13 TITE MORNING OltEGOXIAN, TIIURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1910, POSTOFFICE SITE TO BE SELECTED With $500,000 in Sight, Inter est Centers in Location ot X New Building. , SECRECY FEDERAL POLICY Choice Will Probably Be Closely I Guarded Until Made FinalBusi ness Men May Be Called on j 'to- Help Payment. With the chances all In favor of the Adoption by Congress of the .provision of the general appropriation bill al lowing $500,000 for the purchase of a ulte for a new Postofflce building In Portland, interest in the possible loca tion of the structure has rapidly de veloped. Among the leading business men sen timent was practically unanimous that less than an entire block would be un suitable for a building intended to sup ply the needs of the mail service dur ing the next 100 years. But In the ab sence of definite information as to whether the provisions contemplate liouslng the Federal courts in the same building, none of the leaders of com mercial activities desired to be quoted. Harvey Beckwith, manager for "Well 8 ' Fargo and president of the Commercial Club, expressed the consensus of opin ion when he protested against the con sideration of any plan that meant the abandonment of the block on which the present Postofflce Is situated. Mr. Beckwith Talks. "I feel that there must, be a new Postofflce," said Mr. Beckwith, "and I am more than pleased that an. appro priation of half a million dollars will tecome available for the purchase of a Bite. Portland business interests will probably be consulted In the matter and that is as It should be. Portland wants ' to avoid. If possible, any division of sentiment as to the location, such as ; other cities have experienced. Espe cially would It be deplored If an at-, i tempt were made to Increase values 'ifor no other reason than that the Gov ' ernment Is going to spend some money In this city. "The present location Is better suited for a public building than It would be for any sort of a commercial enterprise and If the purchase of a new site for a. Postofflce means the sale of that iblock, I prefer to reject the offer of Congress. If, on the other hand, the ibulldtng- at Sixth and Morrison may be retained for the use of the United States courts and the Postofflce re moved to another convenient site, then the scheme would have the approval Df every Interest in Portland." Doubt as to the separation of the ; Federal courts and the Postofflce is tased on an act of Congress passed : b. few years ago, when the present building was remodeled. At that time there was talk of causing the courts to occupy rooms in the new Custom Bouse . building at Park and Davis . streets, but strenuous opposition devel oped on the part of Judge Charles E. ."Wolverton. The latter caused the Con gressional bill to be amended, provid ing that the courts should remain in the Postofflce building. At that time . a change of location of the latter de partment was not contemplated. Courts May Remain. It was yesterday pointed out that the r amendment Judge Wolverton secured ; did not bind the Postofflce to remain ' In the same building as that which : housed the courts. Under that lnter- pretation It might be ruled that the 1 courts are to remain on the present !eite, the building remodeled to suit 'their purposes and ample quarters sup , plied for all the various officers of the ; court. As they are now situated. Judge i Bean is cooped up in a small apart V ment. where he is compelled to hold ! court when Judge Wolverton Is using j the main courtroom. When Judge i Bean is on the bench Judge Wolverton occupies chambers somewhat larger, fcut which are completely filled (by ! two lawyers, a pile of books and one i witness. ! When the appropriation shall become .available for the purchase of the ground It Is probable that the Secretary of the Treasury will place the matter ' In the hands of his chief architect. The latter will then send a representative to Portland, who will lcok over all the Sites suggested. Data as to prices, 1 transportation of mails and other items , of expense will be gathered and then the public will be Invited to offer sites r tinder sealed bids. When they are re- ceived the chief architect will open t inem ana mane his selection, or reject all bids, as he may choose. This plan , 3s roilowed to prevent a combination of dealers. The greatest secrecy will : toe maintained throughout the transac tion, in order that no one may be en abled to secure options on adjoining property. In recent years the, Government has adopted a policy of placing Postofflce ' 'buildings In the vicinity of railway terminals, in order that the cost of hauling- mails to and from the trains may be reduced to a minimum. With that Idea in view. It has been urged that the site of the new building will probably go north of Washington street, ' and the vicinity of the Custom-House Is being urged from some quarters. Arguments for South End. In opposition to that theory is the contention that the great retail dis trict of the city will always remain on and Bouth of Washington street, and that the terminals of every