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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1911)
TTTE 3ronXTXO OREGOMA5, TTEDXESDAT, VTmTTR 1, 10A 12 EXPOSITION SITE BEST FOR BIG HALL Mayor and Jury on Auditorium Location Pick Nineteenth and Washington, MORE BONDS REQUIRED RoaMltfht Advocates BaUdta of Structure That Will M Xec! of Portland IS Tears From Xow Tlrport Filed. Bmaum of the fruaOofi td ar ranmnt of tho street at th old Exposition bulMlnir !t at Nineteenth and Washington street, that lt U favored by Mayor Rushlight and mem bra of the Auditorium architectural -omptmon Jury fcr the Auditorium. Tho Jury yesterday announced It opinion of tho proposed its and Myor Hushllicht mi'tt public h!a view, all favortnir tho Exposition st?. Mayor RushiiKht declared that ba fiTort tho Issuance of mora bond to build tho Auditorium with rortland of IS year from now In rlow aa well aa I'ortland of today. "My policy. said Mayor Rushlight "Is that public fund hould be spent Judiciously In vry mm. The Audi torium phould bo on grounds Urn mooch for a flrst-clas building-. suffi cient to accommodate the cltlsens not of today alone, but of IS yoara from row. It should bo situated o:rpMo aiy m such a art of tho city a will i in tn natural trend of traffic and provided with proper tre tear accori modatloaa lart;e atreeta for eonvty anrew and' for tha accommodation of 600 or 13.009 person comlDf from or aolna; to tha building, all without congestion. Mora Boa da A a re-rate. "Forsonally I favor iroinir to tho peo ple and requesting; tha laauance of mora bond of sufficient amount to artutre tha accessary sua, so that tha M'lQ.ooo appropriated for the butldlnjr will not be eipended for an Auditorium which will be Inadequate In a few yeara It la a question which ahould be vtren careful consideration by tha Auditorium commission. It la much better to take a little time In selecting the location and then construct a build Ins; which will meet the needa Spend ing the money Judicially ln this caea means looklns: to the future. -1 believe that If It came to a vote tho people would recommend a bulldlns; of rood slae and In a location natural ly fitted to the Portland of tha future. "personally, of all the sttea sub mitted for consideration I think the old Eiposltloo building site Is the best adapted to the purpoaea Having areas to the various atreeta. Including Kumslda. Washington. Morrison. Chap man and tho others, there would be no congestion of traffic during big gather ings even If conveyance were per mitted to stand at the In tersectlona To have this site the city may have to add ISOO.OO or $.100,001) expense to the building fund, but It seems to m to be a wlsa Investment. "A to the Par block alt. I think this ahould be reserved for a publlo market. Beauaev rtaa la View. The Auditorium Jury reported on th Kxpoaltlon building alt aa th most favorable for several reason, among which la the fsct that It I In accord with a general plan for a uniform group of building, aa arranged In tha Hennett plan for a "City iieautlf uL" The Jury report la: l"OKTT-ANl. Or, October II. (To th Publlo Autlltrlurn Commission of th City of Portland. or.) Jnllemen: Yfur Jury that reported to you upoa the merit of the architectural compe tition for the propound public auditor ium ha. In tri-or(!4Qi' with your re quest, examined Into the merit of the tveral propose.! site that have been under considers ltn as the location for this building. TJ-.ree of these sites are eei'h In therrslvc possessed of char acteristics shl-h command attention. Market llloek. Flrt This belnc public property, the city being disposed to set same aside for auditorium purroses. It appar rently ha the merit of availability upon economical grounds. It helng but 30 feet square. It Is not sufficient In area nnd It would be necessary to va cate Market street between Second and Thirl streeta an. I would require th purchase of at l"t 6 feet In depth of the property fronting on th lout!) el.'e of Market street. Fven with the ad iltional !inl thus acquired, your pro po,l hufl-llrig would cover Its entire area, leavtnir nothing but the actual etre't space surrounding a building to which It Is erect-d that upon occa sion as many aa l'V-oo people will be Attracted. Sii' h a b ill Mng as you pro poe slouM first of all be so situated that t rouM not or.lv be enlarge, tut be at the enme time eurroun!e1 by