Morning Oregonian., April 15, 1908, Page 11, Image 11

THE MOR.MSG OREGOMAX. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1908.
11
LISTED FOR
Opening of New Line Impor
tant Event to Portland
and Lewiston.
CLOSER TRADE RELATIONS
I oral Buinn Men Tlcus Benefit 4
to B Prrlvrd From Trip to
One of NVrtl.wrt Rirh
Garden Spots.
Tho bpwlnton exeursion over tlio new
TAWiston-Rlpari Rtiilway, on lHy 1,
from prnent JndMcHtlons. will bp the
f Urutst fvor jriven hy the commercial
o(Hom of Port In nd. Alroady more than
7 fliKnnturea arp upon the Cnmmrreiiil
I'lnlVs list. Mutineer Torn Riehardfon, of
th ')ub. said yosterday:
" have handled a pood many ex
cursion from this offipo In thn last year
or two, hnt In nono of the others was
there anytnln like the Interest that is
displayed fn thin Instanee. It la unpre
cedented that more than TO firms should
hnve. reserved accommodation: in h-?a
than a week, and never before have no
many rejrlaterid their names three weeks
before ttie event.
Portland wilt h without It rhtef citi
zens on that day. Kvery biff bankinir
lnume nil! he representrd by head offi
cers. Th larfTftpt .iobblnK-hnusep and ft
seore or more of smaller ones will also
be represented. Prominent public men, a
1 'nlted States Senator, State Senators and
Hpresentattves have their name listed,
and two commercial bodies will be well
represented. From the Chamber of Com
merce there will h present two past
urenldents. V. J. Burns and V. O. Wheel
wrlcht. and by Its president. Charles F
ISwiitert. and Joseph N. Teal, counsel
for the transportation committee. Among
the Commercial Club members on the
excursion will be C. V. Hodson. presi
dent ; Theodore B. Wilcox, ehairmsni of
the Fxecnttve committee; A. I. Mills, J.
AinsWorth, J. Frank Watson and
Walter F Burrell. -rxeeutive committee
man. Kvery newspaper will he repre
Fented. The names of the leaders of al
nmt vrry line of Portland s industries
aro Included In the list.
The name of those who have already
Hinned for the excursion are as follows:
Klrhnrd W. Montnr-m?, .intin rt. Oarcon. V.
K Burrell. C FI Crelte. Wllltnm b. nrewster,
Tr. Oils R. WiaMit, GeorK McMlllMn, .fnhn
htewsrl, Tni Richardson, W. A. MoniKOinry,
It. W. Iwts. Meranrar, feat en Lively.
Pr. H7. J. T-hb. William Warrens. Chnrlea
. Pa via. E. P. Piper. J. F. Carroll, Orecnn
.t'Mirnal, Allen I,ewls. H. L. Powers, John
Rent!. .?. H. McTltinr. C V. Wrlitht. A.
M Wriht, H. r. Cxmpbell. J. P. O'Rrirn.
II. T. Holm 1. l,anic. F. (i. Ruffuni, Joseph
N. Tr1. W. L. Rnhiim. O. A. Hiirinon, T.
H W l Irox. F. C. KMjuy. R, I,nmbn rn, W.
Prtstnl. P". R. Webb. Oskar Huher, GeorR
Rrown. H. W. Mcnntrte. W. 1.. Rotse, ,h
1 mb.Trd. H A. Sarirent, aoodynr Rubher
i"Vtnipnny. Marshall WpIIs Hurdwuro Company.
Nmstftflter Rrothera, W. P. Fuller A Com
jvmy. Rlake, MeFall Company, Charles T.
Mastiek. A. Mcfatman. J, r-oenirart. Paeins
I'aiier O-mpanv, W. R. t;tifkt. Pa-rc Son.
Kluher. Thonn & Company. Port an 4 Bed
nrnpniiy. Pnlunn Tmnlemrnt Company. C. C.
Chapman, H-nry Albers, TrMwlnurr ft Com
pany. C. F. Adam. A. R. Hteinhaeh. F. W.
M ulkey. A. T. Mills. F.dward Cooklnrham,
F "iValton. W. 3. Ptirns. F. H Foirarly, J.
1. Ainswortb, M. Fllerhner, William Me
Murray. C. F. Swirrt. W. O. Wheelwrlfrht,
F- S. Wert, Jay Smith. Pen NVustadter, C.
V. Prune. T. N. Stopnenbarh.
fprakinK of the excursion, Fi C. Olltner,
ecretary of the Chamber of Commerce,
ea id:
Tlx occasion ta wll worthy of the men.
