THE MORNING OREGONIAX, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5. 1909. 16 PORTLAND GAINS . LARGE TERRITORY Harriman and Hill Lines in Idaho Join Forces and City Will Benefit. NEW CORPORATION FORMED Rad Between Riparla and Grange- ville Will Hereafter Be Operated as Camas Prairie Company.' Wheat Country Tapped. By the Incorporation here yesterday of the Camas Prairie Railroad Company, formed for the purpose of operating the Harriman and Hill lines km Washington, and Grangeville. Idaho, t 1 1 .1 will ft ' tended more thoroughly Into the Ivei Perce and Camai prairie wneai cran try. , . : a n th i-n n roads. Which JUiUL Upci Uliuu ' have a total length of about loO miles. has been under consiaeranuu mi time and yesterday the final details were i ...... i The Harriman. portion, known as the Oregon. Washington auaiiu. from Klparia Junction, or, as it is called, Texas City, to Lewiston. From Lewlston the Northern Pacific has extended a branch line into the heart of the Cams Prairie country, terminating at Grange rille. The two roads have been operat ing Independently. The Grangevllle ex tension has been in operation since Jan uary 1 of this year and the Lewiston branch was opened more than a year ago. O'Brien- to Be President. The incorporators of the operating com-. pany are J. r. .u ontn, vn-c-v and general manager of the O. R. & N.; W. W. Cotton, general counsel for the O R. K.; J. B. Kerr. Portland coun sel for the Northern Pacific and J. H. Fogarty. assistant general freight agent of the Northern Paaiflc. The company will elect as officers, J. P. O'Brien, presi dent: H. C. Nutt. vice-president, and F. N Finch, superintendent and general freight and passenger agent. Mr. Nutt is fourth vice-president and general man ager of the Northern Pacific. Under the plan agreed upon the Camas Prairie Railroad Company will be prac tically an independent line, and will re ceive the revenue from- local freight and passenger traffic. The O. R. & N. and Northern Pacific will name their own freight tariffs to points on the line and the territory reached -will In effect be competitive for through business. That ks, traveling freight agents for each road 'will solicit through business along the line and If a through car. for Instance, is delivered to the Camas Prai rie road at Grangeville by the O. R. & N. for delivery In Portland, the O. R. A N. will receive the entire revenue derived from that car. Northern Pacific through business will be handled In the same way. Both Reach Portland. From Riparla the O. R. N. has a line down the south bank of the Snake River to Walla Walla and thence to Portland. The Northern Pacific has a line down the north bank of the Snake River to Pasco and thence, via the Spokane, Portland & Seattle, to Portland and, via the Northern Pacific to Puget Bound. The natural drainage outlet for the wheat of the district is to Portland via either line as both offer down-hill hauls all the way. Portland Jobbers also will have the advantage of through rates over either line Into that portion of Idaho. While not yet definitely decided upon. It is expected that some sort 'of through passenger service will be Inaugurated In the near future, but In any event the points on the Grangeville line. In point of time en route for passengers, will at once be placed as near Portland as is Spo kane. 1 Camas Prairie Old District. The Camas Prairie country Is an old settled community with wheat lands as productive as those of the famous Pa louse district. Before the days of rail roads the district was developed but the farmers fed their grain to stock and delivered their products In the markets on foot. The district Is a high plateau with the Snake River to the south and the Clear water River to the north. After the Northern Pacific built Its branch In the canyon of the Clearwater, aerial tramways were constructed - and wheat was lowered to the railroad at a cost of about two cents a sack to the producer. Thei district now has a rail road on the plateau which la 1 cached over 3 per cent grades part of the way. Through rates over two lines are now to be offered. F. N. Finch, the superintendent for the newly organized company, has been con nected vith the Northern Pacific in dif ferent capacities for 11 years. He is now in Portland organising a corps of assist ants and will make his headquarters In Lewieton. OREGOX TO SEND EXHIBITS Railroad Man Collect Displays for Three International Shows. Oregon grains, grasses and fruits are now being irtpembled for the purpose of exhibition uT three International expo sitions by E. Ml Cobb, traveling passen ger agent of the Union Pacific, who ar rived In Portland yesterday. Air. Cobb has been on a similar mis sion In California, and on the way here visited Klamath Falls and Medford, where