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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1911)
, THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1911. ' j 1 ' - t PEOPLE COME WEST HILL MAY ENTER of th road. In passing through th SUrras, tha rout was directed along a line.' which made It possible to se cure a low par cent grade. Many engi neering features characterised the con struction of the road. Between Salt Lake City and Oakland there are 43 tunnels, the aggregate length of which Is 45. M feet, or mora than eight and one-half miles. All the culvert were conatrncted of concrete and bridges of steel. The track la laid with 85-pound rails, on fir tie. The ballast of th road Is mostly fine gravel. The entire con struction Is considered high standard, and tha line Is said to bo on of th most costly long stretches of road on the Western Coaat. C. ML Levey, for many years closely Identified with the Hill Interests. Is at present vice-president and general Commercial Club Receives 200 Inquiries a Day. fiig Development Projects Be lieved Contemplated in Near Future. GREAT INFLUX PROMISED Deelre for Milder ' Climate Than Other States Afford Is Motive In Many Cases Aid In Col lecting Data Asked. NEW CAPITAL AT COMMAND SrAXISH-AMERICAJ WAR VET- KKAX MADE rOLICE SERGEANT. SOUTHERN OREGON S' ii apawawsawawMaeasMT-ewwawewiiiis mm rmmammi mtit. tauimi imrvuyimwnmi'llll f i iijji xi 111 i iimesi i jut M'Stiwiwil-1'' J.JI mm I atii !! Hill' Reputed Control of Western P sol Tie May Mean Eitennlon of Central Oregon Line 6ntta Into Nevada. With i:o.oOO.eO of new foreign eapl tat at his command. Junti 3. Hill will b In a position financially to carry on railroad development which tt la be lieved will Include plana mora far reaching In character than heretofore undertaken by the builder of empire. Although local representative of the Hill llnea profess Ignorance of the rail road' plana on the Padae Coast, ad vl.es received In Portland yesterday from apparently reliable sources Indi cate that the next territory to bo ex ploited la Southern Oregon and tha en tire State of California. Storlea Still IenJed. Denial of recent storle that control of the Western Paclne has passed Into the hands of the 1UU crowd la atlll maintained. Contrary to the dental. It la declared that the road haa been actually In control of Hill since laat Mar. and with the acquisition of this new property. Hill holds an east-and-west line from Salt Lake City to San Francisco that will be of strategic value In the development of the eystem north Into Oregon and south Into Ixwer California. If the report la true as to HtU'a hav ing control of tha Western Paclne, th Hill system will take place aa the largest and most Important factor of railroad development In the Western half of the United States. It will give him three distinct transcontinental railroads, serving the three Pacific Coast statea of Waahlngton. Oregon and California. Events Deemed Important. Thero seems to be a strong Indica tion that other Important plans are Included In Hill's gigantic develop ment scheme. The purchase of elec tric lines and power sites In Oregon the past year Is said to be the first step In carrying out a new feature of tha plans. Recent events In San Francisco are considered Important In substanti ating rumors that valuable electric properties will pass Into the hands of the Hill crowd. With control of the Western Faclftc, the acquisition of wa ter power properties and lnterurban lines radlatlDg out of Ban Francisco would form a part of the plana to ex ploit California. Aa agent for the Hill people. "Borax- Smith, of tan Fran cisco, haa been carrying on negotia tions ostensibly for the purchase of valuable railroad properties In the California metropolis. Mr. Smith la a multi-millionaire, having made hla for tune In the manufacture of borax. Ha owns lanes borax deposits In Califor nia, and Nevada. Mr. Smith la known to be a close friend of Mr. HI1L Samuel Hill, of Seattio. son-in-law or J. J. Hill, passed through Portland last week for San Francisco. His pres ence In California at this time Is viewed with Importance relative to the Hill operations there. ' People Are Interested. Of chief Interest to the people of Oregon will be the announcement of Hill's plana for tha development of th southern part of the elate. In that connection, there seems to be strong belief that tha Oregon Trunk Line, now building Into Central Oregon, with TBend aa Its terminus, will be extended so south to Lake view, the county seat of Lake County and th business and shipping center of the Goose Lake dis trict. Directly south of Lakeview CO miles Is the town of Alturaa. In California, which