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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
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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.
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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. -
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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
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