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FAIR DEAL URGED FOR ELECTRIC LINE Substitute Ordinance for Fourth-Street Franchise Is Advised. EAST SIDE DELEGATES LOSE Portland Business Men Favor Plana That TV111 Xot Handicap Soalh ra Pacific in' Electrification Throojh Cllr Road. Against the opposition of a delega tion from the East fld. which was led by Dan Kallaher. president of the Esst side Business Men's Club, a mass meet ing of the business men of Portland at the Commercial Club yesterrlay passed a resolution favoring a substi tute ordinance on tha Fourth-street franchise of tha Southern Pacific Com pany, which la to be, brought before the City Council this roorninar at :J0. Tha ordinance ortglnallr Introduced la calculated to take away tha com pany's franchise on Fourth street and. In view of tha fact that tha company Is contemplating spending II. 500.00 in converting Its present, system Into an Interorban electric railway con necting Portland with tha West Side citiea of the Willamette Valley, tne mass meetlna: was called by W. F. Woodward, president of the Portland R-tail Merchants' Association, to con rider the proposed ordinance and if possible to arouse sentiment In favor ft avoidlns- throwing any handicap In tha way of tha plan to electrify tha road. Praarblaa Claaaea Disease. Tba resolution, which had formerly been submitted to tha property owners of Fourth street, provldaa for a 25 year franchise containing both tha val uation clause and the common-user clause, rrantins; tha company the right to double-track and operate an electric interurban line. Independent of tha lit igation now goina; on between tha city and the railway company regarding present franchise rlghta upon that street. T. B. Wllcog. declaring himself In favor of Immediate establishment of the electric service, on that line, said that he believed they should Insist. In return for support of the company's substitute ordinance, upon Its agree ment to allow the common user clause to go Into effect upon the lines on First and Second streets on tha Kast Side. w. p. Fenton. representing the railway company, said that absolutely no asrment co'ild be made tinder such conditions. Han Kellaher came out strongly in support of the idea sug reeted by Mr. Wilcox and insisted that If the company is to be granted any onresstone on Fourth street, he be lieved tha people should Insist upon a i ommon user clause applied to Its lines un the East fide. Qaeatteaa P oared la. for nearly an hour the matter was argued back and forth. Mr. Fenton and Paul Sboup. representing tha railway company, answering a (Ira of ques tiora that were poured In upon them from all aides. Hy tilers declared himself opposed to tha establishment of any interur ban service on Fourth street and many speakers from tha East Side reiterated the demanda that had been made by Mr. Kellaher. J. B. La bar finally brought the mat ter to a vote by declaring. "I don't be lieve In tleing the Fast bide tall to our kite on tha West Mde in thla affair." and a motion was Immediately carried separating tha Fast Side claims from the Fourth-street franchise question. On motion of C. K. Henry the reso lution passed by the Fourth-street property owners, favoring the substi tute! ordinance, was carried. In both motions tha East Side delegation voted Mrongly In the negative. but was hopelessly In the minority. Wsrklsf C'osaasltee Xasaed. J. K. GUI. Paul Wesslnger. Pavld Stearns. Will F. L.lpman and Frank Sealy were appointed on a committee to represent the business men this morning at tha Council meeting and to work In favor of tha substitute ordl nsnce. The full text of the resolution is-as follows: Whereas, this meeting or properxT-o-n.r. snd easiness men of the Ctty of Portland dram it a mattsr of great importance to tlie lit of Portland and surrouodlne country thst tha wnrk of electrifying and doiiftle trarklng Fourth street and the electrifica tion ef the West Side lines and the transpor tation of raasensers. mall. bassajre and -pr s Into the City of Portland should not be prohibited, as emi to be now contemplatd y the penulng ordinance to revoke all rlints en Fourth sirset; snd. Wnerras. there Is pending litigation fete-sen the City of Portland and the (south em Pacific Company as to the respective riihte ef the parties aa to the canine en tirth slreet: snd Whtreaa. It Is dfslrsbte that Fourth street ha:i he electrified as soon as possible, snd th's lltlsatlon now