he received a cordial reception from the commercial bodies and citi zens. He will collect exhibits in Port land and then go to Umatilla and Boise, where products from the Government Irrigation projects will be secured for display at the permanent exhibit of the Government In Chicago. The products will be shown at the In ternational Livestock Exposition, to be held In Chicago from November 27 to December 10; at the International Hor ticultural Exhibition at Council Bluffs, la, November IS to November 20. and at the International Corn Exposition at Omaha, December to December 18. The supplying- of the exhlibts is all that la askad by the railroad company, which will transport them, give them pace and arrange them free of charge. At the Livestock Exposition the rail road company has expended ISOO for apace, which Is located near the main entrance and will be seen by thousands of persona. Process fruits and pictures will form Important features of the railway company's exhibit. Good dis plays from Klamath Falls and Medford were assured before Mr. Cobb left those cities. GKAI.V MOVEMENT IS HEAVY Largo Quantities Are Shipped as Re sult of Reduced Rate. Banks and railroads alike report a heavy increase In the grain movement since November 1, when the reduced grain rates became effective on all roads. Wherever Insurance and warehouse charges did not eat up the expected in crease in profits, grain was held back after the announcement that the new rates would go into effect this Fall. Now, say Portland bankers, the increase in pur chases and the corresponding movement of money Is "readily noted. The rate reduction means a gain of about one cent a bushel on the average for either the purchaser or the producer. The reduction Is about one-eighth of the old rates and 'affects all points In Eastern Oregon and Washington land Lewlston country, in Idaho. COMMITTEE IS APPOINTED Civic Institute Indorsed by Council of Jewish Women. At its meeting Wednesday 'the Council of Jewish Women followed the example of the Portland Woman's Club In appoint ing a definite committee to visit the Civic Institute, which is to begin next Monday afternoon at the Y. M. C. A. Auditorium, In order to insure- the full benefit of the entire course of lectures to the organiza tion. Mrs. Maurice Goodman, Mrs. Julius Lippitt, Mrs. Bertha Myers, Mrs. Ben Selling, Mrs. Alexander Bernstein, Mrs. Edward Goldsmith, Mrs. 8. M. Blumauer, Mrs. Julius Loutsson, Mrs. H. Gerson. Mrs. Isaac Swett, Mrs. F. Steinhart, and Mrs. Fred Langerman constituted the committee -of 12 members. They divided the ten afternoon and two evening ses sions between them, and will insure to the Council of Jewish Women a full re port of the Civic Institute, especially with regard to Its bearing on any civic work In which they are interested. ' Miss Anna Louise Strong, the organ izer of the Institute, addressed the meet ing of the council. "Those of jou who have at any time become Interested in civic work, she said, "have found two courses -open to you. Either you could take a theoretical course in civics or sociology, which left you ignorant of the names and deeds of your own Coun cilmen, or, you found yourself assailed by conflicting particular statements about particular public officials without much general information concerning the gen eral function of their work. This insti tute alms to combine both methods, to give a practical course In civics with Portland as example. The men who are actually doing things will explain those things and how they are done, and there will be a chance for questions. "But the institute may do something for organizations as well as individuals. All officials of organizations designed for the public good realize that they lose much valuable time before they find out even the names of the other organiza tions and municipal bodies which are working along the same or supplementary lines. A course of this kind alms to rover the city In a general way, and can be made good use of by organizations. A committee which can make a business of attending the various meetings for the sake of their organization, will ac quire much valuable knowledge." Mrs. Solomon Hirsch, the acting presi dent of the council, appointed a com mittee for this purpose. She said: "Great good can be obtained for our organization, and for others similarly situated, by the sessions of this institute. We do not need the institute, as does the Civic Committee of the Woman's club, to enable us to decide upon a work. We have already much work. But the knowledge gained through the institute will be of inestimable benefit in carry ing on our own work. -It will relate the different organized forces of the city in our minds and enable us to make proper use of them." O'BRIEN HANDS IN CHECK Harriman Lines .Contribute $1000 to Rose Festival. That the great railroad systems en tering Portland are to continue to give the Rose Festival their heartiest sup port because of Its advertising and business-bringing value is shown by a subscription of $1000 In cash handed to the management yesterday by Gen eral Manager O'Brien, of the Harriman Northwestern lines. The offering was a voluntary pledge and carried with It an expression of good will from the head of the affiliated lines. The Harriman lines, as Indicated in Mr. O'Brien's letter to President Hoyt, will also contribute extensively to the publication and distribution of exploita tion literature the coming year. It Is Intimated that the efforts of the past year will be outdone in ' 1910. The promise of giving low rates on the rail road lines in this territory is also made. This free-will offering It Is expected, will result In similar donations from the other railroads terminating in this city. The Hill lines chipped in hand somely last year and while they have not been canvassed as yet they are to be asked to help 'boost both with coin and with their advertising batteries. Following the lead of the three large hotels, which have already contributed 11500 to the Festival fund, a number of the other hostelrles have advised the Festival that they will announce their subscriptions within a few days. LOTS SELL FOR $42,500 Apartment Hotel May Rise at Park and Main. .The sale of 100x100 feet, located at the southeast corner of Main and Park streets. 1 reported to have been made yesterday at M2.500. The property is re ported to have been purchased by Mrs. Hendrick Smith, Walter smim ana Charles J. Schnabel from H. H. Prouty, T. J. Rowe and A. H. Maegly. Mr. Prouty owned a two-thirds interest in the corner, 50x100 feet and Mr. Rowe the one-third interest. This property was purchased a year ago for tS.OOO. although the actual invest ment was but $S000. there being a mort gage of J14.000 on the lot. The Inside lot was bought at the same time by Mr. Maegly for J13.O00, the investment being $7300 with a SS500 mortgage. This shows a net profit of $7500 on a combined in vestment of but $15,500. It is reported that the property was purchased as a site for a $300,000 hotel. Mr. Schnabel denies that the deal has been consummated, although stating that an option has been taken on the quarter block. He further denies that it was bougm with any idea of improvement, but as an investment. He also declines to make public the exact price. SEATTLE WANTS PROBING Superior Judges Will Call.Graud Jury to Investigate Affairs. SEATTLE. Wash., Xov. 4. The Times says that as a result of conversations among the Superior Judges. Judge Mitchell Gilliam, of the Criminal Divi sion, has been authorized to call a grand Jury for December or January to investi gate the city and county administrations. The revelations of police brutality made by Peter Miller, the ,Socfalist orator con victed of burglary, were followed yester day by a civil suit against the president of the Board of Education by school teachers who alleged he' had induced them to invest money by misrepresenta tions and by the announcement of Mayor John F. Miller that he would not seek a renomlnatton. There has been a demand for a grand Jury from many sources. MANY PAVING JOBS BEING HELD BACK Street Improvements Suffer Because Mains Are Not Installed.. CONTRACTORS WON'T BIO Mayor Strongly Favors Holding Spe " clal Election to Make Needed Change In Law Covering - Laying of Water Pipes. Laying of hard-surface streets Is be ing seriously Interfered with because of the inability of the Water Board to se cure bids for the installation of mains. Mayor Simon fixed a policy early in his administration never to lay pavements ahead of the water pipes, and this is being vigorously enforced. The laws governing the laying of the mains are such that contractors decline to submit proposals, and It Is because of this that the Mayor is strongly favorable to a special election for the purpose of giv ing the people the opportunity to make a change. Unless this is done the prog ress of the city will be materially held back, it is argued. Mayor Simon desires to have the spe cial election at the earliest possible date, probably in next January, but the time has not yet been fixed, and in the meantime numerous jobs of paving In various sections of the city are being held up because there are water mains to be laid and no contracts let for the work. This was brought out very clearly yesterday afternoon, when tire street committee of the Executive Board met to consider its work. A number of contractors were present to ask foe time extensions on various jobs that are held up because of the fact that water mains must go in ahead of the pavements. Contractors Are Afraid. At present the