not
succeed in excluding not only the Japanese,
but the Indian Hindus and all those yellow
races; we will, in a few years, have a race
problem far more serious than the negro
problem of the South.
I should like to suggest a remedy for the
difficulties farmers labor under, in getting
sufficient help In their business. I know all
about It. It is only a few years since I
owned and ot rated one of the lsrgest
farms In Western Washington. I know the
difficulties aa well as anyone. When I
write of these thing I do so from actual
experience. Let a move be made for the
repeal of that part of the Immigration laws
prohibiting the immigration of contract
laborers. Then a community of farmers
can send an agent to the old countries nf
Europe and make" agreements with farm
people, guaranteeing steady employment at
fair wages, and get all the help they need,
and of the best kind. That class of immi
grants will make the best o citizens and
aid in building up the country- They will
be neighbors and friends of their employ
ers instead of enemies in the rear.
I have talked with many of this class in
Kurope who would look on it aa a godsend
to go to America and be assured of a home
ard steady work. In time they would own
their own homes. - Their children would
grow up to be thorough Americans and be
a part of our civilization, and not heathen
worshipers and subjects of a foreign and
hostile dvnaty. Europe Is filled with
these good people. Repeal the laws, and
then we will get the best of immigrants.
TvThreas. now. we aet the scum, gathered
by the agents of foreign steamship com
panies, who only care for the passage
money.
EDWARD CAMPBELL.
SALMON CAUGHT WITH FLY
Here's a FisU Story That Some Will
Believe, Others Dispute.
v Seattle Times.
Contrary to the published and oft
repeated opinion of Dr. David Starr
Jordan, the noted authority on the
food fishes of v the Pacific Coast, the
red or Tyee salmon will rise to a fly
at the end of a gut stringer attached
to a rod. If the latter is handled by a
capable artist in the fly-fishing line.
This is the statement of Judge M. J.
Gordon, of Spokane, attorney at that
point for the Great Northern Railway
Company, who a week ago captured an
eleven-pound Tyee salmon in McAllis
ter Creek, near the mouth of the Xis
qually River, with a No. S trout hook
and a gray grizzly fly.
Judge Gordon' statement probably
will be challenged by expert followers
of Izaak Walton throughout the Wrest,
and it is certain to arouse much in
terest. The Judge has two witnesses
to prove his feat, and they are both
well known County Treasurer J. A.
Irwin, of Spokane, and E. B. Stevens, a
well-known young attorney of this
city.
"It was late In the afternoon." said
Judge Gordon at the Hotel Butler yes
terday. "We were fly-fiehing in Mc
Allister Creek, which breaks out of the
bank about four miles from the' Sound
between Olympla and Tacoma. This
creek passes through the game and
fishing preserve of the McAllister Rod
and Gun Club.
."I had a fire and a half-ounce rod
and a No. 6 hook with a gray grizzly
fly. I felt the strike and soon knew
I had a good one.
"Mr. Stevens and Captain Irwin will
tell you that with their aid I landed
the fish in an hour and ten minutes.
He made the very gamest sort of a
fight. Imagine my surprise and de
light when I found my quarry, to be
an 11-pound Tyee salmon."
A. H. Anderson, the well-known log
ger and sportsman, last Fall hooked a
12-pound ' salmon In a trout stream In
the foothills of the Olympic Moun
tains. The catch was made late in
the evening and the fight that followed
yu the most exciting, Anderson told
a friend, he ever experienced. The
salmon had ascended the Quinault
River and thence made its way to a
small trout stream to spawn. Ander
son has since said he did not care to
tell the story extensively, as in view
of Dr. Jordan's positive statement that
the salmon would not rise to a fly, he
was not sure what sort of a reception
his story would get from his friends.
Oregon Electric Railway Company
New Fast Limited Service.
Effective Sunday, March 15, this com
pany will place In service additional local
and limited trains between Portland and
Salem. Schedule arrival and departure of
trains see another page. ,
The Lucky Quarter.
Is the one you pay out for a box of
Dr. King's New Life Pills. They bring
you the health that's more precious
than Jewels. Try them for " headache,
biliousness, constipation and malaria.
If they disappoint you the price will be
cheerfully refunded at Woodard, Clarke
& Co.'s drug store.
Tomorrow. Friday, will positively be
the last day for discount on Kast ?idA
gas bilLE.
PORTLAND GAS COMPANY.
T ITER CODE
Multnomah County Granges
Pass Resolutions.
HOLD QUARTERLY MEETING
John H. Lewis, State Engineer, Ex
plains Shortcomings of Present
Laws Governing Water Kights.
Indorse Statement No. 1.
At the quarterly meeting of Multno
mah County District Pomona Grange,
held yesterday in Evening Star Hall, on
the Section Line road, John H. Lewis.
State Engineer, addressed the gather
ing on the need of legislation for the
protection of wTater rights in Oregon.