open space of a gri-nter width than the ,1j-nt atreeta Finally, with rerard to this location, we d:reot your atten tion to the fact tNat your proposed building. m-mumtnlAl in character as It may easily be. viould practically b lst to you aa forrr.ing on of any group of public bulldlns to which tl- I eopie of Portland n. Kht point with pride. Park nioeks. The sngresfe.1 purchase of an addi tion.! block of land adjoining the Park block between trre riev County Court bouse and th Cite Mill, the convert ing of same Into additional park pace, placing tne au !ttorum In the center tf this combined area, thu convert ing your rrecnt park covering two block Into two disconnected park of ere block each, cannot commend Itself. Tat you would thus hav by thl r-tetnd three puMle buildings, to-wlt: Th Courthouse. City Hall and Auditor ium, facing upon lhee two mall park la a disorderly. In liarmon loua arrange ment under a vain delusion that thl would give you a civic center, or a group of bullying commensurate with such aa IJeai. would not Justify this location. rMs-stloa fit. Tr property lying between Wash ington street ar 1 th extension of Morrison street, forming an Irregular triangle, haa been examined by n and would be of sufficient arsa for the purpose desired and leave additional spec besides, with atreeta surround ing th four side of th whole. Thl sit would. In point of accessibility, b within easier reach from aii parte of your city than ettfcer of th other un der discussion. DeoaoiT. The claim that the Mutet block should be most favorably considered for the reason that It la already owned by th city, ought not to be seriously considered. Th more property pur chased by th city at tha rreient time, the better off the city will be at any future time. Th'. point ought not to require serious argument to demon strate Its truth. CI vie Ceafer. Portland baa a unique opportunity to rrea:e a clvio center ar.d ahould not fall to take full advantage of same. An exhaustive study of the profeiem would resu.t In a dignified group plan of a civic center, composed of the follow ing public buildings now contemplated or of almost Immedla. future necea tty via: Th completed County Court house Building, the new Pcstofflc. a saw CUT eie.i. Cie r-JEuWJo I.brarx nuiiaing, eaa rrBniwuii m . , . fine arts. It cannot be doubted but that ahortly all these buildings will be under course of construction, and their final completion a publlo necessity within 10 yeara It will not cost th City of Portland any more to have these building o designed and o lo oated that they will form a harmonlou group loan If am ar scattered at variou locations la a disconnected manner. Besuaert Flaa. Th City of Portland at the Instance of the Clvlo Improvement League la In possession of a comprehensive plan containing aa xbautlv analysla of th problem Involved In It develop ment and growth. Upon till plan you will find toat the logK-al conclusions reached by Mr. Bennett (whom we. your Jury. Believe to be a most highly trained xprt In city planning, no on ! having, to our knowledge, special ised in this branch of our profession to the degree reached by him) located th Auditorium on th brpoililon lte. VVe, thrfor. unanimously reoom mend that your oonrmlsslon adopt the Exposition alt aa tLe location for your proposed building. KIHTLA.VD CUTTER. WILLIS POLK. 500 ARE SHOWN PLANT ryiOX MEAT COMPAXT 13 EX CTRSIOX HOST. City Offlcdaia, Ibrpreejc n tatl vea of Grange) and Improvement Clube Ke Every PToceasv. Invited by C C Colt. gnral man ager, mora than 600 cltlien of Port land, men and women, wer enter tained at th Union Meat Company plant on Columbia Slough yterday morning, under th auspices of th East rlde Business Men Club. Spe cial lectrlo car wr provided for th trip to the plant. Representative from th Consumer League, th Physicians Aoclatlon. th Patron of Husbandry and all th Improvement clubs, representing 10 different organ laatlona. attended. Among the special guest wr Councilman Baker and Wallace and City Auditor Barbur. representing th city; It. W. PnashalL J. J. Johnson. H. A. Darnell and Andrew Miller, of the Patron of Huibandry: M. O. Collin, president of th L'nltd Improvement Club Association; Pan Kllahr, pre Ident of th East Bid Business Min i Association; I. M. Lepper and C C Hall: C H. Welch. Mount Tabor Im provement Club: H. O. Paraons. North Mount Tabor Club, and Oeorg