Is the present terminus of the Nevada. California Oregon Railroad. Thla line was built from Keno several er ago by New York capitalists not affiliated with Harrlman people. Recent advices from Reno announce that this road haa been absorbed by the Hill Interests. The line is IS miles long. It passes through Doyle. Nev 67 miles north of Reno, where th Western Pa rifle Railroad forma a Junction. Be tween Doyle and Alturaa th distance 1., 127 miles. With the recent announce ment that steel Is being delivered at Alturas for the extension of the Ne vada. California Oregon line north Into Central Oregon, there la but on conclusion to draw and that la that the Oregon Trunk will connect with the line from Alturaa. Through Line Probable. With this stretch of road built. Hill would have a direct outlet from Clarke, a station at the mouth of the Ieachutea River, where It empties Into the Columbia River, through Central Oregon to Doyle. Nev.. where con nections would be mad with the West ern Pacific line running between San Francisco and Salt Lake City. Pres ent operations In both Oregon and Cali fornia indicate that a through line from the Columbia River country la the goal sought by the Hill people. It Is also unofficially announced that the Oregon Trunk will build from Bend to the south and west to connect with the Pacific Eastern. Thla line Is 13 miles In length and extends from Medford east to Butte Falls. This property was acquired last year by the Hill system. In the railroad development being carried On In Oregon at present. Im portance la attached In th construc tion of the Mount Hood Railway tt power Company's line. While th pro moters declare that It la an Independ ent line, there la a belief that the Hill people are back of this road and that It will be extended into tha central part of th state to connect with the Oregon Trunk. Such an arrangement would give Portland direct connection with California polnta over th Hill lines. Goulds Build Road. The Western Pacific waa built by the Goulds aa an extension of their system of roada westward from Salt lakt City to the Pacific Coast, at San Francisco. This line connects with the Denver A Rio Grand at Salt Lake City, a line controlled by the Goulds. Th Western Pacific waa completed and open for freight trafflo about a year ago. Th length of the road from Salt Lake City to San Francisco Is 27 miles, of which four miles, from the mole at Oakland to San Francisco, Is ferry, having :i miles aa the actual length of th track. On account of th character of th country traversed, many dlfficultle were encountered In th construction h- M tv-v." ' M . s 't fg AsVisas l M.UA.'ti if ai Lee A. Harms. Reeommeadattoa waa made oy Chief of Police Cox yesterday after noon to the Police Commissioners that Lao A. Barms, desk officer en the day relief, be appointed aerceant In place of Harry Parker, whose re duction to th ranks waa confirmed. The new appointee haa been la the police service nearly thee yeara. He aerved in the Philippine Islands dur ing the Spanish-American War. in the company ef which Captain Baty .waa Ftrst Bersaaatr.- Chief of Police Cos at the same time announced that the next ap pointees, under a provision for the enlargement of the force, will be H. J. Carlson, ef the harbor polio; W. T. Teevin. a veteran officer of the day relief, and B. A. Manrtnc leader ' of the police band. . The Polios Commissioners have set for next Tuesday afternoon the hear ing of chargra made asalnat Police Captain Bailey by J. IL Hltchlnra, an attorney, who ailegea that Captain Bailer refused ts arrest aa Immoral woman when ah waa taken to the police station several months ago. Hltchlngs haa achieved notoriety by being publicly horsewhipped by . women against whom he made simi lar charges. manager of the Western Pacific Rail road, with headquarters at San Fran cisco. HENRY ROE FOUND DEAD Well-Known Mason Succumbs to Heart Disease In Xlght. Henry Roe was found' dead In his bed yesterday morning at his residence, lit Everett street. Heart disease Is said to have been the causa of death. Mr. Roe was a prominent Mason. He waa associated with the Portland Rail way Company before that company was absorbed by th Portland Railway, Light ft Power Company, and for sev eral years had been president of tha National Automatic Fire Alarm Com pany. He was also a director and secretary of th Masonic Building As sociation and past master of Portland Lodpe No. 65. and was a member of Portland Chapter of Royal Arch Ma nors, of Oregon Commandery of Knights Templar, and of the Scottish Rite bodies and the Mystic Shrln. A wid ow survives him. Mr. Rot was born in Tlpperary. Ire land. In 10. He cam to Portland Zl years