OK EG ONI AN", FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 22, 1911.
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SOLONS SEE PLOT
IN WEST'S ACTION
Muitnomah Legislators Regard
Governor's Road Session as
Press-Agent Move.
DEMANDS KNOWN AS VAIN
EUccutivc's Cam I to Have Law
makers Drmnr and Then Prate
About Houses' Disregard or
Public and State's) t.ood.
C!:rs by ufmNri of the Multno
rr.ah dt.fs.vi'T in t: LKU:ture ,"t
V'rsor Wf.it Is playing politics "J
l-ilr,g itr i.. n"-vt""' of specUl
-Ion for enj.-luiT.t vt roads
ilci;t!on are borre out by d.ilty d-n-!onmnl.
Thrr is a irlnir suspl
;lon t: jt t";e liovernor l.as at no l:ine
ieriou.:y considered cor.venins: the
ators In special session. To that
tter.t f members of tt-.e Legislature.
;irt; IpuMtcan. are playlr.n directly
r.to his rants In d.in so they are
innocently supiytr.ir Mm wlih the very
iiruw he ts se'klns; to Justify what Is
thieved un.imrtetiy w.Ii be his rnal
:orr.uiMn n"t to rati a special session.
T ie it'iif of Ooverror West t not
i fflcult to discern, lie h said he
will convene the LeEtslature In ra
cial session on')' In consideration tt:t
a majority of the member of both
hou-s asree o conditions he ha im
posed and which he mull know would
cot receive their Indorsement.
Plal eea la lteet.
In the first pi.ir. he !a asked lira
to aaree to consider only good road!
Urination to the exclusion of general
legislation and a consideration of the
vetoed bl'.la of trie regular eeaalon. In
view of the action of the 1U regular
session, whl-h refined t.t consider bills
aed at Ihe 1S session and vetoed
by liovernor Cr.aiubvr:in for the rea
son that tSey ere not t.iken up and
considered at an Intervening special
session, the governor realises that the
proposed special session, which would
Cor.MM of trie same men who attended
the last reu'.ar session, would Insist
i n a consideration of his vetoed men-i.rt-a
i'thermi.e these bills could r.ot
b t:.ken up at the oeat reicular ses
s.or. Tne efTe.t of Ml considering
t,.i.u t the special session would te :o
utnie. the Governor's veto In every
Ir.v.ini'l. at;! he disapproved a total of
;i it the biila enacted at the last reg
ular session.
.-l"ey riaa 1 afalr.
Antther condition Imposed by Oov
ernor West and to wnlch he should
have known a majority of the Legisla
ture would not subscribe was that its
members should serve at a special aes
slon and Oc.tne to accept from the
state per diem and ml. rune to which
they are entitled under tne constitu
tion. This condition, although unrea
sonable, is rot objecttonahie to those
members of the I.eRtslature living In
rountles Immediately continuous to
Marion County, but it l an obviously
unfair request to which acquiescence
i-ould not have been extorted by the
overnor from members residing In the
more remote counties.
"Kefusal of t.io large majority of
the members of the LcRls'ature to
swallow the self-imposed conditions of
liovernor West necessary to the con
vening of a special session." said a
member of the Multnomah County dele
cition yesterday. "will give him the
irrj reasons he Is seeking for not call
ing a special session. It will enable
Mm to come out through his press bu
reau and declare emphatically that he
tlesired a special session for the enact
ment of road legislation, provided such
a session could be held without entail
ing any expense to the state.
Press A seat Hum Seeatea.
-With thla declaration as a starter. It
may be depended upon that he will fol
low It up by deploring the lack of pub
lic spirit and loyalty to the state on the
oart of Individual members who re
fused to serve without being raid the
princely constitutional salary of II per
litem to re-enact legislation passed at
the regular session. In the Teto of
which, although ha will not admit It,
the Governor made a mistake.
"It may further be depended upon
that If the Governor decides finally
not to call a special session, he will
see to It that every taxpaver will be
npprlsed cf the saving he has effected
In the cost of a sperial session. And
you may be assured the blame will
be pished entirely on the Republican
majority of the two houses for the rea
son tnat they refused to accept Ml
dictation and serve without pay.
Ielay short. Araaed.
"Besides, tne Governor will be able
to argue In Justification of his action
that it wi.I be only one year until
another Legislature will be convened
ani. at best, the enactments of good
roads legislation will be deferred only
another i: months by his refusal to
call the special session.