By exhibiting maps, Mr. Lewis showed
how complicated the question is In this
state, and declared that there is need
of a law that will limit all water fran
chises to 25 years. He pointed out that
Canada has a better law on the sub
ject. The talk by Mr. Lewis callej out
many questions, which he answered.
PORTLAND BOV WlJiS ATHLETIC
HONORS AT STANFORD.
Harold E. Reed.
Harold E. Reed, son of Mrs.
Walter Reed, is a Portland boy
who has distinguished himself
In athletics at Stanford. He holds
the Stanford record for the 220
yard dash. 22 2-5 seconds, and
has tied the Stanford record of
10 1-5 seconds for the 100. yard
dnsh. The Stanford half-mile
re!av team recently broke the
world's record. There are two
Portland boys on the team, Hol
roan and Reed, Reed running last.
The, subject was the most Important
coming up. After the discussion J. D.
L.ee introduced the following resolu
tions, which were adopted as the senti
ment of Multnomah County Pomona
Grange: ,
Whereas. Titles to water ere of equal im
portance with titles to land, and it appears
that a water right should be as easily as
certained, as clearly defined, aa secure and
in all respects aa definite as a perfect title
to land, and
Whereas. It Is apparent that without a
definite system of water right titles and ade
quate protection by the state, our water
users are burdened with costly and ap
parently unending- litigation: our present con
structed works are depreciated in vnJue; the
United States hesitates to construct irriga
tion systems; private capital declines to in
vest: homeseekers fro to other states and
countries, where the purchase of an irri
gated farm does not mean the purchase of
a lawsuit, , and thu our development is
seriously retarded, and
Whereas. It appears that our present water
laws are defective In the following; points:
1. It is Impossible to ascertain from any
public record the amount of unused water
which may remain in our streams subject to
appropriation to beneficial usee.
2. The unit of measure prescribed by law
Is neither a unit of volume nor a rate of
flow but a most absurd Jumble of the two
and utterly meaningless.
3. There is not in existence any reliable
record of legal titles to the use of water.
County records - show "claims." which may
or may not be valid, also adjudications within
the county, but nowhere are the record of
river systems (which usually run through
more than one county) concentrated.
4. Many ditches divert public waters with
out any record whatever, there being no
penalty to enforce complance with the law
in this r9Dct.
5. The notice, prima facia evidence of title
to water, can specify any amount, even
though it exceed the regular flow of the
stream.
6. In all water right adjudications, the
public Is vitally interested in protecting its
unappropriated waters for future users. With
but one exception, the state has not been
represented at trial of such actions.
7. No water suit In this mats haa ever
settled any issue In wuoh a way that they
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IMPROMPTU RECITAL BY BAUER
AND KREISLER IN HOTEL GRILL
Great Artists Take Places of Nortonia Orchestra While Musicians Have
Supper, and Treat Follows for Delighted Audience.
AFTER all. it is the human side of
a great artist that is the most
wonderful thing in the world. It
Is the irreat heart of the man throbbing
through his music, from violin or piano,
that tells the whole story. Genius, art
istry, the masterful brain of the musi
cian are apparent in his work he knows
who listens but the personal man-toman
side, even though it sometimes
surges through his music and touches
the responsive chord In some auditor, is
more or less to be conjectured.
It will be a delight to the music lovers
who were so enthusiastic over the play
ing of Bauer and Kreisler Tuesday night
to know that the two great artists are
really great men. Thir hearts are as
full of feeling and as simple and sincere
as their Bouls are full of music. The
big public, keen and critical of the
world's great men and women, has al
ways a curiosity as to their real natures;
what they eat and what they wear,
their before-breakfast dispositions, as it
were. To them the incident, of which
this is the simple story, will be worth the
knowing. v
After the concert Mr. Bauer and Mr.
and Mrs. Kreisler, with others, were, the
guests of H. W. Hogue at sup
per at the Nortonia Grill. So
many friends and admirers of the
two artists had come back on the
stage after the concert to greet them
that it was late when the party sat down,
and before supper was over the hotel or
chestra stopped playing and seated
themseles at one eid of the grill to
have a bite to eat. Kreisler and Bauer
had listened quietly to their playing and
had applauded generously, and when
the suggestion was made that the or
chestra play an additional request num
ber, both artists objected. -"They
are tired," objected Bauer.
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cannot again be raised, and no titles to the
use of water are immune from litigation.
8. Our water laws cannot be found by a
study of the statutes alone, but must be
sought for in a long series of decisions by
our Supreme- Court, and apparently are so
conflicting that our ablest lawyers differ in
opinion on the most fundamental points. This
law is incomplete and inadequate, and has
been, and is. in a state of flux. Disputes
are decided by the logic of judges rather
than by statutes of the Legislature. Pew
know what the law is today, none know
what it may be tomorrow; now, therefore, be
it
Resolved. That it is the sense of the Mult
nomah District Pomona Grange that it is the
duty of the State of Oregon, at the earliest
possible time, to codify and enact a complete,
concise and definite water law. leaving to
the courts only the mere interpretation of this
law on such occasion as it might be brought
into dispute, and be it further
Resolved, That sufh water law should be
based upon the beat experience of other
states and countries, such as Wyoming. Idaho
and Canada, and should Include the following
fundamental principles:
1. That no water right should become
vested except by direct grant from the
state.