ago and had since resided here. The funeral services will b held from Holman's undertaking parlors to morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock and th body will be cremated. ACTORS NOT PROSECUTED Withdrawal of Play Folovred by Dismissal of Charges. "I don't see why they arrested me," said the Ingenue of the "Chinatown Trunk Mystery" company, as she waited with her fellow members in the ant room of th Municipal Court yesterday morning, to answer to a charge of com mitting an Indecent and Immoral act. "Mr part, at least. Is not offensive, for I neither am killed nor kill anyone else." Twelve persons, th whole cast of the company, appeared yesterday morn ing for formal proceedings In th case against them, growing out of the pro teat of th Chinese consul against th presentation of the play. Having gained their point In th de termination of tha theater management to withdraw the offending play, the complainants did not press th cases against the actors, and they were dis missed npon motion of the District At torney. Edlefsen's coal satisfies. C IJOS, E. j0j. V j As the result of the flood of inquiries received from the East and Middle West, the Bureau of Information of th Port land Commercial Club Is working over time trying to return answers. Two hundred letters are received dally. The mall yesterday contained COQ, the accu mulation of th Sunday and Monday malls. Tli average number opened la 000amonth. W. L. Crtssey, head of the department, was of the opinion that th whole year would produce 60,000, as compered with th 40.00 received during 1910. BfTortM are directed only toward curing settlers upon farm or fruit lands. December statistics show that Illinois leads In the number of Inquiries sent to the Commercial Club, with New York aecond. Then come Minnesota, North Dakota and Iowa. To reply to these seekers of Information costs th club tsoo a month in postage. Th character of the questions asked and statements made leada the Inquiry department to believe that Oregon Is on th eve of re ceiving Its largest Influx of settlers. It Is said that there never were so many Inquiries aa now, and that this Is not entirely due to extensive present adver tising by the promotion department of the Commercial Club, but to th accu mulated growth of tha publicity work performed. Ornate Is Inducement. There Is also traceable a condition which gives evidence that many persons In the Middle West are seeking a milder climate. The tremendous Increase In the num ber of Inquiries Is based upon the fol lowing: First, business conditions over the Middle West are not as good aa usual: second, more people are desirous of getting away from wage employment In factory or store; third, many are de sirous of living in a milder climate, and. fourth, the partial failure of crops in the Middle West haa been noted. Ad vertising Is now being placed In agri cultural papers and some of the leading periodicals. Lack of accurate Information and phy sical data concerning the natural re sources of Oregon has led the Oregon Conservation Commission to prepare a bill providing for state and Federal co operation on this topic. It is proposed to secure a complete topographical map of the state. It is pointed out that Cali fornia, through Its activity and through appropriations to aid the -tatlonal Gov ernment In Its work, has secured a com plete topographical survey. Today the state has detailed Information concern ing all Its resources. Agriculture Chief Inducement. It ts argued that to be effective in writing settlers to come to Oregon, It Is necessary to give th Intending new comer at least some of the principal .M.nhii..i fact. The one resource of the state which It Is asserted leads all the rest Is agricultural jana. urejon has a total area of 81.000.000 acres. Of this area 10,000.000 acres, or 18 per cent. Is classed as agricultural land, and 6 per cent, or 8,300.000 acres, as Improved lands of which 890.000 acres Is irrigated. The agricultural activities of the state support a population on the land Itself of 860,000, while dependent upon these activities ts an additional population of 270,000. living In cities and Incorporated towns. The value of agricultural crops raised In 1910 was nearly 170.000,000. The livestock Industry Is closely allied to .u-. e .OTlltir. and In 1910 its value amounted to JS7.000.000. Dairy products In 1910 amountea i "" output of the lumbering mills amounted to $85,000,000. . ' In Eastern Oregon the waters chief value lies In Irrigation possibilities. While the state has today 890.000 acres under irrigation, it Is maintained that there are 4.600,000 acres which can be Irri gated. This area. If Irrigated, would ... fnr snnnoo neotle. One of the principal reasons given for the non development of Eastern Oregon lies in the lack of sufficient data concerning th . . . nf t i b t section. It Is M IOI 1 v. said that a proposed project may be phy sically TeaalDie anu nnancmnjr j,iiMiio.f-, but If a person Is unable to prove It. It in k Impossible to secure funds ade quate for development. A proposea diu proviu -prlatlng $30,000 yearly, contingent upon .w ..Mnitnr of an eaual'sum by the United States Government. The State Engineer Is directed to enter inio b ran tract with the director of the United a.