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FORTUVn. SATIKIIAV. MAT I. lOOS.
THE rROPOSED CHARTER.
The basis of the new charter pro
posed for adoption. Is Imperial democ
racy. In a sense it is Hamiltonlan in
a larger sense, Xapoleonic. Hamilton
was a believer in republican or demo
cratic government, with checks upon
It. Napoleon professed to march with
the opinions of millions of men, yet his
reign was despotic. All voted for him,
all supported him and upheld him
till the catastrophe.
It may be- useless to compare great
things with small. Yet here is an il
lustration. Thecharter proposed for
Portland is much nearer the Xapo
leonic than the Hamiltonlan idea. It
proposes a despotism, in the name of
the people. A few men, elected by a
voting . mass, that doesn't know the
consequences of Its acts, are to hold
absolute power during their terms of
office. If they are shrewd and lay
their plans well, they may start a sys
tem that will perpetuate itself. But
is an oligarchy, ruling in the name of
the people, the last achievement of
triumphant democracy?
The Mayor and six Councilmen are
to have exclusive control of the ex
ecutive and administrative affairs of
the city. The mass of citizens are to
have nothing to say. True, these of
ficials can be turned out, in future
elections. But that would be revolu
tionary, and the people probably would
be disposed to maintain the estab
lished order as long as they could. The
notion that the people can maintain
control of their government by putting
it in the hands of an oligarchy marks
one of the blunders of history. Yet
if you want concentration of authority
and power, vote for this charter. There
is mighty argument for it. By estab
lishing an' oligarchy you get rid of the
rule of the mass. For a time the mass
may be satisfied with the thought,
"Well, after all. these rulers are our
own despots." But that sort of thing
doesn't last very long. Yet through
these forms of democracy the man at
the head will soon be "the state." Des
potism sometimes Is tempered by as
sassination; but the new charter pro
vides no such remedy.
The most serious thing of all, for
the present, is the probability that
adoption of the charter, with the un
certain alternatives it proposes, will
plunge all our affairs into extreme en
tanglement and confusion, that years
may not unravel. Moreover, changes,
under the Initiative, proposed in large
numbers, and utterly at variance with
the charter itself, may be adopted by
this same election.
This would be vindication of the
Initiative, at the cost of the peace and
orderly welfare and regular adminis
tration of the affairs of the city.
Next question is, docs Portland want
so costly a government? The Mayor
is to receive 6000 a year; his secre
tary J1800. Six members of the Coun
cil are to receive $5000 a year each.
A member of the Council is to be at
the head of each of the six bureaus of
the city. Of course, the Councilman
can't do the business. He won't know
how. .-.Elected by the people, he will
simply hold the office: and each one
will require an expert adviser, and
each of these expert advisers will re
quire deputies to do their will, and for
that purpose, to post over the city with
automobiles or other carriages, as fuss
ily as If they were carrying the weight
of empires. In such ways the sim
plicity of imperial government, in Its
varied refinements, always manifests
itself. Kor doesn't It rest on "the will
of the people ?
The Auditor of the city, if the char
ter shall be adopted. is to receive
3600 a year: the Treasurer $3000;
the Engineer .4800; the Attorney
14800; the Municipal Judge J2000. and
his clerk 1 1200; the Secretary of the
Civil Service Commission. $1200; and
so on. This Isn't the whole list; for
the attention is fatigued in the search
to compass it. And, of course, the
Council will provide aiy number of
deputies and assistants: for it is
enough for the principal to hold the
office and draw the salary. Others
must do the work.
It Is. indeed, a highly centralized
form of government, in the name of
democracy, with salaries to support
and power of increasing the number
of employes, with attractive salaries
without end. Resting on the will of
the people, it is as good as the gov
ernment established by Napoleonic
plebiscite, and as absolute. Now. if
the people like this sort of government,
here, truly. Is the sort of government
they like. The Oregonian is very much
inclined to ast its vote for it. it
surely would, if. in these circumstances
it wanted absolutism in government
, and radical change that would result
In confusion worse confounded.
A" OWISE TEACHER.
It is safe to predict that within a
short time Principal Ray, of the Sil-
verton High School, will repent of his
course in standing by the pupils
against the school board. For the
moment he has acquired a certain
popularity which Is, no doubt, pleas
ant, but such popularity is notoriously
brief. The pupils who now laud him
for his help will, be the first to turn
against him when another question of
discipline arises, and they will detest
him then, as ardently as they love
him now. It is invariably dangerous
for an executive official to coun
tenance disorder, whether in school or
anywhere else. The teacher who wins
In a fight In alliance with students
against directors must expect very soon
to see students -and directors united
against hmvserf..
L'pon the merits of the controversy
between Principal Ray and the direct
ors not much need be said. The school
board suspended nine pupils for tak
ing part In a class rush. Mr. Ray took
the side of the delinquents and. with
the aid of the rest of the school and
the County Superintendent, got the
better of the board. On general prin
ciples one Is bound to say that the di
rectors were probably in the rlnht
morally. If not legally. Class rushes
and all folly which j;oes with them,
are bad enough In college.. in the
high school they are Intolerable. They
carry the base imitation of college life
which has invaded the schools to a
point where it ought to be eradicated
once for all. The class rush Is another
symptom of the same disease which
is indicated by the high school fra
ternity. Besides being foolish, it Is
destructive of discipline. It injures
the morals of the hoys and girls who
take part in it. It Is surprising that
a high school teacher should counten
ance such a proceeding for a moment.
It is doubly surprising that he should
hinder the directors In trying to sup
press it. Certainly they judged more
wisely than he did of the welfare of
the pupils.
MADISON -STREET BUDGE,
Judge Bronaugb's obiter dictum on
the Madison-street bridge supplies a
forcible and proper argument against
the proposal for transfer of the fund
to construction at Market street. In
his opinion Judge Bronaugh said in
passing transfer of the fund would
be illegal. It is difficult, indeed, to see
how it could be otherwise. The bonds
have been sold specifically for con
struction at Madison strfet, under an
act expressly framed for that purpose.
