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THE MORNING- OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1910.
E
IN YEAR IN OFFICE-
SIMON DO
S MUCH
Mayor Regards Street Paving
as Chief Work of Adminis-
tration Up to Date.
WATERFRONT CLEANED UP
Executive Has Also Started Con
struction of Crematory and Sec
r ond Bull Run -Pipe Line,
and Lowered Taxes.
J complishing untold good. The Mayor
Is especially proud of this accomplish
ment, and takes a personal Interest In
the work being done.
Tax teTy Cut Down. '
With the assistance of the Council,
the Mayor lowered the tax levy for
municipal purposes, saving1 to the tax
payers a large sum of money. The
Mayor recommended and the Council
adopted a plan whereby a sinking fund
was established to pay off the bonded
indebtedness of the city.
With the Park Board, Mayor Simon
has worked earnestly and untiringly
for a system of playgrounds for chil
dren, and already three have been es
tablished in as many sections of the
city. The large parks have also been
greatly improved and the Terwilliger
boulevard has been started, it being the
first lap of a system that is to encircle
the entire city to connect all of the
parks.
During the year there has been no
unpleasantness among the members of
the boards or between any appointees,
and peace and harmony have character
ized the administration.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF MAYOR
SIMON'S ADMINISTRATION IN
ITS KIKST YEAR.
Formulation of hard-surface policy,
reduction of paving cost from $2.40
a square yard to $1.85. and laying
of 16,000.000 worth of street im
provements. Cleaning up of the waterfront;
scowdwellers removed.
Awarding of contract for second
Bull Run pipeline and building .of
huge storage reservoir at Mount
Tabor.
Contract let for building modern
garbage crematory: construction un
der way.
Pure milk legislation secured and
inspection service established. '
Playground system for parks in
augurated and work begun.
Lowering of city tax levy for 1910.
Securing of reduced rates for sewer
pipe and breaking up of sand trust.
Great improvement in the various
parks.
Mayor Simon has been in office just
one year today, and the record of ac
complishments during the first half of
his term is an excellent - one, clearly
showing, that he has fulfilled "the x
pectations of the city by giving it i
sound business administration.
Every department of the city is in
first-class condition, no bonds have
been sold for the construction of tny
public building or the acquisition of
properties, and a fund has been created
' for the liquidation of the outstanding
bonded Indebtedness.
Many millions of dollars' worth of
Improvements have been completed or
are now under way, and the city Is
more prosperous than at any time in
Its history. The great projects that
have been begun,- but which are in
complete, are the Madison-street bridge,
garbage crematory and the second
pipeline to Bull Run River. Mayor
Simon has been putting forth stren
uous efforts to begin active work on
the $1,500,000 Broadway bridge, but
without much success, although it is
assured that it will be built.
Mayor Reviews Year.
"Reviewing the first year of my term,
I really believe the most important
thing the administration has accom
plished is the hard-surface campaign,"
said Mayor Simon yesterday. "This is
the most far-reaching of all the work
undertaken by the administration, and
I feel that this is going to tell greatly
in the making of the new Portland.
I also think that we accomplished
something worth while in securing pure
milk legislation, in solving the gar
bage problem, which was very serious,
and in securing reduced prices for pav
ing materials and for sewer pipe and
sand. The building of the Bull Run
pipeline is another vastly important
project, which is now well along."
Mayor Simon says he has enjoyed
the first year of his term, notwith
standing the vexatious problems that
have arisen from time to time, and the
cares of office have not weighed heavily
upon him. nfhile disposing easily of
the multitude of routine details com
ing to him for action, he has found
time to make numerous trips of in
spection throughout the city and he is
thoroughly Informed on every de
partment and is familiar with the
workings of each. In his own auto
mobile he has driven hundreds of miles
on official business, and while the city
charter provides for but eight hours
of work for the municipal officials, he
Is frequently at his desk long after
the City Kail attaches have gone home.
. It was early in Mayor Simon's admin
istration that he decided upon the hard
Burface policy. Firmly believing that
macadam and gravel streets were not
such as would make Portland a city
beautiful and substantial, he deter
mined to lay none but hard-surface im
provements. "In this he has had the
united support of the Executive Board
and Council, and the result is to be
seen everywhere within the limits of
the city. This Summer alone there
are under way $6,000,000 worth of
street improvements, and 90 miles of
asphalt, bitulithic and Hassam pave
ments will be laid before November 1
of this year. The price for bitulithic
and asphalt has been reduced from
$2.40 to $1.85 a square yard without any
change of specifications. -'
Waterfront Greatest Asset.
