TOE morxixg onECOSiAX. .Wednesday, march ivv
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and Jabcx Howes are working cargo
and by April 1 they will be out of
the river. The carload of tinplate
arrived from the East and was de
livered at the Alblna dock, where It
will be loaded tonight on the steamer
Harvest Queen for Astoria. It Is esti
mated that there is moved annually on
the river 30 cars of tin to care for the
Columbia River pack and nearly twice
as much goes over the Hill rail lines.
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O'BRIEN WOULD
-HASTEN BRIDGES
PIONXXR OREGON MINISTER DIES AFTER COMPLETING
. HISTORY Of PIONEER LIFE.
MUST BE DIVIDED
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PUBLICITY BURDEN
Harriman Official Says Rail
road Not Opposed to
Broadway Span.
CONFERENCE TO BE FRIDAY
Cenrral Manaffcr PecUres Company
Will LUtea to and Concur In
Any Reasonable Adjustment,
Hoping for Quick Action.
Immediate steps win be taken by J. P.
O'Brien, general Ditnticr of the Harri
man lines, to brine about a satisfactory
adjustment of the controversy that baa
arisen between bis company and the
city orer the negotiations for each to
obtain a satisfactory approach to Its
new brhl-e across the Willamette River.
Mr. O'Brien returned yestrrday mora
lng from a six weeks' stay In California,
much Improved In health, and delved at
once Into the routine affairs of his olflce.
The brlJce matter was one of the first
that was railed to his attention. a
result of his conferences with . W.
Cotton, general attorney for the Harri
man road, a meeting with the sub-commute
of the street committee of the
City Council, which baa the bridge ques
tln In band, was arranged for Friday
aft-moon at 3 o'clock.
There ought to be little difficulty In
disposing of this brldse question." aald
Mr. O'Brien yesterday afternoon. "I
don't know whether I am thoroughly fa
miliar with the latest phases of the situ
ation, but frrm what I understand It Is
a problem teat ought to find some solu
tion. Reasonable Adjustment Sought.
Now. what we are preparing to do. or
what they are preparing me to do. is to
s-ure a reasonable and satisfactory set
tlement of the whole controversy. In
the next few days 1 11 endeavor to deter
mine what can best be done to arrive at
a Just conclusion.
from the start I have been willing
t- negotiate with the city, to compro
mise with the Council. In this bridge
matter. At first they auggested a trade,
and I told them I wa willing to trade.
We even went so far as to have deeds
prepared for the property tne city wished
ua to convey, and we delivered those
deeds to the City Attorney. Then they
siicvestrd that we allow each deal to
stand on It. own merits and 1 told them
1 was willing. We named a price for
our property and the city refused It. Now
triey are arranging another transaction
and I am eager to make satisfactory
terms.
There seems to be an Impression In
some quarters that we are standing In
the way of the Broadway bridge, but we
ran show clean skirts on that issue.
Ttie records will bear me out In this.
No one Is able to lay a Bnger on any
one point and say that we even as
much as placed a straw In the way of
the Broadway bridge. We are not op
posed to the new bridge, and think It
ought to be built. We also are eager
to have our own bridge completed anJ
espect soon to arrange terms so that
work -can proceed on both structures."
Official to Visit Norlhwrot.
While In California Mr. O'Brien held
several conferences with Judge Robert
S. I.ovett. head of the Harriman system,
and Julius Kruttschnltt. director of nialn-T-nanre
and operation.. The Kaatern om
clals first Intended to visit Portland on
trieir recent trip to the Coast, but the
pressors of business la their home offices
demanded that they return East on
Monday.
However, they promised to come to the
Northwest before the end of Spring, and
Mr. o'lirien l-oks for them within 0
or sa days. Many important projects
will await tbelr Inspection upon their
arrival here.
Mr. O'Brten will enter actively Into the
work of douMe-tracklrs the nuln line of
the O.-W. R. N. Co. from Portland
to Huntington, as outlined by the Har
riman official In New York, and ex
pects soon to have this project com
pleted. This will be the first great im
provement to demand his attention.
He also expressed much gratification
over the glowing reports received from
the Deschutes Valley line, which now Is
Hearing Madras on Its southward course.
All the other important projects. Includ
ing the Nstron-Klamath cutoff of the
rkmthern Pacific, are being hurried along
In a manner that meets with bla entire
approval.
Ixirlng his absence from Portland he
endeavored to dlorce himself from the
affair of his office in order that lie
iiiUht re.t and recuperate. In this be
was delightfully successful.
CAMP, SENIOR, IS FINED
Contractor Arrested Soon After Par
ing for Son'a Speeding.
