OREGOXIANV 3IOXD AY, JANUARY 2, 1911. THE 3IORMNG lw ALL-POWERFUL TRIO PROPOSED Amendment Creating Public Service Commission Is Promised in June. VAST AUTHORITY WANTED lien Illr-Und Is Trlnie Mncr In . Srhrmr to Place Civic Vtllltlcs I'ndrr Mr let Suprrrl'lon. Uovrrnor to Aiiiuint. Portland is to have an opportunity at the rnnilPK June election of voting ot an imftHlmf it to the rlty charter which will provide one of the ino.it stringent Public iServlce Commisalona ever de- The nrramxl amendment has been drafted aft. r month of InveMisatlnn ami Jahor hr lrwal Improvement a.wH-iatlon. tMr prim mover In the pl.n being Urn P'lshind. t'lrtulatlnn of Initiative peti tion will be undertaken at an earlr date In order that enough ninwi of voters mar o obtained to Ivc tlie amondnunt a nl.tre on ttm ballot. The new Uw Is Intended to applr to all corporationa dealing In public utlll tle. It purpose Is to adjust differences arising hetwn the public and these cor poration on an equable basis, ine ns nunptlon U nut frt!i that tiie corpora tion are fundamentally Intended to unrn the nubile. Profltmaklng l de nned aa an Important but not exclus're function of, these com- ma. Triumvirate Is Proposed. Kstabllshment of a Commission of three members Is provided for and they are riven the widest possible powers. Karh member Is to receive a salary of .' pr year and must devote all of his time to te work. The positions are made elective, the terms being for six years, one Commissioner to be elected every two years All aspirants may enter In the primary election, the two receiving the hlchest rote to compete In the general election The ballots are required to be pnnira separate from the regular ballots. Party affiliations are not to be Indicated In the contest for Commission seats. 1-rovlslon Is made that the Commission exercise the strictest surveillance over the affairs and operations of the various dealers In public trtillties. such as street car companies, lighting, power, gas and telephone companies. In the regulation of rates the concerns must be allowed margin for a fair 'ncome. All Complaint to Be Heeded. Another duty wIU be to see that the concerns maintain a full decree of effi ciency and maintain modern enuipment. AH reasonable complaints from the public must be heard and Investigated. It Is provided that the Commissions offlc-s must be kept open from o'ctok In the nmrnln until midnight for the taking of complaints. Watering of stork Is another evil the Commission Is designed to remedy. Manipulation of all sort and disregard of public convenience are two evlla in view. Tower Is riven the Commission to com pel concerns to produi-e their books and records on request and furnish such In formation as may be desired. Kxperts may be employed at will In tha maklug of Investigations. Tower of Court letlred. In the examination of witnesses the am power Is delegated to the Commis sion aa Is held by the courts. All hcar tnes must be public. The orders of the Commission affwtlne all corporation and concerns are to stand, the burden of proof reeling upon fie company af fected by the onW In the vent appeal Is taken. Dissatisfied concerns may bring suit with the Circuit Court to have an order set aside, such suit taking precedence In the courts over all civil suits. Knforrement of equal treatment to all Is another duty prescribed In the draft. Rebates are not to be allowed In any circumstances. All rnbllc Service Included. With reference to the relations of the Commission to public sen-ice corpora tion, paragraph 43 of the draft Indi cates the scope given the Commission: "The commission shall have power, and It shall be Its duty: a To Investigate and asi-ertaln from time to time, and as often as the public service, health or welfare shall require, the quality of gas manufactured, sold, distributed, offered for sale, or supplied to the public within the city of Portland, examine the meth ods employed In manufacturing, selling, or supplying such ens. and fur trans mitting, or distributing the same, and to order such changes', improvements, ex tensions, additional facilities, appliances, or equ!pment as may be neivssary. or desirable to promote the public Interest, convenience, or welfare, and to protect those using such fta. or those employed In the manufacture, sale or dlstrlautlon thereof, or In the maintenance or opera