H. Hockenyoa, of Lowr Alblna Pa Club. Thar were no delays and the ear went right to th plant, through the district of Kenton, which has a popu lation of J600. that the excursionists might view oro of th big factorle recently completed. l'ssslng over a trestle more than tOOO feet long the care etopped at the exchange building of the Portland Union Stock Varda where Inspection of the plant started. Under the direction of men from the company groups of 25 wer taken through all the departmente of the plant from the stockyards, through th plant of the Union Meat Company, where th vUltor wer hown all th various process from th t!m ani mals ar killed to the time the carca aea are hung In the cooling-room. All operatlona were explained to ahow the preparation of food product for dl trtbutlon tn Portland, throughout th Northwet and for axport. Method of Inspection of carcassea by the United State Government wr also shown. Every department was visited, the In spection requiring about two houra, A general reception waa held at th company restaurant after th Inspec tion and thr lunchon wa ervd. Th luncheon menu comprised prod uct of th plant. upplemnted by a great variety of fruit. sister1thin jail GITCL ENTERS RA STILE TO COM FORT RELATIVE. FEW APPLES SENT Oregon Growers Slow In En- terlng Contest for Prize. WASHINGTON MEN FIRST Los of Prisoner" ITat Reveals Heroism of Daughter of Wealthy Spokane Family. One daughter In JalL another, only If years old. lodging with th prisoner for companionship while he makes every effort to liberate her lster. and two ldrly and wealthy parent In Spokane. Ignorant of the plight of their child, are the principal actors In a tory of th County Jail which was brought to light yeaterday through the kleptomaniac tendenclea of Mae Jones, a woman of the umlerworld, frequently In the hands of the police. When Mae Jones, who became notorious through her alleged theft of 11 diamond rings from Jacob Kutner. was released from the Jail Monday, she wore a hat valued at 3T. the prop erty of Nora Walsch. another prisoner. Bertha Walsch. sister of the victim, filed complaint with the District At torney, and Incidentally brought atten tion to the fact of her own presence In the Jail. Nor Walsch. a divorcee, daughter of a wealthy hotel owner of Spokane, wa arrested recently on a charge of stealing a plum. Although asserting that another girl took the decoration, she waa convicted and sentenced to the County Jail. She wrote to her sister Bertha, saying that she was 111. and the sister. 1 years old. obtaining 1150 from her parents, came to Portland. She fourvd Nora In the County Jail, nnd commenced proceedings Immediately to obtain a pardon. She ha been to Salem and Interviewed Governor West. While awaiting th outoom h haa lodged at th County JalL Scarcely had th warrant been placed In th hands of th pollc for service, when a telephone message recalled It. Returning to the Jail, the complainant ran upon Mae Jone. on her way to re turn ah hat, which she said aha had Just borrowed until h could get one of her own. Twice before she had been in the hand of the police for stealing clothing, and her latest escap waa haJidlng out aa tlpa to boy, diamond ring, part of th loot taken from Jacob Kutner. keeper of a North End reort VACCINATION NOT BLAMED State IlealUs Officer Says Child Died of SltMitngltia. Jama Mandarin BHce. the six-year-old colored child of Newark. N. J- re ported recently to have died of vacci nation, died in reality of tubercular meningitis, according to Information received by Dr. Calvin a White, of th Oregon Slate Board of Health. When rr. white raw the new report of th case he wrote to Dr. David Chandler, health commissioner of New Jersey. rr. Chandler replied that the boy died suddenly, and that before the physicians had made a teat they had difficulty In determining the exact cause of death. The child waa said to have had lockjaw, but a teat of the spinal fluid revaalad tubercular bacilli La iafs vintlty. With Ids dosed All Competitors tmt Two at Madlson-Strnare Gar den Are From Neighboring' Stat Awards Bis;. Oregon applesrowers apparently have been derelict In entering the competi tion for the cash prise of 1500. offered by President Elliott, of the Northern Pacific for the best display of 25 boxes of apples, any variety, exhibited at the American Land Irrigation Ex position at Madison-Square Garden, New fork. November 1-18 