pending between the 'it- of Portland and the railroad company rarnoi hi determined at once; and Whereas, the Oregon . California Tall rad Company, and the South-TO Psrlflc iompanv. Its lessee, have applied to the Common Courell for a franchise tn eieetrtfy and double-track said Fourth street: snd Whereas. ther is a difference of opinion between the railroad company, on the one side, and the City of Portland, on the other, as to the rlshts and prtvlleses. If any. now earned by the railroad company; no, therefore, he tt Resolved. That it is the sense of this meeting that aa a Just and fair compromise of the differences eslatlng betewen the rsll rosd company, on the one side, sod the City of Tirtlaad. on the other, thst the fol lowing course be taken; First That sn ordinance be introduced and passed by the Council mm a eub1ttue ror the ooe now pending, granting a 33-year r-aa-Mse In accordance with the provisions of the charter, containing both the value tu clause and the cemmoo-uasr clause and rraittnr the railroad company the right to h;ft Ita preeent track on said Fourth street sio to lav. construct and operate a, double trzrk under reasonable recuiatios as to eperatl'tn. to be operated soleW bv electric r" r and to permit the movement of rsss-ncer traffic, mall, baggage and express, rri.ler proper regulations. Suen ordinance 10 contain the eprss reeervailon that the j-wtlH or acceptance thereof shsM be with out prejy.llre t. the questions Involved In tlt- llr-gatlon between the city and lit rail road rotnpany and shall not be deemed to . i. re:iTiquter"nent ef any existing rights wM'-n ealo r l 'road cotnrenv now liava. or a -al.er of anv of the rights of the city, sr.-! a provision that the rights of the parties .-'-a:i be determined bv final decision of the n.M ef the questions Involved. It being ecr view that one track sboald come under ts- provisions and limitations of the char f -- s to common-user and 23 years, without eueetioo and that pending this litigation. fe other track should carry trlth It com -men-user and the 2o-yeer term, to be mod inert, if at s'.l. by the Anal decision of the roue's, thus settling the whole matter and eosoling the necessary Improvements to be ma 40 al ooeo. Northwestern Line at San Francisco, la at the Multnomah. j H. Staufer. a Payette contractor, is at the Oregon. J. E. Oates. a Seaside merchant. Is at the Carlton. W. 8. Hall, a merchant of SileU, is at tha Perkins. F. H. Arb. a Lytle merchant, is regis tered at the Perkina. M. A. Kent, a Toledo manufacturer. Is at the Multnomah. J. W. Parker, a Medford real estata dealer, la at tha Oregon. Pr. J. O. Kobb. of Hlllsboro, is reg latered at tba Cornelius. E. I. Donaldson, a Hlllsboro mer chant, is at tha Perkins. R. A. Cowden. a Sllverton mlllman. Is registered at tha Oregon. M. Gorman. Mayor of Cathlamct, is registered at the Imperial. j. B. McFall, an implement dealer of Eugene, la at the Perklna. U K. Howell, a real estata operator of Salem, la at tha Perklna. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hick ok. of San Francisco, are at the Bowers Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Manning, of Des Moines. Iowa, are at the Carlton. Vance Wolverton. a hardware mer chant of Spokane, is at tha Oregon. O. C. Flnlayson. a Hoqulam lumber man. Is registered at tha Portland. Judge Thomas Drake, of Klamath Falls, is registered at tha Imperial. F. C Tyler, a horaeman of Tha Dalles.' is registered at the Cornelius. W. E. Greenwood and J. H. Green wood, merchants of Dallas, are at the Perkins. Mr. and Mrs. John Ballle. tourists from Montreal, ara stopping at the Multnomah. J. R. Christie, a Hood River mer chant, is at the Carlton, accompanied by Mrs. Christie. F. W. Graham. Industrial agent of the Great Northern at Seattle, is regis tered at the Bowers. J. M. Anderson, cashier of the Scan dinavian-American bank of Astoria, la registered at the Multnomah, Captain George C. Flavel and wife and C. H. Callender and wife, of As toria, are registered at the Portland. F. T. Wrlghtman. grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias of Oregon. Is registered at the Imperial from ba le m. II. F. Wilson and E. J. Schneider. officials of the United States Steel Products Company, of San Francisco, are at the Multnomah. Julius Ashelm. connected with the Washington Trust Company, of Spo kane, la in tha city on business tor a few days. M. Douglass, of Duluth; W. K. O'Connell. of Houghton. Michigan, and