tion of the works, line rondults. plant, equipment, or system In connection there with: and to fix the standard ' of the Illuminating and purity of gas to be manufactured, sold, offered for sale, or distributed within the City of Portland, for lighting, heating, or fuel purposes, and to fix the pressure at which sas pliall be delivered and to make such or ders, requirements and regulations touch ing the quality, purity, illuminating pow er, and the manner of manufacturing, selling and distributing such gas. and the delivery and measurement thereof as hall best promote the public Interest. Similar paragraphs. rover streetcar companies, electric light and power com panies, telephone, water companies and m'.l concerns or Individuals engaged in public service of any sort. The power of appointing the original cnmlfclon Is deleated to tlie Governor, to be exercised within days after the amendment goes Into effect. The first election. It Is provided, must occur in lull, commissioners being elected for two, four and six-year terms. FESTIVAL PLANS FORMING Peninsula to Repeat Iiool h at Depot and Ilo-e Shower. The Peninsula Rose Festival Associa tion Is planning an early meeting this month, at some central point on the Peninsula, to reorganise and formulate plans for the present year. Informally the leaders of the part the Peninsula has bsd In the past Festivals, which has been Important, have discussed what Is best to do this year, and they have de ckled to recommend that the rose booth at the Cnlon Iepot be retained and be made a more elaborate feature than ever be fore. W. J. Peddlcord.. Charles Pat ton, II. A. Ruble. J. H. Nolta and others who were Instrumental In establishing this booth, believe It can be made more Important thsn In past years. The rose shower of Inst year will also be repeated on a larger scale. "We shall hold a meeting this month and reorganise." said President Peddi cord yesterday. 'Those who have been In the lead and borne the burdens of the past lor mi rrntwtui ucstiv w ... : and allow new men to take hold this ' year. The Peninsula, however, will do Its part as It has In the past. The dis trict has largely benefited from the Fes tival. We feel that the distribution of roses at the Union Pepot belongs to the j Tenlnsula. having orlglnateo ana wmra out the Idea, but we believe It can be done better than ever by having a more artistic booth erected. The rose shower, too. Is a Peninsula feature which proved attractive last year. We shall try to make the rose shower more elaborate at the next Festival." The Kast Side Business len"a Club, which has furnished the Important feat ure for one day of the Rose Festival, has already set In motion the preliminary plans to repeat the feature on a more elaborate scale this y-ar. At the meet ing of the club next Thursday night the matter will be tak n up. KKARNKY RTRF-KT H.KSIDF.NTS oppose cotxciL's action. rrojicrty Ouners Preparing; Protest ApalnM Laying of Bltulltlilc Pavement. In order to determine whether the Cltv Counrll has power arbitrarily to overthrow the wishes of property own ers as to the kind of pavement to be laid on streets, the residents along Kearney, between Fifteenth and Twen-tv-fifth streets, are going to carry the case again to the Council in an effort to secure reconsideration. They are determined to get wood blocks. Instead of bltullthlc and to that end have extensively signed a remonstrance against the Council's action In refusing to crant the petition tor mocks ana in trying to force the bltullthlc onto the street. "I can see no reason whatever why members of the Council, elected by the neonle to do the people's will, should arbitrarily take action contrary to the wishes of the people. eaia ueorge Good, who Uvea on Kearney street and who signed the wood block petition. "I understand Councilman Annand led the fluht against wood blocks and in favor of bltullthlc. Why should he take such an active Interest In opposl tlon to the expressed wishes of a ma- lorltr of the people on this streetT signed for wood blocks because I pre fer them to any other hard-surface pavement. They are noiseless, good for horses' feet and are very service. able. I would be willing to pay more for them than for t-ny other pavement. If necessary to get them. "In mv travels through Europe." con tinued Mr. Good. "I found that wood blocks are being