THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, XUIO. MORRISON STREET OPENING IS VOTED Council Overrules All Remon strances and Orders That Work Proceed. FENDER GAINS NEW TEST TZopc City Paving: Petitions Referred Again to Committee Appro priation Made for Decora tions' for Hose Festival. frIMARY OF COrNCII PRO CEEDINGS. Mayor Simon's vto of ordinance, exempting WaJtefleld & Co. from pay ment of tax lor hauling reerTolr matertal, sustalncd. Broadway bridge bonds ordflrei re advcrtised. to bo sold May 23. Remona trances against Corbett street pavement ovrruled. Opening of Morrison, from Chap man to Waslilngton stroets. ordered. Imbarda ordinance, calculated to prohibit uso of side wall s by mer chants. "klled." Application for Casino dancha.U license referred to committee. Proposed fender resolution referred to committee. Action on proposed vaca-tlon of TCast Side streets postponed until next session. Hose City Park paving Issue re vived. Proposed streetcar franchise for Kings Heights referred to committee. Appropriation of $2500 made to decorate for Rose Festival. Overruling all remonstrances, the City Council yestrdax morning adopt ed the report of the viewers In the proposed open Ins of Morrison street, from Chapman to Washington streets. V. V. Mulkey was the only person present to protest. He said that he had been assessed to pay $1500 on his property at Second and Morrison streets, where, as he believes, he suf fers damage instead of benefits. With out comment by the members, and with only one dissenting vote that of Councilman Watkins the work was ordered. The Council sustained Mayor Simon's veto of the ordinance exempting Wakefield & Co. from the provisions of another ordinance, which exacts 25 cents a car for all material hauled for hire. The vote to sustain was unani mous. This saves the city about $10, 000, it is said. Bridge Bonds Readvertised. Upon motion of Councilman Menefee, the Council ordered the City Auditor lo readvertlse the $250,000 issue of the Broadway' bridge bonds, to be sold Mny 23. The Council overruled all remon strances against the proposed hard surfacing of Corbet t street, from Ar thur to Wood streets. There were sev eral persons to be assessed for this improvement who made vigorous pro test. They declared that the street was improved five years ago and is in - good condition now; that it is too eteep for hard surface and that their prop erty is unable to bear the expense, which is about $350 a lot. Councilman Kelding. in whose ward the district lies, said that the protestants were mistaken tn everything they said. Councilman Lombard's proposed or dinance, calculated to prohibit the use of sidewalks in a prescribed downtown district for checking purposes, was "killed" by indefinite postponement. Dancehall Gains Time. That an effort is to be made to give to the Casino dancehall a license is made apparent by the action of the Council in re-referring to the license committee the aplicatlon of the pro prietor of that place. The committee reported adversely, but Councilman Watkins moved that it be sent back, which was done, no Councilman mak ing protest against it. The Casino es tablishment is under the ban of the police, and has been severely scored on many occasions. Councilman Lombard was absent and when the report of the special street car committee came up Councilman Rushlight moved that it be referred back to the committee. The majority report recommended the adoption of a fender invented by the car company. Mr. Rushlight objects to this kind, and wishes a further test of the Kelson automatic air device. This test will be made. Application of the O. R. & N. Com pany for the vacation of certain East Side street vas to have been acted upon, but was postponed until the next regular meeting of the Council. Hose Oity Paving Revived. Upon motion of Councilman Menefee, the Rose City Park proposed paving petitions were re-referred to the street committee. These call for a bitulithic pavement. Some of the residents of the district, which is a large one, want the work done and others do not. There are no Bewers, no permanent water mains or gas in the district as yet. ( Application ' of the company which is developing Kings Heights for a fran chise to extend the Washington-street carllne up the Barnes road was re ferred to the street committee. It un doubtedly will be granted in due time. An appropriation f $250 was made for the purpose of decorating the City Hall and other municipal buildings during the Rose Festival. Councilman Rushlight was the only member vot ing against this. CIVIL WAR PENSIONS AGAIN Major Calkin Returns to lefense of the Kntire System- PORTLAND, April 13. (To the Editor.) I thank you for giving In full Monday my article on pensions in tply to yours of the Saturday previous, the criticisms following which not only furnish the opportunity, but make It duty to reply, bringing out more fully the points of fact, as well as the equities in the ease. I reply first to the charge that I "mis