TTTK MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL ' 8. 1908.
DEFICIT IS LIKELY
Mayor Lane Advises Economy
. in Expenditures.
PRESENT BALANCE $71,000
Tlil Fund Will rrobabljr Olsappear
Rrfore Ilie Numerous Heavy Ex
penses Alrradjr In Sight.
Mtit Prune Ef-tlmales.
I'nlcss th Portland Council applies the
pruning-knife to 11 number of contem
plated expenditure and practices strict
economy In the future. It will be con
fronted with a nood-ied deficit for
!. This Is the prediction of Mayor
l.ane, who has learned that there re
mains a balance Jn the general fund of
ITI.fXI, This flgurV presumes that the
county will be- successful in Its pending
suit and force the O. R. N. t'ompany
to pav taxes on its notes and accounts.
HKcrcitatinK. about $1.000.w0. The city's
p.irtion of the taxes on that assessment
would be about 75..
IT the county falls to enforce the col
lection of these taxes from the railroad
company." said Mayor 1-ano yesterday,
"there will at once exist a deficit In the
(t'-neral fund of the city. The revenues
of the city will he further curtailed by
the modified vehicle ordinance, which wlf!
reduce the licenses from- that source
shout $1F..OOO An ordinance appropriating
:'5 for a floral arch for the Rose Festi
val will be returned to the Council to
morrow with a veto and strong pressure
U beine brought to Insure Its passage.
Another ordinance will be presented at
tlie session of the Council tomorrow ask
ing for an appropriation of $S"00 with
which to make the preliminary examina
tion for a proposed high bridge across
tlio Willamette. Before the year ends the
city will he obliged to purchase sites and
erect additional engine-houses at a cost
cf probably lis.ftio.
"It is about time these facts were be
ing brought to the attention of the Coun
cil As I have said, if the $75,000 taxes
rre not received by the city from tbe
ra'lroad company, there are Items al
ready In sight aggregating $.17. ft. TMs
satisrled with the work of the Council
committee on ways and means, the ma
jorltv of the Council took the work of
making the estimates for the year out
or the bands of that committee and re
vised the estimates, recommending a tax
of a little more than 4.5 mills, as against
a tax of S mills recommended by the
ways and means committee. It Is now
apparent that the cloth has been cut too
short."
I ndcr the city charter the members
of the Council are held responsible per
sonally for all expenditures voted by
them in excess of the estimates fixed at
the first of the year, when the tax levy
was determined.
ONLY A PLEDGE, NOT LAW
Mr.' Strong t;lves His Opinion of.
Statement Xo. I.
PORTI.VNIV April ft I To the F.dltor.l
TV f Tweednle. of AVbanv, in his inter
ptiMlntted In The r. ..nlan April 2. at
tempted hv rnnrrete example to tllutrsl
that Statement No. 1 HI net elect th
people's choice for I nltcd States senator
H's Illustration Is as follows: fuppotie lha
Republican, have .v.oo votes and the Demo
crats have S.100 : thxt there are
publican candidate!, for Cnlted States S-en-it.ir
on the primary ticket, four of whom
re.-elvr 10O0 votes each and one t.vxl vote,
and that there is but one Democratic can
didate. .he receives s0 vote!.. Sr.
Toeedale concludes by saying 'This vote
would entitle him ithe liemocratl to be
elected Vnited states Senator by the legis
lature according to Statement No 1-
This deduction ts wrong and la directly
opposed by the expres. wording of state
ment No. t. which reads in part a f" -lows-
"1 will always vote for that candi
date 'for Vnited States Senator In Congress
who has received the Mgheat number of
the people's votes for that position at the
general election." The general election
"..Id In .tunc this year, determine, the
highest number of votes, and not the pri
mary nominating election.
The primary election could t'l be called
the rolltlcal rarty nominating election. At
It rtepuhllcan, must vote for Republicans
Democrats for Democrats, and B 1
is party choice and net people s choice that
Is determined at the nominating election.