J. B. Anderson, of Morris. Minn., prom inent tlmbermen from their sections. are at the Portland. CHICAGO. April 12. (Special.) Tha following from Portland. Or., are regis tered at Chicago hotels: From Portland Theodore B. Brown, at the Stratford: W. Orvln Daly, at the Hotel Sherman. FRANCHISE Oil ALL STREETS PROPOSED Attorney for P. R., L. & P. Discusses Blanket Provision to Save Time and Trouble. PLAN TO COME UP LATER Power Company Submits Offer to Pay Three Cent Bridge Toll for FjBrh Car Crosslnjr River Structure. FOOD INSPECTION HIT STATE WOMEN'S PRESS CLCB MAKES PROTEST. PERSONALMENTION. Dr. KaykendalT. of Fugene. is at the Imperial. J. D. Watts, of Dayton. Is st the Cornell ti. K, II. Ritchie, representing the Plan of Dr. Estersohn for City Market' Indorsed Major and Council Urged to Act. Toriland is "rutty" In the matter of Ita meat Inspection system and Is therefore "nutty." according to a let ter, from the State Woman's Tress Club, filed with City Auditor Barbur yesterday afternoon, and signed by Mrs. M. L. T. Hidden, president, and Mrs. Kvelyn Allen Altcheson. record ing secretary. "The papers take notice of a letter to Mayor Rushlight from Dr. Fishel Estersohn." says the letter, "in which Is pointed out the Impossibility of guaranteeing the purity and therefore the healthfulness of food sold to the people of Portland under the present system of market inspection. The force of this contention is evident. Further. It Is easier to see that to be 'rutty' Is to be 'nutty.' either in the rase of an Individual or a municipal ity. To pursue blindly the present rule of market Inspection is not only to throw away tha people's money, but to leave them not even a peg on which to hang a hope of betterment, even as to the guaranteed quality of the food they must buy or as to a reduc tion In the price asked for It. "Dr. Kstersohn wisely declines to blame the inspectors, Coder the pres ent system, about all they can do Is to play at hide and seek with the dealers be a party to a battle of wits with the markets. In which the shrewdest wins. In nine case out of ten. the man who ran break the law and not get caught. In short, under the present system, dealers are not punished for selling bad food, but for letting the Inspector catch them at it, which Is manifestly unfair. The dealer who carelessly permits himself to be caught and hauled up for selling em balmed beef or preservallnrd fruit or vegetables may know well that his fel low dealer in the next block Is doing the ssm thing, but that elusive will-o'-the-wisp so diligently pursued by the lam-yera and sometimes called "evidence," has not been sufficiently convincing to enmesh the lucky man who escapes. So 'goin' ' and 'comln'.' aa the inspection game Is played, the people, the buyers, the consumers of food, lose." The letter proceeds to indorse the plan outlined by Dr. Kstersohn. which Is the establishment of a city market, and adds: "Such a market would need no ad vertising. It would not be necessary to put embroidered petticoats on meat in order to make people buv It." The club indorses this Idea and asks the Mayor and members of the City Council, to whom it is addressed, to take action to bring about the estab lishment of a city market, from where guaranteed goods may be sold direct, under the protection and backing of the municipal government. LEONARD GETS NEW SHARE Third Interest In (roodnough Build- ins Sold for $100,000. The quarter block at the northeast corner of Fifth and Yamhill strcota. on which stands the six-story Good nough building. Is now owned by H. C. Leonard and the John Green estate, the undivided third-Interest In the property having been purchased by Mr. Leonard from the D. P. Thompson Corn pan)', yesterday morning, for 1100.000. Ownership In the property was held equally by H. C. Leonard. D. P. Thomp son Company and John Green, heirs, for nearly to years. With the purchase of the interest of the D. P. Thompson Company. Mr. Leonard now owns an undivided two-thirds of the property, tho other third Interest remaining with tSe John Green heirs. By this pur chase, the court sale, which was to be held April 22 to adjust ownership In the property, will be vralved. The building was erected in 11. On the bals of th sale of the one-third Intei e-t. the valuo of tbs quarter block Is iZ0V.t'.'9. A 23-year franchise on overy street In the city to save the trouble of apply ing to the Council every time an ex tension or change