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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1910)
THE MORNING OREGONIAN. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1910. 12 ROTTEN ROCK USED PAVING GHAKGE Fifth-Street Residents Protest Work Engineer's Office Under Fire. CHARGE IS GIVEN DENIAL SaprrvMon of Contract I Said to Have Been Thoroanh Members of Street Committee- Will ' Probe Alienation. Startling rharsrrs mtaln.it City Knrl rer Merrl". and Inspectors under his supervision, wfrt made by A. J. Kanno nd other men llvlna- alons; Klfth street, from iefferson to Sherman streets, be fore ttie street committee of the Execu tive Hoard at a p lal session yes-t-rday afternoon. So serious does the situation look that an adjournment was taken until the next reitular meet Ins; day. when Inspectors for the city and for the Warren Construction Com pany, tlie contractors, will be heard. That rotten, wormy rock was'uscd to a larne extent, despite vigorous pro tests of the property-owners along the street Is the charge agalrret City En gineer Morris, who. however, denies that anv great amount of this material was used In this J"b. A representative of the paving company also denied that n-uch of It was nsed: but he said that rnt-K from the same quarry is be 'ng used all over the city. Committee Will InveMisatc. It Is evident that Henry I-add Cor bett. Kobert Treat Piatt and Charles smith, comprising the street commit tee. Intend to g to the bottom of the sffatr and ascertain If It Is true that rock with worm holes In It fc-as used la this work, and some of the paving may be cut up before the Investigation is over. In order to prove the truth or falsltv of the charges, which cast a erloiis reflection upon City Engineer Morris and his Inspectors on thl par ticular Job. It Is a bltullthlc pavement laid by the'Warren Construction Com pany, which has been doing a large amount of work in Portland for years. The administration of Maror Simon has pressed this kind of work along so that the city will have 150 miles of hard-surfaced streets by November 1 of thW year. The price of all paving has been greatly reduced and charges have been made to the effect that the material used In the work Is not as good as It was before the prices were reduced. The Mayor and City Engineer teadfastly deny these assertions. Mayor Simon says he will not tolerate ny Inferior work. Boosters' Clnb Interested. The pavement on Fifth street, allnd d to In the complaints now being In vestigated has attracted much atten tion among the members of the South Portland Boosters' Club, which organi sation made an Investigation and ap pointed a committee of business men and property-owners along the street to make vigorous protest to the au thorities. A. J. Fanno is chairman of the com mittee and acted In that capacity yes :erday afternoon, when he severely ralgned the work, and charged that City Engineer Morris had at one time ordered out the objectionable rock, but later "changed his mind." "What made the City Engineer change his mind about having the rot ten rock hauled off the Job we do not know." eald Mr. Fanno. "but we do know that the rock was not hauled away. We know that It was spread In large quantities in this Job. and that Is mhy we are here to protest against Its acceptance, which has been recommend ed by Mr. Morris. We are the kind of property-owners who are willing to pay for a pavement, but we are pay ing a big price, and we demand, the best pavement: but we are not getting It If yon gentlemen accept the work as It stands." Specifications Are- Read. The specifications for bltullthlc pavement were read at the requeot of Mr. Piatt, who then stated that. In his opinion, the rotten stone exhibited be fore the committee, and which Is said to have been used In the Fifth-street Job. Is not within the provisions. Sev eral property-owners who were present also spoke, supporting the statements of Mr. Kanno. They all declare that the Job la a poor one. and that the rock need in considerable quantities Is rot ten, and that It will not stand up under the traffic more than a few months at best. LAND CONTROVERSY ENDS F.astem Ore Ron and Malheur Rail road Companies Compromise. What Is believed to mean a compro mise of the troubles between the East ern Oregon I-and Company and the Mal heur Valley Railroad Company was yes terday Indicated by the tiling In he t'nlted States Court of a demand for rights to conduct water under the rail road by the maintenance of culverts and dltt-h crossings. The Malheur Valley Railroad runs from Vale to Brogan and was largely con structed over lands belonging to the Eastern Oregon Land Company, owned by San Francisco parties. The owners of the railroad proceeded upon a verbal agreement alleged to be In existence