Mayor Simon has declared that Port
land's greatest asset Is its waterfront,
and to the end that it may be clean
and accessible, he ordered Harbormas
ter Speier, last Summer, to drive out
all of the scowdwellers. Vhis was
promptly done. An efficient harbor pa
trol, with an excellent launch and reg
ular police service, has been established
and is doing excellent work.
T.irough the Water Board, the con
tract for the second pipeline to Bull
Run River, with two huge reservoirs
at Mount Tabor, has been awarded, the
two aggregating a cost of more than
$2,000,000. The work is being rapidly
pushed on both projects.
Much difficulty was experienced in
securing action, by the City Council in
regard to the garbage crematory. Many
years had been consumed by the pre
ceding administration in a wrangle as
to this important subject, with no re
sults, and when Mayor Simon took up
the duties of office, he found this one
of the most pressing of all problems.
He at once decided upon the Guild
Lake property for the location and set
out to build the crematory. It took
seven months of hard work, but the
crematory is actually being built and
will be ready for use this Fall.
Mayor Simon and the members of the
Board of Health united in a campaign
for purer milk, and secured the pas
sage by the City Council of an ordi
nance regulating this subject and pro
viding for an inspection system, includ
ing a chemical laboratory for testing
milk samples. The entire plan is now
in thorough working order and Is ac-
GJ. CRAFT IS THE MAN
TO
BE UNDERWRITING MANA
GER OV BIG COMPANY.
Accepts Position With Pacific States
r-Mre Insurance Company Ac
tive Work to Begin.
Officers F. E. Beach, president; E.
G. Jones, first vice-president; F. I.
Fuller, second vice-president; A. H.
Averill. third vice-president; William
M. Cake, attorney.
Executive Board F. E. Beach. E. G.
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PAYROLL BITS SNAG
City Auditor Balks at Special
Policeman; Relents.
MAYOR SIMON TRIUMPHS
Chas. A. Craft. Underwriting
Manager Pacific States Fire
Insurance Company, Portland.
Jones. F. I. Fuller, A. H. Averill, L. G.
Clarke. Dr. A. E. Rockey, Judge Will
iam M. Cake.
Temporary offices, 206-207 Commer
cial Club Building.
The Pacific States Fire Insurance
Company of Portland has closed a con
tract with Charles A. Craft, one of the
best-known insurance men on the Coast,
tor the position of underwriting mana
ger of the company. Mr. Craft is rec
ognized among fire insurance men gen
erally for his special ability as an un
derwriter. He has resigned his position
as Northwest manager of the fire in
surance department of Johnson & Hlg
gins, the largest fire Insurance brokers
in the world. Mr. Craft has directed
the business of the "company In the
Northwest for some time past from the
offices of his company in Seattle. He
will take up the duties of his new po
sition as underwriting manager of the
Pacific States Fire Insurance Company
here on August 1.
Mr. Craft started with the board of
fire underwriters of the Pacific, and
later served as manager of the board
of underwriters for a number of years.
He was afterwards appointed special
agent and adjuster for the Union In
surance Society of London, and he
served In the same capacity for the
Law union & Crown Insurance Com
pany, with headquarters at San Fran
cisco. He was then promoted to the
important position of Northwest mana
ger of the fire insurance department
of Johnson & Higgins, who maintain
offices both at San Francisco and Seat
tle. Mr. Craft is well known among
the fire insurance men of Portland,
where he was formerly located.
On assuming the duties of his office
with the Pacific States Fire Insurance
Company, the work of organizing the
agency force of the company will be
taken up in earnest. The company will
actually begin to write business as soon
as it may be possible to organize the
agency force on a thorough working
basis.
A large number of applications have
already been received by the company
for the first policy the company may
Issue. The first policy written by the
company will be made out in the name
of R. H. Blossom, a well-known local
fire insurance writer, according to a
promise made to Mr. Blossom during
the initial stage of the company's or
ganization. The Second policy has been
promised to F. B. Holbrook, of the F.
B. Holbrook Company, leading real es
tate brokers.