laid on numerous prln clpal thoroughfares. They are giving excellent service everywhere. Just as they have In Portland. Having lol lowed the history of wood blocks very closely. I am prepared to aay that they are excellent for residence districts es pectally and that they will also stand wear and tear. Mayor Simon's Influence Is on the sldo of the Kearney-street property owners who petitioned for the wood blocks, because they are In the ma jority on the two petitions. He de rlares he favors rule by the majority as to the character of pavement to be laid on a street. Aside from this, be wants the competition that will result from the entrance Into this field of the wood block company, he says. The remonstrance against the action of the Council In refusing to grant the petition for wood blocks Is being; rap- Idly signed and will be presented to the street committee of the Council next Friday. Councilman Wallace. In whose ward the street lies, will lead the fight of tha property owners for wood blocks. He Is a Urge property owner on the street and wants this character of pavement himself. Pioneer Recalls Coos Bays Early Days. Oira It Toek SS Day te Reach Saa Fraaelae by Boat. BANDON. Or., Jan. 1. (Speclsl.) Dun can Urquhart. a Coos County pioneer, who calls any part of Southwestern Ore gon home, was In this city recently, re cited conditions as they existed In the year ISriS. when he first came here from Nova Scotia by way of ban Francisco and the windjammer Argo to North Bend, on Coos Bay. "In those days there were no roads of any kind." said Mr. I'rquhart, "the nearest cpproacli to a highway being the portage, or trail, leading from the bead of Isthmus Slough, on Coos Bay side, to the head of Beaver Plough, on the Coqullle River side. This portage was four miles long, and all of the pioneers having business or trading In the nearby watersheds used this only avenue of traf fic between the two valleys. "When I first landed on Coos Bay. after 19 days out from San Francisco, there was nothing at Marshfleld except a log house on the hill back of the pres ent city. At North Bend there waa at very small sawmill, and tlie only trading point, or village, was at Empire, where the first small sawmill was built. Work was Just being started on the first saw mill at Marshfleld, which was built by John Pershbaker and In later years moved to the east side of the bay, and later still developed Into the present great Smith-Powers mill, sawing Its hundreds of thousands of feet of lumber each day. "In 1VS8, also, they were Just laying the keel of the first tug used on Coos Bay. the Escort, later known as the Escort I. In after years she was replaced by the Escort II. which I believe Is now plying somewhere on the Columbia River. "All there was at Bandon In those days was a small ferry, operated by the only white man on the lower river. C. Y. Lowe. Sr., still living here, remembers this time, but Is one of the few men yet alive who do. H!s children. C. Y. Lowe, Jr.. the Bandon druggist, and Mrs. Rosu, were among the first white children born In Coos County, and have never lived anywhere else. The old pioneers are fast thinning out, and no longer do I see many familiar faces of the early days. I am now 74 years of age, and am good for quite a few years yet. A Nova Scot lan by birth, I think there Is no piece on eerth quite as good as Coos County, and It's a tossup. which Is the best, the Coqullle River Valley or Coos Bay. I like them both; they are home to me." Pioneer Urquhart said further that on one trtp up from San Francisco it took him 32 days to reach Coos Bay. Today the voyage la made by a fleet of half a dosen steam schooners In from 48 to M hours. Public Auction Ordered for Suit. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Jan. 1. (Spe cial.) A public auction to dispose of a suit of clothes Is to be held this month by Sheriff Seppington. It will be one of his last of filial acta The suit was left In the Columbia Hotel by O. E. Pettlt. and to pay for his room rent, Mrst Srethns, Phelps, filed an Inn-keeper's lien. At The Greater D p. S. For not been a GIRL M LONG RIDE Wyoming Lass Crossing Con tinent on Ponyback. WAY NOT ALWAYS SMOOTH Arduous Journey Is Outgrowth of Wager Between Cnclc and Neigh bor, and She Will Gain Fortune by Winning. Astride of "Bud." her little spright ly cowpony. and escorted by the capri cious "Mlckle." who looks upon himself as the guardian of his mistress. Miss Alberta Claire, of Buffalo, Wyo., ar rived In Portland Saturday on a horse back trip to ban Francisco and New York to settle a wager between two old ranchers, her uncle and a neighbor. TO SETTLE WAGER, GIRL IS RIDING FROM WYOMING TO NEW YORK, BY WAY OF PACIFIC COAST. v '.JET" 1. -1fo y 4 . : i.