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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1910)
12 TTT: MOHXIXG OREGOXIAy. TTTTIRSDAYSEFTE3IBER 29, 1910. AT HESTER HINTS AT To the Best EX-MAYOR OF MILWAUKEE WILL SPEAK AGAINST PROHI BITION. T Many Residents of Portland Will See Pendleton Show. rewe Finding Many Duplications or Omissions Will Mean New Enumeration. PROGRAMME IS ATTRACTIVE Five Hundred Cowboys, Cowgirls and Indians Will Participate In Western Sports, Pastimes and Feats of Daring. SQUARE DEAL IS WANTED I I wk. lift HAND I - - - - I niiiiHiiiiiii HUUNUUr CENSUS REGOUN prcUI KprrnlHTe Say Krport Can Hardly Be Made Before November 1 Vnder Any Clrcu instances. Urban l. Hester, special representative ef the Cnu Bureau. ent to Portland In verify report of cenu fnummlwi Ut Spring;, began his work yesterday by summoning Inspwtora who had super vision of districts In the cHy. At the end of the day's work. Mr. Hester an noun.f1 that he will do well If he gets through with his Investigation by No vember 1. All of the data gathered by enumerators In Portland have been shipped from Washington back to this city for Inves tigation by Mr. Hester, not thst the (nus Bureau doubts the truth of the reports, but thst the phenomenal growth of Portland, as well as other cities on the Parlrtr Const. Is so astounding that Federal officials desire verification to In sure no mistake before publishing- the reports. Common sense will be used In this In vestigation." said Mr. Hester. "If there are one or two duplications In the enu meration or. If one or two are omitted, no re-enumeratlon will be taken. Should It be learned that fraud has been prac ticed, that the census has been padded, or that sections of the city have not been enumerated, another enumeration will probably be made. There are sev eral matters connected with the census that the bureau wants Investigated and the data verified. "It Is simply a square deal to all cities en the Pacific Coast and elsewhere. No substantial business man wants the cen sus of his city padded, for It would act as a boomerang the next time, when ex treme care would be taken and the city would not show a creditable Increase in population. Neither do the substantial business men want their city underrated. They want facts and facta are what the bureau want. Wherever I have investi gated census reports my work has been satisfactory to the suhetantlal business men. and I believe my work here will be sa tlsfactory." O'CONNOR WILL BE GUEST Loral Irl.-li Americans and Press Club to Provide Entertainment. T. P. O'Connor. M. P.. one of the best known of Ireland's exponents of home rule, will arrive In Portland about Oc tober 1. A telegram from Mr. O'Con nor to Dan McAllen. sent yesterday from Buffalo. N. Y.. conveyed the Information that the distinguished Irish patriot will tart for the Pacific Coast immediately at the close of fli convention of the I'nlted Irish league of America, now in session In Buffalo. In Mr. O'Connor's Itinerary will be In cluded besides Portland, the cities of Butte. Spokane. Tacoma. Seattle and Vancouver. B. C. On account of Mr. O'Connor's pressing engagements and the limited time he will have before returning to Ireland, he will not be able to remain In Portland longer than one day. Dan McAllen. J. Hen nessey Murphy. E. II. Deery and other prominent Irish-Americans of the city, are now working on plans of entertain ment. Members of the. committee said last Bight that they would be pleased to give Mr. O'Connor Into the hands of the Port land Press Club Immediately following his lecture here. A committee of the Press Club. It Is understood, will he appointed to confer with the I'nlted Irish League committee to provide entertainment features and It Is probaMe that a symposium will be given in the Press Club rooma Just be fore his departure. G. C. FLANDERS RETIRES Loral Special Agent to Have Pension From Standard Oil. George C. Flanders, for 17 years and Ix months In the service of the Stand ard Oil Company, has tendered his res ignation as special agent, to become effective October 1. He will retire on a pension, granted employes who have been In the service for 25 years. He will be succeeded by J. H. McDermott. who has been stationed at Sacramento. Cal. The former California man will assume his new duties next Saturday. Mr. Flanders entered the employ of the corporation April I. 1883. One year later he was assigned to the Portland district and has since remained, all the while assisting- In the development of Portland and the Northwest. The title of special agent In Standard Oil par lance Is equivalent to manager. When the retiring manager assumed his du ties in Portland. In 1883. his office had charge of the Oregon. Washington and Idaho territory. Now. however, there are offices in Tacoma. Spokane and Se attle and one or two other, cities In the Northwest. Mr. Flanders has been a Portland Heights resident for about 20 years. He will continue to make Portland his home. "ROSE CITY" BUTTONS OUT SO. 000 People Along Atlantic Coast Wear Insignia. Twenty thousand "Rose City 112" con vention buttons have been distributed In the Atlantic Coast States within the past few weeks. The lu.OOrt persons who have been wearing the buttons will per hsps feel that they have been honored when they find out that the first of the buttons arrived In Portland yesterday and that there will not be a sufficient number for distribution among Portland boosters for several days. The buttons are oval-shaped and bear the reproduction of Portland'a mxit fa mous rose. Madame Caroline Testout. with the following Inscription: "The Rose City. Portland. Oregon. 1912." They, are of a striking appearance. Ist week several thousand buttons were distributed at Atlantic City dur ing the annual G. A. R. encampment. These buttons will be sent to every city In the I'nlted States, where large annual gatherings will be held the remainder of the present year and next year with the purpoee of making It known everywhere that Portland Is to be "the convention city" to 1I2. y fimjzl Trunk Co. foe irunaa aad bas I , ... 