Attempt to transfer the fund certain
ly would be contested at law, with re
sult of long delay, loss of Interest and
much cost to the city. There are en
tanglements enough, without a vote to
entangle this partioular Issue further.
It will be wise, from every point of
view, to vote "No" on this proposition
to transfer the fund from Madison to
Market, and to double the Issue of
bonds for the last-named site.
Since the city has the money In
hand, since there Is no probability the
transfer could be legally made, since
the thoroughfares are adjusted to the
Madison-Hawthorne line, and since a
large proportion of the population of
the city Is and long has been waiting
for the bridge, the replacement of the
structure at Madison street should be
postponed no longer.
THE WATER PROPOSITIONS.
If you vote for the new charter,
which one of the water propositions
it offers will you vote for? That Is,
In which of the alternative forms
would you have Section 227 of the
charter? This is one of the most Im
portant of all the questions before the
electorate. Voters would do well to
begin to look this business up.
One of the propositions would pro
vide that the cost of laterals and mains
hereafter laid or reinforced - shall
be paid by property benefited: the
other that it shall be paid out of the
water fund. One, that bonds and in
terest of the loan for new pipe line
from Bull Run shall be. paid by gen
eral taxation; the other that they shall
be paid out of the water fund as here
tofore. The proposals of the second part
are the more Just: and moreover they
offer less departure from existing pol
icy. The city should not pay to sup
ply water to outside tracts held for
speculation, and users of water should
pay a rate that will meet Interest on
the bonds.
APPXES IX JfEW YORK AND OKM.OX.
An inquiry in the New York Ttrnea
the other day, why apples could not
be grown as profitably In New York
as in Oregon, produced two Interesting
letters In reply. One of them was
from George T. Powell, president of
the Agricultural Exports Association;
the other was from Frederick Gore
King, a practical apple-grower at Gar
risons, N. Y. Mr. Powell takes the
position that apples can be grown in
" Tork better and more profitably
th-n in Oregon, citing the fact that
t'e annual apple crop brings In mil
lions of dollars to the western counties
of the state. The Times confirms his
opinion with the statement that New
York is the home of the Tompkins
County King, while its soil Imparts a
finer flavor to the Rhode Island Green
ing, the Spltzenberg and the Northern
Spy than Oregon can hope to rival. Mr.
Gore King, on the other hand, has been
a large appli grower in New York
for twenty years. but he . finds
conditions for the business so unfavor
able, upon the. whole, that he Intends
to uproot his orchards and lay down
the land to grass. This single dis
couraging fact seems to outweigh the
theories of the Times and Mr. Powell.
Nothing of the kind is taking place in
Oregon or Is likely to take place, so
far as anybody can foresee. While the
farms of New York have been aban
doned in large numbers and the pro
cess of desertion continues. Oregon
land is being opened every year and
new orchards are planted contlnuallv.
Nor is there any likelihood that mar
kets for the Increasing apple crop will
not oe round at good prices.
President Kerr, of -the Agricultural
College, who has made a study of the
subject, has expressed the opinion, in
conversation, that while the price of
Oregon apples may at some time fall
to something like an average of J 2 a
box. yet It will never get so low as to
be unremunerative. Evidently It be
came unremunerative in New" York a
long time ago. or the orchards would
not have been abandoned. Some of
Mr. Gore's reasons for the decline
of New York's apple lndustrv are In
structive. He cites, for one thing, the
scarcity of labor. Now it Is pretty
certain tht. however difficult it may
be to obtain reliable labor In New
York. It Is much more difficult in
Oregon. Not only the orchardlst. but
every other species of farmer in this
state Is continually crying for laor
and usually crying in vain.. It Is
substantially impossible to obtain ade
quate help to clear land, to milk cows,
to cultivate potatoes, or for anv other
agricultural purpose. The Oregon or
chard 1st s have solved the labor prob
lem by doing their own work and they
have been able to reach this end by
keeping their orchards small. There
are large orchards In the state, of
course, but It Is the small ones which
yield th highest proportional returns,
both in money and In quality of fruit.
In these the orchardlst does his own
work and Is thus free from the uncer
tainties and deficiencies of hired help.
New York must seek the solution of
her agricultural labor problem along
the same line. Her farms are too
large. Make them so small that the
- husbandman can be his own hired man
andTie will begin to show profits where
he now has nothing but a loss to
exhibit.
Mr. Gore's idea that the transporta
tion question is leas annoying to the
Oregon orchardint than to the New
York man, may have something In It.
Though we are many times farther
from the market, still the railroads
have taken systematic irrnunt of our
needs. In part at least, and our fruit
reaches Eastern markets more speed
ily and at lower comparative rates
than that of competitors along the At
lantic seaboard. Thta la not entirely
wlng to the kindly care of the rail
roads for our Interests, however. Our
orchardleta have had to solve the
transportation problem largely for
themselves. It is through their co
operative efforts that the railroads
have been induced to provide rood
transportation where and m hen It ts
needed. To obtain the same facilities
the New York farmers must first leam
to work together and. secondly, to
produce a crop large enough to make
it worth while for the railroads to
carry It. Th roads are Just as eager
for local as for throunh traffic when
there ts enough of it to be profitable.
Mr. Gore complains that the roads
neglect the local business, but the only
possible reason for that Is the fact
that the local business has first neg
lected Itself.
Finally, he turns to the ancient com
plaint about the middleman as a
cause of decadence in fruitgrowing
and all other agricultural enterprises.
Here he Is on solid ground. When a
ting of commission men gets the power
absolutely to stand between the pro
ducer and the consumer, then It can
rob In both directions. It takes from
the farmer his legitimate returns and
it compels the consumer to pay ex
orbitant prices for his fjod. This
seems to have happened in New York
and the result has been a ruinous dis
couragement of agriculture which no
amount of lecturing or instruction ran
retrieve. Men will not pursue a calling
when it yields no returns. Much less
will they pursue tt when they see the
returns which ought to be their own
going Inevitably into the hands of
others. There Is much talk of a ring
of middlemen of the same sort in
Portland. Of course, it cannot do
much harm to the orchardlst who
ships his produce, but it can discourage
the growing of supplies for the local
market and It can make the price of
food exorbitant. Whether anything
like this has been happening here It
is for the consumer himself to decide.