abutting property must pay for all mains under ten inches in diameter, and these are principally the ones that are being ordered in. Owing to the peculiar phraseology of the law, tne contractors appear fearful that they will be unable to collect the assess ments from the property owners, and are refusing to take this class of work. The result Is that the water mains that must be laid are not being installed, and it Is holding back much work. The remedy lies with the people. It is said, and with them alone. While the Mayor and others who favor the special elec tion for a change in the water laws have been warmly commended for the stand they have taken, it is neverthe less apparent, according to the devel opments, that something must be done to alleviate the existing conditions, if hard surface streets are to be laid in Port land. Mayor Simon and those who favor a change In the method of paying for the mains, believe that all payments should be mads out of the Water Department funds and no assessments made on the abutting property. This is the system that has long been followed, but the law was changed two years ago; The peo ple last June voted a change, but the amendment was included in the proposed commission plan, which was defeated, and the result is the law remains as it was formerly. It is believed by those who have investigated the matter that, if the voters have an opportunity, they will repeal the present law and vote in a new one, under which the authorities will have no trouble in receiving bids for the necessary work. Will Limit Extensions. City Engineer Morris outlined his policy regarding the extensions of time, which have become so frequent at the City Hall. Contractors come Into the committee meetings with all manner of excuses as to why they have failed to complete their work on time, and usually are given an extension df, time without any fine. The present Administration Intends to change this, and Mr. Morris stated that he will fix a proper time and insist that the contractors live up to the terms or suffer the penalties pre scribed in the charter. It was also stated at the meeting that the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Com pany has been too free in cutting holes in hard-surface pavements in various sections of the city, and the committee directed the City Engineer to "call the company down." George W. Simons, of the Pacific Bridge Company, complained that, on streets where his company has maintenance contracts, the pavements have been cut without his knowledge or consent, and that water has seeped in and is ruining the pavements. This will The Source of Cottolene Is Pleasing From the snowy tufts j)f the cotton plant, the seed is removed, crushed, and the oil extracted. This in turn is refined by our own special process and the oil made odorless and neutral in taste. , ' Being a vegetable product, cottonseed oil is free from any possible taint of animal infection. You cannot be absolutely sure of this when buying hog lard, for fats of animal origin are, of necessity, not as healthful as fats ob tained from vegetable sources. Right there is the difference between lard and Cottolene from the standpoint of health. - . If every housewife would but stop to. think 6f the differ ence in purity, cleanliness and healthfulness of hog lard and Cottolene, lard would never again be used in any nome. COTTOLENE is Guaranteed J2f5 not pleased, after having given Cottolene a fair test. , rVT.. C14 I D1L CottoUnt is packed in pails with an air-tight top to INeVer aOld U1 DUlK keep it cleat aml wholesome, and prevent it from catching dust and absorbing disagreeable odors, such as fish, oil, etc. Made only by THE N. K..FAIRBANK COMPANY ' not be allowed henceforth, as all permits for cutting of these streets must come through Mr. Morris himself, and the committee also stipulated that there must be absolute necessity for the work in all events before the Issuing of any such permit. Belmont street, from East Thirty-sixth to East Thirty-ninth streets, will be, paved with bitulithlc at once. City En gineer Morris asked the committee to expedite this work, saying that the three blocks mentioned are the worst ones in Portland and a disgrace. He said that vehicles that have tried to get through the mire there of late have been stalled. There Is hard-surface pavement on each side of this place and many complaints have been made because the work has not been done before. J. H. Fairbrook's request that the name "California" be substituted for Chautauqua boulevard, because the name Is frequently misspelled, was passed over, CAME TO PAINT TOWN RED Ivy and Albert Powell, Oregon City Twins, Used Catsup, Are Fined. Albert and Ivy Powell. . twin brothers .living in Oregon City, presented an amus ing case yesterday" morning