The oiyninR of the Rt pa ria -Lewiston Rail
road Is an epoch In the history of Portland's
commercial development. It Is of Importance
only le.-"a tan the open ins of the first
througti Unes to the Raet. it open a ter
ritory Incalculably great in resource and of
inconceivable ixtenttnity. Lewiston Is the
liateway to a territory equal In sixe to most
of the New Knsrland states, and lewiston,
as a gateway, hns bocn closed to Portland
ti n file for a Rcneratlon because there was no
direct rail enrvlee. The new line open the
ete and the excursion to Lewiston of port
lniid's business men is stmpty to receive the
kt s.
firoat Futnr in Store.
The new territory has In it the lamest
kind of present trada value, but It has an
immeasurably ffreater future value. Imme
diately imrroundlng Lewiaton they have om
peiwn tJktnr their Itvinsr from only 2n0
aM-ea of land. They have other thousands
of acres bring; settled, and every five acres
will eupnort a family and every family buy
Rtods. and those goods they will now buy
in Portland-. The cold fact is that a bta;
percentage of very dollar made by the
o:-chrdistai ami grape growers at Lewiston
will finally gravitate into the pockets of the
Portland people. it cannot be otherwiie; the
f:;rmcr spends his Income at his local store
snd the local merchant pay the money to
t he Portland merchants for good. It is,
therefore, the biggest kind of business for
m to push along: the Irfwlston territory. Not
only to go after the business that is there
now. but to help the Lewiston people to
create a larger population, for that makes
larger bnalner and a greater number of dol
lar for us.
There Is another feature which marks this
excursion as celcbratlne; a big thing, and
trnt le that we are getting something for
nettling. We did nothing to get the Lewla-lon-Riiwria
tine: Lewiston's people did the
ftphttng. and got it after 20 years, and they
b serve all the credit and we are going up
there to tell them so. We are going to tell
them more. We are going to tel! them that
Portland will never stop working to clear
the rivr from ohet ructions both at Celilo
and from I'mattlra to Rlparta. We will tell
thrm we'll do our share and more; we won't
have to even ask them to do anything, for
they have shown themselves to be willing to
do anything to help things along. Vow that
we have the railroad, all either Lewiston or
Portland neede to. make the most perfect
connection is the open river, and that is
coming.
View of Mr. Wilcox.
Theodore B. Wilcox, discussing the ex
cursion, said;
There are but very few things that Port
land has ever gotten without a right, but one
..r th.?e. and that not the least tmnortant of
the things which go to make for the business
d-. ve lopments af the community, is the open
ing of the Lewlnton-RipHrla branch line of
r.tilway which connects the O. R. jj. with
(he I'learweter Pasin, and thiai gives' an en
trance for Portiaml's goods to an extremely
vKh territory. We are prone to celebrate
those things most for which we have had to
fiirbt. hut the opening of th branch line
came to us w i t hout an e ITort on our part,
though certainly not without an effort on the
part of the merchants of Iewieton. who haw
persistently agitated and advocated the open
ire of that line fer 2U years or more. Now.
the merchants of Lewiston. having accom
plished that which they have gvne after, are
gning a celebration on May i and have in-
itrd us of Portland, who will share with
thm the benefits to be derived from the open
ing of the new line.
Py reason "of my peculiar line ef busi
ness i have, perhaps, better than the average,
knowiedre of jut what the opening of the
nrn Une mean to" Portland merchants.- It
mean the opening of a territory reat
a the Joint area of Massachusetts, w
Hampshire and Connecticut, already fairly
well peopled and producing an enormous
buik of varied product, the major part of
MANY
IDAHO
which has heretofore found Its outlet through
the Northern Pacific to Spokane, and which
will now logically seek an outlet down the
PeaWe River. The population of the Clear
water Valley ha. heretofore, found Its prin
cipal buying market at Spokane and the
Sound, beeauee, of course, Pf being directly
in rail communication with thse place, hut
nw that the new line brings Portland within
a night's travel of the merchants of Lewis
ton, and qirlck freight communication, the
buying market should be, and from the at
titude of the Lewiston merchant, it seems
It wiir he at Portland.
