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THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1910.
OREGONTGUUD
P.&E.RDADSTO JOIN
Revision of 0. T. Charter Re
veals Plans of Hill as to
Medford Line's Future.
WILL NOT CONNECT AS YET
rower to Build Across Cascades
From Butte Falls to Klamath
Reserve Taken Stevens Says
Coast Line In Dim Future.
To permit a revision of the charter,
pecial meetings of the trustees and
stockholders of the Oregon Trunk Rail
way were held Wednesday afternoon at
Vancouver, when it was agreed that the
charter be revised to permit the construc
tion of the Oregon Trunk Railway to
Medford from the present proposed ter
minus at the northern boundary of the
Klamath Indian Reservation. This re
vised charter will be filed shortly in the
State of Washington and at Salem.
Medford Is distant some 70 miles from
the Oregon Trunk Railway surveys. Part
of this distance will be covered by the
construction of the Pacific & Eastern,
which is now controlled by John K.
fitevens, as far as Butte Falls.
President Stevens said last night there
was no intention immediately on the part
of either the Pacific & Eastern or the
Oregon Trunk to construct from Medford
to a connection. Personally no present
arrangements had been made beyond
Butte Falls and nothing further was yet
contemplated.
He admitted that the power had been
obtained, so that either road could con
struct from Butte Falls to the Oregon
Trunk when it was deemed necessary.
"Butte Falls is the present terminus of
the Pacific & Eastern," said Mr. Stevens,
"and there is no present intention of
going further.
"As to any thought of the Pacific &
Eastern building to the Blue Ledge mine
or to the Coast, that may be denied with
every possible force. There is not the
slightest intention to build to the mine
and never will be.
"The Coast line may be built in the dim
and misty future. But it will tw a very,
very long time off, if ever.
"But most prominently of all I want to
deny the thought of any extension of the
Pacific & Eastern from Butte Falls or in
any other direction."
6TRVENS GENERAL MANAGER
Formal Announcement Made of His
Position With Oregon Electric.
Formal announcement was made yes
terday by Guy M. Talbot, vice-president
of the Oregon Electric that John
F. Stevens, president of the Oregon
Trunk, had been appointed general
manager of the Oregon Electric Rail
way. , This appointment is In accordance
with the announcement made by James
J. Hill that Mr. Stevens would head
the Valley lines, and, indeed, alt the
construction work he was undertaking;
In Oregon. Mr. Stevens was elected
president of the United Railways Tues
day and it was Inferred at that time
that he would be appointed general
manager of the Oregon Electrio until
he could be eleoted presidet In place
of President Moffatt, of New York, at
the stockholders meeting in June.
1UU BRIDGE CONTRACT LET
Forters to Build Piers for Oregon
Trunk at Celilo.
With the letting of the contract to
Torter Bros, yesterday for the con
struction of the sub-structure of the
big bridge across the Columbia River
at Celilo, work has been started on one
of the last links of the chain that
will shortly conect Portland with the
great plains of Central Oregon.
While no statement could be obtained
from the Oregon trunk office as to the
cost of the bridge, on the grounds that
all estimates were on a unit basis and
a total, had not been arrived at, it
can be authoritatively stated that the
li.K-ure for the sub-structure of the
l-rtiige Itself Is practically $650,000 ; with
the stone work and concrete for the ap
proach, which was let at the same time,
the contract will total over $700,000.
Steel Contract to Be Let.
There yet remains the letting of the
contract for the steel work, the re
sponsibility for which has been largely
left by President Stevens to Ralph
Modjeskl, the advisory engineer on the
bridge. In all probability the contract
for the steel work will be let in a few
days so that preparations can be made
tor assembling the 9.000,000 pounds of
steel that will be required in the con
struction of the vast structure.
The steel contract, including the con
struction of the T's at each end of the
bridge, will be somewhat over $450,000.
In this way the bridge -will approxi
mate $1,150,000 in total cost.