"Another reason he can urge Is that
the Grangers are opposed to the bills
that have been drafted by the special
Good Koala Commission. In this con
nection, however. It is to be noted that.
In appointing the members of this
eoeclal commission. Governor 'West
named as members the very same
three repres.-n tatlves of the Grange
who led the opposition to the roads
bill passed at the regular session. The
liovernor had every reason to assume
that these same men. hostile In their
opposition to any state-aid legislation
on the subject, would prove Just as
obstreperous In the deliberations of the
aoe-'lal Good Koads Commission. of
mhl'h they were made members.
-What Is more. Governor West knew
in advauee of the meeting of this Com
mission that one of the purposes of
the conference was to draft a bill that
would Insure state aid. l:t some fcrm.
!n building permanent highways
throughout the state. As a natural
consequence, these very same men have
repudiated the work of the Commission
of which they were member and in
the deliberations of which they par
ticipated, ar.d today are out openly and
act.relr fighting the measures recom
mended. oa' Art, Vpkeld.
"Of course. It Is all right for our
Democratic Governor to J-lay politics,
but for one I seriously object to his
present prorramrr.e of attempting to
shift responsibility to the members of
the Legislature whl.'h properly belongs
to hi m and to him alone. Members of
the Legislature acted In good faith
last Winter and enacted legislation
which Insured a systematic plan for
building good roads. To make a grand
stand play. Governor West vetoed these
measures and at the same time adver
tised to t-e state the big saving he
was effecting of the taxpayers' money.
If he really wants good roads legisla
tion row. let him abandon his game
of politics, which he has played Inces
santly since assuming office, and per
nujy assume the responsibility for
the need of a epeclal session and not
try to make political capital out of a
situation of which he. unaided. Is the
creator, by undertaking to charge that
responsibility to tne Legislature."
COVEHXOK IS HELD TO BLAME
Washington County Senators Not
Enthused Over Special Session.
HILLSBORO. Or, Sept. SI. (Spe
cial.) Neither Senator Barrett nor
Senator Wood, of Washington County.
Is enthusiastic over the proposal of
Governor West to call a special session
of the Legislature to consider road
legislation. Senator Barrett expressed
himself as believing that nothing
would be accomplished by calling; the
body together, its said that as far ui
the Senate waa concerned, he thought
members had acted upon their beat
judgment In the road bills passed.
These bills did not meet the approval
of tha Governor and he had vetoed
them. But he said it did not follow
that Fenators who passed the vetoed
bills had changed their opinions be
cause of the vetoes, and for that rea
son there waa no reason to believe
road blllJ passed at a special aesalon
would meet the Governor's approval
any mora than did those passed last
Winter.
Senator "Wood Is frank In his asser
tion that a special session was put
forward by the Governor to settle the
question of his vetoed bills. Mr. Wood
said he thought the Governor to blame
for the necessity for road legislation
PORTLAND IN PLAN
Vancouver-Klickitat.Pass Line
to Invade City.
BACKING FOUND STRONG
French Bond Buyer- to Take All
$8,000,600 to $1070 0 0,0 0 0 Is
ene Railway Proposes) to Tse
Bridges of North Baak.
Plana of H. L. Harmon, of Chi
cago, and capitalists associated with
him In the construction of an elec
trlo railway line between Vancouver.
Wash., and Klickitat Pass. Include the
Invasion- of Portland over the North
Bank's Columbia and Willamette Klver
brldRes and tha construction of a
NEW LEWIS RIVER ELECTEI0 LINE TO OPERATE OVER
COLUMBIA AND WILLAMETTE RIVER BRIDGES
INTO PORTLAND.
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TIPS.VY II1F SHOW) POITK OF PROPOsRD ROAO PTEXETRATIXG
RICH FRMT, TIMBER 1SD ICE.MC DISTRICTS.
at a special session. He admits that
the bills pawed last Winter were far
from perfect, but believes they -Uld
have been given a trial and If defects
developed, they could have been
"Senator Wood charges that the Gov
ernor waa influenced by certain Inter
ests opposed to having road funds ex
pended under the direction of the coun
ty courts and favoring a state commis
sion. "Had It not been for this" aM
he "the state would have had good
road laws without the necessity for a
speclal session." If the -esslon l
called he said be was opposed to It be
ing limited to any particular purpose.
STATE WITNESS GONE
TRI-VIi OP ALLEGED BCXKO OIL
PROMOTERS HALTED. -
Prosecution Vnnble to Find G. T.
Krllcy. Land locator Hearing
Set for October 10.