The cry about the superior natural
flavor of New York apples to those
of Oregon, may be dismissed as a vain
flight of fancy. People who. without
local pride or Interest, have tried both,
assert that ours taste the better of
the two. Hence, the New York or
chardlst builds without foundation
when he makes much of that plea.
ELECTRIC LIGHT.
The Kellaher petition asks for au
thority to issue bonds to the amount
of two millions of dollars for estab
lishment of a municipal light plant.
This goes to the electors, on a special
division of the multifarious ballot.
If adopted, it will create a Commis
sion, with power to carry It Into ef
fect. We think the people of Portland
will not wish to create this special
Commission and give it the peculiar
and exclusive powers with which It
would be endowed. The Commission
ers named In the petition are W. I
Morgan. C. A. Bigelow and Daniel Mc.
Allen. The Commission mould be a
power unto Itself, responsible to Itself
alone. It would have absolute control
of two millions of dollars, with no re
sponsibility to any authority. Surely
the people will vote down this prop
osition. The men named doubtless
are good citizens. But the people are
to have nothing to say.
It Is certain, moreover, that the sup
ply of light for the municipality, under
this system, would cost more than un
der contract, as now. The public can
do no business of this kind as cheaply
as contractors can do it.
- Again, there Is In the new charter a
provision that the city may undertake
public lighting, and for the purpose
may raise money both by tax and
bonds. This Is one objection to the
charter. But the charter provsllon is
preferable to the Kellaher scheme.
The city, however, should not engage
In this business at all, any more than
In streetcar service. It can deal with
contractors on terms that will save
money to Itself, as against or In com
parison with all effort to establish
and to maintain plants of its own.
THE HASTY KARMK.E.
The Iwo marriages that ended so
disastrously one In Washington
County and one In Crook County. m-lh-
ln a few days past In the brutal mur
der of young wives by elderly hua.
bands, furnish shocking Illustration of
the folly of hasty marriage between
strangers of marrying on the part of
young girls to escape work In a wage
earning vocation, of marrying, so to
speak, for the sake of "getting mar
ried." The venture In each of these
cases lasted but a short time and was
ended In most atrocious murders. It
was in one case the third matrimonial
experience of the husband, two previ
ous wives having found It impossible
to live m-lth him: yet to eexrape the
daily routine of an ordinary vocation
a young woman went w lib this man, as
his wife. Into the m-llds. thinking to
have an easier life perhaps, and after
a few days she fell a victim to his vlo
lent temper.
In the other case no aarjualntance at
all existed prior to marriage, the young
girl coming out from Nebraska at the
Instance of a marriage broker or pro
moter to marry the man, mho In i
very short time trumped up an excuse
to kill her. It may be said for the lat
ter husband that he made the Job com
plete by killing himself, thus saving
the state the expense of prosecuting
and executing him and the public the
irritation of listening to a plea made
In his behalf on the ground of Insanity.
These horrible examples carry with
them a marntng that young women,
impatient of their condition as mage
earners In a lowly vocation, mill do
well to heed. The desire for a home
of her own, for the protection of a
husband and the companionship of
children Is. of all desires, the most
natural and womanly. Every young
woman should cherish it. and it may
be added that every woman of un
spoiled Instincts does cherish it. It Is
the center around which the hopes of
m-omanhood cerolve. In order, how
ever, that those hopes may have rea
sonable prospect of fruition, the desire
that underlies and feeds them must
take counsel of the judgment.
Here It Is proper to say that a man
mho takes upon himself the task of
promoting marriage between strangers.
whether of his own volition or as man
ager of matrimonial bureau, miicht
be Justly held as accessory before the
fart of the death of a young woman
mho had been, through hut ache mew.
lured Into marriage mnh a man wholly
insulted to her in position, tempera
ment and age.
Icvl p. Morton, one of the four sur
viving ex-Vice. Presidents of the t'tiltcj
Statu, celebrated his fcilh birthday on
May 1C. Ills three surviving col
leagues are Theodore Roosevelt.
Charles W. Fairbanks and Arilnl K.
Xtevenaon. the latt-r an old man. the
others men of middle life. Mr. Mor
ton has lived longer than any drier
Vice-President, mlth the single excep
tion of John A da ma, hn died In 1 :.
I wo ears after Morton mas born, at
the street age of year. Mr. Mor
ton Is a vlgoroue man for his rare. a
man of aret m-ealrh and of some n.
Il'.lt-al Influence In middle life. He is
not by any means upon the retired list
In business life, but personally d Irene
his large financial Interests, a con
spicuous example, of a man mho has
retained sound mind In a sound body
during the stress) of a long life at the
Nation's financial eform renter.
"The com boys dashed In upon the
lerders and tied them to t ret-a and
hen rode out and killed the sheep."
"euaily. to our everlasting dfrcrace.
ilspatrhes of this nature bear an Ore.
gon dateline, but these are the words
luoted from a Orand Junrtlon. Colo..
Itapatch announcing the killing of
1000 head of sheep and wounding of
wo sheepherders. This annual mar
are between the sheepmen and the
cattlemen milt probably continue as
long as there Is any free ranee re
maining to be fought for. To the ar
ras: e peaceful citizen mho has a re
ard for the property rights of his
neighbor. It Is somem hat difficult to
nderatand why either the sheepmen
or (he cattlemen should be allowed to
use public property as a battleground
r a slaughter pen for either men or
!umb brutes.
The time of the Presbyterian Assem
bly will be given up this afternoon to
the celebration of the 400th anniver
sary of the birth of John Calvin. Four
hundred years! Calvin would not
know his own denomination, were he
to be Introduced to Its general assem
bly In connection with the eulogies
that will be passed upon him. This
one thing can be said to the credit of
the sturdy old theologian, mho ruth
lessly condemned to everlasting tor
ment Infanta that died unbaptlzed: He
had the courage of his convictions.