granting permission to open a feeder for the Willow Creek Valley. After the depot was built In Brogan and the rails laid almost to the town limits. It Is charged that the land company endeav ored to stop work by an injunction In the United States Court. The land company averred that they contemplated the Ir rigation of a large amount of the -lands, which was prevented by the construc tion of the embankments of the right-of-way. When the case appeared In the Federal Court, attorneys for both sides agreed that It might be disposed or through the railway romapny constructing proper channels for conducting the irrigation water. Another suit Is pending in the same tribunal concerning the disposition of the waters of Willow Creek, for Irrigation purposes. The company owned by Den nis Brogan claims all the water rights on the river through purchase and til ings, while the Eastern Oregon Land Company demands riparian lights. Evi dence Is being taken In Malheur County. Tomatoes Yield Good Profit. ASOTIN. Wash, Sept. 13. (Special.) A. J. KraudelU of Asotin, will this year profit largely from his two-acre farm in Asotin. He picked more than 1000 boxes of tomatoes for which , he received an average price of 75 cents a boa. He had 10,000 plant t RANCH GIRL ON BRIDLELESS HORSE. WITH BUFFALO BILL'S SHOW, WHICH COMES NEXT WEEK. A MISS MI.MK THOMPSON AXD riHILK C, MILK METHODS DIFFER WHOI.K PIIODICT SOLO IX .NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. Ilalrjmen l"e Roots for Keed and Llltlo Mlllsturf Dried Milk Is Important Mannfacture. ' Professor F. L. Kent, of the Oregon Agricultural College was a passenger on the steamer Geo. W. Elder arriving arriving from Eureka. Cal., last night, rrofessor Kent spent a week In the famous Eel River Valley, where he offi ciated as Judge of livestock and farm products at the Ferndale Fair, the principal livestock fair In Northwestern California. Some Indication of the character of the stock on exhibition is shown by the fact that no less than 18 pure bred bulls were entered In the various Jersey classes. The ability of the land to produce the feed for dairy cattle was shown in the exhibits of farm products. In one exhibit of stock turnips were three turnips weighing respectively. : and 19 W pounds each. The largest of these turnips measured 44 Inches In circumference. The Hum boldt County dairyman grows great quantities of turnips, carrots and beets for his cows, and feeds practically no grain or mill stuff. One farmer visited exhibited his herd records, showing for a herd of 32 cows, a yearly average production of S389 pounds of milk, 319.4 pounds of butter fat and a return for butter fat of $ 107.44 a cow. The factory side of the dairy In dustry In Humboldt County Is con ducted quite differently from the Ore gon method. There the whole milk Is generally delivered at the factory or skimming station, and the greater part of the skim milk Is retained and made into "dried casein." the producer get ting IS cents per 100 pounds for the skim milk so retained. Another phase of Humboldt factory practice not found In Oregon Is the production of dried milk, both whole milk and skim milk. This Industry has been perfected by the Central Creamery Company of Eureka and Ferndale. and promises to revolutionize the condensed milk Industry of the Pa cific Coast. The product Is highly praised by users, as being better flav ored, and containing the same amount of food material In one-third the weight, as compared with the ordinary condensed article. The company will soon build a plant to convert 50.000 pounds of whole milk daily Into the dried product. . The high price of the Eel River Val ley lands. 1.100 to tSOO an acre, with correspondingly high rentals, SIS to ii cash a year an acre. Is causing many of the dairymen to look for cheaper lands. Already several have located In the Willamette Valley and many more are sure to follow. Pro fessor Kent said. MAYOR SEES WATERFRONT Simon to Recommend Extension of Fire Limits to Harbor Line. Mayor Simon and other city officials took a trip along the waterfront yester day afternoon to Investigate the best means of extending the Are limits. It was decided to recommend that the fire limits be extended as they now exist to the harbor line. This is from Market to Sixteenth on the West Side and from Clay to Couch on the East Side. PERSONALMENTION. A. K. Smythe. of Arlington, is at the Oregon. C. L. Huston, of Astoria, is at the Portland. F. E. Eberhart, of Newberg. is at the Cornelius. Joseph A. Andrew, of Mosler. is at the Perkins. W. J. Patterson, of Baker City, is at the Cornelius. Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Shier, of Albany, are at the Oregon. Mrs. Frank Dye. of Welton. is stay ing at the Ramapo. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Harrison, of Cen- n, . : ....... .....jiiti----- trallia. Wash., are staying at the Per kins. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Brown, of Eugene, are at the Imperial. W. G. Hennlnger. of Seaside, Is reg istered at tne Imperial. M. C. Clarke, of Condon, Is regis tered at the Cornelius. W. A. Ferguson, of Prince Rupert, B. C. Is at the Ramapo. Dr. and Mra. T. C. Campbell, of fastle Rock, are at the Portland. Mrs. F. B. Reese, of Yacolt, Wash., Is staying at the Lenox. George M. Leghorn, of Mushagak. Alaska, is at the Ramapo. Dr. F. J. Kruepper. of The Dalles, Is registered at the lenox. A. T. Manning and H. W. Johnson, of Hood River, are at the Lenox. J. J. Cloninger and daughter, of Kalama, vvash., are at the Perkins. F. D. Gaskill and family .of La Grande, are staying at the Imperial. Mr. and Mrs. James F. Kane, of Poca tello, Ida., are staying at the Port land. Mrs. G. A. Hamblen and Mrs. George Robblns. of Pendleton, are staying at the Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Brett and J. W. Brett, wife and daughter, of Spokane, are at the Ramapo. Arthur J. Peazey, a business man of Twin Falls. Ida., on his way to San Francisco. Is In the city visiting friends and relatives. Rev. W. T. Euster, former pastor of the Sunnyslde Methodist Church, and fatally leave tonight for Stillwater, Okla.. where Mr. Euster will take charge of the First Methodist Church. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 13. (Spe cial.) Portland arrivals at the Palace Hotel. San Francisco, today were Z. S. Spalding. Mr. and Mrs. Barber. Charles Kohn, W. B. Fechelmer, and F. J. Woodward. NEW YORK, Sept 13. (Special.) The following Northwestern people registered at hotels today: , From Portland E. O. Spartin, W. H. Boyer, at the Algonquin; J. T. Emery, E. V. Thompson, at the New Amster dam; Miss M. O. Hogan. at the Wolcot. From Spokane R. . 1. Inslnger, Mrs. W. Nettleton, W. Paine, at the Park Avenue. From Walla Walla L. Clery and wife, at the Bresltn. From La Grande H. E. Coolldge and wife, at the Bresltn. From Tacoma D. McFadln, at the Hotel Astor. From Seattle A. Munday. B. Ham lin, B. Newberger. M. J. Chlgston, at the Martha Washington; P. Well, at the Imperial; At. A. Noar. at the Broad way Central: O. D. Myers and wife, at the Seville; Miss H. R. Glcason. at the Breslln. MISSIONS HOLD JUBILEE Women to Hold Convention "In Port land to Celebrate Aniversary. The year 1910-11 closes 50 years of women's organized work for foreign missions In America. To commemorate It fittingly, a series of meetings has been planned by the central committee on united study, covering 30 of the largest cities East and West, begin ning In October. Mrs. Helen Barrett Montgomery and other representative women have been selected to present the cause of wo men's work in foreign missions at these meetings, which are entirely Inter denominational. One of the conventions will be held October 16 and 17. In Portland, which will be one of the three cities on the Pacific Coast to entertain conventions. Mrs. E. A. Osbornson, advance agent, will be In Portland Thursday and Fri day and desires to meet all chairman and members of committees appointed at the preliminary meeting, held last week, to explain more fully the nature and extent of the arrangements nec essary for the proper entertainment of the convention. This meeting will be held at the Young Women's Christian Association building Thursday at 2 p. m. Cnniul Franklin D. flaln reports that the Governor and Council of Trinidad and Tobago have nawwd an crdtnanr limiting the hours of labor for irum clajves of clerks to from 7 A. M. tu 4 P. M. aotl on baturdaa from I A. M. to I P. J 'S TIME SI Southern Pacific Schedule to Klamath Falls Cut. WAIT AT WEED OBVIATED Change in Time Table Commences September 19 Portland Can Now Compete With Bay City for Trade. Beginning September 19.' Klamath Falls' will be brought one day, nearer Portland, in point of traveling time on the Southern Pacific. Now paesengers from Portland en route to the Southern Oregon town, are compelled to spend a day at Weed, the junction point in Northern California for the Klamath Falls brangh. Southern Pacific train No. 16. leaving Portland at 7:i6 P. M.. arrives In Weed at 4:30 P. M.. the following day, but now the branch line train for Klamath Falls, leaves Weed at 1:30 P. M. Northbound, there is a fairly good connection, and Portland traffic is on the some basis with San Francisco. Delay In reaching Klamath Falls; is from Portland to that point. Beginning September 19, the train for Klamath Falls will leave Weed Immedi ately after the arrival of Southern Pa cific train No. 15 from Portland, ar riving in Klamath Falls about 9 P. M. By this change of time, Portland will be placed on a par