- v'vj V , - X . - I 1HISS ALBERTA. CLAIRE. OF BUFFALO, WYO, OX BUD," WITH " MICKIE " IX TUB FOREGROUND. ' nternationa Olds, Wortman iring the For the month of February Olds, Wortman & King announce their first In ternational Pure Food Show a congress of the leading pure food manu facturers of the world. It will he held on the fourth floor and will include the large auditorium, grocery and toy departments over 30,000 sq. feet of floor space, and it is being planned upon a scale never before attempted by any mercantile establishment and in keeping with the standard estab lished by our high-class grocery dept. One hundred exhibitors can be com fortably cared for. Thirty-nine have already signified their intention of participating. Full details will be furnished later by the management. Applications for Space Will Be Re ceived From Reputable Concerns Apply to Executive Ofiices--4th Fin The Olds, Wortman (gL Kin Store the general information we will state Food Fair held in any Portland retail If the lucky wind-browned, hardy girl from the plains of Wyoming accom plishes the task she set out to she will be richer by $1000 In gold and a big cattle ranch, the prize having been put up by one of her admirers. One of the stipulations, not to say hardships of the long trans-continental trip on horseback. Is that the girl must earn her own way en route, leaving Wyoming with- only 2. Going Into vaudeville, and demonstrating her dexterity with the rifle and pistol has helped her. She has earned enough money In this way to get from Wyom ing to Portland. At times, however, her way was not at all easy. Some times she was compelled to work on cattle j-anches and farms to win her way farther along the route. Although hardship has overtaken her many times since she left home, Beveral months ago, she has not. and says she will not. part from "Bud" and "Mlckle." ried along In her saddle bag tied back of her saddle is a sixanuuier caliber. Also "Bud" has a rifle case straoned to his side In which Is Miss Claire's rifle, which she has used frequently to kill game. By the terms of the wager, she must .nmr.lnt.il tha trln TO NW York by 'way of Portland and San Francisco by the Summer of 1912. She arrived at The Dalles Friday and being In formed there was no road over the mountains to Portland came Into Port land by boat. Miss Claire estimates that she has ridden 2600 miles since she left home. She Is optimistic and does not doubt that she will win. i 1 s - r - w . w v .mm niliitiiT.1).tl IP ure onth OPEN VISION URGED New Year Thoughts Suggest ed by Portland Ministers. PAST BLUNDERS ARE GONE Duty for Future Is to Profit by Mis takes, With tTnrepressed Ar dor for Better Things to Come, Saj9 Pastor. M!W YEAR'S THOCGHTS BY PASTORS OF PORTLAND ' CHURCHES. "Let no light be dimmed, no ardor ba repressed. In 1911. because of a failure lr 1010." Rev. W. B. Hinson. "Uo something to make the world better: heed the call of duty; take an Inxentory of your life." Rev. Benjamin Young. Jesua organized his church not to develop the preacher, but th prayer." Rev. George E. Paddock. Forward steps In morals were urged upon all who attended church last night. Special New Year sermons were preached at the White Temple and the First Presbyterian, the First Method ist, Grace Methodist Episcopal and Congregational, Churches, as well as at the churches on the East Side and In the suburbs. "We should begin the new year." said Rev. George E. Paddack at the First Congregational Church, his subject be1 lng "The Power of Agreement," "with the open vision which Christ had of the things about us. We should learn the secret of life as he revealed It. "Jesus Christ was dealing with spir itual forces that compare strikingly with what we know of the so-called psychic powers of the present hour. In teaching men and women to do the things they did. he was simply dealing with the forces we are talking about today in our so-called psychology. Place of Prayer Is Proved. "The power