While the territory as It Is today is ex
ceedingly worthy of exploitation, it is only a
email fraction of what it will be in a very
few. yearn to come. I think it Is not too
muTV to sny that the Immediate vicinity of
Lewiston Is now growing more rapidly in
population than any other riven area in the
whole Columbia. Snake and Willamette River
watersheds. Rig Irrigation projects have
added recently to the tillable fruit area thou
sands of acres of land, and these are being
rapidly settled. One project alone, which
has been financed by our local people at
Portland, hes added many hundreds to the
population of Lewiston vicinity In the laM
year and will probably add thousand more
In the years to come.
Trade on Natural BnsU.
Of course the output from the Clearwater
Hasin now Is largely wheat and lumber, but
every year has increased the percentage of
fruit and it is the cultivation of fruit which
makes for closely settled communities and
consequently great buying popufratlons.
Prior to the entrance of the branch of the
Northern Pa rifle into Iewlston from the north,
the natural trend of trade was down the
Snake ami Columbia rivers to Portland. This
was the natural way when no railways en
tered Info the question. The traffic followed
the Mne of least resistance and chose the
easiest route. Rut when the Northern Pa
cific made its entrance into the Clearwater
PIOVKKR rS. THF Cl'I-TrRK OF
THR KNOIJSK WALNIT.
r e
Thomas Prince, of Dundee. Or.
Thomas lrince. nf Dundee. Or.,
the msn who has demonstrated that
the Knglish w-alnut can be success
fully grown In Oregon, was in the
city yesterday and leaves this after
noon on a trip to hi old home at
Worcester. Mass. Ten years ago Mr.
Prince wast a manufacturer In the
Massachusetts city and falling
health compelled him to seek an
other climate. Having a little finan
cial Interest In Oregon ho came to
Yamhill County and became the
pioneer in the culture of the Eng
lish walnut.
territory, the same law of trade, which, up
to that time had brought the bus! new to
Portland, took it to Spokane, for the line
of least resitaneo was by the rail route.
The new line, the opening of which we are
to celebrate, merely restores the conditions
which held force beTore railways had come
and trade will naturally follow lta lav and
find its outlet the castes way, which la to
Portland, bj before.
I have en id that the merchant of Lewis
ton deserve the entire credit for the build
ing of the new line. This is true with a cer
tain modification. Certainly the Portland
mercantile interests deserve no credit, but
whatever of Portland influence has been ex
erted, and that Is not a little, Is to be credited
to The Oregonian, which has persistently
urgeu the necessity of railway development.
"William D. Wheelwright will be one of
the excursionists to Lewiston. He has
been president of the Chamber of Com
merce and was chairmun of the naviga
tion committee, so that he la in close
touch with the work of improving our
uttvifcttcMo waters, we said:
Will Open Kntir Basin.
The building of the RIparia-LewiMon branch
Is etep No. l to the. complete opening of the
wnoie Columbia, Snake and Clearwater Val
ley to river transportation. While Lewiston'a
people have worked faithfully in procuring
for themselves and it must be remembered
for us and our financial betterment the new
line giving direct rail connection, Portland
nas not Deen inactive in the work of open
ing the rivers to steamboat trafflc. The first
obstruction to be removed was that at The
Dalles, and by persLstent effort and the ex
penditure of much money, jhe locks were
built. Next in order is the canal at Celtic
and that Is in sueh a stage of progress) as
to make readily visible the time when the
falls there will be no longer a barrier to
traffic.
There remains the comparatively ' insig
nificant task of removing obstructions to nav
igation between Umatilla and Riparia. When
that m done, Portland will be so placed as
to command the greatest series of waterways
on the continent dominated by any one entry
port, i ne ceiem-ation at Lewiston has. then,
for us a two-fold object. We will congratulate
Lewiston upon the opening of the new line
and plan for the task of river improvement,
No two cities could possibly have interests
more closely allied. Iewlston is so placed
ae to be at the head of our water-grade rail
way system, and at the head of our navigable
water. Her future at the center of the Clear
water Basin is assured beyond the possibility
of doubt, for the territory of which she is
in control contains the bulk of all that enor
mous wheat acreage in Washington and Idaho.
It contains also millions1 of acres of timber
and in her immediate vicinity on of the
greatest fruit sections in the Northwest. Her
domination of this vast stretch of rich coun
try ta inevitable because of the geography of
that region, there being a natural fall in
every direction to Lewiston as a 'center. Cars
loaded with agricultural products roll by
force of gravity to her wharves.