Think of a minister preaching this
doctrine to an audl-nce composed of
the usual quota of mothers these
days! And It must hare taken cour
age to do It in the old days wherein
women could only feel and were not
supposed or allowed to think.
If anyone wants to know how the
farmers of the state regard the Oregon
Agricultural College let him start out
with a petition to cut off the legisla
tive appropriation for the maintenance
and betterment of that Institution. The
result of such a movement is told In
the announcement made by K. J. Kai
ser, of Ashland, mho headed the at
tempt to Invoke the referendum
against the appropriation made by the
last Legislature for the tt. A. C, In
the statement: "The petitions do not
contain the number of names re
quired and will not be filed."
The most loyal citizen of Portland
has nothing to say in favor of the
streets of his city, either In perma
nence and uniformity of construction
or In the manner In mhk-h they are
kept. Being truthful, he can offer no
defense upon these points: and being
loyal, he cannot speak of them as Ihey
deserve. Hence his silence m hen the
subject Is broached.
Today all lams enacted by the late
Legislature, not held up by referendum
or not made Immediately operative by
the emergency clause, go Into effect.
You mill find out what they are. per
haps, by the time they are up for re
peal by another Legislature or under
the Initiative.
That Ashland editor, whose name la
Kaiser, no doubt by this lime feels
much wlaer. for he failed to secure
enough names on his petition to send
the Agricultural College appropriation
to the referendum.
That was bright Mr of a HeattU
Councilman to hold hla wat.h on the
activity of city water and light clerks
In attending to public business.
Therein Is a pointer for Mr. Rushlight
down here.
Frank and Helen Kelly Gould have
been divorced. Thus ends seven years
of glided married life, the results of
which were many bickerings, much
unpleasant notoriety and two little
daughters.
Historian Ferrero thinks the recent
moral upheaval in America was an
uprising of the mid. lie classes against
the upper classes. Ion't laugh. He'
doing his damd.st. Angels could do
no more.
Vou rn approciat the fecllnmi cf
that Wlacormtn woman with quln
tuplota when you rontcmplat the ud
vportacla of the Municipal AfwoclatJon
with twins, or worae, for Mayor on lta
hand. .
Four mow Dreadnought for tlng
land ought to hold Orminy for
aw h lie. What ha become of the
ancient BrttLnh scar about the lia
bility of a French invasion?
With Sam Connell wanting one can
didate for Mayor and John Rain an
other. It would aeem to be up to the
other member of the Municipal Ao
claiion to call It a draw.
Mr. McDcnald. defeated for the Re
publican nomination for Councilman
In the Tenth Ward, will run Independ
ent. Another true-blue 'friend" of
the primary.
President Taft returns to Washing
ton ft Arm believer In the Mecklen
burg re-laration. That'a - what he
went to North Carolina for.
It hu cost Sprerkela mMh.ng like
IssOO.OOo to finance the Han Franolsoo
graft prosecution. 1 he getting hla
money wort h ?
Kilt U..
Hugh-t. he
I some pumpkina,at repartee.
That June Hood U aggravatlngly
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to City Mreeta,
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tliat wfcu-h prCTvt.lrw that -the invmrs
r-y the. r:ty of any street e rk or lisi'ms.
meet or rpa!r of ary aewrr or rfratei
er.ail be cor.rlu.ixe evMer.ce t?.at the sm
ss d.jne hrrnr:t( to plana, p-'lriiiohs
at! orliranrcs of t t-e r'ty ro li!rst
ttierefor" It la foiur piut.wM t..
fnriowlrc tlw- aeeeptarce t-y 1' rl'y f
ae.- a. h lmr-cT. meet, tr-.e y r r er?
cls's of the ell shall rt.re ':h ,1
c! I n. e tn clim t the ttmmrnti o,
uro lie t-roprrtt to be bn!lnl
Tl- efl-rt of h;, amerxlsnent :f
,I"I"H. mill be to enable nel-trlmi
ePJi:oua;v to Ma:n t he?t ror.cf frtxn
Ue n:r folomlr.g the rrmplriion of a
contract 1 nOer t!-e otdinaoce as it la
proposed to be amrr.orl tSe cfty moujd
rT the. contractor, the full a-nour t of
Ma contract pMn. a t the time tt work
wae arreptevt lr t&e rrvMTir auihnrisM
'"' of t !e city. In olher mortis, lis
contractor mnu! net he b Id is? f-r r a
pay p-r.dir.g Ire. ad)ue:m-rsl of ar.y u!'.
m hlrti m:glt ertee en-.org proprrly-uwaere
by reason of ir.e improroncoi. It moult
I'avs ail euro rr.t wrrI-s f T a dlr
mlr.alvon as trtmeea the e.ty and the
complaining property-owner.