One week after paying a fine for Ms
son for speeding an automobile. Herbert
1. Camp, a contractor, living at 4-
Kast Alder street, appeared In Tollce
Court yeaterday to answer to a similar
charge preferred by Tatrolman Evans,
and waa arrested for still another of
fense, on a charge preferred by Patrol
man 81ms. He waa fined 150.
Police officer said that Camp had
been one of the most persistent speed
ers In the city. His son Roy was ar
rested on Feb. 2 on Hawthorne avenue
and was fined IZi. A few day later,
when Patrolman Sims, on his motor
cvete was following the patrol wagon
on a hurried call. Camp senior ran be
tween him and the wagon, going at .a
high rate of speed, causing the officer
to turn sharply and throw himself off
of the machine. ,
Patrolman Evan followed Camp
Monday afternoon aa he ran at the rate
of Zi mile an hour from Kast Bum
side street and Grand avenue, within
tba fire limit, travelling four block
on the left- hand side of the street.
CUSTOMS JOB STILL OPEN
Aspirant for Appralserhlp Xot
Publicly la Evidence.
Aspirant for the position of I'nlted
states Appraiser for the District of
Portland are evidently not numerous
at Washington, for about the Custom
house official say that virtually
nothing haa been heard regarding a
successor to the late Brigadier-General
Owen Summers. who death January
II left the office without an executive
he.d.
John Beard, chief examiner of the
tlpartment has been In charge, but.
as promotion In such 0fC4.es Is not
rustomary. his name haa not been
broached locally. The Government
pay the appraiser $10' annually, half
as much salary aa Is allotted the Col
lector of Cue torn.
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REV. THOMAS FLETCHER HOTAU
PASTOR DIES AT 80
Rev. T. F. Royal Lives to Com
plete Historical Work.
LAST ILLNESS IS BRIEF
Term of Service In Ministry Longer
Tuan That of Anj Other Man In
"orthwest VJ'ork a a Edu
cator Well Known.
Rev. Thomas Fletcher Royal. A. M.,
. m i.ra n n Milt or me urun v n.ci -
ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
died yesterday morjins at tne noma 01
his daughter. Mr. Harold Oberg. S
East Eightieth street, after a Driet ni
nes at the age of SO yeara. He had been
nnd In the ministry longer tnan
any other man in the Pacific Northwest.
He was born In Columbus, onio, in
1SI1. He entered the ministry in tne
Rock River Conference In Illinois In
1M and wa transferred to Oregon In
Ills first Oregon charge wa tne
Jacksonville circuit, where be built a
Methodist church, which wa tne nrsi
church In Southern Oregon. since
then he had been active In the ministry
throughout Western Oregon.
He was deeply Interested In educa
tion, having been principal of Umpqua
Academy. Portland Academy and Fe
male Seminary and the 8herfdan Acad-
my. . .
He was also for a term superinten
dent of public school In Jackson Coun
ty. He took much Interest In the In
dians. For three year he wa a mis
sionary on the Klletz Agency, and for
one year he worked on the Klamath
Agvncy. HI last appointment waa
Leslie Church. Salem.
After hi uperannuatlon he preached
regularly at the State Penitentiary and
the State Hospital for the Insane. Since
the death of Mrs. Royal In ISO he
had made his home with his children.
Rev. and Mrs. Harold Oberg. of Tort
land. Mr. Royal married Miss Mary Ann
Stanley at Victoria. 111?. In 18IS. There
were eight children, four of whom are
living. Rev. S. O. Royal, superintendent
of Hayton District. Cincinnati Confer
ence. Ohio; f. W. Royal. Ballston, Or.:
Mrs. Aeolla F.. wife of Rev. Harold
Oberg1. Portland, and Mrs. Carrie 1.
wife of Edgar M. Mumford. of Vancou
ver. Wash. One of the children died In
Infancy. Annlna T.. wife of Dr. Clarke
Smith, died In ISSS In Africa. William
XV. K. died In 1S0. when In attendance
at Ohio Wesleyan University, and M. G.
Royal, an attorney at Walla Walla.
Wash, died In January, 1S10.
One brother, J. L. Royal, and a sis
ter. Mrs. John Flinn. and two alsters-In-law,
Mrs. K. J. Royal and Mrs. Sarah
Royal, all of Portland, also survive
htm. In the last years of his active life
he was busily engaged In preparing a
history of pioneer life In Illinois and
Oregon, for which he was unusu
ally well qualified. This book Is now
ready for the press. The last few
weeks were spent In preparing the cir
culars announcing the early publica
tion of the book, which is entitled
Trail-Followers and Empire Builders."