The r.ilea of the game are the same as in
the general election. It is the highest man
that wins. Suppose tbe toiai i
state was XM'O. and at the general election
for Itoveruor four political parties .ere
r,prnted Fach Party would have one
candidate on the ticket for fjovernor. and
only one. Suppose further that there was
one independent candidate on the ticket,
and at the election the four party candi
dates received loon vote, each, and tha lndeJ
pendent candidate pulled lfl0 votes from
the other four parties, be would elected.
He Is the people's choice determined by
the rules In force In all general elections
that 1 know anything about. Comparing
this with Mr. Tweedale's Illustration, the
republican aspirant that received 1500 votes
Kt the hards of the Republican voters at
the prima rv election would be the Republi
can voters' choice. It is true that be has
only about 2X per cent ot the vote of his
rRr'tv but can one suggest a better way
before wc discard this law?
t the general election, to return to tbe
illustration of Mr Tweedale. there would
be a total vote cast of SiHH" votes t nder
the rules of the game as practiced tn all
states the highest man wins. Statement
No. 1 bas not figured at all in determining
nliom the people would elect for Vnited
States senator. They wou'd elect him tbe
same as they elect the Governor. Fut State
ment No. 1 la necessary to get the Legis
lature to gne the man duly elected his
credentials, so that he can take his peat
In Congress. The member! of the Legisla
ture ar our agents and we ought to pledge
them to do as we wish, on any given sub
ject. Mr. T. eedale wants the Vnited States
Senators elected by the direct vote of tha
people. The man elected by the people in
.lune ia the man we want the Legislature
to vote for. Statenjent No. 1 ia a pledge
to that end and not an election law.
H W. STRONG.
the rerular meeting- of the City Coun
1 11 held last night $350 waa appropri
ated to aid the Clackamas County Fair,
which la to be located at Canhy; this
action was taken after an address by
R. S. Coe, president of the Canby De
velopment League, and vice-president
of the Fair Association, who said that
the necessary subscriptions to the fair
stock were In alg-lit, the Jease of
grounds obtained and the consent of
the directors of the fair te remove the
fair from Gladstone to Canby assured.
Two applications for saloon licenses
were refused and the license money returned.
INDIANS AT THE FESTIVAL
Nce Ierifs, 5 0 Strong, to Have Vil
lage at Portland.
SPOKANE. Wash.. April 7. (Special.)
One feature of Portland's Rose Carni
val will be it typical Indian village,
where 50 Nez Perces will camp for the
week. C. V. Mount, local acrnt for the
O. R. & N.. Is actinic for the local Port
land committee, and in this capacity ho
has had several conferences with George
Mose. who is uncrowned chief of the
Nez Perce tribe.
it la proposed to take 50 of the bt-st
type of Indians to the Carnival, allow
them to establish a village after their
own Ideas and allow them to dress ac
cording to the dictates of their tribal
style-makers, live In tepees and other
wise forfn a Wild West show.
Tomorrow and Friday will positively be
the last days for discount on West Side
gas hills. Portland Jh nmpany.
TIKES EMPLOYER'S MONEY
DRUNKENNESS LEADS HARRY
BAILEY TO'CRIME.
Spends $100 Belonging to De Laval
Dairy Supply Company and,
Cnable to ray. Disappears.
After spendina about two belonging to
the De Lavel Dairy Supply Company. 107
First street, of which he was bookkeeper,
Harry .. Bailey disappeared last Friday
and' It Is supposed he baa left the city.
Samuel Brune. manager of the company.
Is directing a search for the fugitive and
a warrant will be Issued for his arrest,
charging embezzlement.
"Whisky." said Manager Brune. "is the
explanation of the whole affair. Bailey
was In our employ for about a year and
I did not know he was a drinking man.
He concealed It pretty well but since his
disappearance, it develops that he In
dulged occasionally to a considerable
extent. We rind that his peculations ex
tend over several months."