state the language of The Oregon ian in order to make a point against it." I made quotations from two different parts of the editorial article, o separated and marked as to designate them as separate quotations, and I submit that no unprejudiced noader could well take the "they" of the second quotation as applying to other than those charged with "drawing sum ranging from $30 up to ft 00 or $300 a month." I am playing fair and abhor all pt km in this much discussed subject of war pensions. ro you Mr. Editor, desire to play fair, or do you prefer to make a point at the expense of fact? The Oregonian declares itself friendly to honest pensions, but Its burden now, j in all the years. Is the vast number of fraudulent pensions; quoting again, for in stance, "The whole pension business is so tainted with fraud that it has In great part ceased to be a badge of honor to the patriot who served In the war. This Is a very grave and wholesale indictment, and means, if true, that a large share of pensions are fraudulent. What constitutes fraud ? The Standard Dictionary defines fraud as "an act of de liberate deception, practiced with the ob ject of gaining something to the prejudice of another.'" Now I have a very extensive acquaintance among pensioners, and I pledge my word that I do not know one to whom this definition of fraud will apply in the most remote degree. Does The Ore gon ian know of any? If yes, please make It known, and I will pledge the Grand Army of Portland to assist in its exposure. If It knows of none, then its of t-reiterated charge of pension frauds, unaccompanied by the least Item of proof. Is a gratuitous insult to the whole body of pensioners, and' is re sented as such. Some of the expressions of The Oregonian Vad. one to infer that it deems fraudulent the drawing of pensions by veterans who have acquired wealth, and this point also seems not well taken, for the pension laws, without regard to the financial status of the vetfran, baee the eligibility for pension on service In the war, disabilities arising from such service, and the latest act also takes Into account the age attained, as af fecting both the eligibility and amount to which entitled. If the soldier possess these requisites, evert though he may have acquired wealth, he is clearly entitled to pension unor the law,- no taint of fraud or dishonor could at- PROMiNEXT SINGER FROM ITXIK t TO APPEAR IX Ml'SICAI, f (LIB'S CONCERT TONIGHT. 9 Mre. Ball is Allen. Contralto. Mrs. Bait is Allen, contralto, will be one of the participants at the auditorium benefit thin evening, at the Masonic Temple. West Park and Yamhill streets, under the auspices of the Monday Musical Club. Mrs. Allen has been here from Houston. Tex., little more than a year and press no tices of her work there are very flattering. fche studied in New Or leans and at the Conservatory of Music In Birmingham, Ala. For two years she was director and contralto soloist of Temple Beth Israel choir in Houston, and a member of the "Woman's Choral Club, of Houston as well as being soloist In churches in New Orleans and of the Mendelssohn Musical Society of Birmingham. Her bister, Carrie Bridewell, was one of the soloists of the Metropolitan Opera Company under the Grau regime. tach to him for accepting it and he would only get the grand laugh were he to re fuse even The Oregonian might smite. Were The Oregonian to charge that G. E. Caukin Is fraudulently drawing a pension or A. E. Barthwick, Major Sears, Colonel Bush or Tom Jones and Jim Smith each could produce his record and prove the al legation false. But this wholly unfounded and oft-repeated charge of wholesale pension fraud cannot be -met and refuted by individuals, though keenly felt and strongly resented by all, and each can only grit his teeth and damn Harvey Scott, and this he does in tones perhaps not loud, but with . deep in tensity. But the enormous amount paid annually for pensions! Quite true, but tho War of the Rebellion was the greatest and most sanguinary war ever known, in the words of the Grand Army Ritual, "A war that cost 400.000 loyal lives, that made 300,000 Union soldiers and sailors cripples for life and that l-eft more than 1,000,000 devoted mothers, sisters, widows and orphans to mourn for their loved ones who did not return." The official rosters of the Army and Navy contain the names of 2,400,000 per sons serving on the Union side during that war, of which number 525,000 now survive, and survivors of the Mexican and Indian wars, widows, a few orphans and pensioners from the Spanish-American War, raise the pension list at present to a total of 590.0 00, requiring an annual disbursement of $lt0, OOO.OUO. While this Is a great amount, it is an average to -each pensioner of but $168 a year, the quite muhilieent sum of $14 a month. Finally, I feel safe In saying for the pensioners that unless It "makes good" in its charges of fraud or desists from them altogether. The Oregonian will get little credit from them for any friendship It