Inclusive. At any rate, entrioa have been olosed and the list of If competitors oonalst en tirely of Washington orchardlata with but two exceptions. They are aa fol lows! Beslry tk fringes. North Tsklma, John 11. Elites. Toppenlsh. H. it. Gilbert, North Tsklma. Robert Johnson. North Yakima, Elmer B. Johnson, Prosser, t'lrlch C Johnson, Toppenlsh, J. D. Laughlln. Toppenlsh, Harry Maxted. owner and Frank L. Howtlng. man ager. North Yakima. C H. Pearl, Pros ser. Ella D. Rowland. Toppenlsh, C C. Oreageson, Prosser, Tsklma- Eualld Fruit Company, Prosser, Ernest C Hill. Selah, John Scoon, Sunnyslde, Olson Fruit Company. Toppenlsh. C. Tlchacek, Moses Lake. Laughlln McLean. Spo kane, all of Washington; H. A Brlgg, Victor, and S. W. A Wilson. Paradise, Montana. At this same exposition. President Elliott, of the Northern Pacific, and other Individuals will glv away sev eral orchard and farming tract by popular allotment. Among these tracts Is 10 acres In Dawson County, Mon tana, It miles northwest of Terry, on the Northern Taclflo Railway. This land Is gently rolling and Is adapted to dry farming. Among the other allot ments of land are farms, orchards and Irrigated tracte In several of the West ern statea Among these ar ten acre of Irrigated land near Roswell. New Mexico, given by the Western Irrigated Land Orchard Company, of New York City, and a five-acre pecan orchard at Tallahaasee. Fla., donated by Presi dent Stlllwell. of the Florida Pecan Endowment Company. PASSEXGER SCHEDULE MADE Portland-Tillamook Servloe Will Be gin Xot Later Than Monday. Announcement was made yesterday by E. E. Ia-tle. president of the Pacltlo Railway & Navigation Company, that his company expected not later than next Monday to Inaugurate a regular freight and passenger ervlce between thl city and Tlllnmook. Promise of a big frelirht and pasenger business from th be-glnnlng of thl prospective serv ice baa moved the company to aban don It original plan of operating a mixed train. A regular paasonger service of three coaches In addition to neeeasary freight train will bs oper ated from the beginning. Under tha schedule, as It has been arranged, the morning passenger train out of Portland: will leav over the Southern Paclflo at 7:10 A. St.. connect ing with the Lytle road to Hlllsboro. leaving that point at 8:60 A. M. This train will arrive at Tillamook at :J6 P. M. The morning train from Tilla mook will loave Tillamook at T:5 A M.. arrive at Hlllsboro at 1:15 P. Al and reach Portland at 4:40 F. M. CALVIN" BEGETS HIS DUTIES Vice President of Southern Paclflo Will Direct Operating; Department Direction of th operating depart ment of the Southern Paclflo will today be assumed by E. E. Calvin, vice president of that railroad system. L. B, Fields, superintendent of the South ern Paclflo for the Oregon division as It formerly was operated, it is under stood, will be retained as superintend ent of the systom under the reorganlxa tlon of the Harrlman lines In this ter ritory. Officials of thai operating and traffic departments of the Southern Pacific, as It will be operated and conducted following Its segregation from the Union Paclflo organisation, have not been officially announced o far aa could be learned at the local Harrlman oftleee yesterday. A to the peronnel of thl ofliclnl ataff there Is more or lcs speculation but the final determi nation of who will be who rests with president Sproule, of the Southern Pa cific, from whom an official announce ment from San Francisco Is expected hourly. FOUR DENY LIQUOR SALES Indian Too Dronk to Appear, At torney Enter Flea. Four men were to have appeared be fore the United States District Court yesterday to plead to Indictments In connection with selling liquor to In diana Foster Lane, an Indian, charged with perjury, waa In the Federal build ing at the required time, but was too drunk to appear In court, and a plea of not gui:ty wa entered by hl attor ney. William White pleaded not guil ty to a similar charge, as did Henry Johnson and Loyal Chandler, charged with selling liquor to Indiana on the Sllets reservation. They will be tried in the November term of court. "Raxzle Daaxle" Johnson, whose given name has not been learned, waa lndtot ed by the Federal gTand Jury for sell ing liquor to a Klamath Indian at Ijkkerlew. At the same time a not true bill was returned against Albert Mar tin on a charge of havlnr sold liquor on the