'vSA - N r X '-..j , v . y. IAVI! . HOSB. Kx-Mayor David S. Rose, of Milwaukee, will speak on "The Fal lacies of Prohibition" in Masonic Hall. Yamhill and West Park streets, at 8 o'clock Saturday night, under the auspices of the J.lheral League of Oregon, an organization Identified with the State Federation of I.abor. Mr. Kose has been engaged by the Greater Oregon Home Ilule Association to deliver 2 addresses in the state during the present campaingn against state-wide prohibition, but has allowed him to speak for the Liberal League, which wishes to have the first speech under Its auspices. Mr. Rose has been prominently Identified with temperance forces arraved against those of prohibition for many years, and he Is brought to Oregon by the Greater Oregon Home Rule Association to assist In the campaign for home rule and local regulation of tho liquor traffic as against state-wide prohibition. The ex-Mayor of Milwaukee ha also been a Chautauqua lecturer, but his address under the auspices of the Liberal League next Satur day night will be free. It will be the first speech of Mr. Rose on the general subject of temperance on the Pacific Coast. CHANGE IS WANTED New System Would Make City Pay for Water Mains. AMENDMENT. IS PROPOSED People Will Also Be Asked by Coun cil to Vote on Municipal Dock Bond-. Salary Rise Contem platedAuditorium to Wait. Amendments to the city charter. which will. If adopted, require that the laying of water wains be done at the expense of the Water Department, and also provide funds for the estab lishment of municipal docks, as well s give the Council the right to raise the salaries of the City Attorney and the City Engineer, were authorised by the Council yesterday morning to be voted upon at a special election to be held November 8. the same day as the general state and county election. It had been originally planned also to have the people vote at the same time on a charter amendment which would permit the Council to sell bonds for the. construction of a public audi torium, but the amendment was not worded to the satisfaction of a num. ber of the Councllmen. and it was finally withdraw. t'ntil a few years sgo. the Water De partment paid for the laying of mains from the money received for water sold, but a contention arose to the ef fect that this method was not Just to the transient persons, or renters, who paid for water and did not own the property. Although It was pointed out In answer to this contention that the renter would generally be required to meet the expense In any case oy tne adjustment of rents, even If the ex pense of the mains were assessed to the properly owners, the law was changed so as to make the property par for the work. Since the adoption of this system much litigation has resulted, and tying np of contracts by court proceedings have followed. The demand for the return to the old system of paying for the mains has been recommended by various civic bodies, and the proposed law. which will go before the people In November will provide that bonds may be sold to meet the expence of laying mains when the water .department is not in position to meet Vuch demands. Another important amendment wnlcn the Council has authorized to come at the special election Is the sale of bonds for the construction or municipal docks. The amendment authorizes the sale of 12. 500. ftoo worth of bonds for that purpose, and also provides for the creation of a commission to direct the affairs of the docks. The refusal of the Council to author ize the vote at the coming election on the proposed sale of bonds for a public auditorium was not due to hostility for such a measure, but simply to permit the amendment to be remodeled In a way to put a limitation on the amount of money to be used for the improve ment, and to provide a fund for paying for It. The amend tent submitted to the Council was Indorsed by the Com mercial Club, but Councilman Cellars pointed out that It would be Impossi ble for the expense to he met by the general fund of the city, and this re sulted in the amendment finally being withdrawn. It waa Intimated at the Council meet ing yesterday that the amendment for the establishment of the proposed audi torium would be submitted to the peo ple next June. In the discussion concerning tlie pro posed auditorium. It was suggested that the old market block, owned by the city, and bounded by Third. Market. Second and Clay streets, could be used as a building- site. GRANGE TO DISCUSS MEASURES Proposed Laws Will Be Aired at Series of Public Meetings. Initiative and referendum measures, which will be submitted to tho voters November 8. will be considered at a series of special meetings to be held In October, under the auspices of Evening Star Grange In the hall on the Section Line road. South Mount Tabor. It Is planned to hold the first of these meet ings on the evening of October 15. At that time J. J. Johnson. R. C. Wright, J. D. Lee. R. M. Gill. C. H. Welch. J. W. Mills and others will tako up and ex plain the more Important measures. No personal opinions or arguments for or against the measures will be made, but the object of these special meetings is set forth to the voter and the intent and purpose of the measures discussed so they can vote with some understanding. Other meetings will be held until all the measures have been considered. All these special meetings will be open to the public as the object is to spread information. Mrs. H. L. Vail. J. J. John son. C. H. Welch and Hlllda Buckman are members of the committee to assign the speakers and announce the measures to be taken up. All meetings will be held in the evening so all Interested can attend. The legal phases of the measures will be handled by attorneys. Next Saturday a brief session of Even ing Star Grange will be held so the mem bers may attend the Gresham fair. SMALLPOX CASE FOUND PATROLMAN DISCOVERS MAN' INFECTED OX STREETS. Eugene Kraeger Sent to Pothouse. Health Officer Has Little Fear of Epidemic. Roaming the streets with what is be lieved to be a highly developed case of smallpox. Eugene Kraeger. of 14 Union avenue. North, was picked up at Union avenue and East Burnslde street yester day afternoon by Policeman Bales. Fol lowing Instructions given to the police by Chief Cox, at -the request of City Health Officer Wheeler, Bales was keep ing a sharp lookout for persons with eruptions on their faces, when he ob served Kraeger. whose face was high ly inflamed. Upon closer Inspection Bales found that all parts of the man's body were covered with a malignant eruption. Kraeger said that he had consulted Dr. J. M. Batcheller. 