of line Is desired, may be asked for by B. S. Josselyn, president of the Portland Railway, Light A Power Company, in substitu tion of all pending franchises held by the company. President Josselyn explained this to Mayor Rushlight and F. S. Grant, City Attorney, while conferring with those officials at tho City Hall Thursday afternoon. The question came up while the Sandy-boulevard and Milwaukie street franchises were under consid eration. "It might be more advantageous to all concerned to havo a new blanket franchise covering all streets In the city and permitting the company to build extensions without applying di rectly to tha Council," tho City At torney auggested. Plaa Praswsed Halts Jo&aelya. Mr. Jossejyn replied that If a fran chise could ba written which would meet with the approval of his company he would have no particular objection to tha plan and would be willing In turn to surrender all franchises at present held. Neither the street railway president nor the city officials had given pre vious thought to the question. They said yesterday that the subject merely waa mentioned and that no intention was entertained at tho time of carrying such a plan into effect. However, many persons around the City Hall yesterday reflected upon the possible advantages of proposing such a measure for adop tion, with the provision that a common user clause be Inserted to cover all streets upon which the company might construct Its lines. "City Attorney Grant ssked me yes terdsy." said Mr. Josselyn, "If 1 would be willing to surrender all of our pres ent franchises, some of which have only about 20 years to run, and take in exchange-a new franchise for 25 years, covering all of the streets In the city of Portland, for use at such time as the requirements demanded. Blaaket Franchise Preferred. "To this I replied that If ho thought he could draw up a blanket franchise of that character that would meet our approval. I would prefer it to the va rious old franchises we now have." Concerning new tracks and use of the bridges, he said: "We have agreed with the Slayor to lay our new rails on Sandy boulevard and Milwaukie street predicated upon the right heretofore given us for the use of these thoroughfares oy tne County Commissioners, and to permit the contractor to pave our track as a portion of his contract with the city, The question of our ultimate right to use the street to be determined later. There has been no Judicial opinion civ- en In this state upon the validity of counts- franchises to railways after such streets have been taken over by a municipality. Xew Bridge Toll Proposed. 'I have also agreed with the Mayor that in the event that the people will vote to change the charter amendments providing for certain rentals on the Morrison and Hawthorne avenue bridges. ' that he would enter into a contract with the city providing tor the payment by us to the city of 3 cents for each car crossing any of the municipal bridges. This would cost ua In the start about I1T.000 more per yeaT than we pay now. but would per mit us to route csrs over such bridges as the traffic demanded without regard to minimum payments on any particu lar bridge. The advantage, to the city In such an arrangement would be that the tolls we pay for cars crossing the bridges would Increase with the growth of the city." FIVE HONOR JOBS OPEN KEriBLIC.VXS SEEK .MUX WHO WILL" WORK rXJIt XOTHIXG. Four Presidential Electors Needed to Help M. jl Mac.Mahon Only One to Receive Mileage. To suggest to the Republican voters of the state five representstive mem bers of the party for nomination as Presidential electors, a preliminary conference has been held by Thomas McCusker. representing the La Follette forces; friends of Roosevelt and R. K. Williams. Republican National Commit, teeman for Oregon. The plan is to pro pose the names of five Republicans of some prominence in the state whose names the party voters shall write on their ballots in the primary nominat ing election. The five candidates re ceiving the highest number of yotes In the primary election will become the party's nominees for election In Novem ber. As hss been pointed out. the Repub licans have only one formal candidate for Presidential elector, although five are to be nominated. The lone candi date Is M. J. MacMahon. of this city. He complied strictly with the law, circulat. ed a nominating petition, filed the samo with the Secretary of State and quali fied as a candidate