Tl.ta prop-re-t anM-trr-mrnt la baed on
the theory tl.at hen lre official rrpre
srnlsiiris of tj-.e city eroept any puiiK
intpmv.rn.nl from a contractor, tavtrg
found ir.at tt m a ftrrl-irmol a.xotTlirg to
stTin-atione. it is only r:gbl l.at tne
contractor should receive l.;s money. It
la frequently trie, rase under the present
onlinsnce ti-at contractors are unable to
get iri-lr money for roont r.a after lha
work las been completed, being brlJ tip
until litigation Instituted by sums rf-.e-ati'M
property -owner can be settled
In t he court s, Tr concluding part of
the proposed amendment folloas:
Tne sirrt&l or warrants tse-jed ta pee
mem f sirl nr ihi t ra"4 obt'te !.c?a
f the r,:r " f 1-e.rf sad. t.l the ri.tti.t,r
-r n'l.'inti nr tola or ttlr aeelans .s I
Ifxifc f-r payment to te irrm.n fr-ra
the rr.fenr t-ecenod. 4 aoJ liaise
therefor, uft'eae said a- ,i .r.t sai; f-r
at raoa be deeared Inte.td or Ike rile
of Portland shaj rease la Its .tiM ror a
period of sis Rintll.1 or snore to fp M said
assessment Ttte statute of limitation as.l
no ti.;4r to rjrli e arrests er t are . i
rial assessments levied t T the eltr o -. , 1 -land
and stfailrc deiiaauent. nor sail tne
payment of marreeta tr the eliy aAeil ut
'i-'iilr of ea.d sen m neat liana
Confusion which has frequently reeti?ted
from the payment by tu city of damages
which w e re asseewed to property by rea
son of street extern ion a mill be avoided
If an amendment to rorimn as of tle
charter la adopted. It provlde-s that the
city Auditor shall withhold alt su. h war
rants In payment of damac-a. result. rg
from etreet extensions, until the owner of
the property receiving such assessments
establishes to t he satisfaction of II:e
Auditor that t he property la in no war
Incumbered. The amendment corwlars of
an addition to the nee lion as folloma:
Ths Auditor of the rttjr ef Portland shail
no de:,er anr Warrar.t for dtmtio on
Strount of the epentr.s or nln.r.:r.s of a
street until the peraon In whose fatr trie
a r rani is drswn shall rate Bh.t!t-d
him sattsratorr proof ihat ihete are ne
prior liens on the land appropriated MhUa
may t-e affected by B a..prvprtai ons
Another prop. sod amendment to the
ordinance) der.nlng the duty of viewers
of ail street extensions provide that the
V.y Auditor shall eertre as rlerk of
such boarda of viewers) and prepare tlwir
reporia for them. L nder the present.
method or procedure, t he viewers, who
receive $4 a day. employ at t.e tilers
of 1 ha property-owners a stenographer
who rorap in a report of t he board a
work which la turn Is filed with the -y
Auditor and Chee-lted over by deputies
In that office. Trta amendment prirv.a-s
that all of this mark evi.a;! he performed
In the Auditors ofr.ee, lie-reby saving the
expense for clerical aavs'stanre atlrb Is
now employed by viewers.
In another of the pending atnenrl-rter.te
It la proposed that "when. 1 1 Count-:!
shall, by ordinance, provide for making
an improvement, tha riiy shall he lcemcd
to hats appropriated and acquired own
ersh.p of a:i earth aUove grade and mt'-hln
the istrrei l:nee for said improvement and
no private ownership shall thereafter oe
claimed In said earth." I'nder the pre-
rnl ) stem When a street Is Improved
owners of the abultlrg property rlai-n
sll of the earth ahova grada to lha mid
dle of t he street.
Another amendment reiatlrg to streets
provides that BO streets ha:i be vacated
hereafter upon petition except the peti
tion he accompanied by a riat s ' oe 1- c
the atreets to he tsrstrd and sa affidavit
from lta person propoe-.ng lies plat that
the dedlceon of ter b street wl I he
mad Immediately upon t&eir acaton.
T: is amendment fo:o-
Xe street Shalt h saated tfes IV.e pet).
tine Of sey eteS ST wl!.o h-f . ' .
sw r petii'-i. It La p.A.esre-, . ee-p.at ee
tlelirete If) street er s-.le.ts In l-.s of I a
e-Sirei p. si or Sire t ue.eas tjh fell
1 1 - n so I t-e sroMriemH r a pat -lea
the p poe t tear-nee e re.t.a'tir-s of
ths streets, e.'.ie er h-Shas to t-e : ,41.
e-ated In i.ea e the l:tel er streats a.s.-d
to t. la'ated. at-4 attatld t h.. a t..
sxsse-d y S' or ded'.te'ion She.: Ve the
se..ra ee alt of the pe;eoe pt .. -s.r a Is
msSe h near (isl er de4 ate n street
t e Sleheare. thst star proposed f-et or
deel"ea , n of .It. ets wit: . msde rm -medisie
e coa the eoattn pes 4 for la
la. paction In rons-deratioa Iheteet
The need for the foregoing amendment
was auggeesied bv a recent eipersanr of
tha Cty Council. On petition certain
alreets In one aort.on of t!e rilr were nr.
dried vacated but following this artion
the petitioner failed to comply aith hla
terms of trie agreement and continue to
refuse to dedicate the streets so vacated
to the uses of the puhiic.
UACiaLK lOt NT ItOAt IS SOLD
Wall Street Intere-Ma rroml-e Con-
ruction of Pr-ojcot.
V EDFORD, Or, May 21. FpeeiaI.
Kx. tension of the I-lfl! A KasterQ
Itai:road. now in operation between this
city and fclagle Point, which, will tap
the big timber mtlea east of here.
Is now a as u red . a draft beirg paid la
New York yesterday for the controlling
Interest in the stock, which has been
held by Kdgar Hafer president of the
Crater L"k Lumber Company.
John K. Alien, of O Wall afreet.
New Tork. who wa Instrumental in
sale of tha Blue Ledge copper mine, is
lr. teres ted In the deal, and bo.-omea
president of the road.
The Pacific Kaatern will ro.t. In
eluding the old road. IS.00 eo. and will
tap a timber district containing eight
biHton feet of merchantable Umb-r.
This means an era of greater proper
lt" for tr.la section, than It baa prev
ious. y enjoyed The main office of the
new company will be at Medfo-d. with
a branch office at 4 Wall street. New
York.
Hat 7 Burled at The Dalle.
THE HAl-teES. Or, Mar a . 4 tm l.)
The funeral of Waller liary. killed by
an O. B- A N. ptiger train at Kowen
Wednestay. wa held frmn lo-al inder
tak'.ng parlor this morrlng. lie v. fi a.
Warren conducting th eervr-e nf er
merit wa In M-1fiinws Ometery. Hafy
lived at Tekoa. Wash, lit emplrer. iS.
K. Wttiwn, of Tekoa. arrived In T?-
f-alle lat night and look charge t,f
t he remains. The t iroucKbred hrrwe
Haty waa taking to Fairfield. Wash., had
ben parrhaaed by Waton frum A. C
Kul y, of Pvrt.acd.
CITV
ir. niogT, rtiiT wokd ox
Mlla ti. Meat ken Ksallea so Certain
Irtetsres ky (ho xirsr.