3K" East Burnside street, who pronounced the disease rhickenpox. Bales says In his report that he took the man to City Health Officer Wheeler, who pronounced the disease smallpox and ordered Kraeger sent to the pest house. "There is more smallpox In the city than there should be," said Assistant City Physician Dammasch yesterday evening, "but not enough to cause alarm, if the victims and their associates will regard the law and use reasonable pru dence. This la the time of the year when epidemics thrive, and extra vigil ance should be used against them. I do not believe that there are many con cealed cases of the disease. Vaccination, sanitation, prompt report of cases and proper regard for quarantine are all that are necessary to check any Incipient epidemic." WILLEY GETS LONG'S JOB Despite Protect of Former Incum bent, Justice Olson Appoints. George L. Willey was appointed yes terday by Justice Olson to succeed Paul M. Iong as deputy clerk of the Justice Court, following the dismissal of Long for reasons which he alleges were politi cal, -but which Justice Olson says were for the good of the service. Willey was appointed in spite of the announcement of Long that he will go before the County Court and protest the Ailing of the vacancy on the ground that three men are enough to do all the work of the office. Olson declares that four men are needed and will defend the action In case it is called Into question by the ounty Court. The new appointee Is a clerk In the cigar store of 8lg Slchel. He In i law student and desired the appointment In order that he might pursue his studies j In favorable surroundings. Reservations sufficient in number to fill two sleepers have been made for the Portland excursion via the O. R. & N. to the Pendloioh round-up. and it Is probable that the demand will be great enough to fill one or two more cars. Aside from the Portland day excursion, which leaves here next Friday evening, there Is a lively demand for railroad tickets to Pendleton during the period of the Wild West show. Portland will send a delegation of several hundred all told. The round-up Is to be held today, tomorrow and Saturday. September 29 and 30 and October 1. The programme for the round-up has been arranged evidently with the Inten tion of giving the visitor on the first or second day a taste for more and also with the idea of satisfying those who at tend only on the last day. In the various novel races, the last heat will be run on the final day of the three days" en tertainment, thus maintaining interest to the last. Indians to Participate. Indians win have a prominent part in the sports and contests and it is ex pected that 600 cowboys and cowgirls will be in attendance. Roping, branding and bucking contests are on the list of events and these features in particular are to be given every day. Cowboys, or "buckaroos," as they are more popularly called In the extreme Northwest, have, it hw said, already be gun their horseback trips from far In terior Oregon to Pendleton, bent on cap turing some of the prizes that are of fered In the way of cash, fancy saddles and silver-mounted spurs. Numbers of Indians are close at hand on the Uma tilla reservation and delegation are ex pected from other reservations In East ern Oregon. There will be races and other contests participated in only by Indians with special events scheduled for the squaws. Pony Express Race Feature. One of the attractions named In the programme Is a pony express race which will begin on the first day and end on 'the third. This will be Pendleton's first effort In the way of a Wild West show but the city is an Important railroad ' trading point for the great range country of Eastern Oregon and all the elements for such an exhibition are available. In ad dition several noted exhibitors of skill In range pursuits have been secured in Montana, including Buffalo Vernon, who has won championship prizes in similar shows In Cheyenne. 1 Railroad Officials Coming. J. M. Hannaford. third vice-president, and George F. Slade. second vice-president of the Northern Pacific, will ar rive in Portland today and remain in the city until Friday night-or Satur day morning. Hill Line Uses Oil. The Northern Pacific is converting as rapidly as possible all engines on its Portland-Seattle division to the oil burner type. The first oil burner was put In commission last week, and seven or eight arenov In service. INQUEST WILL BE HELD Secrecy Around Claremont Tragedy Makes Coroner Suspicious. Unwillingness to testify on the part of those who were with Charles H. Lawson when he met his death at Claremont Tavern Tuesday night, has caused the Coroner to make a thorough Investigation of the death and an Inquest will be held this afternoon. It Is not believed that any indications of foul play will be brought out. and the supposition is that those in the party are secretive because they do not wish it known that they were on the trip. Mrs. Alice Chapman, of 26, North Eighth street, waa one of the party, and there was another woman who posed as Lawson's wife. Lawson suffered a broken neck, but lived several hours afterward, with his lower limbs paralyzed. He was employed In a North End saloon. Irvington House Cause of Suit. O. 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