-... l anrvev which will ln- sure surveys and Investigations, carried on In the most economical manner. x.. i- . ,.n.nHiirf for comnleting money w - - ..v. i man of the. state, making extensive stream measurements and oth erwise determining tne iirtam euyyij the state. FIRE DESTROYS SCHOOL Mount Tabor Children to Use AVood- ' men Hall Temporarily, n.. f annlioBeil Incendiary origin. totally destroyed the Mount Tabor school building, at Sixtieth and East Stark streets, yesteraay morning b.i 1:45 o'clock. A loss of $8000 Is said to .nv... Yiv Insurance, and comparatively little 'inconvenience to th attenaing cnuarva win c-... cause of hurried provisions made by the School Board yesterday. The blase waa first noticed by W. L. Bryant, and ha turned In an alarm. Slippery and muddy streets so delayed the fire department that SO minutes elapsed before tne appartus arrivea. and by that tlm the bulldlnjr was be yond saving. i.inr imrtello wHs nosltlve In his statements that no fire was left from which in coniiagranon cwum started and pronounced the disaster aa the work of incendiaries. Immediate arrangements were made, whereby th pupils attending the school will meet in temporary quarters at w.Aiim,n VTa.11. In the vicinity, tomor row morning. A new school building - ' ....I.. . at.,i.tk IS in process Ul cuh.liui;.iuu mi oijkkiuiu and East Pine streets, and work on it will be hastened to accommodate the pupils. Open Winter Worries Kanchers. HTJSUM. Wash., Jan. 10. (Special.) The open Winter Is causing some uneasi ness among wheat ranchers In this coun ty, there not being sufficient snow to pro tect Fall-sown grain. The ground In many sections ts bare and should mild weather continue throughout the Win ter serious results are anticipated. Edlefsen's coal satisfies. C 2302. E. 30X A ROYAL SETTING A TRIBUTE FROM As white as the new-fallen snow; as flaky, light and delicate in texture Table Queen Bread richly deserved the magnifi cent tribute the sky accorded it at sunrise yesterday morning "Emblematic of Purity, the snowf lakes take the form of their Pure Prototype, Table Queen; and the Pride of Portland (Mount Hood), is capped and crowned with Portland's other Pride a loaf of Royal Bread." ROYAL BAKERY & CONFECTIONERY, Inc. The Bakery Thafs as Clean as the Driven Snow r Look for the Word "ROYAL" on the Bottom of the Loaf GILL SUIT TO GO BACK SEATTLE ELECTION1 CASE MAY BE BEFORE HAXFORD AGAIN. Severance of Defendant Is Desired. Stay of Restraining Order Is Signed. The Injunction suit to restrain Con troller Bothwell. of Seattle, from pay ing warrants for the expenses of the election to recall Mayor Gill, may again be taken before Judge Hanford at Se attle. Attorney R. L. Blewett Informed Fed eral Judge Gilbert yesterday that his associate counsel, Walter Schaffner. de sired to have the matter taken again before Judge Hanford to secure a sever ance of the defendants. Some of them want to go to the United States Supreme Court and some to the United States Cir cuit Court of Appeals, he said. A telegram reeclved from James Con nelly, one of Seattle's Councilmen, was reead to the court. It conveyed the In formation . that he Is entirely satisfied with the restraining order signed by Judge Hanford. and that the appeal to Judfte Gilbert waa made without his au thorisation. He said he would refuse to give a bond to Insure the city against loss. His name was accordingly stricken, with the consent of Judge Gilbert from the papers appealing the case. A bond of 15.00a furnished by a surety company, was approved by Judge Gilbert. The order staying the restraining order issued by Judge Hanford was slgnea. Attorney Blewett objected to the sign ing of the order, because be said the bond was Insufficient. It doesn't purport to be signed by the principals in the case, he said, or by the members of the Seattle City Council. "I understand your honor's ruling," continued counsel, "to be that this bond was not to be given by the City of Seattle, but by the Con troller himself, to cover any damages which would be sustained, should the warrants be declared Invalid when the case