POJlTIVM, Or.. May 3 To F4
llor r-Itl The lrc:ontan loday. In an
aoottri- of It-. esrxere-e.l . rut a Of lie Ktet u
five lutard or He afreet cornrr.it tce 1 no.
Iloaj iv following.
tt.pl, -, , v r lnu Vsre lane Ve.
' ' s r (I I -
" - , set! ts e.. ute '
!. tt :
the osf
' -1 r -
ii
le
1t-t ttt-rf, ..rnrtl r.!tfta t 4
f famr -ij ..t v( c V P
-"f J ' - - ' ' . ssa, n, J famT f , 1
I ;.r, ,, . , f- e. c-esr "M l 1
1 1
a-"' -. -. a-r. ar t tt ..or J -
m.'..::.n an la f-, ; , - v
a r a ,,.. rf ( h . ; , , , I,,, , , -a.
J-f .tx s4 lt J.. r-,.Tr
Irr, --.. cwe m V.( ,-f
-Mf r.t., ..r aj I mr 1 - rs-s- V, ;l-.-r
I f- 'J- a It ew,
' " ' - - tTAft a ,f c :--
it, )-vr 4.ir.t m.l
lar in it fksv is cxr m nl
I. rorr-s, J !, ie 9r aa an .nr
-f Irvtrctr-n mi : if 1 4 m i
- trrrirw.. or y ha Ih
In f-t ti. tmjr. tr !t.t'.mi iki l
vr f.Ti lno rf.i r-t m !t Ik riiy
r -r- t-t Ir-rit-.jrtv. r wri,
or lo pmr f '-r f Mtriv. or t 2 fcr rr
t-T l lt rilr ntMfi hlrh I did fo4
cairy iut to ih mctr.
hirty.or. if fx H.-r.n ih.t
lu:u or r- b-uiia.ir. "mor 'bun'
fvrmnt In Ininfioo A4Jlt on tht.n on
br f'Mt.4 m Rir ot hr -.- of lh
fl'V. h tr..1 K .tMtsi-Rf whirr, would
W m;r-Wwi tv If . h.ml mr-r hnctml-
or ih nnlaU c .irr t jr tr-r-mmjkry ta ftvrnt
Jj'.cwt on ihli ubrcl. A It I. th
ir -rMnt i oiutrJTm anl tj nc-rriii't
mV.r r.-f. Tf U ttn wviinQ of th
"ly. tit n ih h uz r- 1-1 j rtr , m Sr
t rtr in ih Mm kmnunt of llrvl lam
hard eirf r Tva-rmnrr.t mm In In iron
Hut If It -r tr. wr.r oul4 hm
jut in I--! t ln f.r ht ! r-cHt
ti4 lh or 14 . -r lh rhnirMi
knon tv-.Vw-ir.rni . for rr-m: Wno fiiirlri
l"rm it.m Mm our frt!t.ma -r crntH
ttim irtitnc 'f wrtrri unci o-ntroj of
IS- rrn er in ts haft'. of tht rly.
of h!rh I.Ib I lonon "1 ! 1h hJi4. Wfcy
.um " work 11 1 low -l . orwpia-M a nil
tr-i,'rt jr om n-rr-w rornprl.K to jr t h
irU or co4 irk la II j4i. lKtt
h ! II M.rt n. th coni rrt or wrr
In c.11uMon fo rob lhi bo had lh
Mil to fmjr ?
M r IsJtn t m v1nt.5r. In my Jutr-irn-ni.
ir.Mn that Ihouf h him era sty war
of d.'r.tf tr inci hmm rxtmt tn hrw:v-
it haa tK ritr at Ufr "(- -.11 otSor
tat-a vr I h- mm m rul rpfr!nsll rrom
r-.tnMrt. Iut then it cxiwn ta as-cu-st.
ttm of tot doing what 1 hav ord to
do. th - ta r.o or.ar on of mrrt
cxmfvav.oa for th !r.n
M VHSHMLI.n .LADS M IX MKKT
Sccnrr Track CltamplonMilp of Coot
Cowniy High h-cHoolft.
M A 1 1 K! r.l.n. Or, M y SI, 4 .r-e.
rial. I T'.o iirat annual in:er-holane
Oooa County trackc tnmmt waa held at the
racetrack h--re to1ay. ltuslneaa houtfi
rloaod for the a ftf-mfton and the atlrnd
anre w a larw-. Trtoae w ho tk jnr
In the conicata wre from the bish
aohooia of Mri!.ftrl., Myrtle 1'oint. t'o
cjui;i and tn1on. Ith each t-am
came many pcifora. Marah.nld a
t-am won the lar! number of tMnta
and t i.o ch amplooh in f .-r the count y.
The w inner of the d;.tervnt e enta
w rre:
rr ) r4 aahe-rVM Hmmtrtmrnmrm. of
lMa'n-.f1 2 19.
lr v4 jthp-ttsfli. tt;..r. of Marha,4.
1 fl 4 im : os
1 r J ..VoS"ti Kmuai, of
V'-5-4..l !l .aa
:.. r KW oii, v MrI
f-- 4
M ' ta.. - laird. of Jtn4a, ft witM
1 . i r.. a
iwme---4"ittekt-era, of Mri&4w
t f-t
rM eah Hoamaa. of lia&4w.
a & s d
Ha.f oia ' rra waa w-c-w r
ft, 4 I - TVs f! m I -f l MittwiMa, : at
maw. I't -af- ar.4 tin.r.ob, .
ixsi'iitTou niiLiU4;t:t in irn
City t:mpkie Hadty orirtl In
light With Contract or .
TA(VMA, Waah . May n Sr--ia4
After tw-.ng wora.rd in a r.-t tihi, II.
I'nlr, My In-pr. tr. waa Uka f y thm
la an3 lracae4 through m ml fAim
tv Joo -:.a. tTtminmi motrartor.
who im hu. :ii g a rwJv-rt fr the rity.