may profess for the cause of soldiers' pensions. G. E. CAUKIN. It Is natural for beneficiaries of the pen sion system to defend the laws by which thy pront and to excuse those who abuse the laws for private ends. Hence Mr. Caukin writes exactly the kind of a letter which might be expected. If he can see no impropriety in a millionaire taking ad vantage of the generosity of the Government to draw a pension which he does not need, very likely thero is no use in discussing the point with him. To some people a man of wealth who exacts the last penny of hie pension because the law permits is like a millionaire who should stand in .line at a distribution of bread to the poor and snatch a loaf which ough.t to go to a hungry widow. But It Is vain to argue over such matters. The Oregonian does not feel called upon to specify cases of fraud. They are notorious enough to be a subject of general comment, and any person who really wishes to discover them need have no difficulty in doing it. The present pension roll reveals too much about sharp politics and too little about military service or loyalty to country. CHILDREN FIND HOMES Aid Society Superintendent Reports on Work in March. Superintendent Gardner, of the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society, reported at the meeting of the trustees yesterday that places had been found during March for 4 9 children, that 51 had been re ceived in the same month and that on April l there were 68 in the home. He said that the society was investigating many cases of reported neglect and abuse of children and that the society was working tn harmony with the Juvenile Court. The land bequeathed to the socletv by w. L. Justice, of Grant County, he found consisted of a farm worth $1900, against which there were claims of 9S00, and a homestead of 120 acres ready for final proof.. Steps have been taken to perfect title in the society's interest. F. E. Beach presided at the trus tees' meeting. The others present were Judge W. B. Gilbert, Judge C. E. Wolverton, Robert S. Karrel, Mrs. Levi White, Mrs. 11. H. Northru. and Mrs. J. A. Sladen. A perfect headflt the Gordon stiff hat one-sixteenth sixes. Ask your dealer. ( f ' 4 v ; f f y X V M IViTnwni ran rfrifirwfc nnr.r3, Jr .,Z , DELAY TO BE COSTLY City Auditor Will Fine Delin quent Contractors. WATER BOARD SO DECIDES Contractors Wtk Believe They Have Excn&e Mast Then Take Case to Board, or Amount or Fine Will Be Iediicted From Check. Delinquent contractors -will be penalized by City Auditor Barbtir, by direction of the Water Board, in cases where the charter provision concerning; unfinished contracts in time applies. Upon a sug gestion by Mayor Simon, the Water Board yesterday afternoon took action to this effect. Too many applications for time extensions on highly Important work brought it about. The charter provides that the various boards having direction over work may penalize contractors for delinquency in finishing contracts, from $5 a day up, according to the amount of the contract price. It has been customary for the Executive Board, which has direction over all street Improvements and other work, and for the Water Board, which handles all subjects of this kind, to take formal action before any fines have been levied. In future, the Water Board's penalties will be levied by the City Audi tor, and if there is complaint of injus tice by the contractor eo fined, he must take it up with the Board later. Tables Turned on Contractors. Mayor Simon and Messrs. Wilcox and Mackay were present. Commissioner Ainsworth was absent from the city. It was unanimously decided that, in fu ture, the City Auditor shall deduct from the contract price the amount required by the charter in cases of delinquency. Any complaint a contractor may wish to make must then be made to the Water Board, which, if deemed wise, will remit any or all of a fine. 1 This will mean that, having been fined, contractors must prove to the Board they have a good ex cuse, or the fine will stand. It turns the tables on the contractors. A number of small contracts for lay ing mains were awarded by the Board. The bids ranged from 11 per cent ibelow tot 10 per cent above the estimate of the engineer. A large number of new mains will be ordered before long, proceedings have been initiated by the Board. Many sections of the city are to be benefited, according to the lans. Some of the big pipes are projected for Fulton Park, King's and Melinda Heights, Waver leign Heights and the Mount Scott dis trict. The town of Gresham. through Mayor Shattuck, applied to the Board yester day for water for Gresham. It is very probable the request will be granted when the projected second pipeline to Bull Run River is completed. Meter rates will perhaps be charged, although some other arrangement may be entered into. There will be an abundance of water when the extra conduit is in. The application was referred to a committee. Fipe "Under River Proposed. Chief Engineer Clarke reported in fa vor of Installing