street car line are either on Washington, Al 3er or Morrison streets and east of Fifth. It is contended that those con ditions make it Imperative that the new Postofflce shall be south of Wash ington. The plan that has met with greatest , favor originated with John Minto while ; he was Postmaster. .This was the sug gestion that the Corbett property, I bounded by Fifth, Sixth, Yamhill ai-d Taylor streets, should be secured, and that the site of the present building, Just across Yamhill street, should be retained for the Federal courts. The plan would create a small civic cen ter and the buildings would remain Jn close proximity to the Courthouse and City Hall. If necessary a pneu matic tube mail service could be es tablished with the depot, similar to that in use in Chicago and New York. It Is doubtful, however, that the Cor ett block can be secured for $500, 000. or. In fact, any of the blocks that are being talked of. No less than an entire block of ground is being su Kested by any citizen. Under these conditions it is proba ble that the business interests will be called on to get together and pur chase a site, or make up the difference between the appropriation and the value of the property to be decided on. VIOLIN STILL TRAVELS Though Owner Needs It, Court Re tains Valuable Instrument. A valuable violin which has been in contention between the authorities and a private attorney, has only started on Its travels, it appears from an order made by Judge Bennett yesterday. The Instrument was stolen several weeks ago from E. Hadley and Charles Mar con" was charged with the theft. Act ing under Instructions from Hadley, the detectives directed the licensed pawn brokers to take the instrument at the lowest possible price when it was of fered, assuring them it would be re deemed. In a few days it was offered at a Third-stret pawnshop and was taken at $15, its value being about $150. Through its redemption Marcoff was arrested. Then Hadley, asserting that he should not be held for the pawn broker's disbursements, replevlned the instrument and it went into the cus tody of Constable Wagner. Hadley apologized to the pawnbroker later and paid the $15, releasing the replevin. Then Wagner turned the Instrument over to Clerk Beutgen of the Municipal Court and it was produced in evidence TUG EXCEEDS SPEED Oneonta Makes 14.8 Miles an Hour Over Test Course. 50 GUESTS MAKE VOYAGE Experts Pronounce Her Most Power ful Craft of Her Type on Pacific . Coast Every Requirement . of Specifications Met. Exceeding the time made on her build er's trial by nearly a mile an hour, reel ing off 14.8 miles In an hour- over a measured course, and steaming 12 miles in 45 minutes, were some of the accom plishments yesterday of the" new bar tug Oneonta, of the Port of Portland Com- VESSEL BUILT IN THIS CITY WHICH WAS TESTED WITH " SUCCESS YESTERDAY. t I i &i 'II ? V 1- 3L - .... - ' " It . fir' i 1 1 : PORT OP PORTLuABfD'S KEW TUG OSEOJiTA. at Marcoff's preliminary hearing yes terday. , - - Marcofr was held to the grand Jury and again Hadley claimed his instru ment, but Judge Bennett ordered that It be turned over to County Clerk Fields until the termination of Marcoff's trial in the Circuit Court. Hadley-needs the violin to fill a Summer engagement at a beach resort, but the present prospect is that he will have to do without it. CLATSOP COUNTY IN LINE Assembly Decided Upon Unanimous ly by Central Committee. According to advices received at Re publican State headquarters in the Cor nelius Hotel, Clatsop County . Is the latest to get in line for the assembly by official action. At a meeting of the Coun ty Central committee at Astoria last Sat urday it was decided unanimously . to hold the precinct caucuses July 9 and the County Assembly, July 16. It was stated in the report that har mony at the meeting was obvious . and that everybody is for an assembly. Clatsop County is entitled to 29 dele gates in the state assembly and it is hinted there will be a strong effort in the Congressional assembly to have J. S. Dellinger, editor of the Morning Astor lan, recommended as the Republican nominee for Congress in this district. The County Assembly will be composed of 240 delegates, which shows the ratio of representation to be very large. No proxies will be honored. TEN-HOUR LAW INVOLVED One Guilty, Other Freed, on Charge Of Overworking Women. Charged by State Labor Commis sioner Hoff with violating the Oregon law against employing woman more than 10 hours in one day, R. O: Melby, proprietor of a Burnside-street coffee house, was before Judge Bennett for two hours yesterday. The case was finally dismissed because the evidence turned upon family differences and at tempts ,of one side to discredit the other. Hoff had charged Melby with em ploying 19-year-old Ethel Johnson in his restaurant longer than the legal 10 hours. The girl herself, however, failed to substantiate the charge, saying her hours were indefinite. M. S. Hirsch, manager of the Willam ette Tent & Awning Company, pleaded guilty to a charge of employing a wom an for more than 10 hours in one day. The complaint was