In the Mu nicipal Court when they were arraigned bofni-B Jurisre Bennett on the charge of disorderly conduct. Wednesday had been Ivy's birthday and the two naa come no Portland to celebrate the occasion, the confines of Oregon City being too limited, according to their expressed opinion, to afford the kind of celebration they were looking for. . "We 'lowed we'd come to Portland and paint the town, red," said Albert to the Judge. And so far 89 the evidence "went to show, they succeeded in accomplishing their mission or nearly so, for after hav ing acquired a noisy "jag" in several thirst resorts they wound up in a saloon at First and Madison streets where there is a large lunch counter with numerous bottles of tomato catsup. Becoming in volved In some sort of a drunken wrangle each Powell 'grasped a catsup bottle in each hand and started to clean up the place. When the scrimmage was' over, the ealoon and the sidewalk outside had received a coating of catsup, and a fair portion of the liquid In the distribution had found a "resting place on the faces and clothing of the pugnacious twins. Judge Bennett thought that the dignity of the city had been ruffled to the extent of $10 in the case of each twin and ad vised the twain to stay in Oregon City when next seized with the desire to break loose. MORE TRY; MORE GIVE UP October Marriages and Divorces Show Increase Over 'l 9 08. Marriages in Multnomah County last month exceeded the October, 1908, rec ord by 12, according to County Clerk Fields' statistical report, completed yes terday. The figures are 234 licenses as against 222. Divorces also' Increased from 30 to 38. The hunters' licenses Jumped from 1328 to 1532. There were 77 anglers' licenses Issued last month, and 70 combination licenses. The number of deeds and mortgages recorded soared from 2608 in October, 1908, to 3046 last month. Marginal re leases last month numbered 616, a year ago, 401. Other comparative figures are as follows: Circuit Court cases, October, 1909, 212, October. 1908, 189; Probate Court cases. 40, 48; insane committed to asylum. 21, 11; non-support cases, 9, 4; opium licenses. 1. 3; declarations of intention to become citisens, 61, 85; arti cles of incorporation, 67, 39; notary cer tificates, 64, 82; notary commissions, 48, 38. Turkish baths, -Mrs. Turney, 221 Drexel bldg., 2d and TamhilL Little Diapepsin Makes Your Out-of-Order Stomach Feel , Tine iri rive Minutes, v If what you Just ate is souring on your stomach or lies like a lump of lead, refusing to digest, or you' belch Gas and Eructate sour, undigested food or have a feeling of Dizziness, Heartburn, Fullness, Nausea, Bad taste in mouth and stomach headache this is Indigestion. A full case of Pape's Diapepsin costs only 50 cents and will thoroughly cure your out-of-order stomaph, and leave sufficient about the house in case some one else in the family may suffer from stomach trouble or Indigestion. Ask your pharmacist to show you the formula plainly printed on these 60-cent cases, then 'you will under stand why Dyspeptic trouble of all -I '. . IN I GESTIQN HEARTBURn AS BILLBOARD ACT IS VETOED BY MAYOR WantsNew Measure Passed to Restrict Number and Location. ADVOCATES' A CENSORSHIP Believes Character of Advertising Blatter Should Be Regulated and " the License Fee Should Be According to Space. MAYOR SIMON'S KECOSCME1A TIOXS AS TO BILLBOARDS. - Restriction of number. Keep them out of residence section. Regulation of character of adver tising that may be placed upon them. Reduction in height. System whereby the city will re ceive license In proportion to the amount of space used. Tba Mayor vetoed the ordinance passed last week because it contains none o tlfcsse features. Mayor Simon yesterday vetoed the bill board ordinance,, passed by the City Council last week, and in his message on the subject, made strong recommenda tions for the passage of another measure, containing strict regulation of all fea tures of this business. He asks for con trol of the character of advertising to be, placed on these boards, wishes to abolish them in residence sections, and would limit their height and charge a license proportionate to the amount of space used. The Mayor states that he has carefully considered the ordinance that was passed by the Council at its last session, and that he has failed to find any provi sions therein which inure to the good of the municipality. He closes his veto message with the recommendations as to the proposed new measure. Following is the veto message: . To the Council: I return herewith without mv approval, and for your reconsideration. Ordinance No. 2.219. entitled. "An Ordl rmce licensing and regulating the occupa tion of advertising and the construction and maintenance of bill boards, advertising signs, and the use