The fact that Bailey used the firm's
money was discovered about two weeks
ago and Manager Brune gave him a
chance to make good the shortage. This
he tried to do and was In communication
with relatives In the East, seeking to
have them put up the money. They w'ere
either unable or unwilling to do thla and
Bailey learned last Friday that he could
not make good the deficit. He then disap
peared. Bailey is ft married man and came here
from Butte about ft year ago. when he
entered the employ of the Dairy Supply
Company. He left his wife here when
he fled the city and she has gone back
to her relatives in Butte. Bailey la about
30 years old and aside, from lila drinking
propensities is regarded as a capable
accountant.
MAN AND SON BOTH GONE
Wealthy Farmer Disappears
Foul Play Is Suspected.
and
POCATE1.L.O. Idaho. April 7. (Spe
cial.) F. U, Royce. a farmer from South
Boise, and his 6-year-old son, mys
teriously disappeared from Mct'ammon
last Thursday while the old gentleman
was negotiating for the purchase of some
land. He was a guest at a McCam
mon hotel for two days and displayed a
considerable sum of money. Thursday
he and the boy left the hotel to look at
a piece of land on the edge of town and
nothing has been Seen of them since that
time. Foul play la suspected. Posses
and searching parties have been hunt
ing for three days and today bloodhounds
from the state penitentiary were brought
up -but failed to pick up the scent.
Two Hurt In Auto Accident.
OAKLAND. April 7. An automobile
belonging to Frank C. Havens, of the
realty syndicate, ran Into a telephone
pole this afternoon, injuring the chauf
feur. MeCabe. and Mr. Havens' house
keeper, Mrs. Conway, who was riding
In the machine. The skulls of both were
found to be fractured.
Ranan shoes fit the feet RosenthaJ'a.
GLAD HE WAS WHIPPED
Horsewhipping Woman Says Treach
er Got W hat He Deserved.
SAI.BM. Or.. April 7. (Special.) There
were no new developments today in the
rase of th women who on Saturday night
ndministerrd a whipping to Rev. W. N.
VfTee. presiding elder of the Free Meth
odist Church, i The warrant for the arrest
of Mi. Coffee on the charpe of assjtulinp
Jasper Ooode was issued last night, but
Mr. Coffee is in Portland, and so far as
known has not been arrested. It is un
derstood that Jasper Goode claims that
Mr. Coffee kicked him while his sister was
administering the lashing Mr. Coffee has
denied that he used any violence what
ever except in parry in blows, d urine
which one of the women was pushed off
the porch.
Miss Leou Goode says she is Rlad she
whipped the preacher. The Go odes will
undertake to justify the act by offering
proof that Presiding Elder Coffee and
Rev. Samuel Roper, pastor of the local
church, msde sliphtin remarks concern
in their father from the pulpit and else-whoi?.
Canby Aids County Fair.
CANBY, Or.. April J. (Special.) At
Is
P ANTON SELLS HALF OF
EVANSTON IN FIVE DAYS
Experienced Real Estate Buyers Say Evanslon
Absolutely the Finest "Buy" in Portland
for the Money
Only $400 a Lot$ 10.00 a Month. Take W.-W. Car You'll
Find the Agent There
f Yesterday was a fine day just the kind of day one gets full satisfaction from pure
air and exhilarating breeze.
J The writer of these items spent yesterday afternoon visiting several tracts advertised
as bargain propositions, with the object of comparing, as best he could, the merits of the
respective additions.
J In several portions of the town, many blocks from" streetcars, and with no evidence of
streets, aside from the occasional stake, and with Bull Run water a prophecy of the future,
lots are selling for $500 and upwards. It is not that these properties are not worth what
they are asking for them, but, by comparison, they are not worth half what EVANSTON
lots are selling for. THIS IS A STRONO STATEMENT, BUT IT STANDS THE COM
PARISON. '
ff EVANSTON is a clean-cut, finished proposition a "close in" property high and
sightly, with every convenience, and withal Span ton is only asking $400 a lot. You can go -on
every side of EVANSTON, north, south, east or west, and you will not find a tract, big
or little, having the immediate values EVANSTON has.
f As a favor to us, and in mere justice to yourself, take the W-W car today, get off at
Francis avenue, look over EVANSTON, and see for yourself what a really good invest
ment it is. It is a certainty; there is no loss in it; a panic could reach Portland of
greatest proportions and still property like Evanston would not feel the least effect of it.