The progress made by the Pacific
States Fire Insurance Company has
been the subject of favorable comment
by the people of Oregon, who have
shown their confidence in the person
nel of the company's management. The
stock has been subscribed for princi
pally by the friends of the company's
management. The company is incor
porated with a capital stock of $250,000i
but the board has authorized an in
crease of capital stock to $1,000,000.
The company in its acceptance of risks
will pursue a conservative policy, and
it will be the aim of the management
to develop the business of the Pacific
States Fire Insurance Company to the
point where the company will take a
position among the successful Insur
ance corporations of the United States.
Attorney Gr,ant Declares Emergency
Should Be Declared to Care for
Wages of Strike Officers,
x but Executive Objects.
Mayor Simon and City Auditor Bar
bur yesterday figured in 'an unusual
Incident which bade fair to create a
stir In official circles, and in which
City Attorney Grant was involved. The
issue was as to the payment of wages
to 99 special policemen, employed by
order of 'the Mayor to do strike duty.
The' Auditor for a time declined to
pay the men because the Executive
Board had not declared an emergency,
but later said he would. Mr. Grant,
in an opinion submitted yesterday,
held such an emergency should be de
clared, but the Mayor refused to al
low this to be done when a meeting
of the Executive Board was held at
4 P. M.
"Chief of Polico Cox employed the
special officers upon my order'," said
Mayor Simon, "and the men are en
titled to their pay. I have no reason
to withhold their money, and am ready
to sign the warrants at any time, if
the Auditor issues the warrants. It
is unnecessary to declare an emer
gency, and I do not want the records
encumbered in this manner.
Emergency Is Shown.
"An emergency did exist, justifying
the employment of these specials, but
I decline to make an official record
of it, as I do not think it wise to do
so, neither is it at all necessary to
do so:"
The payroll aggregates $2932, and
the time of the special men runs from
one to 14 days, some of them having
been employed shortly after the team
sters' strike was declared. Mayor Si
mon decided to take a firm stand to
protect life and property, and In
siruciea uniet lox to employ any
number of special officers necessary
to preserve law and order. The Chief
proceeded according to these directions
and from time to time, as required
employed additt&nal men.
vv nen me payroll or a special po
llcemen was submitted to City Audito
uaiuur yesieraay morning he at once
questioned it. He held a conference
with Mayor Simon, and the latter ad
vised him to pay the bill without ques
tion, and explained his position. Mr,
narDur, however, suggested that it
was a subject for the City Attorney,
ana suDmntea it to him.
Grant Piles Opinion.
A month-end session of the Exe
cutive Board was scheduled for
P. M., and at 2 o'clock City Attorney
jrani inea nrs opinion, asserting,
among other things, that the Executive
tsoaru . should declare that an emer
gency existed. It Is upon this that
-VLr. isarbur stands. He prepared
resolution, containing such declara
tion, Dut Mayor Simon refused to al
low it to go before the board.
upon investigation. I find that the
specials were appointed under section
192 of the charter," said Mr. Barbur,
after the Executive Board
"This section specifies that emergency
.uiuumiun may De maae and how
Then the payroll specifies the time, so
that City Attorney Grant's opinion has
oeen iuuiuea wnen the appointments
were confirmed and the bill ordered
THE ORIENTAL LIMITED.
The swell Great Northern train, elec
tric lighted, through tourist and stand
ard sleepers, Portland to Chicago in -72
hours. No change of cars. The best of
dining-car service. You'll like the com
partment observation car. From Hoyt-
street station daily 7 P.' M. Tickets
and berths at city, ticket office, 122
Third street, and depot. Eleventh -and
Hoyt streets.
Boat Upsets, Boy Drowned.
GARDINER, Or., June 30. (Special.)
Albert Hansen. 13 years of age, and
only son of Henry Hansen, of Butler
Creek, was accidentally drowned Sun
day afternoon. The accident was
caused by the upsetting of a covered
fiat boat, in which the boy and two
other lads were playing. The body was
recovered about four hours after the
accident.
Harris Trunk Co. for trunks and bags.
BISHOP TO TOUR OREGON
Southern Oregon and Coast to Have
Episcopal Visitation. '
Right Rev. Charles Scaddine-.
uisnop qi Oregon, yesterday an
nounced his appointments for July and
wugust as ioiiows:
July 1 Montavilla conference and service
di .iizaoein s blouse.