brought by Mr. Hoff after Hirsch had been warned. As the case was not an aggravated one, the Commissioner recommended a- light sentence and Hirsch was fined $25. A GIFT. If you have a gift of confectionery to make, get something new, some thing of more than ordinary merit. more than ordinary deliciousness. We import, direct from Vienna, delicious Austrian fruit confections, of a deli cate, uncloying flavor, exclusively for Portland connoisseurs. Sig Sichel & Co., 92 Third street, and at branches at Third and Washington and Wells-Fargo building. Newport Elects Dr. Mlnthorn. NEWPORT, Or., June 22. (Special.) At the regular annual , meeting of the Newport school district, H. J. Minthorn M. D., was elected to succeed H. t. Blakley as school director, and Willis Waggoner succeeded Mrs. Wilbur as clerk. W. S. Martin and T. H. Halleck continued as director mission, which received her official test of four hours in the presence of 50 ad mirers. - -The start was made from the dock of the Willamette Iron & Steel Works, her builders, at- 1:45 o'clock, and she was back at 5:30 o'clock, after having cov ered 46 miles and having been operated at different speeds to test various parts of her machinery and equipment. The tug was steamed 23 miles down the river to a point a short distance above St. Helens and then turned back. Captain Blaln, of the Oregon Dry dock Company, a veteran skipper, shared honors at the wheel with Captain Groves, superinten dent of the Port of Portland dredges, and Chairman Swigert, of the commission, held the wheel when the trim craft passed between the piers of the North Bank bridge at St. Johns, and he agreed with President Corbett, of the Willam ette Iron & Steel Works, that she handled like a "bully boat." Members of the Council, most of the members of the commission and others had accepted the builders' invitation to witness her maneuvers, and not the least enthusiastic were Captain Reed, of the Port of Portland bar service, who will be her master, and Chief Engineer Hughes, of the tug Wallula, who pro nounced her the most powerful tug of her type on the Coast. ' Refreshments were included in the aft ernoon's entertainment and the visitors were taken from stem to stern and from pilot-house to kel on an Inspection tour. "Everything aboard the Oneonta was entirely satisfactory, and she came up to each requirement of the specifica tions, said Mr. Swigert on his return. "She will be placed in service on the bar and succeed the tug Wanderer, which we have had under charter." The completion of her painting early next week will place her in shape for service, and when her stores have been placed aboard and" crew installed she will be turned over formally to the Port of Portland. streets or any point on the Wut Sldo of 1 the Willamette River by the new railroad bridge than over the Eroadwav bridge: that it will take leas time to cover the distance from any of the points above mentioned to any given place on the West Side by the railroad bridge than by the Broadway bridge,, either for pedestrians or any kind of a car or vehicle. The railroad bridge is 10 feet -wider than Washington street, the most congested part of our city, with two distinct places on the same for streetcars, automobiles, wagons and pedestrians (one coming and one going). ThU bridge is able to give ample service for 20 years to come. The people of the City of Portland have awakened to the fact that the Broadway bridge will not help either aide of the river a particle as soon as we get the railroad bridge, which is now being built. As a tax payer, I emphatically remonstrate against. & $2,000,000 useless expenditure to obstruct our harbor and to gratify and enhance the value of Seventh street and Broadway street prop erty owners. Mr. McPheraon refers to the Nicolal-Nep-pach . Company's property on Second and Davis streets as "shacks." I win simply say this mill Is the most substantially built structure of its kind on the Pacific Coast, being built of Sl-inch brick walls. We have built a number of the best buildings In our end of the town 25 years ago (long before Mr. McPherson came to Portland), among which is the Neppach building, on Third and Burnside streets, the Merchants Hotel building, and 1 am broad enough to g'.ve way to any proposition that would help the marses even though it might affect my interests. But the Broadway bridge only helps a few, and If a vote were taken today or next November the talk of the Broadway bridge would be a thing of the pastj If the people of Seventh street want the Broadway bridge let them pay for it them selves and not ask the City of Portland to do so, or to build elevat.td steel railroads to dump the people next to their holdings. There is no sense in becoming personal in a controversy of this kind. Some of the language used by Mr. McPherson leads me to believe that when he wrote his article he forgot that he was a gentleman. The traffic has been coming to the West Bide by way of Third and Gllsan streets for twenty years, the shortest and quickest route, and let it remain there until some thing is needed more than the great