J $400 A LOT.
I The Spanton selling contract expires May 1st. In the meantime every lot will be
sold, because the price is way below the market. Pay $10 a month.
Jf We are not writing this advertisement to brag, but simply to emphasize the fact that
EVANSTON is worth every cent we ask for it.
J With only 60 lots in the first place, EVANSTON, but five days on the market, is either
half sold or spoken for. There will not be a lot left within 10 days.
J An agent of The Spanton Co. will be on the tract all day today, rain or shine.
J Take the W-W car.
THE SPANTON COMPANY
1
Sole Agents for Evanston
Or see man at the tract.
270 Stark Street.
18
NUTS
TO
THE
YARD
ENGLISH WALNUTS
:AND:
ROYAL ANN CHERRIES
TWO
BITES
TO
THE
CHERRY
"When we offer you the opportunity to secure 5 or 10 acres of our Walnut
Grove, we place you at once in the position of one who has large capital, ex
pert knowledge and selection of soil and location regardless of cost.
That's straight; that's your position; these are the advantages accepted
by you without cost. You pay nothing for these things. All you have to do
is to pay $100 cash and $15 per month on each five-acre tract planted and
taken care of for four years.
Thq same care and attention that we give to our own, in the same tract,
and your choice of location. Our price is less than you or any other individual
can purchase proper soil and give four years' c-aTe.
AYe are the largest owners and planters in Oregon. "We buy wholesale, we
plant wholesale, we give culture by wholesale. Our Orchard Management alone
applied to your particular purchase would equal in cost in one year the price
you pay for five acres. '
"We go to properties any or every day, leaving at 7:40, returning at 5:40.
Call or phone and we make the date. -
CHURCHILL-MATTHEWS CO.
GENERAL SELLING AGENTS
HO SECOND STREET
Prices
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PRICES OF ALL BUSINESS LOTS ON CHAUTAUQUA
BOULEVARD, WILLIS BOULEVARD AND FOWLER AVE
NUE, IN UNIVERSITY PARK, WILL BE ADVANCED $100
PER LOT APRIL 15TH, 1908.
STUDY THE PICTURE
Why Not Advance?
The lumber business made Detroit, Mich., a city of 400,000
population, business lots now $4000 per front foot. Stockyards
and packing-houses gave Chicago its first boost towards great
ness by adding 100,000 population to its ranks, business lots now
$10,000 per front foot; made Kansas City peer over all its rivals by
adding to it 60,000 population, business lots now $3500 per front
foot; and made South Omaha a city of 40,000 population, business
lots $2000 per front foot.
Wherever railroads centered there has sprung up a large
city.
What have we a reason to expect of University Park, with its
vast lumber business, its large stockyards and packing-houses
and all the great transcontinental railroads centering there, in
addition to its rivers navigable to the commerce of the world?
When we consider what has been done in other cities, have we not
good reason to expect to see lots sell on such streets as Chautau- 1
qua, Willis and Fowler for $1000 per front foot within 10 years?
An investment in only one lone lot will surely make you rich in
10 years. Does not something deep down inside tell you not to
let this opportunity slip by?
PRICES NOW $10 PER FRONT FOOT FOR RESIDENCE
LOTS UP TO $15 PER FRONT FOOT FOR CHOICE BUSI
NESS LOTS,- TERMS 10 PER CENT CASH, BALANCE $10
MONTHLY ON ONE LOT AND $5 ADDITIONAL FOR EACH
ADDITIONAL LOT., NO INTEREST IF EACH INSTALL
MENT BE PAID WHEN OR BEFORE DUE.
By paying down $37.50 on a business lot before April lb you
can get advantage of the rise of $100 on April 15. A gain of $2.50
in 10 days for each one dollar invested ought to be good enough
for a beginning. Take St. John car, get off at Chautauqua
Boulevard, where you will find my office.
FRANCIS
McKENI
A
ROOM 606 COMMERCIAL BLOCK, PORTLAND, OR.
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