Circuit Judge Gantenbeln yesterday
set October 10 as the date of the trial
of W. H. Whlteaker. L. a Hammer. H.
G Lucker and E. C, Lucker. accused
of selling oil stock In a company which
owned no oil lands, and announced that
If the state ha- not Its witnesses on
hand at that time the charges' against
the men will be dismissed. They were
Indicted In May and Jud.to Oantenbeln
agreed with their attorneys that they
are entitled to a speedy trial.
Tha case waa on the calendar for
Wednesday, but leputy District At
torney Paga asked for a contlnuiinea
because of tha absence of O. T. Kelley.
star witness for the state. Deputy Sher
iff Salisbury had epent two- days tn
North Yamhill, where Kelley Is said
to be In hiding, with a bench warrant
for the arrest of the witness, but Sal
isbury returned empty handed.
The specific charge asalnst the men
Is that they Induced Mary J. Cola to
mortgage her property for IlO.OuO and
Invest It In the stock of a company
formed and capttallied for 300.0o on
the strength of notices plastered at
various points on S00 acres of Kern
County. California, land, announcing
their Intention to locate and develop
the property. Their claim was
Jumped." It as asserted, before they
acquired title, and the state alleges
that they went on selling stock despite
this fact, using samples of oil and oll
bearlng sand procured the state knows
not where, but not from their own
land. It is asserted. .
i - 1 1 ' li-nnrtnnr II a Witness
comes from the fact that he was the
prospector who located lands for tho
accus-ed men In California. He can give
full particulars as to what was dona
relative to obtaining land, declares
leputy District Attorney Pace.
The attorneys for the defense ex
pressed a wlllingnese) to stipulate with
Deputy Fage what Kelley would testi
fy to. but this course was prevented
bv the fact that the state constitution
demands that a person accused of a
crime be confronted by the witness
aeainst him. Depositions may be used
under certain conditions. Judge Gan
tenbeln say, but the state haa not
Kellev's deposition.
A. if. Blatchley. an attorney for the
defense, and L. C. Hammer and C. F.
A. Feckl. two of the accused men.
have filed affidavits declaring that
Ieputy Page waa warned that ls wit
nesses might leave the state and that
It would be best to obtain their attend
ance 'n some way.
GIRL PLAINTIFF ABSENT
Court Orders vTliat Defendant, ti
Tears Old, Be Dismissed.
Because the complaining witnesses,
the girl In the case and her parents,
failed to appear la Judge Kavanaugh's
court to prosecute a charge against
John Ditch, age 65. the Judge, on motion
of Deputy District Attorney Dennlson.
dismissed the charge and ordered that
the prisoner be given his liberty. Ditch
was Indicted by the August grand Jury.
The defendant, who Is subjeot to
nervous spells and periods of poor
heart action, appeared in court In care
of a nurse. More than a dosen witnesses
were on hand to testify In bis behalf.
branch line Into the productive fruit
districts north of Vancouver.
K. K. Krnsberger. manager of the
railway department of the Mount Hood
Railway & power Company, who repre
sented Mr. Harmon at the recent meet
ing of the Vancouver City Council when
a franchise was asked, declares that
the project Is well financed and that
those Interested in It are ready to begin
actual work at once.
Mr. Krnsberger denies that he Is In
terested personally In the project or
that the Mount Hood Interests are in
any way connected with It. He and
Mr. Harmon have been friends for
many years and he acted for him at
Vancouver In a personal capacity. Mr.
Harmon will be here In a few weeks
and take charge of the situation.
That the road seems to be on a sound
financial footing Is evidenced by the
fact that two brokers representing
a French syndicate It bond buyers have
been In Portland for the last few days.
They, express their Intention of sub
scribing for the entire bond Issue,
which will probably total 18.000.000 or
$10,000,000.
Orchard to Be Tapped.
While the main purpose of the com
pany Is to build a line along the north
fork of the Lewis River toward Klicki
tat Pass, another road approximating
15 miles In length will be built Into the
productive orchard district Immediately
north of Vancouver. This territory al
ready Is well developed and an electrio
railroad. It Is believed, can operate at
a profit from the start.
The main line along the Lewis River
will serve first as a carrier for the or
chard district along the river valleys,
then In a similar capacity for the
heavily timbered district on the west
ern slope of the Cascades, and finally,
as a means of reaching the famous
caves of the mountains, where It Is pro
posed to establish hotels and a place
for Summer homes.
The feasibility of extending tha line
northward toward North Yakima and
forming a connection with one of the
transcontinental roads has been point
ed out. and it is believed that this plan
finally will be taken up.