with San Francisco in passenger service, to and from Klamath Falls'. It has been acknowl edged that the lay over in Weed, which affected mall from Portland., worked against business Interests in this city, and the commercial organizations have been urging a change In the schedule, for a long time. Not only Klamath Falls, but Lakeview, will also be brought In closer touch with Portland. There are now two routes into Lake view, one of which requires a rail trip to Sacramento, thence north to Reno, and from there over a narrow guage railroad to Alturas, Cal., and thence by stage 65 miles' to Lakevlew. The other route Is via the rail route to Klamath Falls, and thence by stage across coun try 100 miles, to Lakevlew. With the day's layover In Weed dispensed with, the latter promisee to become the more popular route. COLONIST RATES ARE OFFERED Same Tariff as in Spring Will Be in Effect for 3 0 Days. Colonist rates identical with those in effect in the Spring will be put In force on all transcontinental railroads next Thursday, September 15, and remain In force for 30 days. A large Influx of homeseekers Is predicted by all railroad lines. Local offices are receiving inquiries from the East, most persons who write asking for information concerning land prises and opportunities for employment in different trades. The heaviest travel is looked for in the first week of the colonist rate pe riod, and some railroad officials ex press doubt as to the volume of travel after that time. Officials at the Western terminals, however, acknowledge a lack of Infor mation as to the prospective demand for tickets. The only Indications re ceived here are through the letters mentioned and in the number of pre paid tickets purchased. Xs during oth er colonist rate periods, many persons In the West are purchasing tickets here for relatives or friends In the East. The necessary fare is deposited here and the Eastern agent is instructed to Issue the ticket to the person desig nated. ' Numerous sales of prepaid tick ets are reported In all offices. PENDLETON PLANS "ROUND-UP" Commercial Club to Send Excursion to Wild West Show. Two sleepers carrying Portland rail road men will go out on the fast mall on the evening of September 30 bound for Pendleton, where the railroad rep resentatives will witness the final day's festivities in the Pendleton "roundup." The Portland Commercial Club is also preparing to organize an excur sion to take In the Far West celebra tion, for which extensive preparations are being made In the ERStern Oregon town, and the O. R. & N. Co. has named a special rate of one and one-third fare for the round trip from Port land. The "roundup" Is advertised by Pen dleton to be "wild and wooly. fast and furious." Among the frontier sports and pastimes to be shown will be bronco busting, steer roping, relay and pony express races, wild horse races, packing contests, horseback tugs of war. steer riding, horseback pistol shooting. fancy riding and roping. "Buffalo" Vernon is to be present and throw a wild steer barehanded and "hold It down with his teeth." An Indian encampment and a mounted frontier parade will be other features of the exhibition, which will be held on September 2. 30 and October 1. RAILROADS GRANT LOW RATES One and One-Third Fares An nounced for Coming Events. Reduced rates equivalent to one and one-third fare for the round trip have been announced by the O. R. & N. and Southern Pacific from all points in Oregon on account of the following events: Annual lltlinn nf ttlA Of P COn BSD- tist State Convention. Portland, Sep tember 18-ZZ. National Apple Show, Spokane, No vember 14-19. American Mining Congress, Los An geles. September 2. October I. American Bankers' Association, Los Angeles, October 3-7. Similar rates from points on the main line of the Southern Pa6ific, Har .iehn,i, tn AshlAnH. are announced on account of the Grand Army reunion at Cottage Grove, septemoer ij-jo. REPORTS DENIED BV STEVENS Hill Lines Have No Engineers on Rogue River, Says Chief. Reports that a party of surveyors working down the Rogue River toward the sea coast are in the employ of what are known as the Hill group of rail roads In Oregon are denied by John F. Stevens, head of the allied lines. "The Oregon Electric has a party of surveyors somewhere between Albany and Eugene, but we have no other en gineers In the field eouth of Eugene, either reconolterlng or driving stakes," said Mr. Stevens yesterday. Interest of the companies he repre sents la .the "Asj-arla, Seaside &, XUla- DAY UEO mook road and . in the purchase of the Reed railroad' grade from Clatsop City up the Lewis & Clark River to Saddle Mountain Is also disclaimed by Mr. Stevens The purchase of the Reed grade by the Astoria, Seaside & Tilla mook Railroad was closed in Astoria