o; circulars, banners car icatures and illustrations for advertising purposes, repealing Ordinances I.os. 1436 and 14.S3T. providing a penalty and declar ing an emergency." ' From a careful examination of tnls orai nance. I am convinced that it does not ac complish the purpose Intended that ls. do ing away with or restricting the use of bill boards, advertising signs, etc. Indeed, no material change for the better will accrue to the city should this ordinance become ef fective. So far as I can determine, sub stantially the only difference between the ordinance now In fcrce. regulating advertis ing and the construction and maintenance of bill boards, and the ordinance now re turned to you for reconsideration. Is the additional license fee, which is required to be paid by th jiarty or parties engaged in the business. Under the provisions of the existing city ordinances, the amount of license fee paid by the concern now enjoying practically a moropolv of the bill-posting business is $400 and $100 in all. 500 per annum. -The or dinance under consideration raises the li cense fee to $1200. The city of Portland Is not so much concerned In deriving this adltlonal revenue, the difference between I, STOMACH HEADACHE WILL VANISH kinds must go, and why they usuallj relieve sour, out-of-order stomachs or Indigestion in five minutes. Diapepsin is harmless and tastes like candy, though each dose contains power suffi cient to digest and prepare for assimi lation into the blood all the food you eat; besides, it makes you go to the table with a healthy appetite; but. twhat will please you most is that you will feel that your stomach and In testines are clean and fresh, and you will not need to resort to , laxatives or liver pills for Biliousness or Constipa tion. ; This city will have many Diapepsin cranks, as some people will call them, but you will be cranky about this splendid stomach preparation, too, if you ever try a little for Indigestion or Gastritis or any other Stomach misery. Get some now, this minute, and for ever rid yourself of Stomach Trouble and Indigestion. 4 ; Pennsylvania' Short Line From Chicago Eight Daily New York Trains On and After November 7th Start from Chicago The New York Special , .... 8:15 A. M. The Keystone Express 10:05 A. M. The Manhattan Limited 10 :S0 A. M. The Pennsylvania Special 2:45 P. M. The Atlantic Express 3:15 P. M. The Pennsylvania Limited 5:30 P. M. The Eastern Express 9:45 P. M. The New York Express 11:45 P. M. The Pennsylvania Short Line has a per fect Road-bed; is double-tracked with heav iest steel; is stone-ballasted and remarkably free from dust all the way from Chicago4o. New-York. ? For Particulars Address V F.N. KOLLOCK, District Agent 122 A, Third Street, Portland, Oregon, , $500 and $1200, as It ia In securing a dimin ution in the number of bill boards In use In this city, restricting- the district in -which the same can be erected, regulating the nature and charaoter ot the advertising upon these bill boards, and decreasing the siie of such boards. I earnestly recommend that a new ordi nance be passed, materially restricting the number of bill boards. preventing- their erection in the residence portion of the city, regulating the character of advertising that can be placed upon bill boards, reducing the height of bill boards, and determining the amount of license to be paid by the amount of space used. Very respectfully, JOSEPH SIMON, Mayor. Kalama Woman Dead. TACOMA. Wash.. Nov. 4. Mrs. Mary Eleanor Schythe, whose maiden name was Coffee,, died at a local hospital today, O T Shape i isi more It won tistay m Kuh, tldthatt ' MAKE'" Ell AMfi?S AinP lit I ilk II I S it: M- i it i fi vmi .it Mil c E!I Mil Attl I BUI I '2,!. 1 I H I . lS I ill I H I ' 1 III : M MM 1 i Haye you tried the thirty day test of Quaker. Oats in your family? November is a good month to try it -just 30 days. Eat Quaker Oats at least once a day for thirty days, cut out greasy foods in proportion and watch the results in the way you. feel. You'll be astonished! Quaker Oats is the greatest of all building foods. It's a food for 365 days in the year. Costs almost nothing. Jhe Quaker Qais Qimpany - CHICAGO as follows: aged 67 years. She -was born In Chicago N and crossed the plains with her family be hind an ox team In the early '50s, settling in Marion County, Or. For the last 30 years she has lived at Kalama. Wash. -She and her husband were on their way to Chicago when she was taken ill on the . train about two weeks ago, and was re moved from the car on reaching Tacoma, ATTENTION, MERCHAJiTg. Tou will be Interested to knotr that we have more safes and vaults In daily use than all other companies combined. We guarantee our safes to be superior , t to all others. 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