July 3 Sixth Sunday after Trinity; morn
ing wooomere, evening Good Samaritan
Hospital.
July 6 Meeting- of board of missions at
.tsisnopcroii, r. al.
July 10 Seventh Sunday after Trinity.
rui i i.iiiu rro-uainearai.
July 11 Portland. Conference with trustees.
July 11 Leave Portland on missionary
1 ' ' f .iiiuuBii ouumctu vrvsun ana . coast
July 12 Kutherlin.
July 13 Grants Pass.
July 14 Grants Pass and drive to Kerby.
July IS Gflsquet.
July 17 Eighth Sunday after Trinity.
Crescent City. v
July 18 Smith River.
July 19 Harbor.
July 21 Gold Beach. .
July 22 Port Orford.
July 24 Ninth Sunday after Trinity. Port
Orford Christ Church.
July 25 Bandon.
July 31 Tenth Sunday after Trinity. Ban
don. St. John's Church.
August 3 Illustrated lecture on "The
Church and Her Opportunities." Banrtnn.
August 7 Eleventh Sunday after Trinity.
Bandon. St. John's.
August 14 Twelfth Sunday after Trinity.
Coqullle. St. James'- Church.
August 15 Marshfield.
August 10 Marshfield; illustrated lecture.
August 21 Thirteenth Sunday after Trin
ity. Marshfleld. Emmanuel Church in' the
morning; Empire or North Bend In evening.
August 22 Gardiner. St. Mary's1 Church.
August 2.'1 Scottsburgh.
August 24 Drain.
August 25 Portland.
Archdeacon Horsfall and" Rev. S. M.
Dorrance will be associated with the
bishop. Arrangements for services,
baptisms, confirmations and interviews
with church members at Kerby, Waldo,
Gasquet, Harbor are being made by
Mr. Dorrance, and at Gold Beach, Port
Orford and all other missions in Coos
and Curry counties with Archdeacon
Horsfall. The above dates are subject
to stage, boat and' train connections,
and may be modified by Archdeacon
Horsfall as' exigencies arise.
IMITATORS.
Pick something good to imitate. Imi
tation, you know, is the sincerest flat
tery. Take Galba Little Cigars, for in
stance. A pure Havana product, sold
exclusively by us a short smoke a
good smoke and the imitators know it
and have begun to flatter it. They are
imitating' the package the " size the
shape the number but they never
imitate the quality they can't. Re
member. Galba. Sig. Sichel & Co., 92
Third, or branches at Third and "Wasfi
lngton and Wells-Fargo bldg.
Coos Bay Couple Wed.
MARSHFIELD, Or.,'' June 30. (Spe
cial.) Miss Kathleen Bennett, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Bennett, was
married today to R. K. Booth, of the
C. A. Smith Lumber Company. Arch
deacon Horsetail officiated. The bride
is a daughter of one of the oldest and
most prominent families on Coos Bay.
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Just like a big English Estate, so beautiful are the trees, the wild
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Reached by the O. W. P. and Woodstock carlines in 25 minutes
LOTS $200 and up. TERMS Small Payment $1 a Week
Not only will you receive profit from increased value
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ALSO SUNDAY BOTH FREE
Take O. W. P. Gar at East Water and Morrison
TRAINS LEAVE AT 10 A. M. AND 2 P. M.
LOTS OF ROOM SUNDAY AND MONDAY SPEND THE DAY
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Bring' your . lunch get away from noise
view Portland's fireworks in evening from
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LIQUOR IDE ISSUE
Barney F. 0'Neil Makes Vigor
ous Campaign in Idaho.
PRIMARIES WILL DECIDE
Cundidate Contends for Right of
localities' to Determine Question
for Themselves Method En
titled to Fair Trial.
Barnfey O'Neil, local option candi
date for Governor at the Idaho Re
publican primaries, arrived in Port-
and yesterday on a short busine&B trip.
He hurried back to Idaho campaigning
last nig-ht. Mr. O'Neil is after the
scalps of the candidates who are op
posing him. Governor James H. Brady
and Paul Clagston, of Bonner County.
After a week of exposure to the
blistering sun of Western and North
ern Idaho. Mr. O Neil is losing the
enamel from his face, the outer skin
rolling " up in flakes as large as a
dime, but it hasn't even cracked his
disposition.