BRIDGE MAY BE VOTED ON
Lower Alblna Vole to Proseente
Campaign for Initiative.
The proposed Lower Alblna bridge
across the Willamette River will go on j
the ballot nest June, tr tne plans 01 tne
Iiwer Alblna Push Club are carried
out. At a largely attended meeting of
the club Monday night In Davis Hall
on Russell street a systematic plan of
campaign for the bridge was adopted.
K M. Davis. John Swanson and Thomas
Farrefl were appointed a committee on
finance to raise the money to carry on
the campaign and pay expenses of cir
culating Initiative petitions. M. J. Mu
nane. U. M. Davis and A. L Williamson
were appointed to view the waterfront
and report on the bridge location.
Dr. U M. Davis was appointed to pre
pare the heading for the Initiative peti
tions. These committees were Instructed
to work vigorously during the present
week and make reports next Mondsy
night In Davis Hall. Russell street, when
a general cltlsena meeting will be held.
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Mr. Munane wa appointed to canvass
Multnomah district for members for the
club.
The committee on water main assess
ment for Mississippi avenue reported
that the main, which will cost ,10.000.
will pay 12 per cent on Its "cost, and
recommended that the property owners
on the street do not pay in the assess
ments. It waa held that under the new
charter amendments property owner are
not required to pay for water mains
where they will yield a revenue of C
per cent and - over.
CANNER SEEKS LOCATION
Maraschino Cherry to Be Chief Out
put of Proposed Plant.
Kenneth Gordon, general manager of
the Kenneth Gordon .Preserving Com
pany, limited, of Lewlston. Idaho, la In
Portland with a view of establishing a
central plant for preserving fruit and
making pickle and Maraschino cherries.
We are not going-to start anything
huge, as might be inferred from some
of the statements published." he said
yesterday. "We are negotiating for an
existing plant and may moke the pur
chase In a few days. If we do we shall
at once establish our system In It."
Mr. Gordon said that he would de
vote the greater share of hia energy to
canning the Maraschino cherry.
"I find," continued Mr. Gordon, "that
the fruit of the lower Columbia Valley
Is uperlor for preserving purposes to
that of the Irrigated districts. It has
less water In It and this, with such
fruit as the atrawberry. 1 vltal cle"
ment In the success of our enterprise.
AMERICAN TRAVEL CHEAP
Comparison With Similar Trips In
Kurope Shows BlfcT DlfrcrnecfN
Travel In America is much cheaper
than In Europe and the accommodations
In this country are far superior, accord
ing to the observations of a writer In
. number of the Official Rail
Guide, which is reprinted In the
way
BLANK FOB SUBSCRIPTION TO PORTLAND COMMERCIAL
CLUB PUBLICITY FUND.
JJortlanii (Enmmrrrial (hb
SrssmstM Is TMatj fi PrsssKsM FbW
Portland.
M Crreba- subscribe th atuh of.. j.
pot month, pyb monthly to tho rrttan& Cnmmrrrtal (Club, for tho period of
two years, beginning with the current month.
THU Bf.AIVfC MAT BK CVT OUT, FIlXF.n IS ASD MAILED TO
CIIUK.MAX PROMOTION COMMITTEE, PORTLAND COMMERCIAL
(LIB.
current bulletin of(th Southern Pacific
Company. ...
The statement cavers the cost or trav
eling for one person over a course of
1164 miles In Europe. Including 11 dif
ferent Journeys, varying In length from
38 mile to 497 mile, with a trunk
of the average weight of 188 pounds. It
how that the total fare paid was
$76 55 and the transportation by rail of
the baggage. 119 43. making a total of
135.97. This Is an average of L46 cents
To cam pare this expense with the cost
of traveling in North America, a table
haa been prepared of 11 different Jour
ney varying In length from 40 miles to
411 miles, over well known route, the
total distance being 2:11 mile. For this
tha total fares. Including the cost of
parlor-car eat. figure up to $60.15. with
a possible excess charge for baggage of
J2.75. making a total of $62 90. or a
trifle over 3.8 cent a mile. The aver
age speed of the American trains wa
3&.C mile an hour, while that of tha
European train wa S0.41 mile an hour.
Typhoid Takes Yonng Husband.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. March 7. (Spe
cial.) Harry D. Mills, a -well-known
young man of Centralla. died last
night of typhoid fever. He is survived
by hi widow.
Promotion Committee Will In
sist That Beneficiaries
Aid With Funds.