The specifications call for the com
pletion of the Celilo bridge January
1. 1912. Porter Bros. are required
to have the sub-structure completed
April 7. 1911. which gives a time limit
cf about 10 months.
Twenty-nine Piers Needed-
Twenty-nine piers will fee required
In the construction of the bridge and
work on these will probably start next
month. The enormous plant Porter
Bros. will require at Celilo will
necessitate considerable assembling,
so that active construction work can
hardly be started until the end of
June.
At this point the Columbia River is
filled with rocks with good sub-soil for
foundation purposes, so the digging and
blasting for the foundation will insure
the bridge resting on a solid founda
tion without an unusual depth, having
to be reached to obtain safe bottom.
The contract specifies fixed charges
for a number of varying units. These
comprise concrete and stone work, roclc
excavation, earth excavation, gravel
excavation, digging rock foundations,
etc.. all of which are on a yardage
basis.
Bridge to Contain 29 Spans.
The bridge will be over $960 feet
In length and will consist of 29 spans
made up as follows: five 75-foot spans.
one 250-foot span, one 350-foot span.
six 230-foot spans, sixteen 102-foot
spans.
The longer spans will be bridge
spans, the shorter ones, decks. Some
idea of the size of the great bridge
can be gathered from these particulars:
Each of the T5-foot spans will be sim
, pie deck girders; there will be one
swing draw bridge; one 320-foot
through bridge epaa the ISO-Coot spans
will be through bridge spans: the 102
foot spans will be deck plate girder
spans. In all there will be 45,000
tons of steel in the bridge.
As the Oregon Trunk is due to the
personal recommendations of Mr. Ste
vens to Mr. Hill, whose personal in
vestment the Oregon Trunk is, special
pride is being taken in it by the "Em
pire Builder's" right-hand (man and
when the first train rolls into Central
Oregon it will be over track and bridges
complete in every detail.
ROAD
SITUATION
MYSTERY
Coos Bay Capitalist Does Xot Know
What Really Will Be Done.
Mystery surrounds the railroad situa
tion at Coos Bay. according to John R.
Smith, a capitalist of Coos Bay, who is
at the Portland Hotel.
'There has been a great deal of talk
about building a transcontinental railroad
into Coos Bay," said Mr. Smith, "but
what is being done is kept in the dark.
Major L. D. Kinney, of Korth Bend, who
fe he is backed by Cleveland and
Canadian capital, has done $30,000 to
$40,000 worth of work on an electric
line from Marshfield to North Bend- No
body knows what he Intends doing with
lt-
"Frederlck Haines, who was locating
engineer for the Great Northern for 21
years, surveyed a route from Coos Bay
to a point within 12 miles of Roseburg,
obtaining less than a 1 per cent grade.
He did the work for the Coos Bay, Ore
gon & Idaho Company, which was or
ganized for the purpose of financing the
survey. It was agreed to turn every
thing over to Haines when the work was
done, and the matter is now in his
hands. I do not know what be proposes
to do.
The whole railroad situation Is shroud
ed in mystery and secrecy. No one at
Coos Bay knows what is going on, or if
they do, they are keeping it to them
selves. There are lots of rumors of what
is contemplated by both Major . Kinney
and Haines, but nothing definite has been
given out."
PASSENGER MEN MEET JUNE 1
Expect to Finish Business in Time to
See Rose Festival.
The Transcontinental Passenger Asso
ciation will meet June 1 at San Francisco.
Following the meeting a large number of
the passenger ' men will travel through
Oregon.
Last year the association met at Seattle,
but the attractions of the Rose Festical
were too much for the passenger men and
they decided by unanimous vote to ad
journ to Portland, where the concluding
sessions of the association were held. This
year the meeting date has been set earlier
and the members hope to r In Portland
for some of the Rose Festival days.
Schumacher Harriman Man.