2. To provide a system whereby the pri
ority and limitations of every existing right
to the us of water can eventually be ascer
tained. 3. To provide a reliable record in some cen
tral office of all water rights as determined,
and of new rights as initiated.
4. That actual measurements of ditches
and streams be made as a basis for the ad
judication of existing- rights and the initia
tion of new rights to the surplus water. If any.
5. To provide a definite procedure whereby
rights to such surplus water may be ac
quired. 6. That beneficial use should be the basis
of all rights to the use of water, and that
"They, too, have worked hard all
evening, and are hungry, as we." put in
Kreisler, and both men gazed thought
fully across the room at the other tired
musicians, who, naturally, had hardly
taken their eyes off the two men ever
since their entrance. Then the spark
that lights the world and leads human
ity onward kindled simultaneously in
each artist's heart and flashed to their
lips.
"They have played for us while we did
eat," they both spoke at once: "now we
two will play for them," and straight
way they left the table and crossed the
room. Bauer seated himself at the piano
and Kreisler picked up the violin.
The "Kreutzer Sonata." played by both
at the concert, was magnificently done,
but it Is doubtful if it touched the
hearts as did the music of the next hour.
Bits of this, parts of that, soul-stirring
snatches of music surged forth, and the
hotel musicians, one by one, left their
table and drew nearer and nearer, and
drank it all in breathlessly. . It was
not the condescension of the artist on
the height to the one in the valley: there'
was nothing of the attitude of teacher
and pupil; it was man to man, giving
generously and greatly for the simple
enjoyment of a fellow creature.
Kreisler and Bauer have both played
wonderfully, but the quiet listeners,
touched and fascinated Tby the rippling
stream of noble melody, will never hear
them outdo the glorious work of that
great hour. On and on they played,
softly, sensitively, gorgeously, until the
sheer delight of it all was almost too
much. Then suddenly they stopped and.
turning to the eager musicians, they
threw out their hands in a simple ges
ture that seemed to Imply, "Brothers,
we have given you of our best."
And so. artists may come and artist
may go. but these two will not soon be
forgotten.
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water for Irrigation purpoM should be made
appurtenant to th land Irrigated.
7. All rights to the use of water for rower
development should be limited to a period of
2S years, aubject to renewal under certain
restrictions.
8. To provide an efficient and economical
administrative system, with proper officers,
for the distribution of the water supply
among those entitled to its use, and be H
further
Resolved. That each candidate for election
to the State Legislature be requested to state
dnnlt.lv hta oositton wit-h respect to water
I legislation as outlined herein, and be it
lurtoer
Resolved. That the secretary of this Po
mona Grange submit a copy of this resolu
tion to each subordinate Orange In the state
with the recommendation of this Grange that
the same be considered and adopted and that
their respective delegates to the State Grang'
be requested to report such action to that
body.
A considerable portion of the after
noon was taken up with consideration
of the resolutions introduced by F. M.
Gill, candidate for the Legislature from
Clackamas County, indorsing Statement
No. 1. The resolutions Indorsed State
ment No. 1, and recommended that all
members of the Grange vote, irrespec
tive of politics, for candidates who have
pledged themselves to abide by the vote
of the people In the election of United
States Senator. Mr. Gill advocated the
resolutions strongly. E. I Thorpe
moved that it be laid on the table. a
he regarded it as political. This mo
tion was lost by a vote of 60 to 62.
C. J. Llttlepage, C. H. Welch, C. B,
"Wright spoke against the resolutions,
on the ground that they considered
them improper matter for considera-.
tion. After a number of substitutes had
been proposed and voted down, the
resolutions were finally adopted.
The following granges reported mem
bership: Evening Star, 310; Columbia,
70; Gresham. 71: Lents, 136; Multnomah,
64; Pleasant Valley, 60: Russellville,
175; Kockwood, 84; Falrview, SO;
Woodlawn, 74; total membership In the
county, 1014. which Is a large gain
during the year.
An Invitation was accepted to hold
the next quarterly meeting with Pleas
ant Valley Grange, Sycamore Station,
Wednesday, June 17. ,
On motion, it was decided to instruct
the delegates to the State Grange,
which meets in May, to invlte'that body
to hold the session of the State Grange
In 1909 at Gresham. It was thought
ample time would be afforded for
preparation for the event.
..There was a large attendance, over
200 being present. Representatives
were present from other counties. An
interesting programme was rendered in
the afternoon, under the direction of
Mrs. E. L. Thorpe, lecturer. Last night
a large class was given the fifth de
gree. J. J. Johnson presided at all the
sessions.
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the location of the county seat was or
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session. The erection of a courthouse is
one of the issues in the location of the
county seat. The . seat of the county
government is now at Enterprise.
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