It requires) no Imagination to reveal what
this means for Portland, for as surely as
Lewiston dominates her territory so surely
do we dominate her and what Is hers" for the
Talleys of the Pnake and Columbia form the
economic line of transport by which Lewis
ton products find a market. It la a rule of
traffic wherever trafflc ie, that It follows
the easiest path. A farmer driving a load
to market takes the road with the easiest
grade railroads' do the same. The easiest
grade from Lewiston and the Clearwater
Basin is down the rivers to Portland.
J. N. Teal, counsel for the transporta
tion committee of the Chamber of Com
merce, said:
Hopes at Lnst Realized.
I hope the proposed excursion to Lewiston
will be taken advantage of by every one who
can possibly go. It will give an excellent
opportunity for neighbors and friends to re
new old associations and for tbosa in Port
land who have never had the privilege of
visiting one of the garden spots of the North
west to see it at its best. For years the peo
ple cf both sections have looked forward
to the time when direct rail connection would
bring them closer together. To give some
idea of the commercial changes that will
necessarily fellow from the completion of
thw road it is sufficient to say that sub
stantially Portland and Lewiston will be as
near one another aa Lewiston and Sookaae:
3. s w
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I IsaiiiirshrwriiiifriTiiwiiBBwTO " gliiiiiatiinifti.ssaMmiu
We fit shoes carefully and
give patrons every possi
ble advantage of our ex
perience. This does not
mean dictation nor un
called for insistence.
Sfnmfcrr A very
atyllKh Gilo on Tlr.
nude In rlthrr pMtont
rolt or mit b r o w n
KiinmIhi very flexible
wHlkinnr nlen eilprcti
m in M r 1 1 y extended,
model hmn the new
hrt forepart.
Being human, we some
times make m i s t a ke s.
Kindly call our attention
if we make any in dealing
with you. We cheerfully
right every wrong.
that is, one will be able to leave either city
in the evening and arrive In the other the
following morning.
Those who go, and have never een the
Inland EJmplre. will have direct evidence of
the wealth of a great country to which our
city is indebted for much of Its commercial
Importance. They will see the possibilities
of the future in a new light and will come
back imbued wjth greater hope and higher
aspirations for the future. They will know
then,, why it h that the people of that sec
tion, and of Portland, with an ardor that
cannot be shaken, have held fast to the faith
of an '"open river" from Lewiston to the
sea. When they see that the strategical situ
ation of Lewiston is owing to the natural ad
vantages of the water level, and that in ad
dition to transportation by rail it can always
take 'advantage of the water route, I feel sure
they will have a keener perception of the
same advantage we enjoy even to a greater
degree. (
Make Barren Land Fertile.
The day will come when along the banks
of the Columbia and Snake rivers, where now
wha appears to be a barren waste tnat almost
wearies the eye, fruit, fields of alfalfa and
grain will make of it one great garden
teeming with population and wealth. With
the Improvement of the river for navigation
under the wise policy about to be Inaugurated
the waters will serve to irrigate the thirsty
soil and furnish power for the many pur
poses now demanded by modern life.
With this work on the upper river, with
40 feet of water at the mouth of our great
river, with Eastern Oregon opened up to st
tlement. through sufficient transportation fa
cilities, the Northwest will- come into its own
and Portland in close kinship and touch with
all this territory will be seated at the gate
way of this great empire. In Lewiston they
will see a flourishing city that one day will
be a great commercial center. In Clarkston,
across the river, they will have direct evi
dence of what enlightened development and
faith in the possibilities of this county can
accomplish. They will meet a hospitable peo
ple, fair Women and broad-minded men, and
will return amply repaid for a pleasant ex
cursion. WILL ACT ON RESIGNATION
Portland Presbytery Meets to Dis
miss Dr. Ely.
There will be a pro re nata meeting of
the Presbytefy of Portland. Friday at
10 A. M.. at the Portland First Presby
terian Church, to act on the resignation
of Dr. B. E S. Ely, Jr.. from the Calvary
Church pastorate: to dismiss Dr. Ely to
the Presbytery of Cedar Rapids and to
transact any other business that may
come ui.
The April meeting of the Presbytery
will be held in the First Presbyterian
Church, of Astoria, April 21. and will be
constituted for business after the retiring
moderator's aermon. at 2 P. M. At this
meeting the resignation of Rev. J. R.
McGlade. D. D., from the pastorate of
the ilizpab. Church, will be acted on;
1
5,:?
extreme n I ft h
nrh find colo
nltil nerl.
Prl.-r
FOR MEN W WOMEN
2.7 O WASHINGTON
delegates to the general assembly, to be
held in May, In Kansas City, will be
chosen, and the statistical reports - of
the churches will be presented to the
Presbytery. The sessional records will be
reviewed and the Presbytery wilt begin
the work of administration of tho self
support scheme adopted last Pall.
