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.
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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.
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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."
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one appears from time to time. Tbey
are irenulae, true, and full of human
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