for this office. Those who would suggest csndldates for Presidential electors will recogniso the candidacy of Mr. MacMahon as one of the five. What they are looking for Is lour other candidates. From the La Follette ramp the name of Grant Thom as, of thla city, a personal friend pf the Wisconsin Senator, is under considera tion. The Roosevelt people have sug gested the neme of Mr. Mulkey, their state committeeman, although a move ment has been started among some of the friends of the ex-President to write the name of Dan Kellaher on their bal. lots. Wllltam Hanley. of Burns, hss been suggested as acceptable to the supporters of President Tsft. If either Mulkev Ar Kellaher declines to run. ef. forts will be made to bring out as the I fifth candidate a Southern Oregon Re- j publican. In this connection the name I of E. V. Carter, of Ashland, lias been I mentioned. The office of Presidential elector is en tirely honorary: his duty Is purely per. functory. Only one of the rive receives compensation In any form. It was for this reason that Republicans did not offer themselves as candidates for the office. To do so would have Involved the cir culation of nominating petitions which would have entailed the same labor and expense as for a remunerative state or district office. The Democrats were equally backward about becoming can didates for this office, but at the last minute the Democratic State Central Committee selected five men. superin tended the circulation of the necessary nominating petltiona and saw that the names of the candidates so selected were given a place on the official bal lot Following the general election In No vember, the five electors receiving the highest number of votes will meet at Salem and select one- of their number whose duty It will be to carry Oregon's five electoral votes to the Electoral College. The messenger so elected will receive a liberal mileage allowance from the state for making the 'trip to Washington. D. C. The other four elec. torn will have to content themselves with the satisfaction of having been elected. That Is all they will get out of It. ART POSTAL AD FOR SHOW Mrs. Ordway Issues Card Bearing Verse 'and Painting-. Mrs. June McMillan Ordway has Just Issued a postcard In three colors to be used in advertising the Portland Rose Festival. A pioneer is shown In the colored half-tone illustration return ing to Portland after years of absence to find it a city grown beyond all ex pectations. He Is welcomed by a maiden with arms filled with roses, and greets her with upraised hand, the pioneer salute. A ppem of six stanzas has been written by Mrs. Ordway. two stanzas being on a card. Three cards com plete the series. F.ach card contains the same illustration, however, which is from a painting executed by Mrs. Ordway. The first stanzas. Issued last week, are as follows: Rose City Roses. We are the fairest, Ve grow In the soil Of a land that is strong and free; Ou beauty Is known o'er all this great West, Over mountain, deep, valley and ses. Like Jewels we sre emld the deep green. With our hills the beautiful frame; We cheer all who pass at the day's first dawn At noon and at evening the ssrae. Mrs. Ordway has been asked by the Elks to get out a similar card for them, and will probably do so. The Rose Festival card has been approved by Ralph" W. Hoyt and George L. Hutchin. BARKEEPER-IS ARRESTED TILLAMOOK WILL VOTE FOR SELLING Candidate's Son-in-Law Says County Will Support Portland Man. BOURNE HURT BY RECORD Liquor Salesman Held for Supplying Beer to Youths. As sn outcome of a charge against Jack Taylor and Harley Burton, youths accused of contributing to the delin quency of two minor girls. Lee George, bartender In a saloon at Grand avenue and East Burnslde street, was arrested yesterday by Patrolman Black, on a complaint charging that he sold liquor to the two boys, who are 20 years old. Additional charges against other liquor dealers are likely to develop out of the same case. The two boys have been held to the grand Jury. After a Joy ride to Cliff Inn. where drinks were served, the psrty went to the Burton hotel, where the two girls were left while the young men went after new supplies of beer. This, it Is alleged, was sold, them by George. Drjjiys of Senior Senator in Obtain ing Appropriations for Ilarbor Improvements Xot Forgotten by Voters, Declares Berry. "Ben Selling undoubtedly will have a majority In Tillamook County as the Republican candidate