Thomas Milton Schumocher, whose
appointment Wednesday was announced
as traffic director of the Harriman lines.
with headquarters at Chicago, is an old
Harriman man. Although at the time
of the appointment Mr. Schumacher was
vice-president of the Denver & Rio
Grande, his whole railway history has
been allied with the Harriman lines.
Mr. Schumacher was chief clerk to
the general agent of the Union Pacific
at St. Louis 20 years ago. He then
filled the following appointments in
the order stated: chief clerk, general
freight department. Union Pacific, Oma
ha; general agent Union Pacific, Oma
ha; traffic manager, Oregon Short Line,
St- Louis; traixic manager. United Fruit
Company, New York; traffic manager.
El Paso & Southwestern, Chicago.
Coman and Adams to Attend Meeting
W. E. Coman, assistant general freight
agent of the Harriman lines, accompan
ied by his assistant, J. G. Reschke, left
yesterday for Chicago to attend the
annual meeting of the Transcontinen
tal Freight Bureau, which convenes at
Chicago, May 16. II- M. Adams, gen
eral freight agent of the North Bank,
Is In Chicago to attend the same meet
ing and the freight men are en route.
It is expected the question of the in
creased freight rates to the Northwest
will be one of the matters to come
before the meeting.
Special Car to Convention.
En route to the Sunday School Con
vention at Washington, D. C, a special
car of 25 delegates from Oregon will
be attached to the Chicago Express
leaving Portland at 8 o'clock tonight.
The delegates will travel over the O.
R. & N., the Oregon Short Line, the
Union Pacific the Chicago & North
western and the New J'ork Central
lines.
Nehalem to See Orchards.
On the Initiative of the Chehalem Val
ley orchards, a special train of Nehalem
people will leave Sunday, May 16, to visit
the orchards. Considerable interest has
been aroused In the excursion, which
promises, to Include a large number of
Nehalem business men.
0. A. C. WliERAT HOI
DEFEATS WASHINGTON STATE
ON SHIP SUBSIDY.
NONPARTISAN CRY
FOR JUDGES HEARD
Multnomah Bar Association
Goes on Record to Clear
Judiciary of Politics.
NO DISSENTING VOTE OUT
Though One or Two Oppose Resolu
tion it Passes Without Difficulty.
"Lawyers Want Lawyers to
Select Judges for Bench.
The Multnomah Bar Association last
night adopted resolutions favoring, a
nonpartisan Judiciary and that judges
for the Supreme Court shall be nomi
nated by an assembly composed of
none but lawyers.
The resolutions will be presented to
the State Bar Association, which meets
May 17, by a committee representing
the Multnomah Bar Association, which
will urge their adoption. The resolu
tions follow:
We. your committee, heretofore appointed
to report upon a method of nominating and
electing Judges without regard to politics,
to be reported to the State Bar Associa
tion at Its adjourned session May 17, 1910,
beg to Ncommend tbe adoption of thefol
lowlng resolutions:
Political Considerations Hit.
1. That the Multnomah Bar Association
is in favor of the nominating and electing
of Judges without regard to their political
opinions or affiliations, because judges are
required to decide questions presented to
them upon legal and not political consid
erations. 2. In order to accomplish that result we
favor the nomination of Judges for the Su
preme bench by a proper and legal assembly
called for that purpose only, composed of
lawyers representing the bar of every sec
tion of the state without regard to politics.
3. We recommend these resolutions to
the favorable consideration of the tate Bar
Association for such action by it as may be
deemed advisable and expedient In order to
accomplish the purposes here announced.
4. We recommend that a committee of
five members shall be appointed by the
president of this association to present these
resolutions to the State Bar Association and
to urge their adoption by said body, and
otherwise to promote b before the State Bar
Association the principles here advocated.
(Signed) MARTIN L- PIPES, Chairman.
A. K. CLARK,
ALEX BERNSTEIN.
RALPH B. MOODY.
DAN J. 31ALASKTST.
Newton McCoy, while he said he was
in favor of a nonpartisan Judiciary, ob
jected to limiting the assembly to law
yers. "The other fellows might have some
thing to say," said McCoy. "I do not
believe It is a practical proposition to
lilmt the assembly to lawyers only."