Tuesday. REID DENIES RAILROAD SALE Oregon Coast & Portland Company Still Has Possession. Safe of what is known as the Reld' railroad grade, extending from Astoria, for 21 miles from Astoria up the Lws and Clark River, to the Astoria, Seaside & Tillamook Railroad. Is denied by Will iam Reid, whose part in financing the construction of the grade gave It the name it bears. The sale was reported to have been closed at Astoria Monday by Ch'ef En gineer Bennett, of the Astoria, Seaside & Tillamook line. In a letter to The Oregonian, Mr. Reid states that the .grade is now owned by the Oregon Coast & Portland Railway Company, which he says recently sold Its bonds and contracted with the bondhold ers that it would complete the projected railroad on the Reid grade to the Neha lem River bv the Summer of 1911. Mr. Reld further states that Mr. Ben nett called at h's office about two months ago and asked for an interview with Mr. Reld, with the view to purchasing the grade. Mr. Reld says he declined to dis cuss the matter, because the grade was not for sale, and that twice after that Mr. Bennett telephoned from Astoria, asking for an interview, both of which requests were declined. It appears from Mr. Reid's letter that the grade was transferred by the Astor'a & South Coast Railway Company to the Pacific Construction Company and by the latter assigned to the Oregon Coast & Portland Railway Company, organized In 190. , . RAILROAD CONTRACT CANCELED O. R. & X. Will" Not Bnild Coyote Cutoff at Present Time. The contract for the construction of the Coyote cutorf recently entered Into by the O. R. & N. Co. with Twohy Bros, has been canceled. No explanation for suspension of the work, which Involved the expenditure of about $800,000, is made. Beach Travel Still Good. According to present prospects the Summer beach schedule on the Astoria & Columbia River Railroad will be main tained throughout September. At the offices of the road it Is said that the beach travel for the part of the mouth that has elapsed has been much better than in the first part of September, 1909. The company is inclined to maintain the service even with light travel with the Idea of encouraging the lengthening of the season on the Oregon Coast. ' Umatilla Project Praised. William McMurray, general passen ger agent of the O. R. & N., who ac companied the Board of Army Engi neers in their visits to the Eastern Oregon and Idaho projects, has re- .. .1 Am Dn-tlonn1 with BlrrttlP WOrdS IUI IICU L W & , . If. .IV. . - - - -.ci of prafse for the manner in which the Umatilla project was orouKni doiu the board. "The entertainment at tt . -th hoot nf th lrlnii T flCIIIllOLVII " " mo - - ever attended." said Mr. McMurray yesterday, "and tne presentation oi the needs in the Umatilla project could not have been better." FIRST PRUNES RECEIVED Fruit In Clark County Sells Higher -t Than for Ten Years. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Sept. 13. (Spe cial.) The first carload of prunes of the 1910 crop was received in Vancouver to day by the J. iv. urmsoy rc"is -i4i-pany's plant. Prunes averaging 30 to 35 to the pound now bring cents a pound, the highest price paid In Clark County for 10 years. The demand is caused by the short crop, which is expected to be only half of the normal. "The recent rains," said A. A. Quarn berg, horticulture Inspector of this dis trict, comprising Clark. Skamania, Klick itat and Cowlitz counties', "will not in jure the prunes, but will improve them, washing them off and making them much cleaner for the picker." LAURIER IS IMPRESSED Portland Envoys Report on Recep tion of Upper River Project. At a meeting of the directors of the Portland Chamber of Commerce yester day afternoon. C. F. Swigert and United States Senator Chamberlain submitted a report of the result of their visit to Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Premier of Canada, concerning the deepening of the Colum r i t.a- onH Athpr trade relations be tween Alberta and the chief city of Oregon. Premier Laurier gave a will ing ear to the envoys of larger trade relations and promised his supbort to the International question of the ut most expediency. The following named new members were. admitted to the Chamber of Com merce: Italian-American Bank, R. E. Nichols & Co., Washington-Oregon In vestment Company, V. Vincent Jones, F. T. Crowe & Co., Leonard Construc tion Company. Northwestern Fruit Ex change, Oregon & Western Colonization Company. Walter G. Cox. Morgan-Atch-lev Furniture Company. Coe A. Mc- This is a Good Breakfast! Instead of preparing a hot meal, have some fruit; ' Post Toasties with cream; A soft boiled egg; Slice of crisp toast; A cup of Postum. Such a breakfast is pretty sure to win you. 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