and place of prayer have been proved today by what we know of that unseen force that we call psychic. Jesus organized his church not to develop the . preacher but the prayer." Rev. Luther R. Dyott, of the First Congregational Church, did not occupy his own pulpit last night because he was called on to assist In the dedica tion of an addition to the Laurelwood Congregational Churvn. At the White Temple, Rev. W. B. Hinson took for his text the words of Christ quoted In Matthew 20, "Sleep on. . . . Rise, let us be going." He said: "Severed from their connection, these words apply to the two years, 1910 and 1911. The past year Is gone. Let Its mistakes, blunders, failures all sleep on. Bring nothing from the past except such as will Invigorate, Inspire, warn or bless. Let.no ardor be re pressed. v no light be dimmed In 1911, because of a failure In 1910." Itev. William Hiram Foulkes, of the First Presbyterian Church, delivered his New Year sermon yesterday morn ing, and gave a stereoptlcon lecture on the Oberammergau Passion Play last Benjamin Young delivered a M dShow &, King Store of February that prior to last year there has store for the past seven years New Year's sermon at the First Meth odist Episcopal Church last night. Hobbies Ridden to Death. "We have been taking in from every where not only Immigrants, but theo ries and fads of every description," he said. "We have been taking these In faster than our powers of assimilation. You know what that means In a physi cal organism. It means sleeplessness and unrest. I think we are coming to the time soon when we, as a Nation, will have to take a cathartic, so to speak. "We ride hobbles to death. The get-rich-quick spirit is in the air. The spirit of sensationalism Is rampant. We can find it In the public press. The appetite is satisfied, but it must be spurred and driven, and that is being done at a tremendous cost. "You may forget the ten command ments, but they are written In the- con stitution of man and nature. Be sure your sin will find you out. "Standing upon the brink of the new rear, we are Impressed with the rapld lty of . the flight of time. It seems to me we should be dominated with a great purpose. Do something to make the world better. Get out and visit the sick; listen to the cry of the poor; heed tho call of duty. Take an Inventory of your life." Rev. John H. Cudllpp, at Grace Meth odist Episcopal Church last night, spoke on "The Young Woman In the Home and In Society." ACT OVER, ARREST COMES Thespian at "Benefit" Performs Part, Knowing Warrant Waits. With ashen cheek beenath his paint, and with an aching heart under his gaudy trappings, L. Nussbaum grimmaced and plroutted before an ecstatic audience, bravely doing his part, though he knew that Deputy Constable Crowley lurked In the wings to hale him to the County Jail when his act was finished. Panting from the tragic climax of a modernized Othello, Nussbaum drew into the wings amid a storm of applause and, with hls trionio grace, said, "Officer, do your duty." It was the last act of the Wagner ad ministration. A. Goldstein, the "angel" of Nussbaum's company, complained of the loss of JM. and told the constaDie that last nieht the alleged bailee was to star In an entertainment for the bene fit of "a poor family." at Swiss Hall. 2S5 Third street, where he might be appre hended. Ill-natured persons Insinuated that Nussbaum himself was the "poor family," but all agreed that he earned h. oneiroid of the meaeer chowd. The actor was held under JaU of and will have a hearing tomorrow . SOLDIER BESTS COMRADES Car FToni Portland Scene of Battle Which Is Short. vAvr-nrnrER. Wash.. Jan. 1. (Spe cial.) Exciting was the experience of dozen women and a score 01 men. who saw one soldier, wnn nis iisi, knock down two of his comrades, when thev tried to fight in a streetcar com ing to Vancouver from Portland at an early hour this morning. It seems that two of the soldiers were quarreling, caused by too freely Imblblna: in Portland. Over some slight dispute one of the soldiers slapped the other, starting tne iignt. inen a soDer soldier, who knew the men, jumped into the fracas and In less than a minute had knocked both of tuem down, giving one a picturesque black eye. The conductor and several pas sengers finally succeeded in stopping the fight. 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