WHOLE CITY IS HELPED
Resolutions Declare AVork Will Be
Suspended Unless More General
and Equitable Response to
Appeal Is Made.
Vpon an "equitable distribution of the
expense" of conducting the campaign of
publicity, outlined by the Portland Com
mercial Club for 1911. resta the future
existence of the promotion committee.
If the leading firms of the city do not
respond to this system of the dividing the
burden, then the committee will close Its
books and silently yield to some other
body willing to undertake the work. This
waa decided at a meeting of the com
mittee yesterday and vigorous resolu
tions were adopted.
It Is ierted that the burden of main
taining the publicity bureau In the past
has been borne by only a portion of
the business, professional and property
Interests directly benefited. While the
burden hao been heavy, the benefits have
been Telt by all the city. The "out-of-proportlon"
they represent to carry the
lion's share of the work and permit
others to escape their share.
With thj8 end in view the promotion
committee yesterday adopted the follow
ing resolutions:
Whereas, tha burden of financing the pub.
llcitr and nromotion work of the Portland
Commercial Club ha been mainly sustained
In ths pat by only a portion of the business.
Srofesslonal and property interests directly
eneflted. and
Whereas, such subscriptions as have been
paid have In th main been out of propor
tion In relation to each other, and
Whereas, to be the success It deserves to
b this work should receive the proportionate
financial support of all benefited Interests;
therefore ba It
Resolved, by the promotion committee or
the Portland Commercial Club, that the con
tinuation 'of this work be made contingent
upon a more general and more equitable re
sponse to the appeal for funds than has been
accorded in the saat; that If such response Is
not made this work be suspended; and be It
further ,
Resolved, that our confidence in this work
and our faith In the business, professional
and property Interests of Portland is such
that w firmly believe that upon representa
tion of the facts to each firm or Individual
a proportionate subscription will be forth
coming, so this work of paramountimport
ance can be continued.
CARTOON FIELD IS BIG
IIOMER DAVENPORT SAYS PUB
LIC DEMAND GROWS.
More Men Engaged la Molding
Opinion by Pictures Than Ever
Before In History.
Homer Davenport, the cartoonist
dropped Into Portland last night from
Sllverton, where he visited his family,
on his way to New York. There he will
resume his work.
"In making my cartoons, which are
now syndicated." said Mr.. Davenport,
"I have to be very careful. They must
be non-polltlcal. Tou see we serve two
papers down In Texas, then possibly
two in Maine and so on. The sections
are far apart and, of course, conditions
politically are equally so.
"What do I think of the cartoon field?
It Is blgr. Cartoons are types of the
men who make them. Cartoonists cre
ate their own field. They differ in their
product Just the same as men differ.
Every cartoonist must win his own
subscribers, admirers, patrons or what
ever you are disposed to call them. His
stvle. type, method, or product is pecu
liar and distinct. McCutcheon, of Chi
cago, haa adapted himself to Chicago
surroundings or. rather, I might say
that Chicago has adapted itself to
McCutcheon. So It Is with Donnahey,
of Cleveland, or your friend Murphy of
Portland.
"A cartoonist has a rich field to
work In. He creates, I believe, public
sentiment and molds to greater or less
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degree the public thought of which he
treats In his cartoon. Ridicule Is a
serious weapon. It Is doublyso In the
hands of the cartoonist. Cartoon work
as a profession Is growing In this coun
try and I think that there are more en
gaged In It at the present time than at
any other time in the history of the
country. This Is due to the demands
of the public and the rapid growth of
Journalism."
SALMON SEASON OPENING
Flint Arrives to Load for Alaska and
Tinplate Arrives.
First of the outside ships to enter
the river to load supplies for Alaska
and the Initial carload of tinplate to
be used In the manufacture of cans for
the Columbia River and Alaska sal
mon pack, arrived yesterday and in
another month most of the carriers
will be on their way to northern wa
ters. The American bark W. B. Flint
came In with a part cargo of supplies
taken on at San Francisco and she
will finish at Astoria, also taking a
crew of Chinese cannery bands. She
I owned by the Alaska Fishermen's
Packing Company.
The ships Levi G. Burgess, Berlin
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AID
STJRVET
Commission Agrees to Pay $3000
for Harbor Work.
ASTORIA. Or., March 7. (Special.)
At the regular monthly meeting of the
Port of Astoria Commission here today
President McLeod and Secretary Cal
lender were named as a committee to
confer with Major Mtrlndoe, of the
United States Engineer. The commit
tee was authorized to notify him that
the commission will bear one-half the
expense of making a survey of As
toria harbor, providing the commission
does not have to pay more than 12000.