rail road bridge and then let us use the tube system and not obstruct the harbor. A. NEPPACH. TALLOW MIXED WITH LARD Mr. Bailey " Prosecutes Violators of State Food Laws. That the lard situation, and, inci dentally, the lard, had been completely cleaned up, was the statement made yesterday by J. W. Bailey, State Food and Dairy Commissioner. To accomplish the work more than 40 prosecutions had to be made in Ore gon, every one of which was successful. Nine lard dealers were taken before the courts in Portland in one day alone. Other towns in which prosecutions were made were Albany, Pendleton, Eugene, Baker City and other important centers. Bailey said the adulteration was made with tallow and was a natural result of the recent high price of hogs. The dairymen have not required much at tention, but two cases being recently be fore the courts and one being lost through a technicality, he said. Bailey returned yesterday from La comb and Crabtree, points In Linn County, where he delivered lectures on subjects connected with dairying. FRANCHISES IN FAVOR EAST SIDE MEETING PASSES MANY RESOLCTIOXS. RAILROAD BRIDGE ENOUGH Mr. Neppach Says Things About .Mr. McPherson and Broadway Bridge. PORTLAND, Or., June 22. To the Editor: Answering Mr. McPherson's letter of June 17. appearing in The Sunday Oregonian: While the writer Is Interested in many pieces of property in different locations in the City of Portland, he does not own the approach to the railroad bridge or anything within twenty blocks of the same. Mr. McPherson is wrong and has been misinformed as to the facts. My contention 1st that from anywhere on Broadway street, Albina or St. Johns, the route is nearer to Seventh and Washington Attendance Is 65 and Public Docks Are Declared to Be Necessity to City by Speakers. At a mass meeting Tuesday night in Carpenters' Hall, on Grand avenue. to oppose the concessions offered by the O. R & N. Company, in cluding rights of way for the Broad way bridge approaches, in return for the vacation of certain East Side streets needed for a freight depot promised the shippers, 65 were present. Rev. George B. Van Waters was chairman and Dan Kellaher, who has been at the head of a faction In the Bast Side Business Men's Club that has been active - in opposing the vacation of these streets, took a prominent part In the meeting Several resolutions were adopted and a committee of 10 was named to attend the session of the City Council tht morning to tell the Councllmen what the meeting had decided. Long-time franchises rather than vacation of the streets, was favored. The recall was hinted for the Mayor and those Coun cllmen who desired vacation. Another resolution was adopted de claring it the sense of the meeting that there should be two bridges or none at all, the railroad and the Broadway bridges. Councilman Kubli was present and explained hl9 attitude on -the street vacation question and received the thanks of the club. Mr? Van Waters1 said the policy of the ISast Side Improvement Club was to favor the erection of the Broadway bridge, but that the vacation of streets should be kept separate . from the rights ot way. A. H. Devers, who recently returned from abroad, spoke briefly about the va cation of the Hast Side streets. - He pointed out that important cities owned public docks'. Dr. C. H. Chapman urged that public docks were necessary to ell great cities. PASTOR IS WELL LOVED Rev. Mr. Landsborough's Congrega tion Will Not Let 1 1 i in Resign. Rev. J. R. Landsborough, pastor of the Oregon City Presbyterian Church, pre sented his resignation from the pastorate to the Portland Presbytery at its meet ing In Reedvllle yesterday, but through the efforts of a delegation from the Ore gon City Church, it was not accepted, Rev. Mr. Landsborough resigned on ac count of failing health, but the delega tion reported that his church will give him a two-months' vacation with salary in full to afford him opportunity of rest ing, and at the end of that time if he has not Improved his resignation will be accepted. The delegation informed the Presbytery that the church does not want to part with Rev. Mr. Landsborough if It can hold him. Rev. Robert McLean, who has been called to the Anabel Presbyterian Church, was examined by the' Presbytery as to doctrine and faith and passed success fully. It was voted that he be ordained and installed as pastor as -soon as his letter arrives from Albany, N. T., at a meeting to. be called in the Anabel Church by Rev. Mr. Allen, moderator. The same action was taken in the case of Rev. Otto Hossner, pastor of Bethany German Church. Rev. W. S. Holt, D. D., field mission ary secretary for the Pacific Coast, gave a report of the proceedings of the Gen eral Assembly, held in Atlanta, , Ga., where he attended. Rev. E. Nelson, moderator, presided at the session, wh,ich only lasted part of the day. Y b 8 II . w eiiowstone rara Excursion Saturday, July 9, 1910 (Leaving Portland at 10 P. M.) via. the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. ' AND Oregon Short Line Special Round Trip $ Rate from Portland GOOD FOR RETURN UNTIL OCTOBER 31 