Lawyers Are Best Judges? '
Chairman Pipes explained that the
committee had gone over the sltimtion
thoroughly and came to the conclusion
that lawyers are the better judges of
who should sit on the bench. ,
Dan J. Malarkey said legislation will
be needed so that no party may name
candidates for judgeships tnd that It
was the Intention to nominate pandi
dates for the Circuit Court Judges by
the same method as applies to Supreme
Court judges. He said the Supreme
Court was specifically mentioned be
cause the State Bar Association is
state-wide in its scope.
McCoy then suggested that all can
didates for all offices be placed on the
ballots without political designation
attached to their names.
Harry Yanckwich declared that It Is
as necessary to remove Justices of the
Peace and the municipal judge from
politics as judges of the higher courts.
and asked that the resolution apply to
all judgeships.
"I want to know the occasion of this
sudden nonpartisan movement," said
John XMtchburn. "I have practiced law
In this county for many years. We have
been getting along nicely, and I want to
know what this is all about. We have
had Republican and Democratic Judges;
we nave had .Republican and Democratic
Governors, and we have been getting
along alright. What Is the matter? Are
you afraid of your Judges of the Su
preme Court? Are you afraid King will
have to go back to practicing law?"
No Dissenting Vote Given.
The resolutions were passed without a
dissenting voice.
IPresldent Charles J. 6chnabel then ap
pointed the committee that prepared the
resolutions to present them to the State
Ear Association and carry out the re com -mendaions
contained in the resolutions.
A resolution introduced by Mr. Schna
bel asking for an examining commission.
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The character of the improvements and. the many natural advantages, and the fact that here are 444 acres, all
developed and improved on one comprehensive plan, are explanation for the tremen
dous sales which have been made in
The Addition with Character
If you are in the market for a highly-developed homesite, or rf you contemplate the purchase of high-class, close-in residence property for invest
ment, a visit to Laurelhurst will convince you of our claims that it is the most highly improved, the most highly restricted, and has th best
natural advantages of any residence district of Portland. K
We Are Now Offering Choice Home-sites in. the New Plat at Original Prices Lots From $900.00 Up.
See this property. Walk over it. Note the tremendous improvement work which is going on now. There will never again be an opportunity like
this one. We are offering this property 50 per cent below what is being asked for residence lots which adjoin Laurelhurst and which have none
of the high-grade improvements or restrictions. Laurelhurst offers yo the opportunity to reside in a neighborhood where the environment to
which you subject your wife and family is of the best a neighborhood where culture andrefinement predominate.
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A- N. Moores.
1-2 JBasn-Breymsut Block
ECGEVE AGENCY,
Matirladry & Shumate.
BAKER CI TV AGENT,
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AGENCY,
A. X. Stark.
CONDON AGENT,.
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TFA1LA TVAXiA AGENCY,
Dromseller A nnis,
W. C. Koehne.
DAYTON, WASH.. AGENCY,
Gerken ttard.
Take Montavllla or Rose City Park cars
direct to the property. Take Sunny
side or Mount Tabor cars to Kast
Thirty-ninth street and walk four
blocks north to Laurelhurst. Or call at
our office and we will show you the
property in our automobiles.
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PHONES MAIN 1503 A-1515.
composed of lawyers, shall pass upon ap
plicants for admission to the bar, instead
of the Supreme Court, whose duty it
would be to recommend admi&sions to
the court, was referred to the legisla
tive committee.
EL e. J. McAllister moved that the com
mittee that had prepared the resolutions
to be presented to the State Bar Asso
ciation be Instructed to work out a
method of applying a similar ssytem tor
a nonpuartlsan judiciary in Multnomah
county. Mr. Malarkey offered a substi
tute, providing that a committee of five
be appointed, and on motion of Waldemar
Seton the whole proposition was laid cn
the table.