for United States Senator." said A. C. V. Berry, secre tary of the Portland Bridge & Building Company. Mr. Berry Is a son-in-law of Mr. Selling. He returned yesterday from a ten lays' fishing trip in Tilla mook County. While in that county Mr. Berry visited Tillamook, Nehalem, Garibaldi, Bay City and Beaver. "Most active of the supporters of Senator Bourne in Tillamook County are the members, of the different port commissions," said Mr. Berry last night. "But their support of the senior Senator Is actuated largelj- by senti mental reasons. Naturally, they are not ungrateful to Mr. Bourne for his assistance in procuring for them ap propriations for harbor improvements. At the same time they are not unmind ful of the fact that it was only just before Bourne came up for re-election that lie exerted himself in their behalf. Even then, they point out, results were not forthcoming, neither did Bourne put himself out any in his efforts to ob tain appropriations until a delegation of Tillamook citizens waited on him at Washington and urged prompt and vigorous action on the part of the senior Senator. "The average voter of Tillamook County will not be fooled- by this eleventh-hour activity on the part of Senator Bourne, as they have been clamoring for Federal appropriations for years. I found that Mr. Selling's candidacy is supported by the substan tial business men of all of the towns I visited." Tha manufacture of cocoanut oil and other copra produc-ta la Great Britain Is rarrled. on principally at Liverpool and uil. Copra, of -ourae. Is imported from producing countirea and the oil expressed therefrom In mills in Kngland. Roads Receiving Attention. COTTAGE GROVE. Or.. April 12. (Special.) Good roads Is one of the live topics of this section of the country and this season promises to show the biggest progress in that direction ever made in a like period. One of the finest pieces of road any where In the state is now under course of construction from Divide to Anlauf. Several crews of men and ten teams are at work. Macadam work will be done on the Row River road, beginning at the city limits. The Commercial Club and Board of Trade at their meetings Tues day and Wednesday nights agreed to give the county road money raised wrfhin the city to this road. The Beatty road from Cottage Grove to Walker was allowed by the County Court -last week. 'ssaasaValSssasjB m m m ? Th Australian Frdvra1 Ministry has ark-d Parliament to provide for tho con ntrurtton of a transcontinental, standard KauKf railway. (toil tjr$': ! nHi 4 10 C N ! : "i J : 8 9 sf!; ;i i: $ !1 :! :i i: f ;! r. A i If !fi 1 ij if; m j i;:: i !:TewJR .1 h i: !. i 'ill v.w'A M'-irh: H if : !; ij : f MWi-Mtr: Z 1 When Cook Quits The Housewife is independent if there's Post Toasties. inthe house. . ' This food is fully and perfectly cooked at the factory ready for instant serving with cream and sugar. Toasties are thin, crisp and delicate) browned bits of corn exactly fitted for an emergency, and also delicious and ap petizing for any meal The Memory Lingers Sold by Grocers. Made by Postum' Cereal Co., Ltd., Pure Food Factories, Battle Creek, Mich. There is no drink more pleasing or delicious ho drink more invigorating or beneficial than a properly made cup of Cocoa. Make a cup of Cocoa this way, and you will make the finest drink for morning, noon or night that can be drank. The Proper Way to Make Cocoa One cup of milk and one lump sugar for each person, heated in a double 'boiler. In a cup or bowl mix one teaspoonful cocoa for each person, with sufficient 'milk to make a thick liquid; add this to the hot milk. Lift top boiler out and boil up once. Stir well when serving add sugar to taste. To secure the best results, be sure you get the cocoa that is the product of the West marJe by a firm who for 60 years has been making Cocoa products Ghirardellrs Cocoa "JT3F" J r r v x , "H the Government Inspector con demns a piece of meat that ends it. This is not necessary where there are no Federal Inspectors. And only a small percentage of the meat sold in this cit)r is Govern ment Inspected. It is to your in terest to look for Uncle Sam's guarantee stamp of goodness. IjS"SIST cpon your dealer showinji you thii Oovcrkmint Stamp on all meats yon buy. It a Uncle San; guarantee ot clean, iresn wn jiesome meats. UNION MEAT COMPANY PIONEER r ACKERS OF THE PACIFIC Producers of th famous "Columbia Brand" Products 1 it 1 m i "K j si U.S. Inspected Passed 1 '8