The tr.r-ort4sr waa cov-rd wi'.h mud.
him noM iamnd and t-;h o M.krn-1
Hm nvn aought tvo oftnf of hla home
ar-d pt.ot.sswl t.im -hrf. ritnrfl!M.airtr
AlrtltYffr. who ool.rwd WV.ta t!at bia
tk would not aorwftai untkl t t.ad
aa .nv-ctor on the b and knew how
to lt( oh oi
The trouKe atari-4 w t-.mn the t'nlon Ta-rirtt-
ronit-viar. mt-xtl off the ur m
fl. cat.afc.rar ! !am bov t.m rutr1
to ovrrflo Tha in-r--ir gaie ordrre
that no work bo rnr ur.t.l tne wai-r w a
Mailt mrt.l nrt. and to thta !. 00
.wt-d. aod f.air-d tn worm ng h'a rtx-n
i.iit-r ot1 K-ori ird to the two tttn
UMi--g h t'ity njortor lo r g
in 1 ;ti ifljr.a
,.nMMi biNKKN oil nitt;k
Vrwael Turn on Kidt- and I Vndrr
Water at High Tide.
ATOKIA. r.. May ri ?poril -T!
tar.dard rj barge Xo, u in a
rondi: or. tor.lght than .t born at
ar.y prinu ttme s:t.re she Wa am
by str:!.!r.g on tl.e -t:y eanua
Iurir-g last n-ght si.e turned over ur.t.l
her masts are under water, and ir
burying I hem oe Ire m the eand. and at
I Uih tldo tje veaael U c?orr. pi r I -. y eub
merged.
A:i atlempta to fVat lV-e barge have
ber n abar.doned. U n fvorarVy. and t he
ateamer Mavrrtrk. w'.il probably leave
out fnr Cai.fornla tomorrow.
What the twit s:rp w.U bo ta rot
known. To broach the oil tank and let
tl.e Vil escape Into the river wouM of
couree I'BMen the craft, hut the Hi ate
Kiaherfea I ermar:mer.l haa f orhl Jden t i-.is.
and t he itovcrnitKOl l as been reque tod
to lste a similar order.
Cotter Perry (oea North.
PORT TWNPKM. Waeh.. May Ti
frpectal V Vr.lted iScatca revenue eu!trr
Prr. the lt of Tcvt of Puget
found to Kave for Hiring a. wlre
a'ie wiil participate in tl.e patrol thi
Hummer, sai.cd from I. err t!us afTcmom
at S o'clock bound. direct to lutch
M a rbor. w here f iee t he ad q ua r! era w ; U
be eotabltshd ashore Ir. V. , Ib1:i-.p-on.
of the t'r.itrd H'.ates marina t.op):al
hre. left yesterdav to Join the f .agl.:p
Manning for a XmmT tour of duty
eboaxd tat veoael In Northern waters.
FeaeW Arrance Carnival.
CFNTKAIJA. Wash. May Tl fmpo
clal fc The l-eaglcs' band of this city will
ho.d a street rarntval on the week br n
r.ing June J 4. Ied K Van Hor.k 1 pro
moting the rn'erpr.ee. Arrsngements are
bing made for the riml al to con-plete
a circuit of foaet towns
Frct Illackena Vegetable,
f.FTItV Al! r . May S3. -special b A
thn! y bla k froet occu rrrd here thi
m-rr.ng. d-et roving many oarly ttnl-n
and r..j ;-rx pT'' const rieratu. jr. The
kwmi Is cA.rcmc:y baikard.
r iioor rank cxom.s nouns
t mMf to Mcrt OMIcatkon. . lie
crlTw I Arpo.nlisl.
OLKAX. W a.n, -1 .'; fv iil
4 up-r r or Ju.1Kf H V lihT.ri,. tf.
Sa aMo.r.tNt J . K M V--ii,. r--t-Amt
of thf Sr-ur!) I-JaMi of la.
ou. r fKrr of I Tim lklnu
l-r V )t n mrlii ti.n of m 4 d a
tlor.at ttank of Mkr, m. i t-r-.v t-m-et
m mm ronrttii 10 ty M. J liw.
V I -o-r tf ,:.rni ,f y (-swf 1
lct luMon. T v. (vmarq f.r m trv-r ir
mmm tiirrl i-foti X t !i! .m of -,
"ivrM t-ar tn pmv a Tt'f' r
rrrii'lta. of rfwl,, I !:.(, 4,
of a V.u h a r-T.-4 ui-i it .
It-g ijur, fr la. . mt f- r.'.
T laia-TTtrrit a -t 1 t1 a ..
pTi.-atton fr a tweUrr rt 1 v . 1 -a
-u tt at U T voa ar.t l'r at
:4 ", .f h t-i I - ' ' ' ta ,-.
" i.ir tr.rl of tho I r. . .,. .
la In rot-a u l v. Srfc mr. f
Hth. t la 1'' em& air fra i;.ijt
1iir.f
T Y.m r (um '.ai f ae.lt aa o c
l.t In It-fl r O II Tatirn ar 4 . xt,
art W004, wtttt $. ..- rajMal to h.
-rt wn fmairl Its, aritj ma (x.-n o r
In Ky II. M 'fi t-Mt! fm
ai-r frm im Vir-th mx ntn-i t:
trlrl. a4 prtr-avtit Wpwlr -'.a. lUrk
. atr.lnr. and oth.-r l i.u hunni
mu who ao.j It la I Jaarjp t M- J.
Haw k.ioa.
pnin hody of ronn rot-xn
PrvHrrj TTad Give Vt fmfwtrh,
H-mMlnc nn Corve ry CTva
RVGrvn. Or Mar ?l - rUl
Te boT of A A Ford, the oil .l-r
who was lo-t In the tno-ant ir.a near tVa
bead of Fall k . w-aa fna.nd alout 1
ard rrotn the rah in iv hi waa 1 - c-
lo. The tvdy was ao b'.'T oVr?r rer-4 "t
could not be brrmticTit out. and w burled
w h-ro ft waa funi
Ford had bot-n mllng a!nre Arril tt.
The hor--a wre a:i fotirid '.!-, but t---y
lie was yrara :4.