Which includes rail transportation to and from Yellowstone Park;, stage transportation through the, Park; all meals and lodgings at Park hotels during the five days tour. - v Grandest Scenic Trip in the World Embracing stops at the famous Park Hotels, seeing the Geysers, Mountains, Lakes, Cataracts, Canyons, Buffalo, Elk, Bear and other animals in their wild state. . , . ' ' INTERESTING SIDE TRIPS AT SMALL EXPENSE Parties desiring to return via Salt Lake through California can do so for $29.00 additional, or $108.75 from Portland. THE FINEST EQUIPPED TRAIN IN THE WEST will be provided for this, event, and will include Pullman Sleepers, Diner,' Parlor Observation Car, and all the latest conveniences that go to make the trip pleasant and comfortable. - y Full details, with pamphlet descriptive of the trip, map of the Park, etc., can be obtained by writing to our City Ticket Agent, Third and Washington , Streets, Portland, Oregon, or to ' Wm. McMURRAY, General Passenger Agent (Special) The commission form of gov ernment for North Yakima was advanced another step last night when W. I Lemon, president of the Commercial Club, appointed a committee to prepare a suit able charter for the city and to further legislation favoring it. City Attorney Frank Allen, -who Is the father of the movement for the commission form here, was made chairman of the committee. MOTHER SEEKS DAUGHTER Girl, With Mind Perhaps Affected, Does Not Return Home. ' Mrs. J. H. Ransom, wife of a laborer living at Forty-fifth and Gladstone streetsv told the police yesterday that her daughter, aged 23, had become separated from her on the street the day before and had not returned to her home Tues day night. The girl recently underwent a severe .surgical operation and Dr. Bowers, the family physician, expresses the opinion that it may have temporarily affected her mind. The girl Is 5 feet, 2 inches tall, weighs 113 pounds, is of light complexion and was wearing a dark green suit and a yellow straw hat with pompons and feathers. .- WEDDING DATE ADVANCED Hood River Couple Married in Port land as Surprise to friends. The culmination of a romance of the Hood River apple district was solemnized yesterday afternoon when Miss Lulu Mor timer and Robert Carter were married in the parlors of the Hotel Portland by the Rev. H. M. Ramsey, rector of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. The engegement had been announced sev eral weeks ago to Hood River friends, but the wedding was fixed for a date in early July. Accompanied by the bride's mother, the couple came to Portland yesterday morning and preparations for the wedding were made speedily. Mrs. Carter is the daughter of Mrs. Doletha Mortimer, of Redwood, Minn., and the bridegroom is the son of Mrs. J. M. Westcott, of Richmond. Ind. The ceremony at the Portland was wit nessed by Mrs. Mortimer, by the bride's aunt, Mrs. Martha Johnson, of Spring Valley, Minn., Mrs. Burdette Thayer, of Spring Valley, Minn Henry Bulla, a boyhood friend of the bridegroom from Richmond, and II. S. Carter, an East ern theatrical man and brother of the bridegroom. The couple left at mid night for an extended tour of Canada and on their return will make their home in Hood River, where prior to their marriage each had lived less than a year. If your liver is sluggish and out of tone, and you feel. dull, bilious, consti pated, take a dose of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets tonight be fore retiring and you will feel all right in the morning. Sold by all dealers. Beer, $1 doz. quarts, delivered to your home. Spring Valley Wine Co. Commission Plan Step Nearer. XORTH YAKIMA. Wash., June 22. The Important 'Problem confronting anyone In need of a laxa tive is not a question of a single ac tion only, but of permanently; bene flclal effects, -which' -will follow proper efforts to live in a healthful way, with the assistance of- Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, whenever It Is re quired, as It cleanses the system genUy yet promptly, without irritation and will therefore always have the preference of all who wish the best of family laxatives. The combination has' the approval of physicians because It is known to be truly beneficial, and because it has given satisfaction to the millions of well-informed families who have used it for many years past. To get its beneficial effects, always buy the genuine manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only. " VIA 2 Hours Fastest 45 Miles Shortest Only Day Trains on Any Line rThe Inland Empire Express Lv. Portland 9 :00 A. M. Ar, Spokane 9:40 P. M. The Oregonian" Lv. Portland 11:00 A. M. Ar. Spokane 10:25 P. M. Night Train COLUMBIA RIVER SCENERY. "The North Bank Limited" Lv. Portland 7:00 P. M. Ar. Spokane 6:55 A. M. FAST BUSINESS TRAIN. Observation ears, Library Parlor cars, Compartment, Standard and Tourist sleepers, first-class coaches. ". , Comfort insured by perfect track and equipment. Evening train ready and dinner served at 6:30. Passenger Station 11th and Hoyt Sts. City Ticket Offices Third and Morrison Streets, 100 Third Street, 122 Third Street t f