Land and Timber Bought.
Mr. Harmon and his associates al
ready have obtained control of exten
sive real estate and timber Interests
In the section to be traversed by the
new road, and It Is their purpose to
develop these as the line is completed.
It Is their Intention also to operate
Into Portland at once, thus giving this
city the benefit of the vast trade sure
to grow along the Lewis River and
north of Vancouver.
As the North Bank bridge Is oper
ated with common-user privileges no
difficulty would be encountered in
crossing the river. Gasoline could be
substituted as the motive power In en
tering Portland. It Is not likely that
electrification of the bridges would be
permitted.
LABOR EUREAUSEEKS SITE
Tresent Offices of City's Free Agen
cy Must Be Vacated.
Tents may have to be brought into
use in order that the city may con
tinue to operate Its free employment
bureau. The present location of the
office on Madison street haa been rented
and It Is doubtful if room can be
bad in the City HalL - Landlords all
over the city have refused to rent
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MULTNOMAH COUNTY
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PROGRAMME TODAY,
FRIDAY, BZPT. 22nd.
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Competitivo Drills by several of
the Fraternal drill teams of Portland,
Among them vill be:
Rose City Drill Team, SI. W. W.
Webfoof Camp Drill Team, W.
0. W.
Races by the Gresham-Riverside
Amusement Club.
Farmers' raee, purse $50.
. Colt race, 3-years and under, trot
ter or pacer, purse $100.
2:30 trot, purse $130.
Bucking contest, $50.
Continuous Dancing at the Pavilion
from 2 to 11 o'clock P. M.
Plenty of pood side shows and attractions.
Take cars at First and Alder.
their places for this purpose. The pres
ent quarters of the employment bureau
must be vacated October 1.
At a special meeting -of the Board,
yesterday afternoon, Fresident Clyde
and Secretary Ledwedpe, after con
sultation with ilessrs. Hornby and
Rector, of the Executive uSard's City
Hall committee, decided to Introduce
an ordinance, setting aside two rooms
on the ground floor of the City Hall
for the use of the bureau. However,
should this fall to pass, it was Toted
to set up two tents on the Fourth
street side of the building and Install
the employment offices in them.
HIGH SHBER IS HERE
J. F. TREAT, IMPERIAL POTEN
TATE, VISITS COCXCIL.
Mystic Dignitary Is Received in
Portland With Honor Itnnqnet
to B Served Tomorrow.
J. K. Treat, Imperial potentate for
North America of the Ancient Arabic
Order, Xobles of the Mystic fhrine,
arrived in Portland at 6 o'clock last
night, and was met at the Union Depot
by the official divan of Al Kader Tem
ple, the Arab patrol under Captain
William Davis and Lieutenant Ueorge
Robertson, and Brown's band. Poten
tate Treat la accompanied by Kills
Lewis Gurretson, of Tacoma, captain
of the guard of the Imperial Divan,
and by Ciorge Plrle, a member of the
order and old friend of Potentate
Treat. They have been with him since
he arrived In Seattle.
The party was escorted to the Im
perial Hotel, which Potentate Treat
will make his headqaarters while in
Portland. He was entertained at din
ner, lost nlftht. The party will po for
an automobile ride to Troutdale today,
then south to OreRon City, returning
to Portland by the West Side route,
and visltinsr Council Crest. A recep
tion will be given In his honor at Al
Kader Temple tonight, and tomorrow
he will tour the city. A banquet at the
Commercial Club tvlll be tendered him
tomorrow night, and at 1:30 .A. M.
Sunday mornina; he will "leave for Ash
land, escorted by a special delegation.
Just a
.Few
Grands in
It is not often that one is able to
buy a beautiful Grand piano at the .
price that you would ordinarily
pay for an upright.
"We are to sell the remainder of
these Baby show pianos this week
Included in tins array are still to
be found tiny Baby Grands, Quar
ter Grands, "Parlor Grands, Demi
Grands, Studio Grands and the
Great Concert Grands. All the
styles, including Colonial and Louis
XV are included.
Don't imagine because the price
has been so radically reduced that
quality has been sacrificed. Come
prepared to secure the Nation's
best.
In several cases the price is just
one-half the regular figure. For
instance, you can now buy a Chick
ering Grand at a saving of $275, a
Sohmer Grand at a saving of $325,
a Lester Grand at $435 under price;
on a Kimball Grand you save $360,
and you can buy a Steinway &
Sons' Grand piano at $415 less than
is asked for the same thing else
where. Grand pianos at such prices do
not remain on our floors long. The
attention of music teachers is par
ticularly invited to these pianos.