James. H. Brady to participate in the
ceremony.
The old stage, which for over 50
years has been the' only means of
transportation over the mountains
Into the rich mineral zone around Sal
mon City, passes with the advent of
the railroad. The line will not be
in operation . before July 1.
Developments are' bearing out '.the
prediction that the North Coast and
the Gllmore & Pittsburg will connect
at Lewlston, for this is shown by the
fact that the North Coast has com
pleted Its survey north of Lewlston,
through the Palouse countrv while th
Gllmore & Pittsburg is finishing its
SUrveV into 7 .Owlstnn
The resources of all the banks of the coun
try amount to about S21.00O.0OO.O00. or about
one-flfth of the entire wealth of the county.
GOLDEN SPIKE TELLS TALE
Salmon City, Idaho, Gets Railroad
Terminal; Big Celebration Due.
BOISE, Idaho, May 12. (Special.)
The golden spike, marking the linking
of Salmon City, Lemhi County, wltn
the railroad world, will be driven in
that city on the . Gllmore & Pittsburg,
making its -present terminal there, on
May 18. Elaborate preparations are
being made for the event and excur
sions from all parts of Eastern Idaho
and Montana will be run to Salmon
City on that date.
The spike contains $850 In gold and
and after the ceremony is over, it will
be extracted from the ties and cut
Into small pieces to be distributed
among the prominent officials In at
tendance as souvenir stick pins. An
effort is being made to have Governor
Opposed to All Principles of Eco
nomic Ijavr, Is Argument Put
Forth by Oregonians.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallls. Or, May 12. (Spe
cial.) At the Corvallls end pf the de
bate between O. A. C and Washington
State College tonight. O. A. C was an
easy winner. The question was ship
subsidy, and O. A. C. upheld the nega
tive. Washington State's principal con
tention was that with a ship subsidy
trade with foreign nations would' be
developed. O. A. C. affirmed that trade
did not depend on a subsidy and that
it was against all principles of eco
nomic law.
For O. A- C the speakers were E.
B. Stanley, A. A- Asbahr and A. C
Gibson; for Washington State, L. J.
Brislaws. Harold Sewell and L. F. Har
rison. The Judges were Professor S-
E. Toung, of the University of Oregon;
Dr. A. C. Schmidt, of Albany, and Dr.
Franklin, of Albany College. Rev. A.
F. Bafford was chairman of the evening.
Clnbs Will Meet Again.
For the eecond time this season, the
Multnomah Club and Columbia Univer
sity baseball teams will play Saturday
afternoon on Multnomah Field. In the
game played two weeks ago, Columbi
defeated the wearers of the winged "M'
by the score of 6 to 2. Multnomah will
use its best team tomorrow afternoon.
In hope of conquering Dolly Gray s frisky-
team. Captain Ed Morris will probably
hurt for Multnomah, wttn Shearer or
Bob Twohy as battery partner.
Eugene, Oregon. I have sold Hall's
Texas Wonder for kidney bladder and
rheumatic trouble for the last five
years, and have guaranteed it in many
cases, but have never had a complaint.
u aays treatment in eaca ootue. u. j,
Hull,
If you could see your dishes
through a microscope, you would
again wash them with SOAP
nev
Soapy dish-water leaves a film of grease beMnd
it; smell ofyoiir dishes after they are dry, and see.
GOLD DUST is the greatest product yet dis
covered for washing dishes. It does the work
more thoroughly than soap or any other cleanser,
and does it, too, with scarcely any "help from you.
GOLD DUST also sterilizes, as well as cleans
leaves your dishes beautifully sweet and clean,
wholesome and sanitary.
GOLD DUST will enable you to wash your
dishes in half the ordinary time. The GOLD
DUST TWINS do the work without your
assistance. S
Why not call them W
A- " J -L- J
buying a package of
GOLD DUST of
your grocer?
"Let the GOLD
DUST Twins do
your work'
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fakers of FAIRY SOAP, the oval cake.
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