another 32-inch, sub merged pipe from the East Side to the West Side. This, he estimates, will cost about $135,000. Mayor Simon referced the subject to Commissioners Wilcox and Mackay. Sunnyside will be accommodated by the opening of a sub-office for the payment of water rents for at least two days the first of each month, in all probability. A request for some better facilities was presented In a letter from Secretary Walker, of the Sunnyside Push Club, and Commissioner Wilcox seemed in clined to grant It, as there is a large district to be served thereby. LEMON SHIPMENT BLOCKED California Product Refused Admis sion to Portland Market. A carload of lemons shipped from Lower California, infected with, citrus scale, was refused admission to 'the Portland market by Fruit Inspector J. B. Stansberry a few days ago. It was shipped to British Columbia, where it may be received. Mr. Stansberry calls special attention of dealers to the danger of receiv ing Infected lemons, oranges and grape fruit. "Considerable Infected fruit," said Mr. Stansberry. yesterday, "had been coming in, but it has oeen prac tically stopped, this carload being the first to come for some time." The inspector has just made a trip through Eastern Multnomah County and reports that fruit of all kinds never looked more promising. He found orchards that before had never been cared for covered with blossoms. These orchards had been carefully sprayed last Winter. s. To remove skin eruptions, apply a little Bantlseptic Lotion and they will quickly disappear. . BLACK AND RICH Is tbe Way Poatmm Should Be. A liquid food that will help a person break a bad habit is worth knowing of. The president of one of the state associ ations of the W. C. T. U., who naturally does not want her name given, writes as follows: "Whenever I was obliged to go with out coffee for breakfast a dull, distract ing headache would come on before noon. I discovered that. In reality, the nerves were crying out for their ac customed stimulant. "At evening dinner I had been taught by experience that I must refrain from coffee or pass a sleepless night. "While visiting a physician and his wife I was served with a most excellent beverage at their dainty and elegant table and, upon Inquiry, discovered that this charming beverage was Postum and that the family had been greatly benefited by leaving off coffee and using. Postum. "I was so in love with It, and so pleased with the glimpse of freedom from my one bondage of habit and so thoroughly convinced that I ought to break with my captor, that upon my return home I at once began the use of Postum and have continued it ever since. "I don't know what eick headache is now, and my nerves are steady and I sleep sound, generally eight hours. I used to become bilious frequently and require physic; now seldom ever have that experience. "I have learned that long boiling is absolutely essential to furnish good Postum. That makes K clear, black and rich as any Mocha and Java blend. Please withhold my name, but you may use tne letter tor tne good it may do." Read the little book. 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Y .... .j The Addition with Character A Handsomely Illustrated Book on Portland, in Two Colors; an Official Map of the Entire City A Booklet on "Portland Today" With Statistics and Figures on the Wonderful Growth of the City, and a Booklet on "Thirty Reasons Why" the Careful Investor Is More Safe guarded by an Investment in Laurelhurst Than in Any Other Residence District of Portland Every Investor Should Have This Material It Costs Nothing but Means Dollars to You Every person who contemplates the investment of a small sum in highly improved resi- . dehce property should realize that the money saved in the purchase of the property is just as good, as that much in a bank. This literature endeavors to explainivrith facts and statis tics why Laurelhurst values are bound to pay 100 per' cent on the investment within a year. You will not be. importuned to purchase if you call at our office for this matter, but we want every prospective purchaser to study this literature carefully then if you are inter ested and would care to see this property, we will be glad to take you out in our automobiles. The ride is 8 minutes. . ' REMEMBER ONLY 2 DAYS MORE PRICES ADVANCE FRIDAY On April 15 Prices on Every Lot in the N. E. Quarter Advance $200 to $300 OFFICE OPEN TO 9 P. M. EVENINGS Tonight, Friday and Saturday This is for the benefit of those who cannot spare the time to call during the business hours of the day. TVe want everybody who contemplates the investment of a small sum.m high-class real the very easy terms on which a lot can be secured there. But remember prices, advance April 15. A $1000 lot now will require onl $100 cash and the bal ance on easy monthly from $1200 to $1300. from $200 to $300 on LOTS FROM $750 UP Terms: 10 Per Take Montavilla or SALEM ACE5CT, A. If. 3IOORES, 1-2 BCSH-BREYMAX BLOCK. 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