la heard before the Court of Ap peals." The attorney said If the case went against the surety company tocom- if she has not prepared her system in advance for the important event. Women who use Mother's Friend are saved much of the discomfort and suffering so common with expectant mothers. It is a penetrat ing oil that thoroughly lubricates every muscle, nerve and tendon involved at such times, and thus promotes physical comfort. It aids nature by expanding the skin and tissues, and prepares the system for the coming of baby. Mother's Friend assures a quick and natural recovery for every woman who uses it. It is for sale at drug stores. Write for free book for expectant mothers. THE BRADFIELD CO, - Atlanta, Ca. pel payment on . the bond, advantage would be taken of every technicality. PUBLICITY PRIZE SOUGHT Commercial Club's Ofrer Brings Results In Many Countries. Articles from England. Scotland. France, Germany and Norway pertaining to Fort land and Oregon, and those published In this country, Canada and Mexico fill two large mall sacks in the Bureou of Infor mation of the Commercial Club as a re sult of the offer of $5000 In cash prizes for the )est article upon the resources of the state. One of the conditions made was that the article should appear in some .well-known publication. The contest closed December 31, 1910. Regardless of this, the articles are still coming in. All letters descriptive of Ore gon. Portland or the Pacific Northwest published before December 31 are still open for entry. The articles are to be placed In the hands of the Judges on February 1. The selection will be made by Governor West. The plan to advertise the state has been a decided success and there are few papers that have not printed some story about Portland. The Saturday Evening rost naa a noiewortny article, and Good Housekeeping devoted Its first section to a story descriptive of the city. One Of the London dallies and a newspaper In Chrlstlanla, Norway, also furnished space for writers in their ef fort to get the first prize. There are SI prises in alL MEN FIGHT OVER WOMAN Divorced Wife of One Is Subject of Personal Encounter. . A triangular fight between two men and a woman, at East Yamhill street and Grand avenue, Monday night, was reported at police headquarters yester day by Patrolman West, who was in structed by Chief of Police Cox to se cure warrants for the alleged offenders. Fred El Caster, an employe of the Portland Packing Company, was lying in wait, says the officer, for his di vorced wife and A. E. Pors, employed by the Penny Brothers' Liquor Com pany. Pors was accompanying Mrs. Cas ter to her home at 429 East Clay street, when they encountered Caster, and a For the mother in the home to be strong and well, able to de vote her time and strength to the rearing of children, is one of life's greatest blessings. Often the bearing of children destroys the mother's health. melee ensued. West happened to pass and started to take all three to the police station. They begged to be allowed to go free and the officer granted their re quest, upon the promise of Pors that he would go to the station yesterday and lay the case before the Chief of Police. CHARIVARI JS RESENTED Serenade of Newly-Wedded Couple Leads to Police Conrt. When the brother of Mrs. Annie E. Myers of Mount Scott was married, a few days ago, the boys of the neighbor hood organized a charivari party and THE BEST BISCUITS YOU EVER MADE Will be made with KOALA. Never until you make them with KAOLA will you know how good your best biscuits can taste. You will be surprised and delighted with the result. Your family and friends will comment upon their lightness and their extreme goodness. Adds 100 Per Cent to the Goodness of Things. You use less KAOLA than of lard or butter. KAOLA cannot turn rancid. It is chemically pure. It contains not one particle of animal fat of any kind. It is purely vegetable. Clean, while, deli cious. For cooking, baking, frying, it has no equal. Your Dealer Sells KAOLA Also Recommends It t, WWaTl ""ii iTiiiniti THE SKY tendered him a burlesque serenade. Their attentions were not relished by the household, and Mrs. Myers ordered them away. Then, sh says, Mrs. Harry Golds worthy, living nearby, urged the seren ades to renew their efforts, for whicli she was castigated verbally by Mrs. Myers. Mr. Goldsworthy entered the arena at this point and, says Mrs. Myers, abused her. Complaint was mads against him to the pol'ce, and he ap peared for trial yesterday morning, and was fined $1B. Compliments exchanged by the llt. gants as they left the courtroom held forth promise for a repetition of the combat. I All druggists .sell Wauna Toilet Pa per. " 3 4