The subject of Improving Sklpanon
River was discussed but no action was
taken, as the commission is awaiting
further Information from Warrenton
as to the amount of commerce to be
benefited by the proposed Improve
ment. ELK CAMPAIGN BEVIS
W. R. APPERSOX TAKES CHARGE
OF SOLICITING FL'XDS.
Amount Raised for Entertainment
Xow $78,000 and. Remaining;
$47,000 to Be Secured- In Rush.
Complete charge of the campaign of
the local lodge of Elks for the ,125,000
entertainment fund o bo used when
the grand lodge assembles in Portland
next year, was given to W. R. Apper
son. retiring exalted ruler, at the meet
ing of the finance committee last night
Mr. Apperson will direct the work of
the 89 soliciting committees and will
act In conjunction wun tne una'";"
committee and the treasurer. He ex
pects to take active charge of the
campaign at once.
About 20 committees have made final
reports, having completely covered tile
territory assigned to them. Some,
however, have qualified their reports
with the statement that two or three
likely contributors have not yet been
seen. It will be Mr. Apperson's pur
pose to visit these persons. Several
committeemen have not been able to de
vote the required time to the work
and he will relieve them of some of
their duties. Other fertile fields have
not been Included In the previous can
vasses and he will throw his forces in
these directions.
W. O. Van Schuyver. treasurer of the
finance committee, has gone to Cali
fornia on a vacation trip, and In his
absence the funds will be handled by
Sol Blumauer. Only scattering contri
butions have been received In the past
few days In anticipation of the re-arrangement.
The total amount now on
hand approximates J53.000 In addition
to the S25.0U0 contributed by the lodge
Itself.
Mr. Apperson Is confident that the
remaining 847,000 can be raised before
April 1. He will start on a whirl
wind campaign this morning to extract
that sum from those Portland persons
Who are able to contribute and who
will benefit most from the coming of
a herd of upwards of 30,000 Elks to
gether with probably twice that num
ber of additional visitors.
The following subscriptions were turned
in last night by automobile dealers:
O.J. and R. E. Blodgett 8 100.00
Neat & McCarthy 60.00
Keats Auto Co 100.00
Chanslor Lyon Motor Supply Co... 100.00
The E. M. F. Northwest Company,... 100.00
Crowe Automobile Company 100.00
Northwest Auto Company 100.00
White Motor Car Company lOO.Oi)
Ballou Wright 100.00
A. J. Winters Company 100.00
Diamond Rubber Company 100.00
Menzles-Dubols Auto Co 100.00
Frank C. Rlggs r 100.00
Avery Motor Car Company 300.00
Howard Auto Company 300.00
Archer. Combs Company 60.00
Acting Treasurer Stol Blumauer reported
the following additions last night:
Rakeronlan Amusement Company. .8 2-"'-0
General Film Company.....
Elks Lodge. La Grande...
Elks Lodge. Medford
Ellzah J. Price
25.00
200.00
600.00
10.00
WRONG PERSONS ARRESTED
Golden Eagle, Not Eagle Rooming
Ilouse, Alleged Offender. '
After a Jury was empanneled In the
case of George and Pearl Simpson,
charged with conducting a disorderly
house, known as the Eagle Rooming
House, yesterday morning It was dis
covered that the. wrong persons had
been arrested. The case was then dis
missed upon motion of Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Collier.
This is the second of the so called
"Municipal League" cases to come up
before the Circuit Court, both being
lost. The difficulty yesterday was that
a mistake had been made regarding the
house in which the crimes had been
committed. It being found as the evi
dence was about to be taken that It was
the Golden Eagle Rooming House at
Fourth and Burnslde that is alleged to
have offended, and not the Eagle Room
ing House, of which the Simpsons have
charge. Aa there was no evidence
against the house conducted by the
Simpsons, there was nothing for the
court to do but to dismiss the case.
Everything was In readiness to be
gin the trial, when Deputy District At
torney Collier walked over to the op
posing attorneys and after whispered
consultation, explained the case to the
court.
Three witnesses for the state were
present. They probaly will also be
used at other trials of the same sort,
now pending. They are Grant Kellogs,
Tom Torson and W. S. MacLaren. The
case was to have been tried before
j udge Kavanaugh.
Bids Ont at Pendleton.
PENDLETON, Or., March 7. (Spe
cial.) The State Board today -began
advertising for bids on a water main
extension from the Pendleton city
mains to the branch asylum site. This
action Is taken locally to mean that
construction work Is to start Immedi
ately. Keeps teeth white. Main
tains their cleanliness.
Preserves their soundness.
Effective at once.
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