The Nation's
Largest
Piano Dealers
More
Ins Big Sale 0f:l 'IP
Chickering Grands at
Big Reductions
Sohmer Grands at
Big Reductions
Kimball Grands at
Big Reductions
Steinway Grands at
Big Reductions
Lester Grands at
Big Reductions
New Ones and Used Ones
Now in the- New Building
at 7th and Alder .
Forty Stores
in Principal
Western Cities
He will go thence to Spokane, and
thence East.
Potentate Treat is on his annual In
spection tour. Of the 128 temples In
the United States he has visited 2
since the meeting of the Imperial
Council In Rochester, N. Y., In July.
The Imperial Council will be held in
Los Angeles next year. It Is probable
Portland will make a bid for it in
1914.
This is Potentate Treat's third visit
to Portland. He passed through Port
land on his way to the Imperial Coun
cil in San Francisco in 1902, and again
on his way to Los Angeles in 1907.
Coat Sale
Continued Friday and Saturday
if w
! -: in
41 W
pjUR Store
thronged
with eager buy
ers, appreciating
the unusual op
portunities that
are being offered
in this sale.
You should not
miss this event!
It is the best buy
ing opportunity
of the season.
COME
Season's Smartest Coats ClH fn
In Eyery Wanted Style lU P
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NOTE
Owing to holi
day Store will
not ' open till
5 P.M. Saturday
SALE OF MILLINERY
The reception committee is composed
of W. C. Bristol. D. C. Tomasinl, Harvey
Beckwith, G. W. Stapleton. W. A. Cle
land, B. G. Whitehouse, W. E. Grace,
J. P. Moffett, J. F. Drake, W. A. Avery,
W. C Holman and A. Bachrodt.
Valley Physicians to Meet Dec. T.
ALBANY, Or., Sept. 21. (Special.)
All of the physicians of the central
part of the Willamette Valley will
jueet In this city in a big medical gath
ering on December 7. The Central
Willamette Medical Association, which
is composed of the physicians of Linn,
Benton and Lincoln counties, will hold
Its quarterly meeting here at that time
and has Invited the medical associa
tions of Marlon and Lane counties to
meet with them. Dr. Morton, of San
Francisco, a prominent surgeon, will
address the meeting and papers will
also be presented by Dr. M. B. Mar
cellus and other physicians of Portland.
The former Shah has riven up a pension
of $2500 a year In order to head ' a move
ment to regain his throne.
Edlefse-'s coals are best. C 2301.
Announcement
Northern Pacific Ry
EVERY DAY in the year, there starts east
from Portland at 9:55 A. M., a through
train for Chicago over the North Bank,
Northern Pacific and Burlington Lines. It ar
rives at Union Station, Chicago, 12:00 o'clock
noon, the third day, making the trip in 72 hours
and 5 minutes.
J Standard drawing room and leather upholstered tourist'
sleeping cars, coaches and dining cars provide electric
lighted accommodations of highest character. This train
stops at the important cities of Spokane, Missoula, Helena,
Billings, Forsyth, Miles City, Terry, Glendive, Mandan,
Bismark, Jamestown, Fargo, Minneapolis and Saint Paul,
besides other important intermediate points. Immediate
connection is afforded to Butte and also to Duluth and
Superior.
J At Minneapolis, Saint Paul and Chicago, convenient
connection is made with other lines for important points
east and south.
JThe equipment is thoroughly modern, the dining car
service of such excellence a3 to have gained a country,
wide reputation, and punctuality is a feature of the serv
ice toward which every effort is exerted.
J From this train the passenger sees the beautiful Colum
bia Eivr, the Rocky Mountains and the fertile fanning
lands of North Dakota by daylight. The forenoon be
fore arrival at Chicago gives the traveler, also, an en
trancing view of the beautiful rolling prairie farm lands
of Illinois.
IJThis service is strongly recommended to the traveler
going East it will be found of Northern Pacific high
standard.
Low round trip fares East are in effect September 25 and
October 2 S 17, 18 and 19. Liberal limit with stop-overs. Tou are
earnestlv 'invited to call at our Portland City Office, 225 Morrison
Bt.. or telephone Main 244 or A 1244 for tickets, sleeping car reser
vations or any Information.
A. D. CHARLTO.V. AaaUtant General Passenger Agent, Portland.
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