The arnrrhiri. d-pairlrg of f.n.ng tha
body, bad given u the .uert last rvm
tn Tb-y pr-r,atd to coit a mal on ihn
frail Nr for start ire on tha return .ur
twy. and two of the pMT wer.t to gt
wod f the csir.p fre. when thry cam
t-tMn tbe borfr of the ir.l:ng man Fa -k
bort-oe had li:ue-rod about tbe bode and
one of th antmala had traaiplcd u-ot. a
band of the 3ad man.
ITAH nC"K MF.fTT X RKADY
Hot One Wire- Fmsn Track and
Trlrphnncw .r l:cJadct.
RAtr LAKH CITT. May n The . '
day rmo mooting- of the I tab J or key
t lub w i; bexln tomorrow kOrnnnn i
t he fair gTut.rts frar k, 1 1 oreoa to the
nuniV r of are at the tra k an r-ur arn
to the vaJu of 91.V w ill b pa -. d
The management baa docri-od l.at ton
of the result shall bo given out until
the cloee of eoefe lay'a procramme. To
tha end tc-Iofhtno h-o brern emrludod
f r-im ;he gr .unda. and te only w lie at
thw track w 1:1 re a telegraph wire Krv
tng ou:lile poolrooms.
- ' 1 w
rri.K OFF bTKAMF.U UOWOKt:
Northern Fsoirio w'omtan lo Make
Iltd foe rcrt Smnd Trade.
TAOfMA- V ah.. My U -.;-rwril
Thf Northern l'a-ifx t!amhp imMr
wi; mako a bid tr tra".o from pucM
f-.urid points to fan Fraftrieo. tr.rl it
Is etat-1 ti at lh c-nmrv w 1
1raw ik ateamer K'unr.v friT f-e
lrt -and-an "Vaoete-r-o t-utn. r :mr irye r
o the run to rucH f 'i:rd out o. n
annoo It la t-- liovrd iVal fie nr.
pany baa an urTemrnt wuh orio of the
many new ra'.roaoa
OXF. ItFFFtlF.NnrM CAl.U I II l l
ol- Irfrianded
Mca.wre 10
Halm. Salary of Jvdcf.
fAl T.M. Or. yjtmr II rri-l k At 11
o rio k lon'.ght rr: one ref rrr-nflwai f.r-tltlr-sn
was on tXlm in the erfTioe of th H.
roiary of fttato. that against the law lr
rr- r. the salary- of I he Ju.'.tfW of t Le
K ahth JuOi. ;aj I k t
!. far no mo-1-0 has het mAm ta brc'q
tnanmiamua proeo-d .ns on ih I' Ken m
tli. on to tei.d up li-i iaw e-roattng a(-.f
ludgrsh:p ta the Fifth lsttiru
M YOIt AKItF-bTS CllAflTIIl'lt
boa tile i:irrthr Tales Vrtnrr to
fail tor Kmcc aatte bpredtng
f
- TT 1 J1 tmt T Maor John F.
er today peta.mnai.y arre-aird and tor-g
In
the jwTJlco etattott H. !. tviort aa.-
ma
n f 'r n a'i.,J-T-.N.i -rmraa-r fir tun-
riit
A
a mr at m rn".ea an hrut'.
ter hi arr-e-t tse chauflrur b.j-xeied
t
t he had be-re a"e!ed c'k ' t trmoa fr
in Pa iHc rd .;-. r::t fr ef
cn
vtcte-d iS W Itncetar Tee. re t '-e
Mm
? r Will teal'fv aalr.t b!"-ttt W brtj
bo
Im brotas M to t rial.
tlecvrd Targvt ml lVrt Tow n-cnd.
IXKT TOW NJSKNO. Wash . Var :i.
F:gui-ep oo er in the tuh-ml :Vrr t a get
pf act e of tho b -a t y arrvnd .".mpanv n(f
'oal A rt r.lr t v at Ff"u N'orl ti. -.n-
pie ted I'wijy and Jcrwjirded t. tie
tary of Wir. are o.m! to rrry the h:h-
et ec-or-e eer mwde with tV.t tti( ti in
the history of aM.i.ery rtr-frr.se The
r-r cord of ia pr r cent cove-- tot 1 of
p-e rf eot bulisev hits out of . shot
Xlred.
OddfelKwa Visit Newport.
ALBANY. rr.. May t: f .oc'.al All
trwma leaving A'V-anj- lt r rfit and to
day have boen fi.led with (vMi-iioas and
Itehokahs. homeward bound wuh mrmo
rtea of the moat succef ul r srlor.t of the
grand loartge ev er beid in ri gan. vm
bund red a nd ar en t v de .e g a t e rem a t ned
her for an cacurs-on to Newport, and
left 1 hi mornirx to view the Pacific
tioean.
Maklnc Map at South P-rnd.
pnnn M--n. VI ah . May a Srw-
claJ A detachmrnl of 1'nrfTMi.y
t'nited l?;ate K.nitmers. eorii:rg of
private and two non-c tnmias;oned of
F.
U
f1 -
c-era under command of a aocond !lr
u-
ter ant . p.tched camp here thi momi
In V-klund Park. The d-iachment sl l 1
p.aln here during the j..irmr to urv
and make mapa of the adjacent four.'
for" the War I erwrtmertt-
Kclo Knlghl Cite Bait.
KFI.-0. Wash.. May 4 Special V
Kelso Ide Knight of pvthla held
th-r annlveraary Cxriro hre tl.i- r-e
plrg. bring ;be tenth artr.if erat of tha
organ aatrtn of the Irv-jge. An f .t'il
riesro orrlestrs furnlsr.otl t! e nuK. A
banquet foilt.-aed.
Mentford Firemen lo Celebrate.
MH'rRP. Or . May T -t 'si
Med ford w 1 1 oho r e t .e n!riHrr of
National ind-rr-cnderico .y hoi.ltr a o-u.
wer-a. n hlh ls fli-a r se. a- m e s...
J the tijipuvt of tl.e ftrwcav Lsirtrsrf
Wt.l t-e hr;d J. )' m.