Sllets reservation. Two other In dictments wera also roturnsd In similar cases. M , This grand Jury Is sngaged In Inves tigating alleged census frauds, under direction of special prosecutors, and Is not expected to make another report until the last of this week. Ilusband Allowed Dayt Grace. Alex Haberman .must pay 140 to his wife, Mary Haberman. from whom h Is seeking a divorce, by tonight or go to Jail for contempt of court Judge Gatens so ruled yesterday morning. The divorce action was begTin early last Spring but ha not come to trial because of Haberman'a failure to pay Mrs. Haberman $20 a month during the ipendency or tne acuon as uruerca vj fjudge Gantenbein. Haberman was cited for contempt of toun lor tne second time yesterday. The mlaeral wealth of TJruruay is begin ning to attract the attention of ths capital ists of Europe, for within Ita limits are to a l3LUi aaair evetx knowa mineral, ri Regarding Profitable Investments " --i i ",r n ,i is'.', l a tr Jyf tip MONEY IN THE -BANK EARNS 3 TO 4 Everybody Shcrald Have a Bank Acooiint. GOVERNMENT BONDS DRAW ABOUT 4 They Are a Good Investment. . FARM AND CITY MTGS. REALIZE 6 OR 7 They Are Very Desirable. APTS. STORES, FLATS, ETC., NET 10 TO 20 They Offer First-class Investment. A PARKR0SE ACRE TRACT Should Net You 50 to lOOo Within the Next Year You know land la tho basis of all wealth. Good land, "clow in' is especially valuable. Parkroae i particularly desirable for many good reasons. In its location, just one mile beyond Bote City Park, in a straight fine on the Sandy Road, in the direct path of the city's most rapid gnxwth. To be on one of the best oarline. in the city. To havts modern city cvenienoes-rater, electrio lights, telephones, etc In addition to all this the soil of Parkrose is second to none. Deep, rich, productive, It will raise vegetables, fruite, berries, et to perfection. ASPARAGUS, for instance, will produce phe nomenal yields A3 HIGH AS $300 PER ACRE by highly fertilizing and with a little care. Jou cannot do that on any old kind of soil but you can do it in Parkrose. And so, taking all these points in favor of Parkrose into consideration, it is safe to say that it offers the opportunity of tha hour an investment worth while. Think of it Parkrose Acres As Low as Ral.ii 50 Actually less than you have to pay for one lot jost a little closer to the city. It wont be long until Parkhurst lots will be worth as much as Parkrose acres are today. Invest in Parkrose it you want to make more than 3, 4, 6, 10 or 20 per cent on your investment Buy in Parkrose to win. Call on ua or call us up. We're waiting to take you out to see this magnificent property. Ground Floor Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Fourth and Stark Streets Phones, Main 208, A 2050 LOOK LOOK L , BIG LAND OPENING In the Famous Rogue River Valley We are placing on the market nearly 2000 acres in this rich Valley, sub-divided into ten- acre tracta at $65 AN ACRE UP Small Payment Down Balance $1 AN ACRE Each Month These Itogne Kiver Valley ten-acre Orchard Tracts are located close to the beautiful dty of Medford and adjoins the Western Oregon Orchard Company's tracts, containing over 3000 acres nearlv half of which are now planted. Our instructions are to place these tracts on the market at above prices for 30 days only, after December 1. The price will be raised at least 10 per cent. Rogue Biver Valley Most Perfect Fruit Belt in the World Read What a Gov ernment Expert Says: Prof. P. J. O'Gara, Pathologist of the Department of Agriculture, who is in charge of the Govern ment field work in the Pacific Coast States, says: "I have examined and studied all the fruit regions of the United States, Southern Canada and Northern Mexico, as well as the principal fruit regions of Europe, and I can truthfully say that nowhere in the world are conditions so favorable for fruit as In tne Rogue River Valley.' It is the most perfect fruit belt in the world. Join one of our excursions to this rich Valley and see for yourself what a splendid prop osition we have to offer you. Free Trip to All Buyers. For full particulars write or call on the - Southern Land Co. 919 Chamber of Commerce Building mm wiVr2& $5.00 Bags FOR Jut Miows YDOUt une-nau.rt.ciuni oiz,c s. tmm $1.95 German Silver, Kid Lined 6 inches high and 6 inches wide Special $.95 I. HOLSMAN & GO. 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