Tuesday evening will be devoted to a
popular meeting in the interest of foreign
missions when Dr. Foulkes of the First
Presbyterian Church, of Portland, will
give hia gtereopticon lecture on "All
Around the World Missions."
FLEET HAS BEEN INVITED
Request for Ships Meets With Fa
vorable Consideration.
Evidence came to light yesterday that
an invitation had been extended the
President and the Navy Department at
Washington to have Admiral Evans fleet,
or a portion of it, visit Portland during
the Rose festival.
The trustees of the Chamber of Com
merce directed Secretary Giltner in Feb
ruary to send letters to the Senators and
Representative? of Oreron in Congress to
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V-rTv -1
L ,nc.
l Lanpner
Hat
Is
"ALWAYS RIGHT
Ask Yovv Dealer.
W YES lip
ft I
orrect
There is nothing. ordinary
hig hest order of genius engaged in shoe design is con
stantly employed in "Crawford" production. In
ordinary factories designing is the work of one man.
"Crawford" patterns represent the combined effort of
a dozen specialists in shoe designing, This is why
"Crawford" fashions so far excel all competition.
Only the best of materials are used in "Crawford"
Shoes the world's best tanners have learned that
"Crawford" makers will accept no other kind. The
"Crawford" workman has always been considered
"worthy of his hire," and in consequence are the
SP'AitX "Crawford" ranks filled with earnest, expert
lkPjM workers, long trained and well paid, for their
,
ferent branches of the work. To this one feature
may be traced the strong individuality of "Craw-
ford" shoemaking.
Crawford Shoes are made in enormous
quantities and sold direct to the wearer.
There are no "figurehead" 'positions in
the "Crawford" organization, nor any
tSSi
m
useless, expensive methods
of handling their product.
NO FANCY
?RIGES
uso their best endeavors to have wme of
the flaet come to thia city at the time re
ferred to.
Under date of Marcn 11, Senator Fulton
wrote to the Chamber that he had brought
the matter to the attention of the Navy
Department, and had requested that some
of the vessels be sent to Portland and
that in all probability some of the ships
would come to Portland after the review
at San Francisco.
Senator Bourne wrote that he had
called upon the President and had been
told by the Commander-in-Chief that so
far as he was concerned thia city was to
be included in the list of the principal
mm.
The Closest In
Q On April 7th, EVANSTON Spanton Co.'s beautiful nevr tract on the W.-W., car
line was filed for record.
3 On April 14th (that was yesterday), the Spanton Co. had sold thirty-nine of the
fifty-eight lots in the tract.
9 EVANSTON is close in, being only 12 minutes from Morrison-street bridge, on the
W.-W. carline it is high and sightly and surrounded by every advantage you don't
have to be a clairvoyant, peering into the future, in search of values, but
as a practical person, you see these advantages sticKing
9 See EVANSTON today for just as certain as two
the remaining nineteen lots will be sold before next
U Take the
is there.
9 $400 a lot
Take
W. W. Car
See our agent
there.
.OH!
about Crawford style;
STREET.
porta of the Coast to be visited when the
fleet arrived." He said he would bring the
matter to the attention of Admiral Evana,
who would use Mb discretion as to the
class of vessels to come up the Columbia
and Willamette, but that he 'had little
doubt that cruisers which could safely
pass In would be sent to Portland at the
time of the Rose Festival.
Rally In Monta villa.
A" well-attended Republican rally was
held in Montavilla last night. Tho Mon
tavllla Quartet supplied the mimic Dr.
civ
EVANSTON
Residence Property in Portland Selling
W. - W. car ; get off at i rancis avenue
$10.00 a month. ,
We show shoes u pleas
antly as we sell them. Do
not hesitate to call. Ton
will be courteously served,
whether you buy or not.
We welcome investigation.
the
dif-
When "Crawford"-Shoes
go wrong, we gladly make
them right, and are not
ugly about it. It happens
so seldom we can afford to
be liberal.
Wiliam Deveny presided. Talks were
made by W. R. McGarry. A. G. Rush
light. Robert Morrow, K. C. Couch, C. C.
ixmcks and J. W. Bell, candidates.
Vote for
W. H. HURLBTJRT
No. 23.
For Railroad Commissioner.
for $10 a Month
out on every nana.
and two are four,
Monday evening.
; tne agent
270
STARK ST