Barney F. O Neil became a citizen of
Idaho almost 20 years ago and has
been identified with a great many of
the movements which have made for
the benefit of the state. Unlike most
candidates, Mr. O'Neil does not say that
he has been a newspaper man at some
time in his career.
Liiquor Question Is Issue.
"The nearest I can come to claim
ing to have been one of the newspaper
crowd is the fact that I sold old Horace
Greeley's paper on the streets of New
York when I was a lad, he said.
'We are having an interesting cam
paign in Idaho, the chief issue being
state-wide prohibition, or. local option.
Under the Idaho election laws, the-peo-ple
will indorse a candidate for the
Republican ticket for Governor, at the
primary to be held August 30, and at
the same time will select delegates to
attend an assembly which will gather
at Boise soon after the primary is
held. That assembly will formulate
the platform. If I carry the primaries,
as I expect to do, I proDaDiy win oe
supported by a majority of the dele
gates to the assembly.
"I am making the campaign on tne
platform of the Republican party as
announced two yearsago, since which
time tne legislature nas aaopiea a.
local option law. The counties of my
tate are now carrying the law into
effect, and I believe it should havea
fair test before being changed.
'Other candidates for the Guberna
torial nomination are making an issue l
on state-wide prohibition 'of the liquor
traffic.
Decision Cannot Be Avoided.
"The attitudes we are forced to as
sume by the issue will present the mat
ter squarely to the people, and there
is no way for its determination to be
avoided. I believe I shall win, be
cause my platform is a declaration of
American principles, the right of each
locality in the state to determine for
Itself what shall be don with the sa
loon. The Republican'party enunciated
that doctrine and since the action was
taken there has not been a gathering
of the party to announce the abandon
ment of the issue by the party. As a
Republican, and as chairman of its
state organization, I feel that I am
upholding the will of the party in my
attitude in this campaign.
"There will be a Legislature elected
at the same time that the people se
lect a Governor, and if that body shall
pass a prohibition law I am pledged to
sign it, because it would represent the
will of the party and a majority of
the people. But I apprehend that the
members of the Legislature will be
called upon to face the same issues
aria that it will be determined in November."
EUGENE BOY IS APPOINTED
C. W. AVashburne Has Charge of
Geological Survey on Columbia.
EUGENE, Or., June 30. (Special.)
"OThester W. Washburne. a former Eugene
boy, and graduate of the University of
Oregon, class of 1905, has been placed
in charge of the United States geological
survey on the lower Columbia River, to
ascertain, definitely, whether or not tho
country has deposits of oil, gas and
coal.
Before taking up this work, Mr. Wash
burne was connected with the El Agutla
Oil Company, of Mexico, which is backed
bv Sir Weetman Pearson, of London.
The principal object of this company Is
Business Men's 50
cent Lunch Served
From 1 2 M. to 2 P. M.
Hear Harold
Barley's Or
chestra After
the Theater.
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Music
from 6 to 8:30
and from 10 P.
M. to 12 P. M.
SUNDAYS
$1.00 Table d Hote
Dinner Served From
5:30 to 8:30. Music
to deal a death blow to the Standard Oil
Company in Mexico, and its operations
were carried on under the supervision of
Mr. Washburne.
A Sad Mistake
Is the idea that pure Havana
cigars must be heavy and strong.
The finest Havana tobacco is ex
quisitely tniid and sweet luxu
riously satisfying- Nor is this to be
found always in the Imported cigar.
But at half the "Imported's" price
because we save cigar-duty
you get none but the finest in
Van Dyck
Quality " Cigars
for - 25c and Upward
1L A. CUNST ft CO. "The Hoax ctSuvlat"
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Painless Dentistry
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Eium.1 Filling 1.00
Cirver Filling OU
1 Inlay Filling 2.50
y- Qood Rubber AA
" J Plates 5.00
t3 nut UTisimtit m wniM aTnleis Extr'tlon 5(1
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CLEANLINESS
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I the watchword for health and vlrorj
comfort and beauty. Mankind is learn
ing not only the necessity bat the lux
ury of cleanliness. SAPOLIO, which
has wrought such changes in the hornet
announces her sister triumph t
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whole body, starts the circulation and
leaves an exhilarating glow. All gr-a
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